Featurette Friday: Sling Blade Reads Popular Science Mmmhmm

Have I mentioned how much I enjoy beating a dead horse? I had so much fun torturing my sister with creating highbrow humor for you last week in the Yoda Reads NASCAR Romance video, that I'm sticking to the formula. Random character + something said character wouldn't read = comedic genius comedy at least as good as Joe Dirt which had a domestic gross over 27 million (really).

Without further ado, I present to you Sling Blade Reads Popular Science Mmmhmm.

Friday Switcheroo: Goodbye Foto, Hello Featurette. Also Yoda.

I'm just not that into Foto Friday any more. I love photography but I don't love blogging about it. And judging by site stats, I don't think you love me blogging about it either. Boom. It's over. 

Taking it's place...

Surprisingly, I enjoy vlogging. Surprising because I don't enjoy talking. Featurette Friday* will help me continue my quest to become America's very worst vlogger. Each Friday, I will present to you a video of nothing in particular. 

Please enjoy today's video, Yoda Reads NASCAR Romance. Yes, NASCAR romance is a thing (excerpt [slightly adapted for Yoda] from Speed Dating by Nancy Warren). 




*Originally titled The Posts That Will Embarrass My Sister Fridays but those words don't begin with "F", not even phonetically. And Fhe Fosts Fhat Fill Fembarrass Fy Fister Fridays just looks stupid.

Are you on board for Featurette Friday? What sort of videos would you like to see?

That one time when I read to you

The winner of the short story contest I entered was announced today. They spelled my name "Deb Atwood". Sometimes I get "Gen" or "Jenn" or "Bi..." but this is the first time I've seen it spelled it that way. Silly geese. 

Someone (unfortunately not the judges) told me that they very much enjoyed my story and would like for me to develop it into a novel AND could totally see it as a movie. I didn't even have to pay or threaten violence upon this person to make them say that. (Fine, it was my sister. But I think she really, really meant it.) 

Before I begin the novel, I'd like to share the short story here in it's entirety. I want feedback. Even if you hate it. The only feedback I got on the contest page was "haunting". Yep. One word. I assume she meant that she found my story haunting. Not that she was planning to die and then haunt me for wasting minutes of her life on my terrible story. 

I'm going to read "The First Dissidents" to you. On video. Just listen, don't watch - it's all talking head. I like to hear authors read their words. I read "Bossy Pants" but I still want to listen to the audio book because I'm interested to hear Tina Fey read it how she wrote it to be read. If you would like to read the story but really don't want to listen to the awkward child voice that comes out of my 30-year-old mouth, you may read it on this page.

Here goes nothing. Or something. We'll see.

The Girl Behind the Blog: Beauty Products

I was catching up on Paisley Boulevard the other day and enjoyed Colleen's vlog about her favorite beauty products. Turns out Ashley at 5OH Wifey is hosting (with various cohosts, this time Jenna from The Life of the Wife) a vlog series called The Girl Behind the Blog and the May video prompt is beauty products. 

I love watching vlogs of bloggers I follow because I am always interested to hear what their voices sound like. I decided to link up just in case any of you are wondering what I sound like. Turns out I am terrible at vlogging. I say "uh" too much. I don't think I understand how to pronounce the word  "for". And I totally botched the ending (if you have kids looking over your shoulder, I may have mentioned a beaver's home after said botch). 

Watch at your own risk...

(Also, geez YouTube. Could you try a little harder to pick the least flattering screenshots?)