Every day, when I pass people on the street, when I see people at school, anytime I encounter people at all, I make assumptions about their lives. I assume they have a place to live, that they are eating, that they don’t have psychological problems, or family problems, or terminal illnesses, or drug problems, or anything else. I somehow superimpose myself on them. I assume that when they pass by me, or when they get up to go to class, that if the circumstances are right, I will see them again. I imagine that if I turn around, I won’t see them collapsed on the ground dying, and that they won’t die tonight, or tomorrow night, but that in a way they will just keep on living until I am aware that they are about to die. I mean, after all, I need to know these things right?

There’s actually a reason I even came to mention this. I followed a link on apple.com a while ago to the Rancho Bernardo Digital Media page which had QT movies that students in the dm class had made. There were several starring one person in particular, Scott Halcomb. In itself, this really isn’t terribly significant, he’s just like any other high school student. Like with other high school students, I just assumed he was just like anyone else. Based on the way the school is, probably going to a UC school or some such thing, nothing too terribly exciting. I read someone’s away message and it reminded me of one of the films on the dm class page titled “Midnight Home Ballet”. Its rather entertaining in a sort of silly way, and happens to be starring (and directed by) Scott Halcomb. After watching a couple of the students movies again (I highly recommend 12 o’clock, which won some county fair award) I watched the 9/11 tribute movie and then a movie titled “Senior Awareness”. Its a movie about the class of 2002 and its mostly devoted to class pictures. A section near the middle of the movie is devoted to students in the class who died. There were five students who died. One was a DUI, three were killed by a drunk driver and one, the last one, died of a narcotics overdose. Don’t quote me on this, but that one, was Scott Halcomb. I say not to quote me only because it doesn’t say in the movie “Scott Halcomb”, but based on looking at the guy in “12 o’clock” and “Midnight Home Ballet”, I am almost positive its the same guy. Its strange to me in that, I never would have guessed this guy, or anyone else for that matter, would have this happen to them. Furthermore, in the movie about producing the car commercial the class made, he admitted that he didn’t yell often, so he liked being a director. The movies he directed all seem to be rather fun and entertaining, hardly those of a drug user. I guess it simply reminds me of how invisible problems can be.

djno …interesting

Oh, I nearly forgot…
Here’s the link to the “Senior Awareness” movie.
And here’s the link to the RB Digital Media page so you can see the rest of the films.

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