Cat’s Skydiving Voodoo
July 30, 2006 · Print This Article
It’s like Christmas! In July!
You know how sometimes you come across something from your past that you had ALMOST forgotten about? And you look at it and memories come flooding back, pounding over you like waves, and you are almost completely overwhelmed, simply drowning in nostalgia? And you maybe even tear up a bit? From the memories? And the sweetness? And because you’re a big baby? Do you?! Huh?!
Well, it was one of those days. TGIM realized that we have the ability to transfer all of our old video tapes to DVD’s via our new video camera and my handy little Mac, so out came the old tapes and damned if there wasn’t some footage of my kiddos that I don’t think I have ever seen before! See, there were tapes and tapes of mini video tapes that we never transfered to VHS… due to laziness? And now? BOOM! Videos of my kids when they were wee babes and I’m suddenly all weepy and Fat Bastardy with my “I want my baby back, baby back, baby back, baby back…”
*sigh*
Anyhoos, nestled amongst the vids of my cute little spawn, I found a video that I thought was long gone, as the VHS tape broke years ago. Unbeknownst to me, however, TGIM had wanted to see what would happen if he played a movie on the TV and videotaped the screen. Because he is a big geek? And I love him for it? The result is not pretty, y’all, but the footage! It’s alive! Mwah ha ha!
Shut up. I’ve been drinking a lot of Dr. Pepper.
So anyhoos, this is the copy of a copy of a copy of my skydiving video from 2000. I’ve updated the music, but the picture quality? It’s a bust. I’m just not that tech savvy, you know what I’m sayin’?
I would just like to note that I can’t help it if eyeglasses in the late 90’s were fugly. It was the times, people! It’s not my fault! And I had JUST had a baby, so shut up about the chubby cheeks, ai’ight?! GOSH!
Okay. Now that all that is out of the way… things to look for and to mock:
*Two words: flappy cheeks. Good lord.
*Interesting case of Thumbs Up rigor mortis.
*Frickin’ comedian on my back. (Honestly. Good thing he was way cute. And had a cool accent. That’s all I’m saying.)
P.S. I’m still frantically working on the B-day Trapeze Extravaganza video(s). Good times. Patience, Grasshopper(s)…
I never had the desire to jump out of a perfectly good airplane for no good reason. I’m just sayin’.
OK> Whilst I still think skydiving is insane in general, that video was really cool!
Awesome! Awesome and cute and I’m just glad I can watch YOU do it cuz I’d be liking the ground much much more!