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  • *spicy music*

  • (oooh look at that nice aesthetic pour)

  • ooOW that's hoT *cough*

  • Hello friends! and welcome to my last week of college ~ever~

  • um yES that's fucking crazy to say

  • but I am graduating a year and a quarter early

  • I'm graduating total in like around two and a half years

  • and this week is my last week

  • sO I thought I would vlog it for you guys because it's my last chance ever to be a #relatable 20 year old, I guess

  • *sips tea* mmMM

  • i always feel like i forget to introduce myself cause i assume that like evERYBODY has watched my entire

  • life history on the internet

  • bUT my name is Ashley, i go to UCLA and i'm a film student

  • i am a screenwriting concentration so one of the big things i'm doing this quarter is

  • finishing up my firST EVER ~screenplay~

  • my other courses are history of European cinema, which is a requirement for my major

  • and symposium, which i don't have this week but it's like this personalized capstone course

  • to wrap up my studies at UCLA

  • it's with a digital media professor who's like 60 years old

  • but he's sO nice about my youtube channel

  • so steve, if you're watching this, you're a homie

  • my main goals are to film and edit a youtube video that i post on thursday

  • and to study for my European cinema final, which is also thursday morning

  • i also later have a finished screenplay, an adaption report on 12 angry men

  • a 7 page research paper, and a presentation on the social media industry due

  • bUT!

  • those are due next week so we're just not going to think about them right now

  • so hopefully i'll be able to show you guys a little bit of

  • ~time management~, organization, UCLA stuff, film school stuff

  • and just being a ~youtuber~

  • *insert cute ashley content here*

  • god that's gross

  • yEAH!! let's get started!

  • *cute birdy tweet sound*

  • hey guys! it's sunday and this is probably gonna be

  • one of the most boring days of my entire life

  • i'm literally just sitting at this desk studying for my final the entire day

  • so if you want like exciting-ish college things, like skip to the later days in this vlog

  • but today is the reality of what college is :')

  • i feel like college vloggers are always going to parties and game days and fun shit like that

  • but like, bro you gotta get those ~grades~ too

  • yoU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, C's get degrees but A's get to die early from stress-related complications

  • so today, i'm studying for my history of European cinema class

  • honestly dudes, i hate this class it is a required course for my major though

  • you like when you graduate high school and you think that you're never going to have to

  • take a class that you don't like again

  • and then you get to college and you realize that's like 90% of what college is

  • yeAH

  • sO i thought i would show you guys a little bit of my ~study method~

  • so we have a study guide for the class

  • which contains about 40 terms

  • and like 20 study questions

  • so i'm writing those all out on a notebook

  • now, i like to write things out on physical paper because for me there's something

  • about the physical sensation of writing out the words and the extra time that it takes

  • and like that muscle to brain connection?? i don't really know

  • that just helps me remember stuff so much better than if i typed it out

  • then with those terms in mind, i'm going through all of the course readings

  • i have an ipad to do all of my handwritten titles for this channel

  • but obviously, like not everybody has that

  • so if you don't have this, i would actually reccomend printing out your readings

  • as ecologically horrible as that is

  • there's something about physically highlighting your work that makes it

  • so much easier to remember

  • as i read through, i'm looking for those key terms and answers to my study guide questions

  • and i'm also highlighting each article or each main concept in a different color

  • since there are about 12 different academic papers for this class

  • it's a lot of information to keep track, so having those different colors

  • helps me keep straight in my mind

  • which concepts come from which author

  • um and yeAH! that'll be my entire Sunday :')

  • so i'll just see you guys tomorrow

  • *adorable finger guns pew pew*

  • Monday is pretty much one of my lightest class days

  • so that makes it also my youtube filming day

  • so right now it's around 8 AM

  • i meant to wake up a little bit earlier but y'know

  • you know how it be sometimes

  • is that still a meme??? i don't know

  • *some more spicy music*

  • so for my video, i had to go and buy a lot of cereal from the grocery store

  • so here's just some footage of me being a fucking awkward bean trying to avoid eye contact with grocery store employees

  • hey guys, i just finished filming my video

  • it is just past 3 right now, so i'm gonna spend about half an hour editing my footage

  • and then head off to class

  • for those of you who don't know, i actually moved into my lovely new aparment

  • a little bit before i graduated college so i've been commuting for the past like

  • week/week and a half, but overall it's not been too long and

  • it's been really nice to live by myself and without roommates and pay a reasonable price for rent ("resonable")

  • because rent in my college town is super super fucking expensive

  • alright so i changed for class

  • normally, i don't dress up that much for class but i think i'm gonna take photos

