August 12th Entry

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August 12th Entry

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I could not think of the "secondary" part to this title, so I decided to just leave it as it is. Seeing as though this entry is for the July 2019 uploads, I really could not be bothered wasting time on that.... 😳😬 I know, I know, I mentioned it in the other entry about how I need to try and make the blog entry uploaded in the same month as the videos. I need to take real action. It's looking very disorganized and chaotic. 💫 I'm 99% sure that nobody cares or notices, but I sure do! 👀

Anyways! Rants about schedule aside, let's dive right into the July 2019 uploads! 🍁🌊

Canada Day 2019 - Canada 152 - Lakeview Park Nighttime

Another year, another trip to the lake! 🌊 Unfortunately, nothing spectacular. It was still fun and all, but I was thinking that because 2019 was the last year of the decade, there might have been an event themed around that. Such was not the case. 😐

Canada Day 2019 - Canada 152 - Fireworks

So as you will notice right at the start of this video, I'm not in front of the waters! 🤔 Why? Because I saw what may have been test fireworks going off. I thought it was the real deal, so I decided to start filming, and kept the camera rolling till I was right in front of Lake Ontario. Luckily, it was only 3 minutes before I got there, so no worries! 😅 For those of you that got to see it in person, it was amazing! 🤩🎆🎇 I love how the fireworks actually last long in this location. 🎆 I hear that in some locations, they stop after 5 minutes. ☹

Asphalt 9: Legends - Murderously Bad Singing

Argh! 😣 This is why I really need to write my blog posts in the same month the videos are uploaded! Now, aside from the "Murderously Bad Singing" I did in the video, I honestly do not remember what else was so significant about this episode. Ah well, what ever. It was recorded on Canada Day, I did multiplayer, Time-Limited Events and that was about it. It should also be noted that I did not do any Career Races in this episode. Should we talk about how badly the iPhone 6s Plus and older lags after 4-8 multiplayer races? 🥵 Yeah, turns out I'm not the only one with that problem. 💫 Whenever that happens, I close the game, and power off the screen for 3-5 minutes, before resuming back to normal. 🤦🏾‍♂️ Sucks, but it's clear that this game isn't kind to smartphones that are from 2017 and older. Looks like they only care about the iPhone XS family and Samsung Galaxy S10 family apparently. 🙄 I wonder how this game would run on the BlackBerry Passport if they made an app for it? 🤣😂 Probably not too good? Better than one would think? 🤔 Who knows.

Vitacost Unboxing

In this video, I unboxed the following products:

• Alba Botanica™ Hawaiian Detox Renewing Lotion Volcanic Clay
• Xlear Spry Mints Berry Blast -- 45 Mints
• Xlear Spry Mints LemonBurst -- 45 Mints
• NOW Foods Essential Oils Peppermint -- 4 fl oz

With the exception of the LemonBurst Mints, I have used all of these products before. Therefore, I'm no stranger to them. The Volcanic Lotion is virtually scentless and very mild. So those of you that hate scented lotion or have sensitive skin, will love this. If you "need" fragrance, this is not the product for you. Ironically though, I bought the peppermint oil to mix in into a separate glass jar with the Volcanic Lotion to make mint lotion. So yeah, you can also do that with it, too. 🌿

As for the mints, I do prefer Berry Blast, but LemonBurst is also really nice. Some reviewers criticized it for being too mild, or not "fresh enough" so pardon me while I take a moment to pop some in my mouth again. *Tastes some LemonBurst Mints* Yep, still tastes nice and lemony to me. Your taste buds are unique to you. 👅🍋 The product isn't expensive, so if you want to try it, it won't damage your bank account, unlike that iPhone XS Max or Samsung Galaxy S10+ you're probably reading this blog on! 🤣😂

Casual Instrumental Noise Session Episode #23

Noise and money! 😝🤪😲🎶🎵💸💷💶💴💵💰 Why the financial theme? Because the money you see in the video, is all the money I have. 😭 Therefore, you must give me lots of money to help me out ----------------------- Kidding! 🤣😂 The coins are just there out of pure randomness. 🍃

