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New vid: Curiosity (Boy Meets World) [Jan. 5th, 2013|02:00 am]

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So I never get matched up with the people I expect for Festivids so I was all, well there's no way I'll get matched up with Eli...so I get matched up with Eli. YEP ELI WAS MY ASSIGNMENT! I wake up Festivids morning to [livejournal.com profile] elipie's text that assignments were out and I check mine to see that mine was [livejournal.com profile] elipie. OF COURSE. I burst out laughing cause I did not see it coming and had no prepared assignment. Thus began a Festivid full of LIES. So I basically couldn't work on my actual assignment on the many weekends I vidded together with [livejournal.com profile] elipie (and sometimes [personal profile] rhoboat). I got matched on Breaking Bad and I had two ideas for that, both to pop songs and one to One Direction. I had a lot of it clipped so I figured it wouldn't be too hard. I started trying to vid it...nothing. I just was not feeling it. So I started looking at some of the other sources, all of which I could possibly do. I even had vague notions of pulling a [personal profile] franzeska and vidding ALL of the sources. Haha no, I'm not that crazy and I didn't have the time. Now hanging out with Eli taught me two things: she REALLY expected a Breaking Bad vid and she reeeally wanted a Boy Meets World vid and she DID NOT EXPECT IT AT ALL. Me: Challenge Accepted.

So I saw a few episodes of Boy Meets World in my youth and liked it but hadn't seen it in forever. When I watched it in high school, I remembered slashing Cory/Shawn (and Eric/Jack but less) so if the vid was for me, that's what I would be making (and in watching this, let me just say: THEY ARE SUCH BOYFRIENDS!!!! OMG). But Eli wanted: Oh my god, TOPANGA. TOPANGA/COREY. TOPANGA/STUDIES. TOPANGA/LIFE. I just love her to death. I would basically either really like a character study of her or a vid kind of telling the story of her relationship with Corey (which I know is daunting, but if not during Festivids, when else can I beg for something like this to be made for me?). So I decided to do both because I do aim to please :) I found a song, Curiosity by Carly Rae Jepsen which pinged me for Topanga and I thought would be perfect for a Topanga/Studies vid...until I kept listening to it and I realized that this vid wanted to be a Topanga/Cory vid too. Okay then. Also with the announcement of Girl Meets World, I figured I had to watch it all so I could check out the show and really understand the history of it. If not now, then I'd probably never do it.

I started watching the show and realized clipping it was going to be a very long process. I may have...not started doing it til the second week of December (thanks in part to the OUAT exchange) which turned out not to be the best decision although in my defense I was still set on doing Breaking Bad until then. It was a lot of fun to watch the show and see the growth of the characters and start having feels for all of them (Eric is KING of Surprise!Crying FEELS with a side of Issues!Shawn). The show does have its problems (heteronormativity, gender role issues and the like) but it was still very cute. Topanga turned out to be much awesomer than I remembered although there was not nearly as much clips of Topanga/Books as I had hoped. And I had fun squeeing about Cory/Shawn's BOYFRIEND love. Even Topanga/Cory managed to win me over with the cuteness especially in those last clips in the short version of this vid. Which yeah, I was only able to finish about three seasons of clipping and vidding and 2 minutes of the song before the deadline especially with my pretend assignment taking a lot of my time. But I was hoping to replace the vid with the full version during the treat time...which did not happen thanks to tech problems and vid farr on another treat.

So then I promised myself I would make the full thing during the time between golive and reveals. It took me 5 days to start but I finally got around to finishing it. I already had S4 clipped so that meant watching the last episodes of S5 and then watching S6 and S7. Not too hard, I told myself...with work, relaxing on the weekend and slow vidding, it came down to the last few days. Basically I watched S6 and S7 in the last three days, taking the bus to work so I could watch more and taking clip notes to make clipping easier and fast. The vidding actually came along pretty easy although I struggled with my usual problem of trying to shove ALL the clips on the timeline and not giving them some room to breathe. Still working on that. But I did manage to watch all seven seasons of Boy Meets World and make a Topanga vid of it so I'm ultimately happy with this Festivids.

So here are both versions of Curiosity, GoLive and Reveals day. I hope it was a fun nostalgic trip through memory lane :) And P.S: if you want to be reminded about Boy Meets World without watching seven seasons, try the last two episodes as there's some clip show mixed in with a lot of great clips (ALSO FEELS). Also LYING TO YOUR VIDDING BUDDY IS TERRIBLE AND I HATE IT! It was haaaaard especially a big secret like that. Thanks to my roomies for putting up with me talking about it because they were the only people I told in the interest of super secret keeping.

Title: Curiosity
Music: "Curiosity" by Carly Rae Jepsen
Fandom: Boy Meets World
Focus: Topanga, Topanga/Cory
Spoilers: S1-S3 (golive version), S1-S7 (extended version)
Summary: Curiosity will never let me go.
Warnings: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills).

Link: Curiosity (short golive version - 40 MB)
Link: Curiosity (extended reveals edition - 65 MB)
Streaming: Curiosity streaming

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Can I please have my Swan Queen back? Please? [Dec. 2nd, 2012|07:47 pm]

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So...Once Upon a Time happened.

Spoilers for Once Upon a Time 209 )

In other news, I am watching The Walking Dead (just started S3) and that's been...mildly entertaining. I enjoy the concept and the cinematography and some of the plot but man it's hard to love most of the characters. And there is an extreme lack of badass, gun wielding women which is a damn shame cause the show is perfect for it. It's gotten a bit better at least. Also I started watching Legend of the Seek S2 with [personal profile] beerbad and I am enjoying it a lot. Cara!!!!!!!! She's amaaaaazing, just my type. And shipping Cara/Kahlan of course. That will be my replacement OUAT during the looong hiatus (haha I've survived worse).

Been working on my Once Upon a Time Holiday Exchange gift this month so mostly just gotten some clipping done for Festivids. I can't believe it's December already! Where has this year gone? I'm going back to NY for Christmas and if I can survive the snow, it'll be great seeing my cats, family and friends there again. Will be going to New Hampshire after Christmas to a friend's cabin so I'll do some skiing which I haven't done in awhile. I'll miss LA though, it's so nice here, all the holiday stuff without the cold. Here in LA, we had a chance to show [profile] cherryice around LA and to a vid party and it was a lot of fun! Even if the zoo didn't have lions that day (FAIL :() at least we saw the tigers being playful and cute!

The kittens have gotten much bigger and they are SUPER cute <3 I love them soooo much!
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New vid: Who I Am (Homeland) [Nov. 1st, 2012|11:31 am]

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So I'm still working on my Carrie vid but after the last episode, I was having ALL THE FEELS so I had to make this to let them out. I heard this song while driving to work and it amazed me how perfect it was for them even if it has other personal meaning for me. I made this in three days amazing enough although some of the clipping I had already done. If you haven't seen S2/205 or intend to watch Homeland, I would not recommend watching this vid as it's very spoilery. It's mostly a dedication to Homeland 205 as the episode blew me away with all the layers. I think I cried the most I've ever cried making a vid actually but it helped a lot in letting out all my feelings. If you haven't seen this show, watch it because it's one of the best I've seen!

Title: Who I Am
Music: "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls
Fandom: Homeland S1-205
Pairing: Brody/Carrie
Summary: I just want you to know who I am.

Link: Who I Am (27 MB)
Streaming: Who I Am
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The things I do for love...(*does not push things out windows* really) [Oct. 27th, 2012|12:07 am]

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Come join [profile] ouat_exchange!
A Once Upon a Time Holiday Exchange for fic & media!

Rules and Information | Sign Ups


So I'm doing this? What can I say, I'm obsessed with Swan Queen and it's messed up my mind. I haven't done a holiday exchange in forever...since before Festivids at least. I wouldn't do this except I have a lot clipped so it shouldn't be too hard and I reeeeally want fic. One of the bummers about Festivids is you can't get fic in exchange for vids and why I will never stop hoping for Yuletide to combine with Festivids one year.

So if you like OUAT, join me! I am currently earworming a song I'd looove to make for Regina/Emma (like I need more but hey) and omg my shipper heart is exploding with squee. HOW ARE THEY SO PERFECT TOGETHER??? I can't even deal with it. Squee in the comments with me please?
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Well then [Oct. 22nd, 2012|01:06 am]

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Spoilers for Once Upon a Time 203 and 204 )

At least there is always Homeland never letting me down:

Spoilers for Homeland 204 )

Slowly working on Festivids assignment and hopefully going to try to get this Carrie vid done in the next week or two. I had a beach bonfire on Saturday with fans and it was so much fun! My first one and I loved it and we learned a lot so we can do it again in the future. Also I registered for Muskrat Jamboree!! Who else is going? We need one more roommate if anyone is looking!
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FESTIVIDS YAY! [Oct. 16th, 2012|10:33 am]

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So I got my assignement and I am SO EXCITED!!! I already have a song and I can't wait to begin :D :D :D It's weird to start vidding the morning of right? All of a sudden I am forgetting all my other obligations and all I can think is VID VID VID FESTIVIDS VID. I am determined to not wait til the last minute this year. Not going to happen!

Also I got home from Denver a few days ago and I had a great time! It was so beautiful there with the mountains and leaves and trees and everything. I loved Boulder a lot too, it was so cute and the U of Colorado campus was beautiful. It was fun hanging out with [profile] asuka14 and it was great to explore a new place on my birthday weekend. I want to go back sometime and do ALL the nature/adventure stuff like white water rafting and hiking and such. But NOT driving because while it was fun sometimes with music and good podfic, driving all day sucks. Especially when your tire literally falls off in the middle of Utah, NOT FUN. It was scary to find a place open on Sunday with limited money but I managed and I got home alright. SO happy to be home in LA with warm weather and my beautiful Downtown LA and KITTENS! They are currently cuddling with me and it is toooo cute. They got so big when I was gone.

