August 30th Entry: Fidget Spinners

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August 30th Entry: Fidget Spinners

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OH NO! 😨 HALP ME GUYZ! 😱 I caught the fidget spinner virus! 🤒 No seriously, these things are mad addictive! 😛🤪😍 I can now see why fidget spinners were so iconic in 2017, and are still talked about in 2018. It's because they're so damn fun!🎉 They come in so many different colours, looks, sizes -- um, alright! 😅 I should save the rest of it for the headings on fidget spinners below, so let's address some other things now. But yeah, if you read the last entry, you'll know that I was not kidding about the unboxings and fidget spinner videos that were incoming. Aside from toys, there are some outdoor videos and the usual Noise Session. On a side note, it is quite sad to see summer coming to an end soon. 😭 The weather has been plenty warm, so I hope that September will be warm like it was last year.

Unboxing Amazon Box of Various Products

Wooty! In this video I sure unpacked a lot of goods from one box! What exactly? I unboxed the following: 

✂BIRUGEAR Hard Shell Carrying Case 

✂Anker PowerLine+ Micro USB (3M) [Aramid Fiber & Double Braided Nylon] 

✂Anker PowerPort 4 (40W 4-Port USB Wall Charger) Multi-Port USB Charger with Foldable Plug

✂iFixit Essential Electronics Toolkit 

✂Neewer NW(B-3) 15.24cm Studio Microphone Mic Round Shape Wind Pop Filter Mask Shield with Stand Clip (Black Filter) 

✂Large Wax Spatulas / Wooden Applicators for Hair Removal Waxing - 22 Piece. 

How is each of these holding up? For the spatulas and toolkit, I have not used them yet, so I cannot tell you. The Birugear held the Seagate Hard Drive just fine, and it feels reasonably sturdy. I've only used the Anker PowerLine once, but it did fine based on that use. I should use it more often to see how it holds up. At first, I was under the impression that the Neewer Pop Filter was useless. That was until I placed it in front of it correctly, and heard the difference. 😅 I have used the Anker PowerPort 4 multiple times on my smartphones, and it works well. It charges appropriately fast, and has not fell out of the wall... yet? Hopefully not ever.😐 So based on what you can see here, so far everything is working as they should. I hope that they will continue to work well for a very long time. Well, except for the spatulas since those are disposable. 

Repel Lemon Eucalyptus Natural Insect Repellent Pump

Lyme Disease, West Nile virus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and others. You do not want any of those, so you should not go unprotected in the wilderness. You must find a repellent that works best for you, and consult a physician if you have any concerns. For me, my choice is obviously the repellent you can see in the heading above for a number of reasons: It works, it smells nice, won't harm your gear and is natural, unlike DEET. Is it perfect though? Absolutely not. You could be allergic to it, which is why it's always important to do a patch test. Some people also detest the smell, so that's another thing you have to take into consideration before buying this repellent. Other than that, I recommend you give it a shot.

My First Fidget Spinner

So let me tell you the precise story of my first fidget spinner. Believe it or not, the video does not tell you the story at all. "Huh?! So why is it titled 'My First Fidget Spinner', then?" You must ask. Good question! Because it is indeed my first fidget spinner, but the story of how and why I got into fidget spinners, was not mentioned. So here we go! It started on a Sunday, when I went to a Canadian Tire to buy some Sylvania Daylight 65 light bulbs. It was close to closing, so I had to be quick. When I was cashing out, the cashier said the usual "Anything else?" I then asked where they kept the spinners. They were confused at first, so I clarified and said fidget spinners. They pointed and explained where they were, which happened to be very close to the cash register in this location. I wanted one, but because there was someone behind me, and it was really close to closing, I told them to forget about getting one for me. They asked if I was sure I wanted to leave without. I then said that they could get me one blue, red or green one for now, so they did. Lo and behold, the day I went home with just one, prompted me to go back the next day and buy MOOOOAAARRRRR! 🤪🤪🤪 This leads us to the next heading: More Fidget Spinners

