Mothers, don’t let your kids grow up to use iMovie

BONNIE: Hey, Didi, lucky, lucky you! I just finished my latest iMovie!

DIDI: Um, didn’t I just watch your new one? The “Bowling Birthday Party for Squirt” set to the “Mortal Kombat” music?

BONNIE: No! This is a new one! “Tiger’s First Dance,” set to “Adagio for Strings.” I think it really captures the moment, you know?

DIDI: Um, oh! Is that my phone? See you later! (runs away)

BONNIE: Helena, is that you hiding behind the mailboxes?

HELENA: Er, now don’t get mad at me, but I still haven’t had a chance to watch your Yosemite DVD!

BONNIE: No matter, I redid it. Instead of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” I set it to music from the “Lonely Planet” show. Just toss the old DVD, take the new one, and oh! Here’s “Tiger’s First Dance”! And did I ever give you the one about us visiting my mom in Fresno? I used the babbling brook sound effect over shots of the creek! It’s so cool!

HELENA: Oh, dear! I think I left my carrots on the stove! (Runs away. Quickly.)

Yes, I learned how to use iMovie. Give me a couple of digital photos, I’ll upload them to iPhoto, shoot them over to iMovie, and then process the masterpiece in iDVD. I can pop out a new movie every 48 hours, but I haven’t cooked in three days.

Screenshot of the TipTop game

And yet, what is this strange and yet oh, so compelling TipTop game?

It’s kind of like a slot machine in that you have to line up three similar blocks to score, but you’ve got to do it before a column touches the top or the bottom. Magnets pull the columns up, and anvils push them down.

Well, as least when I tell Hubby there are no clean socks, I can honestly say it isn’t because I was on iMovie today.

6 Replies to “Mothers, don’t let your kids grow up to use iMovie”

  1. You know I’ll just click to look, get stuck there for a bit and then wonder why two manuscripts haven’t been critted and returned the writers.

    Because I fell down a timesink hole. 😉

    I’m strong. I can resist. The time sink bit.

    Thankfully, no Imovies in this house. Just tons of DVDs. And musical instruments.

    Can one drown in instruments and DVDs?

  2. Ok…I fell.. and fell hard.

    Girl laughed at me. Said it’s addicting.

    Little stinker was correct. I’m dreaming of fruit and making it to the next level.

    Obsession isn’t just a fragrance anymore. LOL.

    Hoppy Twosday.

  3. Ah, woe is me… I am right in that sink hole with you, Kait. Between iMovie and TipTop I shall never get anything done.

    Bonnie and Dennie, run!

  4. I LOVE Tip Top!!
    My mom has a nickname for her computer. Her friends call her Perky (last name Perkins) so she calls her computer…
    “Perky’s little time grabber”

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