Installing all of the stuff I bought on Friday actually took less time than it did to buy it at Fry's. I apologize to those who don't live in the SF Bay area, where ragging on Fry's Electronics is an art form.
I had to pay with a St. Ned's check, because they [dramatic pause] don't take American Express, which is what I carry for church business. Were I not three weeks out from the wedding and therefore hemorrhaging cash, I would have paid for it with my own Visa and gotten reimbursed, but that seemed ill-advised under the circumstances.
So, I was at Fry's, writing a check. People with Fry's experience are already guffawing loudly. Paying for my mound of computer bits with a check took 20 minutes, multiple phone calls, and the efforts of three employees. But, eventually, I was allowed to leave with my shiny new objects.
I only got the power supply installed on Friday, thanks to the extended remix shopping trip, and when I came back on Saturday to do the rest, I had the happy surprise of finding that the software had arrived. So I set the whole thing up and it's fabulous. I'm looking forward to playing with it.
I need to see if I can do a second audio track, because I want there to be a Director's Commentary option on the wedding video DVD.
"I have no idea what's up with my hair here."
"Well, that seemed like a good idea."
"We were going for kind of a Coen brothers thing with that shot, but it didn't work."
"If you look closely here, you can see that the thing on the left is about to fall over. Oh! There it goes. Those stains did come out later."
"I thought this was going to get edited out."
"That was supposed to be waterproof mascara."
"The bees really liked that corsage, as it turned out. I had no idea my mom could run that fast."
"We really should have moved that candle."
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