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HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY! Google's animated picture is so cute.
Because Florida is THE BEST. The Mummy Coaster is amazing and I went on it twice in the span of a few minutes because it was so good.
There's a new show my mom put on named "Bride and Prejudice" (har har) and it's about couples who want to get married but their parents or friends are opposed to it for various reasons. For example, there was one Jewish man and Catholic woman couple and his family really disliked it, especially his brother. There was a gay couple too.
There was an interracial one between a black woman and a white man, and while their families were fine her BEST FRIEND was not having it. She said how she couldn't believe she was getting married to a white man, how she's a traitor, and how she remembers learning about the KKK lynchings. Woo man. The BFF ended up going to the wedding but had an attitude throughout the entire thing. Bleh.
I don't know. I could see someone being opposed to a marriage if the guy was legitimately bad, but just his race alone? XD For all of these couples I thought how if I were the bride I just wouldn't even care anymore because obviously those "friends/family" don't really love me.
I feel crabby right now because the weather is making my head feel weird and I just can't understand some parts of Peruvian law. GOD
I feel as though I've got the hang of it now, but I had to read a lot of complicated information in Spanish and reach out to a Peruvian banker through my mom to ask for clarification on some things. It's been kind of frustrating to not have a good place to go to or someone to speak to about Peruvian law XD My professor is actually using me to learn about it himself so here I am teaching myself just to write my paper... XD
MY LEG.
I can't believe how similar the Universal Studios' are XD The one in Florida has all of those rides too, which I think is funny. But if you miss E.T. Florida still has it.Cerceaux wrote:I'm going to Universal Studios in a few weeks!
Me and my dad have been giant Harry Potter nerds since the books first came out, so it's a dream come true to go see Hogwarts.
I haven't been there since I was a kid, and a lot of stuff I remember like the Back to the Future and E.T. rides are gone (I won't miss that stupid Backdraft thing though, ugh xD) so it'll be interesting to see what has changed. The Mummy coaster is supposed to be pretty cool and I love the movie so I'm excited about that.
Because Florida is THE BEST. The Mummy Coaster is amazing and I went on it twice in the span of a few minutes because it was so good.
There's a new show my mom put on named "Bride and Prejudice" (har har) and it's about couples who want to get married but their parents or friends are opposed to it for various reasons. For example, there was one Jewish man and Catholic woman couple and his family really disliked it, especially his brother. There was a gay couple too.
There was an interracial one between a black woman and a white man, and while their families were fine her BEST FRIEND was not having it. She said how she couldn't believe she was getting married to a white man, how she's a traitor, and how she remembers learning about the KKK lynchings. Woo man. The BFF ended up going to the wedding but had an attitude throughout the entire thing. Bleh.
I don't know. I could see someone being opposed to a marriage if the guy was legitimately bad, but just his race alone? XD For all of these couples I thought how if I were the bride I just wouldn't even care anymore because obviously those "friends/family" don't really love me.
I feel crabby right now because the weather is making my head feel weird and I just can't understand some parts of Peruvian law. GOD
I feel as though I've got the hang of it now, but I had to read a lot of complicated information in Spanish and reach out to a Peruvian banker through my mom to ask for clarification on some things. It's been kind of frustrating to not have a good place to go to or someone to speak to about Peruvian law XD My professor is actually using me to learn about it himself so here I am teaching myself just to write my paper... XD
MY LEG.
^There's actually a movie called "Bride and Prejudice", it's like a Bollywood version of Pride and Prejudice with Aishwarya Rai. I saw that show in the channel listing recently, but didn't watch it. The best wedding show is Bridezillas imo. Trashy reality TV at its finest.
