Blog 17: This is the end......NOT!

Did you catch my movie reference? Hint, it is from a film about a reporter from Kazakhstan coming to America and making a mess everywhere he goes. A little off topic but might get laugh out of the reader. Anyway, onto the blog.

The summer-session one is wrapping up. Tomorrow is reading day, to which I will be available for any of the departments if they need assistance. Besides that all that's left to do is set up Thursday evening, hold the microcinema, and call it a semester!

Yesterday and today I contacted several bars in Wilmington that can be reserved for events such as our microcinema. Unfortunately, I only recieved one reply from The Satellite saying to contact the general manager because of how short the time-frame was. This also led to a dead end as He did get back to me in time. Fortunately the Silvas offered to have a bbq at their house as an alternative, which became our solution.

This evening Ian and I went to the Silva Compound to scout out the location and the best placement for the scree, audience area, cornhole game, and photobooth. The last thing to be covered is where the projector and the amps will be placed which I have to discuss with Viet and Paul. Shouldn't be too much of a big deal, just a lot of extension chords right?

The only issue right now is the weather. I checked this evening and while it isn't going to be raining when we have the event, the forecast shows thunderstorms close to start time. If this is the case the ground will be wet and towels may not be very effective. I would have to contact the programmers about this, and maybe have some tarps put down for towels. Or people can bring their own chairs. I'm not saying that is definite but it is something that needs to be looked into.

One last note before I call it a night. Before we all left the Silva residence, we watched a box turtle slowly make its way across the street. It was fun to watch, but did get a little aggravating when it would stop or turn and walk down the middle of the street. That turtle clearly wanted to live life on the edge.

That's all I have to say about that. Here's to a good semester coming to an end, and another beginning next week!