Friday, September 15, 2017

Not really, but seriously.

I actually was considering doing a video, Vlog, hitting the big time with my own reality/sitcom TV series. Not really, but seriously I did discuss with Cindy that she and I should get together and do a video. "You know to play for all of the many hundreds of my adoring fans who want me to do something like this" OK maybe I over sold a couple of suggestions that I may or may not have gotten.

She thought it was a good idea at first and asked. What would we talk about? I want you to know that we were riding in the car at the time, so she was a captive audience whether she wanted to be or not.

Off the top of my head I broke into a completely made up story, well not completely made up, just twisted in a couple of spots. I said, how about the time we went to the races a couple of years ago?

I remember driving out to the track for the first time ever. We had never been to this track and had tickets to the Sunday race; we also had a ticket where we both could meet my favorite driver. The only problem was this meeting was scheduled for Saturday.

The tickets to see my favorite driver were valid, but my track tickets were for Sunday not Saturday. This didn't matter to the guy taking the tickets, and whether the tickets to see the driver were valid or not we still had to get inside the gate, he said that it didn't matter how many times I showed him that ticket, I still didn't have a track ticket for Saturday, it cost me another forty bucks to win this argument and my way past the gate.

We found the tent where the big meeting was to be, we found a couple of people standing behind the tent that looked like they knew what they were doing, so we walked up and stood beside them, which was good because they were first and second in line, this put Cindy and I third and fourth.

The driver appeared and number one marched in, I was going over everything I was going to say in my head when number two went in, next it was my turn I walked up to the driver shook his hand, started to say something, when someone yelled smile and I saw a flash of light, I turned to see our picture had been taken, a picture of the driver smiling at the camera, and me with my head turned and my mouth open. "Next" someone yelled. But I wanted an autograph I said.

Jimmy John's autographed Kevin Harvick hat being worn by Jimmy
My autographed hat.
My driver smiled and took the hat off my head, signed it, and then placed it back on my head saying there you go bud. I had a sharpie marker in hand and was reaching for his hat when security lead me to the exit, hell I figure if he signed my hat I should return the favor...

Cindy said No No No, I don't like that story, and that didn't really happen at the autograph session, I know but this is what you call "Satire" I thought it might be funny. He did slap my hat back on my head like that!

No I don't like how that sounds, Cindy tells me.

Ok, I say. How about the time we were in Santa Fe on our honeymoon?

When you and I found that fancy steak house.

Cindy ordered Prime Rib for herself and had been telling me how good prime rib was, I decided to try it and hate to admit but it tasted like boiled meat to me, I was not impressed and that was the last time I ever had it.

In the meantime while we were waiting on the boiled meat our prime rib entrees, Cindy was listening to me ramble on about everything under the sun, you know back in the days when you ladies actually listened to us guys. She got a refill on her tea and asked me for a packet of sugar. I had one in my hand that I had been reading.

I handed it to her and said. Here try this one; she glanced at it and asked, “What is this?” I proceeded to tell her the story about where this sugar was from, how the cane was specifically grown, the unique harvesting procedures, and all the other history behind it, things like the date it was introduced, how it got it's special color and everything else I could remember.

She looked at me and said, Wow how do you know things like this? I smiled and pointed to the package and said, I read it on that package, she looked at me and said, I thought you were smart there for a minute...

Jimmy and Cindy standing hugging one another cheek to cheek.
Cindy and I shortly after our marriage in 1997
She laughed and said I remember that, I really did think you were smart.

But this doesn't sound good either Jimmy.

Ok I have a story about Little Johnny, where I can fold notebook paper and tell the story at the same time; you have seen that one...

Jimmy! She said. Yes Cindy what is it? You are a doofus, she said. Yes I replied we have already been through this, I even wrote a post where you called me a doofus...

That's what I'm trying to tell you, keep writing, but please don't do a video.

You write a whole lot better than you talk...

52 comments:

  1. I remember my mother's favorite was Jeff Gordon, I never liked him much

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    1. Gordon seemed to mature some right before he retired, I never cared for him as a driver either.

