søndag den 24. april 2016

Premiering Fraternity


2nd week started and Will asked us to come with him to his home school's basketball team's championship match screening in Hollywood. So we went! They had a pretty strict dress code and security dude though, so the others got turned away. I got there in time for the 2nd half and that was perfect - it was just the right amount, I didn't get tired of it! And it was a really exciting game - in the last 2 seconds the other team scored the winning points!


After that we went to celebrate Adam's birthday at their house. We watched Up, played Mariokart and ate cake! It was a good time.


The animating life continued. We started building new puppets! And I went to a fraternity Rush event before the Tuesday class, not really knowing what to expect. I was invited to the closed dinner the next day and then for an interview the day after that.


I got to go to Fresh Produce that Wednesday too - a weekly drawing meet at Ackerman. And Thursday I went fabric shopping for my new babies!


Wrapping them up and getting started on costumes. 


I got to speak to two lovely ladies too! It was real nice.


 The next day I got a creepy letter pushed through my doorstep - my fraternity bid night invitation! It all feels very American...


And I got to sow my puppet costumes and the vintage pieces I bought in San Francisco! I was getting the machine back to our family friend the next day.


At night I went dancing with Evan and Daniela in Hollywood. It was a very weird place that mostly reminded me of a mix between a vampire's den and the Moulin Rouge - and the music theme for the night was the Smiths and 80s in general. It was great to get out and dance finally!


I got my hand-sowing done and then went on a film shoot all through the night Saturday. I played the quartermaster in our spy film! My very Kingsman-y set-up is seen above.


I shot a lot of the film! It was fun to be physically behind the camera again. And we edited it the very next day. I kind of underestimated how long it would take, so I was a little stressed with my school work. It was a good experience though!


I skyped with my parents and ended up just watching Danish television via their screen... #normal
And then I went to my first Westwood film premiere - Hunstman: Winter's War!


I went back and forward between a group from Bruin Film Society and my roommates - so I got to see different red carpet sights! It was an experience, but I was surprised at how small it all was. It was just a tiny little road that they had blocked off! Kevin had scored us actual premiere tickets too (to my roommates' envy), so I got to go and see the film in the theatre with the cast and crew. Very Hollywood!

lørdag den 16. april 2016

Week 1 Disneyland


The weekend arrived. Originally, I was supposed to go to Wizarding World during the week, but that didn't happen - so I was set on getting to Disney instead. So I have gone to Disneyland during week 1 both quarters here!
I actually ended up renting a car - it was cheaper than expected! But I got a flipping mini van... So that was different. But driving was easy!

I met up with Savannah at the park - we had talked on tumblr and found a day that was good for both of us. It just so happened to be the last day of meet 'n' greet with Thor - so we went there first. 
And then we headed to Tarzan's tree house, which I didn't get to see last time - I was wearing a Jane bound!


We met Genie too!


I actually got to see mainly things I didn't get to last time. So that was great! Small world, Toon Town... And we met Mickey!


It was sooooo hot and the sun was shining all day - so cold ice creams were a necessity.


In California Adventure we went through Cars Land - gosh, it is so well done. It is actually quite unbelievable. And it looks so darn movie-accurate!
We also went on Soaring California and swam by the Little Mermaid attraction, which was crazy cool - and I noticed a H. C. Andersen cameo that Savannah had never seen before despite going to the parks all the time.


Back in Disneyland we tried a good handful of rides and waited for darkness to fall.


We found a good spot for the Paint the Night parade! And as always I had a soft spot for the dancers' costumes - there are just so pretty!

Fireworks followed and they were grand as always. The castle is just so small, it only peaks up once in a while...


I had such a fun day and a dose of Disney was just what I needed to start the quarter off!