)%I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THIS GOOD%$

This is what Michael Wedel my teacher said about my essay for the course Media-Archaeology. I don't want to brag but I'm GOOD! :)

Dear Danilo,

Your final essay in Media Archaeology, ‘Transcending the Spectacle of Special Effects: Looking at the presence of the Kaleidoscope in the Science Fiction Film Genre Drawing Examples from THE FOUNTAIN’ is an extremely solid piece of work, meticulously researched and convincingly argued. The triangulation of the kaleidoscope as a 19th century entertainment form, special effect theory and contemporary representations of time travel in science fiction film is a project in the best sense of what media archaeological research should be about, and it yields a number of valuable insights, both in respect to what qualifies as a special effect and in respect to the aesthetics and discursive strategies of the film you take as your prime example. How you extrapolate the presence of kaleidoscopic effects in THE FOUNTAIN is nothing short of exemplary, the insights into the manifold and complex figurative connections yielded by your analysis are extremely original and entirely convincing. Taken altogether, you delivered an excellent essay of almost publishable quality, which has earned you a 8.5. Congratulations!

Best, Michael.

$@DOING WELL~|

Went to the logopediatrician (say it 10 times and your cured) today. I need one if you had not yet figured that out. It was cool and fun. And she told me I did a good job already, better than most of her clients. And yeah, university. Realized that it´s really true. Ever since I got back to the UvA I haven´t spoken any Dutch while being there! My lectures are in English, my seminars are in English and all the students I´m with, except for this one guy Marijn, are international students. It´s just like in Canterbury.