The E.T ride sucked actually so I don't miss it. xD
The E.T ride sucked actually so I don't miss it. xD
Netflix continues to remind me of new seasons of Say Yes to the Dress, though I've never watched the program and don't intend to. Many people tell me that they are impressed with Netflix's ability to recommend new shows, but I feel hurt and betrayed, as it clearly doesn't know anything about meCerceaux wrote:
I filled my queue with as many ghost films as I could find (except Ghost), so let's just pray that this gets the message across.I saw a video of one of those flash mob wedding proposals and decided if anyone ever did that to me, I'd say No. I can't think of anything stranger than having to answer such a personal question in front of a mass of choreographed dancers and a professional camera crew.
No way, the best wedding show is "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding" - the first British season anyway, not any of the later sequels, spinoffs, or God forbid, the American version. The original, in addition to being a trashy reality show, was actually an interesting look into an obscure subculture.Cerceaux wrote:
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I dunno, the Big Brother season with Pete Burns still wins it for me.
Ok, for the 3rd time in my life I have been deeply moved by tourist sites.
The first time was the Roman sculpture exhibit in the Louvre.
Second was Michelangelo's Holy Family in the Uffizi.
Third is the remaining ancient monuments in Athens.
I assume the next will be the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto.
These things need to be seen.
Ok, for the 3rd time in my life I have been deeply moved by tourist sites.
The first time was the Roman sculpture exhibit in the Louvre.
Second was Michelangelo's Holy Family in the Uffizi.
Third is the remaining ancient monuments in Athens.
I assume the next will be the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto.
These things need to be seen.
Is anyone familiar with cross-cultural studies?
What kind of job (expect cab driver) can I get when I study cross-cultural studies (with emphasis on film)?
What kind of job (expect cab driver) can I get when I study cross-cultural studies (with emphasis on film)?
HOLY TOLEDO KASICH DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE!!!
I was at a screening for a rare documentary made during the Cultural Revolution done by Australian university students. It was incredible and they were able to talk to people freely at the time and get their perspectives and just see what it was like. They wandered for two months around China and visited a bunch of cities. It was amazing.
They asked one guy out of a group they met what he knew about Australia. He said that he knows that the imperialist government has been using the Australian people as cannon fodder for the Vietnam war. He said it's not the Australian people's fault this is happening, but he believes that one day they will rise up and overthrow their imperialist government.
I thought he had a point with the Vietnam War thing, especially when it came to the US
They spoke to university students in their dorm rooms who told them what their daily schedule was like, and they got to know the students over the course of a few weeks. They also met school kids too and they were so nice to them. The footage itself was amazing. I was just AMAZED.
They went to a pencil factory that was making pencils with "SERVE THE PEOPLE" stamped on them. They also spoke to American scholars and doctors who were there for decades. One said you can't understand it unless you were there and how she can liken the Mao thing to admiring a great political leader, but much more intense.
They asked someone they passed by what the political significance of the now opened to the public historical palaces/parks/lakes were. The guy said that before no commoner could go to places like the Summer Palace and were even punished if they went near it but now they can go wherever they want to relax. Huh, I never thought of that sort of thing before!
They also got a ton of welcomes from officials whenever they entered a city, so they had to sit through hours of propaganda and Mao quotes. At the end of each welcome they got a Mao pin to put on their scarves. By the end of their stay they had a bunch of those XD
The guest speaker was an artist who was 28 years old during the Cultural Revolution and that after seeing the documentary with us said it didn't seem like it happened so long ago. He's still an artist now living in Canada (apparently he's well-known in the art-world), and at that time he painted portraits of Mao with his classmates. He even burned his own past art because they didn't seem useful anymore, and his other classmates did the same.
He said great calligraphists of the time (whose work is selling for a ton now) wrote big character posters too. He and his classmates painted a huge Mao portrait in one day and took a picture of themselves standing in front of it. He showed us the photo. That was something! He had a lot of interesting stories from that time.
He said the first two years of the CR were "democratic" in the sense that you could freely criticize whoever you wanted and there was open discussion on anything. There were walls you could place a poster or writing on where you could say anything. It was first about debating with people, so when he and his classmates wanted to stop a temple from being destroyed they debated with their opposition. The government came in and said they'll let them debate as long as they want until they decide what to do. In the meantime, the government officials built a wall around the temple just to keep it safe until the students decided. XD
Then I saw on my phone Ted Cruz had dropped out and I was happy because I liked him the least out of every single candidate XD I've always found him creepy.
