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Good morning, everybody.

We're home.

We're back home and we have to go to school today.

I did a poll on Instagram and everyone was like, girl, we need to see your senior year before you leave.

And I concur.

It's March now.

I graduate in the middle of May.

I'm really processing everything in real time.

Right now, if you're in college, you know that March is midterm season.

We have to try and pass our classes or else we can't graduate.

We're going to be studying in this video and honestly just prepping for midterm season.

We have so much to do today.

I have my tote bag fully packed and I honestly feel like

when I graduate I'm just gonna be forever lopsided from how much stuff I carry on one arm in a tote bag.

Like I have two laptops in here, a protein bar, cords, a tissue because I'm feeling under the weather today.

What else?

Gum, deodorant, lip gloss and a backache.

I'm also gonna be bringing my Instax Mini 12.

If you follow me on any of my social media you saw the ad

that I did for the Instax Mini 12 in partnership with Fujifilm.

Y'all the reception to that was great if you saw

that ad you know

that it was a little more cinematic like i don't know

i want to lean into my film instincts like i go to school for this

if you don't know who i am my name is michaela i go to usc

and i'm in their film school basically that video is about capturing memories

so that when you graduate college you have them forever

and like an instax print really feels like super nostalgic

and i love the tactile-ness of it let me show you

when i was producing that video i took

so many different instax prints these are a few instax prints

that i took last week of campus i wanted to find locations

that felt nostalgic to me we have my first dorm to buildings

that i would pass by on my way to class

and even the front of sca later in the video you'll

see me collect more i have the blossom pink in stacks mini 12

but it comes in so many other colors like lilac purple mint green clay white

and pastel blue well i could put them on my fridge i could put them in a scrapbook

and i just want to keep collecting more of these throughout the video

so throughout this week in my life i want to bring my instax mini 12 around

and just take photos just have the memories

because i'm only here for you know like two more months

which is crazy and in general like an instax mini 12 is iconic

so the fact that they partnered with me on that video

and then they're also partnering with me on this video is crazy

so thank you so much to boozy film i really appreciate it

and genuinely i love and use their products

so anyway let's go to campus i have two classes today

and i need to get something done before one of them

because we have to present a research question in front of the whole class

and it needs to be done on a printed piece of paper i don't have a printer

so i'm going to the library first stop on campus is

the library i don't even remember the last time i was here libraries aren't my favorite study spots

because they're always too quiet so quiet that i feel like even

if i make a small noise i'll be drawing attention to myself i'm in the library i don't even know

if you can hear me it is pin drop quiet in

here i come up with a research question burn it out

and i'm on the second floor where i guess you can

print things the only reason i'm here is to quickly type up an assignment

that i have to present in class

and the professor wants it on a printed sheet of paper but

when i made my way over to the printers for some

reason it wasn't working i looked at the instructions it seemed

pretty straightforward it just said to tap your card to activate the printer

and go to the school's designated website to print your materials

but no matter how many times i tapped or how many printers I went to, it wouldn't let me log in.

After about 20 minutes of trying, I decided to go downstairs to get some help.

But when I got there, this is what they said.

Um, are there any assistance for the printers on the second floor?

Uh, what problems do you have?

It just isn't recognizing, like, my USC card or my login.

Uh, is this your first computer?

Well, I've printed out, like, housing before.

Oh, no, here.

Yeah, here.

So, did you tap the card first?

Yeah.

If you tap the card first before you log in, you'll get locked up already.

What?

So what you can do, you can try to run it in the basement.

The basement has a completely different system.

Okay, that's crazy because yeah, I have something new today, so that sucks.

Down here in the basement, there was a printing station rather than a Xerox printer, which came with its own learning curves.

I tried simply inserting my card.

It didn't recognize me.

Then I manually logged in, but then it said I didn't even have any files on my drive account, even though I had just downloaded them into my Google Drive.

So I had to ask for help again.

Hi, could you help me out?

because I like linked my Google Drive and there's no files at all.

Okay, downloading this app.

