As defeat hits me.
I remain standing.

As rejection chokes me.
I remain standing.

As anger blinds me.
I remain standing

As humiliation suffocates me.
I remain standing.

As pain makes me an amputee.
I remain standing.

Two words.

Horchata.

December.

Both of them add up to a relaxing and fun tune by Vampire Weekend.

This year I got to work for an amazing organization known at UCLA as the Pediatric AIDS Coalition. Each year PAC puts on an event known as Dance Marathon in which students raise money to help fight pediatric AIDS and must stay on their feet, dancing, for 26 hours. I was apart of the media team and helped create all of the content that was showed throughout the event. It was 5 months of meetings, shoots, editing and of course, dancing. The actual event was one of the most exhausting and grueling activities I have ever taken part in. I literally think that it is more difficult than running an actual marathon. It is truly scary how delusional you become by staying up for 26 hours, your bodily and mind literally turn against you and want nothing more than for you to implode. By the end of the event, I had not only felt like I got to help out with something that was truly special but all of the long hours and hard work that I had put into the event were paid off. It was completely worth it! Below are some of the videos that I created for the event.

Dance Marathon 2010: Color Wars from Dance Marathon at UCLA on Vimeo.

I.B. Version #2 from Noah Reich on Vimeo.

Glee Dance Marathon from Noah Reich on Vimeo.

Went to the Fairfax Flea Market on Sunday with my mom and Dave. We went to buy some photos for a new art piece we’re each working on. As we walked in, we saw a huge media frenzy with a ginger woman standing right at the center of it. It was Kathy Griffin with her mom, Maggie. They were having an estate sale and seeing who could sell the most items for charity. We bought a bunch of random and equally useless items from them including tote bags, a cupcake tray and lots and lots of Tupperware. It was a fun encounter! We also found some amazing photos for the projects then had a delicious lunch at Red Robbins. We put our leftovers in our handy dandy tupperware containers

Jay-Z headlined the opening night of Coachella, after performing hits from throughout his career. He brought out his wife to Beyonce and they performed a brand new version of “Forever Young.” Can’t wait to listen to the mp3 version of this over and over and over again and I’d even love for them to record an actual studio version of it.