Month: March 2023

Captain’s Log

Star Date: 03.16.2023

It’s been an interesting journey since last September. As the quarter ends, it’s a great time for reflection and now that I’ve some learning under my belt, it’s a great time to understand what I should be looking for after school.

Who are you?

I’m a queer artist, cinephile, dancer, music lover, wanderer, and lover (lol).

What is it that you want to do?

To build community (but is also faced with the twists and turns of capitalism so a career where I can hopefully earn an income from some level of creativity is definitely the most realistic endeavor). I’d also like to be able to travel more and build more connections in other countries.

Why?

As a queer person, community is very important to me. It’s my chosen family and being able to help people that I understand would be the greatest reward.

Where do you want to go?

Geographically, I could stay living in Seattle. I could also live in a bigger city like New York if the work took me there. For travel, it’d be great to do Berlin, London, and Spain… then Southeast Asia and India.

What would you want to say?

“I love you and it was great to spend some time with you.”

Captain’s Log

Star Date: 03.09.2023

Coming up with SCCA’s own version of a CUT video:

For their style, I think it would be kind of interesting if a guest speaker had to guess and rank GPAs (highest to lowest) from a lineup of about 10-15 students from both the graphic design program and the visual media program.

GPAs aren’t really a big deal in the real world (mostly just for grants and scholarships), so might as well make them interesting and see who a person thinks are the most hinged based on looks.

The only other one I could imagine is a “marry, fuck, kill” outloud in front of all the other students… lol jk

Edit: I didn’t hit “post” after finishing last week so it’s late…

Captain’s Log

Star Date: 03.02.2023

The Metaverse. The next frontier. We shall see.

I thought it was an interesting concept. It’s not for me, personally. I don’t play video games. I’m sure gamer culture and the newer generations that are inundated with the internet will pick it up eventually.

I attended a kind of house party. As I don’t play video games, I felt it was disorienting (I was on my laptop). I explored and looked around but lost interest pretty easily. I felt if it was more developed (less 16-bit Nintendo games are higher fidelity) it could be more immersive for me and I’m sure it’ll get there soon enough.

The internet reaches some wild places and I see this platform as another extension of capitalism so far. I definitely don’t have any interest in living in 2 capitalist systems that emulate one another lol. I’m sure marketing and branding always love another opportunity. Wherever people can spend money… especially with cryptocurrency and the blockchain, I’m sure more… interesting… ways people can spend money will always arise…

People are definitely using it for both entertainment (concerts, DJ sets, parties, etc.) and for marketing so either reaching the crippling introverts or people that can’t attend in person, I’m sure it has its uses.

Not for me, but I’m sure it’ll be more popular as all the different types of metaverses develop and evolve (as all technology does).