Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously
A couple years ago, while I was teaching at an art & music camp on the Rez in North Dakota, several of the other volunteers and I (particularly the guy who hosts this website) decided to put together a music video in our spare time (primarily an evening break).
The song we chose was from a disc of songs submitted to Word Records by amateur acts (see this story for links to several of them) that never made it (if you listen to them, you’ll understand - particularly this one, whose chorus will put you in stitches).
Below is the result of our ‘hard work’:
While it contains a whole lot of ‘in-jokes’ from the week (which are never nearly as funny when explained), it served its purposes as some funny entertainment, and it also reminded us that sometimes we take ourselves way too seriously. (For anyone wondering, I’m the dude in the pool with a guitar)
As I get ready to head out to do another camp with this group of brothers and sisters - along with some more I’ve not met yet - and as I dust off the ‘demo album’, seeing the video was just another reminder of how sometimes it’s just good to take the time to laugh at yourself…
June 26th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Fantastic!
June 26th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Which rez?
June 26th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Standing Rock (S of Bismarck)
June 26th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
What little seriousness I had of Chris L. has now vanished. Standing in a kid’s swimming pool, playing a small guitar, and lip singing a goofy song. Is that what he means by “Fishing in the Abyss”?
June 27th, 2008 at 12:05 am
This video never gets old. It was funny the last time you posted it, and it’s still funny now. LOL.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:11 am
How many tiny guitars did you have at that camp?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Quite a few, though only one appears throughout the video…