Also SUPER EXCITE about Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosting the Golden Globes. DREAMS COMING TRUE!!! I will probably die in advance just to warn everyone.

LETS DO THIS VID!
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New vid: What Makes You Beautiful [Oct. 13th, 2012|10:05 pm]

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So this is NOT the serious Regina/Emma vid I've been working on for the last three weeks but is a fluff vid I made to cure my vidder's block. It came out relatively fast, only about 6 days although I did have most of the clipping already done. I have learned it is great fun to vid your shipper feels...oh wait, I know that already :)

Also it can totally be blamed on [personal profile] elipie.

Title: What Makes You Beautiful
Music: One Direction
Fandom: Once Upon a Time S1-202
Pairing: Regina/Emma
Summary: If only you saw what I can see.

Link: What Makes You Beautiful (19 MB)
Streaming: What Makes You Beautiful streaming

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Dear Festividder (2012) [Oct. 9th, 2012|05:05 pm]

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Dear Festividder,

YAY you're making a vid for me! Thank you sooo much and I'm so excited to see what you make. I have no doubt it'll be absolutely fabulous and make me extremely happy, I can't even think about it without smiling already. I'm madly in love with all these fandoms so anything you make is sure to win my heart so don't sweat the details. I'm open to any kind of music no matter how indie or mainstream, angsty or bouncy, romantic or mellow although I do love big dynamic type songs (see Mumford and Sons). Go with where your heart and mind wants to go with it, anywhere you want. Vid what you love :)

Festivid Nomination details (Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, Homeland, The Lion King, Six Feet Under, The Wire )

Thank you again dear festividder and I hope you have lots of fun making a vid for me! You are the BEST!

P.S. I love treats of all kinds :)
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Sundays have the BEST TV [Oct. 8th, 2012|08:33 pm]

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So I'm trying to get into this posting more regularly on DW/LJ thing. I've always felt bad that I didn't post more regularly about the shows I was watching and now I've discovered the solution-Tumblr, all the pretty without most of the work as the tags allow me to express myself simply. However there are a few shows I have more in depth thoughts on or don't want to spoil people too much about so I'm going to post more small posts here. We'll see how it goes.

First off, Homeland. Wow. If you aren't watching this show, WATCH IT! The latest episode pulled off the most shocking twist for me ever and I cannot get over what an amazing character Carrie is (not to mention the brilliant Claire Danes acting). Seriously, it is SO WORTH IT.

Spoilers for Homeland 202 )

Then there is Once Upon a Time...I've expressed myself through Tumblr mostly but there are some more things I want to talk about.

Spoilers for Once Upon a Time 202 )

So I'm off roadtripping to Denver on Wednesday! If anyone in the Denver/Colorado area wants to hang out for a bit, let me know. I shall be there for my birthday on Thursday and then I leave Sunday. I can't wait to hang out more with [profile] asuka14! If anyone has music recs, let me know as I need to find some good Festivid songs. Which speaking of, I am almost done with my Dear Festividder letter and I'm super excited about it. I have one more request to make up my mind about 100% if I'm doing it before I post it. I'm still under the impression I'm going to make ALL THE TREATS but we'll see how productive I really am. And hanging out in vidder chat (#vidding in IRC) is super fun for any talk about vidding.
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I just want Regina to be happy... [Oct. 3rd, 2012|11:24 am]

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TV is back!! And it is already an awesome, awesome thing. I am having too much fun on Tumblr (anoel43) reblogging my favorite shows. Here is my TV schedule so far with a couple new shows on there I still have yet to try out. So far my favorite new shows are The Mindy Project (SO MUCH LOVE), The New Normal and Last Resort.

Fall TV Schedule

Monday
8: How I Met Your Mother
8:30 Partners
Tuesday
9: New Girl
9: Happy Endings
9:30: The New Normal
9:30: Don't Trust the B
9:30: The Mindy Project
Wednesday
8: Arrow???
9: Modern Family
10: Nashville?
Thursday
8: Last Resort
8: The Big Bang Theory
8: 30 Rock
9: Glee
9: The Office
9:30 Parks & Recreation
Sunday
1ish: Downton Abbey
8: ONCE UPON A TIME
9: Homeland
9: Revenge

Obviously I love my comedies :) I'm super excited for The Mindy Project because I've loooved Mindy Kaling for a long time ever since I fell in love with the episode, The Dundies on The Office. And then I met her at a con and she was super nice to me, then I met her again at a WGA rally and she hugged me/remembered me and then I met her at my book signing and she remembered me again :) I loved her book, I think she's hilarious and I thought the show was super funny and it's so nice having a show with fun pop culture references that I love and centered around romance. I also love The New Normal mostly for David/Bryan, I looove seeing a gay couple on my screen each week that kiss a lot and Bryan cracks me up. I like the mom and Shania too but the other characters dont work for me much so I'm hoping for better. Partners is not as funny but I looove Michael Urie and having another main gay couple on my screen each week so I'm enjoying it.

Loving Parks and Recreation a lot too, LESLIE's back!! I'm really loving her character development so far. And of course I'm love Glee since they fixed the finale and it's so nice to have my favorite characters back. I do miss the ones that we don't see much (Santana!) but I love Jake (omg so cute) and Marley and most especially UNIQUE who helps make the episode for me now that I'm not getting as much Kurt/Blaine. Loving Kurt's plotline though, it's so great to see him happy and growing. I also finished Teen Wolf and LOVED it. Especially the second season. I pretty much slash all the guys but my favorites at the moment is Derek/Stiles (of course), Jackson/Scott, Derek/Jackson, Derek/Scott and Peter with any of the guys. Even Lydia's dad is slashy with the guys, I mean, come on. The girls sadly don't really do it for me but I enjoyed Allison's plotline in S2 and I have hopes Lydia will be back to her awesome self next season. My favorite is still Kate because I do love my badass (somewhat evil...) women. I specifically did Teen Wolf before Once Upon a Time because I knew OUAT has plenty of awesome women...

Which is one of the many reasons I LOVE Once Upon a Time. It's so cool to see so many great, active and non-love interest women in the spotlight, sometimes I still can't believe it. I watched the Pilot ages ago and I loved Regina a lot (SURPRISE) but because I haaaaated Cameron on House, it was really hard for me to get past my Jennifer Morrison issues. Yeeeeeah that's (mostly) gone now. After watching [personal profile] flummery's amazing Once Upon a Time vid at Vividcon, I knew I had to watch the show and I quickly fell in love with it. By the time Emma was cutting down apple trees, I loved her and by the time Regina was being sexy making comments like "Enjoy the shirt because it's the last thing you'll get" (OMG), I was shipping Regina/Emma (SWAN QUEEN)!!

It's funny because the other day I was making a list of my OTPs and I realized I had almost no femslash couples. Which makes me sad because it's not intentional or anything, I just haven't found any that I'm obsessive about. After thinking about it, I realized it's hard for me because I find it hard to ship two women who are friends in a BFF, happy together, sweet way because I don't find it sexy and it seems too close to just an actual friendship to me. To add to that, I tend to love women who are more...I hate using these kind of words but masculine, more badass, kickass women who aren't into talking all about their feelings and who are damaged, conflicted and have issues. That's what I find sexy and interesting and sadly in this TV/movie landscape it's hard to find ONE women like that, it's even harder to find TWO women like that in the same fandom and it's really hard to find two women who have an actual layered relationship with a dynamic with enough similarities and differences to make things interesting (that I connect to). So I feel so incredibly lucky to find Regina and Emma that meet all that criteria for me and that have BLAZING sexual chemistry (omg too hot) and that have FIGHTS AGAINST WALLS (bulletproof kink that hit me so much during Teen Wolf) and yet genuinely care about each other even if a lot of it is started by Henry. What I love about Regina and Emma together is it makes PERFECT sense within the context of the show, by getting together, Henry has two moms who don't have to fight over him, it forgives Snow White because although she took her away Regina's chance at love, she then gave her TRUE LOVE back so they can all be a happy family (with a little bitterness because fun) and they can all live happy ever after. At least that's the way I see it.

Spoilers for Once Upon a Time S1 and 201 )

Regina/Emma fic recs!

Halfway Through The Wood by fictorium: This is my favorite fic so far, it's an AU based on the TV show Awake where Emma "died" in one world and Henry "died" in another word. It just gets to me emotionally and it pushes all my Swan Queen buttons.
somewhere, someone must know the ending by maleficently: OMG this fic!! AU where there is no curse, just Storybrooke and Regina and Emma were in a serious relationship and then broke up and now Henry wants them back together so he *imagines* the curse. It's a WIP but it's SO GOOD and I constantly get super excited when it's updated which is fairly often.
A Queen Without Power by [personal profile] buffied: Picks up after the S1 finale and has an AMAZING slow burn that just killed me completely with love. It's a WIP but still is being regularly updated, so worth it.
Thicker Than Oceans by adventurepants: Super, super cute Regina/Emma in a relationship fic with my favorite Snow yet. Love it!
Paint It Black by wily_one24: OMG this fic. This is Evil Queen/Emma and it is put as "Exteme dub-con" which should not be taken lightly. That being said, I looooved it and it's really hot and fucked up (which makes it hot) and it's very, very long and fun. Definitely an interesting take on their relationship.

I have many more fic recs but for now that's fine. I haven't devoured fic this much in a long time so it's fun. I'm also making a Swan Queen vid right now which is so much fun. It keeps taking a long time to finish but that's vidding for you. It definitely different from my normal style but in a good way and I'm learning a lot. I realized the other day I haven't had a TV OTP in a LONG time, Kurt/Blaine (less so) and House/Wilson were the last so this is very exciting...and scary considering how weird it is to get things week to week. But thankfully on Sundays I also have another amazing show to watch...Homeland! SO happy with the Emmy wins, soooo well deserved and I was so happy to see Mad Men finally beat. I love the show but S5 did not deserve Best Drama at all and if it couldn't be Breaking Bad, Homeland is my next choice.

