scriptwriting

today i had my first seminar on screenwriting and it was terribly exciting! learning about how to write screenplays and create scripts really captivates me. i think what appeals to me is that there are no constraints. i can construct and build on characters that have been developing in this little mind of mine…create stories that i have always wanted to put on paper and i now have the chance. so, yes…. it's all so very exciting. our seminar convenor’s name is Matthew (i am sure putting his name in here will help me remember it!) the seminar group is quite small, there are about 20 of us…nice people.

after our first 2-hour seminar i have been left truly inspired! i'm very nervous…that disgusting feeling i get before, or just as new things start to happen in my life, is definitely lurking somewhere inside of me. putting in all the effort i have into this seminar is not a problem. i need to do well. i want to do well.

i am going to try and start writing. vomiting all my ideas onto paper!!!! hmmm....strange image in my head...
random thoughts, compositions, scenarios…

CRICKET WORLD CUP in 11 days! YES! thrilling is not even the word to describe it!

chasing cars_the pursuit of happYness

today was the first full day of my second year at varsity! when i say 'full'... i actually mean i had all my lectures...when i say 'all my lectures'...i actually mean i had 3 lectures! doesnt't sound like tons of work but im pretty sure the work will turn up a notch very soon. my courses for this semester are two film courses: writing and editing in the media and history of cinema. the third course im taking is an art history course called sacred art: visual, narrative, image and ritual. quite a mouthful that!
im not really sure what to expect at the moment, so im trying to take it one step at a time!

in my film lecture this morning, a couple of people were talking to us about different seminars that will be offered to us to take this semester. there were lots of options but we can only choose one. one of the seminars is called 'intimate blogging'...which obviously i can relate to because i myself have a blog! a very random and also quite strange blog that tends to border between the lines of insanity and really quite honestly just a waste of time...BUT... nonetheless, i still have a blog and therefore knew what the lady was talking about. it was quite funnny_she started off by saying that if you're a person who's tamagochi died...a blog would not be the right thing for you... and that if you are the kind of person that is shy of stalkers...having a blog would not be the way forward...if you live an ordinary life and are quite a dull person, your blog would not be SO popular! anyway...just something to share... no, i didnt choose to do that seminar. my first choice was introduction to screenwriting. so lets hope i get that one and more importantly lets hope i enjoy it!
to me, things seem like they are getting competitive for the second year film students wanting to do production... and as im part of that particular group...i cant help but feel nervous and unsure of myself... it honestly just makes me want to SCREAM!!!! i just want it over with....let me apply...let me get chosen.... DONE
:)

last night i watched pursuit of happyness at the cinema. first of all, let me say that will smith played his role fabulously. so so so so impressed. very heartwarming...very beautiful. it sort of led me to think about what happiness actually is... what the components are to actually allow one to feel 'happy'. if i thought about it a little more, im sure id come up with an answer. its all very good and well to appear to be happy...put on a smile... give em' a laugh... you know, do what you have/want to do. its just that deep inner feeling that strikes me. i have so much to be happy about...the big things in my life that i am greatful for.
there are so many little things...beautiful moments...inspiring people that make me happy. my family, pictures of poor people who look as though they own all the riches in the world, my buddha that sits on my desk, the james dean poster on my wall, the colour pink....i think i could go on and on and on.... my chasing cars/akon/tupac man...
let me stop there.

i have already started to write 'to do' lists...my handwriting keeps getting messier after every sentence i write and every morning i wonder what i will cook for dinner that night. im sure my mum will LOVE that! :)

india was LOVELY_really enjoyed it. such a wonderful place. i discovered my true indian personality! fell in love with shah rukh khan.went to goa.fell in love with mumbai and hindi music!
will put some pictures up!

so im back in cape town and the past few days have been quite hectic...but i am now a registered student at UCT for 2007.

i suppose once uni starts and i become busy with my courses and my life here in cape town the thoughts of being back home will sort of...and hopefully...vanish from my mind because i really don't think i can take this anymore!

lets just say christina can only be so strong