Week 1 Introduction to Thorpe

My name is Thorpe Mayes, and I am a 24 year old Junior studying Creative Media Production in Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma. I currently work in Gaylord for OUTV and KXOU as a remote operations manager. That just means I'm in charge of setting up our live feed at any remote locations we cover. I enjoy good books, such as Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and Orwell's 1984, as well as any of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Some of my favorite movies include The Departed, American Psycho, Ex Machina, Fight Club, and anything Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino, as well as most of the James Bond films. I like to listen to music by artists such as Flume, Chet Faker, Banks, Toro y Moi, SBTRKT, Shlohmo, Jack Garratt, Mura Masa and billions more. I got to see most of these artists at various festivals in 2014, most notably Coachella. It was amazing. I am studying Creative Media Production with a focus on Corporate and Commercial Media and Cinematography. I would like to be a director or cinematographer when I grow up. I like to laugh, but I love making other people laugh. Sometimes it doesn't work because I'm often the only one who laughs at my jokes. I grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and I went to high school at Norman North. I have travelled internationally to Italy, Mexico and Nicaragua, and domestically to many states south of the Mason-Dixon line. In my free time I like to travel, camp and hike, play and watch soccer, ride my bicycle, play chess and dominoes,  produce music, take photos and make videos, and drink whisky. I absolutely love Hispanic and Asian foods of all kinds. Last Spring Break I went on a road trip with some friends. We travelled to Colorado Springs, Chaco Canyon, the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Tucson. Aussi, je parle un peu de français.  If you'd like to know anything else, feel free to ask!

This is one of my favorite sunset photos. I took this photo from the top of the parking garage at the OU football stadium.