I know a lot of funny people, really really funny people who make me snort, burp,cry and have mucus coming out of my nose because i am laughing so hard at their jokes. The weird thing is, all of them have completely different types of humor. Like my theater instructor Sid, his humor lies on his delivery, the joke is more on how he delivers his line (the tone, his expression) than the actual content. The way he tells an average funny story and just makes it so god damn funny by the way he narrates it. Then there’s Naveen, who has brilliant one liners that make him so funny.
Or like my father who use’s such irony in his jokes, that you can’t help but laugh. Or like me, who basically does everything (Jumps around, sings, disgusts you etc..) to make you laugh. We all have different methods and ways of making people laugh. But the common thing is , no matter who you are, you know when you just have to appreciate a joke. You will have to laugh if the joke is funny, no matter what your experience is in the past, or if you are not even used to such humor, the fact is, when you experience something funny you will laugh and acknowledge it.
But that’s not my point. My point is there are people who have absolutely no sense of humor (and this % of people are increasing at an alarming rate) don’t even get the freaking joke and blame the person for not being funny, while everyone else around them is rolling in laughter.
I mean whats up with such people? You know why you didn’t laugh at the joke when everyone is? (By you i mean people who have no sense of humor and who can’t laugh at themselves), its because you didn’t understand that joke or basically you don’t have a sense of humor. And i don’t blame you, some people genuinely cant laugh. They just don’t have a good sense of humor. But that does not mean you put down the person telling the joke by insulting them that they suck at being funny…Come on, the hardest thing in the world is making someone laugh.
You must be wondering “Oh, i am sure Kenneth just had this experience , that’s why he is taking this out in the blog”.
Well it happens to me everyday, and i understand cause a majority of the human race “get” my jokes, while some don’t and don’t blame them for it.
So next time, you come across someone who is really funny and makes you laugh all the time…Pls dont let them go
7be around them a lot, cause you will always have something to smile and laugh about because of all the memories you have with such funny and amazing people.
I wanted to try out this car-hit effect which i found a tutorial for on the net, so decided to shoot it today. But since this had a lot of work involved in it, i thought why not make it more than just a effects test and make it something more meaningful..so i thought i will try making an advertisement. Mind you, this is a funny advertisement and in no way is it supposed to be taken seriously.
Another special thing about this video is that this the first time that my father is in one of my videos. Dad was great fun to work with, he also help shoot some scenes and drove the car. The whole shooting just took 15-20 minutes, i just drew a rough storyboard before the shoot and went ahead with it (usually i take days or weeks to plan a video). Editing took some time as the car-hit effect even though lasts for a few seconds took a lot of time and realized it still looks fake..so what phoey!.
Had great fun shooting it, and i will keep posting more stuff like this! cya.
I just got my hands on Abraham’s handycam, so i just went crazy with shooting random clips and trying out effects.
The first effect you see in the clip is the Anti-Matter explosion. What i did is, i shot the footage in such a way that i had some reference points (like the water tank), so i could track the motion in After Effects, after Tracking the footage, anything i put the scene would “stick” to the scene, as in stay in the same place with respect to what is happening in the video. The explosions are stock footage from the web, the actual bluish anti-matter stuff is just a picture of some NASA picture of a star exploding and distorted it using Turbulent Displace filter in after effects. (Took 20 minutes to make)
The Second effect is the Wolverine Claws effects, What i did was i shoot in such a way that i was always facing side ways to the camera and moved my hand slowly. Next, in after effects, i have to manually track my hand frame by frame. After that, i cut out claws from a wolverine poster i found on the net and parented it to the track so it remained connected to my hand. And then just color corrected it so it would like it was actually in the scene.
The third effect is a set extension, taking a normal alley and making it look more scary and dark. I tracked the footage, and removed elements like the tree and added a building by adding pictures and then parenting them to the track. I also used a color correction techinque to darken and whole footage and give it a bluish tint. And added a slight smoke.
Hope you liked it, i will add more clips like these soon, just testing out effects for revelations!
I don’t usually like writing about serious stuff, not because i don’t take life seriously, its because i understand that somethings in life are just the way they are and all you can do about it is laugh and live it the best way you can.
