@thekrazmataz: Well, SOME people were very vocal about the subpar audio quality in the first video. Ahem. I can bring on the Psych and Doctor Who references, but I have only seen the first two or three seasons of Scrubs. :\
Good luck moving out! It is a huge step and a great one! You can do what my brother did. Wait until your sibling is settled and move in with him for a short time. (I got settled and then he moved in with me for a year). It worked. Helped him save money and got him out of my parent's house.
@TheNeuroticwriter: That is definitely a great idea, and it's one my brother and I have talked about a little bit. For now, though, he doesn't know if he'll be staying in L.A. permanently or just for the six-week internship, so I can't count on him being there to move in with just yet. :) However, we get along splendidly and already know how to share a bathroom, haha, so I hope it ends up working out in the end!
@kissandhug83: Thank you, thank you! I'd love to visit. I'm smitten with all of the people I'm meeting through VEDA, and I wish we all lived closer together.
How DO you fold a fitted sheet?! I love Elijah Wood, but shh. My boyfriend was all "pssssh" when he heard you say you want to marry him but I get you...
@CarolinaThinksTV: Haha, are you familiar with Samurai Jack, the cartoon? I've watched that a lot in my life, and I think the "wah-chh!" was an unintentional rip-off of the "wah-chaa!" sound in the theme song. :D Anyway, thanks for the lovin'!
@LovelyAnomaly: Oh! I meant to post a link to it in each video. It's a song called "Balrog Boogie" that I found on a royalty-free music site. PERFECT FIT FOR ME, WITH THE SWING AND THE BALROG AND THE EVERYTHING. Link is now in the description. :)
@rachelskirts Oh goodness. Thought it was hilarious when I first heard it. I love this song now... Definitely going to listen to it on repeat for a bit. And maybe some of their other songs.
I SAW THAT HOODIE YESTERDAY IN A COMPLETELY UNCONNECTED TO VEDA WAY.
And yes, I may get that hoodie. Also, check out Iceland as another place to move. It has a similar variety to New Zealand; they pretty much could've done LotR there. Except it would've been a bit bleaker, but kind of awesome.
@superawesomeashleyd: I actually haven't seen that movie. I find that watching Elijah Wood in projects other than Lord of the Rings (like his new TV series, "Wilfred") makes it really hard for me to focus on Frodo in the movies. This is mostly because I watch the LOTR movies like once a week, though, so I think I'm the only person in the world with this particular problem. :\
I SHALL NEVER LOVE YOUR BROTHER MORE THAN I <3 THE SKIRTS! :) p.s. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to steal your TARDIS sweat shirt. Or just buy my own, whatever works.
I approve of these sound effects you used for the TARDIS sweatshirt.
Pretty awesome BHAG. I'd love to do something like that but unfortunately, I believe there are some other things I need to take care of first. Namely student loans. Wah wah.
@agzray: I have a feeling the number of sound effects will only increase as the days go by. I'm much better at making sound effects than I am at talking. (Oh, and I'm just pretending that my student loans will disappear when I start this project. Reasonable, right?)
@agzray Agreed. Moving to Cali, then NZ, then THE WORLD is pretty awesome (and audacious!), but those loans are holding me back... Luckily they don't mind if you give them pennies till the day you die so you can live your life as long as you don't go into any other debt. :-)
@Edw1nS1984: It's a terrifying goal if I stop to think about it, but I watch a lot of House Hunters International to trick myself into thinking that it's super easy. :)
It's like we have backwards lives! I've already lived in England and now I live in Korea and all I want is to move to California! Ha. Mostly, I decided California was pretty much the best place on earth last year during VEDA because so many awesome vloggers live there!
@tuesdaysborrower: Haha! That's awesome! Some of my favorite bloggers actually live in Chicago, so I'm going to have a hard time breaking away (plus, my all-time favorite pizza is here, and I pretty much survive on it). If we end up in California at the same time, we should definitely hang out!
i have a friend from college who has lived in new zealand for the past few years and LOVES it. there is nothing pansy-ish about moving to a new country, silly! that's incredibly brave and exciting and i am totally going to live vicariously through you. first step: california. next step: THE WORLD. you can do it!
