A thank you to all the new subscribers and a bit more footage with Onision from the Seattle YouTube Partner Meetup. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Chris Bogdan (a.k.a. “Old ShayCarl”) and, of course, the pimp-tastic Onision.
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In which I see my cousin Kara in person for the first time in 13 years. The song at the end is “Ditto, Ditto” by Do Kashiteru of mixster.org. The “ding” sound was created by Benboncan of freesound.org. Links in my extraterrestrial pants!
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Today’s music is courtesy the great Dr. Noise!
I shot Captain Manley and Shannancy’s Shanty back in June, shortly after winning the chalk-off, but due to some technical issues and hilarious continuity problems worse than any of those that made it into the final product, I haven’t had the opportunity to complete it until now. The script was largely improvised, but the more impressive improvisation is all the props and lighting we managed to pull together with no planning or preproduction. Aside from the use of the doubloons and the calendar, there was nothing pre-planned about Shannancy’s Shanty; it was the spur-of-the-moment, “Hey, let’s shoot something right now” project. So it’s really quite nice that we ended up with full costuming, controlled lighting and an amazing collection of props and set pieces that just happened to be lying around. Most of the credit for this goes to my roommates, Stuart and Kendra of Treefish Studio. The lighting rig, the props, the set dressing and most of the costuming comes courtesy of the random-yet-insanely-useful things they’ve accumulated. Be sure to watch through the credits – I’m a big fan of the increasing trend in movies wherein something is inserted after the credit roll is done. And don’t forget to check out Stuart’s nautically-themed art show at Amocat Cafe before it vanishes at the end of the month!
This blog is currently under the control of Adam’s Canadian girlfriend, Shannancy. Muahahaha! As this is being written, I am sitting in Sea-Tac international airport, waiting to catch my 6:00 am flight to LA. I am dictating this blog, via cell phone, to my lovely Shannancy, the totally awesome and magical and super super amazing person you should totally subscribe to, who has been kind enough to stay up and chat with me so I don’t go insane sitting around a not-quite-empty airport that is filling up as I speak. I actually love airports… They’re jumping off points to new adventures. At approximately 8:41 this morning I will arrive in LA and will shortly thereafter be picked up by Amber (AKA TheAmberyOne) and Karissa (AKA Imgonnabeatree). Throughout the rest of the day more and more of the Classy Ladies — the strange people I call friends — will arrive, using assorted means of transportation. It will be the first time we have all seen each other since the 2009 North West YouTube Gathering. Damn them. Damn them for getting to see you when I’m stuck here! STUPID CANADA, BE CLOSER TO CALIFORNIA! We are converging upon the land of celebrities, beaches, skin cancer and fake boobs (Careful what you say; I grew up there.) because this weekend is the biggest event in YouTube’s history. This weekend is VidCon. This weekend I am a giant squid of anger and jealousy.:( My poor sniffly Adam is awful at dictating. ^_^ VidCon is one of the few events in existence to use the dual meaning of the word ‘Con’. The word ‘Con’, in this
 Yeah... This didn't work. I'm still in Canada. -- Shannon
There‘s no parking in the red zone… Adam is currently pissed off at the airport announcements. Personally, I am attending VidCon for both reasons. In addition to wanting to see all my favorite Youtubers, and my friends, the Classy Ladies, I will also be treating it as a professional conference, and, as such, have prepared a large number of business cards to pass out. My hope is that I’ll meet a few interesting people willing to collaborate on new projects, and perhaps gain a few new supporters as well. My hope is that I’ll get totally famous by dating Adam. Heck, if I get can a paying gig out of it, even better! Please give my boyfriend money so he can eat. Also in attendance will be Jeff Klein of Norman Tweeter Productions. Amazingly, Jeff managed to snag a ticket to VidCon after the event was sold out, which just goes to show what perseverance, not to mention Hank Green’s email address, can get you. Jeff and I will no doubt be making many crazy puppet videos at VidCon, including ones featuring a brand-new AdamTheAlien puppet. At this point I don’t know if I’m more jealous of Jeff or Adam; they’re both ridiculously fun to collaborate with. Anyone who was following my videos back in March, around the time of the Emerald City ComiCon, (Aside from my car asploding, that was a fantastic trip.) may remember the first AdamTheAlien puppet. This version was incomplete, and still had a lot of modifications to go before it was finished. It had foam hands that I may have broken several times. Ultimately, the number of changes that needed to be made necessitated the creation of a brand new puppet. I am ecstatic to say that the new puppet looks exactly like the chalk drawings — right down to a tiny fedora. It doesn’t have an awesome beard though. Silly beardless alien. It should be noted that at the time this is being written, I still have not released all of the 2009 North West YouTube Gathering videos. Not to mention the 2009 Americhordal Gathering. Given that, and the fact that I am currently working on videos that will pay my bills, I cannot say with any assurance when my VidCon videos will be up. I can say, however, that I will get them up as soon as I can. Sometime after VidCon 2012? In the meantime, as the event is going on and afterward, simply search ‘VidCon’ on YouTube. Or click the link I just gave you. I’m sure there will be no shortage of videos. Including one of me just crying. At this point in the dictation, the sun is rising over the airport, meaning that my boarding time is nearing. The sun is almost completely up here, it’s a little bit ridiculous. Before I sign off, I wish to issue a challenge to my readers: in the comments below, please write suggestions, ideas and challenges for videos I should make at VidCon. If you tell him to shave his face, or kiss someone, or anything else that I deem bad, I will kill you with my mind. If your idea is chosen, you will be credited in the correlating video. I’m changing whole sentences from sleepy grammar to correct english… Sleepy Adam is adorable. At this point, it is time for this sleep-deprived and airport-addled Alien to say mushy things to his girlfriend, urinate, brush his teeth and board his plane. Watch this site, Twitter, my YouTube channel, and the Vlogtag channel for VidCon antics as they happen. Until then, fare thee well, and may your day be more entertaining than this airport. AIRPORTS. ARE. AWESOME. Plus you were talking to me for over two hours. Quitchyerbitchin, VidCon attendee. –AdamTheAlien I must say, it was a joy to help Adam write this, and fill it with my own thoughts. If you enjoyed my thoughts, you can go read more of them at my blog, which has recently been emptied of writings, but will be filled up again soon. This video is the result of a perfect storm, of sorts. I was planning on going to the farmers’ market this morning, but I was delayed by the impending arrival of Jeff and John of Norman Tweeter Productions. While I was waiting for them to show up, thinking I could drag them to the market with me for its final hour, I watched Bobby’s latest Vlogtag video, which had just gone public. In his video, Bobby challenged me to ask two random strangers what color they would be, if they were a crayon, and what color they would make out with. As I finished the video, Jeff and John arrived. We immediately set forth to the farmers’ market, where we used puppets to assault people with crayon-based interrogations. This probably should’ve gone up as part of my Vlogtag video on Monday. However, aside from the fact that the length would prevent me from talking about much else (and after two weeks absent from the channel, I have plenty to talk about), I just wanted to get it up sooner. So here we are, and here you go, and I hope you enjoyed this little bit of random puppet insanity. |
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