Piggymoto: All Star Boar Band

I’m aiming for Saturday.  I have the episode recorded, I just need to edit it together.

My wordcount is right around 43,000 though, for NaNo.. It’s not a PiggyMoto story, though..

BUT   That’s what’s going on.  It’s been crazy!

Well, folks.  Monday was a bust, and that sucked.  Let me tell you about the weekend leading up to my failed launch.  It might be good for a chuckle or two.  I headed down to my friends’ house (Wyte and Exavia) for the weekend with the intention of editing together all my script bits and posting the episode for drop.

Well, Friday night I realized that I lacked my digital recorder, so I couldn’t do the episode banter.  I’d also left  a lot of my cables and connectors at home.  So, Saturday I had to drive home to get all that stuff (and feed the bunny, etc.)  well, I get back and sit down to do some editing when I realize that I’m missing the thumb drive on which all of my audio files are saved.  I was ALSO reminded of the paranormal Podcast that I’m expected to write, and the Apron I said I’d sew for another friend.

Well, Saturday, I had a bit of a meltdown and ended up blowing up at a few friends who were just trying to take me out for a celebretory evening.  Piggy, thy name is heel.  Sunday I went home, and couldn’t find my thumb drive.  Only to discover later that it was in my laptop bag all along *hits head on wall*.   SO I sit down to edit EP1 together and spend 3 hours on that, only to get 20 minutes of episode.  Fine!  I’ll crash here Sunday night, come back Monday after work, and make an evening drop.

But, guess what:

One of the voices (Corbin’s) was missing from the thumb drive.  so now I have to go ALL the way home to get it off the desktop computer.  GROW-ELL!

No, Wait!  I have my digital box HERE!  And Corbin’s voice is on THERE!  Awesome!  So, I pull his lines off the box and start editing him in.  In order to simplify the process, I took the previous edits and exported them as a .wav so it would be easier to work with.  Well, I get 10 minutes into the episode and find that the .wav has been corrupted.

DAM-EN  SALMON!!

So, rather than RE edit everything and cry tears of blood.. I just threw my hands up and said, “FINE!!  I am Teh LOSE!”  I had a nice, stout Gin and Tonic, had dinner with Wyte and Exavia, and headed home for the night.

On the neat side, Wyte lent me his Fender Jazz.  He’s teaching me to play bass guitar, which is pretty bleedin’ awesome!  So pretty soon, I might get pix of myself holding it and looking like a big, fat rocker dragon.  heh heh heh  awesome.

Anyway.  When I head off from here, I’m gonna hit the files and see if anything is salvageable.  If not, it’ll be a late night of editing, but I’m gonna do my damnedest to have Episode one up tomorrow morning.  if it fails again for some reason, then I’m just gonna’ put it off until next Monday.  Let’s hope that I can fix it, though.

Craws your claws, folks!

1 week from launch date, and I’m totally stressed out.  I have all my recordings done, but I need to sit down still and edit them all together.  snip snip splice.  snip snip splice.  I’ve hit a complete mental block.

See, there two methods by which I’ve compiled audio stories so far, and I don’t know to which I should comit.  Well, I guess I do - I’m just looking for excuses to run away and hide under my bed.  Sheesh, I’m nervous!

Act II is well underway.  Thee dits are long done, I’m just formating it for guest voices (and, MAN do I have some GENEROUS souls lending me their talent!).  I seriously don’t feel worthy.  Like who the hellz am I to be putting a project like THIS together?  Sheesh!

But, I’m committed to it.  and I know that once I get a few eps up, it will become second nature.  Just gotta get there.

Well, I’ve spent the better part of this morning line editing, and let me tell you – line editing sucks! I’ve got the prologue and chapters 1 – 3 completed. While I entertain no delusions that they are perfect, I’d like to think they are in fantastic shape. I am very proud.

I’d previously formatted the prologue into a script, but upon looking it over last night, there were still some edits that needed to be made. So, now I am deciding whether I should try to edit the script itself, or if it would be faster to just re-do it. I’ll probably edit.

The cast lists for these chapters look rather daunting. Chapter three alone has fourteen characters! The best bet would probably be to go through the entire manuscript and isolate each character’s lines so that I can sit down with the actors and record their parts in large chunks- rather than trying to get people together over and over thirty times to record this monster.

Ugh! That sounds like a real chore, but the more I think about it, the more it sounds like the best way to go. Twenty-some scripts. But, that also means the cast will have to be set in advance.

GAAH! What have I gotten myself into?

Well, I’ve been in and out of the new apartment for about a week now. Budgeting for food has been easier than I’d anticipated, and I’m not spending a whole hell of a lot on beer. I got one 6-pack last week - it was Shiner Blond. My once favorite beer. The Bock they make was a bit too harsh for my tastes when I first tasted the blond on a tour of the brewery. But, it has since become my favorite (the bock, that is).

Well, I got this 6-pack of Blond, remembering it as my favorite, and was disappointed to find it a weak pilsner. Now, perhaps my love of pilsners has just waned, but it really did taste like the kind of baby-bottle swill that Scott Sigler would enjoy. Oh well, no worries. I’ll pick up some Bock with my next paycheck.

This reminds me of parties I used to throw with the sole purpose of stocking my fridge. “Everybody bring a 6-pack of something, and I’ll make a bunch of food.” For the most part, everyone accepted this as their “contribution for admission”. they bring $7.00 worth of beer, I make $20.00 worth of food - we all come out ahead. Sure, there was the occasional clueless one or two who’d try to take their left overs home, or worse, fill the empty slots in their pack with other peoples’ leftovers. But, they were almost never invited a second time.

Okay! So, I spent a little more time at the new place this evening. watched a movie and did just a little cooking. The food came out really really well! And this makes me eager to get into trying out all the recipes I write about in All Star Boar Band. The first will be Lager Simmered Rindswurst with Sauerkraut and Spicy Mustard. Hmm.. I should probably also come up with something else that can be served with it.. Perhaps a pumpernickel recipe?

I’ve gotten no editing done in the past week or two (for shame). Life’s been crazy with packing and moving in this record-breaking heat wave. Things will begin to settle down soon, though. And when I actually move into the new digs and start sleeping there, then there’s hope that the lack of ‘net access will help keep me on task.

Though, being without Internet at home REALLY is gonna be tough. Anyway.. it’s after midnight and a half. I really need to try and sleep before work tomorrow.

Hey everyone. I’m taking a break from moving stuff and thought I’d drop in and write a little bit about what’s going on in the world of Piggy Moto.

In the Promo, I say “Coming Soon”, but I never do say when, right? Well. I am AIMING for July for a launch, BUT chances are I may be as late as August. It all depends on how this lair shift goes.

“What’s a Lair Shift?” you ask? Well, it’s when a dragon like yours truly switches lairs. And that’s what I’m doing right now. Well, not right this INSTANT.. Right now I’m sitting in the cafe’ having some ice tea.. but a little while ago I was moving stuff. And.. man.. dragons sure do amass a bunch of STUFF! Books, and new-age doo dads, art supplies, craftsy things and cooking utensils. One of the mammals I know made fun of me for having three crock pots. *grumble* you can NEVER have too many crock pots- or fondue pots.

. . . or food processors. Or Woks.

Anyway. My new place is a cozy, lil efficiency of 484 square feet. Sounds small, but it’s actually a pretty perfect size. I’ve picked out a nice corner in which I will set up a couple sound panels and my recording stuff. Then, I shall begin recording narration for the prologue and chapter one.

Speakin’ of moving, I should really get back to it!