Dull. Meh. Itchy. These are the words to describe how I feel about my media skillz right now and the mosquito bites covering my bod.
I feel like I get stuck in a mental rut sometimes and need new things to stay motivated. I usually am pretty good at getting motivated by other people’s work and then I look at my equipment and just sigh…
To be fair, I’m finally put my Dreamweaver to work by learning Javascript on lynda.com. I just ordered a new shotgun mic and camera light. I picked up a bartending job on the weekends and am saving my pennies for my own 7D (and in my imagination, several lenses). And I have just ordered a new program called Soundslides, an audio slide show program (which I’ve done before using Brightcove – used to be the only format our website could host) but still I’m interested to see what I’ll do with this new one.
Lots of ideas. Little time. I am currently editing audio for is an ongoing enterprise project on the subject of *dying* which will include video, photos, audio, some graphics, a blog … a photog here has about 400 photos for me to sift through from an interview we did at a funeral home so I’ll be doing that all summer.
That’s work stuff though. I need a side project like whuut. I started the drums and bass but I mean like, a non-let’s drink PBR and make noize project.
Let’s see, I started to write a weekly screenplay based on our dogs’ antics. That was fun but then I realized I had become one of those pathetic people that obsess over their beloved animals. Drats! Sidenote: I also have several nicknames for my dog, one of which I came up with today at Sonic with my friend, Shawn. “Monkay” is the definitive, Gawd-given name of my dog but he also goes by: Monk, Monken, Dunkin, Dudley, Dunks, Duds, Dudnut, Dunkey, Monkster and the new name du jour is Mo. Or Moh. Can’t decide. Am I pathetic, yes I am! My personal fave is Dunkin Dudnut or just Duddds!!
It’s Friday, sorry I am all over the place. I just wanted a reminder that I am making progress as an individual. Not sure this did the trick, but at least I tried. Have a good weekend!