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fears (AppleTV 960x540) [3:22m]: Download (232)OK. I’m going to participate in NaVloPoMo. I’m trying to post a video every day for the month of November. I’m going to use this month to confront fears. I’m going to show you the things I am afraid to let you see.
Don’t worry, it won’t all be serious. I can’t do anything without at least some sarcasm.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:52 am
Very brave move. Reminded me of one of Rupert’s vids… though his shaving did take some time longer.
But, don’t be afraid of your age… these are the best years we have now!
November 1st, 2007 at 1:30 am
Thank you so much for your encouragement, GoGen. I don’t think I’m afraid of my age. I would not live through adolescence again for anything. I think I’m more afraid of having my flaws exposed and visible for all the world to see (as if they aren’t!). I’m as concerned with my vanity as I am with the signs of aging. I thought my grandma was beautiful despite her chin hairs. Why do I have trouble accepting my own? Maybe I’m just not ready for how fast life seems to go by. I do know one thing: I am sick of not trying things because of the fear that I’ll fail, mess up publicly, or look foolish. Let’s get it all out now!
November 1st, 2007 at 3:13 am
Well London thinks you’re beautiful! My Irish mother always said life begins at 40 for women. Strangely she never said any such thing about men, so maybe it’s all over for me. : (
What a great start to NaVloPoMo. I haven’t got anything done yet and I’m hours ahead of Phoenix time wise. Oh god. Better go and get something done and expose my frail creativity to the world.
Onwards and upwards…
November 1st, 2007 at 5:30 am
Excellent way to kick it off Cheryl!
Give them hairs hell
November 1st, 2007 at 6:55 am
my life is devoted to keeping the hairs at bay. My dad’s nickname was Wolfman if that’s any indication.
November 1st, 2007 at 11:05 am
Thank you Robert, David, Aaron. I sure appreciate the support. Wolfman, hm? Interesting! I generally refer to the dark stubbly hairs as my “witch hairs.” Ha!
Robert, I think life begins over and over, whenever you choose to wake up. Not over for you!
November 1st, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Hi Cheryl!
I think you are very brave already for having your face so near a HD camera.
I will be seeing your day-to-day videos.
The word is balance. keeping the balance between fear and run to the front is the magic, and that is what you are getting with the aging.
See you around.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Man, I’ve had hairs growing out of my face (I have a lot of moles) since I was a kid. Sometimes they get so long that they start to curl, and I know I have this bad habit of sitting there and playing with them. Fears though, that’s an idea which has legs. Mind if I pinch it?
November 1st, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Thank you, Zé Nuno, and Beth you crack me up! If I don’t yank them, my hairs get long and curly, too. They mess with my head because I always think something foreign is stuck to my face, and it’s a surprise when I realize it’s actually attached and growing out of me.
Yes, you should pinch the idea - anyone who wants to should pinch it.
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:06 am
Funny - I was having the same thoughts about fears and confessions. Only I was too afraid to do it.
Great piece.
You talk to & present to the camera so well.
I always think that one of the most exciting things about vlogging and about Twitter is that you get so close to people’s thoughts and reality. There’s no bullshit - no pretence that we’re good at housekeeping or any thinner or more organised or more ‘perfect’ than we are. And no fear that if you *are* honest, it’ll be used against you later by some competitive shithead. We’re all in it together, and we get to like each other for who we really are.
Oh, and if it’s any consolation, Kate’s 34 and I’ve been picking black hairs out of her chin for years. When we don’t have tweezers, I’ve even been known to pull them out with my teeth. OY!
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:36 am
Damn! I really want to watch this now. I’ve been torturing myself here at work by scrolling though the initial NaVloPoMo offerings and I can’t watch ANY of them because the stupid speakers have been disconnected.
Fears! Wow, you started off with a bang.
Can’t wait to watch!
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:10 am
[…] handling vid by Cheryl (OK, she had only one hair) made me buy my own trimming set and use it. Mind that some scenes in […]
November 4th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Cheryl,
I just found you this morning. I have watched just three of your videos and I am addicted already! Your candor and honesty shows me you are my kind of woman!!
