Tuscaloosa Tornado 4-27-2011

A massive tornado, some sources categorizing it as an EF5, passed no more than 4 miles south of our home about 3 hours ago. It got very dark and windy for a while but there's no damage in my immediate area. Tuscaloosa has suffered terrible destruction. I've gathered together a few videos and links below:

Image gallery of damage and aftermath around McFarland Blvd and 15th St. from the Tuscaloosa News

Tuscaloosa Tornados 4-27-2011

This is Why I Love Craigslist

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American Adaptations of British TV Shows

Here's a video that I threw together for a group presentation on the topic of "American Adaptations of British TV Shows" for a Telecommunications & Film class project.

So Far, So Good

College has been great so far! I haven't had much trouble getting into the swing of things and I'm doing fairly well with my grades this first semester. I'm coming up on the end of this term and between meetings with advisors, job interviews, and projects for finals, I've been extremely busy. I don't have any serious video projects on the immediate horizon, which is good since it means I get to work on whatever I choose!

Speaking of class projects, here's a blog that I contributed to for a group assignment for my Intro to Telecommunication & Film class:

American Adaptations of British TV Shows

I did the graphic design and layout and have contributed one post so far. I'm working on editing together a video for our group presentation, which is Monday the 18th. I've had a lot of fun with the title sequence so far, finding humorous ways to visually illustrate the "Americanization" of overt English national stereotypes. I'll post it up here when I finish it in a few days.

As a final note, I'm considering taking on a double major with the second being in music, possibly composition. I'm still looking into the particulars of it, but so far I'm thinking I'm going to go through with it...