Studying....

I hate to study... I mean, I love school but sometimes the studying just becomes so monotonous that its just boring.. which is why you should create creative ways of studying for your exams. For example, a friend and I went to a local cafe in Carrboro to study for our J-school exam. Its low-lighted so its not a very harsh environment when you walk in. There was a live band playing Christmas and pop ballads which was soothing. And it was just my friend and I at a small table which made it feel low key, and not stressful at all. Finding a fun place to study and fun people to do it with is a good way to de-stress your work environment, making studying way more fun!!

Good luck to all those taking exams in the next week! May you at least pass each one.

Technology, you fail me

So you all know I'm a Journalism major at UNC-CH... meaning I should know about technology programs of all sorts. Well I do know some but not as much as many other gurus who walk the halls of the J-school. So I've been working on a project that consists of me taking footage from mini-DVDs, converting them into M4V files and then converting them again into MOV files. Well this process has required me to download three different programs to do all of this. And each time I've tried to upload the footage I need I have been failed by the technology I'm so dependent upon. My computer is freaking out, going on the blink and I'm frustrated to the point of cursing, crying and cursing some more. I've never been so upset by technological failure.

As of right now, I'm currently downloading the second mini-DVD and hoping that tomorrow morning one of our tech-guys can help me convert all my files so that I can start editing them in FCP (FinalCut Pro) so I can make a killer mini-documentary for my brother's ceremony on Sunday.

Did I also mention that this is a video/audio/photo project? FML.

What's buggin' you??

So I had a conversation with my dad tonight that consisted of a pretty regular question... "Why do you sound so stressed? What's goin' on?" I'm sure many of you have this asked of you at some point in your day, or in your week. We all have things that stress us out. It could be finances, school, work, family... you name it! Me, personally, I hate not having any money. I always feel like I'm down to my last dime. But one way I'm learning how to deal is to not buy frivolously. Spending on a budget is one way to keep the costs down.

So tell me, what bugs you? What stresses you out? And how do you deal with the stress?

En el Futuro

Hey Everyone, so in the near future my blog will become bilingual!!!! How cool is that going to be... so stay tuned for my Spanish/English maybe even Spanglish blogs about anything and everything.

Hope all is well,
Adios

Juliet is an Idiot

So false alarm folks... what I mean by my title is that when you are a girl and something catches you eye, you tend to do one of a few things... freak out! cry. LAUGH or over analyze to the point of exhaustion... I did all of these things today because I couldn't be patient enought to wait things out and I let words via technology let me go crazy and not actually wait to see things out. Therefore I say that Juliet is an idiot. End of story.