{"id":38411,"date":"2021-04-22T10:46:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=38411"},"modified":"2021-04-22T10:46:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:46:37","slug":"a-marvel-ous-idea-but-the-best-laid-plans-so-often-go-awry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=38411","title":{"rendered":"A Marvel-ous idea… but the best laid plans so often go awry"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

I recently stumbled across an AfterEffects template that recreated the vibe of the Marvel Studios opening. (Shout out to Avnish Parker<\/a>!). But I didn’t love the royalty free open source musical score… so went ahead and bought a fiverr gig<\/a> for somebody to compose my own “Heroica: A Marvel-ous Theme Song for Run Kevin Run Dot Com.”

It wound up costing more than $5… but not A LOT more as I balked when the guy tried to pull a post-delivery upcharge by saying that “this really should cost X.” As it was Fiverr suggested buyers should “tip” their gig-ers so I went somewhere in the middle of what the guy quoted AFTER taking the job. Honest to the Holiest of Guacamoles, the guy’s advert said it was $5 per 15 seconds of music, up to four instruments. And that’s what I asked him for.

But I digress.

In any case, I had intended on putting it up as the header of the website. But even that proved too difficult — it would loop infinitely so I stretched the freeze frame…. but then it wouldn’t fit or the WordPress theme I had wouldn’t keep static images on other pages. I’ve tried finding other themes but ultimately I just thought, “fiddlesticks… I’ll just post it here and give up.”

This Marvel-Ous intro then is but one more item on my ever-growing ‘I really tried and it didn’t work out–why do I even bother?” list.<\/p>\r\n