Waching daily Sep 3 2017

Houston still needs help.

Let's send another 25 grand there today.

So here's the deal, I'm gonna match the first 1250 people

who send a donation to local charities in Houston.

Go to tailopez.com/houston that'll redirect you

to the JJ Watt's fundraiser.

It's almost at $20 million.

Give 10 bucks at least and then just post a receipt

on your Instagram, tag me,

not because I want the tags or anything,

but so that my staff can go and count how many people,

and I'll match the first 1250 people,

we'll get 25 grand there.

And you know we should all be thankful for our blessings.

Those people are going through a lot of stuff

down there in Texas and now it's spreading of course,

all over, the disaster.

So tailopez.com/houston, donate 10 bucks or more,

post it on your Instagram,

tag @tailopez so my assistants can count it up.

First 1250 people I'mma match.

Let's get 25 grand to 'em tomorrow or this week OK.

Thanks so much.

For more infomation >> Will We Reach The Goal For Houston? - Duration: 0:58.

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Why Present Your Project When Morgan Freeman Can Do it For You? - Duration: 3:36.

Have you ever looked back on old speeches or projects of yours and cringed at the lack

of camera quality and the way your own voice seems to grate on your ears?

School projects, especially those that involve ourselves, can be embarrassing.

I want to propose to you an idea that demolishes any trace of embarrassment you may feel while

watching your sixteen year old self fumbling with papers and pausing at awkward times in

front of a phone camera.

Why present your speech when you could have someone else present it for you?

Before I elaborate on this idea, allow me to provide an example that you may find relevant.

Once, in freshman year (best year of my life, no sarcasm at all), I was given the opportunity

to create a book trailer for extra credit.

In one scene, I was dressed as a princess with clothes from Goodwill (which was my first

mistake), with a henna drawn on my arms with long-lasting eyeliner (which was my second

mistake, because I was too hipster to go to Wal-mart and just buy a temporary henna, so

the eyeliner did not come off.

For two days).

I sat outside, with my phone velcroed to a tripod in front of me, sitting perfectly still

and trying to look as regal as a freshman possibly can.

See, this wouldn't be a problem except for I was too lazy to cut the clip down, so there

was nine seconds straight of me sitting there with this "I'm dead inside" look on my face,

like this.

That is nine seconds too long, okay?

I even twitched in the middle of the clip because I was deciding, "Eh, maybe I should

reach forward and turn that camera off."

I did not.

After that lovely experience (again, no sarcasm whatsoever), the idea of someone else presenting

it for me seems very appealing.

Imagine Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones reading your speeches instead.

Imagine their rich voices and calm demeanor replacing your nervous tone and shifty eyes.

Admittedly, however, there are obvious setbacks to this grandiose idea.

Since there is such a thing as free will, you cannot drag T.J. Miller or Scarlett Johansson

into your english class for a presentation.

However, using technology, you could do something else: record their voices.

Similar to GPS, any willing actor or actress could be paid by an online company to record

themselves saying every word in the dictionary.

A student could submit their text to the website for a small fee and have a choice from a wide

array of actors.

The website will then alter the words to sound like normal speech and send it back to the

student to be used however they want.

While some could argue that this takes away the point of the project, and makes things

too easy for students, it also teaches us how to focus on the speech itself and to find

visuals that complement the words that we choose.

It also partially solves a problem for people with social anxiety or anyone who feels uncomfortable

in front of a camera or a crowd.

This seemingly absurd idea could actually be a plan that helps students clearly present

their speeches without feeling vulnerable.

With support from both students and teachers like you, you could be hearing less of my

voice and more of Morgan Freeman's.

Thank you.