  • after class to get that ~insta pic~

  • so here is my outfit

  • my dress if from Motel Rocks

  • my blazer is from Amanda Steel's "Steel" collection

  • and my boots are from Urban Outfitters

  • and then i'm also gonna bring these big, chunky unif boots

  • 'cause i feel like they might look a little better with the outfit

  • but these are much more walkable for my way to class

  • so i'm already really late so i'm just gonna drive to class now! see you guys soon bye

  • my life is just a giant pile of boxes

  • *you guessed it, spicy music*

  • 10 minutes late as always

  • i didn't film my class because that would be rude and weird

  • but here are the notes that i took, i actually took quite thorough notes today

  • normally i doze off at least a little bit in lecture

  • but i try to pay attention in section because it's like a really distilled version of what we learned in lecture anyway

  • and the final is this week so it's like about time that i got caught up on class

  • *nice lil mix of music and audiobook*

  • so i ended up coming back to around Fairfax to take photos

  • *cute little foot kick*

  • i got my chunky boots on

  • and i loaded my new flash onto my camera

  • my camera doesn't come in with a built-in flash

  • but i put this red filter attachment on it so hopefully it's going to give me like a

  • really cool red glow to the photos that will match my dress

  • i don't know, we'll see

  • right now i'm in this like random alley there really isn't any through traffic

  • so hopefully i'm not going to blind anybody with my flash

  • and i can shoot safely

  • this is the glamor of being an influencer, guys

  • i got my camera set up on a trash bin on my bendy tripod with my colorful flash :)

  • alright let's take some photos

  • the rest of the night will probably be some studying for my upcoming final

  • which i really really need to grind on

  • and edit the video that i filmed today

  • *more bird tweets*

  • good morning! it is Tuesday and i am still living inside a pile of cereal

  • have not cleaned up a thing since yesterday

  • here is the outfit today! i was feeling fucking extra as you can tell

  • i just like woke up feeling girly so i rolled with it

  • this dress is from Urban Outfitters

  • i dressed it down with some Doctor Martins

  • and then I'm wearing these hairclips that i haven't been able to stop wearing

  • i am all about the hairclip trend

  • *casually picks up Kanken backpack*

  • i also wanted to talk about how i've been thinking about how to continue my education and like

  • brain development after i graduate

  • i don't want all the time that i used to spend in class just turning into like Netflix brain mush time

  • and i think i kind of have it figured out 'cause in the past two weeks

  • i have started listening to a lot of audio books like 1 to 2 per week

  • which makes me feel really good because i have not read a physical book

  • in a very very long time

  • i promise this section is not sponsored by audible so you can unclench your butthole now

  • but recently i've been listening to a lot of books by college professors

  • and by sociologists and psychologists

  • 2 recommendations that i have are "Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport

  • and the book i'm reading right now is called "Irresistible" and it's about

  • how technology is designed to be addictive

  • i've realized this past Winter break when i didn't have school for a month

  • that i do really get sad when i'm not exposed to like new ideas and have any type of mental stimulation

  • outside of youtube and the internet that's just like not a good way for me to live

  • especially because i work on social media, i don't want to be consumed by social media thoughts 24/7

  • um anyways i'm about to park now thanks for coming to my TED talk

  • *aesthetic footage and good music plays*

  • hey guys so we're on break from class right now

  • i just ran to the student's store and got my last fucking blue book ever

  • it's literally just an empty notebook of paper

  • but you need it to take all of your written final and midterm exams (*shudders*)

  • for my midterm for this class, i filled up this entire notebook

  • which i think is like 20 pages worth of paper

  • hopefully my hand won't die on the final, but we'll see

  • anyways, it feels good that this is the last one i'm so over these fucking exams

  • also can we just talk about how beautiful the campus is right now??

  • like this is honestly the prettiest i've ever seen UCLA

  • college in the Winter gets a little bit depressing because by the time i get out of class, it's dark

  • so i like never see the sunlight

  • it's so gorgeous today :D

  • *some nice music*

  • that was honestly one of the best movies that we've watched all quarter

  • i thought it was quite good, cinematography on poiNT, acting on poINT

  • there was like a 10 minutes scene halfway through that was just .......

  • ~anal sex~

  • which was not what i expected from my education today exactly

  • but i'm all for the destigmatization of gay and anal sex

  • sooooo

  • :))))

  • ya learn something everyday kids!

