The View Up Here

Greetings, Programs! I realize I've already satisfied my quota for today, but I'm motivated to write more. Imagine! As anyone who's known me for more than ten minutes can tell you, I'm a huge fan of the Tron films. Tron: Legacy was, for me, both a flash back to my teenage self watching light cycles race on the Grid for the first time, and a reminder of why I chose to write and make films in the first place. The man who envisioned and directed T:L, Joseph Kosinski, is actually the subject of this post (ah, eventually she gets to the point). Now, there already exists in the blogosphere some excellent investigations into who Joseph Kosinski is , mainly because when he was attached to T:L, few knew the name readily. Check out the link I just posted to see the work he did pre-T:L, which was his first feature film. So what's next for JoKo? Oblivion! I mean the film, "Oblivion," about a lone soldier (Tom Cruise) on a bleak, post-apocalyptic future Earth, repair...

As it now stands, I have finished teaching at the Cornell Summer College, and all my little students are back in China and Turkey. I've received lovely emails from a few of them, though reading their messages, I wonder if they paid any attention at all to the grammar lessons. Still, I am honored to have been a part of their academic careers, even for such a few weeks. On the heels of that, I attended a gathering of friends from far and wide to engage in a weekend of tenting, hiking, storytelling 'round the fire, s'mores, and a few bottles of home-brew. A lovely counterpoint to the 6-week sprint of the summer intensive program. And now, a week later, I am focusing on my L.A. job search, connecting with new friends and old ones, working through the terror of stepping off the ledge. I suppose this is what Joseph Campbell meant by "Follow your bliss." I always used to think that was for tree-huggers and dope-smokers. There's an amazing quote by Maya Angelo...