Nothing like a bit of LJ therapy...

[ash48]

Ahhhh yes. LJ. There's no place like my internet home. *snuggles* I've been feeling so (stupidly) down recently and I finally got up the energy to visit LJ again and it's amazing how my spirits lifted. There's nothing quite like coming to a place that feels so comfortable.... hmmm.... is that weird?

I think it must have all started with the internet being denied me on SPN night, and thus also missing the post show squee, followed by a ridiculously busy weekend, being back at work and finishing a vid that just doesn't work. In any way. *sigh*

Which leads me to a question to fellow vidders... How often, if at all, do you ditch a vid? And not just a vid idea, but one that you've actually spent quite a bit of time on? To the point of finishing even? And if it's not working do you work it until you got it right or clock it up as a fail and move on? I realise this might be dependent on the actual vid, but maybe I'm just needing to know that I'm not the only one to make a vid that just doesn't work. *meep* or maybe I am.

I kinda didn't mind ditching my Jo and Ellen vid because I suppose I didn't connect to it so much (plus I'm thinking of resurrecting it in a different way later on - maybe), but I'm finding I do mind ditching this one because I am quite attached to it but have NO idea how to fix it. And it's pissing me off and depressing me at the same time. :(

Oh bugger. I'm wearing my heart of my sleeve. But maybe the therapy works both ways....

In happier news I finally caught up with my show and.... LOVE!!!! \o/ There's heaps to squee about but the only one that I'll mention is how impressed I was with the performances. I find myself often watching performances (probably the actor in me) and I enjoyed the honesty and convictions the actor's brought to what might have been somewhat cheesy or awkward moments. A very satisfying episode.

That's me. Strangely I'm already feeling more energised. :)

Comments

[ash48.livejournal.com]

But I don't normally open up my vidding program until I'm damned sure I can make a project work.

Generally this is me too. I think long and hard about a vid before I start it because my time is so limited. I often even send a song to my beta to see if she thinks it has potential. So yeah. I try to make sure it's going to work.

But sometimes I am so taken with an idea and/or song I am sure it's going to work and go for it. And most times it works out ok. "9 to 5" was totally like that. Heard the song, planned the vid, went for it...

So this one took me by surprise because it felt so right. Though admittedly I didn't spend anytime planning it. Which I think might be where it failed. I was so taken by the idea (looking at what we (and the boys) have lost, in terms of their relationship, over the last 2 seasons), that I didn't give enough thought to the structure. Nor the song. Which seems to be the biggest problem. I mean Barbara Streisand....?! *eep* (though I like to take risks sometimes as well....)

Thanks honey. I try to look upon these as learning curves... :)

*hugs*

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Barbra Streisand?! =:-0

Now I'm intrigued.

What song by Babs did you try and vid for our boys?

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Um... The Way We Were...

I was going for a kind of nostalgia, mixed with a kind of tongue in cheek nudge at fandom for the way we lament the "good 'ole days" and at the same time comparing some of those heart breaking "welcome back kotter" lines with "as long as I'm around nothing bad's gonna happen to you" lines...

Just not quite getting the mix right. But I'd like to. The idea of seeing where we are now and reflecting back appeals to me a bit..