Spoilers for Homeland S1-201 )

I'm dying to keep working on my Carrie vid now. Swan Queen vid first then hopefully I can finish it before Festivids. So excited for [community profile] festivids! I can't wait to see all the vids for small fandoms and I have plenty I'd love to make. If only vidding didn't take so loooong. Or I had more time in the day.
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Vividcon 2012 Con Report [Aug. 15th, 2012|03:42 pm]

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So this year at Vividcon was one of the best years ever for me. This got pretty long so kudos to everyone who reads the whole thing. And even if I forgot to mention you (sorry!), I loved getting to see everyone and thanks to everyone who made this such a fantastic con for me!

Vividcon 2012 Con Report )

All in awesome, it was an AMAZING con, probably my third favorite one after my first two. It was great having three vids this year that seemed to get good reactions and it was amazing to be surrounded by people I loved no matter if I had just met or if I see them every year. I felt deeply a part of a community made even more apparent by the amazing LA vid community that I'm a part of and love. I loved so many new vids this year and I felt surrounded by amazing people to get to know wherever I went. It was great to reconnect with people, to laugh and cry and love all these familiar and new vids together and just have the beautiful sense of meaning and happiness. It reaffirmed that I want to keep being a part of this amazing community and contribute ALL THE VIDS I have inside me to it and keep improving my vidding skills. Once again, Vividcon is the BEST EVER! Only 362 (?) days until the next Vividcon...and I'm already thinking about vids to premiere there!
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New Vid: Forever Yours [Aug. 14th, 2012|12:30 am]

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So I made this vid for me. I wanted to share it with everyone but I definitely vidded my id here. I first thought of this three years ago after S5 when I was in love with House/Wilson and kept hearing songs on the radio that reminded me of them that House would totally make fun of. And yet he would actually sincerely believe them to be true. Or perhaps that's the 12 year old hardcore shipper in me talking. In any case, each song represented a special part of their relationship for me but didn't interest me enough to make an entire vid so I decided to shorten them all and put together a concept to bring them all together. Of course clipping the vid (with 5 seasons) took a long time and I eventually didn't finish in time for Premieres.

Flash forward to last May when I had stopped watching House halfway through S6 and decided to watch the series finale just to see what House/Wilson we'd get...and yeah, after that I had to finish this vid for Premieres this year because if I didn't I'd never get this vid done and I've always regretted not finishing it. Now I'm glad I didn't (because of the extra perfect clips I got) even if it took me FOREVER to clip 8 seasons and I felt completely rushed getting it done. Plus I had some massive tech trouble in the middle of it which is never fun. It didn't turn out quite as funny as I saw in my head but in the end I just believe in them too sincerely to go too far into funny (at least at the moment). So this is my Lord King Bad Vid turned pouring my heart and soul out into an epic vid about my favorite slash pairing of all time.

Title: Forever Yours
Music: Medley By Various
Fandom: House S1-8
Pairing: House/Wilson
Summary: House/Wilson 4EVA!!1!

Link: Forever Yours (61 MB)
Streaming: Forever Yours streaming

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Concept of the vid and long talk of shipper FEELINGS (spoilers) )

Premiered at Vividcon 2012 in Premiere. Thanks to [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated.
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New vid: Dead and Gone [Aug. 14th, 2012|12:08 am]

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So if you haven't heard by now, I LOVE Game of Thrones. All it took was reading the books and watching S2 and I started having major Arya Stark feelings. The kind of feels that make her your number one female character of all time, so much love. In order to keep myself from endlessly reblogging Arya fanart on Tumblr and annoying all my friends talking about how ARYA IS THE BEST, I made this vid which successfully allowed me to release all my emotions. It originated when I saw a post on Tumblr with lots of gifs of Arya and Ned which melted my heart and made me realize all she wants now is to go hooome. So I started looking for a song that had a "trying to find my way back home" theme which reminded me of "Dead and Gone" by T.I. which led me looking to find a cover which I found on Youtube. It was a little slower than I was going for at first but I really loved being able to vid the more emotional part of her storyline. This vid makes even me cry (especially the Jon Snow parts) and I just identify with Arya way, way too much (I'm okay with that). It was SO hard to keep this a secret for Challenge but I'm glad I did! I've never had a more emotional vidwatching experience than that.

Title: Dead and Gone
Music: "Dead and Gone" cover by tiffyiffyiffy
Fandom: Game of Thrones S1-2
Focus: Arya Stark
Summary: Trying to find my way back home.
Warnings: Graphic violence.

Link: Dead and Gone (61 MB)
Streaming: Dead and Gone streaming

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Premiered at Vividcon 2012 in Challenge. Thanks to [personal profile] sdwolfpup for the beta and [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated.
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New vid: Like a G6 [Aug. 13th, 2012|11:21 pm]

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Here is the first of my Vividcon vids. This one was unusual for me in that I had the song first and looked for the fandom and idea since I really wanted to dance (drunk) to this song at Club Vivid. I went through my list of fandoms and found Breaking Bad-which fit surprisingly well lyrics well and then a certain lyric bridge match captured my heart and I knew I had to vid this. Originally I had something a little more visually stunning but the narrative took a hold of me and it turned out a little bit different than what I originally envisioned. Mostly I really enjoyed rewatching the series (omg so amazing) and vidding Walt and Jesse who I grew to love even more over the course of the vid.

Title: Like a G6
Music: "Like a G6" by Far East Movement
Fandom: Breaking Bad S1-4
Focus: Walt, Jesse
Summary: Once you start, you can't stop.
Warnings: Graphic violence.

Link: Like a G6 (74 MB)
Streaming: Like a G6 streaming

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Vividcon 2012 Panel Notes Part 2 [Aug. 13th, 2012|05:26 pm]

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Here are the rest of my panel notes for Vividcon 2012. I did my best at hearing and typing as accurately as I could but sometimes people had quiet voices or I couldn't type fast enough so these are not perfect transcriptions. If you see something and want it corrected (or credit), feel free to let me know as I'd love for it to be more accurate.

This is part 2 as there was too much great discussion for one post of LJ to handle.

Notes for Let My Lyrics Go )


Notes for Vidding as a Second Language )


Notes for Shadows & Fog: Vidding Horror )


Notes for Setting the Pace )

Notes for Forever Reblog )
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Vividcon 2012 Panel Notes Part 1 [Aug. 13th, 2012|05:23 pm]

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Here are my panel notes for Vividcon 2012. I did miss the last 15 minutes of the Typography panel due to needing to watch an amazing Game of Thrones vid (sorry). Also I did my best at hearing and typing as accurately as I could but sometimes people had quiet voices or I couldn't type fast enough so these are not perfect transcriptions. If you see something and want it corrected (or credit), feel free to let me know as I'd love for it to be more accurate.

This is part 1 as there was too much great discussion for one post of LJ to handle.

Notes for Structure of a Vidshow )

Notes for WIP It Good )


Notes for Do You Vid Your Myers-Brigg )


Notes for Vid Your Id )


Notes for Typography in Vids )
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Vividcon 2012 Vid Review Notes [Aug. 13th, 2012|05:14 pm]

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Here are my Vid Review notes (Vid Review, In Depth, Challenge) for Vividcon 2012. I did my best at hearing and typing as accurately as I could but sometimes people had quiet voices or I couldn't type fast enough so these are not perfect transcriptions. If you see something and want it corrected (or credit), feel free to let me know as I'd love for it to be more accurate.


Notes for Vid Review )

Notes for In Depth Vid Review )

Notes for Challenge )
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The Olympics of life (no my life isn't that epic) [Aug. 2nd, 2012|08:54 pm]

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Wow it's been awhile. But some kind of update is in order. Most importantly, VIVIDCON IS IN A WEEK!!! I'm still in shock that I'll be in Chicago this time next week. I'll be at the hotel sometime around 5pm or so and I can't hang wait to hang out with people! Not to mention get a ton of my favorite Pad Thai ;) I just can't wait for CLUB VIVID and PREMIERES and getting to forget about work and life and focus on friends and so many of my favorite people. I have a Club Vivid and Premieres vid this year that I'm really happy with (it took a little distance first though) and I'm planning on wearing an actual costume this year, should be interesting. It'll certainly be unique haha. I leave on Monday morning at like 5:30am....yeah work made me come back but I didn't want to miss the late night fun on Sunday as I deeply regretted that the first time I came to Vividcon. I just need my four days damnit, I want to talk to ALL THE PEOPLE.

The other big thing is I moved into a new apartment! I'm living with [personal profile] jetpack_monkey and [personal profile] echan in Downtown LA! It's aweeeeesome. I love living with other fans and even better VID fans so we can watch vids and TV and vid together whenever. I love having my own bedroom and the building is great with a pool and gym and parking which is soo nice after dealing with horrible street parking for three months. Plus I'm in DTLA!!! This is literally my favorite place in the entire world. I love being right in the center of everything, with all these tall buildings all around me. For me tall buildings make me feel like anything is possible, that your dreams can take you ANYWHERE. And there's so much energy, people and shops and amaaazing restaurants and life and growth. Downtown is in the middle of a renaissance and I can't wait to be part of it. There's something special about living in the place you want to help improve. And today I realized I really need to start getting involved in it.