I love that this app has two stars, not even 1.6.

Thankfully, the app worked, but it cost me $5, an hour of my time, all for a single piece of paper.

That did not need to take an hour.

Happy Monday, everybody.

As soon as I could get out of that library, I was gone and I made my way over to my safe space, the film school.

On to more fun things, things that'll bring me joy.

I want to set up my Instax Mini 12 just

so I have it throughout the day before I kind of get into my other work.

I have to refill it.

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What's cool about this is it's actually a film camera.

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So you put film into the back of this camera

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and you can also see how many prints you have left and how many different shots you have left.

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It's indicated on this little number right here.

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So as you can see, mine is empty.

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But you just open the back and go.

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So this is my empty cartridge.

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I used all the film.

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So it comes in like packs of 10.

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If you buy the refills, you'll get 20.

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So you get two packs of 10 that you can put into the back of it.

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I already used one, so I need to fill it with a new cartridge.

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This is what it looks like.

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It's in this protective foil.

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Okay, so as you can see we have our beautiful camera i went for the blush rose color

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but they have so many other colors in the instax mini 12 it also goes with my nails

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which is really cute also

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when you're taking the photo you can see like a little mirror so

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if you're in front of the camera you can kind of

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see what the shot looks like this is the actual like photo button

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and what's nice is that it comes with batteries

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so you can actually use it straight out of the box

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rather than having to go buy batteries for the camera that's what the inside looks like

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and i'm going to open up the film cartridge.

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You just align this yellow mark with this one on the top.

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I like to be very gentle.

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Close it.

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I'm going to turn it on.

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We want to get rid of the S.

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You just need to take a photo.

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And so this just gets rid of the thing that protects the film inside.

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And now you'll see in the back that there's 10 shots left.

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And so when you take it, it has to count because you can't get it back.

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This is the regular sort of focal length, but you can also do close-up.

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I found a table by the Peter Stark producing program and decided to do some computer work.

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I needed to catch up on a few readings that we'd be discussing in class.

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This is my favorite study corner at the film school.

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Because it's not too busy, there's not much foot traffic.

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You can just focus on your work.

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Hey y'all.

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Okay, just did some work over at the Peter Stark producing program area.

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I'm headed to class.

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I'm gonna get there early.

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I need to do some readings that we're gonna be discussing in class.

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So that gives me time to like figure things out.

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I have 30 minutes before it starts.

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I don't think anybody's in there, but let's see.

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Whoa, it's so dark.

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So this is where we have our class.

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The class is not full by any means.

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There's probably only 20 of us.

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It looks pretty sparse when everybody's filed in here.

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The professor lectures up here.

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We watch our screenings on this projector.

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What sucks about the big classrooms is you're not really next to a wall for most of the seats.

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So if you want to charge anything, you can't.

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But if you're early, you can get a seat right next to an outlet.

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And I like to make sure all my things are charged.

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I like this class, but also I absolutely hate it two things can be true at once it's about the history of american television

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which is a really interesting topic

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but the way the professor lectures isn't quite my favorite i

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feel like she could say things a little more succinctly

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and connect her ideas together like sometimes she bounces back

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and forth between ideas like i've just had some really great lecture professors like professor boyd george kastosha

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so it's sometimes hard to sit through lectures and it doesn't help

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that the class is about four hours long

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but we're watching a bunch of screenings like I think we watch maybe three TV episodes per class.

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So we're doing different readings for this class today.

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I was already highlighting everything that I needed to remember.

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We're watching The Twilight Zone.

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We're watching The Beverly Hillbillies and Greenacres.

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Three different shows in one class.

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Again, it's a lot.

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And then we're also talking about our research questions.

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Good morning, everybody.

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It's Tuesday and woke up and have been laying in bed doing work for two hours.

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There's something nice and comfortable about being in bed opening your laptop checking instagram for a little bit

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when you wake up And then opening your emails and finding things

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that you have to do and you get pulled into like a little work hole Currently editing my thesis tv pilot.

