BEDA - Day Three - VAEDA and BAEDA and VidCon

Wow, the last few days have been quite hectic. We are currently in the middle of a campaign here at Hitviews and it's really not a good time to be thinking about a video or a blog a day. So instead I find myself thinking of them at night... and then editing them in the early hours of the morning... and then falling asleep on the floor. This can't be healthy, but it's not like it's a dramatic change to my usual schedule.

I currently have my 11 minute long VidCon video exporting right now, and I'm sure it'll take even longer to upload. I like the video, it'll be good evidence of an enjoyable weekend I had. I wish it wasn't so long, but I didn't want to sacrifice what I had to say just to satisfy or attract a few extra people.

So, as the title suggests, I am participating in VAEDA and BAEDA. Vlog and Blog ALMOST every day August. A witty title, JimTheHermit came up with in my comment section. I don't plan on skipping the work, I plan on simply catching up. I need to have faith in myself, though I can already hear my BlogTV Crew groaning. Thanks guys.

Here are some notes I made while at VidCon.

Wednesday Night - wrock, hair, heat, going a little crazy, the first gray hair, exhaustion.

Thursday - inappropriate airport songs, in-and-out and the planes flying over, meeting Matan, nerves before arriving, constant loveliness of online people, Hank and John Green, reactions to new hair, nerimon, toby, nanalew, catrific, tessa, justine, alli, kevjumba, The VidCon Volunteers, general calmness that crossing out lines gives me, hanging around for no specific purpose, the room with John and Tom, beers. It was just so lovely.

Friday - "what is a brand? A brand is a promise," vidstatsx.com,

JOHN: I don't even know what's happening next because I'm so panicked."

The audience calls out names of who they want on next and Hank Green begins to trot on stage to help.

JOHN: Oh, yes I do.

Hank whips around and trots off.

SHANE: They like donations, and I always give them big donations and they let me run wild and don't ask any questions...

ANONYMOUS: That's very Catholic of them.

- On the Spanish Catholic Elementary School where Shane Dawson films his skits.

VIEWER: While you were growing up, losing weight and getting online...

- I found this opening line ridiculous and awesome at the same time.

Saturday - The YouTuber, CrabStickz.

I remember feeling so sad and lost at times. I think it was because I was not there with a group but by myself. I always felt like I was missing out on something because I was not with a fellow person involved in online video. I tried to shake it off, but it was hard to get over. I think that's sometimes why I felt so lost.

I remember spending a lot of time with Barats and Bereta who are just really lovely guys. It was the second time we had hung out and they are both so funny, it was nice to just sit and talk with them for a bit while all the crazy went down around us.

I felt uplifted by the positive energy that online video can create and the people seem to all be growing up wonderfully, and... I was thankful for every moment with these amazing people.

The East Coast is quite quiet now. I really only know a few comedy groups and then Mememolly and ISnoggedHarry, SupaDupaFlyGirl and... who else? There is the Next New Network and some Revision 3 people, who are some of my favourite people in the city, but it feels like everyone is up and moving to Los Angeles. I think that if I don't find myself on a plane back home in November, I would like to stay in Los Angeles or somewhere in California for the Winter. I really don't want to deal with another New York Winter.

That's the problem with New York City. Do you wait around to make more friends and better friends or do you just watch them all leave you behind?

***This was one of my Drafted posts, so I'm happy***

BEDA - Day Two - Places To Skydive and People To Watch for 30 Days.

Highlights:

1. A bagel with cream cheese
2. Finding out that I wasn't becoming a product of the 21st century and completely impatient, but that the Internet is incredibly slow here. Apparently we are now getting a T1 line! I don't know what that is, but I hear it's fast!
3. Charlie's video, which was quite a surprise!
4. Wow, your day can't have that many highlights when you are mostly planning on making videos...

In my Day One video, I asked everyone where I should skydive next, and I liked your suggestions a lot.

onioncheesecoffee: Skydive Oregon - Molalla, OR - The scenery is beyond beautiful. The ground is almost always green in every direction. Massive mountains jut up in the distance (Hood, St. Helens, Ranier, The Three Sisters)

seventyangel: Byron Bay, NSW

RomanNikoles, dctcool, Skye940, A7XDudeDrums support my idea to skydive on the Gold Coast, Qld

bulabula80: Skydive Fiji!

fizzylimon: Skydive in Orlando - only if you jump with me, Steve :)

A7XDudeDrums: Wollongong, NSW

LilMissae: Yarra Valley, Melbourne

PurpleLemonTree: Lake Taupo, New Zealand.

All of these places would be gorgeous to skydive in, however I have to admit that I still get nervous at the idea of doing it again. Though I can imagine how amazing it would feel to say that I had been skydiving in all those places.

I found some cool people who are also doing VEDA.

JeebJello - my ex-roommate and all-round mystery man. He has a gorgeous new camera (bastard!) and I think he may not be in America anymore. I'm looking forward to seeing him stick with something. He says he started because of me, but I think I started because of him, which means I can time travel, awesome!

He's really funny, go send him some encouragement!

DigiWax - one of my first subscriptions and one of the first, if not the first Australian I found on YouTube. He's doing something different with his VEDA. Instead of talking about himself, he's going to be talking to others. So head on over and suggest people for him to talk to.

AllThatJazz - I love her quirky little videos and she also seems to understand that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is superior to so many of the other Harry Potter films because the book just translates so easily to film. I think the book is closest to being a mystery novel, whereas the others have too many special moments that don't add to the general story and so they don't make it into the films - I will stop before my whole blog becomes a Harry Potter rant.

I also saw a comment that some people participate in VEDO, Vlog Every Day in October. So, if this goes well, I may take September off - or I won't post every day - and then I'll get back into it.

I am a bit worried about today's video. I wanted to talk about VidCon, but I couldn't find my VidCon shirt and I didn't want to compromise, so I'm going to talk about it tomorrow, hopefully. Then I have other videos to do, but they are quite big on production, so I might have to resort to the plan I was meant to act out last year. This is all quite complicated. I wish I hadn't decided to do this last moment, but I guess it just means doing something worthwhile at 3am instead of posting things on Tumblr.

Well, I can't type on this all day. I have to do my job and I have to also edit some of the drafts I have so I can post what I said I would.

Here's hoping not all of August is me posting random crap.