Work is still going good (really time consuming though) and I'm really happy to be continuing to learn and grow and learn what startup life is like. Plus I'm making more money so it's really nice to have more spare money for fun stuff (like vacations! and fooood). It's also been a LOT of fun the last few months to hang out with and vid with [personal profile] elipie, [personal profile] jetpack_monkey, [personal profile] osaraba and [personal profile] rhoboat. It helps so much to vid when you have another vidfan beside you who you can show vidding stuff to as you do it and talk about vid struggles and watch TV and vids together. It's just great to have a little LA vidding community going and I hope it keeps getting bigger. I've also been watching a lot of Olympics lately, mostly gymnastics since it's my FAVORITE. I used to play gymnastics as a kid and I loooooooooved the uneven bars. Like part of the reason I quit (maybe the only one I don't remember) was because I was forced to do everything else and not just the bars. So during the Olympics I always get super invested in one person and the USA team as a whole. Last time it was Nastia Liukin and this time it's Gabby Douglas who is AMAZING and Spoilers for Women's All Around ) She's just so high flying at the bars and she just has the IT factor that I love. So happy for the US team. Wish Jordan could have competed but I'm glad Gabby made it in.

Fandom-wise I'm kind of behind and not as invested as I used to be but I do have a new fandom I'm in love with...Game of Thrones. I was into it before but after reading all the books and now I'm in the midst of vidding it and reading fic and I just loooove it. I have that fannish urge to get totally consumed by the books, TV, vidding, fic, actors, all of it but I just don't have time right now sadly. Hopefully when [profile] lianri comes to LA after VVC (!!!! sooo excited), we can geek out about it together and that'll help. I'm also loving Breaking Bad...except I'm an episode behind because of the Olympics and work and trying to get some sleep. I need to remedy this soon because I love this season so far! Ohhhh Jesse. And Walt is creepy and awesome and horrible and entertaining all at the same time. So glad to see all these people again. I've also gotten into One Direction fandom (thanks to [personal profile] elipie) for awhile now and I looove Harry/Louis. Harry is a freaking feminist prince (plus insanely pretty) and Louis is hilarious and cute and willing to do anything. I went to a concert (guess with who) and had a fun time screaming and going crazy over them and the serious slash. Other things I've been watching is Bunheads, Political Animals, The Glee Project (Nellie!! and Charlie!!), Newsroom (I've stopped, not sure if I'm going to try again) and I've been catching up on Homeland. Oh and I watched the LA Complex premiere and I totally totally am shipping Connor/Raquel!! Awww.

Finally, fic recs!! Because lately I've gotten some GLORIOUS fic from people that everyone should read. First up, two Jaime/Brienne fics of AWESOME. There is the spy who loved (to drive) me (crazy) ie the SPY AU and hold my hand as I'm lowered where Jaime never shuts up (awwww he doesn't, does he?). Both hilarious and totally true to character. And then....[personal profile] thingswithwings wrote me my ultimate femslash fic!!! It's called Concession and it's LESLIE/JENNIFER!!!! Yeah you read that right, to the best of my knowledge the first Leslie/Jennifer fic ever and it's amaaaaaazing. God I love them. Leslie is just entirely Leslie and Jennifer is Jennifer and they are competing political advisors who are secretly attracted to each other and just read it and be amazed (bonus: it's really hot). While you're at it, go watch her Parks and Rec/Community female relationships vid as well, it's wonderful!

And for my birthday in October I'm going to Colorado to hang out with [profile] asuka14! I can't wait. Going to stop in Las Vegas on the way home to gamble a bit ;) Mmm traveling.
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New vid: I Honestly Love You [Jul. 22nd, 2012|06:11 pm]

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Okay so technically this isn't a new vid but rather the vid I made for Vividcon last year. I had technical troubles with it afterwards though and that and laziness has kept me from posting it. I finally fixed it with [personal profile] rhoboat's help and although I've lost the original project files, this'll do. I made this for [personal profile] snoopypez who was very patient with me in getting this done for her. I loved getting a chance to vid Kurt/Finn as it was my first Kurt pairing and I loved what the show did with them for the most part. This will probably be the last in the Kurt series of vids I made but who knows...

Title: I Honestly Love You
Music: "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John
Fandom: Glee S1-2
Pairing: Kurt/Finn
Summary: The progression of a crush.
Warnings: None.

Link: I Honestly Love You (67 MB)
Streaming: I Honestly Love You streaming

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Premiered at Vividcon 2011. Made for [personal profile] snoopypez and thanks to [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!
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I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise, to fly [Apr. 2nd, 2012|03:54 pm]

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So I'm back in Los Angeles. SO HAPPY!!! There's something about this city that makes me feel alive, energized, inspired, whole and fulfilled. The beautiful, wonderful weather helps a lot too. Sunny and 70s!!! It makes me want to dance on the streets of LA or drive with my windows down and sing as loud as I can (I may have done one or both of those things). It's just really good to be back. I took the PCH down from San Francisco even though it took longer and it was SO worth it. It was so beautiful to see the hills, forest, mountains, countryside, cliffs and best of all, the ocean. Wow, it looked even more beautiful than I remembered especially around the Big Sur area. Also got a chance to check out Santa Cruz and Monterey although it sadly got dark before Santa Barbara. It was really nice to get to see the coast again, I haven't done it since 2007 (with a great WL roadtrip!). The night before I also had fun as I went to a gay club in the Castro as it didn't feel like a real San Francisco trip without that. I had too much to drink but someone who I thought was hot danced with me briefly so that was cool. Also I went to Yosemite a couple weeks ago and had fun climbing 5000 ft of mountains. My legs hurt like hell the next two days but it was so worth it and I got some awesome pictures. I did get lost a little in the dark one night but it turned out alright in the end so I can look back on it in a good light now. The falls were so pretty!

I was planning on going back to college but I've had some trouble getting into classes I need so I've decided to not do that and just try to get a web developer job instead. It may take me a few months so I'm going to look for something more temporary in the meantime. I'm really excited about it! The last month has been a lot of fun learning Rails and various parts of the stack and I'm excited about continuing to do it in a Los Angeles environment. Plus I can't wait to hang out with vidders in the area! It's sooo nice to be home.

On top of it, TV is back! I just finished reading Game of Thrones yesterday and although I tried to start the second book, I finally gave in and watched the S2 premiere. It's funny, when I read the 1st book I thought I would have enjoyed the first season more if I had read the books first but now I'm thinking it's better to NOT read the books. Reason being I'm a believer that TV/movies should VERY closely follow the books so little things like dialogue reeeally bother me when they change things or leave stuff out. Part of the problem is I'm reading the books way too close to when I see the TV show as then I remember and get annoyed at everything. For example, I enjoyed the last Harry Potter movie much more because I don't remember a lot of the little specifics of what happened and just enjoyed it for what it was. But anyways, I did love the GoT premiere. The books made me like all the characters a LOT more and now the only one I hate is Joffrey (omg I hope he dies soon). So that's awesome. Arya is still my most favorite ever and I can't wait to see more of her. Also enjoying Mad Men (PEGGY!) although I'm only half through the most recent episode. Sundays are SO awesome now! I do miss Parks & Rec :( Come baaaaaack. Thursdays suck now.

I also went to see the midnight showing of The Hunger Games and LOVED it. No movie could capture the magic of the first book but I loved that it did a great job staying true to the book (they did the smart thing and gave the author screenwriting duties). All of my worries about the casting were thrown away quickly as all the actors totally sold their characters. It was all really beautiful, fun to watch and great to watch with a group of people laughing, crying and making funny comments in all the right places. And I'm so happy it did amazing at the box offic, I KNEW it would. I'm hoping to see it again once I do a reread of the first book which I read in one sitting back in July. If you haven't read it yet, READ IT! It's so addicting and fun to read. Katniss is SO awesome although Cinna is my favorite.

I've been hard at work vidding...vids that are NOT my Club Vivid vid. OOPS. The good news is one of them is almost done and I'm out of the honeymoon phase so I can devote some more time to getting that done along with maybe some other vids I'm working on. It was so much fun to get addicted to vidding something without a deadline and just be into my ship SO MUCH and enjoy seeing them all the time while vidding. It's good to be more productive vidwise again. If anyone want a vid made to order, check out the Vividcon Auction vidders here, there's so many that I wish I had more money to buy!

I still can't believe I'm back here in LA after dreaming about it for two months. There's no place like home...
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Escapade Con Report [Feb. 28th, 2012|07:21 pm]

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I'm going to be good this year and do a con report. It was probably my favorite Escapade ever so I had to write up some thoughts on it.

Escapade 2012 Con Report-complete with the Mini Club Vivid Playlist )

Besides that, back to the same routine here in SF. Finally starting to learn some Rails so it's been a jump in the deep end. If you like comedies at all (or not), be sure to watch Cougar Town! It's on at Tuesdays at 8:30pm and this season is especially hilarious. The name is not relevant at all, it's all about friends with wine basically and it's just so much fun. Planning on visiting some new to me neighborhoods on the weekends and also really looking forward to going to the Apple Campus and getting a short tour :D I will probably die of squee as I have turned into a huge Apple fangirl over the last 5 months (my iPhone is still the BEST thing ever, highly recommended). So that is one good thing about being here. Still a little overwhelmed playing catchup but I got a lot of sleep yesterday so that helped and I'm hoping the next few days will also help.

32 more days until I go back to Los Angeles!!
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New vid: Hero [Feb. 28th, 2012|02:20 pm]

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So I originally started this vid back in December 2010 but I had to stop working on it and finish my festivid so it's been on hold until now. In making this vid, I fell even more in love with the movie and how beautiful the narrative is with everything being connected. While I classify this as Mark/Eduardo, it is also kind of an overview of the movie and a character study of Mark as well. I'd be very interested to hear what message people got from the vid as I tried to make it clear but I'm not sure if I succeeded especially to people who haven't seen the movie.

Title: Hero
Music: "Hero" by Regina Spektor
Fandom: The Social Network
Pairing: Mark/Eduardo
Summary: He should have seen it coming.
Warnings: None.

