For the Purpose of Being Here

I have discovered that uploading photos does not happen automatically along with the text, as I’d thought - I don’t know why but there was a gaping hole last night and I was required to move the photo to Picasa in order to upload it - perhaps it’s a proprietary thing - or perhaps I didn’t do something at this end that caused the problem - in any case, it doesn’t much matter other than that it’s a slight bit of bother, considering I’d like to be able to do the layout here before uploading it. The other thing I’ve noticed is the column width seems rather stingy - I don’t know how I can alter that either - but I’ll figure it out - eventually. The main thing today is just to report that I am indeed, here and though this entry is virtually without merit, I am making it just the same - a promise is a promise. I’ve just spent quite a bit of time contemplating my ‘Blue’ microphone. I’ve been toying with the idea of taking my children’s story and turning it into a podcast - or perhaps a video cast. I have visions of it narrated, as well as with spoken characters (all by me, of course) with appropriate sound effects and illustrations (by me again, of course). It’s something I’ve been thinking about for awhile but haven’t yet set about doing it. There is always something that prevents me from just ‘getting on with it’ - in this case, it’s a couple of accessories I ordered to go along with my ‘Blue microphone’; one is called the ‘Ringer’ and the other is the ‘Pop’, the former suspends the mic to prevent interference and the latter is a filter that prevents the plosives from mucking things up - these items were ordered on January 6th and though I’ve already paid for them, they’ve yet to leave the warehouse. Needless to say, this has caused me some irritation - there have been emails back and forth… I don’t expect either of the two items to arrive before mid-March and chances are, they won’t be here till April. On some level, I suppose, this is not a bad thing. I should take some time to think this project through a bit more and get it organized or at least divided into manageable stages - sound effects must be found, illustrations done, characterizations realized, costumes sewn, sets built - oh - wait. I’m only doing a podcast not a Broadway show - hhmm, I wonder if I should add music? That will have to be determined. Of course, I would have to write it - nothing diffy - something easy (that’s all it could be, given my poor skills at the keyboard!). In fact, I should be practicing right now - so that put’s an end to this minor missive. Tomorrow? Tomorrow!