{"id":502,"date":"2007-09-19T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/09\/my-inner-child-you-pick-one.html"},"modified":"2007-09-19T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2007-09-19T11:00:24","slug":"my-inner-child-you-pick-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/09\/my-inner-child-you-pick-one.html","title":{"rendered":"Video: Choose My Inner Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you very much to all my Beyond Blue readers who responded to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/09\/video-blogging-a-new-feature.html\">my first attempt at video blogging (vlogging, as reader Larry Parker says)<\/a> with words of support and kindness. Thanks for not telling me that I have a fantastic face for radio!My favorite piece of feedback was by my friend Robert Ellsberg, who watched the video while considering me to be included in his second volume of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0824516796\/beliefnet \">All Saints<\/a>&#8221; (not really):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You rock, Therese! Only technical suggestion: stand in front of a darker background&#8211;it looked a little like one of those confessions where someone is admitting (anonymously) to being addicted to Kellog&#8217;s sugar frosted flakes. If the goal is not to be recognized in the mall, I think it worked. But using my imagination you looked great! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Actually, Robert, I dressed up for that reason\u00e2\u20ac\u201dto disguise myself so that no one in Annapolis would recognize me. But my dark shadow was plain inexperience at this.Which brings me to a second piece of advice I received from friends: &#8220;You were too serious \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 lighten up and be yourself!&#8221;I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting there. Remember, I am a vlog (video blog) virgin. Even though I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m mentally ill, talking to my computer as if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my best friend does not come naturally.So thanks for hanging in there with me! 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