Tuesday, October 11, 2005

a day in the life of editing Bigger than Jesus...

7:30 am - Wake up, send child off to school.

8:00 am - Establish caffeine and nicotine levels for the day, take Advil if applicable.

8:30 am - Housework. Cut commercials out of day's best-of.

11:00 am - Sit down to edit. Pretend not to notice big, glowing white sugarcube in the middle of the screen.

1:00 pm - Watch "Ice Cream Man" scene a few times. Giggle like schoolgirl.

1:15 pm - Briefly consider bathing for first time in three days. Determine that it's probably a waste of time.

1:16 pm - Stare in awe at Guitarist Jay. Wonder what I did to deserve him.

1:32 pm - Tinker with ending credits. Triple check spelling of last names. Become convinced I've missed someone. Experience moment of terror.

2:00 pm - Leave Rick a series of panicky voicemails which he'll never return.

2:18 pm - Briefly consider eating a sandwich. Determine that it's probably a waste of time.

2:26 pm - Watch "Welcome to the Jungle" scene a few times. Shudder with delight.

2:44 pm - Say silent prayer of thanks to various deities for the existence of Musical Director Chris.

2:50 pm - Work on Act II for a few hours. Feels like 10 minutes.

5:50 pm - Field phone calls from singers and musicians wanting to know when commentary is being recorded. I don't know! Get off my back!

6:12 pm - Make dinner. Watch Futurama with family.

7:30 pm - Putter around with DVD artwork.

9:20 pm - Marvel at Drummer Andrew's magnificent arm choreography during the finale.

8:40 pm - Realize I've spent far too much time marveling at Andrew's arm choreography. Vow to never get distracted by it again.

10:02 pm - Watch Ramones scene. Mutter string of obscenities at The Mystery Cougher.

10:27 pm - Have brief impure thoughts about House Band Singers.

11:03 pm - Chug more coffee.

12:00 am - Take a break for mindless IM chatter and backspacing.

1:20 am - Final pass through scenes in progress. Tidy up cuts.

2:17 am - Watch Daily Show. Feel shamed by Daily Show writers. Consider giving up.

3:20 am - Drift off to sleep. Have strange dream in which James Hetfield is my plumber.

7:30 am - Wake up. Do it all again.

7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

So.... Uh.......
Like When is the commentary being recorded........
Uh.. Just asking.....
(quick duck)

10:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not that I want to be on it, I mean listening to the Behind the Scene Tech guys talk is like listening to Stephen Hawking talk about black holes...
Not that I think I am any where near as interesting as Stephen Hawking.......
Well.. It's not that I'm not interesting....
Oh screw it, who cares about your damn commentary.....


I'm sorry, I guess I do care......
I guess self pitty and loathing is as boring as everyone says it is.....
I'm just going to go be Eeyore over in a dark corner now

10:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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9:20 pm - Marvel at Drummer Andrew's magnificent arm choreography during the finale.

8:40 pm - Realize I've spent far too much time marveling at Andrew's arm choreography. Vow to never get distracted by it again.
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So... watching Andrew's armwork somehow made time go backwards? Screw going 88 mph, watch more of that tape and go back in time:

Past 00:01 - Removed all loose jewelry from everyone within a 3 block radius.

Past 00:13 - Administered Fisherman's Friends to everyone in attendance as a "bonus gift w/ purchase".

Past 01:27 - Bumped into self backstage during show. Universe did not end. Past self thought nothing of it and just gave me a to-do list

5:57 PM  
Blogger Joni DeRouchie said...

it would be righteous if Andrew's arm choreography could turn back time!

9:47 PM  
Blogger Joni DeRouchie said...

that ain't right.

3:13 PM  
Blogger Joni DeRouchie said...

Man of Marshmallow is more like it...

4:36 PM  
Blogger Joni DeRouchie said...

you are the last dork of planet Dorky McUberdork.

5:26 PM  

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