More Fidget Spinners

There are some things in life where one is enough, such as a spouse. If you you're reading this blog post with multiple wives or husbands, then......... 😶 On the opposite end of the pole, there are some things where one is absolutely not enough: Fidget spinners! 😝 Once you see how much fun it is to spin multiple fidget spinners, you will entirely understand. Especially if they have different abilities. For example: some specialize in lighting up, some glow in the dark, some have incredible endurance and the list is endless. Seriously, there are a lot of funky fidget spinners out there, some I have still yet to even discover.🔍❓

Unboxing Rubiks Cube Fidget Spinner

This is an example of one of many exotic fidget spinners that exist out there.The Naladoo Rubiks Cube Fidget Spinner is exactly what the name suggests, making it really cool. Unfortunately, this fidget spinner does not spin for very long. It spins for about 45 seconds on average, which is indeed less than stellar. Thankfully, I did not buy it for that purpose, as it is a novelty fidget spinner that focuses more on being a Rubik's Cube. Even then, it does not do that too well either, because it's not even a cube as you can tell from both the photo and video. I did have some concerns about it cracking, so has it cracked yet? No. Despite all the times the pieces would fly off from when I dropped it, or even getting knocked by a high-performance fidget spinner, it did not actually break. Because I'm not a Rubik's Cube master, I have not completely messed it up yet, and then attempted to solve it. All in all, I like it and will be definitely keeping it, despite what the video and my writings may suggest. It looks awesome!

Ellesmere, Morningside and Kingston

I felt like going to Toronto that day, so I went there and decided to film some parts of Ellesmere Road, Morningside Avenue and Kingston Road. I did this in a west, south and then east fashion along a planned route. The two main purposes of this were to get a summer video on it, and to sightsee potentially cool cars. Unfortunately, nothing exciting appeared. Not that this strip is known for exotics, so I did not expect that. Still would have been cool anyway to see at least one Maserati, Lamborghini or something. The original video did have some commentary, but it was really bland with too many long gaps between the commentary. Therefore, I decided to remove it and fit it with music. 😁🎶 Ok, and let us get one final thing out of the way: "What To Do When You Don't Want To Be filmed ⚠Extremely serious video⚠" If you have not seen that video, and are wondering what connection it has with this one, you should watch it. Lots of important messages were made in it.

West Hill Public School

I knew that if I were going to be in West Hill, that I might as well cover the school in the area. I did not do the High School, because that was already covered in the past. With it being a small school, that was mostly fenced, walking around it was not very exciting. And on top of it, it had lots of construction caging on one of the sides, so yay. 😒 Does it mean that I hated my experience with the school? No. May have been boring, but it was fun photographing it. The pictures turned out better than the video itself. 

Casual Instrumental Noise Session - Episode #12

Episode 12 of the musical madness! 🔵🔴🔘 Boy oh boy, what is up with me and toys lately? 🤔 Am I turning back into a child?! LOL of course not! 😜 They add much spice and variety that have been missing in the videos over the years. And not just the videos, but also my life. 😉 It is good to keep some parts of your childhood in your adulthood. They're obviously not going to take over the channel, and they certainly aren't going to be featured in every video, so do not fear if you were worried about that! Anyways, let's discuss this session! Well, nothing special. I had wanted to play the complete version of Harry Belafonte's Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), but there were no good free versions available. I am not against buying the sheet music for it, but just wanted to see if there were free versions first. There was not, and due to time constraints that day, I just resorted to playing other things. Well, what more can I say? The use of marbles is definitely a unique addition for this episode. 

What's Next & Other Ramblings

It's been over a month since I've last uploaded a game of the sort. 😬😳😱😰 Upon quitting Asphalt 8, that made plenty of space and time to record other games, yet I have not done that. But then again, as I've said long ago, as much as I enjoy recording games, they're not exactly the biggest priority for me. That said, "Smartphone Games" is labelled on the channel banner loud and proud, and is also mentioned in the cringey Channel Trailer. Therefore, I should try a little harder to include more of them.

Ok, so what is next? A similar theme to this week's uploads: outdoor video(s), more unboxings, a noise session and a gaming video this time! 😅🎮 Alright, now it's time for you to fess up and be brutally honest: are you an adult that loves fidget spinners? Did you like the topics and places I've discussed in this blog post? Drop a comment in the comments section.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Uploads

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Uploads

Ah, another boring entry where I ramble about my latest videos and complain about things. Ok, who are we kidding?! I am thrilled to finally get that commentary video done after having it in the making for two weeks! So without further rambling here, I will proceed to chatting about Samsung Galaxy Note 7 & Note 8: Commentary and Discussion and Morningside Park: 2017 Winter Visit. Let's go, go, goooooooo!

