Reflection (And not the Christina Aguilera song)

After roughly 45 hours, I finished editing. Now, all that stands between me and our D1 screenings are: me being director and overseeing the editor of my movie, sound editing, and a few bits of paperwork.

And then the semester will be over!

It's so weird, because I feel like I've been here FOREVER, but it's gone by so fast. I don't know how that works, but it does.

Our screening is December 14 and I can't wait to see everybody's movie. It's in the big theater on campus, and I know it's gonna be incredible.

So now, it's time for me to reflect on my ridiculously awesome semester.

First of all, I'm so glad I'm here. I'm so lucky to be here. And I miss my family and friends and Mike, but I can honestly say this is the best decision I've ever made. So thank you, everyone who convinced me to come here. I know this is going to be the most amazing two years ever, and I can tell it's going to lead to great things.

Secondly, I say this all the time, but I don't know if I've ever written it here. If I have, too bad, cause here it comes again: I am so glad I didn't get in last year.

When they say "everything happens for a reason," I'm now positive it does. Because if I had gotten in last year, I wouldn't be in a class with these incredible people that are in my class now.

Our class is really special. I see it, we all see it, and so do the professors. And I just know we're going to do great things. And it's awesome to think that in a couple of years, we might all be in LA. And in a city of 12 million people, it will be so great to know I have friends there.

And seriously, I know I've only known these people for 3 months, but they feel like family. Funny how that can happen when they're the only people you see all day, every day for 15 weeks.

It's crazy to think about how much I've learned. I think back to all the things I didn't know in August that I know now. I can look at behind-the-scenes pictures of movies and say: "that's a dolly," "that's a flag," "that's an HMI," and know exactly what they're doing.

I can say that I've been a part of 14 movies. I can look at rolling credits at the end of a film and not only know what the weird positions like "key grip" and "gaffer" are, but say that I've done those.

It's just unbelievable.

It's so much better than I ever imagined it could be.

So once again, thank you to everyone who convinced me to come here. It's been worth every penny and every mile.

And thank you to everyone who supports me so much. You're all incredible. I'll see you very soon.