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Yeah, I'm not finishing this in time for AB
2010-12-21 21:05:07
Don't Tell Me What I Can't Do
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First, my title sucks. What the hell is that all about? I might as well go back to YCDTTAC (a.k.a Yicadtie-Tac). BLEH.
Second, where is the magic button I can push to make all the videos I know would be wonderful, but which I just can't stomach making?
Third, why am I such a lemming? Why do I have to got my jollies by slitting the throat of Advent Children? Been there, done that. THREE TIMES. Enough already...but no, I still can't stop. :| I want to...but at the same time, I don't. Lemming.
So yes, Anime Boston video is not looking good. By the time my crazed holiday season wraps up, it'll be mid-January, giving me just about a month and a half to finish a 4-minute AMV stuffed with time-consuming effects (not to mention my sluggish editing habits). Not. Going. To. Happen. What really grates is that I can't cheat anymore. The very simple-looking stuff I want to make is not simple at all, in stark contrast to the rather complicated looking stuff I've made that was actually very simple.
*sigh*
Merry Christmas, everyone. I wish you the best of luck in the New Year. :) -
Prrogress: Nada
2010-12-12 09:23:02
It's kind of funny. I'm sitting here in the middle of a winter storm in the Northeast, cut off from holiday shopping and faced with the harsh truth that this is a perfect day to:
1. Work on my AMV
2. Finish writing all my Christmas cards
3. Put away clean laundry
4. Do the dishes
5. Wrap Christmas presents
6. Wallow in video games
And the only one which speaks to me is the one I can't do, because I don't have any games on hand that I feel like wallowing in. I'm literally paralyzed by the equally unpleasant choices in front of me...so what do I do? Kill time by posting it in my AMV journal. Oy.
In any case, finishing this video in time for Anime Boston is not looking so good. Holidays are kind of crazy this year, plus I'm going on a cruise in a few weeks, and my free time has gone right out the window.
If you really wanted to finish it, you'd MAKE time.
Yeah, but I don't think I have ever claimed to really want to finish ANY AMV.
So what's the hold-up with this one?
See holidays above. Also, the AMV I'm working on is pretty much of a lemming-over-the-cliff type, in which I know perfectly well that it's usually not a good idea to jump from high places, but some crazed creative spark in me wants to ignore that for the moment and do it anyways. Even if the video comes out good, which always a huge question mark, it could still have been a bad idea. Not exactly a great stimulus for me to pursue it.
No dog guilt?
Yes, dog guilt is also playing a part in this. My dog is very depressed about being left alone five days a week, nine hours a day, and ignoring her to work on video stuff when I am around on the weekend makes me feel like a rotten dog owner. At least before she had her own day job and just wanted to relax on the weekends. :| -
I am a little frightened
2010-12-03 20:19:32
Periodically I do a search on "Driftroot," just to keep tabs on things. There's a teensy handful of me-impersonators out there, but we don't tend to move in the same circles so there's never really a problem identifying who I really am.
For the first time, however, I ran across an item at animenewsnetwork.com which was attributed to me. This specifically had to do with a forum post which I have no recollection of ever making. Worse, this led me to a bunch of other posts attributed to me which I also can't remember creating. Some of the posts talk about stuff I don't even understand or agree with! I don't like reading something I supposedly wrote and thinking "Huh, that person had a lot to say, where'd it all come from/that's stupid/you've got to be kidding me."
And yet...it seems to be me. Some posts reference things that hit way too close to home or - perhaps - faintly tickle a memory. I haven't been able to access my account there for years - there's some weird password glitch - but WTF?? Has my Swiss-cheese memory actually gotten so bad that I can't even remember whole years of my life??
Assuming it is all me making those posts...then what's really running through my head is "OMG, was I really THAT into anime six years ago?? How embarrassing..." :| If so, I've fallen pretty far since those days. -
*Slog*
2010-11-22 19:52:44
Don't Tell Me What I Can't Do
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I've got a really boring intro to my AMV, now. One that - on the one hand - does precisely what it's supposed to, but - on the other - sets me up for real problems down the road.
Solution: rip some more DVDs. I have a hard time screwing that up. -
My brain just doesn't work like it used to
2010-11-21 11:21:29
Don't Tell Me What I Can't Do
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The Good: I'm not opening/closing/opening/closing Premiere every three minutes because I can't stand what I'm doing.
The Bad: I wasted almost all of my time so far troubleshooting weird problems with experimental stuff that I've decided isn't working anyways.
The Ugly: My dog, who was sick recently and quite happy to just lay around and be quietly miserable, has recovered thanks to a heavy dose of antibiotics. She's now begging me to play ball every other minute (she throws a tennis ball at my ankles...just a little distracting), giving me depressed looks and barking when Ikicklet her outside where things are much more exciting (in theory). She hates it when I am making an AMV.
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