This “getting old” fear can be real, but you know what? It softens and transforms as you get OLDER! I can tell you will do just fine. You have the right kind of sense of humor. Besides, OLD is relative. I am 54 years old. I might be old compared to you, but if I was standing next to an 80 year old, they would WISH they were my age. Also contrary to “GoGen” comments, I think THESE are the best years of my life (so far). Oh my thirties and forties were terrific, but now is even better.
Trash the fear of aging. Getting older sure beats the alternative!!
Good Luck with your vid work. I will be watching!
Sheree Rensel
http://www.shereerensel.blogspot.com/
November 4th, 2007 at 8:55 am
YES this video is awesome!!!
i hope getting older for me means the opposite, because i’ve been obsessing over my body hair since i was like 12, i think it’s the hungarian roots, not that i actually have any…so i hope as i get older, i get less hair damnit.
i love that you showed this, that is great!!!
cheryl rules!
November 4th, 2007 at 9:37 am
P.S.
Well Ryanne, take it from this “old” lady…The problem with the HAIR issue is the parts on your body that are supposed to be hairy do thin out as you age. However, the parts that aren’t supposed to be hairy start to become FURRY. LOL LOL LOL Sad, but true.
Hey, it’s all good. Thank god my pseudonym is wizzleWOLF!!
LOL LOL
Sheree Rensel (aka: wizzlwolf)
http://www.shereerensel.blogspot.com/
P.P.S. Cheryl, I made a little post for you on my blog today.
November 4th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Sheree, Ryanne, thank you. Yes, I’m debating whether to show it but the backs of my thighs have gotten hairier, too. Ugh. WizzleWolf - that is great! If only people had feathers somewhere, hummingCROW would work that way for me, ha ha!
November 5th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Oh, Cheryl. I hear you, Sister, and MAN being 38 is WEIRD! I feel so young on the inside, I was such a late bloomer. What my life is like now is what so many other people’s lives were at 25, so I kind of feel 25! But my BODY has it’s own agenda! My body is 25 no longer!
And it kind of sucks, and I’m afraid of it.
Hair in funny places, chubby stuff in new places, tired, slower. It’s too soon for all this, isn’t it?
But I’m making peace with it, as I must.
Pluck away, friend. Pluck away.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Ha ha! MissB you are the best. I love that you say you bloomed late - me too. I used to say I was living life in reverse. At 25 I lived the life of an old woman because I was the sole caretaker for my Grandma. Slowly I’ve managed to live a younger lifestyle. I think I’m out of middle-aged marriage and almost back to being a youthful devil may care jetsetter, except for that getting tired part. Maybe by the time I’m 60 I’ll get to adolescence.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
You just have to take that attitude. I know I will never buy into the “getting too old to do that” mentality. Even though I am over 50, I go to rock concerts and do all kinds of things that people my “age” aren’t supposed to do. Well, that is THEIR problem not mine. My hobby is going to rock concerts and I make a big deal out of it. I go there, find a group of 20 somethings and “hold court”. When I start telling them stuff like I saw Mick Jagger when he was YOUNG, their ears perk up and they laugh. I am never banished as the “old lady”. In fact, they welcome me into their group because I am a curious character. So be it. All I know is I am having a laugh a minute at this age.
wizzlewolf
November 13th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Thanks. Reminds me of when I found my first white pubic hair. What a super drag. I pluck them. I don’t care if its only me and my wife seeing them!!
November 13th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
aaaaand winning the award for NaVloPoMo comment honesty: Rob Parrish, ladies and gentelmen!
Oh god. When I find that first white pube I’m sure I will completely and totally lose my mind. I already perform too much anti-aging maintenance ABOVE my waist! I can’t go adding the bottom half, too!
November 14th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
LOL LOL LOL Oh no, no, no!! Don’t pluck them!! At least white hair is there! Believe me, they are precious. What is even WORSE is when you start losing your hair all together down there. Some of the 50 something people I know talk about returning to prepubescence due to the thinning of the bush. If this isn’t your intention, it can be very depressing!!!! YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wizzlewolf