GET READY OPRAH, HERE COMES RENEE...

This time I will be prepared...

This is the direct link to my video in Oprah's search for a new TV star: http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=18133&promo_id=1.

Please Vote! I can handle the bright lights and the paparazzi! I have got ten pairs of sunglasses ready and waiting.

This really would be a great gig for me since I have been called a "hot ticket" by some pretty cool people. Just scroll around and you will probably agree. To bad I forgot to smile, and forgot a few lines in our one take. If I had had a rehearsal, I can assure you, my audition would not have been so rushed, and so amateur. I have no one to blame but myself.

And, once the footage was uploaded to Oprah's site, it was only then that I came up with a timely and unstoppable idea for a show! I hope they do call me, so I can let them see what I am really made of!

Either way, the lesson is learned.... >ALWAYS BE PREPARED!

But, as many folks point out, "your clip has heart, you tried,.... and the scene at the end is heartwarming." Am I being too hard on myself? I don’t think so. But, I have garnered over one hundred votes in just a couple of days. Yes, I know some people have eight million! So get voting, maybe we can catch up. Show Aunty (of course she is in the video too) she has eight million friends!!! http://agelesswithaunty.blogspot.com/2010/06/everyone-loves-aunty.html


Voting ends Saturday July 3, 2010.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VIEW AND TO VOTE! AND FOR TELLING A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND FRIENDS.

After you view the tape, your comments are welcome here. Just hit the comment button below and let's hear what you have to say. Many of you have told me you enjoyed it in the emails... putting your words here would help... and, you never know who sees this blog. Oprah does own a computer you know~

EVERYONE LOVES AUNTY...

         she is irresistible          

                   

I HAVE LEARNED TO MAKE THE MOST OF A TOUGH SITUATION, TOUGH IN THE SENSE THAT AUNTY (WHO LIVES WITH ME) CAN NOT BE ALONE. SHE HAS DEMENTIA AND WHENEVER I HAVE TRIED TO GO OUT IN THE PAST, SHE FORGETS I SAID I WILL BE RIGHT BACK. SHE HAS STARTED CRYING, CHANGING THE ENTIRE HOUSE AROUND, PANICKING, AND JUST BEEN AFRAID. IT DID NOT TAKE ME LONG TO REALIZE I HAVE TO TAKE HER WITH ME WHERE EVER I GO. THANK GOD SHE HAS THE PERSONALITY OF GEORGE BURNS, BETTYE WHITE, AND MAE WEST, WITH THE HEART OF MOTHER TERESA. NEEDLESS TO SAY, EVERYONE LOVES HER, AND SHE IS WELCOMED MOST PLACES.


HOWEVER, SOMETIMES I MIGHT LIKE TO DO THINGS THAT AUNTY CAN’T, LIKE WALK OR RUN FIVE MILES. SO, I CAME UP WITH AN INGENIOUS PLAN. I BRING AUNTY TO THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP. I HAVE THEM BREW HER UP SOME GREEN TEA, I GIVE HER THE LATEST ENQUIRER MAGAZINE, AND THEN I RUN AROUND THE BUILDING UNTIL IT EQUALS FIVE MILES. I FEEL LIKE ASTRO ON THE JETSON'S TREADMILL…EVERY FIVE MINUTES I SEE AUNTY, I WAVE, AND THEN GO AROUND AGAIN. THIS ALSO WORKS AT THE HEALTH CLUB. SHE WATCHES WHEEL OF FORTUNE WHILE I USE THE STAIRMASTER AND EVERYONE IS HAPPY, I SAY EVERYONE BECAUSE ALL THE PASSING MEMBERS SEEM TO ENJOY SEEING A SMILING AGELESS AUNTY ON THEIR WAY INTO THE CLUB. AND AT THE ASHRAM WHERE WE DO YOGA, THE GURU’S CONSIDER AUNTY A WISE AND RADIANT SOUL, AND THEY HAVE ENCOURAGED HER TO PARTICIPATE FROM A CHAIR. AND YES, I MEAN PARTICIPATE, BECAUSE WHEN I TURNED AROUND ONCE, AUNTY WAS TRYING TO DO A DOWNWARD DOG FROM HER SEAT. DON’T ASK…

WHEN IT CAME TO MEETING UP WITH SOME OLD FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL THE OTHER NIGHT (IN A MINI-REUNION ARRANGED THROUGH FACEBOOK) I THOUGHT IT PROBABLY WASN’T THE BEST PLACE TO BRING AUNTY. BUT, THE PERSON STAYING WITH HER WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A FEW HOURS. I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN I ASKED IF THEY WOULD DROP AUNTY OFF AT THE PARTY. THEY DID, AND AUNTY WAS AN INSTANT HIT. SHE STARTED DANCING AND WENT INTO FULL MERRYMAKING MODE WITH ALL THE GIRLS, MOVING HER HIPS, LAUGHING, AND ASKING “WHERE’S MY CIGARETTE?”