@kimmy213: Aiee, thanks for the encouragement! I've been talking about this plan for years, so I'm pretty excited to have set dates in mind for when I'd like to get this party started. :)
@LovelyAnomaly: I've made my mom try to teach me like twenty times in the past five years, but I still can't figure it out. Even YouTube tutorials are wasted on me. *sob*
@writetoreach: Haha, I had that thought when I saw that you were wanting to leave California. I honestly said, "GOSH DANG IT!" to my cat while I was reading that blog post or watching that vlog or whatever. So . . . stick around? Or don't go super far? Or move to Chicago, so I have more excuses to go back for pizza and to love on my city? :)
that was much better than yesterday btw. The video and audio quality. I didn't view it in 1080 or anything but it still looked good. ok well I really have nothing to say but that ok bye
@willi382001: Not putting a fingerprint on the lens helps a LOT with video quality. The audio quality is all in the camcorder change, though. Let's all thank my brother for letting me borrow his! Hurray!
Thank goodness you got rid of the smudge. That's about the only thing I could think about through your entire other video. Even though it was the best clogging video on YouTube.
@mugsy1274: Really? I thought it was charmingly angelic. I had a good cry when I realized I'd have to get rid of who am I kidding, that was the worst smudge ever.
@rachelskirts First rule of VEDA Club - there are no sacred cows. Kill your darlings. It's all about the pursuit of excellence and quantity. Or something. Plus, beatboxing in clogs.
omg omg omg see you in 2012!!! or if you visit sooner. :D
sukibean 7 months ago
@sukibean: Haha, I've never actually been to California at all, so maybe I *should* visit at least once before moving there. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
You win an internetz for having better audio. I have never meet your brother but I think I do like him better than you. :P
BHAG - I've heard it both ways.
WTB more Psych, Scrubs, and Dr. Who references.
Also good jaerb.
thekrazmataz 7 months ago
@thekrazmataz: Well, SOME people were very vocal about the subpar audio quality in the first video. Ahem. I can bring on the Psych and Doctor Who references, but I have only seen the first two or three seasons of Scrubs. :\
WTS more Lord of the Rings references.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
Good luck moving out! It is a huge step and a great one! You can do what my brother did. Wait until your sibling is settled and move in with him for a short time. (I got settled and then he moved in with me for a year). It worked. Helped him save money and got him out of my parent's house.
TheNeuroticwriter 7 months ago
@TheNeuroticwriter: That is definitely a great idea, and it's one my brother and I have talked about a little bit. For now, though, he doesn't know if he'll be staying in L.A. permanently or just for the six-week internship, so I can't count on him being there to move in with just yet. :) However, we get along splendidly and already know how to share a bathroom, haha, so I hope it ends up working out in the end!
rachelskirts 7 months ago
I love your hair! Moving out is a big goal! You can come visit me!! Love your goals.
kissandhug83 7 months ago
@kissandhug83: Thank you, thank you! I'd love to visit. I'm smitten with all of the people I'm meeting through VEDA, and I wish we all lived closer together.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
@rachelskirts ME TOO!!!
kissandhug83 7 months ago
How DO you fold a fitted sheet?! I love Elijah Wood, but shh. My boyfriend was all "pssssh" when he heard you say you want to marry him but I get you...
juriaguria 7 months ago
@juriaguria: I "fold" my fitted sheets by crumpling them into a ball and crying. But Elijah Wood will most definitely find this charming. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
"Wah-chiii!" (Or that's totally my version of the sound you made when you showed off your sweatshirt.)
I feel like I'm watching a short film when I watch your vlogs - love 'em! :)
CarolinaThinksTV 7 months ago
@CarolinaThinksTV: Haha, are you familiar with Samurai Jack, the cartoon? I've watched that a lot in my life, and I think the "wah-chh!" was an unintentional rip-off of the "wah-chaa!" sound in the theme song. :D Anyway, thanks for the lovin'!
rachelskirts 7 months ago
I LOVE your goal(s).
and your sweatshirt.