I want to write about this topic “Relationships” now more than ever, because my very close friends are going through break-ups. Even though break ups are a natural part of a teenage life, what i am not happy with is how people are handling the break ups.
You must be thinking, “OF all the people why is Kenneth giving a lecture on Relationships?” , I agree that i have never had a long lasting relationship and never committed myself to someone with “all my heart” as you say…and it is not because i am afraid of commitment or i am just a Shameless “Casanova” flirt. Its because i don’t think its worth it. Ya, i agree, i honestly believe , that if i don’t think that the person i am going out is “everything i ever wanted” its just not worth a relationship.
Can i ask you a question honestly?
Can you tell me, what do you call the stage before you get into a relationship? hmm…The stage before you tell your friends “that i just got into a relationship”…
Well, that stage is called “Getting to know a person better”, but then you will say “that’s why i got into a relationship in the first place! DUh! to get to know them better!”..
You know why people have so many bad relationships? Because, i honestly believe that people fail to take time to understand each other and hurry into a relationship and then realize that they can stand this person.
When ever anyone asks me “Do you have a girlfriend?” i say “No, i don’t, but i am going out with someone”.
And people think i am this rascal who just dates girls and never commits, and all this while i am like “WTF?”
I “go out” with them to get to know them better, if they are nice and fun to be with, i will definitely take it to the next level, if not, i will waste NO FURTHER time and end it then and there. Sometimes, i meet such wonderful girls that i am glad to continue the relationship with them by being friends.
Another thing, if you cannot handle the break up, please don’t get into a relationship in the first place, that basically means you are not ready.
But right now, the major reason why everyone’s having breakup’s is because they get into a relationship because of the wrong reasons.
Most popular reasons:
Peer Pressure : OMG, i am 16, all my classmates have boyfriends/girlfriends i need to have one too, i don’t care if he/she is boring like hell, or even average, whats important is that i wont feel left out when i am chatting with my friends about relationships.
A solution to ALL my problems in Life: If only i had a boyfriend/girlfriend, all my loneliness, my emotional problems will all get magically fixed when i find that right person. I personally have this problem, but honestly, if i can’t be happy and stress free on my own, how the hell can i keep another person happy and share their problems?
Attraction: This according to me, is the ONLY reason you should even consider getting to know a person. Not because you want a boyfriend/girlfriend, not because your unhappy , etc…just because you find this person so attractive and fun to be with, you just want to be around them all the time . If you don’t have this on your mind at the VERY beginning to your relationship, you are fighting a losing battle.
Marriage: Well, this is found mostly in India, but honestly …COME ON? You are 16-18 man! Dont think about marriage already!! Do you have a job? Do you at least know what your gonna do in the future? Are you actually doing well in your college? Don’t think so far off into the relationship even before it has started. Marriage is just too much tension and stress on the relationship.
Another major reason, why people break up, is because they try to change the other person. Honestly, have you ever thought to yourself ” I suck at Math, i am going to study everyday and become better” or ” I am really fat, i need to control my diet and workout regularly and become fit” and has that happened? very rarely right? What i am saying is its so difficult to change ourselves and we think we can change others. Please don’t, like them for who they are.
I hope i haven’t gone off topic. What i am basically trying to tell you is, respect.
Please respect the person you are going out with, please respect the relationship and please..oh god please…respect yourself.
Don’t take someone’s feeling so lightly, don’t settle for less in anything. If you hate something about the person, tell them! Don’t lie to them, and suffer silently till you can’t take it anymore and break it off!
Respect the person you love. Relationship is an Emotional Connection that exists between two people. It solely lies on the aspect of respecting one another.
Even if you do break up, even if you did everything right, you should try to understand why the other person did that, and why you should respect his/her decision and not blame them or yourself for what happened.
ps:I haven’t mentioned any of my friends name, because i don’t want them to take this personally, i hope you just read this once and reflect on it, you don’t HAVE to listen to me, but pls just think about it…
Come on, i HATE Talking about all this Emotional shit, let me go back to writing about Jessica Alba and making Underwear Jokes.
I don’t usually like writing about serious stuff, not because i don’t take life seriously, its because i understand that somethings in life are just the way they are and all you can do about it is laugh and live it the best way you can.
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