VUG Media

Lot movie

(click to stream, right click and "save as" to download).

This video was produced for my VISA 310 class at UBC and I just thought that I would share it here. It was created as a companion piece to a series of photographs of the same abandoned house. The background music is by the Flaming Lip's, copyright be damned! Here is the description of my photo series, adapted for this video:

This video is meant to spur the discussion of what happened at this house. Why was it abandoned? Why so quickly (or so it seems)? When? Why was it left to deteriorate?

The summer is in full swing now and with three days left before holidays, I am determined to at get some sort of tan this summer. On that note, I will be cutting back all internet use to the bare-bones until after labour day. I will only be using the net for email, school and necessary searches/work. No RSS Feeds, Blogs, Google News, CBC, NY Times - I might even cut out Pitchfork!

Before I stop blogging for a few weeks, I'll give a quick update on things going on with me or catching my attention. Here goes the categorical list:

Music

Best Album of the Summer (so far): The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

I just finished writing my last exam of the year and it feels amazing. No more homework, studying and procrastination. Now I have time to do what I want (which was the problem all along). Maybe I will actually get around to building this site, fine tuning the posts and actually putting up something of use.

As for school, the last stretch was a handful: two nights with no sleep, 27+ hour binges of work, a ton of early morning exams and even a denile of washroom privalages (let us not go there). Hopefully the GPA does not fall too far off the charts! At least this last exam was a bit of a bird-walk compared to the others.