Showing posts with label Videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Videos. Show all posts

10.12.2010

What is a Conservative? Small Government and Free Enterprise

Lately I've gotten to know Bill Whittle, mostly through Instapundit really, and every video I've seen is great. If you want to figure out a way to articulate what exactly a conservative is, this video is fantastic. If you are of a liberal persuasion and can't understand conservative thought, this video sums it up. This pretty much is right in line in regards to my thoughts on small government and free enterprise (I believe there should be some regulation, yes, but our current government over does it). Heck, i couldn't have said it better so if you have some time I highly recommend you take a look.

10.24.2008

I'm Joe the Plumber

McCain's Website has a little contest asking people to submit a video of why they are Joe the Plumber, to help spread the message of the fact that Joe the Plumber is kind of a euphemism for everyone.

I thought about doing it, so I put a little time aside, and filmed it in the back yard in little 5-30 second soundbytes and linked them together. Because, well, I learned that sometimes you'll think of all sorts of cool things to say and then when you get out to say it, you realize that your brain goes numb and you can't think of how you want to word something.

So anyhow, I looked to see how the soundbytes would play out and figured out that I couldn't really fit 27 seconds of soundbytes into a coherent clip. And I'm sure there are a lot of other people out there with better video editing skills then me (and better software then I currently have) That, and I wasn't so sure I would like that much exposure on the national level. Sure, I was thinking about how cool it was at first, but then I remembered Nov 2004 and how that played out.

Don't get me wrong, it was cool then too, but I think I could handle that level of exposure again, probably. But I don't want to ever be Joe the Plumber famous.

However, I don't mind posting the video on my own blog. I don't even mind if people think its halfway interesting if they want to post it on their blogs. But in the political way of things, Joe the Plumber is already old news and people are now moving onto new things, like some stupid college student who thought it would be bright to cause national attention by making up a story of how she was attacked by a 'black' Obama Supporter for being a McCain supporter.

if she would have carved an O in her face instead, she might not be facing as much scrutiny. That, and you can't get an O backwards when carving it on your face in the mirror.

Thanks chick, thanks for killing the momentum we had going. That was bloody brilliant. There is a reason the rest of us are disgusted by the hoaxes played on account of the left, because we like to consider ourselves above that nonsense. Now we are considered to be at their level and the media will spin this for all its worth against the McCain/Palin ticket. "Why aren't you controling your supporters?"



As for the video, um, it got dark and I had to move it inside for some of the clips. I considered doing some of it in uniform but decided not to, because I don't want to make a statement as a representative of the military, this is just me.

Maybe it makes sense, maybe it doesn't, but I started out just saying somethings about me, just to show that I'm an everyday citizen. Like Joe the Plumber. Then I told some of my weaknesses. I don't have a lot of bad things against me like Tax Liens, but I've kept my nose pretty clean. And then I went into some of my beliefs. Sometimes I got a little silly. I tried to have a little fun. One line I stated with a little to much seriousness that it came off as a bit much so I took it out.

With all the other saturation out there, I don't think this is really anything, but whatever. Tell me what you think.

9.18.2008

Underground Fighting



I saw this a few weeks ago, and it made me laugh out loud.

I kind of saw it coming though.

Hey, found it online!

This website is somewhat addictive

3.08.2008

SpeedLoading Are Us



Yes, I am a freakin' goofball.

And I can get quite keyed up when doing these sorts of things.

And people tell me I look like I'm 20. In this video they give me far to much credit. I look about twelve.

AKs and FS2000s



So we went firing a couple rifles the other day, and video taped it. I can be somewhat amusing to watch, but, well, the video can be a little boring at times as you watch me flinch a bit while firing the rifle (but I'm hitting targets! Unlike when I fired the handgun in the previous post, where I couldn't hit ANYTHING!


I don't think anybody can truly take me seriously.


That is a pretty sweet weapon though!


I didn't pose with Chuck (as in Norris) but it is a pretty fun rifle to shoot. And that sucker NEVER jams up, even though the FS2000 did. They were both pretty fun.

Dear World - I can't fire a Handgun


I suck! Suck suck suck suck SUCK!

Somebody count how many times I tell the camera I suck in this.

2.01.2008

Gotta Have the Frosted Flakes!

A long time ago, way back in the 1970's, my dad and his friend Bob got together and filmed this little video for a College Thesis Project.

I've been ripping VHS tapes to the computer and thought I would YouTube it. Enjoy :)

1.27.2008

A Piece of Nastalgia for You

Little known fact about me, when I was about 8 years old, I was in violin lessons. And unlike most kids at that age, I actually loved the Violin and enjoyed playing it. I wasn't really that good though.

So me, being the techno geek that I am with all of the toys for doing this kind of stuff, I was set out to do a project for my family that I've been meaning to do, which includes transfering all of our old vhs tapes to digital.

So, back in the winter of 1988, my family filmed a christmas video for my grandparents in California. My dad, who I love dearly by the way, is a complete dork in it and keeps mentioning Metamorphosis and uses a lot of big words while the rest of us shyly look on and get embarrassed when we are in front of the camera.