  • aNYWAYS, on a related note, i'm going to the dentist right now to get my Invisalign checked up on

  • so um, see you guys in a bit

  • my afternoon was a bunch of miscellaneous errands

  • after the dentist, i went to meet with my manager

  • about this exciting little project which i get to be purposefully vague about ;)

  • like all youtubers

  • and then i went grocery shopping because it's about this point in the week

  • where i realize that i've eaten cereal for 4 days in a row

  • and i should probably try something else except in this case i just bought more fucking bread

  • which is the same food group but,,, oh well

  • oh nUT that looks soooo good

  • the rest of the day i hopped on some calls

  • finished cleaning up my apartment and started editing my video for the week

  • this is where it gets kinda boring like i literally just sit here for hours and hours on end soo

  • let's just skip to the next day

  • *yeeees birb tweets :]*

  • oh, what's that?? it's just aNOTHER time lapse of me working on Wednesday too???

  • Wednesday i have like 16 to 24 hours of work sooo i'm just grinding away

  • i'm gonna explain what i'm working on in just a second though

  • this is when you know the work is getting intense

  • it's time... to clip back the bangs for maximum concentration

  • oh god i look like a boiled egg

  • @__@

  • but right now i am working on what is due at 2 pm today for my screenwriting class

  • which is a treatment basically a summary of my next project

  • which is basically like wolf of Wallstreet but for influencers

  • which sounds kind of cheesy but i wanted it to be this like

  • extravagant, kind of ironic commentary on how there are girls who are like

  • 14/15 years old getting sucked into being an Instagram star

  • being a youtuber, moving away from their home and just like chasing

  • what feels like a very empty dream

  • i won't have anymore screenwriting class after this but hopefully i will keep screenwriting

  • because screenwriting takes a goddamn long time to get good at

  • but i want to keep grinding away at it so eventually i have something that is worth making

  • keep an eye out i'll probably finish this screenplay in like two years

  • and then maybe it'll be a movie one day

  • *chill music while ashley is hard at work*

  • alright, it is 1:30 and i am about to run to class

  • i didn't have time to change so here is my super underwhelming outfit today

  • just a sweatshirt, leggings, and some socks and sneakers

  • i'm already 10 minutes late so let's get going

  • *proceeds to yeet away*

  • hi ashley

  • bye forever

  • see ya later

  • see ya on youtube byeee byeeee

  • *dAB!!1!1*

  • woAH * anoTHER DAB!!1!1*

  • *dAAAAB!!!* *everyone watches*

  • yeeeAAAAAAH!!!1!1 *claps*

  • *insert hard work and really cool music here*

  • alrigHT a couple hours later my forehead is out and about

  • which is how you know i've been working hard

  • i'm doing a couple pick-ups for my edit basically just doing little title slates

  • of each of the types of cereal

  • is this the best use of my time the day before my final?? probably fucking not but i'm gonna do it anyway

  • oh boy! anoTHER time lapse

  • this is me editing for like 5 hours until around 11 PM

  • at which point my brain was just one giant pile of editing mush

  • so i decided to take a break by studying- well i guess a break from editing

  • not a break from work- it's just more work

  • not pictured here is a mini mental breakdown that i had but y'know

  • what's a finals week without 1 or 2

  • i studied for a couple hours until 1 AM and then set my alarm for 5 hours later

  • so that i could wake up and finish my video and cram for my final

  • and gET to my final by 9 AM

  • *biiirds*

  • good morning guys! it is still completely dark out we are in the wee hours

  • of the morning

  • uh but i did manage to get a ~spicy~ like...

  • 5 and a half hours of sleep last night

  • which is actually pretty damn good for a Thursday morning if i might say so myself

  • you know i don't feel great but i feel...

  • ~not disgsusting~

  • which is a new record for me

  • first order of the morning is finishing up my video then while it's uploading i'm gonna do

  • whatever the fuck studying i can't get done

  • loVE THIS ,,, this is great

  • hhhHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUHHHH

  • *another great time lapse of ashley hard at work*

  • this is not even like a real outfit (but it still looks good)

  • but it is 8:35, i just uploaded my video, and i'm already late for my final

  • so i'm gonna fuckiNG GO okay byEEE

  • *whoosh*

  • i look so crazy right now

  • oh god,,, let's- let's graduate college guys

  • *test-taking and some spicy music*

  • oh my fucking god....

  • i did it!! i did the thing!

  • i'm not gonna yell too much because i'm like still on campus right now

  • but hoLY FUCKin shit....

  • my hand is about to fall off

  • i can't really tell whether that final was easy or if i've just become very good at bullshitting my way

  • though written essays

  • *plops into car*

  • guess who's done with college foREVER!! ME!! :D

  • just kidding, it's more like for the next 3 days 'cause i still have a 7-page research paper to write

  • and finish my entire screenplay which are due next week

  • bUT!

  • that was my last ~in-person~ final ever

  • so, i'm just gonna leave it here!

  • thank you guys so much for watching...

  • i can't believe i'm done with school??

  • alright see you guys next week!

  • ~~as a college graduate~~

  • bye!! :D

*spicy music*

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