Vlog 11 - The Gathering!

[Lidespam]

*poke*

*poke*

xD

I love this video.

[Lidespam]

Epic spammin' tiemz? xD

[Lidespam]

And, OMG, I completely forgot about me recording the guitar part of it's too hot for you. That still needs to happen ;D

[JustCallMeBen]

I so hoped you'd forgotten that :p

[Lidespam]

I had. But then I remembered ;p

Sorry? xD

[Lidespam]

This is such a cute video ;D <3<3<3

[SayHiToTheCamera]

Aaaahh waarom heb ik dit filmpje niet eerder bekeken! omg Anke schaam je!!

But still so awesome to see more footage of the gathering :D Hmmmm.. good times..

"Me likeh chicks" hahaha you made me lol

Love it! xD

[JustCallMeBen]

haha, blij dat je je 'schade' nu hebt ingehaald ^^

[JoinTheMadVender]

B, that's not my footage. It's Didiers!

In fact, you uploaded this video before I even shared my footage with you!

So link to Didiers channel already! :D

T

[JustCallMeBen]

done, srry ^^

[JoinTheMadVender]

You should be apologising to Didier, you've been sending subscribers to me :D

I have now 12 subscribers including the Vlogbrothers XD

[JustCallMeBen]

I'm pretty sure the vlogbrothers didn't sub to you just because of me :p

[stofvod]

I do feel bad now...

[JustCallMeBen]

Then just come next time ^^

[stofvod]

I'm affraid I can't come to Zottegem next month neither...

My mom thinks it is way too far to go out there, which is far from my homecity Antwerp.

If it would have been a daygathering, I would have come...but in the middle of the night taking a train back home is a little dangerous in my moms opinion.

The time after next time I hope

[JustCallMeBen]

Ons plan is om in Zottegem te overnachten, dus als je mama dat veiliger vindt... :p

[stofvod]

OOOOOOOoooh Mamamaaaa!!!!! Ik ga het eens navragen Maar dan moet ik nog wel youtube filmpjes erop zetten anders ben ik geen Belgische in Engels vlogger :O Probleem... Sony Vegas-Check Camera-Check Idee-Check Tijd-Uncheck Heel misschien deze vakantie??? Je hoort nog van me o.o

[JustCallMeBen]

np, I'm quite busy too these days :(

[michske86]

Loving the video!

It was amazing meeting up and there are no words to explain how awesome it was... no words.

I was soooo waiting for the sporks comment though :p

Can't wait to start going trough my footage and stuff soon :)

[JustCallMeBen]

so how was paris?

[michske86]

Almost as good :)

Just got back. Will have videos up later this week prolly :)

[Rosalila]

echt jammer dat ik er niet was :(

[JustCallMeBen]

inderdaad, hopelijk de volgende keer :)

[JoinTheMadVender]

Uhm, that can't be my footage. If you look in the very beginning of the footage, it's aimed at the mirror. You'll see that I'm filming sideways, away from the mirror, while Didier is filming straight at the mirror. Must be Didier's footage...

[Rinwen]

OMG! In Amsterdam my friend and I were sitting across from De Jaren and we saw the same guy. I spent ages wondering if it was John Green as well.

Hope to actually talk to you at the next meet :]

[JustCallMeBen]

It wasn't him, but they looked so much alike, right?? I was still convinced it was him, but then John came down the stairs while the guy was still sitting at the window (STILL hiding his face!) so I guess it wasn't John... :p

Same: hope to see a talk to you on the next gathering :D

[zaielle]

couldn't you just get on a bus/tram instead of running? xD

the gathering was soooooooo awesome!!!!!!!

[JustCallMeBen]

We didn't take a buss or tram because:

1) we didn't have time to figure out the public transportation system: we idn't know the times of departure, the routes, etcetc

2) that wouldn't have made for an awesome story!

[CWM480]

wow thats funny that everyone over there in Netherlands knows both English / Dutch

I mean I know you speak Flemish / English but its like English is a Universal language :)

[JustCallMeBen]

Flemish is essentially Dutch... just with a different accent :p

[ringopauljohngeorge]

We should definitely organize a Dutch/Belgain nerdfighter gathering :D

[JustCallMeBen]

I think that is inevitable :D

[BestWishesFromNL]

Hahaa I love this video! :D

The "I'm a dude" part is hilarious xD and cute ;p

And at the gathering I heard John say 'Everyone forgets this part' but I didn't hear him say 'they know it!' :D

<3

lidewij

[JustCallMeBen]

That's why I showed that part: I loved how you proved him wrong by singing it :D

[0Cazlon0]

Poke poke ! :D

Whoohoo running Nerds ! :)

I want to go back !! :D

[JustCallMeBen]

me too :(

[ilsehugsbeatles]

yay awesome!:D

I get so sad when seeing the footage again.. I want it still to be the gathering!

ah well future gatherings to come I'm sure.. and after this comment, I can come too!;P

<3 ilse

[JustCallMeBen]

yes, now you can :p

[definitelyann]

ohhh what a nice gathering ^^

[JustCallMeBen]

It really really was :D

[crimsong19]

Awesome that you got to meet John Green!

[JustCallMeBen]

I think so too :D

[lianneinthebigworld]

*zucht* ik ben erg jaloers :P

[JustCallMeBen]

Hij en Hank komen nog eens hoor, dus blijf vlogbrothers volgen en je hoort wanneer, en verschuif dan gewoon heel je agenda zodat je zeker kan komen :D

[WrittenInDork]

Oman. John Green is so awesome. I want to see him again!

Glad to hear you had a blast!

