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DAMU, I Thank You

Chino Blanco, December 29, 2010December 29, 2010

Paying homage to online friends during this holiday season with some heartfelt silliness:

(Alt link in case the embedded vid loads too slow)

My inspiration, my energy, my wisdom, my gratitude, my vision, my laughter … my knowledge.

From me to you: I’m so glad I’m you’re here.

And, yes, if there’d been more than four cues, I would’ve included more of my favorite sites. 🙂

Shout outs to:

Life After Mormonism
PostMormon.org
exmormon.reddit.com
Mormon Expression
Further Light and Knowledge
I am an ExMormon

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Comments (11)

  1. Mikeutah says:
    December 29, 2010 at 9:45 am

    Very cool and thanks! I share your sentiment for our many online communities.

  2. wry says:
    December 29, 2010 at 10:00 am

    🙂

    That is awesome.

  3. visitor says:
    December 29, 2010 at 10:57 am

    Very nicely done! Your production values and your approach are both really appealing.

  4. Chino Blanco says:
    December 29, 2010 at 11:08 am

    Thanks, visitor, but any praise for the production values (and approach and pretty much everything else) really belongs to these guys:

    (Alt link in case above clip doesn’t load quickly)

    I just hopped on for the ride there at the end (i.e., the last nine seconds).

  5. Mikeutah says:
    December 29, 2010 at 11:11 am

    HAHAHAH!!! That makes it 10X more fun and ironic ;-p

  6. Chino Blanco says:
    December 29, 2010 at 11:29 am

    Laugh away, but I certainly hope you won’t discount any of the feelings you experienced while viewing my version of the clip just because you’re now suddenly aware of where I found it. I’d feel bad if my sincere expression of exmo camaraderie wound up being disregarded simply on account of my obvious fraud.

  7. Mikeutah says:
    December 29, 2010 at 11:33 am

    No, not at all! That’s what is so ironic to me about it, that this video does equal or more justice as applied by you to our communities, as it did in it’s original rendition to Mormon Messages.

  8. Chino Blanco says:
    December 29, 2010 at 11:46 am

    Hey, don’t get me wrong, I appreciate you playing along. In the absence of a budget, mutual admiration is worth its weight in gold. They control the treasury, but we’ve got the numbers. Here’s to a fun 2011. 🙂

  9. Donna Banta says:
    December 29, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    Very clever — amazing how with a little tweaking you dramatically improved on the original. 😉

  10. Hellmut says:
    December 29, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    That’s cool.

  11. canadianjohnson says:
    December 30, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    Nice! love it!

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