Day 61 – At Sea

I was behind on sleep so I slept in. Sorry Boberino, I’m only sitting in on the class and it’s at 8:00 am.

First part of my day was my SeaTV production meeting, and, long story short, we were behind schedule for our broadcast. It was that night, and one segment had not even been shot, let alone edited. Latin Chick was done, though, and it looked fantastic.

So instead of going to Digital Storytelling, I helped shoot “The Lonely Lumberjack,” the segment which needed to be filmed. In my mind, it’s a really weak segment, but a few people in the group are really attached to it.

After SeaTV I had drawing and Gamelan. Gamelan, unfortunately, has become pretty brutal. It was great fun at first, but now it’s just repetitive. We practice the same pieces over and over. And then do it again. That hour really drags.

I had to eat a quick dinner because at 6:00 we had the mic check for the talent show. So I got there at 6:00, but they spent at least 45 minutes setting up the microphones. So that was weak. When I left at 7:00 to watch Latin Chick premiere, they were on the 3rd act. Of 29.

On the bright side, though, the audience loved Latin Chick. I think that my favorite part was the fact that the video opened with just the words “A New Song by Tolan and Max” written on the screen. When that came up, there was audible excitement. And the song met expectations. There was tons of laughter at every joke, and a hearty applause at the end. It was cool.

After the segment aired, I went back to the mic check. We got out of there faster than I expected, I only needed to wait 15 more minutes or so. After we left, Tolan and I practiced for about an hour. We were pretty set, though the performance was the following evening and we weren’t quite there yet.

Before bed, I put in about a half hour into my journal. But there are never enough hours in the day.