SURE, I COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF AUNTY, IT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY. SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD WAKE UP AND JUST GO FOR A WALK OR RUN, OR NOT HAVE TO HIDE MY TOOTHBRUSH BECAUSE SHE WILL USE IT, BUT I CAN’T. YET, WHEN WE SIT AND HAVE OUR TEA TOGETHER AND SHE SAYS, “YOU GIVE ME A HAPPY LIFE,” SOME HOW HAVING TO PUT MY TOOTHBRUSH IN THE KITCHEN, NEXT TO THE TOASTER, DOESN’T SEEM LIKE SUCH A BIG DEAL.

OPRAH MADE ME DO IT...

I need a drink...

I am amazed at what people do, myself included, when they hear those magic words....OPRAH WINFREY.  I finally had my video audition uploaded for Oprah's new reality show tryouts. It is now officially on her Own TV Network site…... and that would explain the caption under my picture here.


If you dare look at it, please keep in mind…my tape was shot with a regular camera (many of the other contestants have highly polished professional video entries)…

I had five minutes to film, and in a room that was five hundred degrees. The person I was supposed to interview never showed up. Aunty had to stand in, but for some reason, she was not her vivacious self. The location we had planned to use was suddenly filled with children (and that specific area at the end of my street had never ever been occupied like that before). We decided to shoot inside even though yellow-jackets were flying around. One wasp tries to make a cameo appearance. I learned a lot about filming. You must always expect the unexpected, and then literally roll with it!!

The lovely young woman shooting for us was pressed for time. We had no rehearsal. But, we gave it our best shot under all circumstances. And, the only thing I forgot, aside from a few lines (another big mistake, I shouldn’t have had a script) was … my LARGER-THAN-LIFE personality! After just seeing the video now, one close friend asked, "Where was Renee?" I didn’t even smile. But, like Aunty says, “You can do plenty of that when you win.” My neighbor says, I would have had a real chance if I had just let my true spirit shine.

However, there is a sliver lining……. I have a story for my readers.... and, a possible name for my show...Blue Skies…

The reason our director only had five minutes was… she was on her way about to jump out of a plane into the Blue Skies! Now that I have seen my audition played back… I feel like jumping too….off the face of the earth….
Ageless tip of the week… If you ever want to be considered for anything Oprah…don’t shoot your audition tape on a wobbly snapshot camera in a hot apartment with bees.~

EARTH TO OPRAH...

Not so Fast...

Since I have always been told I am one in a million, I didn't think it would be so hard to be, let's say, one in a billion. I say that because apparently when Oprah decides to produce a reality TV show, about having your own show.... well, half the world wants a chance to try out. Needless to say, since my last post a few days ago, I have been tyring to find someone to shoot my video audtion, edit the video, and upload the clip. I am still not there yet...

Well, I shot the footage, and now I am trying to upload it . This is not easy when half the population is doing the same thing at the same time. There is no air-conditioning in my office where my computer is, and I am sweating. But, since my show is about always looking up, the good news is I probably have lost those ten pounds that TV will add! So, I am already on the right track. I'll stay seated at the computer trying to get past all the technical difficulties and the rules and regulations of the contest. The questionaire is so long that Aunty will be 87 by time I complete answering the questions. They want to know everything.

This is not easy! This is Oprah Winfrey we are talking about. So, be patient. As soon as we have the video uploaded on her site, I will tell everyone I know, and hopefully you will tell everyone you know, and maybe I will have a chance to host my own show... with Ageless Aunty as my Co-Host.

I have lots of great ideas already. And, Aunty really wants to go to Hollywood~
More so than ever.....Stay Tuned. Blue Skies ahead...

HAPPY SEASHELLS, SANDALS, AND SHORE-LINES...

Summer CakeJ

Happy Summer….

Surf’s up

Hang five, or is it ten?

Any way you look at it, this is the perfect time of year to be Ageless~

And now that summer is officially here, and my friend Helen Sunshine just told me it’s the happiest day of the year…this blog is on vacation. Well, not really. I am just considering entering the contest that Oprah’s network is running. They have something called Your Own Show. My understanding is, it is going to be a reality TV show about having your own show, and ultimately someone does. Since several people have called  encouraging me to try out, I am looking into putting a video together this week. The deadline is Friday, so there is a lot to do. I promise to keep you posted.

I realize I have a better chance of becoming president of the United States than having even a cup of tea with Oprah, but, let’s just say I am doing it for Aunty.

Check back later this week….this is only the first day of summer….there is much more to come.

By the way, at a family gathering recently, from a distance someone thought I was my teenage niece. Okay, maybe they don’t have the best vision, but, regardless, looks like this blog is working~ 

Keep up and you'll be kept up tooJ!