Me again from Midnight Herring headquarters. Today I bring news of light purchases and DVD burners. Gather round for a tale of intrigue and scandal...

How else can I make buying two lights from Henry's seem exciting? Well, I think it's pretty exciting to finally have real, decent film lights. No longer will I be a slave to the sun! I am now the proud owner of two 500W "Deluxe" lights WITH stands. You heard right - WITH stands. It was a bit of a downer when I realized the soft box lights I really wanted were about $700 each but I'm happy with the lights I did buy. I'll have a chance to test them out tomorrow when we film various pieces of art work for the Rentz documentary. For those keeping score at home we are STILL in production but the filming is set to end by July.

This month I also purchased basic DVD authoring and editing software (Pinnacle's Studio 9). After reading a bunch of reviews and bothering everyone I think it's a good choice for me and my price range. The editing is basic but suitable for simple projects. I really wanted it for the DVD capabilities and I'll be testing that side of things in the next few days.

So I guess that's it. If I seem a bit down it's due to an affliction known as "the heinous cold of death". I only get sick once or twice a year but when I do I make up for lost time. If you feel sorry for me feel free to write encouraging notes or come to my place and make me some soup. Sniff. Poor suffering film maker without any soup. Well, I have soup but it's way over in the kitchen and I'm so tired...