Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Better Life and Experience in 2019?

Guess I was wrong about last year's blog post being my last. Thought it be best if I could share my previous experience from last month and what I might come to expect as I am finally moving from my college life towards graduation and a potential future job that will probably be nothing like I have had before.
After watching and discussing movies that I love/hate and visiting my sister in Cleveland while letting her spend her time with my family during the winter vacation in Texas, I can't imagine what life will be like this year. I understand that I will take only two classes in spring semester at George Mason University before my graduation will start sometime around this May. Because I have very few required courses to take, I had a part-time job (every Tuesday and now Thursday morning from 8 AM to 12 noon) which is right inside the Office of Elections at the Fairfax County Government Center. However, I learned from the appointment meeting at Service Source that I may need to take another job somewhere within the Virginia or the Washington D.C. area to increase my working experience and put my computer graphic skills to great use. But that's not my only concern as far as I know. I also continue to make some paintings that are usually commissioned by my mom and dad's best friends, simply because of how talented I am with my painting skills. It's just that I'm trying to find the right time to do the painting even while I am tasked in doing important GMU assignments in Figure Drawing and Mobile App Design classes. For all I know, Figure Drawing might be the subject that I will surely need help for during the entire semester.

Outside of college or work, I am more excited to see any movies that I feel will be a game changer for 2019 or maybe even the entire industry in moviemaking history. I just couldn't believe that I am now viewing movies or TV shows through streaming on Netflix, including movies originally set for theaters (for example, the Andy Serkis-directed Mowgli movie). Is this what watching movies is going to be like nowadays besides going to a movie theater? And having just seen Bumblebee and Aquaman, I knew for a fact that both of their respective franchises are going for a new makeover after their underwhelming would-be blockbuster failures from 2017. Except now I just decide to see movies that either have actual quality writing or intrigues me unless it ends up as terrible, simply underwhelming, or just not worth buying to keep at home. I just like to watch films for nostalgic reasons to see how much better they could have been compared to the current year we are in, which is mostly filled with sequels or reboots - unoriginal, unnecessary or whatnot. The movie that I am most anticipated to see in 2019, and I'm sure the title isn't "Star Wars" after what happened with The Last Jedi. But Avengers: Endgame, rather. I only hope that it'll live up to Infinity War after Thanos wiped out half of the universe and proves to be a nice farewell to our beloved cinematic Avengers that brought us a world of superheroes created by Stan Lee create to inspire us. Yet I wonder how the Phase 4 movies will differ to the previous 3 phases that started way back in 2008 that introduced us Robert Downey, Jr.'s Iron Man? Could DC, for all its faults since Batman v Superman and "Joss-tice League", be the one taking over the superhero movie era? Will I still remain a Transformers fan since Bumblebee has certainly brought the franchise, in the lyrics of Hailee Steinfeld's song, "back to life" and that I now appear to enjoy G1 robots more than Bayformers? So many good (or bad) movies to watch, so little time!

What I have summarized brought up these interesting questions about what this year will be like. What will my new Mayuga life after graduating from George Mason University will be like besides going on a summer vacation to China, the biggest country that I have not visited before in my life? Will the new job that I will be taking be worth it? How many more works will I be doing that my parents believe will bring me to absolute fame and fortune despite my disability? And is my sister Christine still going to continue getting in touch with us? I pray that 2019 will be a fun experience for me compared to everything I have been through in the past!