So sorry, Connie.

Yikes, Laura.

Hang in there, Sean.

Toughies, all of them.

Warm thoughts and healing wishes of everybody!

I need some critiquing, please.

I'm working on creating a web show and, today, I ventured to the cosmetics counter to try and get a decent 'look.'

The resulting video is for testing purposes only...and contains a few terrible edits and a bizarre cameo from a certain someone you might recognize.

If you have 3 minutes or less, could you please answer the following questions about this video on youtube?

• Does the makeup work? If not, is it too pale, or are there other issues?
• is the cropping right? Should there be less white space at the top?
• should the frame be lower?
• how is the sound?
• are the earrings distracting?
• is the eye contact good?

I have to confess, I raised the frame above the chest because I'm huge right now and I really want people to focus more on my eyes and voice.

Eventually, I plan to have a professional intro and end bumper with theme music and all, but right now, I'm just testing the equipment.

I'd be SO grateful for any input. Rather than junk up the thread, my profile addy is good, if you'd rather respond there.

Many thanks!

Oh! And, any thoughts on the corresponding website would be appreciated as well.

It's all pretty new and higgeldy piggeldy, but I'm working on it!

All good thoughts for Laura, Connie and her hubby, and Sean. Thinking of you.

Connie and husband, I'm so sorry. Best of ~ma to get through this.

Laura, my God. How scary. I'm happy for the good news.

{{{Sean}}} I'm sorry.

Rage and swear and panic all you need to to get through it.

This. So much. Forgot how smart this place is.

God, Connie, I remember that so well from my mom.

And you can put my mother in that club as well. Conversations face-to-face or over the phone won't end unless I promise I'm OK and had a good day.

Bonny, I can't speak to makeup and video, 'cause that's so not my wheelhouse. But I do website work for a living. I think your website's basic design is sound--clean, nice color choices, and informative. But there are several areas where important-looking text show up on top of your photo, and that makes it very hard to read. I'm viewing this in Safari, on my iPad. Tablets are an increasingly large segment of website page views, though, so even if it isn't displaying that way on laptops/desktop computers, I'd still recommend addressing the issue.

Calli, that is super helpful. Thank you.

I think the design product (website builder, through godaddy)has a feature for saving to devices. I haven't figured it out yet.

I wonder if I ought to have done it in wordpress, which I think is optimized for that purpose.

I'd hate to try and build the site all over again...much less try and wade through the cabillion wordpress templates to find a similar one.

But, you are right...I need to figure this out as I really can't afford to leave anyone out!

Yikes, too much badness for my Bitches.

{{{Sean}}} I'm so sorry. I hope you are able to find something and soon. I understand how hard it must be to have to go on interviews and appear confident when you're in that state of mind.

Laura, I'm so glad you have a neurologist who you can work with that you trust, and tons of no-more-seziure~ma to you.

Connie tons of ~ma to you and your DH. I'm so sorry that he has to constantly deal with these health problems. It must be so exhausting for the both of you.

bonny - I think the video looked good, you looked good, sounded good - most importantly the message soooo good. When you have it up the way you want it, please let us know so we can link on FB.

Thanks so much, msbelle!

I've had some ideas for improvement this morning and will hopefully get it posted this evening. I'd be unutterably grateful for any linkies. To anywhere!

Also, I think I've fixed the photo problem for devices. Calli, or anyone on a pad or tab, could you try it now?

I was using the photo as a background, which apparently slid all over the place. Now, it's just an image that repeats on each page.

Have I mentioned how wonderful it is to have a community of people who will venture into adventures with you and tell it like it is?

Pretty damned wonderful, is what.