WAY TO REPRESENT. xD
lirgonia 7 months ago
@lirgonia: Hahaha, thanks! I'm so glad I can geek out among these people.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
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lirgonia 7 months ago
Cool sweatshirt, Moving out of home is a massive step. Awesome goals
MrTimmer81 7 months ago
@MrTimmer81: Thanks! Here's hoping I actually make it happen. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
P.S. What is the song that you have going on at the end?
LovelyAnomaly 7 months ago
@LovelyAnomaly: Oh! I meant to post a link to it in each video. It's a song called "Balrog Boogie" that I found on a royalty-free music site. PERFECT FIT FOR ME, WITH THE SWING AND THE BALROG AND THE EVERYTHING. Link is now in the description. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
@rachelskirts Oh goodness. Thought it was hilarious when I first heard it. I love this song now... Definitely going to listen to it on repeat for a bit. And maybe some of their other songs.
GilliganMan 7 months ago
Yay for moving to California!! I love your goals and your video editing skills and your bloopers and basically YOU. :-P
heyitstabitha 7 months ago in playlist VEDA Day 2
@heyitstabitha: Bahaha, thanks! I love basically YOU, too! <3
rachelskirts 7 months ago
I SAW THAT HOODIE YESTERDAY IN A COMPLETELY UNCONNECTED TO VEDA WAY.
And yes, I may get that hoodie. Also, check out Iceland as another place to move. It has a similar variety to New Zealand; they pretty much could've done LotR there. Except it would've been a bit bleaker, but kind of awesome.
Also, how DO you fold a fitted sheet?
week11net 7 months ago
@week11net: Ha! WHO ELSE HAS MAH HOODIE? Iceland is a great suggestion, actually. I'll check it out. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
I had a huge crush on Elijah Wood back in the 90s when he was in North. Remember that terrible movie?
New Zealand looks like such a beautiful country!
superawesomeashleyd 7 months ago
@superawesomeashleyd: I actually haven't seen that movie. I find that watching Elijah Wood in projects other than Lord of the Rings (like his new TV series, "Wilfred") makes it really hard for me to focus on Frodo in the movies. This is mostly because I watch the LOTR movies like once a week, though, so I think I'm the only person in the world with this particular problem. :\
rachelskirts 7 months ago
I SHALL NEVER LOVE YOUR BROTHER MORE THAN I <3 THE SKIRTS! :) p.s. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to steal your TARDIS sweat shirt. Or just buy my own, whatever works.
ldelaneyj 7 months ago
@ldelaneyj: NO STEALING THE TARDIS UNLESS YOU ARE THE DOCTOR.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
@ldelaneyj: NO STEALING THE TARDIS unless you are the Doctor.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
@rachelskirts I'm the Doctor.
agzray 7 months ago
@agzray: Will be, love. Will be. Tenses are so difficult.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
@rachelskirts Tenses? Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey.
agzray 7 months ago
I approve of these sound effects you used for the TARDIS sweatshirt.
Pretty awesome BHAG. I'd love to do something like that but unfortunately, I believe there are some other things I need to take care of first. Namely student loans. Wah wah.
GOOD VLOG RECORD. FUN TIME SUPER.
agzray 7 months ago
@agzray: I have a feeling the number of sound effects will only increase as the days go by. I'm much better at making sound effects than I am at talking. (Oh, and I'm just pretending that my student loans will disappear when I start this project. Reasonable, right?)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
@rachelskirts Entirely reasonable.
agzray 7 months ago
@agzray Agreed. Moving to Cali, then NZ, then THE WORLD is pretty awesome (and audacious!), but those loans are holding me back... Luckily they don't mind if you give them pennies till the day you die so you can live your life as long as you don't go into any other debt. :-)
GilliganMan 7 months ago
Moving to NZ ? wow that's a big goal :O good luck !
