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Happy Halloween, f-list (all five of you that are still here! lol)! Jason woke me up this morning so I could put tiny pony tails all over his head before work, lol. He's being a crazy fitness instructor at work today (also he was on the Halloween party planning committee, shut up how cute). I wish I could say that I was being something awesome but the curse of Liss & Halloween is that I never get too amped for it until like, the day of, at which point I always wish I had put some effort in. Every year. Without fail. I think the fact that I went to Zombie Pub Crawl with my sister two weeks ago helped me get my Halloween bug out. I was balloon zombie, of Plants vs Zombies fame -
We went with my sister's ex-boyfriend (not her serious one, someone she dated in high school who came out so now they are like BFF and I love it) and his cousin, we had a lot of fun. All of them were like, "People are going to be dicks and pop your balloons" and I was like, "Are you serious?!" I had never even thought that, but when they said it I realized they were probably right and I was so sad. LOL though, we had to cram five of us into a car plus my five balloons, it was uncomfortable. ANYWAY POINT BEING, I POPPED ALL OF MY OWN DAMN BALLOONS, LMAO. We were walking to the first bar and I heard my sister yell "LISS LISS!!!!!!1" and then I heard *POW POW* - two of them popped on a fence. Then I popped one my cigarette, and then I popped one on a light post. I popped the last one on purpose because I was sick of dealing with it lol. Stupid costume. Clever and creative in theory, pain-in-the-ass in execution. There were a lot of fun people there, SO many people oh my god, food trucks, tents with performers and DJs, it was fun, I want to go next year but with more people; nothing against them or my sister but we didn't stay as long as I wanted to because they just wanted to go to a regular, non-zombified gay bar. Which again, nothing against gay bars - I love gay bars because no one ever skeazes on me and I can totally relax - but if I'm a zombie I want to be at the zombie event lol.
→ Movies I've Watched This Past Week: Evidence, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Haywire, The Descent, all so good, I recommend them ALL.
→ I shot a wedding with Tracy, we had a GREAT DAY and I can't wait to work with her more. She's so talented but it doesn't go to her head, she doesn't look down on me and she constantly asks for my opinion and takes it seriously. It is so refreshing.
Need to explain because I don't think I ever officially have - prolific local wedding photographer has had Tracy as a 2nd shooter for several years, and when she was looking for more shooters, Tracy suggested me - it was a process but now we work together along with a few of her other shooters (only one of which I've worked with yet). I'm working with her a lot more next year because I got a ~promotion~, I've been bumped from 3rd shooter or 2nd with a training rate, to official 2nd for next year. Pay almost doubled, which is awesome because I was getting frustrated. She's very happy with my coverage, and told me that next year I'm going to be a 2nd "right under Tracy" and I'm not clear if that means that I'm literally going to be 2nd to Tracy's lead, or if it means that she's got like a totem pole of talent and I'm right under Tracy now, either of which I AM FINE WITH.
I'm also getting more responsibilities with her, which I am also happy about because I have been capable the entire time; I'm glad she's seeing it and trusting me with it. Aside from shooting and color correcting, she's started trusting me to edit down images, and when we finish all the post work for this season, she has design and marketing work for me. We had an awful day last week - I went into it knowing that I may not walk out with a job but I was very much at my breaking point. I sent a super eloquent email explaining everything I was thinking, and she just insisted I call her which I hate because I am so much better with email - I forget important points on the phone, and I feel like I don't know how to communicate them on the spot without sounding like a dick. So I was dreading that phone call hard core. We argued a LITTLE but it was fine for the most part and everything turned out okay. And Jason was right - every time I stand up to her, I get more work... I'm not sure why but I'm not complaining.
→ I didn't intend for this entry to be all ~work work work~ but I GOT THE BEST JOB EVER - I get to follow a dance team around for a season, take footage and edit them a music video. It's not even the team I normally work with! The old coach I had when I was a freshman got in touch with me because she still has the video I made that year and wanted to hire me to make one this season for her current team. They are a FANTASTIC team, I'm super familiar just from being involved in dance but I am so excited to work with those talented girls and my old coaches again. Also, brb, getting *paid* to edit a fanvideo. I AM SO EXCITED TO SHOOT VIDEO, ALSO. I know the shots I want and will be able to get them since I won't be doing my make-up or stretching or dancing myself. I also know the moments they're going to want to remember, because I've lived it. Honestly I would be happy just shooting and editing dance teams full time, I am so excited to impress them because I would love to keep them as a client. Their first competition is in December, slkfjas. ALSO, I got Jason a GoPro for his birthday so I'm going to bring him some days to take footage with that, like all the seniors doing their favorite jumps at 120 fps, Christ CHRIST. And I'm going to do tiny interviews and all, I really cannot wait. People are starting to pay me for doing what I love the most, it is an amazing feeling.
