So as you may remember back in September I requested a bunch of days off in October and November from work, so that I could visit schools and junk. So Wednesday the 10th (yesterday) comes around and I was still prepared to hop on the Dartmouth Coach and head up to the conference that started today. I had the days off so why not. Around 5pm I still hadn't heard back and my manager asked if I was going to come in Thursday/Friday even though I had taken off. She knew why I had taken the days off, so it wasn't that big of a deal. I decided to take today off and work on my essays but I will be going in to work tomorrow.
I didn't want to take Friday off and have a three day weekend, because I would prefer to have a Thursday off and then go in on Friday and then have two more days off.
In any event, I've been working on my Tuck essay for 4 hours. Why have I been working on it for 4 hours you ask? Well... it's difficult editing videos. Oh yeah... since I'm applying through the Consortium I can either write an essay (they didn't put a word limit on it) or do a 90 second video. Using context clues from above, I'm sure you can imagine which option I've chosen.
I have a Macbook and this is the first time I get to try out all of the video editing features. Very excited about that! I'm also using something that I learned about during my digital marketing class in June. Someone did a presentation and used a certain program, which shall remain nameless, and I'm using that to create my video too.
I needed to take a break from staring at my computer screen for so long. I also took a break to go to Best Buy because I needed to buy a microphone. I'm almost done putting the video together and plan to have it completed tonight - otherwise today was a bust and I can't afford to have a day off without getting anything done.
I didn't think making the video would be this difficult. It's hard enough writing an essay, but when you write an essay (especially with no limit) you don't care how long the video version of it would be. Of course I'm not simply sitting in front of a camera reciting an essay, but think about having to create sound bytes essentially for a 90 second video. 90 seconds is NOT a lot of time when you think of "Introductions" and "Conclusions."
Oh well! Don't cry for my Argentina - I'll get it done and it'll be phenomenal - I HOPE! I actually need to find out if I can burn DVD's on either my Macbook or my mothers laptop. Hhmmm...
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