There must be some kind of way out of here.
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Kato: I've brought you two together because I need guidance. I have been mulling the idea of a video project for some time now. It's something I'd really like to do.
Kato's Doubt: Didn't we do this to ourselves when we mulled over the whole podcasting idea?
Kato's Hope: True, but we decided then that what we would be doing wouldn't be worth the effort. A video project would be different content from the blog, and give us more freedom.
Doubt: Okay, fine. What if it sucks?
Hope: What if it doesn't? We won't know until we try.
Doubt: And what if we're not nearly as clever and funny as we like to think we are?
Kato: (And I assure you, we're not)
Hope: Then we'll quit while we're ahead. Besides, we've seen what's on YouTube, it's not like we could do any worse.
Doubt: We'll never have time to do all this.
Hope: We'll just have to make time.
Doubt: It's not like any of our other thousand projects have ever seen the light of day, what makes this different?
Hope: Maybe we just haven't pushed ourselves hard enough. Plus we can bring in friends to help.
Doubt: I don't know, we get really excited about these ideas and they always fall to the wayside. Whose to say this is any different?
Hope: You hemmed and hawed about starting a blog, but we've been doing that for a couple of years now.
Doubt: Who's going to watch it anyway?
Hope: The Internet is vast. If it's good, it'll find an audience. Besides, the WITFITS readers can be our guinea pigs.
Doubt: I don't know if I like that idea. We've worked hard to keep a layer of anonymity between us and the Internet. Is it really such a good idea to lay it all out on the line and let people know who we really are--what we really look and sound like?
Hope: We're taking a chance on it. You can only remain anonymous for so long.
Doubt: How are the WITFITS fans gonna take it? It'll be like seeing what a radio star looks like for the first time.
Hope: They'll adapt.
Kato: (I'll apologize ahead of time)
Doubt: And future employers? Our current one? What if they see it?
Hope: Again, we're taking a chance. It's not like we're planning on filming amateur porn...
Kato: (There goes that plan)
Hope: ...so what do we have to worry about? Who knows, maybe this will gain us other employment? Maybe it will open new and different opportunities for us?
Doubt: I don't know if I'm comfortable with our looks. I mean, we're average at best. And we've put on weight since college... I don't wanna be like the Numa Numa guy and have everyone call us "the chubby Dutch kid".
Kato: We're not Dutch.
Doubt: You know what I mean.
Hope: Well, that's why we bought an exercise bike. Plus, who cares, right? We'll just shoot from creative angles and avoid wearing spandex.
Doubt: We don't even have any good ideas.
Hope: We'll make it up as we go, just like we have been with WITFITS.
Kato: (Is that a good thing?)
Hope: Besides, Scarlet told us to "do things when you aren't ready".
Doubt: I don't think we can do that.
Hope: We have to. We're already addicted to Brain Crack. We'll never see any of our dreams realized if we don't try.
Doubt: But aren't we just doing this because we're envious of those out there doing it already?
Hope: Of course we are... because we know we're talented and want to be a part of this "new media revolution". But that's not the only reason. We have a lot of ideas up here, and we want to get them out. To share. To entertain. To create.
Doubt: And what if we fail? What if we embarrass ourselves?
Hope: I don't really know. I guess we just learn what we can from it and move on.
Doubt: I don't know if we can do this.
Hope: We'll never know unless we try.

My dear WITFITsers... have you words of advice for my conflicted psyche? Would you follow me if I delved into the brave world of video media?
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5 comments
Kato (post author) said...
The image used for this post comes from a short toon called "Stages of Creation" by Nat Friedman.
MC Etcher said...
Dude! We're here for you! Go for it.

Also, your brain sounds a lot like my brain. Er... Get out of my brain, get into my car?

Er.

In a totally platonic way.
Paulius said...
I say go for it, brain crack is poison.

If you're uncomfortable going straight into video, dip your toes into audio podcasting first.

Anyway, just do it. I'd say the key to 'motivating' yourself is just to accept that some people will like it, and some people will think whatever you do sucks. It's like 'writing with the door closed'. Just do it, forget expectations and see what you end up with.
Sunny said...
AH-HAAAAA!!!
I TOLD Paulius i wasn't the only one who holds entire conversations with my self and my OTHER self!

And yeah- I definately would listen to a audio/or Video poscast if ya did one.....but you knew that.
Kato (post author) said...
Paulius: Plans are underway!

Sunny: I'm in good company. And it's nice to know I'd have a listener/watcher, thank you!

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