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  • Jason got pwned by my shitty camera.

    LULZ!

  • That was a great day! I might go back to Chow's for lunch today, just to sit quietly and reminisce.

  • kinda makes your ski crawl doesn't it? kinda reminds me of when i went to a yugioh tournament

  • It just kind of makes you realize how far removed the corporate YouTube is from the community that ends up forming, despite of their efforts! Oh well. That's perfectly fine with me. Friendships and community have to grow organically...a corporate entity could never dictate or harness them.

  • looked like fun but I still don't really know what the whole YT live event was all about... especially as the vid ended just as the event started! ;)

  • Most of us there aren't sure what it was all about! LOL

  • Wow! Looks like you had an amazing time, Gary. The ride there looked awesome. Love that car. Was there really a red carpet?

  • Yeah..there was a red carpet...but it certainly wasn't for us! We just kind of found a spot and hammed it up! LOL

  • Oh what a chaffeur! Great cruise. Its cool they had the background banner there. Supergool gathering of Greats!

  • Our chaffeur was amazing! He took us over the Golden Gate Bridge later that night...truly one of many highlights of an amazing weekend for me! :)

  • So much fun - thanks for taking us along!!

  • Maybe you can make it to the official gathering in March?

  • Wow, you sure ran those stops! Love SF....hubby and I spent our honeymoon there many moons ago! Looks like a fun time was had by all. Jacquie (UK) x

  • I didn't run those stops...Jason did! LOL

  • The only thing that could have made this video any better would have been watching you guys trying to argue your way out of a traffic ticket for running stop signs, LOL. But as much fun as it would have been to watch I'm glad Jason didn't get a ticket!

  • I kept wondering why we didn't get a ticket or into an accident! Of course, I managed to get into that accident on Monday morning due to the snow and had a police report and everything. So it was all meant to be! LOL

  • Yikes! From carefree cruisin' with the top down in CA to a snowy fender bender in WI in seemingly the blink of an eye:( Hopefully no one was hurt and the vehicles weren't bent up too bad.

  • Nobody was hurt. I smashed my car up pretty good but nothing is wrong with the other vehicle. Oh well. From CA to snow WI. Thus is my life! LOL

  • Awesome video!

    I love the stop sign running haha.

  • Yeah, I love that part too!

  • I'm just stunned that Ken is so short compared to the rest of you. You don't get height on video when y'all are alone. I figured Ken for over 6 foot and Gary to be the short one.

    Go figure.

    At 5'6", I'd be like a dwarf compared to you, Gary. :-)

    -dan'l the lawn gnome

  • I was really surprised by how short Ken was too, and he thought I was a giant. Amazing how different we perceive people in these little video windows!

  • So that's what you've been up to. When are the lot of you coming to the East coast???

  • I'd love to get to the east coast! That's only been my second time out to the west coast ever.

  • You're ahead of me. I've only been to San Fran once.  You guys look like you had entirely too much fun and based on the comments .... WAY too much fun ;) I'm jealous!

  • It was truly a blast and a trip I'll never forget! :)

  • Looks like you guys had a great time!

  • We sho did! :)

  • I want my 10 min back... *that's what she said*.....**holding down and running***

  • *d'YAM*

  • Why? Cuz you're not in it??? GRRRRR. Vicious yipe-yipe doggie attack at your ankles.

  • LOL... I <3 you. No. I laughed the whole time. Most of my favorite men in one shot. Who couldn't love it?

  • I can think of one hater who will find this very stupid. This video just goes to show how "fake" all of my friends are. *rolls eyes* Just how many TwitPicts were you in this weekend anyway? You naughty, naughty vixen!?!

  • I am sure that hater will watch every minute of the 10 and take notes. I hope when the hater reads this, the look of 'fuck off' comes across in my text. :0)

    I had no idea about me-on-a-stick. It was a delightful surprise!

    Umm, you have the 'good set' of pics tho... shhhhh

  • I wonder if the hater will read these comments too and realize how much we think she's a joke who needs to get a life? Hmmm.

    Which "good set" are you talking about?

  • Wonder. I wouldn't mind telling her. Hmm.

    The ones where we both were wearing pink.... tights...*nudge nudge* LOLOL..

  • That's a site I'd like to see!! Aren't we both dancing to "Single Ladies" in those photos too?!

  • 0.0 *faints*

  • That was fabulously fun footage for real!

  • It was a blast!! :)

  • thanks for sharing, looks like a lot of fun was had.

  • It was amazing!

  • Is it just me or did this take an entire day to convert to a high res version?

  • Late last night it finally converted over. It looks so much better in hi-res!

  • Madness! I wish I could have been there:)

  • It was a blast!

