ringwench's journal

08 January 2006 @ 09:02 am

Well, they figured out what was causing work to be insanely busy for the past week. We split call volume with another call center, it's supposed to be approximately 50/50, but someone fucked something up, so for the past week it's been about 80/20 (and guess who has been getting screwed!). So they fixed it, and I'm back to having at least a bit of time between calls for my favorite work activity: Slacking off!

Yay!

OK, seriously, is it Tuesday yet? I can't believe the hiatus is almost over! That was the longest six weeks of my life!

I'm spoiled rotten for the next few eps and I'm practically SALIVATING with anticipation of the pretty! Also, I need more vid fodder dammit! I have like 10 Supernatural vids in the works right now, and about 7 of them require clips from new episodes! So hurry up, show!

I rewatched Asylum last night, because I realized it was the ep I had watched the fewest number of times (only 3) ( and noticed a few things I hadn't noticed before: )

Blargh, I have to fucking finish my second entry for the

supernaturalvid humor challenge. The deadline is Tuesday and I still have over a minute thirty to finish up.

I'm feeling strangely unmotivated to finish this vid for some reason. I think it's because it's a humor vid, which is, by definition, trite and silly, when what I REALLY want to be doing is a deep, angsty, emotionally satisfying vid (which I can't do right now because I don't have enough clips!).

I think my lack of motivation might also be partly due to the fact that I'm revisiting a song I used for a Buffy vid way back in the days of yore when I was using a craptastic program, didn't know that much about the rules of vidding (both spoken and unspoken), had no webspace, no way of sharing my vids with others (and receiving what I'm sure would be helpful constructive criticism), and generally kinda sucked at vidding in general. So since it's a song I've used before, it almost feels like a step backwards for me when I've spent the past year trying my hardest to better myself as a vidder. I'm probably being really silly about this, and I'm sure if/when I complete the vid people will find it funny, but right now it just feels like a bunch of mindless filler to me. Like I'm wasting all this time on this stupid little vid when I could be making something more meaningful.

Bah, I'm sure I'm overthinking this, but I can't help but think "OMGSUCK!!!" every time I open up Premiere to work on this vid. If I don't wind up finishing it before the challenge deadline, there's a good chance I may not finish it at all.

Oh, and if you'll all forgive me for some shameful self promotion, I got an email the other day letting me know that my "Drive" video, much to my surprise, has been nominated for Best Video of 2005 Runner Up at Magick 8-Ball Awards!

So if (and only if) you liked the vid and feel it's worthy of the award (which, yeah, I don't know) you can cast your vote here if you are so inclined. Thanks so much!