YLP.com October Editorial

It has been a while since I wrote a new "Editorial" rant. I don't even truly know the definition of editorial, but that's what I was told to call them some five or six years ago! This is my most recent one. I hope to keep up with them every month for a little while.

I've got some website news coming up soon, so keep on back over the next few weeks.

So I’m single again. That means I’ve been watching a lot of television. It’s been a really long time since t.v. was a constant in my life. In fact, it was probably back in high school when I would religiously watch Friday Night Stand-up on Comedy Central. This time around, however, I’ve been staying up late daily watching the Late Nite Talk Shows. It has been a lot of fun, but it also got me motivated to write something new.

I’d like to act like a talk show host in my daily life. I could wear a nice jacket and a tie in my living room to sit down for a chat. I just enjoy what talk show hosts are able to do that most people never would in a normal conversation, like interrupt your friend in the middle of a thought to say we’re going to take a break; and then pick the conversation back up three minutes later. My friends would all need to be project oriented people though and constantly working on something new and exciting to talk about or else I wouldn’t be able to talk to them. I mean, maybe if it was like a Tuesday and I had no one else to talk to it would be okay, but that wouldn’t work out on a Thursday show when I’m trying to promote things, you know? However, if they got too boring I could just start playing a game with them and two audience members… or take them into my kitchen to make some food.

I almost forgot, they would need to bring a clip with them too. Wouldn’t that be great? I would love to have a thirty second clip to introduce myself to other people. Just plug your camera into the t.v., give them a quick introduction, and let the clip speak for itself. What would your thirty second clip be of?

I was having a little trouble trying to think of what to write about. I had a few topic ideas and needed to know what I was going to take out and what I was going to keep. Have you ever used a quarter to make your decision; like heads or tails? Doesn’t it almost always go for the opposite answer than what you want? It does for me at least. That’s how I know how much I really want something. If you’re willing to say “heads I’ll do this and tails I won’t” and then tails comes up and you say “I’m doing it anyway” then you know how much you really wanted to do it.

So heads, this is in:

I’ve come up with a new idea that I think will catch on pretty well… We’ve got a big “going green” craze happening recently and I mean there’s a lot of people in the world now and we’re running out of space. We need to be looking out for the earth, you know? My idea: Biodegradable “Green” coffins.

That’s the whole idea. Someone told me yesterday that they are pretty sure these are already available!

It's been a while since I've heard from everyone, so go ahead and post your goofy ideas, late nite talk show thoughts, or tell me what your thirty second talk show clip would be. Until next time remember that things have to get dirty before you can start to clean up.