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  2. A scripted video? Oh, come on ... just one? Pretend it's on your bucket list. I couldn't do it myself. I have no idea how to do that, but, Jimmy, I think you could do it! ,-)

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    1. I'll have to think on that one Sharon, You never know one day I may get my nerve up haha.

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  3. Now this was a fun post. I'm guessing you'll follow Cindy's suggestion? We'll see.

    Have a fabulous day and weekend. ☺

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    1. Hello Sandee, I am usually better off if I listen to her, for now anyway ;)

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  4. You guys are just so fun and adorable! Happy Friday! Hugs...

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    1. Thank you RO, a wonderful Friday to you also.

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  5. I'm impressed you could remember what was on the sugar packet.

    Less impressed that you would bother to read a sugar packet.

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    1. Hey Joe, That is so funny, when I was writing this I was thinking to myself that I couldn't believe I had read that package haha, but to tell the truth, I did.

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  6. You and Cindy were a cute couple back in 1997...still are but, well, you know what I mean. LOL

    I'd die if I had to do a video for my blog. I did one, required by my husband's speech therapist, and hated the sound of my own voice. But I'll be you tell a great story live, just like you do in writing. Maybe Cindy will soften to the idea.

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    1. Hello Jean, Thank you so much, it doesn't seem like 97 was twenty years ago. My voice sounds a whole lot different on tape than it sounds to me in real life, Cindy assures me it's the same but I don't hear it that way.

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  7. Fun post! If you have the know-how to tackle a vlog, go for it! I wrote a funny parody some time ago that I think would be a hoot online if accompanied by the appropriate cat pics, but I don't have the know-how. (It's to the tune of "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda, here I am at..." only it's about our cats waking me up at the butt-crack of dawn to play and get fed...)

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    1. ...Camp Granada... that would be a funny one to see haha, I think it takes a lot of time and talent to put one together like that, patience too I am sure.

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  8. Our husbands stop being smart right around the time our parents get brilliant. I haven't quite figured that one out yet.

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    1. Hello Delores, That timeline sounds just about right too.

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  9. If I'm able to watch the video on my iPad, you will have a fan here, Jimmy!

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    1. Hey Bijoux, If we ever put one together it will have to play on your iPad for sure, I wouldn't want to leave you out.

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  10. Just take the Vlog to the doctor with ya!!!!!
    Oh and I was a Carl Edwards Fan. My husband liked Mark Martin. Now we just watch TV as I hold him captive in Hallmark Hell.
    Lisa

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    1. Hey Lisa, My Doctor would most likely get in on it too haha.

      Carl Edwards and Mark Martin are both really good guys, both are the best drivers to have never won a championship I believe they both are worthy of at least one...Carl missed out on two that should have been his.

      Hallmark Hell, I have been trapped there too, tell him that it's not only him lol.

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  11. No way prime rib should ever taste like boiled meat; if good quality prime rib is cooked correctly, it should taste like heaven!!

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    1. Hello Fran, Cindy still loves Prime Rib but I have never been a fan.

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  12. Vlogging? A step too far for me, but my hypocritical self will very, very happily watch yours (in the fullness of time).
    I would have read the sugar packet too. I may or may not remember it, but I would have read it.

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    1. Hello EC, Vlogging just may be a bit of a reach for me too, but it's fun to throw it out there sometimes.

      I wish I could remember the exact details on that sugar package because it was very interesting at the time, all I remember are vague details about it :)

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  13. You somehow managed to not tell us two stories by telling us two stories!
    One of my favorite bloggers from years ago stopped blogging and started vlogging. His blog was better, I miss it :\

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    1. Hi Abby, I have a feeling if I seriously tried something like that it would only be an attempt to see it it would work, without stepping away from here at all.

      They say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

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  14. I love the photo of you and Cindy.

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    1. Thank you John, That picture has always been one of my favorites.

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  15. What a cute photo of you two. Enjoyed the tale of you pre-reading the cliff notes on a sugar packet in order to dazzle. You were one smooth rascal.

