June 10, 2007
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My First Video
The Video YouTube Wouldn’t Show
At my request, Doug edited my arty 28-second video that panned up from the maggoty gutpile and across a bit of breathtaking Alaskan green scenery. I had been unable to upload to Xanga the entire 28 seconds without having the connection to the server reset and losing the upload. I asked Doug (because he couldn’t tell me where the software was to do it) to cut it down to just the maggots, the part I justifiably felt would not be done justice by the medium of still photography.
The remaining 6 seconds uploaded for me, but what shows here on Xanga has lost its focus and gone all pixelated. Apparently my camera’s format is smaller than Xanga’s so this doesn’t look as sharp as the original even after I reduced the dimensions of the embedded object.
However, the sound is accurate. Under the hiss and clicks of the maggots, you can hear the buzz of the flies and a bit of distant birdsong. Ah, wilderness, beautiful Alaska! Too bad I had to cut out all the arty/pretty stuff so you could get the full effect of the heaving, seething, mass of maggotry.