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 & Note 8: Commentary and Discussion

Ok so you must be wondering “What is so exciting and special about this lengthy Note 7 video of yours?” Well, if you've been reading the past couple of entries, you'll know that I've been complaining about how I've been wanting to get in front of the microphone to chat and make a commentary video. Of course, my reasons were always things like how I couldn't get around to it, how I've been so slack and tardy, etc., etc., you get the idea. When “construction” of this video first started, I was hoping to get it done within the week. It didn't happen, so I became concerned about when I would finish it. If you read the description, you'll know when the construction started and when it finished. Two weeks. Would it have jeopardized the quality if I did finish it within a week? The answer to that question is surprisingly no. As mentioned numerous times, consistency and excessive procrastination were the driving reasons behind the slow down. Anyways! It's here and I'm glad it is. I put some good time into it and I personally love how everything turned out. Well, with the exception of one thing: the outro song! What exactly is that song? For the very few that have heard the original from “Random Evening Morningside Stroll - DEER SURPRISE!!!” it is a remix of this acoustic song. The song I used before going with this final version was also a remix, but with a different feel to it for lack of a better word. For some reason, I just didn't like it, so I resorted to using the same notes, but on a different instrument (synth). Ok, so now that this is out of the way, you may be wondering what inspired me to make this video in the first place. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was a smartphone that received critical reception, so when it burned down to cinders (pun intended) and had everyone talking about it, I decided that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 would be a great subject to add to my list of future subjects to discuss. Mind you, I do not necessarily chase subjects that everyone is talking about, but because I love smartphones, this one proved to be an attractive topic hence why I even decided to put extra labour into it by drawing up the slides. “So how well do you expect the video to perform?” may be another question you'd probably ask me, and believe it or not, I actually asked myself the very same thing. The answer? Not sure… I did expect it to perform a little better than some of my other commentaries, but won't keep my hopes up too high. That said, part of me is saying that this video could even exceed some of the others, since it's about a smartphone that was so popular, and is still talked about sometimes even though it's 2017. The hilarious(?)/crazy(?)/interesting(?)/cute(?)/wild(?)/informative(?) slides might also make it more appealing and different from other related videos on YouTube. We'll see. Oh yes! I should also mention that I've never actually got to get a hands-on with this phone, because it was pulled from the shelves by the time I went out to see it.

MorningsidePark: 2017 Winter Visit

It was very cold. It made my annoying nose run a lot. That's all I have to say for this entry ------------- KIDDING! Ha ha haaaaaaa! Alright, so as you'll learn from watching this video, this place surprisingly turned out to be more nostalgic than I thought, once I actually arrived in the area with the green themed playground. At first, I had no idea that I've been to this ground, until I saw that and remembered that I went here back in Grade 9. Or was it Grade 10? No, it was Grade 9. Ah, the sweet Grade 9 days…. I initially expected the trail I took to be short, but I soon discovered that there were lots to be seen, hence the nearly 30-minute video length. Visit this place. It's interesting. Probably not during a very cold day, but even then, that didn't stop other people aside from myself, from exploring it. Oh and did you know that this video was a “place holder”? Now you know! There was another place that I had originally wanted film that day, but chose this place instead, in hopes that the weather will be a little better when the time comes to film another outdoors video!

Other Ramblings

Well, I won't be complaining about how I haven't been able to get a commentary video done this week, because I did it – YES! I also got a long outdoor video done, so I'm glad and disappointed about that. Why the disappointment? Because many parts of it were so damn shaky! Ugh! And as explained last week, attempting to stabilize it would have resulted in reduced sharpness and would have created some awful “illusions”! My recent Farrow Avenue (Newcastle) video is an example of a video that suffered pretty badly from reduced quality, while Valley Farm Forest Ravine: Following The Path Straight to Grand Valley is an example that suffers from not one, but BOTH! Ouch! Anyways, so what's next? Any gaming videos this week? Likely not, but an outdoors video is almost guaranteed for next week. As for commentaries, I'll cautiously say that I'd like to get another one done for next week. “What's your next crazy commentary video going to be about this time?” you'll probably ask. Should I even drop a hint, or should I keep it a secret? Fine, it's going to be about a person – kidding! Though I do have plans to do one a person somewhat soon, the upcoming commentary won't be on a person. Stay tuned to find out what I'll chat about next!

