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Gray pants. White shirt. Black tie. Black jacket. Color resume and portfolio samples.
Black pen. Notes on job notice: "reference this job, tell them about that experience." Coffee. Pumpkin scone. Check the watch. Twenty early. Oh, well, I'm pumped. Elevator to the fifteenth.
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In less than half an hour, Cinematography 118 marks my last class of my college career. I graduate in two weeks, but all sessions are over after today. It's gone by in a fast four years, but I've realized my education goal despite the obstacles I found facing myself in this setting. I'm done with UCLA and its School of Design | Media Arts!

Bookending my undergraduate years, I'm leaving for Paris tomorrow.

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The Lied That Led to War
A leaked British memo, and other documents, make it clear that Bush intended all along to invade Iraq -- and lied about it to the American people. The full gravity of his offense has not yet sunk in. Salon.com article, available in LJ.
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wow, i've got complaints galore issued against me at work. an urgent meeting with my boss sounds great.

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I did it. I nailed it. I passed my reel on to the boss. I'm so giddy!
And then... I got mail. "We are pleased to inform you that your film Myopia has been selected to be screened at our 2005 Shorttakes Film Festival! We are happy to include your film as a finalist."
:-O
:-D

"Ashtray" (tentative title, we all hope)
dir. Daniel Abel
prod. Peter Newman
Now in Post-Production

Back in February/March, I joined up with a first-time director on his short, colorful project.

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