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July 13th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Ha ha ha! Trust you to make a brilliant post of it ;O) At first I thought it was a computer generated voice - Too busy looking at the picture :O)
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July 13th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I have to hand it to Dave. He must be an amazingly brilliant man to know that it was in his best interests not to say a thing. There are times when, even given all the ammunition you need, it’s best not to take the cheap shot.
Great post, Kathy. Once again you’ve put a smile on my crabby face.
July 13th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Gotta love Voki!! BTW, your man is a gem for not taunting you. Hope the rest of your weekend goes better!
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July 13th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I could not stop comparing the Voki-you to the real-you. It looks so much like you! Then I played a game with my cursor and made your eyes follow me all around. Hahahaha!
I think cars must be a little bit complicated.
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July 13th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Your Voki is pretty Cool. But there are some people, for whom a Voki can be terrifying. Mine would probably drive people from looking at the screen. There’s a couple of other bloggers I know that would do the same.
Dave and I are kindred spirits. I do the same with my wife, I just fix things, and wait for her to ask how it happened, if ever. It’s better that way. Love is never telling your spouse that they MIGHT have done something stupid.
Chris’s last blog post..The Naked Blogger Bares All: Chapter 3
July 13th, 2008 at 11:19 am
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Looks so much like you. Like Drowsey’s flower too but it’s weird listening to a flower speak, ya know
Had an Ex do something similar while trying to move my car for me. Only thing is that he went bizerk on me with such anger over his stupidity. Hence he is history.
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July 13th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I LOVE IT! Awesome! And you fit it all in 60 seconds.
Now, whenever I try to talk into a microphone, I just blather on and on about nothing in a terrible English accent. You manage to do a funny post AND be innovative!
WOO!
JD’s last blog post..I Made a lolcat so you don’t have to
July 13th, 2008 at 11:25 am
sometimes we in the male race..know when to not say anything..not often but we have our moments..:)
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July 13th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Sometimes I just don’t know how you make it through the day in one piece.
That voki thing is amazing! I’ve never seen it on a blog before but what a great addition. It really adds something even more personal. Great job!
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July 13th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
How did you get your Voki so much like you? I tried one and it makes me look about 20 years old ;O)
Babs - beetle’s last blog post..We set off for home. Or did we?
July 13th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I can’t download one more thing on my computer or it and my head will explode. lol
It’s terribly tempting though.
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July 13th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
EVERYONE: Thanks for not running away at the sound of my voice!
Babs — At first I was going to just say “Hi. Testing. Testing.” But then I remembered I had something dumber to say!
Lee — He had a really easy opening. He could have taken it. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. That man is a saint. I’m happy to decrabify you.
Sandy — He is a gem and I don’t deserve him. The weekend’s not over, so I could very well do something stupid before the day’s out. Stay tuned.
Daisy the Curly Cat — Aren’t cursors the best toy for kitties? Cars might be too hard for you to manage, as your paws have to reach all the way to the floor.
Chris — You apparently got the husband manual and read it all the way through. It’s really important to stay silent on matters of sheer stupidity. You’ll have a long and happy marriage.
Lauren — I was lucky to have found a decent face, but more importantly — the really curly hair. The only thing I wanted to change about “me” was the earrings. That head came with them. Sorry about your ex’s behavior, but it sounds like you took care of it!
JD — Oh, we need to hear your blathering English accent! Promise you’ll do one?
robert bourne — I have to hand it to Dave. I can think of 101 ways he could have responded, but he didn’t. Silence is golden, eh?
StephanieC — I don’t either. Trust me. It’s hard. I liked putting the Voki together. Tough to get it down to the 60 second limit, though. I could talk forEVER. Glad you liked it.
Babs beetle — Keep trying and make sure you cycle through all the categories of faces and stuff. At first, I didn’t catch them all. This one isn’t perfect. The fake me is way skinnier!
janeywan — Do it! Do it! It’s very fun and as Stephanie says, it does make a nice addition to a blog. A friend asked me if I’d ever do a podcast and I said no. But once I put this together, I changed my mind. Do it!
July 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Oh, that must of been annoying. But, I can so picture doing that. =)
July 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
This is really cool, Kathy! You sound great too! I was so taken with the image though that I lost track of the post, so I’ll have to go and listen again.
Co-incidentally, I just added a Podcast of my poetry to my blog yesterday morning - great minds, eh?
Kat
Poetikat’s last blog post..On the air!