We get pleasure out of all the drama that happens, we like seeing others go down the drain, and I find that weird. Why do you want MORE of that in your life?
I was at a screening for a rare documentary made during the Cultural Revolution done by Australian university students. It was incredible and they were able to talk to people freely at the time and get their perspectives and just see what it was like. They wandered for two months around China and visited a bunch of cities. It was amazing.
They asked one guy out of a group they met what he knew about Australia. He said that he knows that the imperialist government has been using the Australian people as cannon fodder for the Vietnam war. He said it's not the Australian people's fault this is happening, but he believes that one day they will rise up and overthrow their imperialist government.
I thought he had a point with the Vietnam War thing, especially when it came to the US
They spoke to university students in their dorm rooms who told them what their daily schedule was like, and they got to know the students over the course of a few weeks. They also met school kids too and they were so nice to them. The footage itself was amazing. I was just AMAZED.
They went to a pencil factory that was making pencils with "SERVE THE PEOPLE" stamped on them. They also spoke to American scholars and doctors who were there for decades. One said you can't understand it unless you were there and how she can liken the Mao thing to admiring a great political leader, but much more intense.
They asked someone they passed by what the political significance of the now opened to the public historical palaces/parks/lakes were. The guy said that before no commoner could go to places like the Summer Palace and were even punished if they went near it but now they can go wherever they want to relax. Huh, I never thought of that sort of thing before!
They also got a ton of welcomes from officials whenever they entered a city, so they had to sit through hours of propaganda and Mao quotes. At the end of each welcome they got a Mao pin to put on their scarves. By the end of their stay they had a bunch of those XD
The guest speaker was an artist who was 28 years old during the Cultural Revolution and that after seeing the documentary with us said it didn't seem like it happened so long ago. He's still an artist now living in Canada (apparently he's well-known in the art-world), and at that time he painted portraits of Mao with his classmates. He even burned his own past art because they didn't seem useful anymore, and his other classmates did the same.
He said great calligraphists of the time (whose work is selling for a ton now) wrote big character posters too. He and his classmates painted a huge Mao portrait in one day and took a picture of themselves standing in front of it. He showed us the photo. That was something! He had a lot of interesting stories from that time.
He said the first two years of the CR were "democratic" in the sense that you could freely criticize whoever you wanted and there was open discussion on anything. There were walls you could place a poster or writing on where you could say anything. It was first about debating with people, so when he and his classmates wanted to stop a temple from being destroyed they debated with their opposition. The government came in and said they'll let them debate as long as they want until they decide what to do. In the meantime, the government officials built a wall around the temple just to keep it safe until the students decided. XD
Then I saw on my phone Ted Cruz had dropped out and I was happy because I liked him the least out of every single candidate XD I've always found him creepy.
I don't care for reality TV and all the yelling. It gets annoying after a while and I stopped watching Bridezillas years ago. I can only take small doses of Teen Mom 2 and Bar Rescue (those two actually) and I don't mind the competition shows like Tattoo Master and The Rap Game. Reality competition shows are nice because they're actually accomplishing things and it's not negative 100%.Cerceaux wrote:
We get pleasure out of all the drama that happens, we like seeing others go down the drain, and I find that weird. Why do you want MORE of that in your life?
I wouldn't expect to see any of that money back if you study film. Treat it purely as an expensive hobby and don't expect any return on the "investment".shazzer wrote:
On the other hand, if you ARE looking for a new job out of this, maybe try studying something else.
Yeah, I kind of have to agree... My Bachelor's Degree is in Cinema Studies, a part of the Comparative Literature department, and I ended up working in the legal department of Pokémon, so...flowersofnight wrote:
The answer may absolutely stun you o_O
Or at least evolve everything to the next level...
Or at least evolve everything to the next level...