  • It was awesome to see everyone again, sorry there wasn't a piano around this time. ;)

    -JP

  • I think they're making sure that there will be a piano at the hotel for the one in SF in March!

  • Didn't know you were going! Looks like an awesome time!! No left turns in SanFrancisco! I found that to be a very strange thing. Thanks for all the great "footage"! Blessings, Grams

  • I kind of kept it quiet and it was a bit of a last minute decision.

  • Looks like so much fun!

  • It was a blast Mandy! :)

  • I know ya ain't pointing at me, 'cause I could see the side of yo' finger there!

    And 29 degrees in Wisconsin, shit, that's gonna feel like a heat wave pretty soon! I think they said 38 for today. But even with my heater on the low setting, it keeps getting up to like 76 in here. Probably 'cause I picked out the dust bunnies from it for the first time in the 10 years I've had the thing. Can't believe it still works.

    Never been to Cali, but it's on The List.

  • That was only my second time in Cali. I really love it there!

    And yeah, WI will only get colder. Sigh!

  • Burst out laughing at "so crap it'll look like Mike's channel"!!!

    Awesome, awesome, awesome!! Sydney Gathering is on this weekend, and it's shaping up to be a lot of fun!

  • Make a point of talking to the AngryAussie. I ended up hanging out with him during dinner (sat right next to him) and then afterwards at ChristopherMast's house with him. The guy is brilliant AND hilarious! He was an amazing surprise to have met and hung out with!

  • Oh cool! I figure he'll be at the Sydney Gathering. I've barely watched any of his stuff though - I guess the same goes for all the Aussie YTers, I tend to focus more on overseas than Australians.

  • I've only watched a few of his vids but knew who he was through a collab I did with Curt almost 18 months ago that AA was in as well. Really good guy. You should do yourself a favor and at least introduce yourself and mention that you're a friend of mine (although I don't know if he'd know my name is Gary! LOL).

  • Oh absolutely. I'll name drop like a bandit to establish my street cred. Luckily I'll be accompanied by two very good looking ladies on the day itself, so I figure people will come to me!

  • That is why you are the man!

  • LOL! It's all I can do to not walk around all day high-fiving myself...

  • LOL!

    Somebody has to! :)

  • I'm very upset about that scene in the car. Why is it the straight guys get to ride in the front seat while the gay guys get relegated to the back? Bigots!!!!

    But seriously, it was a great day, great to see all you guys, and that recreation of the car chase from Bullitt was excellent.

  • Actually, the segregation in the back seat had nothing to do with sexual orientation, it had to do with height. Jason and I are monsters, remember? So yeah, still bigotry, but based on stature, nothing more, and in their case, nothing less. :)

    It really was an amazing time Ken! I still can't believe I had lunch with you! :)

  • glad you guys had a great time. wow gary you logged a lot of miles this year XD

  • Yeah, I really did! It's been a crazy, crazy year! :)

  • Hanes her way on the red carpet FTW!

    Great Video Gary!!!

  • Thanks Diana! It was so much fun! I can't wait to meet you! Will you be in San Fran in March??

  • Crazy kids, running stop signs... yikes!

  • Yeah, that was something else! LOL

  • Quality vid ★★★★★

  • THANKS! :)

  • You lot are crazy! Looked like a cool event, I enjoyed Curt's video yesterday, yours today and, hopefully Ken's tomorrow!:)

  • Ken actually put one up on Sunday already!

  • Y'all stop pointin' at me! Didn't do nuffin!

    Oh, and stop does indeed mean stop. 'Vintage 79'?? Dang, I feel old now. I remember 79. And quite fondly, actually.

    Looks like y'all had a blast. Thanks for sharing.

  • Vintage 69 actually! It's a beautiful machine, that's for sure!

  • haha...i love it that your video, called "the real youtube live", ends exactly at the point when the actual show starts!! :) genius!

  • Yeah...to me, that shows what this is really all about. :)

  • I so would loved to have been there, and completely missed the event to hang with friends. I miss you guys!

  • We missed you too MaryAnn!

  • CHOW!!!! We ate there too!! I think. wait, did we? LOL Maybe I just saw the sign. No, i think we ate there.

  • I believe Mike said he took you and Wendy there! He wanted to go there the night before too! He's crazy about that place! It is quite nice!

  • ha ! I'm having a deja vu but from another angle! LOL

    what a blast. I'm going to have to cash in some frequent flyer miles soon. :) Gawd I love San Francisco - it was fun being in the convertible with you dorks ...er..I mean hot dudes!

  • Between Curt's, Ken's, and my video, we covered much of the same footage from multiple angles. I love that!

    And yeah...you NEED to come to one of these! San Fran in March??

  • Great video Gary! Fun times!