Yellow Dice Unboxing

For a while, I've been wanting solid yellow 25mm dice. And now, I finally have some. 😄 Is there anything spectacular about them? No, but it just feels so satisfying to finally have the trio of primary colours in my collection. ✅ I could have easily gone with the more readily available 50mm dice, but as you will see in that hyperlink, they have 🏔 price tags! 😵🥵🥶 If your wallet can handle, I'd say go for it! They look incredibly cool. 😎

Simon's Egyptian Cotton Towel Unboxing

Egyptian cotton, is indeed a fine thing. 😛 For real, these towels feel so premium and nice. I would have easily bought them in nearly all the colours, but, um, gotta watch the money! 😐 "Do they dry well?" You might ask. Yes, they will dry off your body properly. They're not ultra absorbent sponges, but will dry you satisfyingly well. 

Unboxing Black Rockport Shoes

Did you know that I've actually had these shoes since 2018? 😲😱🤯 Yeah, crazy eh? Crazy that for some reason, I unintentionally ended up coming back to them nearly 8 months into 2019. So! How do they feel? They are roomy, and comfortable. I also like the treads at the bottom, that give them more grip. Also allows for better movements on non-paved terrains. Not that I would recommend these Rockport shoes for that purpose. But, at least you know that they won't get you stuck either -- unless you end up in quicksand, super sticky mud or something. 😐 Wait, where would you find quicksand in Canada again? 🤔 Oh yeah! Your bedroom! 🤣😂 Shame on you! Go vacuum that dusty bedroom of yours! 🌫

What's Next & Other Ramblings

Before I proceed to "rambling" about other things, I want to take a moment to say something: my heart and condolences goes out to those who have lost friends and family in the recent mass shootings that have taken place in the United States. 🙏🏾 For those of you interested, Huffington Post recently posted an article "Washington Post Prints Staggering List Of All Mass Shooting Victims Since 1966" Insane.... ☹

Ok, so I wasn't able to film additional outdoor videos in early July, thanks to some randomness sickness that occurred at some point. 🤕 I thankfully recovered, and it did not put a strain on making other videos. Still, there were strong intentions to do high-res nature videos with the trio: Nokia Lumia 1520, iPhone 6s Plus and BlackBerry Passport. Thankfully, I cleverly filmed all of the August 2019 videos as early as I could in the month. That way, I wouldn't have to be worried about something coming up to distract or cancel them. In fact, all except two of them, were filmed between August 01 - 03. 😎

Oh, um, speaking of the BlackBerry Passport, I'm currently in limbo about whether or not I'm actually going to upload the video shot with it. 😬 For those of you that own a BlackBerry Passport, you're familiar with two notable issues: camera focusing, and broken cellular service. Thankfully, my BlackBerry Passport does not have the cellular signal problem, but it unfortunately now has camera problems. 😵 The front camera has a black spot near the bottom right when taking pictures and videos. The rear camera struggles to focus, and will often twitch, shake or do other weird illusionary things while attempting to do so. 😱 You know what? I think I should definitely upload that video, to show people what the problem looks like. Instead of calling it "BlackBerry Passport 1080P@60FPS XXX" I should call the video "BlackBerry Passport Camera Problem" That way, people will know exactly what to expect. I have placed an order for a rear camera replacement, so I hope it works! 🙏🏾

As for what you can expect for the August 2019 videos, they're mostly outdoors videos, some unboxings, and Asphalt 9. For September 2019, I really should try and upload another game as well. 🕹🎮 A lot of people tend to get really bored with it, when they find themselves only uploading gaming videos of it. I can see where they're coming at now. This trollish game gets real tiring with Greedloft's same old money-hungry tactics. 🙄 I'm still playing and recording it for the time being, but just saying. Remember to those of you struggling and thinking about spending real money to get the Koenigsegg Yesko:

DO NOT DO IT! SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR REAL LIFE PRIORITIES! 