Me? I'm quite adorable. And also show evidence of being the youngest in a family of eight, and as such, well, I'm a bit of a brat. There is a rendition of me throwing a fit because dad asked me what we were going to sing to the grandparents, I wanted to sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and my sister shouted out "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" first.

So, what did I do? I threw a fit.

But that video is out of season. In the meantime, enjoy a piece of yours truly playing a violin. You might want to turn down the sound, because it is quite painful to listen too.

And it took next to pulling teeth to get my mother to dress me like this. Because I usually had my hair back and wore a t-shirt and jeans with the knees ripped out of them.

8.25.2007

News Shouldn't Be Bothered to Get It Right, Should They?

I just ran into a bit of hilarity in the blogosphere from the Dissident Frogman about an article in the AFP (French Press) that released an article with an Iraqi woman who is displaying two bullets that hit her house by coalition forces.

The problem is, well, see for yourself.

Definitely worth reading the article and viewing the video. This guy is great. Got to love the stupidity of the press to gobble up anything that makes America look bad.

4.25.2007

YouTube Finds

One of my favorite comic strips of all time is Calvin and Hobbes.

I laughed so hard when I saw this on YouTube.



The untold story of Calvin and Hobbes, courtesy of Robot Chicken.

Ok, that show is seriously messed up.

1.16.2007

Faces

Look! Imbedded Videos!

Blogger is cooperating now!

I have posted a link to this before, but now you can see it in full imbedded goodness courtesy of YouTube.

This was filmed in 2000, I was just 19, and I was very fascinated with my webcam.



NOTE- THis was imbedded via the YouTube option, it is ANOTHER faces video I did later.

I will now forego the YouTube download and use their imbedding option since apparently it takes them about a day to upload. . . *grumble*

1.14.2007

Video Blogging with a Military Humvee

These are some old videos, taken around Summer of 2003 in fact.

Since they are incriminating, I'll have you know that 1) I wasn't driving and 2) I would NEVER do this to a Humvee now.

That said, they are kind of cool.



Mud Boggin'



For further news, click the Video's tab. All of my former videos are now imbedded via YouTube! Yay!

10.20.2006

Vanity, or Lack Thereof

I've got this DVD player that I recently bought that records DVDs. Theres also a VHS player attached so you can record old VHS tapes on DVD. Plus, well, its built to take your camcorder and plug it in and convert your home videos onto DVD (or VHS, if your old school like that)

I took out my tapes I took last year in Kosovo and was kind of watching them a bit just now. Now, I don't mind what I looked like going through the mobilization process and all of that, but I got a tape of me half way through the deployment (like, in July or something) and I kind of got in a squirm mode. Nothing like a deployment to sap all the feminine qualities out of a person, plus I had my hair short in that awkward mid growth phase and I just felt, well, ugly.

The thing is, you were surrounded by ugly people, you looked at yourself every day like this, and you really didn't notice it. In fact, I never really called myself a real beauty ever in my life but when I was in Kosovo and I was looking at some of the pictures of me as a civilian and I remember actually thinking 'man, I did look really good.' Its because Kosovo is what I knew, and seeing myself in that light made everyone else look glamorous. I mean, you looked at people back home or whatever and even if they were average, well, from my point of view they were knock outs.

I have come to the conclusion that I only need to cut my hair Dyke short once in my life and I did it January 2005. Never again I tell you. I liked my hair in the spikey look, but the growing out phase is just more hideous then I can stand.

At least now I can look in the mirror again and think 'ok, I look pretty good now.' However, any time I go back and see pictures of me last year, I want to scream and run the other way.

Strange how you get into those mindsets.

10.06.2006

Ferret Friday

I'm still adapting to the Ferrets. I may have mentioned that I've never owned ferrets before and they do take some getting used to. But once you have their quirks down, they are quite amusing.

One thing that always brings a few laughs is to keep them a bit pent up in their cage all day and then block off a room and let them at it. It may take them a little bit to wind up, especially if they just woke up, but give them about ten to fifteen minutes and they'll be poinging off the walls.

Literally

I created a YouTube account. Anyway, one day Abby started to go straight into Ferret Boing mode and I got a bad capture on video.



I think I'll be using this feature more in the future. Hopefully with better footage.


Trying to photograph a ferret is like trying to snuggle with one. Both are damn near impossible. With an attention span all of 3 seconds, you might catch their attention with a camera for a few seconds and its on to something else. They aren't that cuddly either. They wiggle out of your grasp soon after you pick them up, because something more interesting has just caught their attention. Probably something shiney.

Like your lens cap.

2.10.2006

You're Host is a Dork

When I was the tender age of 19, I just got back from basic training and acquired my very first computer. It came with a net cam, and I started recording video on it.

I was rather eccentric with it as well.

Case in point,



In case you ever wanted to know how to pronounce Risawn. . .


(for some reason, the sound system gave me a lisp) This was kind of an idea of introducing myself to the world with my website back in 2000. My parents kind of warned me that I might not want to display myself entirely on the internet so prominently, so I never displayed it. That, and my website had like 15 megs of space at the time and a couple of videos would have shot that all to hell real quick.

Well, now its too late.

