October 26, 2013
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What's My Line?
What's My Line?
They don't give you much to work with here at the new, not so improved Xanga 2.0 do they? Oh well, such is life. I'm not here enough to complain much and I'm not likely to be here even if they did offer anything close to an alternative in the world of blogging.
Why am I here at all? Good question. The other day someone messaged me and told me I looked hilarious (or something like that) in the profile picture. I'm here to explain it. It may take a while so get comfortable if you're interested. If you're not, what are you doing here? I had asked some friends to tell their favorite joke while I shot video of them. They did and then I edited the raw video, added music, various sound effects, titles and pictures to add some punch to the final production. When I had all of them finished I invited everyone over again and showed them the videos. They were really funny and we all had a great time.
Because I never could leave well enough alone I asked them to redo the jokes, in light of what they had seen, to see if they could improve on them. Okay, so that probably was pushing a little too much. Fast forward to about a month or so later. We were set up in my living room with a green screen in the background so I could later add some effects to the video. Bad idea. The original jokes were simple and straightforward. The new jokes turned out to be a production to match The Ten Commandments in complexity.
One of the girls brought props and several costume changes. It was so complex she couldn't remember her lines in what used to be a joke, but had turned into a major production. She was playing a Veterinarian so she had a stethoscope, those strange glasses with the fake nose and mustache, and a cigar. As she was going through her bit it was so stilted that I put all the stuff on and tried to show her some different ways to loosen up in the delivery of the lines. While I was doing that someone in the room took the picture that I've used as a profile picture. They thought that was pretty funny. That's the story of the profile picture. Now I'm going away again.
Comments (9)
As long as you continue to be yourself, then everyone should love you!
Fair enough, lol.
It is an interesting pic!
James! It was just yesterday....
Checked in to Xanga today. Looks like a ghost town. Hope you're okay...
The Xanga team worked hard to destroy Xanga. Success at last! Good to see you. Hope all is well. Life is good here in every possible way.
@James: Do you post online anywhere these days? I'm not sure I'll renew my Xanga subscription and would like to keep reading you if possible!
Hey Vic, nice to see you around still. I'm not offering much on the internet these days. I've a couple of sites, but I keep a pretty low profile these days. People seem to be getting more unpleasant all the time. Everyone appears to be so angry these days. I'll send you an email with the links. Hope all is well with you and in your world. Hopefully we'll catch up soon.
@James: Left a post this morning. Life is good taken in small bites, and chewed slowly and mindfully...
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