Professional vlogger checking in. I just want you to know that I practice what I preach. A couple of days ago I did this killer teleseminar with Ciara Daykin and one of our tips to growing your event planning business was to use videos to engage your audience. Now that I am finally looking at this masterpiece I am not sure who at all would be engaged except perhaps people who are strung out on some kind of controlled substance. It is quite possible that this is the stupidest piece of video footage ever shot. It did get a little exciting out there when I saw the bear prints from the quasi-homeless gentleman who happened to be “hiking” at the same time I was.
There are several take away points from this adventure:
1. Steven Spielberg does not have anything to worry about.
2. I cannot seem to get the video camera to actually capture a “whole” anything – ie my whole face, the whole mountain, whatever.
3. Gum chewing is perhaps not the best activity while hiking or documenting one’s life.
4. Freakin’ switchback mountain up there leaves a lot to be desired.
5. Hiking is quite a dusty sport and no amount of handi-wipes can really help out.
6. Seeing little round girls and white dogs able to hike the same distance as “fit” little me is not the least bit confidence inspiring.
7. Note the “Big Five” hat I have on. This was a coincidence but this was my safari cap from Africa where you track the “Big Five”, hippos, lions, etc. Had no idea when I put the hat on that I would start tracking the “Big Six” – bears.
8. There are a lot better things to do when your husband is out of town besides hiking.
9. The smog in L.A. is extremely unfortunate.
10. Evidently there are other places to hike in Los Angeles that are not quite so scrub-like and dusty. However, one of these places is Runyon Canyon where you always see all kinds of stars (A-listers, not asteroid like stars, nor would I hike in the dark – obviously I don’t have the skill level for that), and I decided that my Target shorts and broken out skin wouldn’t be so welcome with the beautiful people of Runyon Canyon. Thus I opted for the “Anger” hiking signs and area closer to home.
11. More challenging than the hike was the fear of rape. Intrinsic problems arise when: a) your family member don’t know where you are, b) no one knows when you’re due back, c) your fanny pack won’t fit your phone because it is packed with motivational tapes, d) all of the motivation in the world won’t get me to love hiking.
12. If you’d like to intern for TPG as a videographer, clearly there’s a spot available.
Truman Capote signing off and heading to yoga.
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