On the Ball

So I've had this blogg for a few days now and have yet to put my first post. Hopefully I can get into a routine. I'm on the computer constantly through out the day but actually composing thoughts into sentences; I have a hard enough time doing that when I talk. Anyways I want to try to keep track of my happenings events, volunteer work and projects that deal with media and more specifically broadcast media, and even more specifically LIVE broadcast media.Some will be trivial, while others could be great opportunities I can track and pursue further. I hope to keep track to make an online curriculum vita(I just learned what this was a few days ago) and... work on my writing in the process. I also want my blog to evolve, with my own changes and not some template.
So perhaps I should start now, and a semi average workday. Two producers I work with at my student job-The IMDC also have their own production company. At the moment they are hired out by Attainment company to make some informative shorts for people with disabilities on how to learn how to do everyday stuff. It's pretty much their show, but I help grip(for those of you who are not in the industry means set up lights, camera, tripod the set, etc. etc.). But along with that I get to be an actor! It is very basic things I'm acting out(it's for people with disabilities) so today consisted of me sitting in a chair and reading a book. I was an extra, but I have had the lead role of when I crossed the street at an intersection and used an ATM. Today, it was library skills and I mostly moved Lowell lights. This afternoon we'll be heading to M&I bank to show how to wait in line patiently at a bank. Good shit, but until then I'm uploading some student projects onto google video. I probably should finish up some loose ends on it before I upload it(I don't have credits yet, and I need to change the music because it's probably copy righted and cut them up to make them smaller.).
Since this is my first blog, I figure that it gives me the opportunity to mention things out of chronological order as well. As I'm trying to deepen my media skills, I tried to sign up for a dreamweaver course. Talk about a no go, the class was full and there was more than a few people on a waiting list. don't know what it is, with people geekin' out on that program. I'm looking Student Training Seminars(?) classes during the summer time. Shit I have enough time on my hand I might as well fill it up with something that can further my career...uhhh carreer... There's other ones I'm looking at that deals with hardware and installation for PC's because I don't know dick about RAM, gigabytes, hertz, diskdrives, nada. Maybe I'll figure somethin out. I'm also looking at attending a HTML/CSS class, but fuckin programming scares me, I just know it's important and good to know. I don't ever have a desire in making a career of internet webgraphic design bullshit, but I want to know it for myself.
Oh one other thing, for the shooting that we're doing for the instructional videos we use a Sony HDV camera, but I should definatly jot down the mdoel number and stuff like that, the more info the better.
One thing I really enjoy about summer is the ability to read at leisure. I enjoy reading, and I enjoy the books that we read, but damnit, it's nice to read passively as opposed to...analyzing every element within the book. But it's not even analyzing every element that gets to me; it's having to analyze every damn element quickly. But right now, I read before I go to sleep. I don't have to read 8 chapters by tomorrow and if I want, I can try to read drunk at 2:30 in the morning after I come home from the bar and not worry about missing anything(usually this consists of me reading a paragraph more than once and eventually passing out). So I'm halfway through Good Omens by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett. Good book, better than Anansi Boys. Better than Mirror Mask also(I fell asleep halfway through, so I can't be completely positive about this).