Awww, Susan. All those events sound really frustrating. Keep on going, things will come up roses later.
-- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been meaning to make this post for a week or two, I suppose, and > I'm not even sure who cares... but I wanted to post a paragraph or two > about what's been up with me lately in relation to videoblogging. > > My downward slide started with my most recent videoblogging > presentation at the apple store. The girl before me teaches iTunes, > and last time they gave me a pretty good lead-in... she had about > twenty people standing around listening to her, and instead of a > lead-in, when she was done she said "thanks for coming" and basically > walked away. Everyone left. After that, I suppose I wasn't > interesting enough to attract more than one or two random people that > were walking through the store. Afterwards she apologized to me--she > said she didn't realize I was up next--but it didn't matter. For some > stupid reason, I let that day crush me almost to the point of tears. > > They had said they wanted to videoblogging thing to be a once-a-month > gig--great, no problem. Then I got an email saying that February was > pushed away from me because of some special presentation on my > Saturday. Then I got an email a couple weeks ago saying the manager > wanted to make my class half iLife--fine, I can learn that, or someone > else can teach it. Then I got another email this week saying they > want me to run my presentation pretty much just on the Mac platform. > My fault, I guess, for thinking I belonged in an Apple store. I > haven't replied to their email, and don't think I will either. > > Videoblogging has been a love-hate thing with me. I love to do it, > but I hate the fact that it's hard to find people in my area that I > can hang out with, that I can discuss videoblogging with. They're > just not here. Sure--I have my new friend Greta--and she's having fun > with it, making maybe a post a week--but the "passion"s not there, > know what I mean? Plus--she's on a Mac. It's like Spain Spanish and > Mexican Spanish. We share a similar interest, but not a similar platform. > > Then I decided to sell my Sony M1 camera on ebay. I upgrade my camera > about once a year--but this was the first time I ever decided to take > the leap into the miniDV realm. My cam sold for about $100 less than > I hoped--which is pretty much my fault, I guess--and I bought a Canon > ZR600, which at first glance was a great improvement... until my PC > crashed, and crashed, and crashed. From reformatting my hard drive > and rebuilding windows, to swapping out firewire cards and hard > drives, we'd tried just about everything... then last night, my > three-day-old camcorder's screen turned black with white lines and > ceased to work. Today my husband's bringing the thing back to the > store for a refund. > > So that leaves me where I am today--a little crushed inside, without a > camcorder to vlog with at all, and with a vlog that I truly love but > don't have the means to update, not counting old home movies I have. > > Thanks for letting me rant, guys... I just seriously need some kind of > pick-me-up right now. > > Susan > http://vlog.kitykity.com > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
