@thizizliz well thanks - I have reinvented myself a few times over the years - and never gravitated to the secretary/nurse role - failed at the wife gig though! LOL
@liz1060 It's a useful word, in many contexts. That music's a violin piece from Danse Macabre, a very famous piece by by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by our Kevin MacLeod.
I learned the very hard way that you need to build your own road... You illustrated that lesson which took years to learn in thirty-four concise and eloquent seconds.
You listened to your inner self and followed your dreams and here you are. How nice to have so many pictures of yourself and how you changed as you grew.
I was told, " An artist !?! " " You can't make any money as an artist ! " I didn't have a come-back at the time. But I did it anyway. Years later my father asked my daughter what she wanted to be and when she said an artist she was given the same reply, to which my six year old daughter replied," If I drew pictures for children's books I could ". I was so proud of her. This would actually be a good tv ad for some business. Don't like our prices %#@% OFF ! Mass Media 101 says make it memorable.
You have really taken a giant leap forward. Not only are your films technically great but the content seems to be getting more accessible as well. Even I can understand them! LOL!!
I see I'm not the only one working through a few anger issues...hahaha! I'm thinking I will need to send this too a few people I know soon! As always, well done, Les! The "Mistress of all Things" strikes again! Brava!! xoxoxoxo
@myrnaukelele I think I just didn't fancy doing what everyone else felt they had to do for approval. Glad things have changed for women - now we just need to work on the pay part!
@GreatGig1 LOL - I get riled up thinking about how they tried to hem us in when we were little girls while women were burning bras and swapping keys at parties! haha
Awe! I'm visualizing your speech when you win your first award ; ) I badly wanted to be an Astronaut. I was told women couldn't be Astronauts. Well, had I been an Astronaut I could have very well been blown up to bits, so for me it worked out quite well! hahahaha xx
@thehouseon9thstreet no worries, the video was more for me than anything else. Very strange not having her here now, I still expect to hear her paddling across the floor. :(
My dad always wanted me to become a veterinarian. Actually I think I would have made an awesome vet other than I'd probably break down in tears every time I lost a patient. My mom always tells me, "I wish you'd became a doctor so you could tell me what's wrong with me". ...(Sometimes it's best NOT to exploit a line like that, LOL)
And I'll bet that 35 second video took a lot more to put together too! However, I'm glad you did as I now have the image of you in a nurses uniform and as a secretary!
@VictorTheGr8 I tried that concubine gig and was bitterly disappointed - belly dancers are a bit passe' these days so that's me out of a job again. I'll bet you get a great deal on leftover hotdogs at the ball field. :D
It's never too late to be the people we have always wanted to be.... !!!! If this is our one go around on the planet, then ffs' we've got to do what we want, don't we? Okay, so it took me a couple of decades to figure that one out and it probably means that I will be poor the rest of my life as a result... but I'm thinking I'm still better off!! You go, girl, be who you are, not who you were told you should be!! :) And if you want, I hope you will keep making movies!! You are good at it!
Beautifully done. We all seem to disappointment others in one way or another, and in the end what matters most is pleasing ones self........ummm...not in that way *gulp*.....I mean, with careers and life decisions......oh, forget it.
@myjourneytoraw I've had to reinvent myself a few times so I know all about starting from scratch and being poor! But the struggle is what it's all about ...so they say!
My grandfather wanted me to be a violinist. My father wanted me to be a lawyer. My aunt wanted me to be a teacher. I asked my mother, "What do you think I should do? " She said, "Fuck off!" So I did.
@profwaldo I think it's great that kids now are not put into stereotypical categories, that most girls and boys can strive to do something that was considered folly when you and I were growing up :)
@LeSaMilano I think we were born at a time when it was difficult to play by the rules...so, we didn't...LOL I'm in the middle of a new incarnation (mid-life crisis?)...so, I'm wondering where this one will take me. My guess is that it will bring the fun back due to my just not giving a damn anymore...hahaha! xoxoxo
@LeSaMilano It's easy to do!! Boobs can hide a LOT...LOL BTW...featured this on my channel...not that it will get many hits for you as not many come by there...but...
@thizizliz well thanks - I have reinvented myself a few times over the years - and never gravitated to the secretary/nurse role - failed at the wife gig though! LOL
@liz1060 It's a useful word, in many contexts. That music's a violin piece from Danse Macabre, a very famous piece by by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by our Kevin MacLeod.
I learned the very hard way that you need to build your own road... You illustrated that lesson which took years to learn in thirty-four concise and eloquent seconds.
You listened to your inner self and followed your dreams and here you are.
