Interview and Friends
Fri, 2004-10-08 02:34 — jrearick
Thursdays are strange. I sleep in 'til around 11:00 and make my way into work around 12 or 1. I have class at 3:40 then go home. It seems like a really short day, but it sort of gets made up by MUG meetings.
At the officer's meeting for MUG today, I had an interview with some girls in the broadcast media club, or whatever it's called. They didn't know what they were doing. They told me they were looking for a small, less than 30 second interview clip about MUG. When they got there, they decided that their primary subject would be wireless Internet, along with MUG and Film Festival. So, I immediately got three different subjects shot into my head that I had to talk about for a very short period of time. They had no idea what they were doing. They didn't know what questions they were going to ask, and only one of them had half a clue about how to operate their camera. One of them asked what "white balance" was. I believe I was the only one there who understood what it was and how to effectively get a reading (going on photo shoots with my brother a few times taught me some of this, I am no expert), but I wasn't going to open my mouth and embarrass them. My interview didn't go well. If I knew what they were going to ask me, and I had time to compose responses, I think they would have gotten a better interview out of me. I wasn't ready to talk about wireless Internet or film festival, and I can't switch subjects very quickly. You may be able to see my incredible failed interview on channel 18 starting next week and the rest of the semester knowing how the ISU station operates. The interview really threw me off, and the rest of the meeting was rather uncomfortable for some reason. It felt like I was just dictating what were were going to do with the events for the year, very little discussion. I don't think that's a good thing, but hopefully things will get done.
This evening while talking to Gaila, and later reading Meri's blog, I realized how much I value my friends. After the weekend at the lake, I believe Gaila and I have become closer friends. Before she was more of an acquaintance, but now she is more of a trusted friend like Colin, or Meri. I like being able to make new and better friends.
That's about it for today. Perhaps I will be able to hang with some friends this weekend.
At the officer's meeting for MUG today, I had an interview with some girls in the broadcast media club, or whatever it's called. They didn't know what they were doing. They told me they were looking for a small, less than 30 second interview clip about MUG. When they got there, they decided that their primary subject would be wireless Internet, along with MUG and Film Festival. So, I immediately got three different subjects shot into my head that I had to talk about for a very short period of time. They had no idea what they were doing. They didn't know what questions they were going to ask, and only one of them had half a clue about how to operate their camera. One of them asked what "white balance" was. I believe I was the only one there who understood what it was and how to effectively get a reading (going on photo shoots with my brother a few times taught me some of this, I am no expert), but I wasn't going to open my mouth and embarrass them. My interview didn't go well. If I knew what they were going to ask me, and I had time to compose responses, I think they would have gotten a better interview out of me. I wasn't ready to talk about wireless Internet or film festival, and I can't switch subjects very quickly. You may be able to see my incredible failed interview on channel 18 starting next week and the rest of the semester knowing how the ISU station operates. The interview really threw me off, and the rest of the meeting was rather uncomfortable for some reason. It felt like I was just dictating what were were going to do with the events for the year, very little discussion. I don't think that's a good thing, but hopefully things will get done.
This evening while talking to Gaila, and later reading Meri's blog, I realized how much I value my friends. After the weekend at the lake, I believe Gaila and I have become closer friends. Before she was more of an acquaintance, but now she is more of a trusted friend like Colin, or Meri. I like being able to make new and better friends.
That's about it for today. Perhaps I will be able to hang with some friends this weekend.
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