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I got notes last night I know people say not to do work in bed

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because you want to have a separation from like work mode and your relaxation mode It's like a mental thing.

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I can't help it.

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I'm so comfortable right now I don't even want to get out of bed get ready for class today.

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I have a long class that's a big theme with my schedule this semester i have to get this polished

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because my professor wants to send the script to somebody he knows in his network

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and they have produced a really cool show very excited

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that he believes in my work

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and wants to share it with like his people i don't

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know i'm super proud of my thesis project it came together really well

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and i think it's a great representation of who i am i think it'll be a great sample

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and the writing is going to continue So yeah, i'm gonna be in my software.

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These are like the notes

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that I got last night Just post on instagram from my bed If you don't follow me on instagram, you should go follow me on there because I do post pretty regularly Okay,

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i'm all dressed ready for the day.

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I have to put on my shoes I'm gonna wear these like cow print boots.

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I'll be bringing my birthday bag with me around town I

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want to go get a coffee this morning still feeling a tad under the weather, but it's okay I feel like coffee will fix a lot of my problems this morning.

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Let's go get some caffeine.

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It's a good day for a good coffee.

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And of course, that means I'm going to the best caffeine spot on campus, Dulce.

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I'm such a loyal customer here that at this point, I think I'm paying their rent for them.

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I got a vanilla latte.

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I know, a little different for me.

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I usually get the Dulce latte.

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And then I ran into Anthony.

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We sat and chatted for a while, caught up on a few things.

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Then we made our way over to a lecture class that we have together.

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We can't bring food or drinks into the lecture hall, so I'm chugging this.

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I never finish my lattes.

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Chug, chug, chug, chug.

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This is actually the only class Anthony and I have ever had together, and it'll probably be the last, so it felt like the perfect moment to capture it with an Instax print.

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I asked a fellow student to take our photo.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, guys.

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I think, yeah.

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So we can remember.

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Oh, it looks so cute.

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My favorite part of taking like an Instax, seeing it develop.

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Dude, both keep chugging that latte made me feel like kind of sick.

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She's going to text me later like, Anthony, I'm sick and it's your fault.

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Flashback to earlier today when I was like, caffeine's going to fix all my problems.

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Don't do caffeine because caffeine fixes everybody's problem.

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Maybe that's it.

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Because I ate a protein bar and a croissant.

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Yeah, I had a salad.

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Oh, wow, you.

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Wow.

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Nice.

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I have to be very skinny, guys.

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I'm like, carb this, carb that you're like, I have salad.

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I have croutons.

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Soon it was time to stop messing around and actually lock in because the professor was arriving and we started the lecture.

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I love this class and I've taken this professor multiple times.

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Today I took very thorough notes because the midterm is coming up next week.

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Last week we watched Foxy Brown.

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Today's screening is Claudine.

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After class I went to the campus food courts and grabbed a burrito and kept doing work because I am in school.

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Not very exciting.

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Hi guys, so ate food, got out of class.

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I've been in class so long that the sun is already setting.

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It's hard when you have classes during the day because when you're done with everything, it's dark out and then you don't have the sun anymore.

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I have an assignment due tomorrow, so I'm gonna be working on that tonight.

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Probably gonna go inside.

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It's getting a little bit chilly, so I'm gonna go work at SCA for a little bit and then probably just study for my midterm at home, laying in bed, just comfortable.

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idea i'm gonna take another instax of the writing for screen television sign

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because i don't have it

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and an instax print this instax print came out super cute it'll be a great reminder of the wall

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that i pass by every day on my way to class

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and surprise surprise i ended the day at the film school

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doing even more computer work i certainly embraced the monotony of

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life same coffee every day same study spots same computer work

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and speaking of same old same old the next day was pretty much the same as well.

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I went to the same lecture class in the same lecture hall, watched another movie.

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This one was Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee.

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Oh my gosh, what an amazing film.

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I need to see it again to just study his use of color.

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This class is examining the history of American cinema from the 1960s onward.

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We've been watching the classics like Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, Doctor Strangelove.