Ok, finished. 😐

July 17th Entry: Canadian Uploads

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July 17th Entry: Canadian Uploads

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It probably would have made more sense to upload the Canada Day 2018 videos during the same week they were uploaded, but whatever. It's not like I have anyone gunning me down or constantly asking "Where da videos at?!" So we're good! 🍁🤣😂🍁

Canada Day 2018 - Canada 151 - Lakeview Park Nighttime

Yeah, yeah, not the greatest low light photographs around. Surely, I could've used the iPhone 6s Plus that day, which very likely would have generated much better photos and video, but I did not. Anyways! Anything super special about Canada 151? No, but it was still lots of fun. One thing I did notice about Canada 151 over Canada 150 from last year, is that the fireworks lasted a little longer. Well, at least at this location that is. I should probably do Toronto next year, though I also hear that the firework shows don't last as long down there. Not sure how much truth there is to that. One thing's certain is that it'll be much more crowded, so I don't know if it'll be easy to walk around and film my surroundings. I believe that they do perform the fireworks in a variety of locations, so I could look into the least crowded there is. Sounds like wishful thinking, but we'll see what happens when the time comes. Maybe it will be Toronto. Maybe not. Hell, it could even end up being nation's capitol: Ottawa.

Canada Day 2018 Fireworks - Canada 151

Fireworks! They are so majestic to watch, especially on a lakefront! 🌠🌟🌙🌊 Not much else I have to say, other than that it was wonderful -- except for the mosquitoes! 😖💉 You notice that man moving around in front of me? It was because of the mosquitoes why he couldn't stay still. 😳 I believe it wasn't caught on camera, but I heard him clearly say, "I was moving the whole time because of the mosquitoes" 😐 Even though I had applied some Lemon Eucalyptus to stop the mosquito bites, the excessive sweating from the heat sheds the smell and efficacy of it quicker than usual. If you couldn't occasionally hear me blowing mosquitoes off of my Nokia Lumia 1520 during the filming, then good! 😅 If you never even noticed, then pretend I never even said that. 😳🍁 Even though the mosquitoes in Canada do not carry Chikungunya, Zika, Dengue and other tropical viruses, they have been occasionally tested for West Nile Virus and Dirofilaria repens, so apply something to deter them! Citrobug, Citronella, Lemon Eucalyptus -- just something safe to protective yourself. Hopefully you had a safe, memorable Canada 151.

Casual Instrumental Noise Session - Episode #9

The ninth episode of the musical madness. 🤪🎨🎼 Unfortunately, this one was also one of the most miserable ones to record, largely for one reason: failed video segments!  😒😭😰😱😡🤬 I don't know why the video just couldn't save like normal. Why did it have to cut off at 8 minutes, when the video should have been 12 minutes of one continuous segment? In one of the slides in the video, I clearly blame it on the Nokia Lumia 1520's inability to 4k for continuous periods under very hot conditions. But honestly, that should not be an excuse for this! Yes, the room was 30°C. But it also had a Samsung Evo Plus MicroSDXC 64GB Memory Card, which is touted as being highly weather-resistant and capable of shooting 4K smoothly. So what could the problem truly be? Would it had made a difference if I saved the video to the internal space? One thing I did not think about was the fact that it was running Windows 10 Mobile.

 "Huh?!" Many of you must be like. You see, it just struck me today that the reason a good number of people did not upgrade their Nokias that could have received the update was because of performance issues. Overheating included. The the thing is, Windows Phone 8.1 is no longer supported -- surprise! And because of that, it has far worse application support, which is already bad to begin with. And then there's the issue of missing security patches. Now while hackers aren't lining up in the masses to target Windows Phone 8.1, I'd rather not take any chances. And besides, even though many claim performance is "smoother" I also found Windows Phone 8.1 to do weird things to the screen. Such is not the case in Windows 10 Mobile. LOL at how this post should have been about music! Instead, here I am rambling about the performance problems a Nokia Lumia 1520 experiences when it gets too hot. Film indoors during high heat, against something white and it makes it twice as worse! 😁🙄😑 As much as it sucks the BlackBerry Q10 cannot shoot in 4K, nor does it have optical image stabilization, at least it saves the entire video in hot weather.

