Today was pretty rough. I had to finish my test roll, which is where you run around frantically setting up and shooting subjects in various stages of light and shadow, distance, movement, etc. I was supposed to do this with a classmate, but he disappeared without a trace and became unreachable by cell phone. With an 8:30pm deadline, I scrounged up who and what I could to do the final 3 shots, and got the film in with more than an hour to spare. Phew.
Unfortunately I failed to get around to the location scouting and script revision I had planned to do (ah, lofty goals). But I did one other thing I was totally proud of...
So I'm driving frantically to the Zemeckis Center, where two classmates are holding auditions. One of them, Zack, has offered to loan me his light meter, which, as it turns out, is a completely essential and super-expensive piece of equipment.
But when I reach the place, I realize my clock isn't working anymore. Not a problem -- I'll just use my new awesome stereo's clock function. Oops, that doesn't work either. No stereo, no clock.
Being, as I am, not too well-versed in automobile maintenance, I was befuddled as to why some parts of my car's electrical systems would work while others would not. I contemplated some possibilities in my head -- had the battery cut out all nonessential systems because I had left the headlights on? (I hadn't left the headlights on -- I had turned them on when I got into the car, then noticed that they were on, turned them off, and couldn't remember if I'd turned them on in the first place or not. And I'm paranoid.) Had the people who installed my stereo deliberately sabataged the wiring so that I'd have to give them more money?
After consulting the car's manual a few times, it occured to me that a broken fuse was the likely culprit. And so, all by myself mind you, I:
- Extrapolated the location of the dead fuse;
- Figured out how to remove a kick plate;
- Used the word "extrapolate" in a sentence;
- Located a spare fuse under the hood;
- Totally identified the dead fuse;
- and, replaced said fuse.
And now everything works again. I'm so smart! Yayyyy.
Whoa. Most boring blog entry ever. I apologize.