My Life as a 44-year-old College Student
October 20, 2009
What a day. Without Paul, I slept fitfully and feared I wouldn’t wake in time for carpool. Of course, I did wake on time – 3 alarm clocks saw to that. I also had to budget time to get Chloe situated before we left for the day. This made the morning more chaotic than normal. Marlo also did not finish all of her homework last night and was bucking to miss first period so that she could get it done. No can do – am I a mean mom or what!?!
I spent the better portion of today on www.lynda.com, which is the most fabulous video tutorial web site EVER!
I was given a free 24 hours and by 4:00PM I upgraded the membership to a one-year paid subscription. I was engrossed in Soundtrack Pro and also reviewed Final Cut Pro so that I would be more post savvy.
The Lynda.com site has video tutorials on just about anything you could think of from the most complex program to the most silly – like Twitter or Facebook. They also have video tutorials for camera equipment. I even found a tutorial for my specific camera and how to expressly use it in tandem with Final Cut Pro – amazing!
I worked on an in class sound project that we filmed last Thursday and with what I learned in Soundtrack Pro – I was able to do some sound manipulation and I was able to add some sound effects. It’s still on the realm of amateurish, but I’m getting there. I’m excited to learn these things and don’t mind the self-teaching method. This helps me understand the lecture sessions of post on a different level and I like having a reference point.
Paul will be home late tonight. I hope his trip was successful. He’ll be so tired when he gets home. His flight lands at DIA at 10:00PM. This will put him home in the door at the earliest – 11:30PM. Chances are very likely that I’ll still be up doing my homework – so much editing, so little time.
Wow – Paul just called. His flight was cancelled and he’s been re-routed. He won’t be home until 1:30AM. In spite of the flight problems, he sounded jazzed. He said the day went well – really well. He couldn’t talk because he was passing through security, but said he’d call when he got to the new gate. I can’t wait to hear about his day!
Renee Berberian