  • Thanks Russ! It was a blast. Hope to meet you at one of these things some day!

  • Funny. God how I wish I could hang out with you guys. S.F. is one big rollercoaster ride. Yeah. Love ya.

  • That's the best way to describe it! :)

  • Great video Gary & i loved the footage in the car, that took me back to my trip & what a great car too.

    Personally, i think the 'stand in Andy' did quite well ;)

    I think this video, like Curt's, sums up what's so great about this crazy site. It's not the Gatherings/Events themselves, it's the people meeting up & having a great time. Just like you guys did.

    San Francisco in March sounds very enticing, i wonder... :)

  • I was proud to be your stand-in, Andy (perhaps OhMooseman needs to be claimed soon??). But the real deal in March sounds better to me, I must say.

    :-D

  • LOL @ OhMooseman.

    What with both you & Ken bugging me about March, it's getting harder to refuse :)

  • What about OhMoosemanZilla344!?!

  • I could do two swan song vlogs and come back in the time it would take just to SAY that user name.

    ;-P

  • Well you certainly have practice.

    Just sayin....! LOL

  • Your name came up quite often my friend! And Mike does a pretty good impression if I do say so myself. :)

  • I heard Mike's impression & thought "do i really sound like that to you guys?"

    You're never quite sure whether to be pleased, or worried, that your name came up in other people's conversations :)

    I meant to say before, that it's been great to see the same shots from all those different angles, in the different videos you guys have made. There's something good about that, that i can't quite put my finger on.

  • I feel the same way about the different angles. Many of the same shots were in Ken's, Curt's, and my video, but just from different cameras and heights. I really like that aspect about it too!

    And trust me, there's nothing to be worried about with your name coming up! :)

  • Thanks.

    Those different angles reminded me of the videos that you, Blizzy & me did in Nashville. All that multiple vlogging :)

  • Yeah! Which I still have to edit and post, btw. Editing this video, though, made me excited to tackle some more ST videos. I have major post gathering depression happening right now.

  • You haven't really had much time to edit those ST2 videos have you? You must be in a permanent state of post gathering depression at the moment.

    I still have one more possible USA video to edit & post. Not sure whether to use it yet though :)

  • I have at least one or two ST2 videos to edit PLUS my footage from my 1/2 marathon! I feel like I've been in a constant state of packing and unpacking! Had it not been for my car accident the other day, I'd probably be off to Chicago for the weekend to visit Mike! Crazy, huh?

  • It's amazing how this whole YT friendship thing seems to have really taken over your life in recent months, in a good way.

    I bet you'll look back on this year & think "wow". Your 2008 reflections video will be good to watch :)

  • The 2008 reflections certainly seem surreal, that's for sure! What an amazing way to spend "year 2" of my gathering experience! :)

  • Come to San Fran, Andy, we'll do a four way vlog!!

  • That will be awesome!

  • That was a great pause after "Hanes her way"... :D I also liked the way the sun messed up the colors sometimes...

  • Yeah, that effect is kinda trippy, isn't it?

  • Great video Gary and man Jason he needs to use the breaks damn LOL That shit was soo funny!

    Glad that you guys had a great time!!

  • It was a blast!

  • Thanks for posting Gary. I bet the show was rather anticlimatic in some ways.

  • Compared to just hanging out with my friends it was...but it was certainly a spectacle, that's for sure!

  • GARY!!!!!!! Love ya man!!!! : )

  • You too Katie! Hope to see you soon!

  • I am glad to see that I was not the only YTer that met with another YT'er this weekend!! :0)

    I met with my friend Moonchimes in Vegas! We had such fun! And the time went all too fast.

    Great to see you guys hanging out together. :0)

  • That's awesome that you met for the first time! Isn't it amazing the connection you feel immediately?

  • It's true Gary!

    Immediate!

    We've been friends on line for 5 years; well before out YT days. She's the one that got me to come here. So glad I did! I've met so many more great people!

  • That's amazing that you've known each other for that long and haven't met in person! Your meeting had to be amazing.

    Happy Thanksgiving to you! :)

  • Loved the footage in the car amigo... turned out great. Definitely an excellent day in the Bay. Good times... (=

  • See you in March!

    Thanks for making this an incredible weekend my friend. That VW bug will be forever in my memories!

  • What a fun video. It was so obvious that you guys were just having a great time hanging out.

  • It was a great great time! I miss my friends horribly this week.

  • Wow, I was beginning to wonder if you guys were going to be splatted while running all those stop signs :-)

    Cool interior on the VW bug.

    BTW, could anybody go to YT live or was it invitation only?

  • That bug is just a sweet ride! It's one of the high lights of the trip.

    I guess anybody could go. You had to request tickets. I guess a lot of people didn't get theirs though. Big surprise!