February 22, 2017 Uploads

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February 22, 2017 Uploads

Five videos! Would have been six, but I'll explain that part a little later. Wow! Why so many videos?! Because there was a lot to see and capture during my recent trips in Toronto and Oshawa, so let's discuss the following: Saint John Paul II Catholic Secondary School: Walk around and commentary, Military Trail Public School: Walk around and commentary, College Park Seventh-day Adventist Church & Canadian Headquarters Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Ontario Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Blue Building, and Kingsway College Drive Off-road Forest Exploration. Mighty goodness! That's a lot of long titles going on there, and equal amounts of coverage and photos were taken. Let's dive into this going with the usual theme of chatting about the videos that were short first.

Saint John Paul II Catholic Secondary School: Walk around and commentary

So remember from the last entry, February 16, 2017 Uploads, in the Rodda Boulevard part where I mentioned that there was supposed to be a plan A done that day, but then went with plan B, which ended up being Rodda? Well, this was it: this high school. Yeah. So why exactly didn't I shoot SJP that day? Because it looked like there was some “big(?)” event going on during that day, so the grounds weren't quiet and vacant as I'd like them to be. Be of course, I did not want to go home with nothing, so I decided to film a neighbourhood. This time, the grounds were vacant which allowed me to finally get this video done in peace and quiet! Ah, it was so satisfying! This high school had a lot of interesting corners, marks and attributes to it, that made it so great to film and photograph. I didn't film the track, because I didn't know where it was during filming, but by the time I went around to photograph the school, I realized that it was mostly covered in snow and slush! That's also where I figured out that it and it's neighbour, Military Trail Public School, have the Ellesmere Ravine behind them. Interesting! Speaking of Military Trail, I should go ahead and discuss it.

Military Trail Public School: Walk around and commentary

You know what's funny? Since I was approaching this area westbound, this means that I initially passed this school first, but yet I decided to film Saint John Paul first. Why? Because it was the one that had me itching more to film it. That's why. Ok, that's lame so let's get into some details here! As you've heard me remark in the video, I really enjoyed filming this school. I looked the looks of it, it's surroundings, and just many things about it. For that reason, I even went ahead and said that it was the most interesting elementary school I've filmed to date. Nice work, Military Trail, but there's more elementary schools to discover out there that may be better looking than you! So like the other video, there were also a fair bit of complaints about the excessive snow, slush and inappropriate shoes for the conditions, but I did appreciate the mild winter weather that day. “So what additional things happened behind the scenes, during, before or after?” you might be wondering. Well, Before doing this, I believe my phone shut off from the cold, but don't worry, I won't make this another one of those long elaborate complaints and analyzations about why my phone shuts off outdoors so much. What I should say, is that I've actually executed a solution in one of the more recent videos. Will elaborate more on that when I get to it. So, I guess there's nothing more I have to say about Military Trail Public School, so I shall proceed with the next heading.

College Park Seventh-day Adventist Church & Canadian Headquarters Seventh-DayAdventist Church

According to Word, there are 94 characters in that mighty long title. Believable, isn't it? So this area I went to in Oshawa, appears to be the “Great Mighty Seventh-Day Adventist” strip. Seriously, you have a church in this area, two headquarter buildings, a college, a store, a distribution press, a greenhouse and many other buildings, all pertained to the Seventh-Day Adventist church. Wow. Impressive. As a result, I even nicknamed this expedition “The Great Oshawa Christian Quest” in the “Dead” Kingsway College video, but I'll talk about that specific entry a little later. So! The video I made covers both the College Park Church and one of the buildings for the headquarters. Why did I do this? Should probably be kind of obvious, especially if you're a YouTuber yourself, or if you just know me be now. I did not quite feel like putting down the camera after filming the church, and because the site was so close, I crossed the road to capture it. College Park Church was an interesting site, in that the building itself was fun to go around because of its hilly, busy surroundings. It's also pretty large, so that too was a plus. Because I couldn’t tell if the brown headquarters building was completely closed or not, I had to film it with caution to avoid looking unnecessarily creepy. I successfully captured and photographed it. Yes. I sound like such a bad man or a spy based on the way I'm talking here, giggity! Anyways, I loved all those provincial flags in front of it. It makes it look so proud and patriotic, but you know? There's more! Let's discuss the other part of the headquarters which happens to be much larger and bluer!

