Dunzo

So I just got back from Jimmy's apartment for the last time for working on the project. A few friends of mine contributed some ideas for a name for the video, and this is what we chose:

"Exchange for Change"

The feeling of relief, and pride, that I feel as a result of finishing this thing is pretty indescribable. We worked hard. Hard, hard. I mean it. Both of us, without question, poured all we had into this project for the last week and maybe even before that. There were quite a few late nights, especially for Jimmy, as he is the one with the ninja editing skills and the home computer system of Final Cut. What a blessing that was! I'm so glad we didn't have to spend those late nights in a dark, cold school computer lab. Instead they were spent in Jimmy's room on his little bench chair and stool, in front of his own mac. I don't really want to know how many hours he put into editing this past weekend. I was there as much as I could be, but he worked on it even when I didn't.

I know now that we made a pretty great team. He seemed to be the one who always had creative juices flowing, had the incredible editing skills and just the fantastic artistic ideas. I was the more level-headed one :] I set the dates, the times, made sure there was always something planned and... wrote the entire script today. Just finished it about 20 minutes ago, actually. There were definitely times when I wasn't sure how great of a pair we were, but those times were a long time ago! I'm really proud of us, and I'm really proud of the Dutch Bros. coffee that kept us going today!

Oh and thank God for Jimmy's somewhat girly ways (Paramore and Vanilla Chai tea? Yes please!) Sorry, Jimmy, I just had to.

SO anyway, I thought I should next talk about how lucky we got on this project. We honestly, had no idea what we were getting into in the beginning. Like I said last night after a long night of editing, "we started out with a pretty lame idea." But things just came to us, stories popped out at us, life was breathed into the video!!! Every day and actually every minute put into it made it infinitely better. It's hard to explain, but it's the truth.

I just wanted to take the time to mention a couple people (because I haven't gotten the chance to mention them yet) to whom I am really grateful for participating and contributing to this adventure: (the following are pictures from their facebooks, taken with permission, of course)

Andrew Soltis, for being articulate and expressing himself in a way that allowed us to add depth to the interviews.

Rachel Trindle for being nervous to do a silly little 20 minute interview and for being quiet on camera (haha.)

Selah Meyer, for having the heart you have and being such a huge part of this adventure! (and she doesn't even know!)

Peter McClure, for having answers that made Jimmy and I chuckle quite a few times.

Thanks again, guys! You really have no idea...