Okay, so yesterday I was correct. I absolutely hate my Intro to Interactive Media Class. Our teacher quit, so now we're stuck with this guy who actually teaches at a different college, but the problem is, hes old, and really really into video games. And he has the most monotonous voice of any instructor I've ever had. Basically he's like a future version of CJ, if Ceej decided to become a professor.

Yeah, so the whole class he's talking to two other nerds about video games the whole time, and how were going to learn about video games, and how we'll have a big final project where we create a video game.

I hate this. This is not what I signed up for. I could handle doind some Animation and crap, but seriously, there IS more to Interactive Media than VIDEO GAMES...seriously, I would even gladly spend another 8 weeks with HTML...at least then I could teach myself, and not have to listen to this nerd.

Sooooo.....today I was really nervous for my Audio Production Class. I got there, and our class is in a studio (cool, but made me more nervous with all the consoles and thousands of buttons that I have no idea about what they do at all). We are all waiting outside for the teacher to get there, and I'm even more intimidated cause there are only 2 chicks (including myself) and all these dudes who all look like their in bands, and audio majors who already know everything about everything. But when the teacher got there he started talking and I was instantly at ease. He is so cool. He was handing out books and "shitloads" of stuff and decided to tell us all about his philosophy about the English Measurement System. He thinks there should everything should only come in 2 units of measurement. 1) Shitloads--everything comes in shitloads. ex: Man, I had to haul a shitload of that in here, or Last night I went out and spent a shitload, or Wow, thats a shitload of papers..you get the idea, and 2)everything but shit is a shitload...shit would be measured in buttloads. Anyways, he seems to have a pre-occupation with Nazis and Germans as well (he is german), but he noticed someone's armband that said there is always time for peace, and said that he wanted one with a swastika that said Bush above it, and went into how it doesnt matter how the election turned out, as long as you voted then its all good, "unless you voted Republican, then F*ck You", haha. Then later calling role he noticed alot of german names, and was like, "Holy crap, there's a shitload of nazis in here". It was great. So we start going through the syllabus and there's a line that says "Students learn and are tested on the theories underlying the art and science of audio production"--his response was "Who knows what the f*ck that means" and told us not to worry about whats on the syllabus, cause he just puts shit on there to make the college happy, the only things that are certain with correct dates are the exams, which wont be too bad, he'll take us into Studio A (a small one) and ask us a few questions like what's our favorite color--or about the equipment, and if its too bad, just give him $50 bucks and he'll lay off.

Pretty cool guy. Something I love about the teachers here at Webster, they're awesome. Not just cause their normal, but because they are all professionals and still working in the field that they teach. Like, our textbook for this class is actually written by one of the other Audio Professors here at Webster, and another Bill Porter is like a legend. He was the first guy inducted in the Hall of Fame for audio pr Heoduction. He worked alot with Elvis, Roy Orbison, Louis Armstrong..blah blah, lots of legends themselves, and a neat (and true) fact about him is that Elvis's only #1 songs were ones he recorded with Bill Porter..any that were done with someone else never reached #1 so thats awesome. He's had (Porter, not Elvis) 600 hit records...so that's pretty awesome. Stuff like that just makes me love this school even more. Even if I'm not an audio major working with these teachers alot.

Although..we started going around class, and saying our names/majors, and there are only 3 audion majors in there, haha. The rest are film/video like me, and its a required class...although I AM interested in it. But that also made me feel more at ease. I even learned (while someone was talking about their film inpirations/idols) that some graduates from Webster actually did some of the scenes for a few of the movies some guy mentioned. I forgot the director he was working with, but it was a big one, haha. I suck at directors names..I was just talking to my mom about this when my Aunt Cathy was kicking my ass at Scene It, cause she knew directors. Also, the downfall of me in Film Appreciation where the instructor told us for a fact that we will have to know the director and lead actor/actress from every movie we watch for the exams.

Oh yeah, did I talk about my Film Appreciation teacher at all? He's awesome too. He's worked for CBS for 15 years in New York, and another 10 in LA, and all that jazz. The crazy thing is when we're watching a film and he starts talking about the actress. That would be perfectly normal except for the fact that his stories about them being in his living room or etc. having dinner, cause he's also been a publicist, and is still a reviewer for nationwide theater, and a critic for the River Front Times (RFT is based here in STL)The other thing I like about that class is that every time we watch a film, we get handed a copy of the original review from the New York Times, as well as the front page of the Times from that date, just to see what was going on in the world...which is pretty damn cool, when its from a 1924 edition of the Times.

So basically, so far, my only complaint is about my Interactive Media class. We'll see how Video Production goes this afternoon :)

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