No mountains left to climb

That's it. It's done. Adele has seen the movie, and she loved it. She said it was as if I was inside her mind and somehow made it exactly how she envisioned the way things took place. I really can't think of a bigger compliment than that. Other adjectives she used were along the lines of amazing, incredible, etc. She even said if I didn't get an A.... Well she said she would be really angry. Let's just leave it at that. Up until this point I had been really nervous about the on-campus showing (which is tomorrow, by the way.) But now that she has seen it, and liked it, it is such an insanely huge load off my mind. I am actually quite relaxed and looking forward to the whole thing tomorrow. I am only slightly nervous about something possibly going wrong with the equipment or something, but that wouldn't really be my fault, would it?

Driving home from the private screening, I reflected on the whole experience. What an immense feeling of accomplishment it was seeing someone in tears of happiness due to art I had created. Granted it was probably very sad and emotional for her to even see the footage of her son, but the overall feeling I got from her was one of joy and happiness, and it gave me chills to see the smile on her face. I could also feel my feelings of nervousness and apprehension for the on-campus showing go right out the window. I'm still a little nervous about the grade I will get and things like that, but in the end I realized that pretty much every single person in the world could hate the movie and that wouldn't even matter to me one bit, because all that really matters is that Adele liked it. Now, obviously I think it is a quality product and I know for a fact that many more people will like it, but knowing that it has her approval was like a giant boulder lifted off of my back. Like I said, I am now actually really looking forward to the showing tomorrow. A lot of my friends and family will be there, and since I'm not taking part in the graduation on Friday, this will be my ceremony. I really can't think of a much better way to close out my time here at this school.

This won't be the final post I make to this blog, but in a way, this is it. Tomorrow is the final obstacle to get through as far as this project goes. I got the idea to do this back in early September, and now, 7 months later, as corny as it sounds and for a ton of different reasons, I feel like a completely different person. From here, after tomorrow goes well (knock on wood) I will be digitizing the movie and putting it up on YouTube. I'm sure there will be difficulties proving to whoever that I have permission to use the music, but once all that gets ironed out it will be up for all to see across the globe. Stay tuned for all of that.