Another visit to the doc

The day began with a visit to the doctor. My calendar is dominated by doctor’s appointments and weekend bon dances lately. For the record: More doctor’s appointments than bon dances, which is never a good thing. Today’s visit was to the dermatologist to check on a troublesome patch of skin near my incision site which has been looking pretty annoyed for quite some time. I figured that it was just a result of over-cleaning with rubbing alcohol and being subjected to all kinds of tape and gauze for so long that my skin finally got fed up and decided to stage a protest of its own. However, it’s been nearly two months now since I stopped swabbing it with alcohol and dressing my now-healed wound, so I asked my IVF doc about it and he referred me to a dermatologist.

The dermatologist assured me that it wasn’t a fungal infection (thank God!) and that it was just irritated. He prescribed a topical medication and said that it should disappear in a week or two. Good news.

After the appointment, I went straight to Olelo to continue my video editing endeavor for work. (I love this part of my job!) Today I decided to do something a little different and incorporated a voice-over to tie together the video segments and interviews into a (hopefully) cohesive storyline.

It was an interesting experience, as they lock you in this tiny room with a microphone and blank DVC Pro tape and let you have at it. Of course, it took me about 17 tries before I was finally satisfied with the result. Thankfully, no one was in the room to listen. I’d have a lot of fodder for the blooper reel for sure.

Me, trying to look all professional (or something)

I am still not very happy with my camera work: a couple of shots looked like the white balance was off (even though I set it before the shoot) and another scene has some major backlighting issues. With every episode, I learn something new. Video production, even on this very basic level, is something that I am extremely interested in. If only this could be 90% of my job instead of only 10%.

I love days like this.