I'm Setting Some Goals for Myself for this Semester

Hey All,

Again, it's been too long since I've been back here and updating on a regular basis. I'd like to have a good reason, like I'm too busy co-producing a web show for the freshmen at my school, or preparing to move into a new apartment. But in all honesty, I've had plenty of time to go on the Internet and goof around of Facebook and Tumblr, so I have no excuse for not showing up here other than being lazy.

Well I want that to change. This year I'm going to set some goals and goddammit I plan on meeting them by New Years.

1. All A's in my classes this semester.
2. Produce the best 4 episodes of The Lowdown that Emerson can handle!
3. Production position on Good Morning Emerson.
4. 50-100 pages of "The Weaver Journals" completed.
5. SAVE MY F***ING MONEY
6. Make this (or something very similar):

I mean, I work in a costume shop and stock room, I should be able to figure out how to make one of these, right?

Because it will be a cold day in Hell when I pay $160 for a fleece jacket that probably doesn't even keep me warm. Screw that, I'll make it myself (with a little help from my friends and bosses).

(For those of you rich enough to dole out the cash for one of these: http://www.etsy.com/listing/107317627/water-tribe-fleece-avatar-the-last?ref=v1_other_1)









OK, so six things may not seem like much, but it's gonna be hard to do, I can already tell. Classes haven't even started yet and I'm already feeling overwhelmed with all that I still have to learn about producing (not to mention actually paying attention and retaining whatever's being said in my classes).

It's going to be tough, and I'll probably be missing out on some sleep most weeks (aka don't call me on the weekends, because I will be dead in my bed) because it's now about a 40 minute ride to school four days a week.
Awesome.

But the only way I can make things happen is if I set my bar and run for it.

That's all I wanted to say today.
Sorry I've been away for so long.

Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz

Absence...

Hello All,

Sorry I've been a little absent lately, but you see...I made a tumblr. 

It's mostly about what I love best about Disney with some splashes of whatever I'm currently obsessing over at the moment, like Legend of Korra, Smash, and stuff like that.

Also, the semester is almost over, so there's been a lot of homework and a lot of projects, finals to get ready for, and my shows are closing up, not to mention the literally CONSTANT search for an internship that won't completely waste my time this summer.

Another thing consuming my brain-space is the thought of what I'll be doing next semester in terms of working at school with the Emerson Channel. 

My friend Tara and I have pitched a show and we don't know if it's getting picked up or not and it's been like two weeks since we've heard anything, but we keep hearing rumors that we're not sure we can trust but how freaking AWESOME would it be to produce our own show?!?

Also, even though I've been on the show since forever, I always get nervous at the end of a semester about my status on Good Morning Emerson. I love this show and would literally sell my soul to the devil to keep working on it, and I always pray that the new producers won't be like "well, we should give someone ELSE a chance to work on this show," so there's that stress. I eventually want to senior produce the show with Tara, but right now I'm still figuring out what that might entail, so I'm working on just taking on more responsibilities and learning more about all of the different positions and stuff.

Which brings me to... figuring out what I want to do for OTHER shows next year.

I am 1000% positive that I never ever EVER want to segment produce again, because it is the most annoying job in the world and I have so much respect for people who do it over and over again.

I really want to get into technical directing, which can be super difficult because you work with this:

SO

MANY

BUTTONS!!!

I know a lot of people really respect a good TD, so I'd like to be one of those. Or a good director, but idk if I have the attention-span for that kind of work. 

So yes, I hope to be getting back to blogging very quickly, now that things are winding down.

Thanks for reading,

Amy Liz

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Days 11 and 12 Drawing Challenge

Hello All,

So, I pretty much failed at my Drawing Challenge, as you can see in my utter lack of producing new pictures every day. But I will be completing the challenge (obviously out of the time limit) hopefully over the next month.

So here is Day Eleven of the Challenge:
A Turning Point in my Life.

The turning point that I used for my life is my admission into Emerson College.
I have learned a lot in my short time at Emerson, and I hope to continue learning in the time I have left.
I don't know how to convey exactly what I've learned, other than the vague idea of 'how to be an adult.'
But obviously I'm still in school, and I'm clearly not enough of an adult to be financially stable on my own, or to know how to rent an apartment without my parent's help, or all of those other things that parents just apparently know how to do, like taxes, and ...stuff.

I know that college seems like a cliche to use as a turning point, but that's because it really is a huge change in a person's life. It takes the familiar atmosphere of learning in a classroom/controlled environment, but it also takes the next level of learning by placing a person in a new city/state and living with people they have never met and they are expected to thrive by taking care of themselves. It's a huge difference between living with their parents taking care of them and being out on their own.

