dwa v. penndesign ?

it is just about 6pm on the friday of the tenth week of my internship at dreamworks animation.

two weeks to go!

i have absolutely loved working here. the environment is one that i never quite imagined possible: laid-back, fun, interesting, productive, creative. it's beautiful - and i'm not just talking about the physical campus. while i don't love what i'm doing (how can i when i don't even know what i want to do with my life?), i do genuinely enjoy it. and i can honestly say that i like most of the people i have come into contact with here - which is rare for me. i would definitely love working at DWA next year - but i'm trying not to think about it; i don't want to get my hopes up or anything. and who knows.. a lot can change in a year i guess.

one thing i've found particularly interesting on a personal level is my current social environment. i'm surrounded by engineers, which is strange for me. at school, i can safely say that a large majority of my friends and acquaintances for the past couple years has consisted of architects. ivy-league full-of-bullshit 'algorithmic'-emergent-rigorous-non-linear-design visual-masturbation architects. don't get me wrong - i find what they are doing fascinating and i love many of them. but they really are full of bullshit when they talk about what they're doing.. it's not that i didn't know this before, but being around people who actually know what they're talking about (and actually try to understand what they don't), people who aren't competetive or elitist, has definitely made me more aware of it. it's been different, ...refreshing.

theodore came to visit a couple weeks ago and met the hengesbachs (one pair of my surrogates from high school). they loved him of course. and little kaley thinks my first name is 'jennpan'. we then drove to vegas to meet up with theodore's family. it hasn't ceased to amaze me how different they are from my own - everything from what qualities they value in an individual to their general family dynamic (perhaps i will elaborate on this another time). i can't wait to visit them in chicago.

and finally, tango has been going really well. i've finally managed to get myself to stop thinking and to just, well, follow. i really love it, and i'm looking forward to finding some good milongas in philadelphia.