Round 2?
So, I'm pretty sure I can hear the subconscious bell ringing somewhere in the back of my mind, as I prepare for round two of this fight. Though this time, I'm going into it with confidence. I have my gloves laced up tight and a smile on my face. I'll take some punches -sure- but this time I'm out to prove myself. Not to anyone else, but to me. Time to take down this behemoth, and move on, up and never back, but with fondness.
There's only one other blog on here, and it was nearly exactly a year ago now that I posted it. Strange how I can be nearly in the exact same spot doing the exact same thing, but I can be so different. I'm no longer weighted by the dry heat and sterility, for this time the air feels cool, and likely due to newer computers, the hum of the electronics is minimal.
Today we were given our first two tasks [aside from the initial 'Polaroid and caption' doodad]. Jacqui Boddington [Who I will elaborate on later] explained to us the basics of interviewing techniques, and the importance thereof. We were swiftly put into pairs and shoo-ed away to interview one another and write it up into some rushed semblance of a feature. This went better than I expected and I managed to scribble down somewhere between 150 and 200 words in about twenty minutes which surprised me, having not written at any sort of length for a few months. After a short discussion about our hopes and fears [both about the course and generally] we grouped up into threes and went out into Falmouth to find some sort of news story to write up. We all managed to cobble something together in the end, which despite its second rate nature, made me feel really rather proud of myself, as it's reminding me that I can in fact achieve things. Small steps make for giant leaps.
A last interesting note would be the Seven Up [Not the popular carbonated drink] style mini documentary that Jacqui has managed to sign a few of us willing guinea pigs up to. Shes planning on conducting a short interview with each of us [I cant for the life of me remember how many of us there were], and supposed critical points in our university education. I feel really quite lucky to be taking part in it, and am really looking forward to watching them back at the end of these coming three years, as I am an avid fan of retrospect.
Anyhow I'll round up now. All in all, I am feeling more positive and proactive than I have in a damn long time, and it's bloody liberating. I can look to the future with a smile, knowing there will be challenges, but I'm ready to face them.
If you're reading this, smile, it'll release endorphins in your brain [I do enjoy stealing knowledge from documentaries now and then] and make you feel just a smidgen happier.
And that can never be a bad thing, right?
There's only one other blog on here, and it was nearly exactly a year ago now that I posted it. Strange how I can be nearly in the exact same spot doing the exact same thing, but I can be so different. I'm no longer weighted by the dry heat and sterility, for this time the air feels cool, and likely due to newer computers, the hum of the electronics is minimal.
Today we were given our first two tasks [aside from the initial 'Polaroid and caption' doodad]. Jacqui Boddington [Who I will elaborate on later] explained to us the basics of interviewing techniques, and the importance thereof. We were swiftly put into pairs and shoo-ed away to interview one another and write it up into some rushed semblance of a feature. This went better than I expected and I managed to scribble down somewhere between 150 and 200 words in about twenty minutes which surprised me, having not written at any sort of length for a few months. After a short discussion about our hopes and fears [both about the course and generally] we grouped up into threes and went out into Falmouth to find some sort of news story to write up. We all managed to cobble something together in the end, which despite its second rate nature, made me feel really rather proud of myself, as it's reminding me that I can in fact achieve things. Small steps make for giant leaps.
A last interesting note would be the Seven Up [Not the popular carbonated drink] style mini documentary that Jacqui has managed to sign a few of us willing guinea pigs up to. Shes planning on conducting a short interview with each of us [I cant for the life of me remember how many of us there were], and supposed critical points in our university education. I feel really quite lucky to be taking part in it, and am really looking forward to watching them back at the end of these coming three years, as I am an avid fan of retrospect.
Anyhow I'll round up now. All in all, I am feeling more positive and proactive than I have in a damn long time, and it's bloody liberating. I can look to the future with a smile, knowing there will be challenges, but I'm ready to face them.
If you're reading this, smile, it'll release endorphins in your brain [I do enjoy stealing knowledge from documentaries now and then] and make you feel just a smidgen happier.
And that can never be a bad thing, right?
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