This year I made an effort to participate in the Trash Film Orgy Zombie Walk.
This year also happens to be the 10th anniversary of TFO and all their loyal fans/Sacramento
weirdos will try to break the current record for number of participants in a zombie walk.
As some know, the Trash Film Orgy is credited for starting the first ever zombie march in
attempt to gain publicity for their B-movie festival. The record is currently set at 4,016
(set by a college campus, no fair!) while us, the humble trend-setters, were only able
to gather 700+ people. Later that evening there was a bungled attempt at forming the
world’s largest zombie conga line.
You can watch the full parade of zombies here (try to find me):
The Trash Film Orgy will have midnight showings every Saturday (July 10th - August 14th) at the historic Crest Theater.
On a more academic note:
About a month ago (but realized today) CRC has finally granted me an Associates of
Arts degree in Film and Media Studies. I understand that in the eyes of employers an
AA is about as valuable as a high school diploma, but I finished it with a 4.0 GPA giving me and Honors award. Too bad I didn't pay to attend the graduation, I would have gotten to wear a gold sash or something to that effect. It does feels good to finally have a
collegiate degree to wave in people’s faces. Either that or tastefully hang it on the wall.
This Fall semester is going to be the kickoff for a long year ahead of me. After only
spending two semesters at CSUS, I’ll be able to submit my petition to graduate Fall
2011. It’s incredibly exciting to think that I’m almost near the finish line. Done with one
degree and onto another!
While we’re on the topic of earning degrees, I’ve made it a goal for myself to finally get
my lazy butt certified in Final Cut Pro (Level 1) and Apple Motion (Level 1). For quite
some time, I’ve understood that you can’t move very far or get noticed in the field unless
you have degrees/certificates attached to your name. There are no certified testing areas
in Sacramento that I know of, so traveling to either Irvin or San Diego to spend another
$150 for the testing will be a bit of a pain (but worth it in the long run). Spend money to make money, or so I’ve heard.
I'm lucky to have all this motivation and optimism to outweigh the fact that I learned recently that I will be getting laid off (along with 29 other people in my department) sometime in October. So much for that special video project, I won't be around long enough to finish it!
Things will look up.
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