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Pre-Alice's Teacup - I'm dragging my bed out of bed, we walk to the tea room, and Joe is setting up the equipment.

MealToday/TeaToday at Alice's Teacup with Joe, Michelle, Chris, Colin, and Laura. We had a great time!

TeaToday - Alice's Teacup in NYC (We briefly talked about some of the teas we drank that weren't in the episode).

Then we wrapped up our trip and eventually headed home... good times! (This is officially the end of the NYC batch, I know you're all very grateful.) :)

http://www.viddler.com/explore/brandice/videos/340/ (Can't get the embed code to come up, Viddler currently not working properly for my n00b dsl.) :)

Joe and I are hanging with the Viddler crew outside of the theater after the awards were over:

Viddler and STeaP go to see the Apple store at night, when it's glowing and pretty:

Walking home from the Apple store, Colin earns a future smack:

Stay tuned for day two of our NYC adventures... These are only the last of the first day's videos! :)

Christmas Eve cookie making with Jim. :)

Then Jim and I opened one gift each before going to bed:


ALSO:

Christmas Eve (1 gift each):
http://www.viddler.com/explore/brandice/videos/305/

Christmas Morning:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/brandice/videos/306/?secreturl=44584590

Christmas Afternoon:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/brandice/videos/307/?secreturl=40901623

Book Crossing group gives out awards

Dianah hates me for slapping her:


Who is Kim, Kim, Kim?


And then there's a friends-only vid of the after-party at Applebee's (friends-only just because it's long, unedited and kind of lame):
http://www.viddler.com/explore/brandice/videos/286/

Fun times. Stay tuned for more videos... I left my MacBook uploading about 1 GB of video... lol.

LOL. Last night's Nano meeting was nuts, and it ran so late at the Denny's after-write-in that Di and I left at 7:00 a.m. I just woke up two hours ago... whoops.

I'm finally downloading BC to my MacBook so that I can have a full WoW install again, but I'm not sure how much gaming I'll be doing until this semester is over. I've been a bit overwhelmed with everything this semester. It's not as much actually work, but it feels like a higher stress environment, which an internship that requires actual skill, a job in social work, and classes that are a little more useful, even if they're driving me nuts.

I've been glad for the break from Warcraft, honestly, but now I'm jealous when listening to the social worker and psychiatrist on the psych unit at internship talking about WoW and the new patch, so I have to get back into things.

Nano is going really well... over 30k as of 7 a.m., so I'm pretty psyched about that. :) Viddler group exploded, the NanoVideo page at Nanowrimo.org has been amazing and I just can't wait until next year, when I'll only have work and I can really give Nano media content my all. :) It'll be awesome.

The Google Group for PodCamp Ohio (http://podcampohio.com) is in the baby stages, but it's fun to talk about actually having a local unconference about something I'm *interested* in. June 28th is the tentative date.

Family stuff is still a mess... apparently my mother won't be working with me on this situation until after the holidays, so I guess I'm just going to Jim's parents' house for Thanksgiving. I'm really disappointed in how unsuccessful I've been in my efforts to simply get my mother on the phone. I think I've made the efforts I can, and I just don't know what else I can realistically do, so I'm just going to move forward with my life and accept that things are this way right now.

Okay, I need to do eight million things, and some video editing especially. :) Happy Sunday!

Nano goody bag creation :)

This video is friends only due to a quick derail into drunken territory. I maintain, even in a sober state, however, that I AM saving myself for Christopher Walken and will do so until the day I (or he, more likely) die(s).

I apologize.

http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/227/

Where's the update? :) Spend less time on whiny polls and more on getting the stuffs updated!

Two videos: Intro to NaNoVideo and Intro to NaNoLive!

TeaToday (FoxTrot):
http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/167/

UserTalk (WMM):
http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/165/

UserTalk (Vista):
http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/164/

Yesterday, Joe and I filmed 4 episodes of STeaP for use over the next few weeks. Jen has jumped on board to do web design and work on our logo as of today, and we'll be offering the podcast on iTunes in the upcoming weeks, with our typical lengthy episodes, as well as occasional "TeaToday" clips from both Joe and I, which will be shorter blips to tide you over until the next week's episode.

I'm really excited about this project, and it's also got me drinking a lot of different teas and learning how to properly make tea (which opens up a whole slew of teas I never knew I liked because I'd been oversteeping or 'burning' my green teas). Joe has been a lot of fun to film with and getting it up on iTunes and Viddler and our new domain is going to hopefully create a really fun community of tea drinkers. :)

I'd really like to start doing an airing of weekly episodes live on either uStream or Justin.tv, and then making them available for download/viewing right after, but I can't seem to get a concrete answer from JTV or Viddler about lifecasting/sponsoring EVDO/getting better broadcasting equipment. JTV was supposed to come through with a beta code in June when I requested one, and Colin has yet to elaborate or definitively respond to any questions about his proposal that Viddler help me go 24/7 with equipment/EVDO, etc. Guess I should've taken both of those situations with more of a grain of salt, rather than getting excited about either one, which is my own fault.

Regardless though, I'm psyched for STeaP and totally psyched to have another fun web project to contribute to that I'll also be able to share with people on my iPhone. :) Totally psyched to be on iTunes!

On a side note, I really wish someone would magically send me a Mac, because I am FURIOUS with my computer and its incapability to properly edit and create iTunes friendly videos... I swear to god, the person who buys me a Mac with the same specs as the computer I have now will be worshipped. I'm ready to rip my hair out today.

Joe is hilarious:

And I also made a kudos video for Gary V. for sending me a Vayniac wristband!

MeToday 9-4-07

KittyToday - The Evil Glare

USERTALK: Video Editing

My first day of internship equaled hawesome. Got free stuff and went clothes shopping at Target after. Video messes up... Bad Viddler recording function, bad! *smacks*

My first day of school...

Went with Joe, Amy, Kelly, and Dianah to Don Pablo's for some tasty Mexican cuisine and fun times. :)

OMG, I've completely forgotten to update with my MeToday videos! Here's a comprehensive list of the ones I forgot to post:

August 18th - http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/125/ (Columbus)
August 19th - http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/126/ (Opening the new laptop)
August 20th - http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/128/ (Work + RAIN)
August 21st - http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/127/ (WoW + Fraps clips)

Some UserTalks as well:
http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/123/ (Twitter)
http://www.viddler.com/brandice/videos/124/ (Viddler)

Go get your meal on!

So, yesterday, Jim and I were pretty lazy. He went golfing with a friend, I watched movies (Cape Fear for the first time, Mean Girls) and enjoyed the benefits of my new flower essence blend. Jim cooked an amazing dinner, and I talked about LiveJournal, Twitterlogging, WordPress, my laptop coming in sometime this week and I need ideas for what fantastic things I'll be doing for my first week back on the lifecasting circuit.

Wednesday at 9 pm EST I'll be on as long as the laptop is here by then and I'm open to suggestions for how I can make it a specially lifecasting evening. :) w00t!

Random day of work and rain and 7's and music in the car and I missed out on seeing Dianah and iJustine and I tried a new wine that I discovered I absolutely love, and I sat with Jim on the balcony (not on vid) until very very late.

Schmitt Sohne 2005 Kabinett



No vid for August 11th, because I've been in the nude all day and have done NOTHING. I'm not even exaggerating and it's been wonderful and needed. :) And tomorrow's a new day and a new week, and I can't wait!