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It's been more than the work itself.

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It's about the historical context around the work.

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It's an amazing class.

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For my last day of the school week, I wanted to have a slow start to the morning, especially because I had just started my cycle.

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Keep the safety towel.

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Guys, if you know, you know.

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I was also up late working.

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I just needed to take it easy.

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That means doing little self-care things to start my day, like putting on some eye patches, listening to my favorite podcast, catching up on the town, what's happening in the industry.

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It's freaking crazy right now.

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Remembering to drink my water and also cooking myself breakfast.

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I went grocery shopping last night

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but this exposes how lazy i can be i didn't take

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groceries out of the bags i just put the bags in the fridge

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so gotta take everything out that's the double-edged sword of living alone you can be lazy

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and there's no one to hold you accountable i bought all the ingredients for green juice celery kale pineapple ginger and apples

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which i feel like my body needs as i'm trying to

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recover from like a 48 hour sickness i wash all my veggies with this trader joe's fruit

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and veg wash and then then just chop up everything and juice it.

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While I love my juicer, it's a pain having to clean every single part because the pulp gets in every crevice.

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And some of y'all might think I'm crazy for the breakfast I'm having, but I'm focused on nutrition and also gaining a little bit of weight, not opening up a restaurant.

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Like, I know this looks gross.

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I'm eating dog food because I have fitness goals.

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Okay, thank you.

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Hello, everybody.

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I feel like it's been way too long since we've had just to sit down, get ready with me before I go to class.

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I'm doing a little bit better.

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It's just, I still have a stuffy nose and yeah, that's pretty much it.

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I have two exams next week and today is about locking in.

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Like actually locking in, sitting down and just studying for these two midterm exams.

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I have to hand write my answers in a blue book and I have to like write paragraphs.

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The school will pair us up with industry mentors.

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Anybody in the industry we want to connect to, the writing program will try to make happen for us.

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We have access to Studio System.

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On Studio System, it's like a more exclusive version of IMDb Pro.

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We get to see like industry contacts.

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We have to put together a list of people we want to reach out to as potential mentors.

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We also have to provide contact info, like their point agents, managers, just to try and see if they'll like want to volunteer.

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If you're picking like Leonardo DiCaprio, I mean, maybe it would work out, but probability-wise, I don't think so.

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Or you could do somebody who just graduated from the previous year, and it could be that approachable.

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I have a list of three mentors that I need to research, find, contact info for, and then put it on the form, and then the writing department will reach out to that person.

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Ever since a new year in graduation, I've realized how many resources there are for us as students to really prepare us for our careers post-grad.

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I didn't really see or know of any of these resources

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when I was in the first half of my studies

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But now i'm seeing like wow this school is majorly connected I'm just having a really blessed week

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But also trying to keep my head above water as I prep for midterms

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because it's just busy even outside of school

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With work trying to get these videos done for you guys

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like tomorrow I will be editing the last australia vlog which low-key flopped like let's be real australia vlogs

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Flopped in comparison to like my usual uploads.

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So i'm sort of gauging what you guys like what you don't like

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So if I ever go back to travel

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which some people have been supporting and it's made me

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so happy because i've never traveled Really

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and this was my first time leaving the country It was just a cool experience to share

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and I got really excited

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But I also think I made too many videos about the one topic

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So next time when I do travel because I want to go to paris, okay I want to go to paris as a grad gift to myself.

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I feel like that would be iconic Iconique.

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Q-U-E.

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I would love to go to Paris, but I'm not making it like a five-part series.

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But I'm excited now to get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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All that to say, we're trying to graduate, we're trying to produce YouTube videos, and we're also trying to get ourselves out there in Hollywood period.

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If you want more of this, you should subscribe to the channel if you want to see where the heck life goes from here.

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Hey guys, I found a quiet study spot outside.

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It's great weather today.

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I am getting my mentorship contacts in order.

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I don't know how much of a studio system I can actually show

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because the writing department was very protective over us even having access to the software.

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I'm looking at my different mentors.

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I selected three.

