Even if gas was affordable, I'm terrified of cars. Two years ago I was in a bad mashup at hiway speeds. Nobody was hurt. But it left me having very little stomach for driving or being driven around. Especially with someone like you Irina who drives like a maniac. I am simply too terrified.
Another thing that blows: I found out I'm on the terrorist watch list. I was at the La Guardia airport in January and being my normal organized self, I showed up at the check-in desk with only forty minutes to spare. And the old man said, "Oh my goodness. I don't think you're going to make it." And he typed some things in his computer and then he chuckled, "And of course you're on the list." He paused again. "Okay you're on the flight. You made it by thirty seconds. But your bags probably aren't going to make it." So this has been a mystery I've been trying to figure out. Why am I on the list? Was it my library record? Was it this video I filmed at a party in portland: <http://www.detrimentalinformation.com/2006/11/episode_27_george_bush_pinata.html> http://tinyurl.com/55g73u Or is it a mistake? I watched a video about a "John Higgins" who was put on the list. Maybe he got put on the list because his name is similar to mine: "John Holden". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOQ4lEzChQI --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ok so john holden, we cant even drive any more > do you have a prius, i think in all the prii, we can drive for $27 > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:10 AM, ruperthowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > This is what I'm talking about. With ideas like this, we could change > > the world. > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "ractalfece" <john@> wrote: > > > > > > If I make it to vloggercamp. And I'm really gonna try. If I make it > > > I'll sit around and bullshit about kicking some mothervloggin ass with > > > whoever will listen. Here's an idea that popped into my head and I > > > don't know what to do with it. So I'm going to pretend I'm looking > > > into a camp fire with a beer in my hand. Because that's really where > > > ideas like this should go. Into a fire. > > > > > > Okay, you know the youtube system, how suggested videos pop up in the > > > player after you watch one? And also there's the related video list > > > over on the sidebar. In the early days it was based on tags. And you > > > could get massive amounts of views by changing your tags to the tags > > > of a popular video. But they've changed the algorithm. I think > > > they're now using some sort of social scoring system sort of like > > > google page rank. And the evidence I'm going on here is the strange > > > experiences I've had with my videos. Someone leaves an intriguing > > > comment and I want to know more about this person. I go to the > > > commenter's youtube profile, I watch one of the commenter's videos and > > > one of my own videos pops up in the player! I've also noticed odd > > > behaviour with the videos I've favorited- they have a tendency to show > > > up on the related sidebar list together. > > > > > > Okay, so do you realize what we as a vlogging community could do? We > > > could create an insular social circle so that the majority of the > > > videos that pop up are from our circle. Nay, our cult! We could all > > > start inserting a single frame of satanic imagery. Think how this > > > will look to the average youtuber. He or she keeps clicking on the > > > videos that youtube suggests and everything youtube serves up has the > > > same dark image inexplicably inserted into it. No better yet: a > > > whispered phrase. Think about it. > > > > > > I'm gonna go take a leak over in those bushes now. > > > > > > WE COULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE WHIRLY SPEED OF THE APOCALYPSE! > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "ruperthowe" <rupert@> wrote: > > > > > > > > if i tell my wife that i'm burning $1000 that i can't really afford to > > > > spend 5 days away (including my daughter's birthday) when she's 8 > > > > months pregnant and when my sister, her boyfriend and her two kids are > > > > visiting from England and staying in our house.... just for FUN, then > > > > i'll get fired. maritally speaking. > > > > if i'm coming, i'm coming to kick some mothervloggin' ass. not chew > > > > straw and whittle. > > > > R > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Irina <irinaski@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > rupert > > > > > > > > > > i think this was just for FUN > > > > > heard of it? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Rupert <rupert@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 5 have paid - but there are THIRTY people on the list on the > > wiki, > > > > > > right? So. That's where it needs to be to start with. No we've got > > > > > > to persuade each other to put our money where our mouth is. > > > > > > > > > > > > Seems to me that all these people WANT to go, but need to know who > > > > > > else is going before they put their money down and buy their > > > tickets. > > > > > > > > > > > > It's this point, decision time, when we all measure the mood and > > > work > > > > > > out whether it's worth it to us, right? > > > > > > > > > > > > If those 30 people come - and more - this will be a GREAT few > > days. > > > > > > > > > > > > Not just hanging out in the woods with a bunch of video > > weirdos, but > > > > > > a time to really take things to the next level. > > > > > > > > > > > > The events list on the Vloggercamp wiki is still mostly full of > > > ideas > > > > > > for tech lessons. > > > > > > > > > > > > But it seems to me that most of us who are going have cracked the > > > > > > technology a long time ago. > > > > > > > > > > > > We're not pioneers in anything any more. Everyone with a broadband > > > > > > connection has watched YouTube. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now we've got to figure out What We Want To Do With It. > > > > > > > > > > > > Both for ourselves personally - as a hobby - and collectively, > > as a > > > > > > group: where the exciting shit is, what the new challenges and > > > > > > opportunities are, to use bullshit Media Convention marketing > > speak. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've heard people talk about collaborative Shows, interactive > > > > > > storytelling, grassroots democracy & journalism, becoming better > > > > > > filmmakers. > > > > > > > > > > > > What *I* want from it is to go and hang out with some of you > > cutting > > > > > > edge motherfuckers and come up with some stuff that we can do > > > > > > TOGETHER. Make some stuff there and then, and come away with plans > > > > > > for the next year. > > > > > > > > > > > > COME ON! Sign up, let's make this an unmissable event, a much > > needed > > > > > > turning point and new beginning. > > > > > > > > > > > > Rupert > > > > > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 30-Jun-08, at 7:45 AM, Bill Streeter wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > We have 5 people who have registered. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > > > Irina <irinaski@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SO > > > > > > > whats the count RIGHT NOW bill > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > http://geekentertainment.tv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://geekentertainment.tv > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
