<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ben&#039;s Bitter Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://bensbitterblog.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[bensbitterblog]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://bensbitterblog.com/author/bensbitterblog/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Editing 2020 Bitter Friday&nbsp;Giftures]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>As writers, or wanna be writers like me, we are all pretty familiar with the editing process in one way or another. I also do a lot of video, so I know how painstaking editing can be to remove all the um, errs, and awkward pauses to make a good looking video.</p>
<p>Instagrammers are also pretty thankful for the editing process so they can completely change their appearance to the point where their own mother wouldn&#8217;t recognize them.  So, it seems like we should get to edit our own lives too right?</p>
<p>My question to you all is if you could edit your life, what would you choose to do with your editing power? I think I would edit all the umms, errs and uhhhs, and go back to those encounters with people I needed to impress and we-write jokes I thought of later, or insults that I thought of later, and I would like to pause those interview questions, so I had more time to think of the right answers. Oh, and I would ask people to the prom to get their reactions. If they were like, uh, naaah, or pretty indecisive, I would move and ask everyone til I got a good gauge of who was actually interested. Then possibly, my prom would have been slightly better.</p>
<p>On to the Bitter Friday Giftures, which I have much more editing control over.</p>
<p><strong>You know I would do this&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/zz8f3053npkWs/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e477bw8tzl5ejzyizkkmykbpb7evg3dqpi97fljydaq&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="Improve Mad Men GIF" width="500" height="224" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;if I had my editing power. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>It would also be pretty nice&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/cnhrLwg4hbpPk10kUg/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e477bw8tzl5ejzyizkkmykbpb7evg3dqpi97fljydaq&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="Green Screen Holiday GIF by visualbrand" width="480" height="270" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;to change locations that easily. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>With my bad luck though&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/8L0hTnZUpnjCZuQKPd/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47af7s3x3otxntpjsta76tc8uy10ncl539sqo3i5ap&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="snapping guru studio GIF by True and the Rainbow Kingdom" width="480" height="270" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;I would probably struggle with the ability to snap my fingers and end up in Russia. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Or accidentally&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/ie76dJeem4xBDcf83e/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47a7d9m5lktccyc8qi8zfegfpmub88197y78ye2gp4&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="Avengers Endgame GIF" width="640" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;snapping half the universe away. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>I definitely would have edited&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/3o752nQk0Rg7aFute8/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e4724df0cd6554c4d1c6b739bdfa2f2428137dbe883&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="animation deal with it GIF by mezitlab" width="480" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;my bad eyesight earlier&#8230;</strong></p></div>
<p><strong>But I would definitely&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/xjve2iD3I5Xpe/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47vxohzpz7mvjak2tum2jp2eq3irungulkgj89xb4m&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="knee ol GIF" width="500" height="389" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;like to get some new knees&#8230;</strong></p></div>
<p><strong>I would do some re-arranging&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/lNXc9orDcPYTQkYLoo/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47nffadhqp9tpmp3iflcwyjr6loynruf0r73cxocqo&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="Back Pain GIF by memecandy" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;of my spine&#8230;</strong></p></div>
<p><strong>I would re-arrange some shoulder&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/ZiDnfvNB4PjVu/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47cx9skeau2jyxogutdc12le18fakp2a2q4ngoyl1d&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="dos equis brush shoulders GIF by Dos Equis Gifs to the World " width="500" height="500" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;pain. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>I would definitely&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 410px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/S7RAioXMRs8b6/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e478d37f9fa3ebc217c24f2c6a8455916c8a74d84ac&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="sorry ed helms GIF" width="400" height="226" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;photoshop some of that awkward out of me. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Take away some of those&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 255px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/TbEflsa3DZgBy/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e4746113ef7abf370d8054060ca56a9ff4b07f7cb8d&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="ed helms office GIF" width="245" height="175" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;tears. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Add some strength levels&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 529px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/13kfHhFYIi3viw/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47rnqz803beikjlmwvtbmdt7l8cer6xfazq85d245o&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="king arthur strength GIF by Disney" width="519" height="394" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;to these chicken arms. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>And add some endurance&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 330px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/OOZLyBA9Euq2I/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47t50fkxfug85y7h1jftaeunwx4fyz1zrng4umriss&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="power rangers running GIF" width="320" height="230" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;to these weak lungs. </strong></p></div>
<p>There are probably some other things I would add to the arsenal, and definitely moments I would erase completely, cough 2020, cough. But in the end, it probably wouldn&#8217;t matter, because those editing moments would probably just add more problems to my life, because as Thanos said, I AM INEVITABLE.</p>
<p>What would you do if you had editing power over your life?</p>
<p>ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH</p>
<p>Bitter Editing Power Ben</p>
]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://i0.wp.com/media3.giphy.com/media/zz8f3053npkWs/giphy.gif?fit=440%2C330&ssl=1]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[440]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[197]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>