One of my regular readers just pointed out to me that my thinky-pieces may be a bit too heavy for people who are inclined to read a piss-take blog like this. So, here's a throw back to the halcyon antagonise-other-online-daters days of my blog.
Okay, people, as far as I can tell, this is pretty much a verbatim transcript of every video introduction out there:
*Camera Image comes up. Person is standing in front of their webcam pressing the record button on their computer. They hurriedly sit on their bed/chair. They nervously brush a hand through their hair and cross their legs.*
Ummmmmmmmmmm, so hi. My name is so-and-so. Ummmm, this is my video introduction, so I hope you like it, ha ha. Ummmmm, I guess you're here, ummmmm, because you liked my profile. Ummmmm, so yeah, I like this and that, and, ummmmmmmm, I'm looking for qualities x and y in a man/woman. Ummm, well, I like doing la-dee-da and whoopy-woo and, ummmmmm, you know, other stuff like that. So, ummmmm, I guess if you like what you see well, umm, send me a message and maybe we'll meet up sometime.
Get the message? You maybe don't need to story-board your video intro, but maybe a rough script of what you want to say wouldn't hurt. Or at least saying SOMETHING substantive would be helpful. The video intro is supposed to be an ultra-personalised way to "show your goods", so since you can't take off your clothes :), you'd better show off your personality, or else all you'll show is your inarticulateness.
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