Ontario Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Blue Building

After doing the church and the brown headquarters site, this one was next! Boy oh boy, does it look impressive and proud! Big, blue, lots of glass, and it's ever so shiny. This site is clearly the flagship headquarter for the Seventh-Day Adventist church, but as for the other smaller, brown building, I honestly have no idea what purpose it serves. One thing's certain, is that my purpose for this trip was to film and photograph the great, blue, holy building. It went great! The weather wasn't warm, but it wasn't super cold either, and there was plenty of sunshine. After this shooting this video, the next great and unfortunate segment took place. Read on below to get the scoop.

The Dead Video of The Great College Park Drive & Clarence Bisential Drive Exploration

In this video, I initially slated to film just Kingsway College, but after seeing how “small” it was, it was quickly covered. I did not feel like dropping the camera, so I wandered around the area. It was then, that I soon discovered that there were TONS to see! So many paths, bushes, unfamiliar territory and roads! I wandered over to a burnt looking auditorium, went up the road to some rustic, ancient-looking building that looked as though it had been around from the early 1900s, walked through lots of snow, many paths, ended up seeing the Beuna Vista Hall, an exercising complex, the Adventist Book Centre, and what else? Not sure if I'm missing anything else, but you can tell that I definitely saw a lot, and wandered into some very interesting areas. This was indeed an interesting, historical, modern, wild area all in one. When I finally returned to a more familiar part of Kingsway College Drive, I was getting very close to ending the video, but wanted to end it in the same area where I filmed Snow, pellets and Wind from last year. Shortly after arriving in front of the wooded area, a message shows up stating “Could not record video” What?! What exactly was that supposed to mean?! Did I seriously just lose almost 40 minutes of footage?! I quickly looked into my videos folder to find it, but it was not there. I looked into file manager and the file was there, but it could not be played… I was very disappointed. A 35 minute video, and the system for some reason couldn't catch it? What gives? Was it the memory card to blame? The formatting? The operating system? Who knows! Because the file exists, it's not truly lost, but because it cannot be played due to a “missing codec” caused from MP4 corruption, it has classifies as “dead” in my books. There are expensive tools out there that claim they can fix MP4 files, but aside from those, what are my other options? I hate to have one of these conversations about this again, but this time, a 35 minute video is pretty serious business. Admittedly, I haven't spent much time looking into other alternatives this year, after the 1^st original dead West Hill Video, because I thought “It was only the temperature that this caused this incidence, so I won't see temperature related problems again if I make the proper precautions” True. For this trip I finally got around to tethering the phone with a portable pack and – viola! No shut-offs and big, red, empty battery icons showed up! Unfortunately, I just had to be struck with something else, as soon as I find a solution for one problem. Great. Perhaps I should just update the device, or format the card, and see if that helps for this weird size problem. Due to the disappointment, I went ahead and filmed Kingsway College Drive Off-road Forest Exploration, to make up for this loss.

Kingsway College Drive Off-road Forest Exploration

So as you know by now, this is a make up video done after discovering that the Kingsway tour video's MP4 has gone corrupt. Here, I talk about the situation and the reasons why I made this very video. I went down into the forested part and walked around. Not a ton of exciting things to do or see down here, but it was still kind of fun to trek through the woods of Kingsway.

