Snow Day

Today I woke to about 6 inches of snow and though I had been anticipating it, it still managed to come to me as a bit of a shock. This happened because the last time I saw this much snow was back in '94 when what I refer to as "The Ice Storm" hit Delaware and my brother and I got to spend the day playing instead of going to school. So this morning, after getting up early, getting ready and sweeping a half-foot of snow off my roof I attempted to plow through the otherwise unplowed parking lot. After getting stuck on a hill and having smaller cars with front wheel drive pass me I managed to turn myself around and get back home. Parking in the lot, I found, was harder than exiting it. Once I did get situated into a snow bank of a spot it was one quick phone call and a short instant message conversation to see who made it into the office before heading back to bed. :-) Lindsey and I programmed all my contacts into my new phone (Thanks Dad!) and watched the beginning of War Of The Worlds then it was time to try one more time. This time I needed some help getting out since the plows had formed with all the snow once on the street an almost waist high white fortress protecting my car from all who wished to view it from a reasonable distance. After walking around it a few times, blowing my rams horn and realizing that it must not work with all Joshua's I look over my shoulder to see none other than Scatman Crothers walking towards me. Well, it looked a lot like him anyway. The Scatman and I dug the Vitara out and I went on to work. I got there about 11:30 and the client I was supposed to be working with walked in a few minutes later. While editing, he asked me to get rid of a graphic that was in the captured video. Hmm. It's not on a layer that I can just hide or delete. So I watched how the video underneath was before and after the graphic and realized I might be able to work around it and fake it. I did, and it worked seamlessly. This is cool when it happens and even cooler when a client is sitting there watching you. He said "Wow, you can't see a jump or anything!" followed by a long pause of astonishment then "I think I'm the most impressed I've ever been." That, to me, made it worth risking my life on the icy highway with Pennsylvania drivers. It was one of the best compliments I've had concerning media.

Well, I just got done packing up more stuff to take home tomorrow. Which reminds me, I'm not done!