Raindrops keep falling on my head...

assignment due 11/16: 

green screen guy ---> screen wipe (not star) ---> next green screen guy ----> andy warhol kind of image... 4 layers all with seperate background... 8 layers.  mess with filters and multiple layers.

homework: 

get green screen footage and place characters in a setting that's believable

keep holding on
cuz you know we'll make it through




hm, this is something completely different than what im used to.  not sure how i feel about it yet. this could end up amazing or horrible.

assignment - due 10/26: 60 second dirtbike promo --- lower 3rd for ID - JM and phone number, design art card/sales screen - up for at least 10 seconds/ needs some kind of motion, insert music, design a wipe/transition, animated text for date and price --> over video, beginning - add something graphically--> middle --> end.

*mp3 work, but sometimes they pop in final cut.  mp3 --> aiff or dvd --> quicktime.  mpeg - dreamclip: free software transcodes files and rips them.  Able to set in and out points vs. ripping entire file.  

Lower 3rd:
- Viewer - Text - Lower 3rd
- Controls - Fix Text/Crop/Move
- Standard Time = 10 seconds
- Fix and move

Multi clip editing: 
-Select in points on all clips
-Select 2 clips and modify --> make multiclip
-Double click the multi clip and it should go into the browser
-Move the time head to correct position on timeline
-Select a new in point on the multiclip
-Edit onto timeline
-Double click the clip on the timeline
-If audio is already correct, select middle tab on viewer --> video and change sync to open

things are going okay.  ive been hanging out with my family a lot more and spencer and me still get along pretty well so im alright for the most part.  i wouldnt say happy, but im learning how to get there by myself.  i find that if i force a smile on my face, a good mood will come with it eventually.  plus, people hate being around the sad person all the time.  at least i can hide it at work well... i think im going to be in a funk for awhile until i figure out what the heck im supposed to be doing with my life and what i want from it.  im not talking career wise, just everything else.  i was actually in an okay mood today until someone called me from a restricted number, said "fuck you" and then hung up on me.  its freaking ridiculous.  im almost 20 and stupid stuff like that still really gets to me and depresses me.  but then i got a call from work and it was a friend of mine who was really bored and it cheered me up immensely.  no matter how sad i get, for some reason work cheers me up.  i have a few close friends at work and i cant stay bummed out when im around happy dogs.  mm thats all for now.

i heard the reverberating footsteps
syncing up to the beating of my heart
and i was positive that unless
i got myself together
i would watch me fall apart and
i cant let that happen again
cuz then you'll see my heart
in the saddest place its ever been

i did it and yes it was painful, but i think i made the right decision.  im really hoping i did.  i dont know, im not in the best mood right now.

cuz forward motion
is harder than it sounds
everytime i get some ground
i gotta turn myself around again


-_-  i just want to tear my hair out and light myself on fire...  not really, but i feel like im going crazy.  i hate us but i hate guilt.  doesnt make any sense.  this song pretty much explains everything.  for some reason i have trouble moving forward and i feel like im banging my head against the wall and running around in circles.  O.o 

how can one person make me so happy and so sad at the same time?  i need clarity.

thats seriously not how i wanted it/ expected it to go.... whatever.  its all the same end result.

i am having my doubts... i seriously hope im doing the right thing.

ive practiced this for hours
gone round and round
and now i think that ive got it all down
and as i say it louder
i love how it sounds
cause im not taking the easy way out


i seriously need to rethink some things.  i know what i want to do... just need to work on how to do it. yeah, im scared... but i think the only reason im scared now is because i dont know what's going to happen next.  theres no more support... i need to do this on my own.  I cant keep worrying about whether or not there is going to be someone there later on... i know i can do this... i know im strong enough.  i just need time i guess.


