Day 58

i don't understand how starting at a computer screen for most of the afternoon can make your face hurt, but it does. concrete. after basketball in the morning, i spent the afternoon logging and labeling all of today's shots in the office and putting together the highlights to show at the evening q-town. i had missed breakfast for some extra sleep and had to edit through dinner to have the video ready. thankfully nick brought a plate of food to the office for me when he went to dinner. and, had it not been for isaac's house and some clutch pizza rolls after lunch's meager supply of quesadillas, i would have had to perform a serious ration break on the secret-backup-latenightsnack stash of cookies in my room.

today isn't frustrating, but it will be long. it's my night to log and label the rest of the day's footage.

Day 46

i'm almost falling behind on posting. this is wednesday.

today i led a little demonstration of my department and office workings. this was part of staff training where other staff who were interested in helping me with the video/camper involvement portion of my job could come and get taught and oriented in order to be ready to help later on in the summer. up until then, i've been working on numerous introduction videos and random shooting and editing for many more videos that have roles during a week of summer camp.

today's little clinic excited me though and as i taught the handful of staff in my office about basic shooting techniques, styles, and editing, i imagined the room being filled with campers as it soon will be.

its crunch time now and thursday and friday are all we have left to finish our load of prep videos.

camps begin saturday.

Day 37

i spent all day in my office preparing for something big. i can't say what, yet, but i'll let you know when it happens. i started editing a special project earlier this morning and am still in my office rapping up after midnight.

tomorrow is a staff outing day. we're supposed to do something exciting as a group and it may or may not have to do with the secret project of today. that's all i can say. i'll keep you posted.

i've been in this yellow loft of an office for well over twelve hours now. i have some new pictures on the wall too. good news. i'm leaving now. soon.

Day 32

jack kerouac's story 'on the road' accompanied a day of editing video and planning. music helps to offset the false light and stiff air of the office environment during these days that involve spending the majority of the workday up in the loft. one girl said she'd draw pictures to hang on the walls. this will be a much welcome addition.

after dinner, a few of us drove into town to chill at starbucks and then picked up some snacks at walmart to add to the midnight-snack stash. i wasn't too picky over coffee and the baristas ended up coaching me through the little process and made me something they promised to replace free of charge if i didn't like the creation. i was satisfied. wal-mart shopping turns into a completely different experience when there are only a few dollars to be spent on a few necessary items. and snacks. i thought it funny that when i have less dollars, i begin to notic other things i could buy instead of what i need to buy, but when i have a regular paycheck i can get only what i came to get without a second thought. having more than enough of money would take a lot of fun out of life, i'd imagine, because you could get whatever you wanted whenever you wanted it and still not understand why.

 

the whole trip turned out to be a lot of fun and we taped the empty coffee cup to the top of the car again. the passenger reactions of passing vehicles was even better than last time. i think this was because we saw the full process of the transition from gesturing to their realization of the purpose of the cup and its location. after a laugh or a wave, their cars would speed past and away into the dark highway ahead.

i'm going to spend the night with some people outside at the top of the climbing tower.