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I hit ten thousand subscribers the other day. That’s pretty cool.

Whenever I think about it I think of that thing off Cassette Boy, “I want women. I want ten thousand women. I don’t think you can quite picture that - ten thousand women, all at one time.”

I doubt anyone has heard of that.

There’re a few people who are commenting on my blog posts here. I don’t know if I should approve them or not. Like, it’s cool, but there’s a fair bit of sameness to the comments. On YouTube I’m a total popularity whore but this… I’m thinking, leave it open for anyone to read, but commenting rights are like for Friends Only. Probably should disable new user registration then mbmb.

I got internet at the mansion finally. That is a good feeling. Been watching a lot of YouTube videos and the like. It’s so nice to not have to worry so dang much about download limits. A gigabyte a month, that’s ridiculous. I can do that in a day!

I want to go into Melbourne tomorrow and spend some money. Not that I have tons of the cursed stuff lying around, but Morpheus spilled family blood and now Desire’s gonna get the Kindly Ones after them! So that’s probably $50 gone if I get the next two. Props if you followed this paragraph.

Plus the D&D boys and I have been talking about getting some GURPS action on just for something different so I want to figure out how much that is. Still have a campaign to finish. Probably should get on that… today.

God, how uninspiring is this blog post. It reads like a bloody shopping list.

I have a video to make, I think.

So how’s this one right? I was all “I’m gonna make a blog about how people haven’t noticed my keyring” and I was writing it and got into a rhythm.

And I was enjoying the rhythm, and then I was enjoying the rhythm too much and started rhyming. I love complex rhyme schemes. Just, to bits. The more rules the better.

Um… oh, I’m tired. I can’t be arsed blogging. The point of this was to say, a lot of the time I think that what would originally be a blog will become a video instead.

That way I will remain awesome.

What if I don’t want to categorise something, huh? What if I want to just write about junk?

Subject? I ain’t need no subject.

Internet at the mansion is still elusive. Currently we’re on this 1gb/month plan and it is a hell of a pain in the arse. The dude from telstra reckoned internal wiring so tomorrow I’ve gotta call the landlord and tell him he has to suddenly pay a whole bunch of money. Will go down well.

My folks are moving house on Saturday, which means I lose a nearby internet connection. Ouch. Might have to go to work.

I put up a video today. I play the uke in it and I was really self-conscious. Usually I don’t play it in front of people. I showed the video to Rhoda before uploading and her jaw nearly hit the floor; she had no idea I played it. Incredible!

I don’t think I like this blog idea. It’s detracting from my videographing.

I have a lot of time on my hands now - I called up the bookshop today and told them when I was free and they’re like “oh we probably won’t need you until after Australia Day”, which is when work at the school starts back too.

So.

I kinda want to make some pointlessly epic video. I always do. But it really seems that the less effort I put into making videos, the more positively they’re received.

Oh and with partnerism I’m gonna have to take down ENTP 2 huh. Maybe I should email Boards of Canada.

How do I do that without sounding ridiculous?

Dear Boards of Canada,

I love your music. I can’t describe how much I love your music. When I listen to your music I feel like my soul is happy. I wasn’t listening to your music when I started writing this, but now I am, because whenever I think about your music I have to put it on.

I make videos on YouTube and they have achieved a modest level of success. One of them uses Dayvan Cowboy in it. I know I should’ve asked permission when I uploaded it but it was before I was “big”.

Now I am “big”. Big enough, at least, to be worrying about it.

So, I was just wondering if you’re cool with me having the song on the video.

Thanks,
Tom McLean

PS. Open the Light, when it goes bom ba-bom bom bom bom ba baaa baa baaa - wow.

I kinda want to make a video now that is just me reading that out. It could be cool.

Actually I think I should make some more experimental videos. There’s a weird thing when you hit a certain level of subscribers - like, you have people to impress, you have people to disappoint. I remember when I put up “Voting” my dad was like “You didn’t even do anything and they love it!”

I mean that was the point and all, but - anyway, who remembers Screams? I want to make more stuff like that. Not -exactly- like that, but… you know, edgier stuff. Stuff where the humour is not necessarily apparent. More subtle.

Weirder stuff.

I should. I want to. I didn’t get into YouTube for the fame, or for money or sponsorship or anything. I mean - those are actually goals of mine now, I’m not going to deny it, but… when I started, it was just because I love making videos. Bob and Jacob and I, and a few other people, were making them well before we hit YouTube.

So… yeah, I started making videos just for the personal fun of it. Like - totally selfish, totally navel-gazing. I actually took a good deal of convincing to put my vids up on YouTube in the first place.

I think if I keep worrying about what people will think my soul will die. I should make some seriously out-there stuff, just to get the point across that these are my videos and I’ll do whate - I’LL DO WHATEVER I DAMN WELL LIKE

DO YOU HEAR ME GOD

FOREVERRRR

I’m setting this up at my parents’ house because their internet is a whole lot more delightful than the one at the mansion.

I actually came over here to upload the 5 Facts video but as soon as I arrived I realised I’d neglected to copy it to my flash drive. There was a lot of swearing.

Theoretically I could’ve gone back and grabbed it and it’d only have taken like 25 minutes but… I couldn’t be arsed. Ended up setting up Wordpress instead. I was all set to do open-source-software shopping but dreamhost has an automated set-up-er for this and so here we are.

The template is a bit evs but… yeah, not gonna make my own. That part of my life is behind me. Too many projects on now to worry about it anyway.

I have a novel to edit; I have videos to make; I have actionscript to program. I have a degree to complete. Yep.

Oh gosh this thing has tags, I just realised. It’s been a long time since I last used WP. What tags will this one get I wonder. I think maybe no tags for this one as I don’t really have a topic. Yes. Brilliant idea.

The shift key on this laptop is a little faulty and it’s doing my head in. Enough blog right now.