A Growing Obsession

[katiefoolery]

Because I needed a new addiction. I needed something to distract me from writing. I needed another obsession.

Personally, I blame surferartchick. After all, she was the one who said, "Hey, Katie, come vlog with us! It'll be fun! You don't really need your soul, do you? No? That's handy."

I'm paraphrasing a little, but I'm pretty sure that's what she said.

Once upon a time, I thought YouTube was for AMVs and for watching subbed anime that you couldn't get anywhere else. Sometimes, on special occasions, it was for looking at old ads with friends and laughing at them. Laughing at the ads, that is, not my friends.

Although I do laugh at them... and they laugh at me in turn.

But no - YouTube is actually a place full of interesting, fun-type people who make videos and vlogs and are intoxicatingly entertaining at times. It's a bit like LJ, except you get to hear and see people instead of getting to know them through their written words. And I'm not saying I prefer one over the other, but the whole vlog thing is still a novelty to me. It's shiny and I love it.

And it's infecting me. Lately, when I'm contemplating ideas for future LJ posts, a little voice at the back of my mind will be gleefully pointing out what good vlogs these ideas would make. And I'm a sucker for it, because I love mixing media. So don't be surprised if some of my posts in the future are actually videos.

Hey, is it horribly obvious and unsubtle segue time? You know what, I believe it is. Here we go...

Speaking of videos, here's my fivedotnerds video for this week:

This one includes a bonus short (short short) film at the end, which involves me acting like unto an idiot, supported in my efforts by my cat, who was seriously trying to steal the entire show. You know you want to see me acting like an idiot. Everyone needs a good laugh every now and then. :D

Comments

[frohike.livejournal.com]

This doesn't help with remembering events, but one way I organise is with labels. Like Under my sink there are some plastic drawers, one is for batteries, one is for candles and matches, one is for glues etc. This was I cn always find batteries cos they have a designated home. All my cleaning products (which also live inder the sink) are sorted into labelled baskets eg carpet, bathroom etc.
Labels.

Champion kitty should be featured on IMDB

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Labels are a briliant idea! No-one ever puts stuff back in the right place here, so I may need to invest in some of those. And then beat them about the head with my appropriately labelled blunt object when they fail to observe the labels. :D

Seriously, I had no idea my cat was holding back all of this acting talent. I bet she'd be impossible to direct, though.