Unless, it randomly reboots from a knock or loose battery terminals, then the whole video may be lost. 😭 Even then, the entire file will still save, but will need to be restored with an alternative program. If you know how to fix codecs and that type of thing, then you may know what to do. iPhone 6s Plus, it should be interesting to see how well you can record in extreme heat, cold, and what you do with your videos files when you randomly shut off. Do you save the entire file? Cut off after recording at an unknown point in the video? None of the above? Time will tell...🕒🍎 I wonder what an Android phone such as the Sony Xperia XZ Premium or Samsung Galaxy Note 8, does under these conditions? 🤔 If you are reading this far into this blog post, please share your experience! It would be very helpful for not only myself, but others who like to film extensively with smartphones outdoors as well. 

What's Next and Other Ramblings

I don't really know at this point. I should probably try and film a gaming video that isn't Asphalt 8! 🤣 Comment below on what you have done during Canada Day. If you're American, share what you did this year for Independence Day. 

Links to all Canada Day videos recorded thus far:

Canada Day 2018 Fireworks - Canada 151
Canada Day 2018 - Canada 151 - Lakeview Park Nighttime
Canada 150 Fireworks On Lake Ontario (Canada Day 2017)
Canada 150 Pixel Drawing (Canada Day 2017)
2016 Canada Day Fireworks
2015 Summer fireworks

"Where is Canada Day 2014 and earlier?" Good question. Canada Day 2014 was intended to be recorded, but I did not even up going out that year. For 2013 and earlier, they were never filmed.

September 15 Entry: Dryden Boulevard Adventure!

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September 15 Entry: Dryden Boulevard Adventure!

So! What kind of bad or good things have you been up to this week? This week has been pleasantly warm, and it looks like the warmth is set to continue into the weekend. Are you happy about that? Because I know I sure am! 🌞 It won't just be warm, but very sunny too, so that's an extra plus. This week has been very big with Apple unveiling 3 iPhones, and the media and tech world exploding with coverage and content. I'll discuss more of this and that Texan creature in the "What's Next & Other Ramblings" section. Let us now proceed to discussing the latest videos on the channel. 🌿🍀🍃

Father Leo J Austin Catholic Secondary School

Father Leo is here to serve you your dinner. Sorry, that was awfully lame. 😐 Anyways! In the video, especially in the beginning, I made a lot of commentary on how weird it was to see the school on Dryden Boulevard as opposed to Fallingbrook Street. Turns out that there's nothing weird about that as I later learned. The school is properly located on that street, and not the nearby Fallingbrook. I was under that impression from looking at the map wrong. So did I like this place? Quite a lot. I really like how the area was designed very neat and pretty. The building itself was also a lot of fun to walk around and photograph, and sports a vibrant red track. I did not get to explore the latter, because it was of course occupied. Hardly ever do these high school tracks seem to be vacant. The reason for this is obviously because of the warm the weather that people are trying to take advantage of before the cold comes. Oh boy. Would rather not think about that. ☹❄

St. Bernard's Catholic Elementary School

Much of the same things I liked about Father Leo are shared with this place: the area. However, with this building being a much smaller place because it's an elementary school, it didn't have as much to film and photograph. That said, I enjoyed my brief time with it. Oh yes, and Saint Bernard is one of those Roman Catholic schools with a secular counterpart, as you can tell from the presence of it on the map or videos. Keep reading below if you're interested in learning more about it.

