Thursday, March 22, 2007
Ha. Ha. Ha. It seems that you all are enjoying yourselves, reading about my not-so-little adventures with Whacko-Jacko-Wannabe.
I don't know how long I can put up with his 'antics', but I think it won't be very long till Pandora's little box bursts open. I'm even disgusted to look at his face - he's causing me mental distress, and I'm serious about it!
So many things have been happening for the past few days, and when I look back, my situation isn't too bad. In fact, I should be grateful that I have sporting groupmates for my FTV assignments/projects, and that Whacko-Jacko-Wannabe isn't a pure obsessed psychopath.
I was editing our soundscape assignment in the computer lab yesterday when a friend of mine exploded at her groupmate for having the 'couldn't-care-less' attitude towards the assignment. The day before the same friend asked me for help around maneuvering Final Cut Pro. The next day, she was horrified that all her files were missing (if she had not backed the data up, she would have to start from scratch). The deal is that the computers are numbered and that you have to book the computers to use them. One group will be assigned to one computer at a time, and the only way for those particular files to disappear at 'the right time' would be none other than the work of one of your groupmates. Fishy? Hmm... or maybe someone just wanted to sabotage another's progress. Oh how mean.
Back to the 'couldn't-care-less' girl, she was a pain in the ass the entire time we were in the lab. Not doing anything but cross her arms and watch like some dumb-founded owl, my friend asked me to help print the edit to tape.
Before I go on any further, let me brief you on what the 'soundscape' project is.
You are telling a story through a mix of sounds, for about a minute or so. These sounds are more or less environmental sounds only, and speech can be used at very minimally, not to the extend that the speech narrates your 'story'. With this, VISUALS are NOT ALLOWED.So when the edit was being printed to tape...
Azzie: *click-click-click*
C-C-L Girl: Hey. What happened to the pictures?
Azzie: Um... we're doing 'soundscape' right? We only need the sounds...
CCL Girl: Oh.
*after one minute or so of printing to tape*
CCL Girl: That's it? That's all?
Azzie:...
I don't know what happened a few minutes after that, but my friend was screaming at CCLG at the top of her lungs. I was minding my own business - I had to get OUR GROUP work done too.
Soon after that, another voice could be heard from the other end of the room...
"SHE CAN DO IT, YEAH, NO PROBLEM! BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO BUT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING! THIS. THAT. THIS. THAT. YOU?! NOTHING!"
OK. I could do with laziness - I'll motivate and be 'the pusher'. ^^;
As for Whacko Jacko Wannabe, while I was in the midst of editing, my phone rang.
W:HEY AZZIE! *pulls phone away from ear* DID YOU CALL ME?
A:No...? (I'm VERY SURE I did NOT (and do not actually have any reason, ever to) call him).
W: YEA? WELL, I GOT A MISS CALL FROM YOU! HERE IT'S ON MY PHONE!
*how am I supposed to see, and my phone 110% has no record of it*
A: *beeeep*, I did not call you, OKAY?
W: WELL, YOUR MISS CALL IS ON MY PHONE!
A: But I did not call you. Why should I call when I have nothing to tell you?!
W: OH WELL. SEE YOU LATER ON THE BUS, OKAY?!
*click* ...
And this morning, oh the most unfortunate of mornings, I woke up at 6, only to shower, eat, and took a short nap. A SHORT NAP. Enough to miss the bus.
My phone rang, and I was still at home, when Whacko-Jacko-Wannabe called.
W: Hey Azzie. The bus is here.
A: Um... *beep*, I'm not taking the bus today.
*Click* ...?
RING-RING-RING
W:Hey Azzie. The bus is here.
A: *beep*, I'm not...
W: You better hurry, the bus is going to leave anytime soon.
A: *beep*, I'm not taking the bus today.
W: Be here soon, OKAY!
A: *BEEEEEP*, LISTEN. I'm. NOT. TAKING. THE. BUS. TODAY.
W: Oh.
*Click* ...?
RING-RING-RING
W:Azzie, you're not taking the bus today?
A: No, I'm not. (frustrated to the max)
W:Oh. OK.
*Click* ...
RING-RING-RING
W:Azzie, you're not going to college today?
A: I'll. be. taking. the. taxi. See. You.
*THIS TIME I DISCONNECTED THE CALL*
I'm not making this up. Eventually I thought the entire thing was funny, and deserved some kind of publication. :) So there. I should start up some collection that goes under the title, "The Chronicles of Whacko-Jacko-Wannabe".
See, I'm starting to be a little bit more optimistic. There are worse things in life. This isn't too bad. I may just benefit from all this. :)
10:22 AM Azzie's got style
