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technodisney's journey into Live Theatre
Joseph41:
The Chase, y'reckon? Will be keen to hear what the interview is like. :)
technodisney:
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on March 05, 2019, 03:59:39 pm ---The Chase, y'reckon? Will be keen to hear what the interview is like. :)
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Didn’t go well...
Joseph41:
--- Quote from: technodisney on March 06, 2019, 09:33:11 pm ---Didn’t go well...
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That sucks. What happened?
technodisney:
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on March 07, 2019, 09:58:35 am ---That sucks. What happened?
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I ended up stumbling and stuttering so much and answered questions wrong by accident even though I knew the answers.
The pressure is real.
Meanwhile back at Uni.........
I completely forgot to update this last week. So I guess I will update you on the past two weeks of classes. It has all been going pretty well and I am really enjoying everything besides OHS and Comms. We are really getting into the hands on aspects of it all and every class we are now doing something practical.
Everyone in my class simply gets along and respects everyone else. We have a group chat with heaps of fun banter and I am now feeling quite comfortable in the classroom.
My Grandpa is finally going to be out of Hospital sometime this week!!!! 6 Months and he will finally be back home!! Not as healthy as he was as he has almost no small bowel. But he is not going to rely on hospital support to keep plodding along. Although I am incredibly happy he gets to go home that also means that I will need to find something else to do too in my breaks. My class has been hanging out together as a big group and I think I am going to join them. If not I'll probably fall asleep in a park somewhere in my breaks.
OHS
Didn't have a class last week because public holiday. YAY!!
But that doesn't make it anymore fun. We are 3/4 through the content and I can't wait for the time when this class is no longer scheduled.
Comms
Today we are going to start working on our group presentation. Which i AM NOT looking forward too as I hate working in groups. I will see how I go but I feel like I will enjoy researching a topic but I will not be a good contributor to the group and actively participating as a group member. I am going to end up just agreeing with what everyone else in the group says and being too scared to contribute anything of my own. I will see how I go and I may end up pushing myself. But it doesn't seem likely at this point.
Vision
I seem to be understanding AND enjoying this content really well. It is probably my favourite class at this point. For this class we split into two groups so we have classes of around 10 which makes it much easier to learn the content and actually get a go with the equipment. Alot of the stuff is stuff I already know but I am learning all these technical elements of it which keeps surprising me, I am learning how the stuff I have always used actually work and all these little bits of information from my hours of youtube watching are coming together to form a bigger picture of everything.
Audio
We are meant to be reading a book for this class about Audio Engineering, we have been supplied with an ebook version but because I haven't been motivated to read it I borrowed the copy in the library and have it sitting in my bedroom taunting me so I would actually be motivated to read the physical copy of it.
Classes are kind of interesting in regard to the content but the problem is there are 20 of us all huddled around a sound desk and it is a bit tricky to learn with that many people around. It also means the classes aren't as engaging as only one person can be behind the audio desk at a time.
It is also very cahotic when 20 of us set up and pack down the PA system every class.
Repair and Maintain
I have finished my 4 soldering tasks. I now feel very confident in soldering both mic leads and guitar leads. And it has been quite challenging yet enjoyable going through the 4 soldering tasks. Because I just sat there and foccused on it and wasn't being social with others around me I have done these 4 tasks in 3 lessons. So next week I get Thursday off. YAY!!
We have some broken cables at home that I want to practice fixing, it's good just focussing on it and completing the challenge.
Lighting
This class has also been fun the past two weeks. On Friday we got some hands on experience with a simple analogue desk and played around with mixing different colours. Most the class we were sitting around and watching others create colours but the teacher was very good at explaining how to make different environments with different colours and it was very interesting.
It feels powerful to be sitting at a desk and have control over the sliders which will completely change the mood and atmosphere of the room.
In other news I have decided that a need a new hobby that is tangible and is not LEGO or Puzzles as they both get money and get quite pricey.
So I have decided, thanks to a comment Nina made last year about how I should give drawing a go that has been dwelling in my mind, that I am going to see if I can try out drawing things, my goal is to be able to draw something and not have it look crap. It will give me a tangible hobby to do, that doesn't cost anything and is also something tangible, and not something computer based like coding.
Any tips on getting started with drawing will be greatly appreciated. I just want something to do for when I am feeling overwhelmed with life so I have something to distract me that is also kinda productive as I will be developing a skill.
Aaron:
--- Quote from: technodisney --- I am really enjoying everything besides OHS and Comms
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I don't think anybody gets excited at the thought of OHS theory. The amount of times i've been trained/refreshed in it.... blah.
It's great to hear you're enjoying your course. Hopefully all works out and you get to experience some big events (perhaps events is not the best word.. I cannot think of it at the moment) to work in.
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