I Never Promised You an Organic Garden » video http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog and other things you won't expect... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 KittyWood http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/kittywood/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/kittywood/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:41:23 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=575 The internet is flooded with cute kitty videos everyday.  We all watch them. We all have our favorites.  But what if a Steve Jobs like figure was generating all those videos for profit:

Here is my favorite kitty video:

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/kittywood/feed/ 0 Technology Today: Photoshop Rap http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/technology-today-photoshop-rap/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/technology-today-photoshop-rap/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:10:53 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=502 Whether you are a Photoshop newbie, a consummate pro, or someone who just enjoys funny videos,  you will enjoy this installment of Technology Today. College Humor has come out with some surprisingly helpful and totally hilarious Photoshop rap videos.  I will give a warning that some of the language is NSFW so you might want to list with your headphones on, but they actually contain some pretty useful Photoshop tips.

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/technology-today-photoshop-rap/feed/ 0 Friday! http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/friday/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/friday/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:28:32 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=459 I have heard some hubbub around the web recently about Rebecca Black’s viral hit “Friday.”  Apparently she was trying to get famous in the same way Justin Beeber did, and apparently it was quite bad.  Lucky for us, the web, and in this case traditional media, did what it always does and took an annoying meme and turned it into a fabulous video:

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/friday/feed/ 0 Body Image: why media isn’t helping http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/body-image-why-media-isnt-helping/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/body-image-why-media-isnt-helping/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:29:59 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=382 I saw a video today on facebook about the way that media and advertising portray women, and it really struck a cord with me. I have spent the past eight months working hard to get in shape and lose 20 pounds.  And, by golly, I have just about succeeded. I have lost 15 pounds, I exercise nearly everyday, I eat better food, I feel better and yet, I still feel out of shape and over weight when I look at the women in the Athletica catalog that comes to my house. Those women don’t only appear over joyed with their lives, they are impossibly thin, beautifully sculpted, and oh so naturally tanned.  I look at them and think, why oh why can’t I look like that too.

The answer of course, as the video below will explain, is that most of those women don’t actually look like that either.  Most of their images have been retouched.  They aren’t normal women.  They aren’t women with 40-hour-a-week desk jobs. They aren’t women with children to raise.  They aren’t women who sit in knitting circles every week and feel the joy of creating something with their own hands. They are some marketing department’s depiction of what an ideal woman should look like. And unfortunately for me and lots of other women like me, they are nearly the only examples available of what it should look like to be a woman.

You don’t see women like me in media.  Not women who wear a size eight, have a small chest, pale skin, and a round behind.  That is not what sells all those clothes in the stores that don’t actually fit anyone.  That is not what convinces men to purchase overpriced alcohol.  That is not what drives the sale of countless gym memberships and weight loss programs. Instead you only see women like those that appear in the Athletica catalog.

And for me, and Jean Kilbourne in the video, the questions are: what is that doing to real women?  How is it affecting our self image?  What is it telling us about how we should look?  Who is it benefiting? Why aren’t more people angry about this?  And lastly, is there anyway to reverse the damage?

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/body-image-why-media-isnt-helping/feed/ 1 Game On http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/game-on/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/game-on/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:48:23 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=312 Yet another fun video by the cast of the Guild:

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/game-on/feed/ 1 Yet another iPad parody http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/yet-another-ipad-parody/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/yet-another-ipad-parody/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 02:33:55 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=276 Here is yet another iPad parody.  This time in the form of a song.  It is a little long but a must view… especially for all you Michael Jackson fans out there.

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/yet-another-ipad-parody/feed/ 1 How to write a hit song http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/how-to-write-a-hit-song/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/how-to-write-a-hit-song/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:08:46 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=259 It’s dead simple to write a pop hit:

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/how-to-write-a-hit-song/feed/ 0 I haven’t decided what I’m gonna do, but I’m probably gonna run for President http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/i-havent-decided-what-im-gonna-do-but-im-probably-gonna-run-for-president/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/i-havent-decided-what-im-gonna-do-but-im-probably-gonna-run-for-president/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:27:00 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=256 Tina Fey is back as Sarah Palin, and she is as funny as ever:

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/i-havent-decided-what-im-gonna-do-but-im-probably-gonna-run-for-president/feed/ 7 Fun with your new iPad http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/fun-with-your-new-ipad/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/fun-with-your-new-ipad/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:54:43 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=232 The folks at Blendtec have jumped on the iPad bandwagon just like so many others this weekend.  But what they do with it goes way beyond jailbreaking:

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/fun-with-your-new-ipad/feed/ 6 It’s okay, you can be a Single Lady http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/its-okay-you-can-be-a-single-lady/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/its-okay-you-can-be-a-single-lady/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:56:25 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=230 I saw this video today and it made me smile so I had to share:

It has to be tough to be a parent!

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