a compliment

today i received a compliment. one of my professors wrote a message on a photo assignment returned to us today where we had to take 5 photos featuring different visual elements (ie., color, shape, line, space, etc.) his note reads:

"Nick--

You sure have an eye for creating great composition within the frame. It always intrigues me how sometimes the ones who don't make many comments in class are the ones who really understand what I'm trying to teach. May I recommend you look into taking some other photography classes along with the cinematography classes. I think you will find them fascinating and extremely helpful.

B.U."

i'm not trying to hide his name, that's really how he signs everything. haha. but anyway, i always like when what i do is validated. granted i have an awesome camera, but i don't think i can give it all the credit :)

it wouldn't be a true post if it wasn't one in the morning, or close to it. michelle you can be proud, although i won't be coming north this weekend. i will be patiently waiting to hold annie when you guys come down for thanksgiving. :)

ain't gonna lie...school is busy! i'm frantically trying to finish projects and turn things in early so that i can have a fun "fall break" in new york starting next thursday. i think for the most part i have everything under control.

saw sweeney todd last night in park city. it made me happy inside. i just love that show! hopefully the castle will put it on next october (if i have anything to say about it...which really i don't.) when i got home i crawled into bed and turned on the halloween movie marathon on amc. here i was preparing to go to bed, but was so intrigued by the no name slasher film that i had to stay up and watch it! :) tonight amc is showing alien. not my favorite, so i don't feel like i have to stay up, plus i have class in less than eight hours. yummy.

another thought on school work and dedication. recently i have had a change in thought process when it comes to homework, projects, assignments, etc. and i've wondered if it is just me copping out. maybe a little, but then "carol of the bells" came up on my random playlist on itunes and i took a moment to listen remembering being in the studio with jules as she played while i sat in the booth. i am really proud of that project, and put a lot of effort into it. and who's to say that i shouldn't concentrate most of my efforts on the classes and projects that mean the most to me while making sure that I atleast pass the other classes which are not as important? d's get degrees, and so do c's. haha. what happened to the guy who freaked out if his grades weren't straight a's!? gone....long gone. and i don't think i miss him.

more hot PIES, more HOT, more PIES, MORE HOT PIES! -- sweeney todd the musical

i'm blogging instead of writing my papers. figures.

i spent the weekend up in logan to see urinetown, as well as some college friends. i need to stop going up to logan when it is so pleasant and pretty. a small part of me regrets my decision to come back south, but then i actually compare apples to apples of the actual schooling in my program of choice and know i'm where i should be, plus i have had some amazing experiences, adventures, and opportunities only because of deciding to transfer to the Y. i guess i just need to get up and visit logan more often, it's not so far away and a quick trip if you have someone to talk to on the phone. :)

today is a good day. i haven't exactly put my finger on why i feel like i need to proclaim it. maybe because of the changing leaves? maybe because one of my classes ended? maybe because timp is snow covered but it's not freezing down here in the valley? i don't really know...but today is a good day.

also i'm glad that the jonstone clan gets to experience what season changes are all about! again, i don't know why, but i'm glad they get to freeze during january like the rest of us! mmmm....

byu characters -- library security

i'm starting a new segment on my blog called byu characters. they will highlight people that i run into or just observe walking or working on campus.

today's character is the library's security guards. dressed in a white uniform shirt with dress slacks and usually boots they sport a walkie talkie attached to their shoulder, and (if properly certified) a container of mace attached to their belt. besides looking extremely "intimidating" as people come and go from the library, what do these security guards actually do? ...glorified book return. i'm guessing its actually 99% of their job. correction 95% of their job. the other 5% is to look intimidating.

weekend roundup

I had a very successful weekend. Success, i guess, is a relative word. I would say I was successful because I was able to focus long enough to finish all my midterm assignments along with having some time to have a little fun. griff wanted me to go hunting with him on saturday. i laughed when he asked because i didn't think he was serious -- he was. oh well. I still didn't go. we're not a family of hunters!

stacey and i had an interesting conversation this weekend about global warming. neither of us really know what we're talking about. it's something that i'm really starting to find interest in. what is and isn't true about what people say on this topic?

also i was watching 60 minutes tonight (don't really know why...) and this story http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/17/60minutes/main3378089.shtml (sorry i can't make it clickable right now.) valerie wilson used to work undercover for the cia. her story is about being directly involved years ago when they were making claims about iraq buying uranium from niger for weapons of mass destruction and how what we were hearing from our country's leaders wasn't exactly matching up with the information she was finding... anyway. fascinating stuff i think!

and now i must start preparing for a very busy two weeks as i try and turn assignments and take a test early so i can go to new york without having any worries, and have a personal fall break. haha.

my family is hot

i'm so glad we have an annie in our family!


seth, zane, maryn, jonas, and annie. if we follow this trend, michelle you have to get pregnant again here soon...

lucidity

Here is our 24 hr film. The quality online isn't that great, but you'll get the idea.

24 hrs film festival

it's seven am, and i'm just going to bed.

goodnight! (the film festival video to be posted soon...)

me and my hat.