An exclusive behind-the-scenes video for you today, as I share with you the trials and tribulations I went through while attempting to prepare tomorrow's Atari ST A to Z video.
I haven't had "the giggles" like that for a long time, and while it was mildly annoying to not be able to get through the things I wanted to say, it was a uniquely joyful experience that I haven't had for quite some time. It was actually rather nostalgic.
There are two real reasons for this, both relating to my time at secondary school. The first was simply that my friends and I used to enjoy quietly and non-disruptively messing around in classes that we found quite easy or weren't particularly engaged with. To that end, we tended to have a "Rough Book" on hand, in which we'd doodle and draw cartoon strips, many of which got extremely offensive in nature. On more than one occasion, the stuff we'd been drawing (usually involving giant cocks) got to be so hilarious that we'd uncontrollably get the giggles, usually attracting the attention of the teacher in the process. Thankfully she never found out exactly what it was we were laughing at.
The second involves the Klik and Play game my friends and I made while we were in sixth form. This involved a fair amount of voice acting, and every recording session was an absolute delight, because no-one was able to get through more than one line at a time without pissing themselves laughing or deliberately doing something to throw the others off. It made these recording sessions take about ten times longer than they needed to, but we knew that going in; it was an opportunity to spend some time together laughing and enjoying ourselves.
Today's fit of the giggles was entirely by myself, which I guess could be seen as a bit sad, but hey, at least I was entertaining myself, and I hope you enjoyed sharing in that moment with me!
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