Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold (Deceased)
I was so sadden to read the death of the singer Andrew Gold, age 59, who wrote several huge hits in the late 70's, died in his sleep yesterday morning. He was being treated for cancer and reportedly was doing well and for some reason he passed away in his sleep. He recorded, "Thank You For Being A Friend (my favorite song) and Lonely Boy, and also recorded with Linda Rodstat in the mid to late 70's and other popular singers that I can't recall at the moment. Heck, he was only 3 years older than me.
I created a few new videos on my youtube account: gcanary. The last 2 videos I used my work laptop since it has a built in web cam, but for some odd reason the audio is delayed every time I upload it. However, I found some, well for lack of a better word, video movie making software, and when I used it to upload to youtube, the audio works. I have an ultra flip cam but my hand shakes a lot, and I haven't found a good way to level it so that my face is in the picture. However, they sell a small "stand" and I ordered it yesterday, so maybe it will help. My canon digital camera has a software program for video's, but I found it so complicated to understand I only used it once. Of course that only means I need to learn how to use this software.
But I did notice , in my opinion, that my videos seem a bit bland. My voice is bland and to me sounds like I have some odd twang when I speak. I apparently I don't smile much at all. I do notice I frown a lot, always have, so the creases about my nose are really dominant. But when I deliberately try to smile it looks so fake. So....I will work on this. My last video got a lot of hits which surprised me and the one before it only has 2 hits. My original intention was to discuss gay related items from my point of view as a mature gay man. But now I don't know if there is really a lot of things to discuss. So I think I will just talk about whatever I feel like.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011.
It's now Wednesday. I got busy before I could finish this, and then it was time to leave work. Several hours have passed since writing that last sentence. Seems I get side tracked. I decided to load my Canon software onto my work laptop, and then I had to reboot the laptop, and then got side tracked with work. Now things have quited down a bit.
I so don't feel like working today. I so want to go home. Too hot to work outside, around 95 degrees hot this afternoon. But still, anything seems better than work.
Just say'in.
I created a few new videos on my youtube account: gcanary. The last 2 videos I used my work laptop since it has a built in web cam, but for some odd reason the audio is delayed every time I upload it. However, I found some, well for lack of a better word, video movie making software, and when I used it to upload to youtube, the audio works. I have an ultra flip cam but my hand shakes a lot, and I haven't found a good way to level it so that my face is in the picture. However, they sell a small "stand" and I ordered it yesterday, so maybe it will help. My canon digital camera has a software program for video's, but I found it so complicated to understand I only used it once. Of course that only means I need to learn how to use this software.
But I did notice , in my opinion, that my videos seem a bit bland. My voice is bland and to me sounds like I have some odd twang when I speak. I apparently I don't smile much at all. I do notice I frown a lot, always have, so the creases about my nose are really dominant. But when I deliberately try to smile it looks so fake. So....I will work on this. My last video got a lot of hits which surprised me and the one before it only has 2 hits. My original intention was to discuss gay related items from my point of view as a mature gay man. But now I don't know if there is really a lot of things to discuss. So I think I will just talk about whatever I feel like.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011.
It's now Wednesday. I got busy before I could finish this, and then it was time to leave work. Several hours have passed since writing that last sentence. Seems I get side tracked. I decided to load my Canon software onto my work laptop, and then I had to reboot the laptop, and then got side tracked with work. Now things have quited down a bit.
I so don't feel like working today. I so want to go home. Too hot to work outside, around 95 degrees hot this afternoon. But still, anything seems better than work.
Just say'in.