long day.

Today is shaping up to be a long day...but no complaints here.
I came to work around 11am to prep for my shoot with Frank and Amelia. We headed out to the Metrodome, and had a blast! The story we are doing is about "do you parent each kid differently/should you?" -we ended up interviewing Joe Mauer and his family (well...I didn't get to...Frank was the lucky duck). Pretty rad.
The peeps at the 'Dome were really great. Super friendly and accommodating. They even custom made jerseys for Frank and Amelia to wear for the shoot. aww...
I'm off to upload the footage now, fingers crossed that it looks great---I'm sure it will, I worked with a shooter today I'd never used before, and he has a reputation for being AWESOME. Great guy, super efficient on a shoot too-but still personable.
I work with some really awesome people. woot.

In the personal life...things are crazy. "Good crazy" with the hubby-love that guy. And "cool" crazy with the social scene, hehe. I'm excited because I"m going to a kickbutt concert on Friday night for a band I love called The Melismatics. Check them out!

Exciting Future

Life is good. Remember this: Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Anyway...I'm pretty excited about the future right now. I'm helping some friends of mine promote their band, as well as another buddy of mine (below)--that's been really rad. Almost like doing promotional work, but it feels different. I love music, so it's been nothing but fun.

The future at work is exciting, as well. My attitude has changed a lot in the last two weeks---for the better. Not that I had a horrible attitude before, just a more "normal" way of looking at things. Now I'm seeing situations for what they are...opportunities to make the best of life. Cheesy? A little. True? Yes.

My boss told me today he's going to have me team up with Michele Tafoya again. I am really flattered. In my previous mindset I would have been filled with anxiety, and worrying about getting it done asap "what will i do, what will i do?" But today, i took it for what it was. A compliment. She is a nationally known reporter, and an amazing woman. How lucky am I to be able to work with her not once, but now for a second time? So fun.

Here is a look at what we did the first time we got together. This won a bronze at Promax :-) More importantly, Michele told me that this promo really touched her...and we actually shared a tearful moment in my edit bay when I showed it to her. She's such an amazing, talented, courageous woman. wow. I'm in awe of her talent, and her charisma.

So yeah...life is good. Remember that.

you gotta see this :-)

this is what i work on in my free time.
my buddy dan hit this cover outta the park. a parody of beyonce "single ladies" like you've never seen before.
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mwwwawa ha ha ha ha....

I'm working on a hilarious youtube video for a friend of mine. We're posting it Monday, and I can't WAIT!

ps. new spot!

oh yeah...i did this today, almost forgot to post.
the kids in the spot are my friend Sean's little ones...aren't they ADORABLE? they are such good little actors. And their brother Jack was in my new economy promo this winter. awesome!

a whirlwind of inspiration...wow.

So, after three different people recommending Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" to me...I finally picked it up. I was skeptical, everyone said stuff like, "It changed my life...blah blah blah." whatev, right?
haha..RIGHT, is right!
I'm about 2/3 of the way through the book-and it's absolutely amazing. It's all about finding inner peace, and those of you who work in the TV world know it can be hard to do that when you're surrounded by murders, disasters, and all around "bad" stuff. What's changed in me is that I can center myself...put distance between those things now. It's amazing. I still know what's going on, but I'm strangely at peace. Yup, I sound like a crazy spiritual nut. But ya know what? I also feel GREAT. woot.
Here are some of the main points that have stuck with me:

1. you do not become good by trying to be good...but by finding the goodness that is already within' you.

2. illusion will never satisfy. only the truth of who you are, if realized will set you free.

3. when you fully accept that you "don't know" you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are.

4. defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.

5. authentic interactions become impossible when you lose yourself in a role...i definitely struggle with this.

6. to see one's predicament clearly is the first step toward going beyond it.

7. nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now. therefore...the past has no power.

I hope this helps you go into your weekend with a slightly better sense of presence and awareness. Check out the book if you have a chance. Good stuff.

G'night.

An oops...or was it an oops, really?

So, I (obviously) try my very hardest not to mess things up at my job. This weekend I got a call from my boss saying that one of my promos was in the server under the wrong "endplate"-that the monday version was running with a tonight tag.
I was SURE I had flipped both versions to the server and was so confused. He asked if I could come in to fix it, and I felt horrible because I was actually visiting old friends 5 hours away, so it just wasn't an option. Long story short-I really didn't make a mistake at all!!! :-) yippee. Our server was messed up and pulling the wrong spot from our HD server, that's all.
But, ya know what I learned from this experience? I have a great manager. He's really awesome. Why, you say?
Well, when he called to inform me of the mistake he had thought I made he spoke calmly. When he could tell I was upset, he responded, "No biggie, E. It's only TV. Please don't lose sleep over it, things like this happen." True, right? This is the difference between his-and some other managerial styles. Another manager may have yelled and yelled and yelled about how irresponsible this action was, etc...But not Scott. He knows me well enough to realize I am my own worst critic, and no words he can say to me would make me feel worse than just giving me time to think about what I did (even though in this case, it was all a misunderstanding-but that's not really the point).
The reason why I think being understanding works (for some people) as a managerial style is because it gives me time to think about what I have done. If I get a royale butt chewing I'm more likely to just get defensive, instead of thinking about my actions. It almost gives the worker an excuse to just direct anger at his/her boss, and say, "oh whatev-they'll never be happy, jerk." Instead, I had no anger towards him-only remorse for what had happened, and a desire to make sure I never disappoint him again. I repeat...it turns out this was all a misunderstanding, and just a glitch in our server....BUT that's not the point.
This situation really made me think about WHY I like my boss. That's one of the many reasons (and no, to the best of my knowledge he doesn't frequent my blog-so I stand to gain nothing from this). Just using the 'net as a sounding board...hopefully other managers might see this post and know that there are workers out there like myself who are so harsh on themselves, punishments aren't effective.
I get it-this style doesn't work for everyone. But...I'm glad to have a boss that "gets" me. I'm pretty darn lucky.

Ugh.

So...I don't even know why I'm posting this-probably because a few people have asked to see. Anyway, this is the next promo in our relationship series for sweeps.
Overall, I think the concept was there. But my execution was shoddy at best. We didn't have time to set up for the shoot, and the anchors had to book to get to the 5p show---so, quality suffered. such is life.
They were good sports.
The funny part?
3 people promised to bring me a wedding veil that day and everyone forgot. So...I had Amelia wear paper towels in her hair. She was such a good sport. And man...she looked like the flying nun! hahaha

I'm proud...

So, my buddy Dan is a fantaaaabulou-so musician. About a month ago I lectured him a bit about getting his crap together and going for it. Really pushing himself to the max, getting a new website up-creating new content for the web.
Well, he surprised the shipoopi out of me (family guy reference, for all of you fans!). He did it. He launched his new website, on schedule. Annnnndddd, together we posted yet another vid of an original song of his.

First...check out his website: DANRODRIGUEZMUSIC.COM

Second...check out this vid. It's one of my favorite songs of his...and it will definitely get your toe tappin.