Other Ramblings

It feels like I've this said too many times, but I seriously need to do proper research on this MP4 issue. I know there's a reliable, free solution out there, but where is it? Does it really exist? Or is it going to have to come at a cost? Who knows. I've posted a picture from the tour on my Instagram page, where I asked about how you can fix broken MP4 files. To date, no replies, but one like. Didn't really expect to see any advice, you never know until you try… MP4 problems aside, I really liked how the videos came out. In comparison to the blurry Rodda video, these videos have came out so much sharper and crisper, all thanks to the HDR setting. Wow. Who knew it could make that much of a difference? Stability has not been the best, but it certainly wasn't the worse either, as I've really tried to concentrate on the camera still while moving. What's in store for the next batch of uploads? Hard to say for certainty, because I've been saying for a while that I've been wanting to do some commentaries and gaming videos for a while, yet haven't gotten around to it. I'll just say that I'd ideally like to get one of each category done for the next batch of uploads: one outdoor, one commentary, and one gaming. 

February 16, 2017 Uploads

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Only one video this week?! Not good! Not very good at all! I will explain later why this is not good for several reasons, but let's just first get on with discussing the solo upload for this week, Rodda Boulevard Tour.

Rodda Boulevard Tour

Yep, another video from Toronto's West Hill area. When will I do another area? When will I do another video in Durham Region, or even Markham or something?! Who knows. That's all I can tell you. Just wait, watch, observe and you'll see. I haven't done very many videos on me filming and walking down residential areas, so it feels nice to have another one on the channel. I've done Bobmar Road and Esterbrook Drive (and its vicinity) in the past, but truth is, I often don't have enough bravery to shoot residential videos. “What? Why?!” You must be wondering. It's because it often feels weird and a little invasive, and then there's the fact that people will often be out and about. I usually try to avoid filming people where possible to respect their privacy. I know you can always blur faces or simply edit them out, but I admittedly don't bother with those options, unless specifically requested to do so. You can also point the camera down, which is what I do sometimes, but then there has also been times where I couldn't bother with doing that either. So what's the verdict here? Am I going to fret over people or what? Nah! Truth is, as long as you make it obvious enough that you're just doing a casual video of you filming your walk, or vlogging or what not, most people could care less. It's when you start stalking them, photographing them, or “putting them in the spotlight” is when it becomes a serious invasion of privacy, but who does that? Wait, some rude people do unfortunately, and they have ended up the news…. Not the type of attention you want! Thankfully, I have never ended up that situation, and I'm confident enough to that I almost certainly won't. Alright! That's enough awkward rambling about people on camera, so let's actually discuss Rodda Boulevard itself and the video about it. This road has a bit of a weird stretch, but the area I covered was the townhouse portion with numerous gates. There wasn't a ton of exciting things to see, though wandering down the gate pathways was quite fun. As you'll know from the complaints from the dubbed audio in the first segment, the ridiculously heavy breathing and other annoying sound effects, drove me to removing the original audio for the first 3 ½ minutes…. Similar situation to Heather Heights from last week….. Oh well. Whatever. Oh yes! I have an additional fact to share with about this trip: this trip was a plan B resort. “What?! So what was plan A?!” you must be wondering. Well, can't tell ya! When I shoot it, I'll be sure to let you know that it was the original video that I was supposed shoot on the day I filmed Rodda Boulevard.

Other Things

Another week of no gaming videos, no commentaries, and only one outdoors video to beat. ARGH! WHY?! Why must I be such a chronic, slack, procrastinator?! I need to get it together and spit out more videos! Mind you, I'm not talking quantity over quality here, as quality is still extremely important to me, hence some of things I've mentioned and done in my videos, but seriously! I need to make more videos! This is not only bad for my personal goals, but apparently, I've been reminded that the smaller output has also caused my revenue to dip! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Ok that's really dramatic and I'm making it sound as if I lost a million or something, but for real though: I'm not impressed with declines like that. You know, generally speaking, the more you work, the more money you get. The same is true for YouTube, in that the more quality, interesting videos you make, the more money you make. Now I'm obviously not purely chasing this for the money, as we all know (or should know!) that YouTube is not a “get rich quick” scheme, but it's still a nice, fun, creative way to earn a little cash on the side. The sad part about this is that I already knew about the fact that more videos means more money, yet I've started slacking off quite a bit. Not good! I know better than that, so I ought to stop with the tardiness, and just get my damn act together! And when I say that, I'm also referring to other things as well… Alright, now that I'm finished lecturing myself like a madman, it's time to walk the walk, and not just talk the talk; Let's go!

