The Sound of Settling

First of all, internet access has been intermittent and not quite up to snuff with Blogger and Facebook, so you'll have to wait a bit to see the pictures I've taken the past few days. There are some cool ones coming, though, so stay tuned.

I'm just about settled here in Los Angeles. The Park La Brea area is really nice and is certainly deceiving about what life in the city must really be like. However, this is a transitional experience, so why take it all at once? My apartment is nice and roomy enough. I wish we had a bit more furniture. Air conditioning and internet would be nice, as well. Even though we don't have cable, I think the internet could make up for that. Right now I'm just sitting in the grass under a nice little shade tree updating this here blog, and it's quite nice actually. However, I'd hate to have to come all the way down here every time I want to check my email. They tell me it'll be fixed soon enough, so I'll take them at their word for now. The RD seems like the sort of woman who gets that kind of thing done.

Dad helped me move in yesterday, which was much easier than moving into Milligan since I had so few things packed. We then went out to eat with Bob Hayden at a really interesting Jewish deli called Canter's. Apparently it's been there since the 20's or something! We then went over to check out the school, which is really nice. It has a really good hi-def theater, nice edit bays with FCP3, and an excellent student lounge with couches, tables, a blu-ray equipped TV, and a wall covered in DVD's. I'm not going to be bored.

After Dad left for Sacramento, I met the rest of my roommates and then went to the dinner planned for the students. It was a typical getting to know you sort of thing. Afterward I went with 8 other friends to see Inglorious Basterds at the ArcLight theater, which was an AMAZING experience. Everyone there really loved movies, and they clapped, laughed, and cheered at all the right places. The screen was huge, and I was probably in the worst seat in the house (which wasn't bad at ALL). They even gave out free soundtracks to certain people. Seth, my roommate, was sitting to my right and got the first one! There was a lot of crazy stuff (all of it kosher) that happened that night, but it all turned out okay. We got back at 3 a.m., which left us about 5 hours of sleep before our meeting the next morning.

We had a breakfast over at the school at 9:30 followed by worship at 10. We also heard interesting stories from various alumni at the program, which pretty much reminded us that Hollywood is a tough place to work. After that, I got a few groceries, then headed back to the room, and now I'm here. It's really a much better story with pictures, but let me assure you, it has been awesome so far. I can't wait for more!