Link: Hero (57 MB)
Streaming: Hero streaming

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Premiered at Escapade 2012. Thanks to [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!
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New vid: Something to Go On - Top Chef [Feb. 4th, 2012|06:25 pm]

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So here is the treat vid I made for [community profile] festivids this year. I had seen Top Chef S1 a few years back and picked up on the slash between Harold/Stephen towards the middle and enjoyed it towards the end. I was in the mood to watch the show again and thought it might be fun to make a treat vid so I started rewatching and was amazed to find they were slashy together from the first episode. It reminded me of the fun of slash, finding all those tiny moments that most would gloss over and seeing more. And of course I randomly heard this song on Pandora and it pinged me as a vid for them and then wouldn't leave me alone. So I clipped it all and then vidded it in the last couple days before the deadline. It was so much fun! I love them and if you haven't seen this season yet (or any Top Chef), I encourage you to do so! It's a good season full of great food and some enjoyable drama.

Onto the vid...

Title: Something to Go On
Music: "Middle of Nowhere" by Hot Hot Heat
Fandom: Top Chef
Pairing: Harold/Stephen
Spoilers: S1 (and all star special)
Summary: You didn't have to do it but you did anyway.
Warnings: None.

Link: Something to Go On (50 MB)
Streaming: Something to Go On streaming

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Made for [personal profile] fan_eunice. Thanks to [profile] mranderson71 for the audio editing help (different from golive) and [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!
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New vid: Can I Get Get Get - 2 Broke Girls [Feb. 4th, 2012|06:23 pm]

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So here is the (first) vid I made for [community profile] festivids this year. I initially had decided on a different song but after seeing [personal profile] heresluck's wonderful Kurt/Blaine vid, I realized I needed to find a new song that had the emotional appeal that shows why I love Max/Caroline. I find vidding so much easier and more fun when I'm in love with both song and subject which I able to do. It took me about 10 hours on Spotify trying to find the right mix of lyric relevance, fun sound but unique enough that Max wouldn't gag to it. Finally found this one which I love and captured what I wanted to show in their friendship.

This is the kind of vid that is all about vidding the good parts of the show. I recommend watching it for the wonderful chemistry of the actresses, their friendship and Max's general awesomeness (and I like the focus on "broke" characters for once) but the show has some serious issues. That being said, I love this relationship and I'm glad I got a chance to vid them!

Title: Can I Get Get Get
Music: Junior Senior
Fandom: 2 Broke Girls
Pairing: Max/Caroline
Spoilers: S1 episodes 1-12
Summary: You know you want to dance.
Warnings: None.

Link: Can I Get Get Get
Streaming: Can I Get Get Get streaming

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Made for [personal profile] winterevanesce. [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!
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Random Coincidences [Jan. 28th, 2012|06:39 pm]

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So I'm in San Francisco! I was planning on taking the PCH yesterday but due to some setbacks, I decided to take the shortest route since I was leaving late. Did not turn out to be the greatest day but I'm happy now that I'm here. I'm staying in the Union Square area and I love it! So many great stores, buildings and culture. I love all the people and just the excitement in this kind of city atmosphere. I went to the place where I'll be learning/working and it looks really cool! Saw some presentations on web design which was interesting. I will say I thought parking was bad in Downtown LA/West Hollywood/Santa Monica but it is NOTHING compared to this area of San Francisco. The rates are ridiculous.

On the way back, I decided to take a different street than the normal route to see some different sights. I look up and see an ad for Whose Live and smile a little at seeing Ryan and the guys. I turn the corner and see a sign that says Drew Carey's Improv-a-ganza is performing...(check my iPhone for the date) TONIGHT. So yeah, I bought the last remaining ticket in the good section for a decent price and I'm going to see Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Chip Esten, Jeff Davis and Drew Carey tonight. So excited! I miss the show and hearing about my friends on the East Coast getting to see it made me sad I wouldn't get to see it with them so this helps a little. Hopefully I'll get a chance to meet them again :) If only Colin was there....hee. On that note, I do have a new Ryan/Colin vid idea I'd really love to do this year. Probably going to be a long process so maybe this will inspire me to start working on clipping the crazy amounts of source there is. It just boggles my mind that if I hadn't walked that road tonight I would never be going to the show.

Fandom-wise I am WAY behind on watching Festivids (due to vidding and RL). However I got lucky this year and got two great vids! One is a Wire vid for OMAR!!! So beyond my wildest dreams. The vid is called Soul Survivor and it's a great character study with a lot of wonderful clip-lyric matches that broke my heart. Omar = awesome. I also got an Entourage vid for the boys! It's a cute and fun vid, I Get Knocked Down set to one of my favorite songs. I'm only going to rec one vid but it's my favorite vid of the ones not made for me and it's PERFECT. It's called Fly and it's a Parks and Rec vid for Leslie Knope. And WOW does it do her justice. The song is PERFECT for her (and has finally gotten me to like Nicki Minaj which I now wholeheartedly do) and the vid made me cry-the happy tears. It shows how hard she works as well as showing her fun, lighthearted side. It's hard to find words for it-it's that kind of vid and also the kind I watched like 100 times. Go watch it and you'll see why you should watch the show! There's almost 200 vids at Festivids for lots of rare fandoms so go check out the masterlist and check them out <a href="http://fv-poster.dreamwidth.org/116381.html</a>here</a>. I made two vids so go ahead and try to guess me although I'm swamped with vids to make so I can't make any prizes for guessing this year. Other than that, still watching some TV shows and movies when I can. The latest episode of Parks & Recreation was AMAZING and gives another reason why this is the best show on TV right now (yeah, I said it). I will never understand how this show can make me roar with laughter and yet have the sweetest and most heart filled moments. I just love all the characters SO MUCH. Also glad 30 Rock is back and love The Big Bang Theory which has gotten funnier the last few episodes (although I still hate Leonard/Penny). Glad Glee is back although it needs to stop these two week hiatuses. Super excited about a certain guest star coming on the show! Also been watching Miranda (for a festivid) and I love it! It took a little while to get used to with the whole talking to the camera and physical humor but I love all the characters and it makes me laugh/smile so I'm enjoying it. I love Miranda, I love that she's so honest about who she is and just has fun with life. It's great. Gary is also SUPER cute and I totally ship Miranda/Gary especially after the last episode in S1 which made me cry a bit. The physical humor is still a bit much for me but it's a cute show. Need to get ready for the show now but I'm excited about the adventure to come. I'm already getting to know all the streets around here VERY well.
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Dear Festividder [Oct. 16th, 2011|02:38 pm]

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Dear Festividder,

Thank you so much for vidding something for me! I am madly in love with all these fandoms so I look forward to seeing anything you make. So feel free to ignore any of the details under the cut as it's just to help you out if you need any specifics. I'm open to all kinds of music (if you need any additional guidance, see past Festivid letters) and any kind of vid so feel free to go as fluffy, dark, meta or anything else you're heart desires with it.

Nominations under the cut )

I can't wait to get my Festivids assignment! And I think I figured out my vidding tech issues at least somewhat so I should be fine with vidding whatever I get. Yay Festivids!
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Vidding SOS [Sep. 3rd, 2011|06:57 pm]

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So it's been a long couple of days. I'm trying to get Premiere working again and I keep running into roadblocks. I tried to fix Windows 7 (failed), reinstalled it with much trouble, forgot my copy of CS4 so had to get a new one, had trouble installing that, had trouble getting avisynth files into Premiere and now...I can't get them to play.

I use DGIndex, get the avs file automatically, put up a deinterlacing line and it all inputs into Premiere fine. It plays in VirtualDub fine. But when I try to play it in the source section or in the timeline, I see nothing but the gray of Premiere. I've tried searching the internet to no avail. Can someone please please pleeeease help me?

I have this vid idea I'm dying to vid and it is slowly driving me crazy not to be able to vid it. It truly is like torture, I can barely think of anything else.
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A new start... [Aug. 29th, 2011|12:58 pm]

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So things have been up in the air for the last couple weeks but I finally know what I'm doing this fall. Unfortunately although I applied again to appeal the decision (with some great people helping me), Chapman once again rejected my appeal. So I'm not going back to Chapman University. At least I tried my hardest to get back in and now I see it as their loss. After much angsting and thinking it over, I finally found a backup plan that has its own benefits. I'm going to be attending Los Angeles City College this fall and then look to transfer to Cal State LA or Cal State Northridge for Spring (waiting on results now) or Fall of next year. I'm going to be taking some GE and business courses this semester (a speech and health class, computer science for MIS, managerial accounting and Business Law at the moment) and I'm really excited to have a fresh start and do well in them. I also want to start looking for internships-paid would be best but even unpaid would be helpful for experience. Basically I want to not repeat my previous mistakes and actually make the most of college.

The best part is the college is near Downtown LA which is my favorite place in the city so I'm going to get an apartment in the city and live there. I'm soooo excited. For those unaware, downtown LA (referred to as DTLA) is undergoing a revitalization at the moment and there are a lot of people moving there along with new businesses, restaurants, etc popping up everywhere. It's really exciting and there's a lot of activism and the like there to try to improve the community. I love the aura of DTLA, it's so exciting and invigorating and I can't wait to live there. I love being around tall buildings, lots of people, events and fun places to go to no matter where you go. I already found a really cool coffee/sweets shopa, cute lunch place with great food and a beautiful bookstore to hang out in. The best thing that's happening right now is Artwalk which I haven't gone to yet because of conflicts but I'm going to the one in September and I'm dying to go. Basically they close off the streets, tons of people come out to check out the art galleries/restaurants and there are specials and I've heard it's amazing. I really want to get involved in the local community to help create more of a community and help prevent poverty, homelessness and any other social problem around here. I'm really interested in learning more/experiencing more of the educational system (for a few startup type ideas I have) so I'm looking to get involved in tutoring and after school programs that help enrichment. I want to really experience what it's like living there so I can use that knowledge to think of ways to help.