  • As I already told, it turned out that I'm taller than you! hehe

    Awesome vid, guys! :)

  • Yeah, that really surprised me when we met!

  • I have failed to see a female in this group... i also have succeeded in finding some feminen voices in some men... Before i get hated on can someone anser my question before i have to ask it?

  • What exactly would that question be?

  • who does your hair?

  • The hair and makeup department at ILM. I was in California so Lucasfilms could get a better model for all the CG work they have to do to make me look normal in my videos! :)

  • hey, my friends works there, he got to meet carlos santana, in one of the sound rooms @GLStudios

  • LOL the ginger giant!

  • Not by the hair of my chiny chin chin! :)

  • the big red wolf?

  • that is a lot of interaction, who says its not social interaction?

  • Not me!

  • Great seeing you again!

  • Hey Matt...Are you on FaceBook? If not, send me your email address (use the Twitter IM system, that's better than YouTube's). I have a nice picture of us I posted on my FaceBook of us that I want to send you.

  • Not gonna touch the whole big feet/rear end/stick shift/poonage thing. For the love indeed LOL

    I was just 6 hours south of you at the time. Nice to thaw out a bit for the weekend, wasn't it?

  • Totally for the love! It was just crazy with the innuendo -- and totally at a cut throat pace too. It was awesome.

    And yeah. I came back and woke up to 3 inches of snow. And smashed my car. WELCOME BACK!

  • In YOUR end-o...heh heh...

    Serious damage?

  • Two new door skins and a fender need to be straightened/fixed and then painted. Nothing structural and it drives fine. It could have been worse but never a good time.

  • I used to work in auto parts...it's never cheap!

  • Yeah. I work in the automotive industry, so I hear that!

  • Employee discounts FTW!

    ...sort of.

  • Not really. But I know people who can do things for much cheaper...so that rawks.

  • shhhhh, it was karma, lolooops

    you mentioned the tire rod...which was scary but you guys all survived...soooo shhhhhh

    mother matures a bitch, and she spanks us all from time to time, just to see if we are paying attention glad ur ok

  • Yeah...no shit! After watching this and realizing about my car accident...D'OH!

  • I just made too many comments and had to type in "flathmen". ??

  • LOL! Keep commenting! :)

  • Oh man, I can't wait to finally hang out with Curt one day!!

  • You won't stop laughing! :)

  • Why? Is he funny? ;)

  • BTW, everybody...best center pict evah! :)

  • Yes, yes it is!

  • But which is the angel on your shoulder and which is the devil? ;)

  • They are both the devil!! :)

  • Poonage? That sounds kinda nasty! hehehehe!

    I'm glad you guys had fun- I wish I could have made it. I'm sure I'll make it to at least one this next year, but I'm kinda hoping for something to pop up in New York, again. I love that place! (really!)

    You have a super Thanksgiving! *hugs & smootchies*

  • I know I'll be at the San Francisco gathering in March and then I'm hoping to make it to one more next year!

  • "No straight in this car!"??? Nope, no poon for you ever again!

    Ooooo the burn paybacks are at the premium here.

    I am getting Jason brakes for X-mas!

    Those extra muscles are NOT from holding the camera!!

  • They weren't allowing the word "straight" in the car from that back seat. So everything had to be "forward" this and "forward" that. Although I'm sure somebody will take it out of context! LOL

    And yeah, major burns in this video and no comment about these muscles! LOL

  • PoonTube ftw, btw! LOL

  • I'd be there!!!! LOL

  • LOL

    The "force" is strong with this one! LOL

  • But my lightsaber is really, really small.

  • its not the size of the lightsaber, its the force behind it, lol

    *shakes head lmao*

  • The flee is strong with this one!

  • Funny, my light saber is long and red!

  • *must....not....drink.... while reading ...THESE ...comments*

    PS....and if you keep doing that, it'll be green 0.o

  • LOL! Your fault, not mine! LOL

  • I remember back in the day when it was blue!

  • LOL!

  • It's more fun to shoot the whole hill at once... (=

  • That hill freakin' was amazing! We were totally like Steve McQueen! :)

  • Great video i think you must of had to been there to enjoy the live show because watching it on here while it was going on was very detached nothing like watching a video like this one that makes you feel part of what's going on maybe the next one they have will be a bit more viewer friendly or maybe it will be closer to me and i'll get to enjoy it like yall did.

  • The live show actually was very focused on fame and popularity. They barely even acknowledged those of us in the audience. Only the "popular kids" were seated near the stage. The rest of us had to deal with standing in a huge crowd. Hanging out with friends is what this was all about. The Live event was secondary.

  • the bug ride looks super fun. great meeting you and see you in MARCH!