Fallingbrook Public School

Could Brooklin be really falling down? Has it fallen down? Oh no! What can or are we going to do about this?! Nothing. Why? Because such a thing never happened. I know, I know, I already made this cheesy-as-hell joke in the call-to-action, but it was just too tempting to not make it again! 😜 Except that it's not even funny to begin with.... 😰 Anyways! Though the video is titled Fallingbrook, it's obvious that part of it involves Kelloryn Park. Too bad I didn't know the name at the time, so I couldn't mention it on camera, but literally nobody cares, so we're good! Or do you? So! How was this school? Small and average, though I enjoyed taking perspective shots of some of things, and liked the fields that surround it.

Saint Matthew the Evangelist Catholic School

Gosh, I really don't like how the video's exposure looks, but oh well. It's not the worse thing ever, but still. I can imagine that being very off-putting for some, and understandably so. Anyways! Let's discuss the school and presence of all those cars. You see, there was a soccer game going on in Forest Heights Park. Who Versus who? I have no idea, but would have been interesting if it happened to be a match between the Saint Matthew kids and Ormiston kids. Either way, I wasn't there to watch it, but instead wanted to just film Saint Matthew and then Ormiston. Saint Matthew was an alright place to explore, and is it just me, or do some parts and colours of it remind you of Father Leo?

Ok, maybe not!

Ormiston Public School

Ormiston! The last and final destination I visited during my Dryden Boulevard Adventure. I did consider exploring Glen Dhu Public School before coming to the Forest Heights Park area, but didn't due to time constraints. There was also the fact that it lies south of Fallingbrook street, so I'd have to go out of the way and navigate back up to get to the Forest Heights Park schools. No thanks! As you can tell from my commentary, my time with this school was short because I really wanted to avoid the mad rush with all the parents and kids trying to leave afterwards. It was around 5:30 PM, I believe when I started filming Ormiston, and speculated that the game would end at 6:00. Don't actually know when exactly it ended, but I got it done in time to beat the rush, so I can present this video to you, my fabulous unknown audience. 😜😐 Ormiston is a small school, and was relatively boring to explore. 😸

What's Next & Other Ramblings

There were supposed to be some dealership videos up this week from last weekend, but did not get around to editing them. Really should have tried to get them done, but alas! Poor time management... 😖 Anyways, so let's go over what's next before I dive into the discussion about the Texan discovery and 2017 iPhones. For next week, there won't just be outdoor videos, but also gaming videos and an unboxing video. Yay? Nay? Well, either way, they're coming so you can rejoice and be glad, or be sad and disappear off into a dark, nasty corner!😸 

Weird Texan Wash-up

Alright now let's talk about that Aplatophis chauliodus! Don't know what that is? Well, it's that weird creature found on a beach in Texas City, Texas this morning. You can read more about that here, but let me warn you that it's not the prettiest thing to look at it. In fact, some might find this ocean wash-up eel to be quite disturbing. Your call. I think it's really creepy and ugly, but yet ever so fascinating! And must say that it's interesting how Texas has a namesake city, like how New York has New York City. Is there an Ontario City located in Ontario? *Googles Ontario City, Ontario* Nope! All I get are literal results of cities in Ontario: Toronto, Niagara Falls, Belleville, Woodstock, Kingston, Waterloo, you name it. Quebec on the other hand does have a namesake city, and it's very famous and well known.