Fandom wise it's been hard to keep up internet wise since I've been going to a lot of free internet places (I'm waiting on money to get my own place). I'm working on reviewing source for a upcoming vid I'm dyyyying to do so that's taking a lot of time right now. One other problem is the PC side of my computer isn't working which is causing another delay in getting my vid up. I hate dealing with this kind of stuff argh. Glad my Mac can bootcamp though, probably need to reinstall Windows. I've also been catching up with Breaking Bad which is AMAZING. I stopped watching S3 in a slow part and then of course it speeds up after that episode. The end of S3 just destroyed me completely and now I have no idea what's going to happen. Jesse is still my total favorite and keeps me from being too depressed about it. But Gus is pretty awesome too and reminds me of Stringer in some ways. I really can't wait for Fall TV to come back (GLEE) as well as Mad Men which I miss a LOT. It's not the same without it and it's usually on in August so I miss it a lot (especially when seeing Banana Republic's clothing displays at The Grove).

I am really looking forward to getting settled here and not being so all over the place. But hey, I'm in LA, I'm looking forward to my future and I feel good about the possibilities of life so I'll take it.
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Vividcon 2011 Con Report [Aug. 16th, 2011|11:29 pm]

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So another Vividcon has come and gone. Here is my con report on it. I'm fuzzier with details and people this year but I wanted to type something about it up. Thank you to everyone for all the hugs and talks throughout the con, it really helped after that awful Thursday.

VVC 2011 Con Report )

So I'm back in Syracuse now. It's weird. I'm really nostalgic but at the same time, it's reminding me why I need to be in LA. Really tired as I got very limited amounts of sleep last night although I took a nap that helped a lot. Looking forward to taking some time off working and getting some stuff done as well as spending time with my darling cats (I'm dying in cat squee and cat hugs right now) and friends. I'm at the post-VVC point where you fill overwhelmed with the amount of con stuff and vidstuff there still is to do. So I'm working on it one thing at a time for now.

So I have a problem and I need some advice. Like I said, all my source for my Premieres vid is back in LA which I won't have access to for about a week and a half. All I have with me is my con version of the file, a m2v and wav file. Unfortunately I've tried to switch the aspect ratio and it is not coming out right. Should I wait and upload it later or upload that version right now as a temporary file? I hate having wrong copies of my vids floating out there but I hate making people wait. Argh so frustrated right now. Or if anyone knows how to fix it (from 4:3 to 16:9 from what I understand), that'd be the best solution.

It's interesting things being up in the air as they are now. Trying to get everything taken care of and then try to work out how best to proceed from here.
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Vividcon 2011 Vid Review Notes [Aug. 15th, 2011|06:27 pm]

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Here are my Vid Review notes (Vid Review, In Depth, Challenge) for Vividcon 2011. I did my best at hearing and typing as accurately as I could but sometimes people had quiet voices or I couldn't type fast enough so these are not perfect transcriptions. If you see something and want it corrected (or credit), feel free to let me know as I'd love for it to be more accurate.

Vid Review Notes )

In Depth Vid Review Notes )

Challenge Vids Notes )
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Vividcon 2011 Panel Notes [Aug. 15th, 2011|04:20 pm]

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Here are my panel notes for Vividcon 2011. I did not get to attend a few so apologies for the missing notes. Also I did my best at hearing and typing as accurately as I could but sometimes people had quiet voices or I couldn't type fast enough so these are not perfect transcriptions. If you see something and want it corrected (or credit), feel free to let me know as I'd love for it to be more accurate.

Notes for Photoshop For Vidding Redux )

Notes for Constructed Reality )

Notes for Ultimate Vidsong )

Notes for Setting )

Vids in Academia )

Notes for Big Emotion )

Aspects of Aspect Ratio Notes )

Town Hall )
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Ironically enough, YT just took down Because I'm Awesome [Apr. 26th, 2011|08:35 pm]

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GLEE GLEE GLEE! EEEEEEEEEEEEE. Now this is what I'm talking about.

Spoilers for Glee 218 )

Glee/Ashley = Happiness, still in effect. So glad for good TV although I've been so busy on the weekdays that it's been hard to enjoy it while then I end up with not enough TV on the weekends. Gah. Hoping to make it through the many Doctor Who AND Community posts on my Flist without needing to take an LJ break but I think I'll be fine, the disconnect can just be tough sometimes. Also Improvaganza has been frustrating with the lack of Colin :( Sorry but Ryan/Colin is a LOT of my reason for watching and squeeing madly so it just disappoints me a lot. It has been making me reread a lot of my favorite fic and I'm feeling reeeally inspired vidwise. So hopefully I'll FINALLY make something for Ry/Col at some point. Which will be good as I'm not going to be able to finish my Club Vivid vid. Work has just been too crazy and I've been feeling really uninspired. IDK I just want to vid whatever I want to vid, no deadlines. Hopefully I'll have something for Premieres though.

Life is...going. Work is great but busy and kind of crazy right now with a ton of stuff going on. Excited about tomorrow though, one hectic day yesterday and a trip to Santa Monica later and I now have my outfit all ready. Been feeling kind of lonely but I'm trying to deal with it and stay focused on other stuff. It's been kind of roller coaster-y lately but I'm trying to stay focused on the good. This day had a lot of it so that's something. Here's to tomorrow being AWESOME. Much like Kurt :)
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Running and RL [Mar. 25th, 2011|12:36 pm]

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So it's been a pretty epic week for me. Last Sunday I ran the Los Angeles Marathon and it was pretty amazing even if I was hit by a heavy dose of bad luck.

More on the story of how I completed the marathon )

I also just created a new community, [community profile] socalvids for vid fans in the Southern California area who want to get together to watch and discuss vids. I really hope if you're in the area that you'll consider joining as I'd love to help create more of a community of people who love vids in socal. I know we're out there, we're just spread out and it'd be so fun to watch vids in a group again!

I'm also really excited about Vividcon this August! I'm sure it's going to be super fun and I'm excited about the vids I want to premiere there.

I saw Sucker Punch last night and I'd definitely recommend it if you like to see girls kicking ass with guns, swords and other weaponery as well as super, AMAZING visuals and a great soundtrack. Story might not be the best but it worked enough for me. Also glad to see more people joining The Social Network fandom! It really is a great fandom. I really need to hurry up and finish my vid for it (or one of them).

Mostly I am SUPER excited about finally getting a car on April 1st. It is almost too good to be true after dying for one since October. I can get around anywhere! I don't have to take buses anymore! I can meet more people and go to events and have FUN! This is the best present I could ever get. Also work is going really well as I GOT THE SCHEDULING JOB! I was the only one to get the chance so I am ecstatic. And I'm getting along and becoming more friends with people at work which is really great in making me feel like I belong. I just feel I'm really developing as a person there and carying those lessons in leadership, initiative and social skills to the rest of my life. So yeah, haven't got as much done in my life as I hoped in the beginning of the year but I'm getting things done slowly and I'm positive about the changes in my life so I'll take it. Now I just need to find a way to make more money and I'll be really good...(suggestions appreciated).
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New Vid: Raise Your Glass - Glee [Mar. 18th, 2011|03:25 am]

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So this video resulted from the super shippy episode, Original Song that finally motivated me to make a Kurt/Blaine vid as I've been completely in love with them since I met Blaine. I don't normally like to use music from Glee for the show as it seems a bit of an easy, obvious choice but this song came as the perfect celebration for me and I've been playing it nonstop so I just had to do it now while my squee is high. I hope one lyric is taken particularly as a meta statement...It was so much fun to vid it on a shipper high!

Title: Raise Your Glass
Music: Glee Cast (Original by Pink)
Fandom: Glee 204-216
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine
Summary: Raise your glass for the underdogs; we will never be anything but loud.
Warnings: None.
Link: Raise Your Glass (20 MB)
Streaming: Raise Your Glass Streaming on Youtube


Thanks to [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!

Embedded video under the cut )
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Festivids and TV, my favorites. [Feb. 12th, 2011|01:24 am]

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So Festivids was awesome! SO many amazing vids (174!) and so many different fandoms and lots of great vid chat nights. I made Let It Be (Mad Men, Don/Peggy) and In the Sun (Huge, Becca) way too close to the deadline but they somehow made it in. Next time I have swore to myself I will get them down early as it'll make the process go SO much better. But I vidded two things I've really wanted to vid and I'm happy with both of them so I'm happy. Now onto the recs of my favorite vids for this year's Festivids. There are a LOT of great vids made so these are just my favorites that I connected with the most.

First, I received My Life Would Suck Without You a wonderful Modern Family, Cam/Mitchell vid that I ADORE to pieces. It shows all the ways that they're the cutest couple ever and how they love each other and CASABLANCA. I love it so much!