What can I say? I've always been a bit of a dork.

5.25.2005

Sing Along Time

My internet stopped freaking out long enough for me to put a video up. It only took slightly over an hour or so, which is impressive considering usually it will stall long enough to register a download time of about 3 days.

So anyway, about four or so weeks ago (I don't remember, it was just a long time ago) I got to do Karaoke. Now, I don't hold a tune and I'm not much of a singer. I know that.

I just didn't realize exactly how bad of a singer I was. I mean, I knew I was bad, I just never knew how bad.

I also learned another thing. The PT uniform is very unflattering. Somebody mentioned that I should pull down my pants or something, I didn't realize that I had them pulled up above my belly button, or whatever. I look like a freakin' geek in highwaters. Well, now I'm making a conscious effort to keep my PT pants hugging my waist. Though with an elastic band around the top, they don't like to stay put around my hips. They like to ride up. Hence the High water effect. *Grr. . .*

So I put together a stupid little video of me singing excerpts of four different songs. I don't even remember what order I put them up in, but it includes Matchbox Twenty Disease, Three Doors Down When I'm Gone, No Doubt Don't Speak, and a duet to Kid Rock and Cheryl Crow Picture, which I sang with a guy named Mason. And, for kicks and giggles, I included an excerpt of the concert with Lit, including one of the highlights of my participation in the song My Own Worst Enemy where he gave me the microphone for a split second (I feel like a major dork in this video however, but I had fun and that's all that counts.)

So, without further ado, here is the Karaoke video.

5.02.2005

The Four-One-One on Lit

I think I'm in Love.

No, seriously, these guys rocked! And I have a new found respect for rock bands who come to war torn third world countries to put up a free rockin' show for the troops and let them dive off the stage and mosh. I've never moshed before, never been to a concert where I was close enough to the stage too.


The audience was completely sober (well, maybe a couple of people had been drinking when they weren't supposed to), and from what I understand, so was the band. There is no alcohol on Bondsteel. AJ, the lead singer, made a comment about it too, something to the effect of "you know, I don't think I've ever had a concert where the audience was sober and everyone was carrying guns."

He then asked us to show our weapons so they could take a picture.



I was up on the stage practically the entire time either catching the thing on video or taking pictures (when I wasn't moshing). I was in a pretty close proximity to the band. Here's an idea.



They're best known song is probably "My Own Worst Enemy" which is a song just about everyone in the audience knew. They pulled us up on the stage with them and we sang along, I have never had so much fun at a concert before.



And of course, I have the obligatory pictures of me with the band.



They came around the hospital earlier that day and we gave them a tour. I was trying to tell them my job function but I got interrupted, that and we have a lot of graphic pictures in our office. I probably ran into these guys around post four or five times yesterday before the concert.

Did I mention these guys rocked? They are now one of my favorite bands (seeing a band live in concert does that to me) and it is my quest to attain their CDs. I have one back at home. Now I need the other three.

3.08.2005

The Internet, Bare Naked Ladies, and the Cheesiest Video of All Time

So anyway, the whole Roommate Spiel will hopefully eventually settle down, but I'm not counting on it.

But the Good News! I finally have internet in my room! Wireless, right to my Laptop! The wonders of technology will never cease to amaze me!

The bad news? It's. . .insanely. . .sloooooooowwwww. . .

Which brings me to my next point. The cheesiest video of all time.

It was made about a week ago, on my computer.

I guess I better start at the beginning.

I was having a particularly ho-hum day (meaning not great) when PFC W comes and says hi. See, he's got this video camera he just bought and I open the door to him video taping me. So what continues is this rather candid discussion, where I'm being kind of melancholy (my puddy I just got froze in the mail and it made me sad). Then he went and started video taping my roommate spawned from hell and she chewed him out. So we ended up taping over that part too. But not before he could get a frozen picture of the chair in her part of the room (which makes a candid appearance in the CVOAT, several times). See, most of this video is of W playing with his camera trying to figure it out, switching to the light, night vision and whatever.

I thought it was mildly humorous after watching it and asked him if I could have the tape so I could transfer it onto my computer. He went ahead and gave me the tape.

Well, then I had to figure out how to transfer it onto my computer. I started playing with various bits of software, because that's how I learn best. Heck, that's how I learn everything with a computer, by playing with it until I figure it out.

I ran into a piece of software that happened to capture video and I'm like Cool! SO I used it.

It made the cheesiest video of all time. If you are watching this thing you're thinking that this should be a wedding video or something. I hadn't laughed so hard since I been here. All I could think is "what the heck is this?"

I thought I would share, but couldn't get it online through the government computers (besides, the government kind of looks down on that, even in the MWR (Morale Welfare and Recreation)

So I had to wait until I could get a connection on my computer. 2 hours later, and listening to the Bare Naked Ladies concert that I attended last summer (good times, these people are what actually got me hooked on RedvsBlue, which I have recently pegged out as full blown addicted, IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, BNL!), it is now online.


How could this. . .



. .turn into this?

I mean, seriously? You would think me and PFC W were an item or something? (no, we're just friends, he was cheering me up, and he unintentionally succeeded)