JOURNAL: SarahtheBoring (Sarah B')

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  • Look around, round, round, round, round, round 2003-07-16 06:30:17 When I get an idea, even if it's just something simple, I tend to take a quick swipe at the database just to see if it's been done before. And my luck's been decent so far, but still, sometimes I wonder whether a song's never been done because there's some early video that used it but was never put on the DB. You know?

    Hm. 'Cause this time - this is just an idle idea that I might mess around with but not finish - the song is "Dear Prudence" by the Beatles. Now, there are a million Beatles vids in the DB, but none of that song. This strikes me as a little odd. But hey, maybe I just happened to hit one of the few that hasn't been done. ;)

    (Yes, yes, I know, the band is overused - but this is just a cute little idea that I wanted to play around with until I have the source to make my next Serious Video[tm].)
     
  • On the topic of VIDEOS (remember them?)... 2003-07-13 22:01:47 ...eh. Bad mojo. I watched a bunch of my favorites (UNSPECIFIED! may or may not even be on my favorites list, which is woefully outdated!) over again, and I can see little problems with them. Oh, nothing that bothers me, really. A little compression there, a flicker along the edge of a screen that was probably caused by imperfect source, some mouthflap.

    I feel like such an ungrateful asshole. This is stuff better than I could ever dream of making, and I am noticing PROBLEMS. What. The hell. I am supposed to shut up and consume like a good little fangirl, squeal for autographs at conventions, and not go above my fricking station.

    Seeing problems.

    Ugh.

    I never for a split second forgot that my own videos are shit - actually I forgot that I make videos at all, except to wonder how things were accomplished. I never for a moment thought I could outdo this collection. And yet, I noticed, I noticed little garbley compression marks and audio editing that isn't seamless. I can't *help* it.

    I'm such an ass. :(

    Now, granted, it's all well and good - in fact it's healthy - to sniff out problems with your own work, or for your peers to help you in improving. But nobody needs some pissant nobody noticing that your source wasn't perfect or your lipsync is jerky for a second.

    God, I don't even know what to do about this. Stop watching for a while? I don't want to. Only watch flawless videos to beat some humility back into myself? I guess there are enough to go around. And I don't even think I'm not humble, at least not consciously. I was just enjoying the videos, like a good little fangirl. Until I saw.

    I feel like that moment, growing up, when you realize that your parents aren't the pillars of the world, that they too are human and have done stupid things in their lives.

    Don't know what to do about this. 
  • 2003-07-13 17:39:41 So this is how things have gone for a while:

    StB: posting as usual, blah blah blah. Opinion on something vague here, snicker there, blah blah.

    Nitwit: OMG U SUX0R I WILL KILL U AND RAPE UR DOG!!!!!11!!11

    StB: What the fuck is your problem? I'm minding my own business here, you idiot. This does not concern you.

    Everyone Else: OMG Sarah you are such a bitch for defending yourself!

    So, I've decided, fuck it. If they want to play their dumb flame games, let them. It's really not worth my time defending myself, because I doubt they can read those big long words like "business" and "concern" anyway. Besides, it's not fun; they're too stupid and vicious to play along with jokes (I've tried, it didn't work).

    So I've learned my lesson, and won't bother acknowledging the flames. Let them swing away at the air if they have "issues" and need to bully random people on the internet. It's not worth my time.
     
  • Ouch! A little revenge for all o'ya. 2003-07-12 23:45:18 Average star rating for LaBS: 2.67.

    Burrrrrned!

    I've pretty much given up on making decent videos, but I thought that would amuse people. :)
     
  • 2003-07-11 08:32:25 As for the accusations that I am mean to newbies, I challenge anyone to find an example where I was mean to someone because they were new, and not because they were being an obnoxious, demanding little brat.

    I am critical of people who act like idiots, get caught up in their own bullshit, put on fake fronts, or are full of themselves. Anyone who doesn't fall into those four categories is completely exempt.

    I am a nice person; I just don't suffer fools gladly.
     
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