Apple 2017

Apple time! 🍎🍏📱📱🍏🍎 As 98% of the planet probably knows, the 2017 iPhones were unveiled this Tuesday, on September 12. As I said earlier, there's been a ton of articles, YouTube videos and media coverage on this. Seriously, there has been a lot! And it's obviously because the iPhone is one of the most well-know and loved (and hated! LOL) phones on Earth. The iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. No, I'm not going to call it the iPhone 10 as some YouTubers have called it, because X sounds more fitting for this weird-looking smartphone. Seriously, I think it looks really weird with the camera and earpiece sitting on the screen. You know who else has done this? The Essential Phone! Or should I say the smartphone lacking many Essentials such as a headphone jack, card slot, water resistance and many more! Anyways! As such, Apple came out to tout a lot of things during this event, which has caused a lot of people to remind Apple where a lot of these things first came from such as the gestures on the iPhone X for instance. Oh, Apple. When will you ever stop acting like you're the first to do everything? Don't you know that people will call you out for it? Or do you really think you're consumers are dumb enough to listen to everything you say, and take it to heart? I hope not... Now some people have been also criticizing Apple for making the iPhone 8s just an iPhone 7 with a glass back. Is that really true? People said the same thing about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 being a Samsung Galaxy S8+ with a stylus, so what about Apple? In short, no. The iPhone 8 does have a newer A11 chip, 4K recording @60 Frames Per Second and supports wireless charging. Are these enough to make it worth it? Well, I'd like to know if the regular iPhone 8s will be getting a 512GB variant first. 256GB is a lot, don't get me wrong. But if they could give the regular iPhone 8 and 8 Plus 512GB as well, then that would certainly sweeten the deal! And make it extremely expensive too. 😐 But hey, the new iPhones have been officially revealed, so they'll hit stores soon, while the iPhone X will arrive in November, so you'll soon see plenty of these in the wild. Now, let me answer a question that's probably obvious if you know me by now: which iPhone 8 would I buy? The iPhone 8 Plus. Why? Because it doesn't look weird like the iPhone X, and offers reasonable screen estate. I do wish they could have made it 15-16cm. Oh well. 14cm is decent, but would've liked it to be a little larger. That said, if someone were giving me a 512GB iPhone X for free with no strings attached, I'd take it, take it, take it!  🍎🤑🍏

PewDiePie Says *igger During Livestream

I know, I know, there's already been enough articles and YouTube videos on this, but you know what? I want to have my say too! I really wish I could just spell the word as it is here, but the last thing I want is to have Google think I'm using it abusively and then delete my entire blog! 😬 So I'll just have to resort to asterisks to play it safe... Now let's begin. The ever so famous YouTuber was playing a game called PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Things were getting very irritating for him, as he was dropping a lot of F-bombs until he finally just said "What a f***ing *igger!" 😬😨😱😰😵 Yep, that's right; he really said it. Did he mean it? Is he racist? Did he apologize? Why would he say that in the first place? Well, a lot of questions, so here's what I got to say: No, he should have never said that in the 1st place regardless of how angry he got. A lot of gamers have gotten very angry and never resorted to using racial slurs. By saying *igger without immediately reacting with shock and disgust to what he said, and then apologizing on the spot, implies that this may have been a word he's used before off camera casually. Now listen, he's issued an apology as most of us know, which is good. He owned up to his mistake. But did he really apologize because he was sincerely sorry, or because he was forced? That is something that is entirely up for debate. Much like Donald Trump's delayed response to the violent incident in Charlottesville back in August this year: did Donald finally respond because he was pressured to, or because he genuinely cares about improving America's on-going racial problems? Who knows for sure. I am not a close follower of PewDiePie, as I only watch his videos on rare occasion, when there is a major event, or something that is truly worthy of my interest like his "About A Copyright Strike". That video definitely sparked my interest, because as YouTubers, Copyright strikes are the last thing you want to go through and deal with. In the video, he had Campo Santo's Sean Vanaman tell him to stop monetizing their videos, simply because they were sick of the "garbage" he makes, and that they couldn't stand having a millionaire make money off their games with his "poor content". Now whether you like Felix Kjellberg or not, this was wrong! Period! The website clearly says that people were allowed to monetize their games, so to selectively tell someone that they cannot make money off their games, without first changing the policy for everybody is wrong! On my channel, I too, upload games, but I specialize in mobile games. This is concerning considering that abusing Copyright and the DCMA could lead to lots of issues for those who like to upload games on their channels. Some companies make it clear that you cannot monetize their games, others don't mind it, while others just leave it in the grey area. Game companies and developers, do not abuse your rights. The more welcoming you are to letting YouTubers monetize your games, the more exposure and success you get. Done.