if i could see the future
and how this plays out
i bet its better than where we are now
but after going through this
its easier to see the reason why 

it seems like everywhere i go
the more i see, the less i know

( random thought )

i seriously need more cash. >=/  its so frustrating!  I work and work and my money seems to disappear because my account will go negative or i have to pay for something else, its just ridiculous.  can we go back to when my parents just payed for everything?  please?  and it doesnt matter how much money i get... i will never make enough to move out.  i love my family and my parents are really lenient and my sisters are chill, but i feel like i need to go out and start my own life.  but in order to do that, you need money.  O.o 


so, right now, im obsessed with two shows.  one is supernatural and the other is true blood.  i bought seasons one, two, and three of supernatural and im freaking out because season 4 wont come in the mail until sept 1st and season 5 doesnt start until sept 10th.  whenever a season came in the mail, me and spencer ended up finishing up all 24 1 hour episodes in like, 2 - 3 days.  i have true blood to keep me entertained until then, but its getting really frustrating because i have to wait a week to watch one episode and the last one ended with a bomb strapped to luke from the fellowship of the sun and sam in jail.  O.o  what surprises me is that a lot of people havent ever heard of supernatural even though it plays on channel 5 with the fall line up, but not a lot of people watch true blood either, but thats on HBO.  


anyway, this summer was awesome.  =)  i made a few new friends, strengthened old ones and i actually feel good about this semester.  i dont even mind that i have hw to finish... lol.  im gonna go finish it up.  bye! =)

im a little bummed out right now.  my stomach really hurts and i dont want to get up at 6 in the morning just for work tomorrow.  i have no idea why its so hard for me to be at work by 7am now, but it is.  plus, i have an 8 hour shift and unless theres like, 20 check ins, which there usually is not, i will be bored for about 4 hours of that and the time is going to just crawl.  


( clingy moment. )


anyway, jess left for a trip and wont be back til wednesday, but hopefully i can hang out with annie, victoria, and shannen this week.

if i could just find the time
i would never let another day go by
and im over getting older

i cant believe my sister is a sophmore already and spencer's brother is a senior!  that seems like, unbelievable to me.  time is going by REALLY quickly.  =/ 

anyway, i seriously dont want to go to work today and i really dont want to work an 8 hour shift.  yuck. >=P

im actually on typing on my wii right now and its annoying so thisll be short. i wish i got to work with jess and scott more than i usually do and i cant say im looking forward to schoool, but im not dreading it. im hoping spencer, me, danny, and cory can hang out as much as we did last semester. things with me and spencer are good. we see eachother almost everyday which makes me happy. =) anyway, im really tired so im going to go sleep. later

one more thing, so excited for olive garden reunion tomorrow!!! yay! =)

i have work at 230... =(  its not that i dont like work... its just that i hate the long shifts.  id rather have a 4 hour shift... they go so much faster.  but good news is that i have friday, saturday, and sunday off!!!  yay!!! =D  

i actually have a lot to do today and i feel kind of like poo.  i just feel dizzy.  hopefully i dont feel like this tomorrow.  im going to the beach with jess, danny, spencer, tony, and cory for danny's birthday!  =)  i havent been to the beach this summer yet and its almost over.  to tell you the truth, im not really an outdoorsy type of person, but it can be good sometimes.  i love camping.

anyway, im gonna go get ready! 

im a little "out of sorts" (<--haha, sam) and i dont feel good.  i really dont wanna go to work today.  =(


anyway, danny's birthday is on friday!!!  =)  i dont have any money... and i need to buy him a present. 

saturday is going to suck.  instead of working at the hotel like a normal person, i will be at regal at a booth promoting my hotel in the hot, hot sun for 8 hours wearing a polo shirt and khaki pants because of that stupid guinea pig movie coming out.  oh joy.

the heat has been making me feel like crap... i think ive had a head ache every day.

i want to go on a vacation some where, but i have no cash.  i would go on a cruise, but you have to be 21 to go without a guardian.  

its just one of those days where i need to complain about everything... not in a good mood.  >=/

signing up for classes tomorrow and i have no idea which classes im going to choose yet.  all i know is that im sick of going to school so thats going to be an online class for me.  im going to be taking a few other online classes so i can work a little bit more.  besides, it wastes my gas to drive to and from school every day.