About Me

Hey everyone, I'm Maddi, or Madeleine. I know the former sort of looks like a stripper spelling of the name, but alas, it was my attempt at being 'different' in the 7th grade, and now I'm more or less stuck with it. You can call me whichever name you like, I really do go by both. I've been writing so many 'about me''s lately, that it feels hard to maintain any originality (I really only do have a few standard jokes), but here are some of the basics about me that I guess you should know. My sense of humor is very deadpan-sarcastic, and I think I'm much funnier than I probably am. I also tend to over-analyze everything. Like seriously, everything. I'm pretty much a textbook introvert, though with a strong narcissist streak that makes my inner monologue resemble a Woody Allen film much too often. I'm double majoring in film and creative writing because as you can tell, I love to be practical. I'm still not sure what I want to do with either, but right now art direction has my biggest interest. As long as I have a career that lets me travel, I'll be okay. I spent my last semester studying abroad in South Africa and as cliche as it sounds it was possibly the best 6 months of my life. I got to combine my love of travel with my love of community service by tutoring at a township, and it was amazing. If we're doing favorites a couple of my favorite directors would be Sofia Coppola and Baz Luhrmann. I am so excited to be a part of the Visions team this year, as I have always loved a good film festival. After graduating, I would love to intern at the Seattle International Film Festival, so I'm excited for the experience this will give me. And when times get tough, which I know they're bound to, we can all turn to what is perhaps the most inspiring clip in cinematic history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joA1dZ2_5Zs