Gert a Load of This Kid

I saw this on YouTube and had to share.

Ask the Reading Monkey!

Well, I've now officially ventured into the world of YouTube. With the help of my hilarious (and possibly insane) cousin, Jeff, jacobdrake.com proudly presents the first of what may be the first episode of an ongoing series...Ask the Reading Monkey!

The Addiction Continues

And now I'm hooked on the video blog chronicles of LUCYinLA, a Texas girl trying to make it as an actress in Hollywood.

How did this happen? I'm not reality TV guy, this is basically the same thing (minus the oh so realistic premises reality shows have). Okay, I'm not a total reality naysayer, I'm one of the millions sucked in by American Idol and I thoroughly enjoyed the second season of Road Rules back in the old days. Timmy and Christian were great. Anyone that remembers "high elbows", give yourself 100 points.

But yes, I'm hooked. I may try my hand at making one soon.

The buzz on the interweb is that Batman's Gonna Get Shot in the Face and The Losers Have a Junkyard should be up on iFilm tomorrow.
In the meantime, take a look at the hilarious behind the scenes footage from the set of Losers, featuring Lloyd Kaufman. There's some heavy (but funny) language ahead, you've been warned. Enjoy!

Thoughts on Vlogging

Lately, I've been developing a bit of a fascination for vlogs. If you're not familiar with the term, "vlog" is short for video blog. You can find tons of vlogs over at YouTube.

A lot of them are flat out boring stinkers, but it really is a medium with an incredible amount of potential. I mean, you could use it simply as a video diary or actually get really creative with it and come up with your own style of personal journalism. A few clicks later, it's on the internet for the whole world to see.

One particular vlogger I'm a fan of is LisaNova. She's got a goofy, yet really cool and random artistic style I just love watching.

Of course it's not always used in productive ways. The cyber-arguing that plagues 99% of message boards didn't take long to find its way to the vlogosphere. Yeah, that's right, I've seen people fight...via vlog. Vloguments. Did I just coin a new phrase? But seriously, how tough are you if you pick your fights through pre-recorded messages over the internet?

I don't know how my fascination started, but it's here. I've been debating the possibility of trying it out myself, but I'm not quite sure yet.
Any thoughts? Anyone? Anyone?