Day 12: Most Recent Accomplishment

My most recent accomplishment is my new position on Good Morning Emerson, Production Supervisor! I'm so happy to be learning more in producing and learning more about this wonderful and fabulous show. I've worked on GME since my very first semester at Emerson. I started out as a lowly little teleprompter, and I worked my way up to a year of associate producing, which was taken over by my brilliant friend, Tara, this semester, who is just so amazing and smart and knows how to do, I'm pretty sure, EVERYTHING that's involved in television.
My job this semester includes building "the rundown" for each episode. A rundown is a second-by-second outline of the entire show, and it changes for every episode, depending on what the hosts and correspondents are talking about and which videos they decide to use during the episode, and which guests we have on the show, too. If the rundown is built just right, we get a show that looks like this!

Don't forget to press PLAY!

So that's all I've got to give today, and I'm so sorry I haven't been updating regularly.
I'll work on that.

That's all for now.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz

Momentary Judgements on my New Classes

Hello All,

So you're probably wondering why you should care about what I think my classes are going to be like this year -I'll tell you why!
Because reading about this keeps you away from your work for another 5 minutes, that's why! And isn't that why we're all here? To not do work, together?

Okay, so my first class of the semester was my Intro to Magazine Writing course, and the workload had me RUNNING for the doors! Omigoodness, there is so much research and active participation involved in this class that I just don't know if I'll have time for all of it. I immediately began searching for alternatives that would fit my schedule, but everything that had openings in it would either mess with one or more of my other activities and classes, or it wouldn't help me at all with my requirements and be a waste of time. So I decided I'd just have to stick it out and see where this class takes me. Hopefully not below a B, so I can keep my financial aide and scholarships, but we'll see.

UPDATE:
It's been a week and only four classes, but I think this is actually going to be a good class -I'm glad (for now) that I didn't drop out. I really like the teacher, especially compared to the other Magazine Writing teacher I could have had. My roommate has her, and apparently she's um, well lets just say she's a newspaper short of a few headlines. My professor is thankfully not INSANE and she really seems like she actually wants to help get us published, which is awesome! My first piece for that class is an article about procrastination.
Story of my life.

My second class is an Intro to Psychology class, and I knew it was going to be a lecture-based class because it has so many students in it, and the teacher seems very nice and incredibly qualified, but he's also very strict. I can tell he's the type to be annoyed if anyone moves around too much near the end of class, and he'll keep us to the very last second every day. I just hope that the topics will be interesting enough to keep me awake for two hours after a long shift at work... and just in case I'm trying to remember to bring Coca-Cola every class ;P

The next class that I have is a history class, and not even something cool like ancient civilizations or something. No, this is a class we've all had since 3rd grade -History of the United States. I can tell this will be a frustrating class because there's a LOT of reading to do for every class, and we have to post comments about each reading an hour BEFORE class starts so he can call us out on something we said. We absolutely 100% canNOT have our laptops in this class, so there's no chance of salvation, either. The thing is though -the teacher seems really cool. Well, dorky actually, but funny, too. I just hope he's more realistic about the readings than he acted yesterday.

My last class is a fiction writing class, and I haven't had it yet because it's only on Mondays. I'm not sure what to expect from it, but I hope it's more than what I've gotten in the past, particularly last Spring.

UPDATE:
I had my first fiction class, and the teacher is so chill and cool about life. My roommate had him last semester and she says he's really relaxed and doesn't really care all that much about deadlines and stuff. And even though it's a four hour class, it went by really quickly because the professor's cool and funny and we've got some pretty cool students in the class as well. There's even some of my friends from my writing class last semester!

What I hope will happen this semester:
I want to be the associate producer for Good Morning Emerson again.
I want to have a crew position on Speechless.

I want to be more than halfway through a manuscript.
I want all A's this semester.
I want to apply for a publishing internship.
I want to apply for a tv studio internship.
I want to meet a nice, straight boy.
I NEED to find an apartment in Boston, comfortably fitting at least 3 people with a rent less than $700.
I NEED to see my best friend Kimberly.
I NEED to save money to a) see Kimberly, and b) rent an apartment.

If anyone can help me with any of these things, let me know haha.

I guess that's it for now. Maybe I'll make a small update on how my fiction writing class is, I don't know yet.

Thank you for reading!
Go back to work now.
Amy Liz

P.S.
I just noticed how boring this post is to look at, so here!

Isn't he ADORABLE?