July 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Very cool! Also just realized that if you move your curser around in the box, the eyes follow it. Freaky.
July 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Your voice is not dorky sounding! It’s good! I thought of doing a post like that but I have a tendency to really talk too much and I kept running out of space, so I’m impressed you were able to keep it in the time allotted! LOL
Dave, he’s one cool dude
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July 13th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Hey, you sound just like you! Which is odd that I know that because I’ve never heard you talk.
Funny thing… My wife is just like you. Maybe you and her can get together someday and lock yourself in a car.
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July 13th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
OMG! How did you say so much without taking a breath! HAHA! OK…that was great….and yes, I am addicted too.
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July 13th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
WOW that was pretty neat. I couldn’t do that right now because I would sound silly with my stopped up nose. Your dh sounds like a nice guy.
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July 13th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Everyone is focusing on how Dave is…but what about you. You went out to move his car. That is a very kind thing to do as well.
Not sure I like the popovers that Blogher is doing with the comb for the hair dye. Kinda intrusive. Hope they don’t do what other ads are doing now. For the record, I hate the commercials inside TV shows now. They have gotten really annoying.
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July 13th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Regan — Annoying and hot. And you know how much fun I am when I’m annoyed and hot.
Poetikat — I love what you’re doing with podcasting your poetry. It lends itself nicely to that. Not sure if you got my comment over at your place.
Musing — Kinda cool, eh?
DrowseyMonkey — The woman who started the craze! Ah, thanks. I’m not completely hating my voice. I had to do three takes until I could get it under a minute. It was tough to do. That’s why I’m talking so fast.
Jeff — Isn’t it weird? As long as your wife brings her cell phone so we can call 911, no problem.
Olga the Traveling Bra — By talking really, really fast. I would have rather made it more conversational and casual, but the clock was ticking. Love what you did with yours. You could do audio books professionally. Not kidding. Your voice is beautiful.
Pamela Kramer — Yes, but it’d probably sound funny and be very enjoyable. You should try it out! The DH is a nice guy. I’m lucky to have him.
Rattln Along — Ah, thanks. I had all the right intentions, didn’t I? Yeah, the stupid moving parts on those BlogHer ads are annoying me as well. I’m seriously considering axing the Clairol ones. And there’s another one that has a floating survey, which peeves me. I’ll tweak a little. Thanks for giving your feedback. It’s important to me.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
i never thought you sounded like that but that was cool
July 14th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Well, I have made a decision. Yep.
I don’t care any more if you have 18 billion responses. I am going to add mine as well. So there.
My My, aren’t we all high tech and stuff. I could go into the incessant hum in the background but I won’t because it was probably the Air conditioner and you needed it to survive. Her eyes freak me out a little. (She keeps watching my pointer) Then of course is the post.
I bet we have leaned a most valuable lesson. Glad you got the car to move.
Have a great night / day.
Beamer’s last blog post..Cherry Tomatoes
July 14th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Wow, that is the coolest thing! And a funny story!
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July 14th, 2008 at 4:42 am
brooke — Funny how you can have an idea how someone sounds without even having met them.
Beamer — You gotta just dive in, Beamer! Oh no! There’s an incessant hum? I recorded it outside, so maybe I picked up air conditioner noise. Or squirrels. Yes, the lesson learned is never use a car not your own. At least not without reading the manual first.
Margaret — Thanks! I might do it monthly. Or bi-monthly. Or is that bi-weekly. Oh nevermind. How ’bout every now and then?
July 14th, 2008 at 5:40 am
That was way too much fun, Kathy! LOVE IT! Oh yeah, the story was funny, too.
Well done!
cardiogirl’s last blog post..Let the music move you
July 14th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Well, being computer illerate, I saw “She Speaks” with a picture of a pretty lady. I placed my cursor on the picture and saw that she followed my cursor around - how cool is that? Then, I saw the play button and thought “maybe I should click on this”. The lady started to speak. As I was listening, I thought “OMG it’s Kathy!” then I noticed the lady’s hair is very much like yours. So, it took awhile to sink in, but I LOVE it - you need to get earrings like that - I know, I know, you don’t do earrings.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Oh I can hear you ! You have a wonderful voice Kathy. I think you could even start your own radio program/podcast: “Stupid thing of the week by Kathy”.
I’m off to hear a few more Vokis.
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July 14th, 2008 at 9:21 am
That’s pretty funny, Kathy– and also, NICE to hear ya!
Hey, you’re sorta like “Max Headroom” now… without all the merchandising, of course.
