Fun with Post-Its

Probably no video tomorrow.  So appreciate what I have today!

100th post Bonanza!

And by bonanza, I mean the standard video.  Woot?

The good news is that I've started to pick up on a verbal tic I have that's rather annoying.  The good news being that I found it, not that it's annoying.  Luckily, it's pretty easy to edit out, but I apparently didn't do a very good job of it on this video.  Can you spot the easily editable verbal tic?

Cow poop.

First off, to explain the title, I was working with compost that contained cow manure for 7 hours today.  Glad that's all cleared up.  Shoveling, wheelbarrowing, and spreading compost for 7 hours is a very good way to make oneself very tired.  This is why I shall be editing and posting today's vlog tomorrow.  I could stay up and finish it, but I would probably get sloppy quickly, and no one wants that.  I've already got tomorrow's vlog planned and plenty of time to do it in, so I shouldn't fall behind again.  

Godzilla! (a.k.a. Obooma!)

It was just one of those days when you feel and hear giant earthshaking noises outside your house and think you might die. Pretty standard. Apparently, it's gone down in Twitter history as Obooma. Awesome.

I'm really happy with how much more natural I sounded on camera in this video.  Also, the whole experience was just kind of exhilarating.  This is the first time that I've been really happy that YouTube seriously messes up my video quality, though, because I had no makeup throughout the entire video and I had been in the sun all morning.  Not an attractive combo in HD, trust me. 

Time (Warp) Capsule.

And no, there is no relation to the Rocky Horror Picture show, I just love the time warp song.

ugh

I've been working on a video for hours and it's all uploaded to YouTube but it's not participating so I'm just going to finish it up tomorrow after I wake up early in the morning and do a lot of yardwork.  The good news is the large amount of work I'm doing tomorrow means that I probably wasn't going to be making a video tomorrow anyway, so at least you'll get something tomorrow.  Apologies for incohesiveness.

Hey, did I just live up to the title of this blog?

SCIENCE!  But not scary science, I promise.  *shifty eyes*

Also, it's A REAL VLOG THINGY that I made for my own purposes!  Finally, after all these weeks.  I still need a lot of work to become a decent vlogger, but practice makes perfect!  Hope springs eternal and whatnot! This paragraph needs more exclamation points!

FANCY DINNERS = TIRED

So I just got back from Oregon last night and found myself prepping for a fancy dinner with family friends all day.  I got some stuff filmed just now, but none of it's really good except for me messing around a bit on camera.  Since I'm not going to upload for the sake of uploading, I'm going to start my video-a-day marathon tomorrow.  And I may take a cue from Dr. Noise and make weekend vlogging optional.  Don't worry, I have a definite video planned for tomorrow along with a stupidly long backlog of ideas, so I really will get on it tomorrow.  I just have to finish my yardwork in the morning, nap, shower, and hit the ground running on my vlog.  And since I'm going to be up tomorrow at 7:00 to do yardwork, sleep time is NOW (another reason why I'm not going to put time into a so-so vlog entry for today).  Goodnight, all!

An Excuse and a Lot of Awesome

So you may have noticed I still haven't posted a video after Life in a Day.  Well, I might not have done my own video recently, but I did shoot and compile footage for another person's compilation video.  That person is known as RoxinPunch on YouTube, and she is awesome.  I'm really sad that I didn't cross paths with her at VidCon, because I really would have liked to talk to her about vlogging and building an audience (she just broke 1000 subscribers).  Anyway, she should have a video coming out soon and it's possible that some of my footage will be in it.  Whether or not it is, you should keep an eye out for the video, and if you are a subscribing type of person, subscribe to her channel.  I think you'll be happy.  She's got quite a persona. http://www.youtube.com/roxinpunch

Now if your name is Lizzle, you've been sitting around for two weeks wondering WHERE ARE THESE VIDEOS JULIA SHOT AND PROMISED.  Well, bad news, I was moving all of last week, got home from summer research yesterday, and am leaving for a short family road trip five minutes ago.  I'll be gone until Friday, but I promise that I'll upload one video per day (no strict midnight deadline) when I get back, at least for the two weeks until I go back to school.  It's a short term way to clear out some idea clutter and get some vlogging practice.  And the reason that I didn't edit and upload a video yesterday was this: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2269863/Less_Wrong  This is the profile page for the author of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a fanfiction where Harry Potter, due to certain circumstances, grew up to be very much like Artemis Fowl.  It is scientific, rational, silly, and absolutely hilarious.  There's a whole section that reads rather like Ender's Game.  And it is AWESOME.  I linked to you the author's profile instead of directly to the story because I encourage you to click the PDF download link from that page.  If you download the PDF, it looks almost EXACTLY like an actual Harry Potter book.  Be warned, it can be very hard to put down.

Okay, I'll be back on Friday or Saturday to start my video-a-day marathon.  Have a great week, everyone!