Doing the live TV was a strange experience but I feel happy after the fact. I told a pal I like myself when I have balls and I think this is what it takes to do something like this especially under suck a chaotic sky. However, it reflects my commitment. I am going to broadcast, by God. Regardless of fear, sluggish computers, bad hair or whatever else comes up.

Thanks to everyone who participated. I feel satisfied with how it went and optimistic it will go better in the future when I get more accustomed to the artificial rhythm. I am pretty sure I am going to cut loose one of these days and treat you all to my A-Attitude but did not find that possible first day on the job.

“How did it go?” the solider asked.

“Oh, okay. It felt like the first day I ever tended bar. I’m not good at it yet but I think I will become good at it…”

It is interesting I started tending bar a Saturn cycle ago. I think this is the same thing exactly so it feels very normal while simultaneously abnormal. Anyway, these are my thoughts.

If you saw the show, please share your ideas or impressions if you like. Especially if you have any ideas how to deal with the delay because I am very keen to have this thing start to rock after as short a learning curve as possible.

We got the tv thing working last night and I plan to come on (bad hair or no) between 11 and noon Mountain Time. See ya then… and for people who can’t be around, you will be able to watch from an archive.

I am mostly terrified because there is about a 4 second delay between when I talk and move and when it broadcasts which is enormously disorienting for a Mars Mercury type like me. Saturn in Virgo though, eh? Slow Communication!

Outside of this, goddess and Neith were around for the maiden voyage and sure enough I stepped in it when I dialed the soldier and started chatting with him on the phone, unaware I was still broadcasting.

I can’t tell you the history I have doing this. For example, once I was talking, making jokes and singing for days and days over a 2-way radio thinking I was talking to just the one person. Come to find out everyone on the frequency could hear me…

Damned Capricorn, I was never so embarrassed in my life. But this is what happens with Jupiter rising. You talk and it goes out there BIG.

I woke up this morning to a mail from HQ who said he could / would embed the live TV thing in my blog this morning, if I wanted to do a live show today. I thought it was kind of funny seeing as I have no idea how to do a live show… or much idea what that is. However I pride myself (Leo) on being game so the only possible answer was this one: “Okay”.

I am going to the gym this morning and will hope for divine guidance, but meantime anyone have any ideas what you would like to talk about? I am pretty sure, I will be talking on camera and you will be able to interact via chat. Eventually if you have a camera, you will be able to be on camera with me / split screen live. Does that sound cool or what?

Anyway, what should today’s show be about?? Be nice if you guys had some suggestions because I have enough to worry about, namely my hair.

To update the TV show, it has not been forgotten. We tested some software that would allow me to broadcast and though it seemed to work very well, I guess it didn’t work well! Because it sucked up all the CPU on my computer leading HQ to conclude we needed to use a web-based… whatever it’s called. We need a web-based solution.

Now this was with Mercury retrograde and you have to figure it was just as well we didn’t launch even though I looked good that day and as I suspected I have not looked that good since.

So having hit this snag, coming up with the web-based solution has been the next task. It has been being developed and from what I understand we will be testing it later today. So that’s that.

Now meantime, I have all kinds of idea for this thing, many of them wild. It very much feels like when I started blogging in 2001. I was blathering something fierce back then and oh my God, I am still doing it.

And this is how I feel about this show. There is no end to my ideas for it, in spite of having no idea what exactly it is I am going to do. I imagine it depends on what you do, huh? I am such a co-dependent…

Which is something we could talk about, huh? Is being co-dependent the end of the world. I don’t think so! I could state my case and you can state yours, and you other person can state yours, and you other person can state yours… we can all argue and make jokes about Libras and that’ll be it! Today’s amusement! La, La, La, Libra!

All you Aries could come slaughter us. Get blood all over our doilies… ha ha ha!

I was talking to a pal, she’s a Pisces.

“I had an idea for your show,” she said. “You could have a segment called, ask a Pisces.”

I laughed.

‘Yeah and I could do it. I’m a Pisces,” she said, brightly.

“What would it be like?” I asked. Continue reading ElsaElsa - The Astrology Show… Ideas!

Speaking of the current Venus Saturn conjunction opposing Neptune, last night we tried to get the show going. I don’t like to see myself or hear myself but yesterday I looked freakishly good.

I have no idea how this happened, but I was thinking that if we got the thing up and running I would have to immediately explain…:

“I know I look good, but don’t get used it because I don’t actually look this good. In fact I have never looked this good in my life and I don’t think I can do it again so Godsakes don’t expect it.”

::smiles::

But as it turned out, Mercury is retrograde and we ran into a mysterious snag and I was somewhat relieved. The last thing I want is to look better than I actually look, you know?

Or maybe you don’t know. However, this is how it is.

pictured: Woman before the Mirror, Frans Van Mieris The Elder, 1670, Oil on wood

Well I’m excited! I am going to have a live show here pretty quick. TV, on the internet, this is, except it will be interactive! Which means I’ll be able to talk to you and you to me.

We can talk about anything we want. You will also be able to each other (live) and eventually I will be able to bring some of the characters I have written about for years and you can talk to them as well.

For example today and last night there has been talk of the soldier in the comments. I have gotten email as well, so how about he comes on and you guys ask him questions directly, hmm? He would never get on camera, however I am pretty sure he would sit next to me off-camera and answer your questions with his TWANG! He loves to provoke, right? And he has Venus in Gemini you know. He is positively glib.

And cf can come on. Get her going and there is nothing like it in the world. And what about quirky Albert? You guys want to meet him? Well you’re going to be able to.

I have no idea exactly how this is going to work, but with a little luck we’re going to have a super quirky fun and funny show… pure entertainment but with depth and the substance and totally ad-libbed!

So today, I am pretty sure I am going to get to see how this works and from what I gather we should be up and running very soon. So what should I call this? ElsaElsa - The Astrology Show? What do you guys think?