Pretend you’re my guinea pig.
Ready?
Tina and I have been trying to develop ways to market our business.
Wait, did I tell you that Tina and I are going into business full time with one another.
If not, we are going into business full time with one another.
Tah dah!
And in an un-serious manner we’ve been trying to interview ourselves more often to get us more at ease about being in front of the camera. I feel that, I have access to all the equipment to make us a picture and sound in front of people, why not put reigns on that beast.
Being in front of a camera is difficult. You can be holly jolly all day long, but stick a lens in front of your mug, and watch yourself deflate like a flatulent honk.
Recently, we were on a shoot, and I jumped in front of the camera.
I crapped together this two minute interview to stick in front of all of you just for the hell of it. Seriously, there’s no way to fit in all in the information I would ever want to say. But you have to go with an answer, right?
I know. This is such a pathetic attempt at megalomaniacal narcissistic bullshittery. You can criticize me all you like. It won’t deflate me. I’m still looking for the right answers to a series of questions, and I could care less what tomatoes you throw at me.
I take it back. Be kind.
(Whimper)
Honk.
My two cents: You have a clear speaking voice, you don’t stutter, you don’t have any noticeable verbal blunders like “umm, err, like”. You were definitely addressing the inteviewer instead of the audience (the fourth wall was firmly in place), but since this *was* an interview, that’s probably what you intended.
You made my day.
I’m ever paranoid about the way people perceive me. And it’s only these last couple months that I’ve been deadset on improving different things. I catch myself with ticks like overusing “obviously” or saying “like” a lot. As long as I can remember, I’ve fumbled over words, because I claim to think too much. I’ve been concentrating on letting go a little more.
And damn is it hard!
That’s all to say, thanks for the feedback. I needed the encouragement.
I don’t want to sound gay or nothin’ but…..
You are an objectively attractive man. I mean that.
I will agree with biodork that you have a clear speaking voice and use a dearth of superfluous words or stammers. Those are good habits to get into. I struggled with the “obviously” thing before and had someone call me on it in person once. I was mortified.
I like that you didn’t talk to the audience, but thought at times you seemed too detached from the interviewer as well. Not making regular eye contact with your subject sometimes comes across as an indication of dishonesty or disinterest
Thanks, G-dub. Your kind words are great; your advice is better.
I read your response to Tina and we were both saying how spot on you were about eye contact.
Of course I’m going to fall asleep wondering how my pillow shrank between last night and tonight.
I blame it all on you and biodork!
Those excellent public speaking skills will come in handy when you conduct public Mass.
Totally use those skills while having people drink wine and eat baguettes. Ooo, baguettes and fancy French cheeses!
You don’t think I’d try to make people think Eucharist was anything other than what it really is, would you?
I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I would have enjoyed church more if we had had baguettes and fancy French cheeses instead of watered-down crap-ass wine and papery, tasteless wafers. Or at least I would have more enjoyed those three minutes of the service.
The body of christ tasted horrible and made my mouth fall asleep, an interesting parallel to his theology.
Pope Honky: “Body of Evidence”
Parishioner: “Body of Evidence”
Pope Honky: “Essence of the argument”
Parishioner: “Essence of the argument”
Parishioner symbolically waves away the Yeshua fog….
Amen.