Edw1nS1984 7 months ago
@Edw1nS1984: It's a terrifying goal if I stop to think about it, but I watch a lot of House Hunters International to trick myself into thinking that it's super easy. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
It's like we have backwards lives! I've already lived in England and now I live in Korea and all I want is to move to California! Ha. Mostly, I decided California was pretty much the best place on earth last year during VEDA because so many awesome vloggers live there!
tuesdaysborrower 7 months ago
@tuesdaysborrower: Haha! That's awesome! Some of my favorite bloggers actually live in Chicago, so I'm going to have a hard time breaking away (plus, my all-time favorite pizza is here, and I pretty much survive on it). If we end up in California at the same time, we should definitely hang out!
rachelskirts 7 months ago
TARDIS clothing :O well thats my wardrobe about to be filled and my bank account dropping a lot :P
Ldutch 7 months ago
OMG STUFFED FRODO! I need him in my life.
jennbizzzle 7 months ago
i have a friend from college who has lived in new zealand for the past few years and LOVES it. there is nothing pansy-ish about moving to a new country, silly! that's incredibly brave and exciting and i am totally going to live vicariously through you. first step: california. next step: THE WORLD. you can do it!
kimmy213 7 months ago
@kimmy213: Aiee, thanks for the encouragement! I've been talking about this plan for years, so I'm pretty excited to have set dates in mind for when I'd like to get this party started. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
I WAS GONNA SAY THAT ABOUT FITTED SHEETS. But then I remembered that C can fold 'em, so I'm pretty much good, right?
LovelyAnomaly 7 months ago
@LovelyAnomaly: I've made my mom try to teach me like twenty times in the past five years, but I still can't figure it out. Even YouTube tutorials are wasted on me. *sob*
rachelskirts 7 months ago
Elijah has such pretty eyes.
What? No. I'm looking to leave CA. You can't come here. (Based simply on my personal location and saying nothing against California.)
writetoreach 7 months ago
@writetoreach: Haha, I had that thought when I saw that you were wanting to leave California. I honestly said, "GOSH DANG IT!" to my cat while I was reading that blog post or watching that vlog or whatever. So . . . stick around? Or don't go super far? Or move to Chicago, so I have more excuses to go back for pizza and to love on my city? :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
that was much better than yesterday btw. The video and audio quality. I didn't view it in 1080 or anything but it still looked good. ok well I really have nothing to say but that ok bye
willi382001 7 months ago
@willi382001: Not putting a fingerprint on the lens helps a LOT with video quality. The audio quality is all in the camcorder change, though. Let's all thank my brother for letting me borrow his! Hurray!
rachelskirts 7 months ago
Pansy. =)
FYI, I am planning on going to NZ this winter/their summer. Postcard? ;)
phampants 7 months ago
@phampants: TAKE ME WITH YOU. OR ELSE.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
California!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
phampants 7 months ago
¡ʇɹıɥsʇɐǝʍs ǝɯosǝʍɐ
And for being so nervous about VEDA, I think you're doing great. You're hilarious and seem at ease (editing, I know). Keep it up.
gregorlove 7 months ago
@gregorlove: I mostly edit out the parts where I'm singing to myself, but yeah, this is a lot more fun than I expected, haha. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!
rachelskirts 7 months ago
Also, I want more beatboxing.
mugsy1274 7 months ago 2
@mugsy1274 Wrong, I got first!. =)
phampants 7 months ago
@mugsy1274 Seconded.
gregorlove 7 months ago
@mugsy1274 I think this needs to happen. :)
ldelaneyj 7 months ago
Thaaaaanks for the bookmark! Whovians unite!
And where is your brother? I'll buy him a beer, I'm in LA.
nicopolitan 7 months ago
@nicopolitan: He's not there yet, but y'all should totally hang out when he gets to town! I'll send him your way first thing. :)
rachelskirts 7 months ago
"Let's talk about Doctor Who forever. ...And LOTR."
phampants 7 months ago 2
SQUEAL!!!!!!
phampants 7 months ago
Thank goodness you got rid of the smudge. That's about the only thing I could think about through your entire other video. Even though it was the best clogging video on YouTube.
mugsy1274 7 months ago
@mugsy1274: Really? I thought it was charmingly angelic. I had a good cry when I realized I'd have to get rid of who am I kidding, that was the worst smudge ever.
rachelskirts 7 months ago
@rachelskirts First rule of VEDA Club - there are no sacred cows. Kill your darlings. It's all about the pursuit of excellence and quantity. Or something. Plus, beatboxing in clogs.
mugsy1274 7 months ago