2) I feel so bad. We filmed the Easter cantata on Sunday morning, and I spent last night editing it all together. There were a few sound issues, probably I had the microphones up too loud, but it wasn't anything too noticeable. I managed to get it all looking and sounding as well as I could and I burned it to some disks so that they can be sent to our home bound members. Burning the master disk usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes, but last night it burned much more quickly than normal. Our service wasn't as long as usual on Sunday (the whole thing was barely 4 Jolly Ranchers from beginning to end) so I didn't really think much about it until later on. I was actually editing another video (a piano and violin recital) when I realized that there could have been a problem. I went back and watched the master copy, and the music cut in and out almost the whole time! It was in the same spots that the sound issues had been, but instead of just minute cracking sounds, the sound blanked all the way out. I went back to the digital copy, which I hadn't deleted, and the music was fine, but the DVD was messed up. I didn't get a chance to test the DVD in a regular machine to see if there was the possibility that it was just the computer's DVD player that was just having problems with the disk, so I don't know if all the disks I sent out are messed up or not. The reason I feel so bad is because for the people who get these disks, it's the only church they have. They are either very sick, or they are invalids (which is a terrible word, by the way), or they have some kind of other physical limitations that keep them from being here. All of them are older people who enjoy being able to watch the services, and now we've sent them a - possibly - messed up DVD of a special service that they'd probably really enjoy otherwise. I don't want anyone to think I don't take that job seriously, and I'm afraid that sending out a DVD with half the sound missing is going to make it seem like I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing! I'm really hoping it was just a glitch in the video program I was using to watch it. :(
3) I've spent time today looking up the names of Super Villains to help the youth pastor with his lessons. Youth group is a lot different than it was when I was in there, I guess!
4) I had a panic attack while having dinner out with friends the other day and it was so embarrassing. I mean, it wasn't violent or anything, but one minute I was fine and the next I suddenly felt like I was going to completely fly apart. We had to leave the restaurant and go home, and I felt so bad. The friends we were with didn't know I was prone to them, so they were very concerned, which made it even more embarrassing. It's been years since I've had one of those that hit so suddenly that I couldn't calm down before it got out of hand, but at least I didn't cry or anything. I HATE those things!
5) This has seemed to be a fairly downbeat entry today. So to make up for it, here is a picture of a corgi dressed as a lobster!
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