Buzz Lightyear’s motto is a fitting quote for a book on the history of Pixar Animation Studios. Toy Story was Pixar’s first feature film, but their subsequent movies have really brought the art of animation into the 21st century. Pixar would be an awesome place to work because they produce an outstanding product and it seems like their employees really enjoy themselves. The office space doesn’t look so bad, either. I’m excited to read the book so that I can learn more about Pixar and hopefully find out how some of my favorite movies (Nemo, Monsters Inc.) were conceived and developed.
The book is a steep $51 on Amazon preorder, but that will get you a hefty 320 page tome of Pixar trivia. Unfortunately, it won’t be out until the end of October, but we can look forward to seeing Ratatouille this summer while we wait.
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During this past year at the U of R, I lived in Hollister 640, a single in the Susan B. Anthony building. The room had a fantastic view of the Genesee river and the skyline of downtown Rochester. I loved to just stare out the open window at night and enjoy the lights. One of my favorite memories came during the first few weeks of school, when I could see, over the Kodak building on the far left, the fireworks that were being shot off after the Redwings baseball game. I’m really going to miss this room.
The shot above is ISO 50 with a 10s exposure. I tried exposures between 5 and 15 seconds but decided that I liked this version the best, because it captured the cloud without blowing out the lights in the foreground. No editing except a small crop.
By the way, I’m now a junior 
Good thing it’s not going to be hot OR cold today:
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