On the director track

I'm going to tell you my day chronologically because while my committee meeting was in the morning it still wasn't the first important thing to happen.

First, while I was waiting for my morning meeting I got 2 phone calls. The first call was from the surgery scheduler woman. She's got us a tentative surgery date of 7/1. Not as early as any of us hoped. But she said she would keep trying for something earlier so that's more like an outside date. And then 2 weeks before that I have to have an impact appointment. She didn't go into detail but I'm imagining that means making sure I'm ready for the impact the surgery will have. So that is I think 6/17. I really need to just start carrying a pen in my pockets. 

Then a minute after I hung up with her, the student health scheduler called and said I have an appointment with the hematologist on 5/30 and could I please come by soon and get blood drawn. I'll do that this afternoon. So it's good to start making plans. And it's good to find out about my spleen well before the surgery. But July 1st? Bleh. Right in the middle of the summer. 

The more I think about it though the more I think I might tell the schedule people to just stick with the 1st. At least that way I can start making plans to do stuff in the next 6 weeks. I've tentatively signed up for a summer session class (Blockbusters as a film studies course) but warned the prof that I might have to drop it. And I know a couple of the 2nd year thesis films are shooting in June. I could lend a hand with them. But only once I'm sure of my dates.

Anyway, then I went in for the end of year committee meeting. As expected I will be directing a film for my thesis. The discussion was good. We started by picking apart Take Out. That was ok. Interesting to see what they got and missed out of it. We talked about what my hopes and plans are and decided that having my own thesis film is the best way to get there. Especially since there is nothing to stop me being a cinematographer on other films, just not for my thesis. It felt a little bit like my grade school report cards that would always say things like, "Kristin is a joy to have in class." 

After, I waited in the lounge for the boys to get done since I had gone first. We're down to 3 now, but all 3 of us will be making our own films. Jorge has decided not to come back next year. Lai said it was mostly a financial decision. It is wildly expensive so if he doesn't feel like it's leading him where he needs to go then it's probably for the best. I'll miss him though. He is a good kid. And I really like his artistic vision. 

The good news with there being only three of us is that a couple of the professors have offered to read our scripts and give us feedback early so that we have time for revisions before submitting them for thesis consideration. They couldn't do that with a bigger group. Plus we will all be able to work on each others' films without being so swamped trying to do them all. Aaron and I were talking and I said I am looking forward to being able to be as invested in his film as I'll be in my own.