Back to the University of Regina

Since 2008 I've randomly found my way back to my former film school at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan for the odd refresh. It's fun to see what's new, check out my old dorms in College West again, and wander around the practically unchanged hallways in the film department. I'll spare you the drawn out personal trip down memory lane, but here's a post that goes into more detail about my last few years in film school if you're interested. 

In the meantime, here are a few snapshots from my latest return to the U of R. 

A Brief History of Glow Bowling

As I've been backtracking through old pictures, fragments of stories from my old blogs, and generally just trying to immortalize past experiences on this online journal, I've realized that some of my favorite memories in film school came from things that weren't particularly significant.  Take glow bowling for instance.

These shots come from the fall of 2006, when Jeanette and I participated in the College West Residence organized event of glow bowling at the Golden Mile Bowling Centre.  I remember going here a handful of times, almost never sober, and always left with a smile on my face.  Don't food yourself with Wii bowling kids, the real thing is better! 

My classic between-the-legs bowling stance seemed to always help as the night went on, although my scores were always pretty shameful.  What was particularly hilarious about this evening (and the pictures have been omitted here) was that Jeanette and I seemed to have been photographing a lot of complete strangers.  These weren't people that we casually knew from College West or that I forgot because I was drinking, the shots appear to be of completely random people around the bowling alley.  It was beautiful, you could really see the confusion in their eyes.

University outings like this have become small pieces of bigger stories that I can't help but cling to when I'm feeling a bit nostalgic.  Like I said, it's not that they were particularly significant, it's probably because I hardly bothered to take my camera with me back then.  Having pictures like these are merely cues to all of the other random instances that took place, and they generally make me romanticize my student life. That was a fun bubble to be in for a while.  Don't be surprised if a few more stories resurface in the coming weeks. 

College West Autumn

Shot in September 2007, these shots of autumn around College West residence were to be my last after leaving Regina in the spring of the following year.  The fall colours always made the campus so photogenic, and the changing season mixed with a new semester made it easy to feel like you were off on another fresh start and reinventing yourself again.

I get nostalgic looking back at shots like this, but then I remember how crappy it was actually living in the dorms for as long as I did.  Sometimes the scene paints a prettier picture than the reality actually was.