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    1. Hey Patti, Thank you my friend, it is amazing what you can learn by reading histories on product packaging sometimes, I guess I should have kept my source to myself at the time ha ha.

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  16. Love the line "it cost me another forty bucks to win this argument"! And I thought you were going to say that Cindy was ticked off that you had been reading the sugar packet when she thought you were listening to her ... probably shouldn't point it out to her now either.

    I'd watch a video - I'm thinking you two could make a living at standup comedy ...

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    1. Hello Jenny, I think you are right, it's probably not a good idea to bring up that point now, however she may have already remembered that and is storing it in her memory banks for the right time to use it on me lol.

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  17. I guess she told you! Cindy is not one to mince words, now is she? And shame on you for making that sugar packet the center of your attention when you had your lady sitting right there! Surely Cindy was just as sweet...

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    1. You are correct Val, Cindy will let me know positively what she is thinking, most of the time anyways, and yes she is just as sweet I just had to find something impressive to tell her...

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  18. I always thought our family had what it took to be a reality series, especially when you see some of them out there. Its been years since I lived in Santa Fe (1996-1998) but I'd be curious if you remember the name of the restaurant you ate at. (That was one strange place to live, LOL).

    I will never VLOG unless I didn't include me in it since I tend to not want my picture out there on the Internet (for a variety of reasons, but mainly I don't like my picture in either still frame or video :)

    Great picture of the two of you from the past :)

    betty

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    1. Hello Betty, We were there in July 1997 and for the life of me I can't remember the name of that restaurant. We saw a lot while we were there it was really busy at the time.

      I really don't see myself Vlogging either, I'm more comfortable with what I have now.

      Thank you Betty, that is a favorite picture of mine.

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  19. I'm not sure about Vlogs, whether they're a good idea or not. I saw a couple a few years back and confess I was disappointed when the voice I heard didn't match what I heard (Imagined) in my head when reading a blog.

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    1. Good morning River, This is true, we do have a voice that we imagine for a person that we read, and usually that is not the voice we hear once we meet in person or see in a video.

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  20. I've tried doing the vlog thang. It was harder for me than I thought. I stumbled a good bit and the audio was awful.
    I would give it a try if I were you just so you don't say some time down the road that you wish you'd tried. Everybody has a story to tell.
    R

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    1. Hey Rick, I sat down and did a short video just to test the notion, I was not happy with the results so I deleted it and feel confident that Cindy is right.

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  21. I think you should do a video! I'll watch.

    Remember the good old days when, instead of writing a letter, friends would sometimes send each other a tape? Remember tape? LOL. I remember my ex did that a few times with a friend back in the States when he was stationed in Germany while in the Army. He said the tape was quite a bit of work and you really had to plan ahead to make it decent.

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    1. Hey Lady, Yes I remember tape lol, although it's been a while since I have seen any. With tape you pretty much had to get it right or start over, editing wasn't as easy as with digital. Oh for the good old days...Right?

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  22. This has me laughing Jimmy. I love how you and Cindy have your conversations. I still think you two should do a video, just don't think about it. If we've just gone to a place we start videoing. Not necessarily to put on the blog but just for a memory for ourselves. Please ask Cindy to do a video. You guys are great!

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    1. Hi Denise, Going into it and not thinking about the fact that you are being videoed sounds like excellent advice, I bet yours and Greggs videos turn out really nicely.

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  23. Funny post Jimmy! The conversations long time couples have is so funny. Just yesterday, I said something to my wife that may, or may not have been correct. She told me I used to have three quarters of a wit, but now I'm a half wit. The nerve!

    I like vlogs alright, but I'm more of a cat person these days.

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    1. Hey Pat, that comment from your wife sounds like something I could hear from Cindy, these girls are probably in cahoots don't you think?

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    2. I'm pretty sure that they all communicate telepathically...

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    3. I think you are on to something there Pat, I agree with you 100%

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  24. What a fun post and one that made me chuckle. Let us know how the vlog idea goes, certainly will tune in to watch. Greetings!

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    1. Thank you Sir, I will let you know if we ever get it done. Good to see you my friend.

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