Girls and dresses.

Disclaimer:

The following is only an opinion, and I am only speaking generally, not addressing anyone specific, aside from my mom.

Girls and dresses, I never understood why girls always had to buy a new dress for events such as prom, homecoming, and other formal dances, only to wear them once. Don't get me wrong, I understand to not wear the same dress from homecoming as prom. But I'm speaking generally, girls, especially my mom, always buy new dresses for special occasions. I don't get it, what compels women to go out and spend money on things that they will only wear once.

The materials and the labor required to produce the new dress far outweigh the reason to wear the dress, especially if only worn once. Although, buying a new dress does refuel the economy since a person is willing to put their money back into the economy to keep it fueled, but that's a side point. It's just that the reasons for buying a new dress to wear only once far outweigh the fact that a girl will look nice in it.

For the girls out there, what are your opinions on why other girls buy dresses to wear only once? Don't hate on me for this post. I only do it out of the fact that my blog is random thoughts, and somehow my thoughts lead to this.

3D films

Remember when 3D films were films like Spy-Kids 3-D?

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338459/)

These 3D movies were rare, but now 3D movies have become mainstream, unfortunately. Movies like Saw 3D

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477076/)

Toy Story 3(3D)

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/)

and many others have drained what used to be a rare occurrence to be a social norm. Over the past decade the ticket prices for movie theaters have been on the rise, however, there has been a spike with the 3D age, charging more money to purchase the 3D classes.

I'm a student who plans to get a career in the film industry, seeing all of these 3D films upsets me, it drains away from the story, to the point where movies have become nothing but a form of entertainment (although it always has), from a form of storytelling. Once a form of art, now to nothing more than entertainment, just sitting and opening staring at the screen, watching things jump out at you.

Now take into account, IMAX is a totally different medium, IMAX utilizes higher quality images, whilst 3D well, allows for 3D. Although IMAX is more expensive, it offers higher quality, rather than 3D.

What has the film industry become? What do you feel about the 3D movement. (This could also include 3D televisions, which are on the rise too)

Drinking

The other day I watched my close friend purchase alcohol (now, take into account that I, myself don't drink, so you can't judge me), it was weird. I knew that she drank, but seeing her actually purchase alcohol just gave me more insight to her life. Now, she didn't use a fake ID or any other illegal means to obtain it (Yes, I know, despite that being underage and purchasing alcohol is illegal, she didn't steal, or use any other methods to obtain the item), she simply had a close friend who had known her and her family since childhood, and asked him, (once again, since they usually do this) to purchase the alcohol.

Later on in the evening my friend asked me that if she hosted a “kickback” at her house, would I attend, knowing full well that I don't drink. I told her that I would go to support her, and hang out, but I don't think it would be my thing.

Now, my choice is not to drink, I think it disrupts people's mindsets on reality. Each person can have their own “thing”; weed, drinking, so on and so forth. I won't judge you for whatever you (as the reader) do. I'm just left wondering, what are your opinions on drinking?

BBN

The other day I went back to school with my friend Joanne, aka JOVO. Her and I went back to our video class, in which we were the lead producers for, she was the executive producer, and I was the technical producer, our other friend tagged along, she was the script writer for the class. The class name was called the BBN, known as the Baron Broadcast Network or News, we had spent so much time working on it, for example, staying at school until 3am.

We returned to class and watched one of the more recent episodes, it had it's good points, as well as its bad ones as with any episode. However watching the newer season of the BBN made us miss how much we worked on the old season. We ruled the class, we controlled the BBN, but even with that, we were completely unappreciated, no one knew how things truly were. As much fun as we had last year, it was time for the new generation, the class of 2011 to come in and take over our class. Let them run the BBN the way they want it to be run. We can no longer control them, yet watch over them with our eyes, knowing that we won't be able to control them, yet only watch.

Here is a link to our old vimeo site

http://www.vimeo.com/bbn

Friends

Back in high school my friend would always be worried for the future, she was always afraid her and her close friends would grow apart one they all hit college. That day came, when her friends all ended up going to Cal State Long Beach, and she ended up going to Cal State Fullerton, even now a days, she sees her friends once in a while, but she still feels that it is not enough for them to stay close. I told her that if she wanted to continue being friends, that they would continue being friends, to make an effort, and not to worry about her friendships. The college experience is about meeting new people and reuniting with her high school friends once in a while. Which is what I would rather do than go to a college with many of my high school friends, which is going to Long Beach, I'm happy with it, but I wish I could still get out and meet more people.

I advise her to go out and be social and friendly, that she'd meet a lot of new great people, and that she would still be able to see her high school friends. But perhaps she overreacted to the situation, we'll see how things turn in the end.

A past so unknown.

The other day I was at my friend's house, she is currently the lieutenant governor of Division 4 West Key Club for 2010-2011, and with that, she is passed down the binders of the previous LTG's from the year before. Now, I myself was highly associated with my division's Key Club when I was in high school, and I felt that I knew everything that there needed to be known about it. But I saw one of the LTG's binders from the 2006-2007 school year, my thoughts and believes were thrown out the window. I knew that this LTG existed, that this person did amazing things when they were an LTG, but now actually reading about them, it felt weird. I mean to say that I thought I knew so much about Division 4 West, but now reading this binder, it feels that I'm looking into something that is familiar to me, but I wasn't a part of, a past that I don't know. [Essentially this binder was like a yearbook, it displayed the past year, and it was created annually, however, only a single unit is created] It also showed me that names fade in time, like opening an old yearbook, looking through it and seeing all these faces you don't know, but that you attempt to try to piece into your head as students that also went to the same school you currently attend, it's hard to imagine. It's difficult to piece together, but you just have to know that this is true, that these people you didn't know also contributed to the school, but after time, their names have just faded away and no one remembers them any more.

Returning to high school.

Just today I went and visited my old high school, Fountain Valley High School, to help out an assembly for the school's video broadcast. Upon returning, I found out that I wasn't the only alumni there, there were about 20 other alumni from the class of 2010. I felt at home again, being at my own high school, with a few of my friends, walking around campus, although I didn't have to take any classes or pay attention to any of the rules (thank goodness), it felt good a sort of bittersweet taste arose. I thought I knew so much about high school, that I “ruled the school” per say, but now finding that the next generation has flown in to take over, makes me feel off. To know that the past I have gone through won't ever be repeatable, that the memories I made are there, and can't be erased. That these kids won't see high school as how I saw it. I guess that's the thing, we enter high school, and 4 years later, we leave, taking whatever memories we made with us, no one will remember us, except the teachers who had influenced us. I thought I knew so much...but I guess I don't. I guess it's all part of growing up.