I took four production classes this past semester, which roughly equates to about 120 days with an average of 5 hours of sleep, 3 cups of coffee, 4 hours of class, half an aderrol, 3 beers, one shot of jamison, 2 bad conversations, 3 good ones, 2 miles of walking through campus while thinking 1.5 times about how much older you are then the girl walking past you, 1 bagel, and two thirds of a big fat grin on your face realizing that you get to spend the next 7 hours working on whatever it is you want for project due in 1.7 days.  Break it down, and it’s a pretty good life, most things considered.

I like all of my classes, which I feel must be rare.  One class in particular is not at all what I expected.  Class with Ed.  I’m flower furious that I didn’t record one of our classes.  It would be gold.  Ed is soft spoken but unfiltered, which is a pretty great way to be.  Then there are 5 of us in the class, not including Ed.  Myself, Boche, Seira, Jacob, and Jake (all of which are deserving of their own post here).  Here is a short made up potential class discussion…

Jake: (gasping for air) Sorry I’m late.

Ed: Oh, that’s… ok.

Jake: (sits) the mustache is looking pretty amazing this week.

Me: Yeah… you waxing that thing?

Boche: No way… just keep twisting and it stays.  Does anyone want some apple? (takes out a knife and makes 7 perfect slices and puts them in the middle of the table)

(Everyone takes a piece)

Ed: These are great…  There is a piece by a woman… I forget her name… she made a bunch of recordings of people eating apples and then mixed them together into this apple eating thing and synched them to video of a girl chewing… it’s strange, but it works really well.

Jacob: So the chewing gets all up in your ears and wet sounding?

Ed: Yeah… kinda, yeah.  It does, it’s pretty gross, but great.

Seira: Oh Yeah… that was my aunt!

It’s kinda like that, but way better.  The class was great.  I’ve learned a hell of a lot from Ed.  He stresses different aspects in pieces that I often don’t think about.  Take a look at his site, it might take a little while but it is worth it.