I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.

Mine was lovely. As I wrote in my last post, Wednesday night I baked a green bean casserole (I add mushrooms to mine) and a chocolate chip pecan pie. The pie got rave reviews on Thursday and Friday when it was consumed by Steve and his family and my friend Susan. We played "Uno" with Steve's family until about 12:30 AM on Friday. I was tired but it was a lot of fun. Friday evening I did a little shopping (the mall was busy but not crazy, I think because people went home for dinner) and got some good bargains. Yesterday and today I've been hanging out with friends and working on my Director's Guild Training Program application. It needs to be postmarked by Friday. Once I'm done with this post I'll head back downstairs and continue working on my essay question answers. I can't wait until my TV production class on Tuesday night, I start dog sitting for Raymah towards the end of the week, and I might be going to see the Capitol Steps this weekend. Yeah!

Small Update

Today I met with some friends, went for ice cream with one of them, had dinner with Steve, came home and baked green bean casserole and a chocolate pecan pie, cleaned half of my room, and watched four episodes of "Lois and Clark". Tomorrow I'm off to Steve's mom's house for Thanksgiving. Before I go to bed, I want to wish all of you a happy turkey day!

I was Katie Holmes!

Last night's TV production class was a lot of fun. To give everyone in the class a chance to work a camera we did a set of fake interviews. We had three camera operators, a floor manager, an interviewee, and some spectators for each interview and we rotated positions each time. When it was my turn to be interviewed I was told that I would be playing Katie Holmes. Soon the videos we shot will be uploaded to youtube and I'll put a link to them on my blog so you can see me in action.

It's a winter wonderland!

I had a great time at the Arlo Guthrie concert this weekend. He's an amazing piano and guitar player in addition to being a great lyricist. I did chores and watched "Lois and Clark" most of Sunday and Monday. (I love the series and recently got a really good deal on the DVDs.) I did get a call from the temp. agency yesterday but the job they offered me was mostly the opposite of what I am looking for. Oh, well. Hopefully they'll call again soon with a better fit. Anyway, when I woke up today I was greeted by our first good snowfall of the season. I hope you like these pictures of the back yard. It's just so beautiful. I love the quiet as well.

Stuff

I took the proficiency tests at the temp agency this morning and did okay. The computer started bogging down toward the end so it was a little awkward. My reference was great so they are just waiting to get some short term jobs for me. Afterwards, I got an oil change for my car. BTW, it's pouring rain outside but the leaves are still beautiful.

Personality tests.

This afternoon I took the online personality & cognitive tests required by the temp. agency. It was weird but okay. I even learned some things about myself. Unfortunately, I couldn't take the assessment tests because they had to be done on an IBM compatible PC. Instead, I'm going back into the office tomorrow morning to take them. After that, I'll be getting my car an oil change.

My first production class!

This morning I went to the temp. agency. They don't have any positions right now but they said that they always get last minute calls. The woman I spoke to said that I'll be the first on their list when that happens. In the meantime, I need to complete a few online tests as a formality. I'll be doing that tomorrow.

Tonight I went to my first production class at the local community television station. This session was mostly to impart basic information about camera operation including various parts of the camera and different types of shots. I can't wait until next week when we'll acutally get to operate the studio cameras. Check out these two pics from right after class.