elephants, bees and mini-dv's
I was told I need to share what I come across in a typical day at the magazine because sometimes, it doesn't seem real. This was Tuesday.
Let's start with the bee keeper. I was supposed to film a columnist learning how to keep bees. It was raining and we had to reschedule. Next week we will try again. He'll do his bee thang and I'll capture it on video. Some of what I take will be used on Twin Cities Live, which would be awesome if I wanted to be a videographer but... no thanks. I then drove home to grab my computer to start editing but was approached for something larger.
The elephants. The republicans are coming to St. Paul. To make it look like there's more going on, store fronts are available for vendors/org's to rent. The magazine has one and wants to do some sort of "performance art" to bring people over. One thought is to have a live baby elephant and a man sitting next to the animal. My first thoughts were " You want me to do what with a live animal and find a guy to sit with her/him where for the republicans??" and "I've got to get out of here before I'm asked to do something else."
*At this point I went to lunch with April*
So I found large (3-5 feet tall) stuffed-animal rideable elephants and some elephant costumes for someone run around in. It's bad enough to work on a project that entertains the republican party but to compromise my feelings about animal rights too? That's a lot to ask of one girl.
Now the video. I was told to shoot and edit the current episode of my show. It wouldn't be a problem if I were also interviewing but of course I'm not. Working around another person's speaking habits is awful and I don't like it at all. I could complain for hours about this but basically, tedious editing, working on another person's "work" and lugging around equipment is the reason why I stayed out of news. From now on I'm just saying no to video.
The best part of my day was getting away without paying for parking. I really enjoy these days because they remind me that I can accomplish something good. This week, illegal free parking. Next week, a rise in the bee population and an end animal cruelty.
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