Git-R-Done.....

So everyone is a little voyeuristic inside right? I mean, you want to take a peek into the private lives of people now and then, just out of curiosity don't you?

Think about it...

How it started:
Well, last year I was given something to edit. It was shot on a MiniDV camera, which I do not have...so I was given the camera to take home and put the footage on my computer. Well after the footage was over, I let the tape keep running, and found out it was not blank. Of course I stopped just moments later, but couldn't help seeing just a moment of a home video. It was this person's son, on what appeared to be xmas morning, playing with a bataan with streamers. I stopped it, feeling like I was invading privacy......and put the camera back in the case. As I did.......I noticed a lot of tapes in the case...probably all home movies. You can stop worrying b/c I did NOT watch them, but oh, how I wanted to.

You see, (and I know I'm not the only one, b/c I've talked about this with other people before...) I've always been fascinated with 'the lives' of other people. For example, pick up something around your house...say a pencil...that thing was made my someone. Some individual turned on the machine that made that pencil. Who is that person? Where are they from? Do they have a family? Do they shave their body hair? What kind of music do they listen to? It goes even deeper. Walk outside, look up, and listen for an airplane. Someone is flying that airplane. They have a mother...who is she? What kind of music does she listen to? Does she shave her body hair? Someone made the instrument panel on that airplane. Do they have a family?


So thinking about these kinds of things, it's not unusual to want to do something as simple as watch other people's home movies.

Well this weekend I was going through my camcorder tapes and at the end of one I found mysterious xmas morning footage of 'some family.' I don't know who these people are or how I got this tape. It's on 8mm tape, and I don't know how it got to be in my possession. I recognize anyone, and I heard no names. Apparently the dad is shooting the footage, but mostly sets it on a table or tripod and lets it run. There are two teen daughters, a small boy, a mom, and a 'dad.' We see the mom only for a moment b/c she makes him cut the camera off, and I can only see the crotch of the dad. He's wearing thin black shorts and the camera is eye level to his package so you see some garbage flopping around. It's kind of funny. Later on the tape is the daugher(s) practicing cheerleading outside with a group of girls.

Who are these people? Where did I get this tape? Do they shave their body hair?

So the next time you drive by a hotel, look at the second room to the right on the first floor. Think of who they are and where they come from. What degree did they earn at college? When was their first kiss? Do they visit their dentis regularly? Do they......well you get the idea.

Oh, if anyone has home movies they would like to send me, let me know.