Food For Thought Intro

There a great many things which contribute to a great student, great academic, great professional. However, one thing that all of these greatnesses need is nourishment.

You always hear jokes about Ramen being the College Kid staple, but really that’s not going to be any good for that weary brain that is busting its ass so that you can get good grades.

What we put into our bodies affects us all over, from our cells to our bones, to our energy levels, to the way we sleep, from the way we respond to situations to the way we feel emotionally and physically, and most importantly, the way we think.

The new Thursday Theme is Food For Thought. During this series I will talk about foods that help enhance studying, help sleeping, how and when to eat, and so on. I’ll even give a few recipes from time to time if you’re lucky!

Adjustments and Scams

So far the second quarter has been interesting. My favorite part at this point is how easy it is to find a parking spot, though when my boyfriend comes home, that won’t be an issue since I’ll be back to riding the bus again. 

My English class is just what I need right now. Familiar territory, yet challenging. As I mentioned before, I have another blog as a result. I’m glad I have that class every day, I think it will be the one that keep me sane. 

I’m worried about my math class. I am good at math, and I never thought that I would have a teacher that would hinder my learning, but I think I’ve found one. Our first two days are supplemental material, that is, stuff that’s not found in the math book. That’s fine, our teacher last quarter did the same. However, she handed out the packets which had the material we were learning. This guy isn’t doing that. We just get the projector and if we’re on the wrong side of the class and can’t see – too bad! He skims through it very quickly, and I’m scrambling to take notes without any time to absorb how the method is working. 

Thankfully it’s fairly easy, though tedious practices. Just ratios and converting units. My favorite problem so far has been “If I’m filling a square five-gallon bucket at 5 drips per second, how long will it take to fill?” First of all, who doesn’t just turn on the tap and make it happen? secondly, I had to convert drops per second to drops per minute, convert minutes to hours, and then drops to liters then to gallons. Of course, there are a lot quicker and simpler ways to do it, but we need to show the entire process. 

What’s more, because we don’t have the supplemental material packet, I don’t have the answers to check my work. This is rather devastating to me since I am quite good at correcting myself and teaching myself – but I do need some point of reference along the way. Without that, I could be training myself completely incorrectly which will end up in confusion later – or worse! bad test scores. 

I’ll see how the first quiz treats me before I go and bug him about how I can get the most out of his class.

Inspite of the lengthy time sitting in class, I am looking forward to my communications class. I was a little put off by the idea that we had to come up with speeches and present them, but I think I can hack it. My biggest problem is that since the class is in the afternoon and for so long, usually my academic brain turns off around the 3 o’ clock mark, and anxiety sets in around then. If it becomes a problem, I of course will talk to her and let her know what’s going on, but I’m hoping that once my boyfriend comes home some of the anxiety will subside. 

In the mean time, I got some Bach Flower remedies gummies – they are excellent. I used them the last time I was caught up in anxiety a couple years ago due to a really awful roommate. They worked wonders. I’m hoping they’ll do the same thing for me now. 

I was tricked into a pyramid scheme meeting. I was offered the opportunity of employment, and the lady wanted to set up a meeting time. I met with her last night – wouldn’t tell me what it was all about, but vaguely said that I had to prove myself worthy in order to be trained to be successful with the ability to make $150k a year. I’m good, I’ll leave it. 

Too bad though, the lady was really neato, and I’d love to just chill with her. She lent me a book to read to inspire me. I thumbed through it and had to plug my nose due to the wreak of scam it emitted. Stanky Stanky scam!

Thankfully I have some sense in that department, if nothing else.

Cover Your Tracks (Cure Tribute) – Fascination Street

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tABaZQlOeOU

A belated Think Piece Thursday Post – but worth posting non the less!
We have been working with a very talented Matt Taggart with many of the musical projects he is involved in. While most of our work is with his phenomenal band, Galapagos, he has recently found himself in a cover band by the name of Cover Your Tracks. This band picks a different artist/band each months, masters them and performs.
The month of April was The Cure.
Without further adue, I present Cover Your Track’s rendition of The Cure’s Fascination Street, filmed and edited by Toby Tackett of Think Piece Productions and special thanks to Doug Cassidy for extra camera work.

Think Piece Thursday – Galapagos is the 500th Video!

It was rather well timed that our 500th video to finish and be posted is actually a medley performed by Galapagos, of Star Wars songs. They played last year at our Annual Star Wars Bash – though this year is known as Galaxy Far Away Fest. They were the only band to fully dress up and get Star-Warsy for the show.
Galapagos is a great band, and I really believe they will go far. In their first year of being together they won the Road to Rockstar which gave them funding for equipment upgrades and studio time. Later in the year they released their first album, and had no problem filling a two hour slot, and packing the venue.
They’re wonderful people, and extremely talented, and we love working with them.

Think Piece – In The Between – Projection

In The Between is an amazing band, one that I expect will go far. This video, while not their best song (Welcome To No One would be my guess as to the one that gets them famous), is one that I edited, and was my first “big” project. There were 14 camera angles from four different shows (some we filmed, some are from cameras they put up at other shows) total, and I used there recorded version of the song.

This was a difficulty, aside from the fact that there were 14 different angles to sort through, the singer tends to sing a little differently per show, and finding the right way to line the angles to hide the difference was tricky.

It was fun to work on, especially since I like the band so much, and they are a hoot to film. I hope we get to work with them more in the future.