Camera Exam

During our morning AV lesson yesterday (when I did not make a post, for those paying attention) we had a short recap of the previous lesson. We went over all the things in detail once again after we had to write a checklist for ourselfs and compare it to what we actualy had to do. I just wrote down a list similar to the one I made here with some added details which I thought might be important. Some things I just skipped because I thought they were common sense but apparently they had to be on the list just the same. Okay fine.

By the end of the lesson we got some homework. Take our notes and go create a checklist on the computer which we can use during every AV lesson. I’m suspecting that the creation of this checklist is sort of an exam that will allow (or disallow) us to use the expensive camera’s on our own. At least it will be one step closer.

The movie project we’re doing was originally planned to be filmed with normal household handy cams, but wouldn’t it be awesome if we could do it with the big cameras? One can always hope.

Moving Problems

I think I got what they call a burn-out today. A very light one but a burn-out non the less. I was at the new house, doing some paint work in one of the rooms. Only problem was that the stupid paint roller AND the paint I was using both wouldn’t cooperate. This was frustrating me like no tommorow and it didn’t take long before I threw the roller down, put the paint back in the bucket and just cleaned all the painting equipment out of the room with the mindset to just hire someone who DOES know what he’s doing and has more then some random low grade equipment from the closest home improvement shop. However that was not the reason I got burned-out.

After I cleaned up the room a bit I realized that I would be moving in less then 4 days. So, since in my mind everything still had to be done BEFORE the move, I would have to arrange a painter to come look at the place, have him paint everything in a day during the weekend AND wrap things up at the old house. All in 4 days. Then I thought about how I was planning on doing the painting myself and had to wrap up the old house just the same and then I slammed myself in the head for thinking I could have done that in just 4 days.
Angry as I was I went home, letting the realization sink in that getting this all done before the big move is never going to work and that my dream of quietly unpacking my stuff after the move would be shattered since I’d be in mess for days or even weeks after the fact. There is one upside though and that is that there are only two rooms that need painting and neither of those rooms are vital rooms I need to survive, I can cook, live, sleep and wash myself so it’s all good. Just a little frustrating to have my planning screwed up.

As for the burn-out part. After fixing up the painter I just felt all juice flowing out of me, so many things to do, so little time. As I tried to reorganize my scedual I just lost it for a moment and became extremely tired in an instant. So, deciding to lie down I fell asleep and awoke 4 hours later. But I’m okay now. I’m sure the move will work out fine, I need to stop worrying!

Robin