Things I don’t have time to do

Laundry — I’ve worn this skirt twice this week. I have no shame; Sell the books and movies I don’t want to move to Half Price Books; Pick up my reserved books at the library, much less read them; Trouble shoot my stupid Final Cut conundrum; Buy groceries or consume any meal that isn’t in [...]

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Issues with Final Cut

I’m not going to bore you with the details, but my project in Final Cut appears to have shat itself. That’s right, the honeymoon is over. Me and Final Cut? We were doing great. Until it decided to be a little bitch and corrupt a handful of my files. This wouldn’t be so big of [...]

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Considering public transportation

My friend Jessi brought up an interesting point when she visited this past weekend. She suggested being a Chicago resident with a car may be more of a liability than a convenience. She helped me break it down by the numbers: Car payment each month: $242, until it’s paid off in May 2011; Car insurance: [...]

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Sound bites

I finally felt confident that I had researched enough about sound mixing in Final Cut to start manually chopping away at the sound in the rough cut. Now, I’ve got the pilot episode polished and edited in time for Friday’s premiere. I’m really proud of it and ridiculously excited to share it. I’m a little [...]

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“The Candidate” trailer

Check it out. It premieres Friday! Can’t wait to share it finally.

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I will have moved at least five times by the end of 2010

I’ve been knocking out some to-do items from a long list of crap I need to take care of before I move. Get eye exam and fresh supply of contacts? Check. Get new brakes? Check. Lady doctor annual exam? Check. Slowly save thousands of dollars in preparation for being unemployed? Check. I even got a [...]

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Really?

I’m not sure how I feel about this. Created by OnePlusYou – Free Online Dating I saw this on theteet.com, FYI. She got a PG-13.

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Becoming a Final Cut Express Pro

I love, love, love Final Cut. Tonight I’ll finish editing the final scene of “The Candidate” and then visually, it will be complete. But then I’ll have to delve into the audio and edit it too, because unfortunately the sound is all over the place. Fortunately there’s a tool in Final Cut that allows you [...]

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John Cunningham’s response ad

Would you vote for this guy?

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Considering a career change

So, I sort of got my wish and was mercifully rejected for that job sooner rather than later. But the e-mail from the executive producer who interviewed me sounded positive, and he asked that I look him up once I’m settled in Chicago. It sounded to me like I was a viable candidate and that [...]

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