3rd Annual Youtube Gathering 2009 Hollywood CA

So here's my quick review of the 3rd Annual Youtube Gathering in Hollywood, CA 2009. First off I just want to say - Good F'ing times!

10 AM Crepe Breakfast
So the day started with me rushing down to the cafe, thankfully nearby my apartment. (I have to say I'm on cafe overload these days. I'm there almost every day) Usually I simply get a large coffee and then sit around and make my money back by sucking up band width and electricity.

But what is Crepe breakfast without crepes!? (I really should have taken a picture of my food, I realize this now.)

Anyway I waited around and people started arriving, thank God. For a minute I thought "this is too early, no one is showing up". However it was even better then I thought. there where about ten of us all together and we hung out eating and chit chatting till about 11:30 when we headed out to the gathering.

For the record, I got the 'Savoy' a crepe filled with Nutella and Strawberries. It was amazing.

Noon The Gathering
So as with any gathering, a small cluster of us (mostly the breakfast peeps) found our way to the meeting spot and hung out in front of the stairs to get in as many people's way as possible. Yay us!

In time more and more people showed up. I think the head count was somewhere around 30+ people. We had our share of eCelebs with Katiesopinion, itsbrent, olgakay and Boh3m3. a bunch of seasoned regulars Confidential247, thetalesend, nbwulf, misssarahb and alicecooper

Failpire/Stickam
So our banner was on the front page of stickam. I post bulletins all over about going live from the gathering. and then. Boosh.

So here's the deal - we were supposed to get a Nokia from stickam HQ to broadcast through. But Thursday I get an email asking me if I have a simm card, which I don't (Verizon Phone...) so the phone is no go. So I took my laptop, and set it up and honestly I don't know if I was ever actually live and connected of not. I set it all up and closed the laptop for easy carrying and when I opened it later it had done a full shut down. So I'm guessing I was like for 3 seconds and 1 lurker.

Ok.. let's call this part one. I'm getting bored with myself. So here's some more pretty pictures from the gathering. and more to come later.

Stay Strong,

-SamProof

Monthly Check up.

I feel like I've a million things to talk about, and a million things to do.
I haven't blogged in forever because I've been trying to catch up on my Nanowrimo, I'm a little behind a few thousand words. Which honestly isn't that bad, but it's still behind.

So first off, Amy and I put out a video Monday and it got featured on Youtube's Comedy section. Hurray! It's been awhile since I felt I did anything cool video wise and that was really an amazing experience. It was by far the most professional shoot I've run/produced/directed. I can't wait to do something like it again, and more fight scenes!

One of the biggest problems with the videos is my external drive crashed, and my laptop is a bit full. I'm not rushing out to buy a new hard drive because I'm in between jobs right now. But I'm sure i'll succumb to the urge to create and get one. (though I did put a few on my amazon wishlist, should there be any kind strangers that think they have too much money).

Tomorrow I'm heading up to Youtube Live. I'm honestly not the most excited about it anymore. I was for a day and a half, now it just seems like it's going to be a giant hassle. I don't really want to see any of the acts, I just want to see people and hang out with friends. So who knows.

Thanksgiving is coming and I have no plans just yet, I'll be going to the UCB Thanksgiving on Wednesday to eat turkey and laugh with my fellow improv performers, that'll be nice. I'll be filming more stuff for the documentary next week as well. Then November will be over, Nanowrimo will be over and honestly I can't wait. as much as I want to finish this novel I want to not have to suffer my other projects to focus on it so much.

Hell maybe i'll just sit down one of these days and push out the last 20,000 words so i can be done with it. I want to put the novel down so I can go back to making comics strips, videos, blogs, etc... but I also want to get it to 50,000 words. I'm a bit competative, even when it's with myself. Especially with myself.

oh and here are some photos from when I was at Katie's Opinion's House party a little while back with youtubers : katiesopinion, suprickyo6, itsbrent, mememolly, littlepandaexpress, nayders07, iancrossland, supadupaflygirl, mrsafety & Mrs saftey

Stay Strong,

-SamProof