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Am I really updating with a tweet?

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Yes I am, but it’s so good.

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Actual content is coming down the pike! You could even hold your breath until then if you wanted to, and have big lungs.

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Alan Zimmer: Lead Project Head of IT

April 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments

One of my favorite sketches that I’ve written has finally made it online!
Alan Zimmer: Lead Project Head of IT
Featuring Tim Dunn, Amber Nelson, Alison Bennett and Mary Grill in the cast

Ben Rameaka, Dan Bookbinder and a bearded and eye-patched Ramsey Ess in the chorus, TV’s Eric Drysdale on guitar, John Frusciante on drums, Jill Morris on flute and Alex Kane on flag.

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Two Great Tastes, Together at Last…

April 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

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(posts with actual content coming very soon)

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Happy Easter!

April 4th, 2010 · No Comments

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PostSecret

February 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Lucky me, I can now say that some of my work was briefly featured on the website PostSecret.com. PostSecret is a website that encourages people to send anonymous postcards to be put online, and someone picked up a promotional postcard for a show that I had made a poster for and sent it in. It was, however, taken down for some reason, but lucky me, somebody out there saved it first.

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Not Much Content, But Important to Me

January 13th, 2010 · No Comments

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Christmas in the USA

December 22nd, 2009 · 5 Comments

mileyLong time Ramsey Ess fans know that every year I create some kind of multimedia Christmas card. Last year it was a version of “R2-D2, We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” and the year before that it was a thing so amazing that it’s no longer online.

This year I had big plans. I was going to record an all-out holiday parody version of Miley Cyrus’ classic song “Party in the USA.” Everybody loves holiday songs. Everybody loves parody songs. Total win.

I got everything together, I wrote it, recorded the main vocal, recorded backing tracks, autotuned it and saved the file.

Then I listened to it the next day and remembered I can’t sing.

Rather than throw the whole thing out, I’m giving you a taste: here’s the first verse and the chorus. As my Christmas gift to you, you do not have to listen to the bridge or the final verse with at least four layers of my off-key warbling.

Please enjoy before I think better of posting this:

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Family Christmas Cards

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments

While looking for family Christmas cards to Photoshop myself into I came across the following Christmas photo:

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I love you, the Ferguson family.

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Blogging Elsewhere (SparkNotes.com)

November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

scarletletterI will (and kind of have been) continue updating RamseyEss.com as I do this, but I would be remiss if I didn’t let you know that I am currently blogging over at Sparknotes.com’s blog.

It’s a much different style than what you’ll find here, but basically I’m doing summaries of classic literature with my dumb jokes and commentary for tweens thrown in. So, it’s like regular Sparknotes except with references to Gossip Girls, teen angst and puns.

I just completed a full summary of “The Scarlet Letter” and am now beginning to make fun of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” ‘Bout time somebody took that lady down a peg, right?

You can check them all out here.

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As seen in Greenpoint, Brooklyn…

November 12th, 2009 · No Comments

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While there are bikes on the “fence,” you’ll notice that the directive of the sign is totally being followed.

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