Post by rosaferreum on Oct 16, 2010 13:33:53 GMT -8
I am one of the old ghosts around campus. 
I sure have been lazy in making my official appearance. 
One might say that I am a subtle, discursive, aureate, adumbrative, puckish, punctilious ascetic, I suppose, or perhaps just a philomathic polyhistor, but leave that judgment to y'all. 
I was one of two co-presidents of VideoBurn, A Club of Japanese Animation, during the 2002-2003 school year. (VideoBurn was the original Anime Club on campus and for a while there were two anime clubs.) I first joined Greenwood Film Society in the 1998-1999 school year and later joined VideoBurn (after a two-year hiatus from University life) in 2001-2002 school year. Although I was dive bombed by barn owls living in the bell tower in the winter of 1998-1999 school year while walking to Greenwood (when it met in Olmstead), I didn't get to know on any one in either club except Jason, who I met at an Eaton conference in 1999. I remember when we used to have anime aliases in Greenwood. Mine was Larva.
Animation is something about which I am quite passionate. In high school, I took a number of class in animation. I have been involved in directing animation film crews before, in high school as well. I have kept and still have some notes regarding animation technique beyond the famous 12 principles of animation. See me if you are interested.
Like probably everyone else here I collect plenty of manga and anime. Some of the anime I own include Vampire Princess Miyu (T.V. series and OVAs), Ghost in the Shell (movies 1 and 2, and Stand Alone Complex seasons 1 and 2 and movie), VanDread, the Seikai series (which includes Crest of the Stars, Banner of the Stars 1,and Banner of the Stars 2), Kazemakaze Tsukikage Ran, Ys (both series), Kare Kano (otherwise known as either His and Her Circumstances or Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou), They were 11, and the Please Save My Earth OVAs. The anime I am waiting to be translated and commercially sold over here include Saint Luminous Mission High School, Banner of the Stars 3, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. The manga I have complete collections of include Kare Kano, Ghost in the Shell, and Battle Angel Alita. Additionally, the manga I am currently collecting includes Vampire Princess Miyu, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Toward the Light, and Ghost Talker's Daydream. As for translated novels, I am currently collecting the Seikai series (which includes Crest of the Stars and Banner of the Stars).
I have been involved with a multitude of organizations on campus. I was very involved with Native American Student Programs (and still sometimes attend the Medicine Ways Pow-Wows) and the History Club. I was one of the founding members of Student Organization Advising Peers (and the person who gave Tom Dake, then Director of Student Organizations, the inspiration to create the program, but that was when I was considered a piece of furniture in his office as I was in there so much).
I was also one of the original members of the Student Organization Task Force. All told, I held at least 13 officer positions (depending on how you count them), some of which for multiple years, culminating with being awarded the Omicron Delta Kappa Province XVI Leader of the Year (2004) and Outstanding Student Involvement (2004). With all that running around, the anime clubs at UCR was where I came to unwind and have fun.
As there is now some consideration being given to having a fundraising committee where we effectively sell art to raise money for Greenwood, one of the organizations that was central to my social and work life in a sense might serve as a modal for that committee. I was one of the founders of THE INK BLOT and served as Executive Administrator and a senior artist for 2 years and 9 months. THE INK BLOT was founded as a student media organization when the entire graphics department (except the photography subunit) of the X-Factor newspaper quit creating an educational student organization in which members learned graphic design skills through doing graphic design projects. THE INK BLOT later attempted to become a business after the two founding executives could not find permanent replacements to run the student media organization. THE INK BLOT was both formerly a member of Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce and accredited through the Better Business Bureau (rated A-). In addition to graphic design, THE INK BLOT made and sold its own clothing lines (under the inkWEAR label: Tseying Wear, rostam, and Alion) as a fundraiser, produced its own comic strip entitled: "All UCR Dead People and Celebrity Cameos," and (for 2 years) designed and laid out Hyatt Elementary School's yearbook as a community service project. One of the websites designed by THE INK BLOT won the 2004 Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Chapter Website Award (for the University of California at Riverside chapter). On May 25, 2004, THE INK BLOT hosted an apparel release party as well as an art and design showcase entitled “The Spot: Volume One,” celebrating inkWEAR's creation, which featured live music and dance performances and a poetry slam. THE INK BLOT had an inkWEAR booth at several community venues like the Orange Blossom festival. I look forward to the possibility of using this experience to help in fundraising efforts for Greenwood now.
