Well, it isn’t New Year’s Eve until tomorrow for me, but since this is more of a tribute for 2011 than for the new year, I thought I might as well post it now. A year ago, I drew a picture in hopes that 2011 will be infinitely better than the dismal 2010. Strangely enough, this year was pretty dang awesome (for me personally). It was a huge year of change: I finished two internships at Greenhouse Studios and Periscope Studio, I saw my sister graduate from NYU, I was honored with the Jay Kennedy Memorial cartooning scholarship, I got into the film major, and moved in with my two awesome roommates to our new apartment. I met so many new people, created more things than I ever remembered, and gained so many great memories. It was wonderful. I feel like in the line of history, 2011 is pretty memorable. From notable deaths, to natural disasters, to world wide revolutions. I think it’s safe to say that social media and the internet made a huge impact in changing tides of social thought. For that, I’m grateful to be alive.  Granted, the US economy is still in the can, and my family has struggles, but for some reason I’m optimistic that things are changing for the better.

Well, it isn’t New Year’s Eve until tomorrow for me, but since this is more of a tribute for 2011 than for the new year, I thought I might as well post it now.

A year ago, I drew a picture in hopes that 2011 will be infinitely better than the dismal 2010. Strangely enough, this year was pretty dang awesome (for me personally). It was a huge year of change: I finished two internships at Greenhouse Studios and Periscope Studio, I saw my sister graduate from NYU, I was honored with the Jay Kennedy Memorial cartooning scholarship, I got into the film major, and moved in with my two awesome roommates to our new apartment. I met so many new people, created more things than I ever remembered, and gained so many great memories. It was wonderful.

I feel like in the line of history, 2011 is pretty memorable. From notable deaths, to natural disasters, to world wide revolutions. I think it’s safe to say that social media and the internet made a huge impact in changing tides of social thought. For that, I’m grateful to be alive. 

Granted, the US economy is still in the can, and my family has struggles, but for some reason I’m optimistic that things are changing for the better.

Dec

30

2011

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A montage I put together of the notable films of 2011. This is like the second thing I’ve edited (ever), so hopefully future videos will be even bigger and better!

Made by one of my talented friends in the film major. If you’re a sucker for montages like I am, you’ll definitely like this.

Dec

14

2011

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2011: The year of revolutions

“They hear constantly of the great social maladjustment, but no way is provided for them to change it, and their uselessness hangs about them heavily.”

-Jane Addams

It’s strange to think that the new year just barely began, and suddenly, there was a great surge of political change within the Middle East. As a history student, it’s fascinating and a bit foreboding. As a person, it really breaks my heart.

I was very conflicted about what happened in Egypt. I felt as if everyone was claiming democracy without realizing that it’s an ideal, not necessarily an institution. And I hated how people were dying for it. I hated that all this corruption went on without me grasping the magnitude of that corruption. I hated that I didn’t even care until these terrible things started happening. I hated how I couldn’t do anything. And I remember that I cried like a little girl on my bus back to campus at the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution. I was more remorseful at the casualties than joyful at their victory. Seeing it happen all over again, on a grander, more brutal scale in Libya is even more heart-wrenching.

If there’s one good thing that happened to me as I observed these events unfold, it’s that I regained my humanity. In the past, I would gloss over the parts on war in my textbooks, not grasping the magnitude of the amount of human loss. But now I realize that I am not alone on an island. I am not a single person acting outside of the world. I am a part of this world and what happens to every single person out there, happens to me. A philosopher once said that our actions represent the actions of all mankind, and we are buried under that weight. We are responsible to carry that burden.

I know that many of us were not even aware of these countries before today, but I hope that these events of history will help us all embrace our humanity, and become good representatives of mankind.

Feb

22

2011

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