Gem Sweater Bootleg - Leslie and The LYs in Canada

Gem Sweater Bootleg - Leslie and The LYs in Canada

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This week at the TAAFI gala opening, Leslie and the LYs made their Canadian debut to mass hysteria. This was a fucking awesome show. Leslie is a great performer - and she rocked the house! My friends Tracy and Allyson were guest LYs - Al's playing the DJ box and Tracy's on the keyboards.

The best part is that I had a camera at the back of the room that the Gladstone was using to make a live feed for those who couldn't get close enough - AND I was right up front with my trusty digital camera that records unlimited video clips - so I synched up the sound from the back camera with the images from up front.

Anyway, I've got a couple more songs I can put up over the next few days, plus a song from Stinkmitt who performed as well.

What on earth...

What on earth...

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More fun with the two cutest house pets.  Hopey is becoming more cat-like than before.  Yesterday she pounced on an elastic band.  Imagine, a 72lbs hound dog trying to pounce.  She's not graceful, but she's my dog.

 

music - "Tango" by the Corner Tour 

Teaching another videoblogging workshop

I taught my first workshop this past summer and now it's time for take 2. This time I brought my little digital camera and we shot an introduction in the class. Also, the people who signed up this time all have macs at home and they also are all camera owners. I think that the next workshop I teach, I will make this a prerequisite. The second half is tomorrow night when we'll get to see how far everyone has gotten in setting up their own vlog.

I love teaching people about videoblogging. The first two hours are really exciting because people are so amazed by the potential of what they can do. Then when I start to try and explain RSS 2.0 and the idea of subscribing to feeds, it all gets a little heavy and confusing for them. I would love any tips or links to materials that could help me get this part across better.


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My School Pals

My School Pals

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Okay, well Jay suggested that I get some material of the boys I'm going to school with.  I was really nervous about doing it.  I'm kind of shy that way.  But today I finally broke the ice and pulled out my camera.  The guys are really cool - Frank works at Wonderland, he does in fact operate rollercoasters.  He's also really into music and that's mostly where we connect.  Don's a total computer whiz and he runs servers and websites and he loves old school video games (like nintendo and early gameboy! god, i'm old) and he wears a different video game related shirt to school everyday.  Steven is pretty quiet, very nice and also seems to enjoy video games and music.  Josh was sick today so I think I'll bring my camera again next week and try to catch him. 

 On the way home I was thinking it would be fun to do a weekly question with these guys.  I'm not good at being regular about stuff, but if it keeps me vlogging, it's worth it.  This whole school trip has been really intense but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.  More to come...

Backseat Driving

Backseat Driving

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At a friend's birthday party this past weekend. Watching the poor DVD operator get yelled at from all corners. The funny part was that the people who were yelling were just as clueless about what to do. It was like being live on the set of "Survivor" when they do those blindfolded activities.

Play Time

Play Time

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If you can bear with the darkness of the movie, you will see some rather cute interactions between a 76 pound hound dog and a 6 pound kitten with 24 toes.

The Commute

The Commute

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Today I travelled 3 hours altogether to attend 1.4 hours of class.  The fact that I spend 15 hours a week ( a part time job's worth of time! ) on a bus and/or subway is quite new to me.  Sometimes it's relaxing, sometimes I sleep, yesterday I missed my stop.  I'm still getting the hang of it.

 Anyway.  Today I wanted to see what I look like on the commute.  I noticed that my brow was furrowed and after shooting this, I spent a lot of time trying to massage my forehead into a relaxed state...

 

music by Death Cab for Cutie. 

Update

Update

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i'm in school full time now and my vlog is suffering. i'm gonna try to get back on the horse, for now - check out my new moustache and my new kitten.

What we do in those woods.

What we do in those woods.

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Me and my pal tEt like to perform every once in a while.  At the festival I work at we have a talent show of sorts and last year we did these same characters and an acapella version of George Michael's "Faith".  People were peeing their pants, they loved it so much. 

So by popular demand we came back with version 2.  Gretchen Phillips accompanies, Mags did the recording.  Enjoy.     

Amazon Women

Amazon Women

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This summer at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival I recorded many clips of things that mean a lot to me. This clip is a sample from the song that is performed every year at the ceremony which opens the night stage. Every year there's a different performance but the song is always the same. "Amazon women rise". Maybe you have to be there to get it, or maybe this clip will do something for you.