Although much less of a creative writer than a technical writer, one of my term papers (entitled “Kurosawa Akira’s Ran: Saburo as Buddha and the Ruined”) was published in the 2002 Mosaic (the literary magazine on campus). I was also involved in Collage. Through the honors program, I published an honors thesis entitled: “Animation Interpretation: An Introduction to Using Production Techniques and Principles” (2005). I was also submitted a presentation paper (which was my senior thesis) to the 2005 Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research entitled: “Speculative Law and Fiction: The Science Fiction Exception to Justice Posner’s 'Law and Literature' Thesis.” Since I know there are several creative writing majors in club, I will be happy to share my experiences and give advice with respect to getting involved in getting works published or presented.
I am presently trying to get myself back into the art game and looking toward what I want to do about the graduate school question. Occupationally, I tutor attorneys and other legal-type professionals in the ways of paperwork-fu (though I am neither a law school graduate nor an attorney) resulting in some of my co-workers calling me "the professor." When I am not teaching, I travel around the Western United States advocating on behalf of others who are medically incapable of working in order to get them awarded disability benefits or drafting a multitude of different sort of letters (functioning as legal briefs and memoranda) to resolve odd legal issues that sometimes occur in the administrative process.
Finally, my artist name or hào (號) of 鐵瑰 is to be read as てっかい, if not merely "Rosa Ferreum." I currently have two inkans (別號印) bearing the written characters 鐵瑰 carved thereon (one round and one square).
I sure have been lazy in making my official appearance. 
One might say that I am a subtle, discursive, aureate, adumbrative, puckish, punctilious ascetic, I suppose, or perhaps just a philomathic polyhistor, but leave that judgment to y'all. 
I was one of two co-presidents of VideoBurn, A Club of Japanese Animation, during the 2002-2003 school year. (VideoBurn was the original Anime Club on campus and for a while there were two anime clubs.) I first joined Greenwood Film Society in the 1998-1999 school year and later joined VideoBurn (after a two-year hiatus from University life) in 2001-2002 school year. Although I was dive bombed by barn owls living in the bell tower in the winter of 1998-1999 school year while walking to Greenwood (when it met in Olmstead), I didn't get to know on any one in either club except Jason, who I met at an Eaton conference in 1999. I remember when we used to have anime aliases in Greenwood. Mine was Larva.
Animation is something about which I am quite passionate. In high school, I took a number of class in animation. I have been involved in directing animation film crews before, in high school as well. I have kept and still have some notes regarding animation technique beyond the famous 12 principles of animation. See me if you are interested.
Like probably everyone else here I collect plenty of manga and anime. Some of the anime I own include Vampire Princess Miyu (T.V. series and OVAs), Ghost in the Shell (movies 1 and 2, and Stand Alone Complex seasons 1 and 2 and movie), VanDread, the Seikai series (which includes Crest of the Stars, Banner of the Stars 1,and Banner of the Stars 2), Kazemakaze Tsukikage Ran, Ys (both series), Kare Kano (otherwise known as either His and Her Circumstances or Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou), They were 11, and the Please Save My Earth OVAs. The anime I am waiting to be translated and commercially sold over here include Saint Luminous Mission High School, Banner of the Stars 3, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. The manga I have complete collections of include Kare Kano, Ghost in the Shell, and Battle Angel Alita. Additionally, the manga I am currently collecting includes Vampire Princess Miyu, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Toward the Light, and Ghost Talker's Daydream. As for translated novels, I am currently collecting the Seikai series (which includes Crest of the Stars and Banner of the Stars).
