In this first installment, Crom and myself discuss our personal top ten lists, numbers 10 through 7. Stay tuned to when we finish out lists and come up with a master nudie list. This is important stuff, people . . .
Thursday, August 28, 2014
A couple quick things . . .
1. There was a time where I really did think I would be a published writer of some kind. As I get older, the creative juices don't flow like they used to. I wish I could bottle up whatever manic crazy energy I had back then and use it for a couple hours a day. Just a couple. Not all day long because I might have been out of my mind back then.
2. Want to know what I'm doing these days? Still podcasts that hardly anyone listens to. And the topic of the latest one? The best nude scenes in film history. Yeah, still stuff like that. But who cares. As long as I stay busy. Tonight my good friend, Crom, is coming by to edit the podcast and fix up some snags we have hit along the way. Look for an installment to come out really soon.
3. Oh, here's a funny story. I'm lying down on my stomach the other day (editing the boobie podcast), and Mrs. Noisewater says, "Ooh, I think that's a spider vein on your leg. Does anyone in your family get those?" I sullenly reported that my dad gets them, along with varicose veins, and hemorrhoids. To cheer myself up I said, "But can we call them spidey veins? It's cuter." That got a laugh. That's all I need are laughs from friends, loved ones, and you fine folks . . .
Thursday, August 21, 2014
On Ice Buckets
Like most of us, I'm really tired of people dumping ice on themselves to raise money for ALS research. Curing diseases is a good thing. Yes. But when your Facebok feed is full of people dumping ice water on themselves, it just gets a little old after a while. Also, I had been in saying that this trend praying on people's addiction to filming selfies and obsessing over social media. It is kind of genius, actually. But I had made up my mind that if I got "challenged," I would just give the money and not make it all about myself with me on my porch being an idiot with some cold water. Also, I'm really cynical, and I can't help but think that with all the insane amounts of money being raised, someone is going to get greedy and pocket some of it. I have seen too many famous charity events that turned out to be later the victims of someone having sticky fingers. So, I decided I'm out if anyone asks me to do this crap.
Then I got asked by a good friend who I play volleyball with all the time. He is a terrific dude. I remember when ladies would ask if I had any single friends, he was just about the only guy I could say was a friend who is single and a decent human being. That being said, he does have a fatal flaw: he is always late. Having 24 hours to complete the challenge, he waited until the last hour possible. He didn't bother to check the framing of the shot, so his head is cut out of it. Also, It was dark outside, and I guess he didn't have the means to light up his back porch enough, so he dumps the water on himself just outside his screen door, getting water all over the carpet. It cracked me up, and it made me love the guy even more.
I think it would have been easy to say no to a lot of friends, but with him I was put in a bind. However, Mrs. Noisewater's parents were coming in town, and I had to hang out with them through out the whole next day while Mrs. Noisewater was at work. They're great people, and I really couldn't see myself saying, okay, you guys hang tight for a moment while I buy some ice to dump some cold water all over myself because someone dared me to do it. Or even worse, "Why don't you guys help me film myself dumping water on myself while you visit your daughter and her idiot boyfriend in Chicago." Believe it or not, I worked out all the details and found a way to get it all done on my own, under the deadline, but ultimately I just decided to give the money away and skip the ice bucket challenge.
How about you, readers? Answer one or a few of these questions:
Have you been challenged, and have you completed it? Or have you even heard of this thing? Do you think social media fundraising challenges will be a trend, given the success of this movement, and what do you think about that?
Then I got asked by a good friend who I play volleyball with all the time. He is a terrific dude. I remember when ladies would ask if I had any single friends, he was just about the only guy I could say was a friend who is single and a decent human being. That being said, he does have a fatal flaw: he is always late. Having 24 hours to complete the challenge, he waited until the last hour possible. He didn't bother to check the framing of the shot, so his head is cut out of it. Also, It was dark outside, and I guess he didn't have the means to light up his back porch enough, so he dumps the water on himself just outside his screen door, getting water all over the carpet. It cracked me up, and it made me love the guy even more.
I think it would have been easy to say no to a lot of friends, but with him I was put in a bind. However, Mrs. Noisewater's parents were coming in town, and I had to hang out with them through out the whole next day while Mrs. Noisewater was at work. They're great people, and I really couldn't see myself saying, okay, you guys hang tight for a moment while I buy some ice to dump some cold water all over myself because someone dared me to do it. Or even worse, "Why don't you guys help me film myself dumping water on myself while you visit your daughter and her idiot boyfriend in Chicago." Believe it or not, I worked out all the details and found a way to get it all done on my own, under the deadline, but ultimately I just decided to give the money away and skip the ice bucket challenge.
How about you, readers? Answer one or a few of these questions:
Have you been challenged, and have you completed it? Or have you even heard of this thing? Do you think social media fundraising challenges will be a trend, given the success of this movement, and what do you think about that?
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