Serpent Charmer - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: This was the perfect recruiter vid and completely convinces me of the beauty of the movie and the super slashiness of the relationship.
TV taught me how to feel - Community: Abed! Abed is my favorite thing about Community and this vid captures so much of what I love about him. The song is PERFECT for him and one of my favorite sings and the title really just says it all.
Float On - Finding Nemo This is the perfect Dory vid, full of fun, a great cover and continued joy throughout.
Tadzio, Tadzio - The History Boys: This vid made me finally watch The History Boys which has been on my list for a long time and THANK GOD I did because it was awesome and much gayer than I thought. This vid combines almost all of my favorite parts of it with lots of Dakin/Irwin goodness along with Posner being his wonderful self. I could watch this over and over to get a dose of all the good stuff I loved about the movie.
Friends - How I Met Your Mother: This is like the perfect friendship, OT5 vid that is just so funny and dead on with the representation of the gang. And the lyrics are perfect!
They Want More: Dinosaurs! So much dinosaur love in this and the lyrics could not work more perfectly.
End of the World - Life After People: The end of the world was never more awesome! This is just fun and fast and so very, very cool. No need to know the fandom, just watch!
Samsa Morning - Lost in Austen: This vid has the most PERFECT song choice ever. The end is so freaking true. Freaking Darcy, man. Even if you've never seen this mini-series before, especially if you're a Pride and Prejudice lover, WATCH THIS.
The Rules of Parenting - Modern Family: This is a hilarious vid full of everything I love about the show! So much joy and cuteness and filled with hilarious quotes that work perfectly in the vid. Makes me laugh so much (just like the show)!
Skinny Genes - Rizzoli and Isles: This vid is like the epitome of shippiness and cuteness. PERFECT song choice, great matching of music and visuals and lots and lots of femslash. I definitely am convinced to try out the show!
Dance in the Dark - Lady GaGa RPF: Lady GaGa, nuff said right? This is a great exploration of her and all her music videos and I'm never one to resist her magic.
Jaded - Velvet Goldmine: This vid is SO amazing with a perfect song choice that says so much about the movie and the main characters in it. Definitely a vid I'll be rewatching a lot.
What About Love: This vid is just SO PRETTY that it cannot be expressed in words. Rob Lowe is at his prettiest here and this is one of the slashiest things I have ever seen in my life. It's got a great story to it and lots of hockey if you're into that and it's just epically over the top goodness. MUST see this movie.

Lots of good TV this week! First there was the Superbowl (let's not talk about that, too depressing) and GLEE which is finally back. I thought the episode wasn't epic enough (or had enough great music) for a post-Superbowl episode but I enjoyed it and as usual Darren Criss was amaaaazing doing his thing. Then there was ANOTHER Glee on Tuesday (I like this every other day Glee schedule SO MUCH) which I loved SO MUCH. All I gotta say is MARRY ME BLAINE...so in love with him. He takes dreaminess to a whole nother level. And courage :) So inspiring. And Puck and Mike brought the hotness too, just guhhhh. And the end was PERFECT with the love and romance and KURT and all of them being there. Oh, Kurt <3 (Also am I the only one suddenly shipping Sam and Santana now? SO MANY PAIRINGS)

Then Modern Family was funny and awesome! Cam/Mitchell could not get any cuter. However, The Office decided it would get amazing all of a sudden. Wow. I had heard this episode was like a S2 episode and man, did it deliver. It made me laugh so much and then sucker punched me when I least expected it and made me cry. It was just really well written and had that wonderful family vibe that I love about it. Parks & Recreation has been good too although mostly I'm madly in love with Chris. He's just this bright ray of sunshine and I'm SO IN LOVE with him. Rob Lowe just excels with bringing the innocence. I'm also loving Shameless which is just so funny and awesome. What I love about it is among so many shows about rich, privileged people is this show about a family just trying to pay the bills and buy food and going through any means to do it. It's fun and I love everyone especially Ian who is the cutest ever. Basically, I'm behind on my TV watching goals right now (no time) but of the stuff I am watching, it's great so at least there's that.
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New Vid: Let It Be - Mad Men [Feb. 5th, 2011|03:04 am]

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So here is the vid I made for Festivids this year (the first one). When I saw the Mad Men prompt with a request for Don and Peggy, I knew I HAD to make a vid for them. It was like fate because after seeing The Suitcase, I knew there had to be a vid for them. Here is my attempt to capture their epicness:

Title: Let It Be
Music: The Beatles
Fandom: Mad Men
Pairing: Don/Peggy (platonic)
Spoilers: Seasons 1-4
Summary: There is still a chance that they will see.
Warnings: None.

Link: Let It Be
Streaming: Let It Be streaming

Made for [personal profile] ferdalump. Thanks to [profile] gwyn_r for the last minute beta and thanks to [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!
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New Vid: In the Sun - Huge [Feb. 5th, 2011|02:54 am]

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Here is the second vid I made for [community profile] festivids this year. I really wanted to make a Huge vid that might recruit some more people to try the show or at least see a little of it's awesomeness and I hope this vid might convert a few people. When I first started watching the show, I thought Will would be my favorite character-and she was for awhile. But then it became Becca who reminds me so much of myself at least back when I was 9-12 or so. So I had to make a vid for her and thankfully found the perfect song through Genius on my iPod that captured exactly what I wanted to show.

Title: In the Sun
Music: She & Him
Fandom: Huge
Focus: Becca, Becca/Will
Spoilers: Season 1
Summary: It's hard to be ignored.
Warnings: None.

Link: In the Sun
Streaming: In the Sun Streaming

Made for [personal profile] thuviaptarth and thanks to [personal profile] par_avion for the web space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!
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Fandom presents, yay! [Dec. 25th, 2010|12:11 pm]

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Merry Christmas! Last night I stayed up late to watch the Yuletide stories go live and it was so much fun! Good to talk with people and feel that excitement everywhere and then FINALLY get the YES from isityuletideyet.com. And there are Wire fics which I always think are made for me. It may take ten years but someday we will have a decent collection of The Wire fanfic. My favorite one so far is Fine Dining in Baltimore which is both funny and sad which is The Wire pretty well. So much good stuff there though and there is also Social Network, Treme, Mad Men and many many more that I am dying to read.

The best part about Yuletide is that it is inspiring me to work on my Festivid which is much needed. I can't wait til Festivids golive begins and we can all get excited about all the VIDS and I want to make at least one vid to be part of that. So I will somehow find a way to make it happen.

In the spirit of the holiday, this great story brought me to tears: A Blogger Christmas Miracle wherein people spontaneously help people in need. That is what Christmas is all about to me, giving, joy, kindness and helping to make the whole world better.

In honor of Christmas today (and the holidays in general), I am offering up at least five Social Network vids of at least thirty seconds (could be more-in fact it probably will be) for the first five people to comment with a song you want to see vidded to the movie. I will put a deadline on those of February 1st. However if there is more interest, I will try my best to make more than five although I can't guarantee if or when they will be done. I was going to limit it to Mark/Eduardo (or any pairing in the Mark/Eduardo/Sean threesome) but in watching the movie many times I've realized I love everyone so I'm opening it up to anything.

Been vidding lately although not as much as I've wanted to but it's definitely fun to vid Mark/Eduardo! The next month will be full of vidding but that's just the way I like it.

I am loving being in sunny LA with plenty of warmth and NO snow. That's how I like my Christmas, thank you very much. Happy Holidays everyone!
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Festivids Assignment, YAY! [Oct. 19th, 2010|01:06 pm]

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OMG I GOT MY FESTIVIDS ASSIGNMENT!!!! It is perfect, I am on top of the world. I seem to always get lucky here. I have a million ideas on what to vid (I feel like Rachel in the Lady GaGa episode, *brainstorming, brainstorming*) and am SO excited about all of them. I definitely can get this done and I am really happy about getting to vid this fandom. It feels like destiny, I really just needed a big push to vid this and this assignment is IT. And I have an idea of where to look for songs so that hopefully will not be too much of a problem. Mostly Festivids finally seems REAL and I am anxious to start vidding which I can totally do because it's my day off :) So much luck going on right now.

Don't forget to join Festivids chat to squee about Festivids and talk about vidding and such. Just join the #vidding channel for IRC!

The only bad part is I have a MILLION vid ideas I want to work on as I also want to do some treats for Festivids not to mention all my Glee ideas. If anyone has any ideas on how to balance work, social/other goals and vidding, I'd LOVE to hear them as I am struggling right now with time management in terms of how much time to spend on vidding versus other stuff I need to get done. I just want to vid so many things!

Festivids, YAY!
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GLEE = Happiness [Sep. 21st, 2010|11:14 pm]

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Man I forgot what a night with a new Glee episode is like. PURE HEAVEN. There is just nothing like getting a new episode and obsessing over it, having the songs on repeat and being in love with everyone and all the ships. Almost every scene is pure gold or has some awesome part to it (and I'm saying almost just in case). I am dying to go to next year's concerts, just watching the episode's songs was making me scream and it's just going to be ecstacy next year getting to see it many more times. I love them all SO MUCH!

Spoilers for Glee 201 )

Just preparing for LA at the moment. I found the PERFECT job for me with TV and social media which I'm hoping I'll get although my hopes are low. Also watching more TV, liking Boardwalk Empire so far, How I Met Your Mother was meh with potential, liked Lone Star and Hawaii-Five O is SO not my thing (bored by the characters AND plot).

Oh yeah, I didn't think I had a reason to use Tumblr but then I wanted to make a fashion blog with just looks I love. And so here it is. It's highly personal, just my favorite outfits and clothes but hey, if you're interested, feel free to check it out.

I am so creatively inspired right now, most since I got home from Vividcon. MUST VID GLEE. Thank god I have two projects to work on for it.
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Vividcon 2010 Con Report (Much delayed) [Sep. 15th, 2010|06:15 pm]

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This has been started and stopped so many times it's ridiculous. But here it is, my Vividcon 2010 con report:

Vividcon 2010 Con Report )

In other news, been feeling kind of withdrawy and procrastiny lately but trying to crawl out of that hole. At the moment, I'm totally in love with fashion which nicely coincides with New York Fashion Week. I've been watching The Rachel Zoe Show which is hilariously awesome and I am SO IN LOVE with Brad Goreski. Like, I keep saying I'd marry you (not literally cause he's gay) but like if I could create the looks of my future husband (hypothetically speaking), it'd be him (with a different personality although I do love his). He's just so cute and funny with perfect style. I die. I may now be saying this all the time cause of the show.

The biggest news is I'm moving to LA! I'm moving up the move date til next week which is kind of crazy but sometimes that is how the timing works out. I'm super excited, I really need to get away from this place which is cold after a delightfully warm 90s period (way too few this summer, barely got to the beach) and I'm sick of my parent's house and this city and just everything. I need a new environment, one that I love and that is completely inspiring to me. A bit worried about finding a job but I am determined to apply everywhere as soon as I get there and hopefully it'll all work out. I found a place though right near Hollywood and Highland that I'm really excited about. I really can't wait and I hope to get to visit with some LA people on my Flist.

