Gridlocked
Friday night was eventful—Jim won a Starbucks card in a contest at our youth meeting. I stayed the night at his apartment, expecting to wake up the next morning and head home. A massive five car pile-up (three of which caught fire) closed all of the westbound portion of the freeway, so I was stuck in Davis. My grandmother, who had to work the next day, faced a massive gridlock throughout the city, since traffic was being diverted off the highway and through surface streets due to the accident. I didn’t come home until late Sunday evening.
Corin Hardy has an amazing short now available for download through the iTunes Music Store called Butterfly. The stop-animation presented in the short was used in the music video to Bedshaped by Keane. Corin is also responsible for the directing of the original Somewhere Only We Know music video. Never have I been more fascinated by a combination of animation and music— Jim and I are fascinated by this short little animation, and it’s definitely something worth checking out.
Over the weekend, I think I upset a friend who thinks I’m neglecting him. It’s not going to be easy commuting to Sacramento every week for school, and it’s going to require some financial budgeting—the end result being a slight decrease in socialization. It makes me a bit sad to know that I can’t spend more time with my friends, but school is something I have to prioritize. Ultimately, this new lesson in prioritizing will definitely pay off in the long run, and it won’t be long until the summer is here and I have a little more free time on my hands.
In my past life, I was a tree or something. If not a tree, something that grew old and didn't move very much. I'm pretty convinced of this.