They're not even going to get to you till they finish dealing with Monster In My Pocketfaith wrote:How did you guys manage the potential lawsuit for pirating our software?
@Shazzer:
So I think we need more de-tails to really help out.
You can also check out to see if you can learn skills on your own and see what free classes there are. My photography program was completely free, but I had to apply first and get in. I'm off to my first free stop motion animation class in a couple of weeks and I'm taking a filmmaking class over the summer. I'm also going to brush up on my Mandarin by signing up to ChinesePod (pay $10-$29 per month for basic/premium plans including your own tutor and I get 30% off everything as a student) so when I get to China I'm no dud.
You can also look for events happening where you are and meet people similar to you to get more ideas. I know that sounds basic, but you can't imagine all the awesome events I've found just by looking at Eventbrite or an organization's website.
*hamburger specialist*
Now back to my PERUVIAN BUSINESS LAW PAPER GOD. I feel as though it'll never end Elisa said I might as well write a book at this point, ha.
I think it depends on what region she's studying though and what major she got. At NYU they had cross-cultural studies, but you had to be specific and get really good at it. I'm not sure if they even had just a "cross cultural studies" major. So then you can become a consultant for that region or work with a company from that region, that sort of thing. Or you can be a teacher/professor or be a fellow for a year or two and then move on to a better position with that experience.Wandering_Fox wrote:Yeah, I kind of have to agree... My Bachelor's Degree is in Cinema Studies, a part of the Comparative Literature department, and I ended up working in the legal department of Pokémon, so...flowersofnight wrote:
So I think we need more de-tails to really help out.
You can also check out to see if you can learn skills on your own and see what free classes there are. My photography program was completely free, but I had to apply first and get in. I'm off to my first free stop motion animation class in a couple of weeks and I'm taking a filmmaking class over the summer. I'm also going to brush up on my Mandarin by signing up to ChinesePod (pay $10-$29 per month for basic/premium plans including your own tutor and I get 30% off everything as a student) so when I get to China I'm no dud.
You can also look for events happening where you are and meet people similar to you to get more ideas. I know that sounds basic, but you can't imagine all the awesome events I've found just by looking at Eventbrite or an organization's website.
*hamburger specialist*
Now back to my PERUVIAN BUSINESS LAW PAPER GOD. I feel as though it'll never end
Elisa said I might as well write a book at this point, ha.Thanks for your answers guys. That is what I thought. It is weird, Universities tell you film/literature degrees can help you getting a great job .... hmmmmmmmmmm.
It is this program
I want to specialize in Chinese (Taiwanese) and Japanese (maybe Korean) Culture.
I am torn between the first or the 2nd. (I guesss the first might be better)
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.d ... ching.html
Society, Economy and Governance (SEG)
This focus explores issues of Society, Economy and Governance from an explicitly transcultural, anthropological, and historical perspective. There is much interest in the deep and complex histories of globalization and transregional connectivities. Key themes here are the social, political, and cultural dimensions of market dynamics and networks, the shaping and governance of social systems (e.g., civil society), consumer cultures, transregional migration, demographic change, global governance, and urbanization processes.
Study content (selection):
Concepts and methods of migration studies
Korean pop-culture and social transformation in East Asia
Migration of political ideas
Mediterranean economy (300–1500)
Global economic history
Japanese and East Asian law in a European context
Political ecology
Visual, Media and Material Culture (VMC)
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.d ... ching.html
This focus investigates the production, proliferation, and reception of images and objects as well as their collection, display, and reconfiguration with a view to the human agency involved. A transcultural perspective calls for recovering the ways in which experiences and processes of mobility and braidedness are constitutive for the actors and visual regimes involved in these processes. Transculturality also addresses the enmeshing of visual technologies, institutional practices, placemaking, and im/mobility in ways that cut across bipolar asymmetries. Of relevance is the role of diverse agencies, both local and trans-regional, in the negotiation of power and the production of knowledge. This can range from archival, artistic, and exhibition practice to architecture and urban planning to film and advertising. Interdisciplinary conversations and research-based projects help reach into literary, linguistic, musical, performative or ritual dimensions of creative cultures, whose meanings can be more fully apprehended through a range of experiences centering on the social agents, spaces, and sensoriums.
