So this is home...

Well I moved back home today for a month - and then I'm off to the real world and Austin.

Today was odd. I never really got to experience the feeling of graduating because we went to work on the documentary the day after. So today it all sort of washed over me that the people I saw every single day weren't going to be around anymore. The apartment I lived in for two years wouldn't be mine anymore. Ball State wouldn't be my entire world anymore. It's very weird.

Goodbyes are weird too. I said goodbye to my coworkers today, and for the first time in 12 weeks (or longer than that) I won't see them on Monday. Two of my closest friends, who were there for me through everything, made fun of me, laughed at my misadventures, and in general knew me better than I knew me - they're now phone calls, emails and Tweets away. It was horribly sad.

But I've got all these things going for me. I'm coming off the best summer of my life - ups and downs, and so many fantastic times. I've made more good friends this summer than I have in 4 years, it feels like. I've made life friends. I've dreamed of what I could do, and I've realized that I actually have the skills to make those dreams come true. I made a kickass documentary that is going to be copied 3000 (?!?!?!?!) times and sent to all 4th grade classrooms in the STATE. And it's going to air on PBS.

So the future holds a lot from where I'm standing, and I'm ready to dive in. This summer began with a joke of starting a production company in Austin, and now it's evolved to a serious possibility -- if Kris doesn't go to San Fran and if Kyle will work with us and be contracted out to do cooler things, and if Jeff decides he loves Austin and can't live without it. But I really hope Broken Image, LLC/Misfit Toy/Midnight Picnic/Bikes, Bikes, OMG Bikes Productions/Films/Pictures works out because I can't think of anything better than spending every day with those guys doing what we love.

I hope this summer is just a taste of what my life is going to be like...

Enough reflection for one night...