Lauren turned me on to Vimeo - a new video hosting service. I thought I’d try it out.
The first thing I did was try to get the video I made for my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary converted to a sharable format. I made the HUGE mistake of using Ulead DVD Picture Show to make the damn thing - little did I know that the program saves the video in a proprietary format, so I couldn’t share it with anyone unless I burned an actual DVD! So today I sprung for a $35 DVD ripper program, and ripped the video to AVI format. It only took me four years to figure this out! 
The video is 13 minutes long but it was a big hit at my parents’ party. People clapped at the part about my dad being an Eagle Scout, and many were teary-eyed by the end of the video. (I think the music did it.)
What do you think? (And yes, I know full well that I was a butt-ugly child.)
My Parents’ 40th Anniversary Video from Mary on Vimeo.
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I haven’t watched it yet, I’m about to… but first I wanted to answer your question. I make all of my movies in windows movie maker that comes standard with windows I believe. I haven’t figured out how to edit high def yet, so all of the videos I take with my camcorder have to be as is. Isn’t Vimeo cool?
Oh. My . God. That was amazing. I loved every second of that video. HA! Your parents look like a lot of fun. Also, at 7:17, your dad looks just like Kevin Spacey.
@Lauren: Thanks Lauren! I only wish I had a better scanner (and scanning skills) at the time - the pics are a horrible resolution!
Can I even tell you how much I loved this?!?
Especially the early years!
I am at work and I don’t have that flash thingy. I will go home and watch it on my computer at home. How is Sparky doing, he’s not blogging much these days.
I liked your contest caption at my site. Too bad you missed it, I think you might have wont the caption contest.
If you have time, come by my new blog and say ,”Hi”. I would love to see you. It’s called The Empty Nest and it’s at http://emptynesty.blogspot.com. We have a lot of fun over there.
@Kaathryn: Your blog won’t let me leave a comment. That’s why I seldom go to blogger blogs any more.
That was AWESOME. And when you were going to say your mom’s advice? I yelled out “Never turn down a date! You never know who else you might meet while you’re out.” Then I realized, that was MY mom’s advice. Whoops.