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July 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
i had a voki. she died. it was ugly, i could hardly recognize her.
Natural’s last blog post..High Priced Domain
July 14th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
oh dang, i just hit play. who knew there was more. good thing she speaks because i can’t read. funny!
Natural’s last blog post..High Priced Domain
July 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
This has to be one of the coolest little blog gimmicks that I have seen. I might have to try this out if and and when I come up with another ‘dip-shit’ blog.
Your story with the car is simialr to almost any weekend adventrure that I have with my wife. She does this sort of stuff all the time, so it isn’t just you.
On a sadder note, but this time of July, it would appear that neither one of us got selected for the Amazing Race. Now we can both sit back and watch the next season and relish in the challenges that we won’t have to perform.
Bruce’s last blog post..My New Car
July 14th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Weird! I think the talking head is a bit distracting.
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July 14th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Yes I’m afraid if you turn up the Bass a little it’s there. I may be more picky than most, doing recording as a musician. My next CD will be out _ nah just kidding , no CD.
They have freeware recording software that does some amazing editing techniques, if your interested.
Beamer
Beamer’s last blog post..Another Macro Shot
July 14th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Funny! I’ve certainly done things like that. Love the voki.
Zip n Tizzy’s last blog post..The Whizz Kid
July 14th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
cardiogirl — Thanks! So when will we hear your voice? For some reason, I think you’d sound like Meg Ryan.
Marlene — Oh, that’s too funny! I was thinking of adding a note to “click Play” but my HTML was looking messy enough as it is. Glad you got “me” talking. Nope. Don’t do earrings due to my ear issues, but they are pretty, aren’t they?
Jaffer — Hmmm, I bet I could do “Stupid thing of the day by Kathy.” I’m loaded.
Jenn Thorson — It was fun seeing my talking head like that. I never, ever thought I’d put my voice up, but that Voci is addictive! Glad you liked it. You may be seeing more of Talking Head in the future.
Natural — Oh no! Now you made me curious. You could find a suitable Voci for yourself. Don’t make me make you! You have pictures on your About page, you know. I could so do it.
Bruce — Bless your heart. I’m glad to know you have to deal with a wife like me. You have my sympathies! About TAR, there’s a woman I work with who asks me every time I see her “Did they call you yet?” She’s always disappointed when I say no. We’ll just have to scream at the TV when it comes on: “We could have done it better!”
Chris S. — I think the weirdest thing is “my” eyes rolling around when you cursor over my face. Creepy Kathy!
Beamer — Hmmm, I listened to me at work and noticed some static, but figured it’s just my crappy sound card or speakers. It sounded fine at home. For the record, I used Audacity to record, which I quite liked. Very easy to use and export files.
Zip n Tizzy — You must do a Voci if you haven’t already. You’ll love it and want to share it with everyone. If you do, either post it or email it to me, will ya?
July 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
The Kathy Avatar is actually pretty cool. Is it easy to make yourself look younger? If I make one of my owm, I’m getting hair! I’m going to give it a try, maybe I’ll have it read a chapter from my Blog novel?! Nice lips by the way, does it do the Mick Jagger impression for everybody?
Chris’s last blog post..The Naked Blogger Bares All: Chapter 4
July 14th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Chris — There are many hairstyles to choose from. Often, I can’t find curly enough hair. Trust me. You’ll find a good mop if you cycle through them all. Yes, everyone gets the Mick lips during the introduction. You’ll have to make a million of them, though, for a novel. Ya only get 60 seconds per clip! It’s hard!
July 14th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Love this, Kathy, just love it.
Thanks for my Monday night laugh . . .
~m
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July 14th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
OMG, that’s great! The Voki thing, that is.
The incident you described is why I never let my husband drive my car. I have an automatic. It’s in park when you turn it off. Yes, it is. Except for when my husband drives… he sometimes “forgets” that it’s an automatic (how can you possibly do that???) and leaves it in neutral. Then *I* go to start my car and it doesn’t start. Thank goodness the new car won’t let you take the key out unless it’s in PARK. I still won’t let him drive, though.
Kelly’s last blog post..Doodle Week: Bug
July 15th, 2008 at 6:38 am
ppfftt! HAHAHHAHAHA
I LOVE IT!!! That is a great idea! I say we get one of those from you once a month! And is that the bag picture behind you? hehe
We can’t all be mechanically inclined dear…from now on don’t try to do nice things for Dave and just be the you that God created. LOL
Lori’s last blog post..The Birds
July 15th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Hi! Just when I was looking for a way to save “The Gift of the Gab!” you come up with this. You must have been reading my mind. I’ve seen these things before, but I wasn’t aware you could put them on a blog. To finish off, this is the first post I’ve read with my eyes closed. Well done!
