COMPREHENSIVE UCF ACCOUNT HISTORY

BEGINNINGS:

Arrived in Sept. 2006 to find audio for Barry Bonds HR #714 documentary post-filmschool.
Found AVGN's DD3 review in Oct. 2006, made a review as a response video.
Dec '06 - Jan '07, made an epic Mickey Mousecapade review as a response to Armake21's Adventures in Magic Kingdom review.
Sometime in March of '07, made alternate ending to finish the epic DD3 review.
Middle of '07, did a bunch of cheap Goldeneye DLTK stunts with instructional commentary.
July '07, came up with idea for a Double-Feature Goldeneye stunt, released the intro as a "teaser video", biggest mistake I ever made.
Aug '07, took time off to finish Bonds documentary with #756.
Rest of '07, computer problems, copyright problems, problems with ungrateful bastards demanding cheap GE stunts, decided to register and privatize all my stuff.

ABSENCE:

2008-2010, gone from YouTube, found out that most of my fans took me for granted the whole time, was mortified, glad I stayed away, easy to have no remorse for them.

June '09 to July 2010, put my subscriber number to a vote, left it up to whoever it mattered to to decide whether it should stay or go, purpose of the vote was to make it clear that fame, attention, subscribers, it was NEVER my objective in the first place and NEVER will be, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of me keeping the number, so it stays (though I do occassionally go through and clear out inactive accounts)

COMEBACK ATTEMPT #1:

11/22/2010, decided to use the Fan Moment nomination for the TYiB awards to rally my remaining loyal and respectful fans (the "1%ers") to vote for me to motivate a Charity Videomaking comeback in which I would bust my ass on stunts and reviews harder than ever before, promote myself to the max, make money off them somehow, and donate 100% of it to select charities (after copyright and associated fees are paid), this remains my ongoing personal vision for this account.

Found out that there are STILL too many bastards hanging around here that despite all the tremendous personal changes I've gone through will only care about my past stunts and reviews and will NEVER let it go, made me decide to say goodbye to the past for good, therefore all past projects are hereby EXCLUSIVELY my own private property for the foreseeable future.

Dec 17th, lost the TYiB Award inexplicably to the biggest disgrace up for nomination, the Astro fan who stepped out of the way to let his girlfriend get hit, this is the one result that canceled my prior commitment to make a comeback regardless of the outcome. I then went on a mission to prepare for the 2011 A's season to make the spectacular catch I was intending to do in 2010, celebrate like crazy, give the ball away to a little kid, and all for Kara... Kara, because it was her support all season long that meant the world to me during the 2010 season. She changed my life for the better, and I wanted to thank her on the field when I received that award.

HOW THE 2011 SEASON WENT:

Kara supported my mission the entire time by pulling as many strings as she could with her job resources and the people she works with to keep me encouraged to make that catch. Everything from diamondvision messages that referred to stuff from my YouTube posts, to people I don't know coming up to me in the stands telling me not to be nervous or how good a guy I was, to manipulating BP throwers' and A's rookie jersey numbers (exa. Jemile Weeks) on the field to get my attention... she did it all. These were things that only SHE could do. She went way above and beyond when she did not have to. She also tried to market me to the people who own the A's (even though they were rooting for me to fail) and it appears not to have worked... yet. And this was all while never contacting me directly both in or out of the stadium.

Even though I did get a ball that I gave away to a kid for her on May 2nd (same day she got one herself) the big moment never occurred because the A's never hit a spectacularly catchable ball out, and the organization could never be as supportive as she was. Although I could be upset at the fact that she has STILL abstained from direct contact despite all the overwhelming support, I understand that it is a complicated situation, both personally and professionally for her. This situation involved more than just a catch. It involved real feelings expressed back and forth between the two of us. I'm sure that at this point she has a lot riding on me, so much that she does not want to risk messing it up with anything typical in way of contact. It is a year and a half of BOTH of our lives that we've devoted to each other. So I am simply waiting to see what happens, and hoping that she makes something out of all the romantic videos that I have made for her IN RESPONSE to her overwhelming indirect support throughout the season. We can recover this, and I have faith in her.

Yep, I'm the one who dove for that sucker. Of all the people in the world, it just HAD to be me! :-)

Videomaking isn't the only thing I put effort into in life. Effort is me. Always has been, always will be. I see an opportunity, I go for it. Especially when there's a personal goal in it.

Little known fact about the ball: It curved to the right 3 feet out from my glove. Meant to be missed. And yes I did have a late reaction to the ball, which probably affected the height of the jump, but looking back at the replay, it was definitely the curve to the right that made the difference. That fated curve... that was the thing that made all this personal transformation possible.