February 10, 2017 Uploads

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February 10, 2017 Uploads

Four days before Valentine's Day. Yay? Nay? Who cares? Should we care? Wait, why am I mentioning this? Whatever. The weather has been annoying where I am lately with these biting cold days, and then there was a day with freezing rain that left the sidewalks full of slippery ice! Much of it has been salted by now, but now it's snowing quite plentifully. Oh, Canada! God keep our land safe! Anyways, let's discuss the following videos: Henry Hudson Senior Public School - Walk around, Heather Heights Junior Public School - Walk around, and Ellesmere Evening Walk And Random Detour. Let's start chatting!

Henry Hudson Senior Public School - Walk around

I don't know what to talk about. I'm sorry, but I have to be real and honest here. Kind of makes you wonder why bother even doing an entry then? Well, because I can think about what I should discuss, and then transfer it from my brain to the keyboard as my fingers dance gracefully across the board. A heavy snow shovelling truck just passed my house as I type this – alright let's get serious here! So, this school was covered rather quickly, and I because I didn't bother wandering down the street or out into some fields or something, I decided to just toss a whole heap of pictures into the video to give it more “meat”. How was the exploration? Pretty boring to be honest. That's why I honestly had to think about what I'm going to discuss here, because there really wasn't much I have to say about this boring walk around. And to add insult to injury, it was a nippy -7°C which made my finger tips uncomfortably cold. So cold, that I had to let my hands warm up before wandering across Heather Heights Park to film the namesake school, Heather Heights. Would've helped to wear warmer gloves, but they don't feel as flexible as my lighter leather gloves.

Heather Heights Junior Public School - Walk around

Despite being a supposedly smaller building, this school was more interesting to film than its middle school counterpart, Henry Hudson. There was just more interesting things to point out, film and photograph, making the walk around a lot more fun. What wasn't fun, was the decision to axe the original audio and dub it with studio commentary. As I explained in the video, I felt it was the right thing to do. I personally found the constant weird whistle, hissing, and rubber sounds annoying, thus I had to choose between chatting or copyright-free music. There's been a few cases where I just left the video silent altogether, and some I where I went with music. It was late, didn't feel like searching up songs, so I just went with chatting since it was the quickest, easiest thing to do. Went well. And to answer a question that came in the video, the school is located on Slan Avenue. Now we know. Let's talk about that Ellesmere walk now.

Ellesmere Evening Walk And Random Detour

So after successfully filming and photographing Henry Hudson and Heather Heights (kind of sounds like they could be a couple, eh?) I went for a stroll on Ellesmere. No deer to be seen this time, but as the title states, I made a random right turn off into the woods. Who was with me? What happened? When? Where did this happen? And most importantly, why the hecklersnappers did I did this?! Well, because I felt like it. Seriously, I wanted to “spice it up” a bit, so I decided to go over the divider and entered the forest which happened to be a part of Morningside Park. So what did I discover in there? Nothing super special. Just got to satisfy my curiousity and walked through some woods, which is something I haven't done since mid-January. While getting in there wasn't overly challenging, getting out was due to the risk of sliding back down the slope into the woods again! The entry that I took had a lot of frost-dried plants that helped with traction, but coming back up for some reason was a challenge. Actually, the real challenge was finding the exit..... When I u-turned I thought I would've returned back to the same spot, only to realize that I ended up coming out onto Morningside instead of Ellesmere! Mamma mia! What a wild, silly trip! Got out safely, and went home that day with 3 outdoors videos for YouTube. Score! I know how much y'all love the outdoor photographs on Instagram, so you'll be pleased to know that you'll have lots to see soon. Not so much from this particular video, but plenty from the other two.

What's Next?

I am not pleased with myself this week for such poor time management and procrastination. Believe it or not, I had intentions to get two commentary videos done, and perhaps a gaming video. Did that happen? Nope! Instead I ended up editing these outdoors videos yesterday, when they were supposed to be finished on Monday! And now here I am typing this entry here on Friday, which is fine, but there would've been 5, maybe even 6 videos to talk about, if I wasn't so slack and unorganized this week! Argh! Better luck next week, though the 2^nd topic I wanted to do will be irrelevant by then, but I can always do something else... Need to get it together and be organized, hard working, focused, and consistent.