Group Meeting...

... productive, but sparsely attended. Guys! If you're not going to make it - even if you call me five minutes before it starts - I need to know! Thank you to Rebecca who told me ahead, Kevin, Jonathan, Leinani, Emily, and Tyler who came.

I brought my friend Katy along to this meeting. Her coming had two purposes (purposi? ;) ): her family lived in Germany at the time the Berlin Wall came down. Kevin captured her interesting memories, so look for an appearance during our presentation! She is also a film major and therefore interested in the media industry, restrictions, freedom of expression, etc.

Here's a breakdown of how our research groups (thank you Kevin for that wonderful title!) are doing:

History: Going great! It's definitely the smallest (time wise) section, so it doesn't take a ton of work. Poor Leinani - I promise we've got more for you to do!

Abroad: Good job Kevin! We're focusing on personal stories and experiences that illustrate the cost in other countries, adding a splash of what's going on in Burma for current flavor.

America: y'all definitely had the best, most productive meeting today! Great! I'm glad Tyler was there, too. He definitely adds to the group and I know y'all are moving along wonderfully.

For some all-encompassing news... Kevin is a friggin' genius. We've got stuff down for our research group (what's the cost abroad), so we started discussing how we were to present. He felt the need to use one channel to tie everything together... basically avoiding the idea that we broke our group into three groups who did independent projects. We decided this was brilliant and have drafted a production schedule that's realistic and would put us completely finished (with special effects, even!) by the 9th. That gives us a weekend of cushion time and leaves us all unstressed. Beautiful. I'm basically so stoked about this project that I can't see straight.

That would be enough for now.

~V~