A Fantasy of Epic Proportions
September 14th 2008 04:11
How Would You Like to Be Famous?
As writers and/or bloggers, most of us crave public attention--or perhaps it might be a bit more modest to say that we covet the attention of our readers, and the more we attract, the better. If we were really honest, though, we might even admit that we dream, at times, of what it might be like to be swept up in a wave of intense popularity--a wave so immense that the attention leaves us reeling.
Campaign Fantasy
In this election year, as we watch the candidates engage their public along the campaign trail, our own sensitive psyches can become so easily enamored with our secret dreams of fame and grandeur. So much so, in fact, that a part of us would readily receive an announcement such as the one depicted in the following video, which my brother recently (and somewhat deviously) informed me he'd found circulating on the internet about me:
NOTE: If the video isn't visible, please click either the post title (above) or the "Add Comments" link (below).
Well (sigh), we can all dream, can't we?
Your Own Private Campaign Fantasy
What do you think it would be like to watch this video, with your name displayed in it, instead of mine? I can tell you, it was a very strange feeling from my vantage point! If you'd like to find out (or prefer to send this video to your friends and let them find out), visit this News3Online link. I guarantee that you (or your friends) will experience a very unusual reaction.
To your great--if short-lived--fame!
Jeanne
Did you enjoy this post? Have any thoughts? What do you think your reaction would be to receiving a message that this video was circulating the internet about you? Have you watched your own version of the video? If so, how did it make you feel? If not, do you plan to? Why or why not? Have you sent it to someone you know? What was this person's reaction?
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Comment by Karen Swim
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Wasn't aware you'd posted it. I actually received it a few months ago, myself, but only just now decided to post it to my blog. I know exactly how you felt watching it, and you've summed up those feelings quite well!
I think most writers would also want to "tweak" the scenario just a bit, as you did, to make it fit their own private dreams for their writing careers. May your writers-cramp fantasy come true!
Thanks for sharing in the fun!
Jeanne
Comment by Amy Derby
Hope you're having a good weekend.
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Thanks for stopping by!
Jeanne