I have been involved with a multitude of organizations on campus. I was very involved with Native American Student Programs (and still sometimes attend the Medicine Ways Pow-Wows) and the History Club. I was one of the founding members of Student Organization Advising Peers (and the person who gave Tom Dake, then Director of Student Organizations, the inspiration to create the program, but that was when I was considered a piece of furniture in his office as I was in there so much).
I was also one of the original members of the Student Organization Task Force. All told, I held at least 13 officer positions (depending on how you count them), some of which for multiple years, culminating with being awarded the Omicron Delta Kappa Province XVI Leader of the Year (2004) and Outstanding Student Involvement (2004). With all that running around, the anime clubs at UCR was where I came to unwind and have fun.As there is now some consideration being given to having a fundraising committee where we effectively sell art to raise money for Greenwood, one of the organizations that was central to my social and work life in a sense might serve as a modal for that committee. I was one of the founders of THE INK BLOT and served as Executive Administrator and a senior artist for 2 years and 9 months. THE INK BLOT was founded as a student media organization when the entire graphics department (except the photography subunit) of the X-Factor newspaper quit creating an educational student organization in which members learned graphic design skills through doing graphic design projects. THE INK BLOT later attempted to become a business after the two founding executives could not find permanent replacements to run the student media organization. THE INK BLOT was both formerly a member of Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce and accredited through the Better Business Bureau (rated A-). In addition to graphic design, THE INK BLOT made and sold its own clothing lines (under the inkWEAR label: Tseying Wear, rostam, and Alion) as a fundraiser, produced its own comic strip entitled: "All UCR Dead People and Celebrity Cameos," and (for 2 years) designed and laid out Hyatt Elementary School's yearbook as a community service project. One of the websites designed by THE INK BLOT won the 2004 Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Chapter Website Award (for the University of California at Riverside chapter). On May 25, 2004, THE INK BLOT hosted an apparel release party as well as an art and design showcase entitled “The Spot: Volume One,” celebrating inkWEAR's creation, which featured live music and dance performances and a poetry slam. THE INK BLOT had an inkWEAR booth at several community venues like the Orange Blossom festival. I look forward to the possibility of using this experience to help in fundraising efforts for Greenwood now.
Although much less of a creative writer than a technical writer, one of my term papers (entitled “Kurosawa Akira’s Ran: Saburo as Buddha and the Ruined”) was published in the 2002 Mosaic (the literary magazine on campus). I was also involved in Collage. Through the honors program, I published an honors thesis entitled: “Animation Interpretation: An Introduction to Using Production Techniques and Principles” (2005). I was also submitted a presentation paper (which was my senior thesis) to the 2005 Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research entitled: “Speculative Law and Fiction: The Science Fiction Exception to Justice Posner’s 'Law and Literature' Thesis.” Since I know there are several creative writing majors in club, I will be happy to share my experiences and give advice with respect to getting involved in getting works published or presented.
I am presently trying to get myself back into the art game and looking toward what I want to do about the graduate school question. Occupationally, I tutor attorneys and other legal-type professionals in the ways of paperwork-fu (though I am neither a law school graduate nor an attorney) resulting in some of my co-workers calling me "the professor." When I am not teaching, I travel around the Western United States advocating on behalf of others who are medically incapable of working in order to get them awarded disability benefits or drafting a multitude of different sort of letters (functioning as legal briefs and memoranda) to resolve odd legal issues that sometimes occur in the administrative process.
Finally, my artist name or hào (號) of 鐵瑰 is to be read as てっかい, if not merely "Rosa Ferreum." I currently have two inkans (別號印) bearing the written characters 鐵瑰 carved thereon (one round and one square).
You'll be a great help in club this year