The net just doesn't really appeal to me much anymore, and my interest in my website/blog is failing. But every-so-often my website redeems itself by providing me with wanted exposure and opportunities that might not have otherwise presented themselves. And that makes it all worth while!

I've been interviewed live on a british radio station, been in a dozen newspaper and magazines articles (both australia and international), and my notoriety amongst a select crowd of bloggers/camgirls/net geeks is responsible for scoring me this fabulous job I am currently in.
The latest crazy thing to happen as a result of my blog, is being contacted by the guy who runs a local music website, RawAudio.net

"Raw Audio (formerley Bandidoz Radio) is Brisbane's only Internet Radio and TV Station, and is dedicated to playing great music from Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast!"

I've been asked if I wanted to film/interview some local bands... And as luck would have it, although I don't own a video camera, my sister had left her mini dv camcorder (JVC GR-D70) at my place when she moved out (OVER A YEAR AGO). I have meant to get it out and use it, but never gotten around to it.

So I said I was interested and he asked if I was available this friday (now today) to film a local jazz/blues band. I said I was.

However, my sister had just left me the cam and a bunch of cables in the camera bag, but no installation cd and no firewire cable. Thank goodness for my iBook- I got around the no cd issue. But still needed a firewire cable. Eventually I tracked one down at work and we were right to get footage OFF the camera, onto the computer.

I sat up late last night capturing old footage on my dv cam tapes left over from my uni days. Hilarious drunken footage from early 2002. We all look sooooo young and different. oh man, good times!
Then today (friday) I tried to test it and record something (which I hadn't done up until now - I mean I was so busy worrying about getting footage off the damn thing, I hadn't even thought to check if it WOULD record)- and guess what? IT WASN'T WORKING!!!!

The screen was just blank. The lens cap warning flashed, even after I had taken the lens cap off. I started stressing. After a quick google search David found out that it was quite a common problem with JVC DV-Cams in the past couple of years. JVC knows about this problem with the software and is fixing it for owners of these camcorders.

I phoned up the australian JVC customer service line and they said they could fix it and gave me the details of the 2 local JVC repair shops. Both out in the middle of the 'burbs. I called them both and both are only open DURING the week (not weekends). One of them closes at 4.30pm every day, the other at 5pm, but is open Tuesday and Thursday nights til 7pm.

And they both have a bit of backlog so it would take about 10 working days to fix.

SOOOOOOO, there goes that idea. I will get it fixed and then will be able to film future gigs, but this one tonight is a bust. Of course the guy I've been dealing with is in London and therefore a different time zone. I have emailed him about my problem, but I don't know if he'll get the email in time, and even if he emails the band, I don't know if they will get the email in time.

I feel utterly horrible, although he had previously said not to stress (when I was having other issues with the cable), that he had told the band if its filmed then its filmed. If not, then not that big a problem. But I still feel really rotten.

David has been trying to track down a friend's camcorder, but I'm still stressed... And I've spent most of the day feeling sick to my stomach, for letting people down, while everyone has been reassuring me its not going to be the end of the world and that surely they will understand. Now I feel ready to just pass out. I dont know why I get so worked up and emotional over shit and if I could just turn off these sometimes irrationally insane feelings I would, BUT I just dont seem to be able to.

Stress is a killer. I feel so worn out.