How nice to have so many pictures of yourself and how you changed as you grew.
I love it. Great advice for any young viewers.
@LisaJMoore thanks! short and sweet - if only I were this 'to-the-point' in REAL life! LOL
I was told, " An artist !?! "
" You can't make any money as an artist ! " I didn't have a come-back at the time. But I did it anyway. Years later my father asked my daughter what she wanted to be and when she said an artist she was given the same reply, to which my six year old daughter replied," If I drew pictures for children's books I could ". I was so proud of her. This would actually be a good tv ad for some business. Don't like our prices %#@% OFF ! Mass Media 101 says make it memorable.
You have really taken a giant leap forward. Not only are your films technically great but the content seems to be getting more accessible as well. Even I can understand them! LOL!!
very well put together / edited! :)
and that theme seemed uncannily like the one from Jonathan Creek...
I see I'm not the only one working through a few anger issues...hahaha! I'm thinking I will need to send this too a few people I know soon!
As always, well done, Les! The "Mistress of all Things" strikes again! Brava!! xoxoxoxo
@profwaldo venting! I'm glad I didn't pay attention to those who tried to hem us into neat little packages - this was a special note for them! haha
@captainfury2007 thanks Steve. I bet you like the ending best. LOL
@myrnaukelele I think I just didn't fancy doing what everyone else felt they had to do for approval. Glad things have changed for women - now we just need to work on the pay part!
@GreatGig1 LOL - I get riled up thinking about how they tried to hem us in when we were little girls while women were burning bras and swapping keys at parties! haha
Awe! I'm visualizing your speech when you win your first award ; )
I badly wanted to be an Astronaut. I was told women couldn't be Astronauts. Well, had I been an Astronaut I could have very well been blown up to bits, so for me it worked out quite well! hahahaha xx
@BradThunder two days of editing = 35 seconds of film. Yes, I will go far indeed. Another 10 years and I'll be able to manage a 10 minute film short!
@litterboxcatband and they say times were simpler then - well maybe but women having to have simpler minds went along with it. Bring on complexity!
@thehouseon9thstreet no worries, the video was more for me than anything else. Very strange not having her here now, I still expect to hear her paddling across the floor. :(
@GreatGig1 well when they coined the phrase 'let it all hang out' they were looking towards the future! LOL
My dad always wanted me to become a veterinarian. Actually I think I would have made an awesome vet other than I'd probably break down in tears every time I lost a patient. My mom always tells me, "I wish you'd became a doctor so you could tell me what's wrong with me". ...(Sometimes it's best NOT to exploit a line like that, LOL)
And I'll bet that 35 second video took a lot more to put together too! However, I'm glad you did as I now have the image of you in a nurses uniform and as a secretary!
@VictorTheGr8 I tried that concubine gig and was bitterly disappointed - belly dancers are a bit passe' these days so that's me out of a job again. I'll bet you get a great deal on leftover hotdogs at the ball field. :D
@audionautix now that's getting somewhere - imagine a coherent storyline! who'd a thunk?LOL
It's never too late to be the people we have always wanted to be.... !!!! If this is our one go around on the planet, then ffs' we've got to do what we want, don't we? Okay, so it took me a couple of decades to figure that one out and it probably means that I will be poor the rest of my life as a result... but I'm thinking I'm still better off!! You go, girl, be who you are, not who you were told you should be!! :) And if you want, I hope you will keep making movies!! You are good at it!
Great construction! I wish I had time to learn more
Beautifully done.
We all seem to disappointment others in one way or another, and in the end what matters most is pleasing ones self........ummm...not in that way *gulp*.....I mean, with careers and life decisions......oh, forget it.
@GreatGig1 don't know how on earth I misplaced that tire! haha
@myjourneytoraw I've had to reinvent myself a few times so I know all about starting from scratch and being poor! But the struggle is what it's all about ...so they say!
@MayfieldRandyj Thanks Randy - it doesn't play properly for me so hard to tell what the f$%k it says! LOL FTA
@greggfla you're welcome, and I have plenty more where this came from LOL
@Blinkazoid my mom must think she really IS a doctor because she's always telling me what's wrong with me! LOL
@HeyThatsMike (just needed an excuse to play with titling in Final Cut Pro! LOL)
right on, limits are often times self inflicted.. good for you for not listening
@GreatGig1 aww thanks! (I'll take whatever views I can get - it's a bit desolate on You Tube these days!) xx
I find that "fuck off" works in so many areas. Well said.
My grandfather wanted me to be a violinist. My father wanted me to be a lawyer. My aunt wanted me to be a teacher.
I asked my mother, "What do you think I should do? " She said, "Fuck off!"