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One is Reach, who is doing really great things they're an actor writer producer

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which is sort of where i want to end up in my career the second choice is somebody

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that i have worked with in the past who's doing really

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great things now on the writer side of the business they know who i am

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because we've worked together

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but they're in a really high up position now they're also

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my second choice third choice i have just somebody who's a few years out of the program

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that i'm currently in they've been staffed on multiple shows

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and I feel like they're kind of living the life that I want to a few years from now.

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I'd be grateful for any of these choices, honestly.

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After I'm done doing my admin work here, I'm going to go to SEA and lock in on my midterm study exam, and we also have a class.

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Afterwards, on my walk over to the film school, I decided to pull out the Instax Mini 12

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because it was a beautiful sunny day and I wanted to capture the moment.

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The iconic star, one of my favorite parts about taking an Instax print, is watching it develop and seeing what it turns into iconic buildings on campus

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and even our mascot

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and i love how you only get one take this one could have been more centered

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but i feel like it's also special

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because it's not perfect you only get one shot

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and you can't really curate it

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or take multiple photos like you would on your phone you only have one moment

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and you just capture it then and there it feels really raw

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and nostalgic like i feel like these instax prints feel like

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memories you know they just have a vibe to them and

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if you don't have an instax mini 12 i'd highly recommend it i mean it's just

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so much fun watching your film photos develop in real time

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and it's perfect for capturing memories

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and thank you again to instax for partnering with me on

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this video hello i just got out of class the only thing

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that sucks about having classes at the cinema school is they always end at night

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and you're going home and it's dark out but

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when you go in the classroom it's day

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and you're in class for like four hours anyway i'm probably

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gonna end the vlog here i feel like we had some great conversations during this vlog

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and also how do i make studying actually look fun

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and cinematic and interesting to watch visually it's me typing on my computer

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but i hope you enjoyed a little bit of the midterm prep vlog

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if you did be sure to like it subscribe to the channel

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so you don't miss the journey of my life here in

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film school in hollywood i'm just trying to survive as a

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20 something in the city i would love to have you

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here gonna go it's dark out i gotta get to my car go eat dinner

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and just study all night and yeah i'll see you in the next one bye

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “College Week in my Life DURING MIDTERM SEASON! study routine + film school classes at USC”. This video has 371 sentences and 4245 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:46. The speaker talks fast, about 215 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
lecture noun	/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/	A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
midterm adjective	/ˈmɪdˌtɚm/	Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
printer noun	/ˈpɹɪntɚ/	One who makes prints.
vlog noun	/ˈvlɑɡ/	A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.
caffeine noun	/ˈkæfiːn/	An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
mentor noun	/ˈmɛn.tɔː/	A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
iconic adjective	/aɪˈkɑnɪk/	Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
latte noun	/ˈlɑ.teɪ/	A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
nostalgic adjective		Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.
cartridge noun	/ˈkɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/	The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
basement noun	/ˈbeɪsmənt/	A floor of a building below ground level.
carbohydrate noun	/kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/	A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
kinematic adjective	/kɪn.əˈmæt.ɪk/	Of or relating to motion or to kinematics.
preposition noun	/ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/	Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense…
tote noun	/toʊt/	A tote bag.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
open up verb		To open.
sit down verb		To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
bounce back verb		To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage.
close up verb	/kləʊzˈʌp/	To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
come together verb	/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/	To assemble; to congregate; to combine.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I'm really processing everything in real time.
Hi, could you help me out?
I'm going to turn it on.
I'm gonna get there early.
I don't think anybody's in there, but let's see.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	have been laying · We've been watching · have been supporting
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if i make a small noise i'll be · If you buy the refills, you'll get
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've printed · have left · i've just had
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be done · are charged · they've been staffed

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 145 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thesis /ˈθisɪs/, thorough /ˈθʌɹoʊ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, relaxation /rᵻˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: carbohydrate /kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, kinematic /kɪn.əˈmæt.ɪk/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, approachable /əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/, dormitory /ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like lecture, midterm, printer.

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