The FreeLance Independent Media Producer

Euphemisms; you gotta love these things right? And nowhere else but the English language can you find a more colorful plentitude of the wackiest and craziest euphemisms ever to roll off someone’s tongue!

Over the course of time, between world war one, and our current controversial conflicts in the middle east, the term Shell Shock became Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The term Cock Pit, has become the flight deck.

Stewards and stewardesses have become flight attendants.

Doctors have become health care professionals, and so on and so on.

All of these are great and sort of comical when you look at them, especially when you listen to what George Carlin had to say, but there’s one in particular that I’ve stumbled across recently that I’ve completely fallen head over heals in love with.

Youtubers, yes that would be you, at least those of you that make videos yourselves, and me, of course, are no longer youtubers, or video bloggers for that matter.

No, ladies and gentlemen of the video making portion of the youtube community, we are now ….. wait for it…..Free Lance Independent Media Producers.

I first heard this term from a particularly popular IMP by the name of davisfleetwood, whom I’ve been following for a few months now.

But I’ll take the credit for attaching the term freelance to it, just to add that extra bit of spice.

Try saying it out loud a couple times and see how nice and tasty it rolls off your tongue;

Freelance Independent Media Producer.

I can see it now, the next time someone asks me what I do for a living,

I’ll no longer have to say I’m an MP in the Army.

I can now address their question quite professionally with the answer;

I’m a Military Law Enforcement Non Commissioned Officer and a part time Non Profit Free Lance Independent Media Producer.

I can’t wait to see the look on the face of the first person I throw that at.

So here’s the question I have for you, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls;

Aside from being a possible non profit freelance independent media producer, or in the case of my friends TomKenn8dy, Bundangbear and qiranger, Partnered Freelance Independent Media Producers, what do you guys do for a living?

Now before you answer that question, I don’t want to hear, or read “I’m a cashier, or I’m an x-ray technician, or I’m a mechanic,” or what have you.

I want you to dress it up, make it as colorful as you possibly can. Dress that puppy up like a Barbi Doll!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some business cards to print off.