→ I love the new Taylor Swift album, I hate the new Livejounal "Friends" page. No, really, it's fucking abhorrent and to be honest, not much is still keeping me here. I want to mention my other blog so you can follow me there; when LJ finally actually dies I'll probably just use that full time lol. It looks a little sparse right now but I'm still trying to decide what I want it to be. ♥
We went with my sister's ex-boyfriend (not her serious one, someone she dated in high school who came out so now they are like BFF and I love it) and his cousin, we had a lot of fun. All of them were like, "People are going to be dicks and pop your balloons" and I was like, "Are you serious?!" I had never even thought that, but when they said it I realized they were probably right and I was so sad. LOL though, we had to cram five of us into a car plus my five balloons, it was uncomfortable. ANYWAY POINT BEING, I POPPED ALL OF MY OWN DAMN BALLOONS, LMAO. We were walking to the first bar and I heard my sister yell "LISS LISS!!!!!!1" and then I heard *POW POW* - two of them popped on a fence. Then I popped one my cigarette, and then I popped one on a light post. I popped the last one on purpose because I was sick of dealing with it lol. Stupid costume. Clever and creative in theory, pain-in-the-ass in execution. There were a lot of fun people there, SO many people oh my god, food trucks, tents with performers and DJs, it was fun, I want to go next year but with more people; nothing against them or my sister but we didn't stay as long as I wanted to because they just wanted to go to a regular, non-zombified gay bar. Which again, nothing against gay bars - I love gay bars because no one ever skeazes on me and I can totally relax - but if I'm a zombie I want to be at the zombie event lol.
→ Movies I've Watched This Past Week: Evidence, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Haywire, The Descent, all so good, I recommend them ALL.
→ I shot a wedding with Tracy, we had a GREAT DAY and I can't wait to work with her more. She's so talented but it doesn't go to her head, she doesn't look down on me and she constantly asks for my opinion and takes it seriously. It is so refreshing.
Need to explain because I don't think I ever officially have - prolific local wedding photographer has had Tracy as a 2nd shooter for several years, and when she was looking for more shooters, Tracy suggested me - it was a process but now we work together along with a few of her other shooters (only one of which I've worked with yet). I'm working with her a lot more next year because I got a ~promotion~, I've been bumped from 3rd shooter or 2nd with a training rate, to official 2nd for next year. Pay almost doubled, which is awesome because I was getting frustrated. She's very happy with my coverage, and told me that next year I'm going to be a 2nd "right under Tracy" and I'm not clear if that means that I'm literally going to be 2nd to Tracy's lead, or if it means that she's got like a totem pole of talent and I'm right under Tracy now, either of which I AM FINE WITH.
I'm also getting more responsibilities with her, which I am also happy about because I have been capable the entire time; I'm glad she's seeing it and trusting me with it. Aside from shooting and color correcting, she's started trusting me to edit down images, and when we finish all the post work for this season, she has design and marketing work for me. We had an awful day last week - I went into it knowing that I may not walk out with a job but I was very much at my breaking point. I sent a super eloquent email explaining everything I was thinking, and she just insisted I call her which I hate because I am so much better with email - I forget important points on the phone, and I feel like I don't know how to communicate them on the spot without sounding like a dick. So I was dreading that phone call hard core. We argued a LITTLE but it was fine for the most part and everything turned out okay. And Jason was right - every time I stand up to her, I get more work... I'm not sure why but I'm not complaining.
→ I didn't intend for this entry to be all ~work work work~ but I GOT THE BEST JOB EVER - I get to follow a dance team around for a season, take footage and edit them a music video. It's not even the team I normally work with! The old coach I had when I was a freshman got in touch with me because she still has the video I made that year and wanted to hire me to make one this season for her current team. They are a FANTASTIC team, I'm super familiar just from being involved in dance but I am so excited to work with those talented girls and my old coaches again. Also, brb, getting *paid* to edit a fanvideo. I AM SO EXCITED TO SHOOT VIDEO, ALSO. I know the shots I want and will be able to get them since I won't be doing my make-up or stretching or dancing myself. I also know the moments they're going to want to remember, because I've lived it. Honestly I would be happy just shooting and editing dance teams full time, I am so excited to impress them because I would love to keep them as a client. Their first competition is in December, slkfjas. ALSO, I got Jason a GoPro for his birthday so I'm going to bring him some days to take footage with that, like all the seniors doing their favorite jumps at 120 fps, Christ CHRIST. And I'm going to do tiny interviews and all, I really cannot wait. People are starting to pay me for doing what I love the most, it is an amazing feeling.
→ I love the new Taylor Swift album, I hate the new Livejounal "Friends" page. No, really, it's fucking abhorrent and to be honest, not much is still keeping me here. I want to mention my other blog so you can follow me there; when LJ finally actually dies I'll probably just use that full time lol. It looks a little sparse right now but I'm still trying to decide what I want it to be. ♥