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September 30th, 2008
So, technology is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?
Today I learned about 12seconds.tv. I think I’ve been living under a rock. But apparently, by going with 12seconds.tv, I would be cheating on YouTube of which I already have an account and videos.
In my defense, I didn’t know that you could send emailed videos to YouTube, and I’m not sure why. I can send pictures through TwitPic and videos through 12Seconds so why wouldn’t YouTube offer the same service?
Whatever, the point of this is…
Should you care to see the Dorkumentary as it happens on Thursday while we are in DC and at the New Kids on the Block I invite you to make sure that you’re following me on Twitter AND YouTube.
Because I just spent WAY too much time figuring out how to make this all work on YouTube.
See?
And really? I might be entertaining, but seeing Becki scream at me to put the camera away or yell, “You are not tweeting about this” 5000 times over the course of two days will be even more comical.
She’s going to kill me…
So there you have it… want to go with me? Now you can!
In other random, if you care news, I’ve got a new post up at Digital Bliss and a new giveaway over at the review blog. If your child is into Sesame Street then you’re going to want to check this one out!
I have an alter ego. Her name is Professor Wilma. Tonight she was captured on video, so that I could share her with you.
Ironically, when I got home from VBS tonight, I had an email from Jaime. I met Jaime when I helped redid her blog with the help of Jo-Lynn and she’s a blessing. For that reason, she’s also my Blog Pick of the Week. She’s got a huge heart, and a Godly woman. Not to mention, she’s FUH-NEY.
Really, she is…
Anyway, she emailed me and said that she had a contest going on and she had me on the brain. The contest is a bundle of stress relieving stuff and it’s funny. I’ve been so stressed that I hadn’t made it around to blogs in awhile, or responded, or commented.. and so I would’ve missed this.
But Jaime wanted to know how we handle stress.
For me?
It’s what I did tonight. Gather in my safe haven, with my fellow Christians and just be goofy. Put the world behind me and not even think about it. And just have fun.
I have to interrupt this spiritual movement. I have to. I don’t want to, but I have to.
What you probably don’t know is that I took another blog break this week while my testimony has been running, and oh I can’t wait to tell you how I have been blessed already just by sharing, but I have to wait… for a little.
I wanted this to be a reverent week and not post anything BUT my testimony, but something happened tonight that warrants an interruption.
I’d love to tell you that it is a God thing… actually, depending on how you look at it, it IS a God thing. Because I PRAYED HARD that this would turn out ok.
You see, several weeks ago, Matthew came home and announced the he was entering the talent show in the comedy category. I cringed. Yes, I think my son is HYSTERICAL, but he’s my son. I have to think that. I have to laugh at his jokes.
He did not share what he was going to do, just that it was about me and he did ask permission if he could use me as part of his act. What do I care? I make fun of myself every day on my blog.
He auditioned and he got a spot. And that’s when I feared going to this talent show. I didn’t want to invite anyone because I feared that I would be embarrased for him… (and for Samara… she entered too!)
Yesterday, I picked him up from dress rehersal and I was told that he was funny. But I was still fearful.
And so he made this little video (a MyPie Production… yes, there’s a story there) and I’m pretty impressed. And flattered that he asked me to be in it.
So please watch.
Watch him make fun of me.
Watch the audience ROAR with laughter. (And that’s not a laugh track after his jokes… because I WAS prepared to add that later.)
Watch me heckle him… and his comebacks.
And then remember, when he’s on Last Comic Standing and then on Comedy Central with his own show? Remember…you saw him here first!
I don’t know if you all actually LIKE the movies or not, but I have fun making them… so feel free to watch if you wish… if you don’t, I won’t be offended. But know, that for right now, because they are so time consuming, because I’m anal and because I like to play with the various features of iMovie, I’ll only have them on Mondays… for now. That could change. Because it’s my blog, my life, and my time… deal with it.
Although, I have created a monster with it in that my children now have come to enjoy sitting in front of my Mac and creating the most moronic videos that I have ever seen. But they are cute. Matthew even created his own YouTube account to upload their “music videos” which currently only includes “breakfast in hell” by the newsboys.
They love this song and I think it’s only because they can say the word “hell” and get away with it. But whatever…
Today’s video by moi is on being a hopeless romantic. I am one. And I’ll show you what tv clip led me to post about this… but please don’t tell ABC that I figured out how to capture it from my craptop and get it into my little video. I’m sure they wouldn’t be pleased with me, even if I do make them look good on paper in Missouri.
Be back later this week with some memes… and maybe some real content.
But before I go, let me thank you for your prayers… thank you because I felt them and I got alot done… what I needed to do and more…
and oh yeah, we made $1501 at the yard sale this weekend…. GOD IS GOOD!
The science fair projects are done and I’ll have more on that later.
I’ll also have the remaining answers to your questions (and really, I’m putting it off because I have to talk about balance and this weekend PROVES that I suck at it…) but I promise… soon. Like today sometime.
But amidst the running to and fro this weekend to find out what time it was using a clock and learning how to make a good egg float (because bad eggs float) I happened across something that made me stop and think.