[JustCallMeBen]

I want to see him again too, because now I suffer from post-gathering blues :(

[JoinTheMadVender]

By the way, we ran almost five kilometers! I'm getting exhausted by thinking about it :D

[JustCallMeBen]

I'm bit ashamed I got that exhausted: I used to run for 8km easily :(

[JoinTheMadVender]

I'm proud that I didn't die :D My legs are still a bit sore though ...

[JoinTheMadVender]

Pretty much exactly what happened. (Except that the lookalike wasn't there yet the first time we passed De Jaren, but whatever)

I will probably vlog tomorrow. I've never really vlogged before, but what better time to start, eh?

[JustCallMeBen]

Exactly, I can't picture a better moment :)

[kaylaTRON]

AHH I love Johnnn. You're so lucky! It looks like a ton of fun :D

Great video :]

[JustCallMeBen]

cheer up: there will be a lot more gatherings in the future, and most of them will be in the US, so you'll attend one sooner or later for sure :D

[chinito0604]

damn you made me feel bad now :p

Btw on the pic it looks like your eyes, can spite fire at any moment

[JustCallMeBen]

you discovered my secret superpower... now I'll have to kill you!!!!

[jbdazen]

No reason to be jealous, as I WAS THERE! Yay! I like your narration. And the bit about the dudes and the chicks is cool. And you know it, or you would have edited it out :-P. BUT there are also dudes who like dudes and chicks who like chicks. Just for the record :-).

[JustCallMeBen]

Thanks about the narration, positive feedback makes me happydance :D (although ALL constructive feedback is welcome too!)

And I know not all dudes like chicks and not all chicks like dudes, and I'm all for that (YAY FOR LOVE!!) but I as a dude do like chicks, just for the record :p

[jbdazen]

And you've got good taste :p

[JoinTheMadVender]

Don't forget dudes who like chicks who like chicks and chicks who like dudes who like dudes. ;)

[JustCallMeBen]

dudes who like chicks who like chicks are basically all dudes who like chicks ;)

[Jonneke]

wait what?

[Jonneke]

Well, chicks lika dudes too :P Hahah, that was awesome, I was seriously LOL-ing ;)

But yeah, the gathering was totally awesome and yay. And next time we're organizing a gathering, you belgians should definitely come, cause all of you are awesome!!! :D

[JustCallMeBen]

we sure want too, but Amsterdam is a far way.. perhaps you girls could come here? XD

[Jonneke]

We were thinking maybe next gathering in Den Bosch? That's relatively close to Belgium (and also travellable for us).

[BestWishesFromNL]

Who's we? :D but that's be awesome! :D

<3 lidewij

[Jonneke]

Well, Anke and me decided it would be a good place to have the next gathering, and Ithink everyone's going to agree, right? I mean, it's not further away than Amsterdam for you guys, I think :D

<3

[ringopauljohngeorge]

It's a bit further away.. 30 min or something? But I don't care xD Sounds awesome! :D

[mamzalbambam]

Hahaha!your hilarious! I had reason to be jealous afterall huh!

[JustCallMeBen]

you sure did XD

[sanne4leafclover]

Just so you know: start learning the lyrics, because you WILL sing next time! :]

[JustCallMeBen]

you really hate your ears don't you?:P

[booksandquills]

I'm sure it can't be THAT bad :D

[JustCallMeBen]

I'm sure it IS that bad :p

the proof: whenever I try to hum something, nobody ever gets what it is, and that's NOT because they don't know the tune: I just have no control over the tones I produce :p

[booksandquills]

Challenge: sing a Nerdfighter song in your next video. If you lose 25 subscribers I will believe you (sounds like a great plan, doesn't it? :p)

[JustCallMeBen]

Since I don't play an instrument I would need an instrumental version of a song for that... :p

[BestWishesFromNL]

I'll record the guitar/ukelele/piano for you! yes? :D

<3 lidewij

[JustCallMeBen]

...okay I guess :p

[ringopauljohngeorge]

Awesome!! (this is lidewij xD) What song do you wanna sing? :D

[JustCallMeBen]

I figured it was you :p

I'm thinking (although the weather here sucks atm...) "It's too hot" since that's my favourite from So Jokes :D

So are you gonna send a video of you playing it? :)

[BestWishesFromNL]

wait.. where did my comment go?

[BestWishesFromNL]

I said: yes :D if you send an email to bestwishesfromnl at gmail com I'll give you my email adress.. because maybe we need to figure out what key is easiest for you to sing ;)

-lidewij

[sanne4leafclover]

YES YES YES! I wanna add some melodica music :D (if that's possible)

[ringopauljohngeorge]

Aahh! That would be so cool! :D

[zaielle]

ooh sanne

je moet ff naar z'n vaarwel tienerversie video gaan

= gezongen :P

[JustCallMeBen]

inderdaad, ik hoopte dat ze die niet ging opmerken :p

[sanne4leafclover]

Why why WHY am I always the only person in the picture who has her eyes closed. Seriously. :D

[JustCallMeBen]

look on the bright side: being the only person makes you unique :D

[brula]

your hair looks too puffy

[JustCallMeBen]

but it's nothing compared to John's puff :D

[Skadifrogger]

1)*poked back*

2) it was secretely john greens non-existing twinbrother

3) "uteris" = ouders?

4) you could whistle harry potters theme... in front of hot chicks.

5) WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME

x

*happy dance*

[JustCallMeBen]

ah, memories... :D

[Joekins89]

Great stuff Ben, looks like it was a great time! :D

[JustCallMeBen]

It really was :D

[kerono1]

first viewer lol love yer vids man

[JustCallMeBen]

glad you like it ^^