Finally- The end of the semester

To the left you'll notice a new video bar with my project, yeah, I finally put it up. It ended up being just about Catie and what riding has done for her, mainly the ability to speak.
Knowing what I know now, there are a lot of things I would have done differently in creating the whole project. I did a lot of imagining about how this would go, how perfectly set up my videos would be, that the recording would be awesome.... Yeah, the imagining was there, but the planning... Not so much. I went out to do one interview, and I vaguely thought if how I would film it, just because I didn't want to be holding my camera as I interviewed (Awkward!). I didn't bring a tripod or anything, I just kind of assumed/hoped that there would be something there I could set my camera on. Mistake.
I also really, really struggled with some technicalities. Mainly, I couldn't get the format of my videos to work with Movie Maker. I wasted probably 3 weeks of potentially gathering good information while I fought with Movie Maker and numerous file-converting softwares.... It's a long list. Because of that, I unfortunately only had a couple days to edit all of my video after I finally got them converted. There were some looooong nights and some very teary days.
Anyway, it's finally done. People in class gave me a lot of great suggestions for editing-- things I should add, remove, other information that would have been good... I'm pretty pleased with myself and just the fact that I got it done... I actually did a lot of things this semester that I've been pleased with. I took five classes, which a lot of people seemed really surprised by. I got a lot of raised eyebrows and "oh wow, you actually had time to take five classes??" Generally it was a piece of cake, except for the last week or so. I had four papers and this project due all at once, which probably contributed to all the tears. One of the classes I took was Major American Authors (Faulkner) with Lester Fisher. Oh my god, what a nightmare. That was the most difficult class I have ever taken. If I had known in the beginning how hard it was going to be, I wouldn't have taken it. A few weeks into the semester I really wanted to drop it, but I was too afraid to ask him to sign an add/drop form... But I actually wrote my three papers and suffered through it, going to class every day with a nervous sweat and dry mouth. But, seven novels read, one more requirement done. Adding to my list-- There have been no car accidents, no more letters from the RIAA, no insurance fraud and no digging my car out of snow banks at Mast Road :-) Yayyyyyyyy me and for another semester done ...Well, done after my only final Friday morning.

Again: Long Time

I haven't posted anything in almost a month. Crap. I'm a slacker. I'm actually procrastinating at this very moment... I am not enjoying having to finish four final papers this week.
All the presentations we saw last week were awesome. I was really, really, really impressed with all the creativity and the technical skills (both things that I wish I had more of). Melanie's use of the sounds of the bubbles while the beer was brewing was fantastic and Bobby's editing was seamless. I'm so excited for everyone :-) Yeah, we're awesome.
Unfortunately, everyones awesome stories make me even more nervous about my own story. I've had a lot of issues, as you may know, both with getting my information and finding a way to organize and edit it. Tonight and tomorrow night will bring long, endless nights of editing... Oh well. It's not the last week of classes for nothing. I just have to get through three more days and I'm dooooooooooone!!!!!