Final Painter's Stroke
So the DVD is finally complete. I went back and touched up all the photos, re-imported them into the Final Cut Pro session, reworked all the cuts and transitions, added hundreds of titles and worst of all I waited for the blasted thing to export. It's times like these when I realize I could really use a faster computer. My laptop probably wasn't designed to do what I'm asking it to (Which is tantamount to rendering a feature length two hour movie with all the professionalism, quality and scale that you'd see in a Hollywood production) but it's doing it just the same. I have yet to have it crash on me or lose data, so I'm quite proud of my movie-making Mac.
When the final DVD output is ready in the morning (My laptop gets to pull an all-nighter), I'll do one final check by skimming through the movie on a set-top DVD player. If it clears my inspection, I mass produce copies and send them out in the mail. If it fails again, I'll have to fix the flaw and re-export which takes my poor laptop about 10 hours to do. But, I'm very confident that this is it. I fully expect to make an appearance at the post office later this week and shock them all with dozens of CD mailers.
I've purchased plane tickets to fly once again to Boise next Wednesday the 15th to be with Jaci. This time, I'll stay close to a week, which will be the longest amount of time I've been in the same place as Jacalyn since New Years 2003 (Dec 02-Jan 03) When I spent an entire week with Jaci at her family's home in South Dakota. I'm staying that long mainly because I want to see if my asthma can get used to her cats. It'll be a good indicator on if I could ever live with her. Suddenly I'm getting an increased amount of job leads in Boise and if I do get a job there, I'll move in with her. So this is a test of how quickly, if even possible, can I acclimatize to her pets.
In an effort to not sound like an emotionless robot in my reasoning for visiting my ex, I will say that there are other important reasons. The first being that I like being around her! She's fun! She's the kind of friend that I'd pay money out of my own empty pocket to hop on a plane to go see just because. How many friends can you say that about? How many friends can say that about you? It's also good to get away from the parents for a bit. It's like living here has reduced me to being a teenager again, because I've got to let them know days in advance if I won't be around for dinners or whatnot. It's suffocating. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm only in my early 20's and that it's okay to be living at home still but it's hard to rationalize that when you think about what my parents were doing when they were my age: At 24, they were already married, living together away from their families, had had my sister three years earlier and were only two years away from having me.
At my age, they had settled down and were on the fast track to the rest of their lives. Then again, I have to wonder, is that what I want too? Yea, but not nearly as quickly as they achieved it. I know I shouldn't hold my life and accomplishments up against my parents', but it's become one of many things I ponder while stuck under their roof, waiting for a career to happen...
When the final DVD output is ready in the morning (My laptop gets to pull an all-nighter), I'll do one final check by skimming through the movie on a set-top DVD player. If it clears my inspection, I mass produce copies and send them out in the mail. If it fails again, I'll have to fix the flaw and re-export which takes my poor laptop about 10 hours to do. But, I'm very confident that this is it. I fully expect to make an appearance at the post office later this week and shock them all with dozens of CD mailers.
I've purchased plane tickets to fly once again to Boise next Wednesday the 15th to be with Jaci. This time, I'll stay close to a week, which will be the longest amount of time I've been in the same place as Jacalyn since New Years 2003 (Dec 02-Jan 03) When I spent an entire week with Jaci at her family's home in South Dakota. I'm staying that long mainly because I want to see if my asthma can get used to her cats. It'll be a good indicator on if I could ever live with her. Suddenly I'm getting an increased amount of job leads in Boise and if I do get a job there, I'll move in with her. So this is a test of how quickly, if even possible, can I acclimatize to her pets.
In an effort to not sound like an emotionless robot in my reasoning for visiting my ex, I will say that there are other important reasons. The first being that I like being around her! She's fun! She's the kind of friend that I'd pay money out of my own empty pocket to hop on a plane to go see just because. How many friends can you say that about? How many friends can say that about you? It's also good to get away from the parents for a bit. It's like living here has reduced me to being a teenager again, because I've got to let them know days in advance if I won't be around for dinners or whatnot. It's suffocating. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm only in my early 20's and that it's okay to be living at home still but it's hard to rationalize that when you think about what my parents were doing when they were my age: At 24, they were already married, living together away from their families, had had my sister three years earlier and were only two years away from having me.
At my age, they had settled down and were on the fast track to the rest of their lives. Then again, I have to wonder, is that what I want too? Yea, but not nearly as quickly as they achieved it. I know I shouldn't hold my life and accomplishments up against my parents', but it's become one of many things I ponder while stuck under their roof, waiting for a career to happen...