So I did.
@stanwull do I REALLY have to go back to 15? It was an awkward time at best! xx
@profwaldo I think it's great that kids now are not put into stereotypical categories, that most girls and boys can strive to do something that was considered folly when you and I were growing up :)
@aohmann ha! you'd think I was over it by now LOL
@phekwig It took me 51 years to realise- or justify - my non-conformity! LOL
@DawndeeDALLAS I don't think I knew I was saying it all along - but now I can justify it! hehehe
And we are all glad you did. Clearly making films is your calling - or at least part of it.
I have managed to conform while covertly being a non conformist. Truth is, I'm still evolving. ;) LOVED THIS!!!
xxx
@MotherReiver I still would have gotten my mouth washed out with soap if I had said that back then. But I'm glad I *thought * it! LOL xx
@LeSaMilano I think we were born at a time when it was difficult to play by the rules...so, we didn't...LOL I'm in the middle of a new incarnation (mid-life crisis?)...so, I'm wondering where this one will take me. My guess is that it will bring the fun back due to my just not giving a damn anymore...hahaha! xoxoxo
Even as a tiny lass you were an independent thinker - that's awesome :)
@CountryComesToTown HA! I've spoken my mind at other times and not had the desired effect! LOL
Amazing how well that attitude gets some of us so far. Well done.
@garypetersjr usually don't get that response when I drop an F bomb! LOL
@Perroquet51 Oh, the old reverse psychology approach! Parents think they are so clever.
@OhCurt That's why it's in the edumacation category mon! :D
@LeSaMilano and Nurses uniforms are scratchy- no wonders lots of girls became secretaries!
@21stCenturyCat bloody You Tube - I can't watch it without it stalling and skipping over the best bit! arg!
@LeSaMilano Yippie!! You found it! Good to know I'm not alone...hahaha!
@alphaba2 I went the route of struggle to figure it out my whole life! LOL
@Jinxie228 that's not what *they* said at the time! LOL
With every video I love you more! You are so cool!!
@LeSaMilano LOL...nor did they know it meant our bellies! hahaha!
@NaturalTwentyFilms somehow I think the people I told to F off have a slightly different opinion! LOL
@timido66 it feels good, too.
Featuring you on my page...I love it..!!!
@longhairred *passes tissue* I took the alternative road myself - and am no longer disappointed in their disappointment! hehe
ROFL! That was great! hahahaha! Thanks for the laugh! : )
@PaintedRavensong haha I'm not alone!
@justwant2bhappy yes ma'am you got that right!
haha how creative.
Right on Lesley !! ;-) hugs, Chris
spot on!!!
@LeSaMilano Ooops...sorry...I was speaking for myself...and I think that is the belly underneath the boobs???...hahaha!
LOL. Love it. I definitely had a similar experience. : )
@GreatGig1 oh shit....there it is. LOL
I love it!
@robertpina99 it's a fine balancing act hoeing your own furrow.
Funky Video work, I LOVE IT! :D Annie~
@Pippilly I wanted to take wood shop and metals - no way - it was Home Ecor the highway, sister. Fuckwits!
You go girl, we can be what ever we want.
Lauren
@billyCtv we understand each other completely. LOL
Wow I should have said that a long time ago...hehe...cute video!
@feelgoodnation I think my parents' generation was programmed a certain way - not their fault but I'm glad my generation didn't play along!
@MrRandomWritings you know what they say...those who CAN.....
xx
Thumbs-up - for both the vid ad the sentiment! 8‹D
yeah spot on!!
@GreatGig1 hahaha what belly? LOL
@hallbe tell that to the 20 year old kids I go to university with! LOL
I love it! That was exactly what you should have said. LOL -Jim
@jrsnyderjr I said it in a *nice* way LOL
@nancyleeould oopsie I did a baaad word LOL
@billyCtv they wouldn't allow you to be a wife a mother either - so boxed in we were! LOL
@mrstuperstefan me too!
@daligoddess2006 *winks back*
@IXGertXI but you found something you were good at! xx
@Ishkiia isn't it? Fuck yeah.
You too huh?...hehehe Loved it!
Hee-hee :) (Sorry, I couldn't watch the dog movie! I know! Wuss! But I lost one, and I'm "vunnabull")
*smiles*
@OhCurt hahahahahahahaha I just saw Curt fist pump. hahahhaa
@LeSaMilano It's easy to do!! Boobs can hide a LOT...LOL
BTW...featured this on my channel...not that it will get many hits for you as not many come by there...but...
So like, what are you trying to say ?
ha. nice.
@bugsinrug girl power! x