On the new TV front, I'm FINALLY starting to get excited about this TV season. Started watching the new pilots and I'm surpringly pleased. Hellcats was cute but not my thing, Nikita was awesome in a girls kick ass and I like the two girl main characters way and Terriers was surprisingly lovable and possibly serial. Giving the latter ones a few episodes to see how serial they are which is going to be my main criteria this season besides funniness (for comedies). The shows I'm most looking forward to this season are sadly few but I'm going to check out Boardwalk Empire (should be a good replacement Treme), My Generation (exactly the kind of thing I like), Lonestar (supposed to be good and pure serial, I'm in) and Undercovers and I'm giving Hawaii Five O, Running Wilde, The Event and No Ordinary Family a couple episodes. Catching up on Gossip Girl now (I stopped early S3) and it's surprisingly enjoyable if only for the fashion (and the Lady GaGa appearance, DIE).

Oh yeah, we have two new kittens who are SO CUTE. Pictures to come in future posts. Going to be the worst part about moving.
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TV yay! [Aug. 29th, 2010|11:11 pm]

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Well the Emmys were MUCH better than usual tonight. One thing kind of disappointed me but whatever I'm happy and there were LOTS of awesome surprises. The opening was the best ever (yay Glee!) and the Modern Family video thing later was hilarious. I just love TV and watching people who love it too. When does fall TV season start? I need my shows back.

Anyways, anyone want a TVTorrents invite? I have 3 and I'll give you lots of credits to go along with it. The uploads are up fast and you get good download speeds so I'm always using it.

Also anyone have any ideas for instrumental music (or instrumental portion of song) that might fit Stringer Bell? I may have just rewatched The Wire S3 and fell completely in love with him/it again. Although wow I forgot a LOT about what happened in that season. Avon/Stringer are still OTP though, holy shit man they are SO deep. Kills me everytime. I actually thought a certain scene from S3 wouldn't destroy me this time (if you've seen it, you know it) but I was totally wrong. God, show. But yeah, that season was amazing as is the entire show. I will never get over it. Also I got ANOTHER vid idea for The Wire although it's a S1-5 ensemble kind of vid so it's a bit overwhelming and I keep having a million ideas for things that work with it in the show.

Apologies about the delayed con report (which is ALMOST done) and Adam Lambert concert (which was AWESOME) report. I am horrible at these things. But at least I'm getting vidding done? So there's that.
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Vividcon 2010 Vid Review Notes [Aug. 11th, 2010|07:23 pm]

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Here is the Vid Review, In Depth Vid Review and Challenge review notes for Vividcon 2010. As before, I obviously missed some things and nothing is typed up perfectly. If you notice any mistakes, please let me know so I can correct them or add more to comments that I didn't get everything from.

Vid Review )
In Depth Vid Review )
Challenge )
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Vividcon 2010 Panel Notes [Aug. 10th, 2010|03:52 am]

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Here are my panel notes for Vividcon 2010. These are all of the panels except Teaching With Vids and Town Hall (which I hope other people have some notes on). This was made much easier this year by having a laptop I could actually bring to panels and typing it out as I went along. Still, people can talk very fast so I obviously missed some things and nothing is typed up perfectly. If you notice any mistakes, please let me know so I can correct them or add more to comments that I didn't get everything from. Most vids have the LJ name of the vidder and the ... usually means I missed things in between.

In Soviet Russia, Vid Edits You )
Paging Dr. Vidder )
Vidding as Choreography )
Structure Redux )
Concrit )
Defining Viddability )
Race and Representation in Vidding )
Vid Reading Practicum )
Motion )

Hope that was helpful!
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Vid search [Jul. 25th, 2010|12:58 am]

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Due to many hard drive crashes, I'm looking for some vids of mine that I don't have copies of. The ones I'm looking for are:

Untouchable (SPN, Dean)
Sexy Logan (Veronica Mars, Logan)
Any of my old Smallville vids including my first, Walk Away

If anybody still has them on their hard drive, I'd reeally appreciate it if you could upload it for me.

Vividcon in TWO WEEKS OMG! I am so excited for it. Have been vidding recently so should hopefully have some vidlets for everyone in the upcoming week or so. It feels SO GOOD to be so productive when it comes to vidding. I can't believe I haven't done it sooner. Oh well, perfect timing now and I'm still really happy to have both a CVV and Premiere vid at Vividcon this year :) I'm also rebuilding my vid collection and trying to be more organized about it so I can find stuff better. It takes awhile but it'll be worth it in the end.
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A Season of Glee [Jun. 8th, 2010|10:05 pm]

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So season one of Glee is over. I can hardly believe it. At least the three month season hiatus doesn't seem so bad after the four month one (never again Fox pleeease). But yeah, I love my show and I'm so thankful for this amazing season filled with so much happiness and goodness and music and everything I could ask for.

Spoilers for Glee 122 )

So I decided to change my Premieres vid after months procrastinating on it. Sometimes no matter how much you want to make a vid, you're just not in the right mindset on it and the passion is just not flowing leading to a major vidding block. I'm always scared that my vid ideas may never come to fruition because I lose my love for a show, characters, ship, etc but I suppose that's the risk you take as a slow vidder. The good news is I have another idea that I'm reeeally excited about and am having fun clipping, which how often can you say that? In the end, my goal is to have a vid in Premieres no matter what that vid is. It's just hard to let go of that vision of seeing a specific vid you want to make on that VVC big screen sometimes. I am getting increasingly happy and excited about Vividcon though (TWO months!!!) so that is always good.
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Glee! And life imitating TV! [Apr. 27th, 2010|11:12 pm]

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[Current Music |"Sure Fire Winners" by Adam Lambert]

New episode of Glee YAY!! This show is so my happy place every week. Brief thoughts:

Spoilers for Glee 116 )

Working hard on the Club Vivid vid that I am waaay behind on. But it is coming along well and I like it a lot and it's fun to do so I'm happy.

I'm really excited because I just signed up for a weight loss challenge! I saw a random ad advertising it and I've always wanted to be on The Biggest Loser (but not on TV) because I'm really motivated by competition, other people depending on me and badass trainers yelling at me so it sounded perfect to me. No voting out of course but there are teams and I got the meanest trainer I could find and if I win I get $1000!! (and a 1 year gym membership but I don't care so much about that). This is just the motivation and I need and I was planning on losing some weight before Vividcon so the time period (12 weeks) is perfect. Starts in a couple weeks but I wish it'd start this weekend because I'm so pumped up for it. Hope it'll be worth the money but I'm happy to put my money where my mouth is. I can't wait to get the body I've always wanted and be perfectly healthy for once!

Also really excited about going to some Whose Live is it Anyway shows next month with [profile] asuka14, [profile] blackstray, [personal profile] clayangel and [personal profile] sungreen70. If anyone is in NYC on May 7th during the early morning/afternoon and wants to hang out, let me know. It's going to be so much fun! And then there's the Glee concert next month which sounds like it's going to be spectacular. They're getting the same stage designers that did the LADY GAGA concerts and they're really going to put on a show. They're not even making money, just doing it for the fans that's how awesome the Glee people. Have I mentioned I love this show??? I am going to go insanely fangirl at this show and I can't wait!
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SuperBowl, vidding and Alias [Feb. 7th, 2010|11:52 pm]

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Yay Saints! I am super happy they won because really, New Orleans deserves it after everything they've been through. And I am really, really hoping David Simon will put it into Treme at some point, even as a shoutout. It was a fun game, I do love passing so that was great. They did have me scared towards the end there but that interception was really something. Not as good as last year's game but I am glad the Saints got the Hollywood ending they deserved. Watching a pre-game show video about Drew Brees and New Orleans definitely added to my emotions about them playing and winning.

I really need to get back into the vidding groove. Been doing some clipping but feeling kind of blah on it tonight. Was attempting to watch some vid to help but managed to see an Alias vid and start missing the SpyFam which promptly led me to want to vid my vid idea for them. But I don't have the DVDs (yet) so I can't. Plus I have a million other things to be vidding so I shouldn't be doing that.

But I looove Alias and am now watching it again. SpyFam!! <3 Ah I miss those days when I was watching The Passages and squeeing happily. Not to mention A Dark Turn. Why did it have to be Dark? Why couldn't it have been The Happy Turn? Or The Romantic Turn? Or The Happily Ever After Turn? Damn storytelling.
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Festivids Reveal! [Jan. 31st, 2010|10:26 pm]

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I am running on 20 minutes of laptop battery left so I have to make this short but Festivid names have finally been revealed. I made Sweetspot, a Glee vid for Will/Finn which you can download here. I was sure my huge love for Glee would give me away, heh.
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New Vid: Glee - Will/Finn: "Sweetspot" [Jan. 31st, 2010|08:53 pm]

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Here is my vid I made for Festivids. I was excited to get my assignment because even though I added Glee to my source list on a whim, it's GLEE. My favorite fandom and my recipient wanted Will/Finn who I love and wanted to do a vid for anyway. So it all worked out perfectly. I didn't realize until I started clipping them how much they touch and how *in love* they are. So it was fun to do, hardships aside.

Title: Sweetspot
Music: The Rescues
Source: Glee 101-113 (includes DVD screener)
Pairing: Will/Finn
Warnings: Teacher/student
Summary: Where you and I meet, that's the sweetspot. Made for [personal profile] zephyrprince.
Link: Sweetspot (Xvid, 35.5 MB)
Streaming: Streaming on Youtube
Original Festivid Post: Here.

Many thanks to [personal profile] par_avion for the website space. All feedback (including concrit) is much appreciated. Enjoy!

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