And while I was drafting up this post in my head, I decided that this would be a great video post for you!
So take a peek, it’s not long, just about 5 minutes…
Now, I want to know what you think…
NOT of the video, of the content contained within!
So let’s answer a few more…and I was going to do this tomorrow but Becki and Soliloquy were antsy… because their questions were answered in this one… and because I’m nice, I’ll do it today…
Being a new believer that found Jesus in the way you did, what advice do you have for believers who are timid in sharing their faith? What offended you? What didn’t offend you? What drew you?
Jesus is all over the internet, you know that don’t you? He works through the internet, oh yes he does. And I have to wonder… do you think that Jesus is a Mac or PC user?
Regardless, yes, it was through the internet that I found my Jesus. Ok, so he wasn’t lost, I just decided not to go looking for him… waiting for Him to come to me. Because I like to play hard to get that way… it’s one of my better qualities. I even have a whole post about “playing the dating game with God” but I can’t flesh it out the way that I want. One day.
And although I fell head-over-heels-in-love with Jesus, I wasn’t quite ready to share how I felt about Him. It’s not that I wanted to hoard him to myself or anything, because I can share, but it was more that I was afraid of being labeled a Jesus Freak or Bible Thumper, both names with negative connotations in my “old world” mind.
And really? For me? I was going through a MAJOR change in my life with this whole God/Jesus/Saved/Church thing… and I was afraid at how people might react.
The short of the story was that Lisa B and I met on the internet through my business and she decided she wanted to be a Biblical Coach and needed some people to practice on. I had always found the Bible to be fascinating and I told her to sign me up. She never offended me. Ever. But I have a pretty open mind.
I started this blog the day I started attending church. So there wasn’t much old Heather out there, but I tip-toed around my faith. There were a few posts here and there that touched on it, but on May 29th, 2007 I proclaimed to the bloggy world that I needed to be more vocal about it. And I have.
Now, since then, I have been to many Christian and non-Christan blogs. I’m offended only by those who are the Christians that would make people say “well if that’s what Christianity is all about I don’t want anything to do with it” and really? They are few and far between. At least from what I’ve seen.
Lisa B wants me to share my testimony here on this blog-o-mine and maybe I will. One Day.
i’m guessing by some quick math that you finished your college education after your kids (at least one) were born. i have actually been meaning to write you an email about this because it amazes me and because i am in serious need of inspiration.
how how how did you possibly do that? it is currently a very difficult road for me.
This was not easy. At all. But the answer is, yes, I went back to school, for the 3rd time, when Matthew was 4 and Samara was 18 months.
Notice I said back. I went to college, Boston University to be exact, right after high school. It lasted a semester before I fell in love, dropped out, got knocked up, and married. And yes, in that order.
When I was pregnant with Samara, I did take a class or two because I wanted to go back but then stopped again but when my ex-husband and I split, my parents offered to let the kids and I move in with them and go back to school full time, while I continued to work full time. My dad said that I needed to get a degree and make something of myself so that I could support the kids and give them a decent life.
So I went back to school.
Yes. Work for 40 hours a week, 19-21 credit hours a semester and two children under the age of 5. But I did it. With the help of my parents and through the grace of God. I couldn’t have done this if I didn’t live at home with a phenomenal support system.
The up side to my arrangement was that I got my 4 year degree (another post for another time) in roughly 2.5 years but the downside is that I missed ALOT and I mean ALOT of my kids’ growing up. I’m grateful that my parents were there to help, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world, and I love working from home now so that I don’t have to miss out on any more.
Except, homework. I would like to miss out on homework. And temper tantrums. And meltdowns.
I would love to go back and get my masters degree just to get it. I’m a geek in that I love school, but right now? There’s just no way. I’ll reconsider when (a) my kids are older and don’t require a sitter or a taxi (b) when they are grown and gone or (c) if i one day get married and have the support of my husband.
It was a tough three years, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world and I’d do it all over again. When I divorced, I was making $18k a year and couldn’t afford a car payment, rent, and daycare. The degree has helped me more than triple my annual salary and helped me with my business and my life over all.
A few months back you did a post about 7 Weird Things About Me and I am still fascinated by the fact that you don’t need a hairbrush.
Stupid question, which you probably can’t answer, but why the heck is that? I don’t get it. Who on this earth doesn’t NEED a flipp’in hairbrush?!?! I am at a loss.
I don’t know why that is and I can tell you that it’s not always been that way. And since you’ve brought this up no less than five times since I made that post, I’ve taken this little video of me when I fix my hair so that you can see what I do.
At one time I thought that perhaps it was my conditioner, or some product that I put in my hair, but since you keep talking about it, I’ve tested a few things and it’s just the way that it is.
Go ahead… watch and laugh at me. Seriously! You can laugh… because I? AM ROLLING….
I’m such a dork!
So that’s all for this installment… I’d answer more but I’ve got to play with my hair…
tomorrow we’ll touch on what makes me powerless, my mom’s dog, and more…
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