Study content (selection):
Curating cultures: art and exhibition practices
Art, film and migration in the Global South
Cityscapes in Asia: transcultural placemaking
Orientalist architecture
Europe and the arts of Islam
Otherwise, I'd like to study this
http://master-filmkultur.de/?lang=en
But I am afraight, that I won't get a job with either one.
It is this program
I want to specialize in Chinese (Taiwanese) and Japanese (maybe Korean) Culture.
I am torn between the first or the 2nd. (I guesss the first might be better)
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.d ... ching.html
Society, Economy and Governance (SEG)
This focus explores issues of Society, Economy and Governance from an explicitly transcultural, anthropological, and historical perspective. There is much interest in the deep and complex histories of globalization and transregional connectivities. Key themes here are the social, political, and cultural dimensions of market dynamics and networks, the shaping and governance of social systems (e.g., civil society), consumer cultures, transregional migration, demographic change, global governance, and urbanization processes.
Study content (selection):
Concepts and methods of migration studies
Korean pop-culture and social transformation in East Asia
Migration of political ideas
Mediterranean economy (300–1500)
Global economic history
Japanese and East Asian law in a European context
Political ecology
Visual, Media and Material Culture (VMC)
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.d ... ching.html
This focus investigates the production, proliferation, and reception of images and objects as well as their collection, display, and reconfiguration with a view to the human agency involved. A transcultural perspective calls for recovering the ways in which experiences and processes of mobility and braidedness are constitutive for the actors and visual regimes involved in these processes. Transculturality also addresses the enmeshing of visual technologies, institutional practices, placemaking, and im/mobility in ways that cut across bipolar asymmetries. Of relevance is the role of diverse agencies, both local and trans-regional, in the negotiation of power and the production of knowledge. This can range from archival, artistic, and exhibition practice to architecture and urban planning to film and advertising. Interdisciplinary conversations and research-based projects help reach into literary, linguistic, musical, performative or ritual dimensions of creative cultures, whose meanings can be more fully apprehended through a range of experiences centering on the social agents, spaces, and sensoriums.
Study content (selection):
Curating cultures: art and exhibition practices
Art, film and migration in the Global South
Cityscapes in Asia: transcultural placemaking
Orientalist architecture
Europe and the arts of Islam
Otherwise, I'd like to study this
http://master-filmkultur.de/?lang=en
But I am afraight, that I won't get a job with either one.
This is a gigantic lieshazzer wrote:
So is this specifically about getting a new job or what?
Film degrees can be good but they usually have to accompany something else that can make your knowledge about film be put into practice. I have friends at Nickelodeon, Disney, and NBC who studied similar things to you (Media, Culture, Communication, Art, Film, etc) and are either artists, production assistants, or in the corporate sector handling things like talent acquisition.shazzer wrote:
Do you have a specific type of job you want?
I actually think the Filmkultur one is the best way to go if your main objective is a job. It not only gives you actual work experience in the third semester, but the program connects you with people with those jobs. It gives you practical training, even teaching you economics and relevant law, takes you directly to companies and institutions, and also allows you to learn about cultures and film and you have to create your own project too.
I actually met an archive person who studied sculpture at Yale last night. She's at the Asia Art Archive in NY and she helps put on shows like the one I went to where I met her. So it is possible to get a job in that! She added me on Facebook and said she'll be in Shanghai in October so I'll probably see her there.
I like your other two options, but I'm not sure how they'll get you to the job you want. They seem to be more about learning and getting another degree while the Filmkultur one seems to be for people who know they want a job in that area. Which seems more like you IMO.
But if I had to choose between the first two programs I'd go with the first as well. You get a good mix of culture, politics, law, and society in the regions you want to learn about. Then you can become more of a specialist in those countries and move on to a job focusing on that.
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