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I need to get this off my chest
2009-07-01 12:58:51
The company I work for is made of idiots, run by idiots apparently for idiots. They also are paranoid and hate nothing more than when an employee discusses them in public. They can't even handle us seeking advice from someone we've contracted with expressly because we NEED their expertise on certain matters. We were told not to seek advice today, in fact, because apparently it makes corporate look bad. *cough* The irony is we're seeking advice because corporate is doing everything it can TO make themselves look truly ludicrous and we want to stop this from happening ("ludicrous" was the exact word our adviser used when we described the direction we're desperately trying to prevent corporate from pursuing).
BAKABAKABAKABAKABAKABAKABAKABAKABAKABAKABAKABAKA
I have to try very hard not to mutter this during the conference call this afternoon. I have a very bad habit of talking to myself without realizing it when I'm aggravated or otherwise stressed out.
:| There was something else...oh yes..
Possible title for next AMV: Res ipsa loquitur "The Thing Speaks for Itself" (or so I'm told) and yeah, if it works out the way I want it to work out...that's...well...that's what I'm going for. Always nice to have a concept statement that can be summed up in five words. And finding a Latin phrase that works to boot doesn't hurt.
But anyways, I'm reverting to my old tactic of forcing myself to sit down and work on this for a certain period of time. What I've found (usually) happens, is that once I get over the "OMG I CAN'T DO THIS!!" *shuts down Premiere* phase, which usually occurs within 15-20 minutes, I make decent progress and don't feel like shooting myself in the head so much anymore.
It is a VERY sad day when I turn to AMVs as a way to escape other unpleasant things in life. -
I'm gonna do this
2009-06-27 19:11:13
No title yet, but possibly "So You Want To Be An AMV Editor," except that's a little lame..like 'Bustin wasn't lame...*sigh*
Pre-edit: Don't remember, let's say 20 hours
Edit: See above, let's say 12 hours
The Good: I've decided that my 2009 AMV attempt will be this video. It's not going to be fantastic or earth-shattering or trend-setting, but - damnit - it's better than nothing and is just about the only thing I want to make that won't take me six months to make. I am currently having a lot of fun "prepping" for it, namely not actually editing, but working on the behind-the-scenes supporting graphics for it, aka what I do for a living.
The Bad: Requires loss of precious Vermont summer outdoors time.
The Ugly: I need your help. Yes, you. While I am entirely capable of coming up with vicious and condescending remarks about horrifically bad AMVs, I would (and it might) get more chuckles if some names were attached to these remarks. The only catch is that is really needs to be four words or less. You can write a lot more, but the main point must be short and sweet and "getable" in about half a second, since that's as long as it's going to be on screen. I'd post this in the forum, but that's overkill. I will resort to using some of the comments left on my own videos, if I have to, just to give things that extra flair of authenticity, 'cause there's not much I do in my videos without very good reason and extra-weird underlying motives.
Crap, looks like my goal of making an AMV that doesn't require pausing might be in jeoparding...no, I CAN do this...Generation Z has extremely short attention spans... half a second is like half an hour to them. -
I've waited over eight years for this:
2009-06-25 21:58:25
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=95119&p=1248681#p1248681
AMV.ORG t-shirts...mugs...mousepads...etc. And I just got a $25 Visa gift card today....ORG merchandise here I come! :D -
I go in and he's alive, I get out and he's not.
2009-06-25 19:39:23
So goes my evening at the gym where, coincidentally enough, I was listening to several M.J. songs while I worked out.
It was incredibly disheartening to watch several news anchors sit there and attempt to recount his life accomplishments. They read off the statistics for all the awards he's won and records he's sold etc. as if they had no clue that this person they'd prattled on for years and years about being weird and a child molester had had such an enormous impact on the music industry. -
How to get me in a bad mood:
2009-06-23 20:18:46
Dealing with my Web hosting provider. Are there any decent ones out there? Or do I just have incredibly rotten luck with them all? Seriously. I'm now running into fallout from issues I was dealing with LAST YEAR at this time...it never ends!
And oooowwwwww my finder hurts!
And logo contest time coming up...has it really been a year? Yeesh...well hopefully everyone's had their fill of messy grunge .ORG logo. I certainly don't plan on making anything like it THIS year, but who knows...I suck at making logos. I really hate it, which probably explains a lot about why I suck. Oh well, it could be worse, I could be making an AMV. It must be really, really nice to enjoy one's hobby. Wait, isn't that the definition of a hobby: something you do as an enjoyable pastime? Hrm...so if AMVing isn't my hobby, then what is it?
Self-torture!
That's possible. I do suffer mental and physical anguish (and occasionally emotional) making AMVs. I guess this means that I view it as a personal challenge. No one said you have to enjoy what you challenge yourself to do.
Also, I'm in a sharing mood so...this isn't too bad: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=169414
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