Peter McCartney’s last blog post..The Poor Conversationalist
July 15th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
michaelm — Glad you liked it. Expect more stupidity and Voci from me.
Kelly — For the life of me, I did not know you couldn’t start a car unless it was in park. Are you sure your husband’s not just messin’ with your head? I wouldn’t let him drive either. That can’t end well.
Lori — I picked a deck for my background because that’s where I mostly blog. When the squirrels aren’t attacking me. And thank you for giving me permission to be me. Sometimes the me is so stoopid, I want to trade me in for another version.
Peter McCartney — I know I told you I don’t have the gift of gab, but maybe I have the gift of Voci! I can do 60 seconds! Think about trying one yourself. I think you’ll like it.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Great Voki Kathy! I did one awhile ago, but just added it to my About Me page… perhaps one day I shall do a post with it too. Good idea!
And glad you escaped the nasty ill-behaved car.
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July 16th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Just a question about the Voki–can you change the message every day, or do you have to treat it like a blog post, redoing it completely, while maintaining the old messages somewhere?
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July 16th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I am in awe of how much the Voki looks like you!
And Dave is an awesome guy, my husband would have tortured me all night about it.
Monique’s last blog post..Here’s My First Born, Now Give Me My Shoes
July 16th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Hi Kathy,
I just loved my visit here. Even though I need to be shelling peas, cutting corn off, and a whole lot more garden work. This was a nice break.
The Voki was something else…
gafarmwomanPam’s last blog post..Meet Jack
July 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Nice! Thanks for making me feel pretty darn smart today.
Momo Fali’s last blog post..Adding Insult To Injury
July 16th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Love that! Too bad I can’t order up one of those for real life. I like to have my Voki bot sit at my desk at work while I roam the halls visiting my friends. Sad thing, what if people didn’t even notice is not “really” me? I better rethink that.
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July 16th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Maureen — I love your Voci! You, like Olga, could do audio books. Your voice is so soothing. Oh, and do you have to be Canadian or British to say “whilst?” I do love that.
Joe — Good question. I believe once you Voci, it’s saved as its own “session” and if you want a new one you create a new one. However, you can edit an existing Voci, say, upload a new recording, but then I think you lose the first one. Wow, I really didn’t answer that, did I?
Monique — I got lucky. You never find curly hair like that on any avatar-creating websites. If you do, it’s like freaky curls, not nice curls like this head had. Dave is amazing. He never makes me feel stupid, even though I give him ample opportunity. He’s a saint.
gafarmwomanPam — Ah, that’s great! If you come back again, you’ll read a lot of stories about how lazy I am, and then you will feel good about taking breaks.
Momo Fali — What? Just today? I’m sure I can make you feel smart any day of the week.
Vivienne — Funny. Yeah, I could just see people saying “Oh, I don’t want to see you. Where’s your Voci? She’s cuter.”
July 16th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Great likeness! Great earrings! Gotta love a guy like that!
Meg’s last blog post..Couch Surfing, Chicago Style
July 16th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
[Newbie] very disconcerting to watch at first, but I’m sure with practice……
Cheers
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July 17th, 2008 at 1:04 am
wow! this one is cool!
it is cute though.
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July 17th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Meg — I got real lucky on both counts!
Maddy — I had the same reaction at first, but I’m getting very used to my new Voci-self.
eLfshimmeR — You should try one. Very addictive!
July 21st, 2008 at 12:32 am
I absolutely loved that! I gotta get me one of them! And your story, as usual, was funny and well thought out. Love is never having to say you’re a moron.
peace,
mike
livelife365
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July 21st, 2008 at 4:49 am
What fun! However did you get it to look just like you? That is amazing! I had to try for myself, but did a little twist of my own. It was fun to do.
Vegas Princess’s last blog post..A Kitty’s Request
July 21st, 2008 at 5:22 am
Mike Foster — Yes, go get one! It’s fun piecing your head together and then recording. Adds a fun touch to a blog! And it makes perfect sense for yours!
Vegas Princess — Love your kitty, demanding though she is! I got lucky with the head and hair choices. My husband couldn’t even get close to making a Voci that looked like him. Alas, we tried.