First thing to take my eye is that the tense shifts from past to present, and so the story turns from an account to a diary, writing down the feeling right now as opposed to remembering it. Which is strange, because there's lot of thought in the parts before... but okay.
I actually like this part for the most part because I like road trips and there's nothing really silly, except for the cows but I allow that just because of the surreality of the trip, much like the first part.
So after the trip, we find Margo and the conceit is revealed. It's strange that Margo was always like that... and people never never really noticed because they thought of Margo as this other person. Some people feel disgusted by upholding a women to its dizzying height and watching it all fall down... or maybe presence of the book is so high that it eclipse better books... much like YouTube.
Anyway, the breaking down of Margo is interesting. Seems like Margo just set up too much of herself, taking care of the image rather than herself. This is the destruction of MPDG... mostly of a fallen grace who thought and thought and decide to stop and take a... more normal life.
I love how John Green tries structure how to create a life that explains Margo and it works... for some. Other might think that this is just a typical MPDG back-story or girl falling love with a boy and now does crazy things... like Gatsby. But as a girl. I agree with them on some day, but overall I take it as an appreciation of the attempt of making of MPDG, which I say was successfully done in The Fault in Our Stars.
Speaking of Stars... I like Gus's inclusion of the minimall and security officer, which reflect Augustus and Hazel's evolution. Also the crack and how it was referred to as faults... I told you the books were connected thematically.
Overall, the book linger little too long on the end but overall it's a nice experiment. Perhaps, the author didn't succeed in what he was trying to do... burying his old stories and starting anew, but least, it was a nice spectacle. If you John Green, and of course you do, this book is a wonderful book. Those of you who hate it, the point which I started... to see what the fuss was about, it's a great hate-read. I'll probably do a movie tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
March Madness: Paper Towns Part 2
Like Quentin's father and mother, I philosophize over what is nothing as I forge on to read Part 2 of Paper Towns.
The day after was okay, with more fleshing out of school and the side characters. I get the sense of feeling that people like this 'person talking around his head' type of narrative but it only emphasize how much of a jerk Quentin is to Margo. "me-less adventure", yes because you're not the important point in the excursion.
Anyway, it's really weird how Margo is the 'queen' of the school... It really reminds me of Stargirl and her foray to the sleepy Arizona high school. If Stargirl is the rising sun, then Margo is the setting one, painfully realizing her facade won't hold for very long.
Ben seems like a normal pervy boy that sometime twist in a weird direction, like punching Chuck or doing with Lacey.. Radar seems to have no characteristic except for Black Santa which is worrisome.
#3 is supposed to be the introduction to the other perspective of Margo but it only adds to the false importance of Margo by having a detective on her case... several times? What kid of a woman has a detective following around her...?
Anyway, it seems like Margo has some clues for Quentin, including Woody Guthrie and Walt Whitman, also I suggest the diversity of the record represent the multifaceted nature of Margo? I also like to make clues and I believe Margo is very insecure and fleeting like me... which is important.
Lacey is inserted to the scene, she has broken out of her facade (she needs to, considering how little time she has into her fame) and into the picture... also how her Margo is different than his Margo or any other Margo... kind of obvious as to her diagnosis.
Dude, she broken into your room and you smile? What are you, Quentin? A desperate search for something that isn't even recognizable make you look like Frankenstein. You are actually obsessed, you know. I think Margo counted that and let him the string so that he will rescue her... kind of. Quentin is fully delusional at this point, going inside the mind of a madman, trying to find a lover she only met, like, once (much like Dante) and having weird imagery... I was kind of sucked into this last time I read it, but it feels creepy now.
Word 'paper town' has three meanings I think. One is a simple description but others all refer to 'imaginary' or 'fake' much like the term 'phony' is used by Holden. It makes sense but it doesn't have gravitas as his other metaphors...
I love that the English teacher's name, like some tradition, is a literary character, this time Holden, reflecting on how strange Quentin gets in this book. "God yes. Her smell." Might one of the most creepiest four word I ever seen. He is beyond mad.
Going ahead with the Catcher interpretation, Lacey is analogous to Sally... perhaps this is the story of what if Sally said yes to Holden's delusion... to see how far it will go? Also, agreement of weirdness of ending a school... it's like bringing down a set... we took four years to build this... and only few minutes to take it down. It's a strange feeling. Ben has gone manic... it's a strange turn for that character isn't it?
He's in a state of awoken by the message and severely deluded by the hope of finding Margo... it's quite distressing to see the swing happen randomly. Anyway, it does lead him to find that Margo is in Agloe...
The day after was okay, with more fleshing out of school and the side characters. I get the sense of feeling that people like this 'person talking around his head' type of narrative but it only emphasize how much of a jerk Quentin is to Margo. "me-less adventure", yes because you're not the important point in the excursion.
Anyway, it's really weird how Margo is the 'queen' of the school... It really reminds me of Stargirl and her foray to the sleepy Arizona high school. If Stargirl is the rising sun, then Margo is the setting one, painfully realizing her facade won't hold for very long.
Ben seems like a normal pervy boy that sometime twist in a weird direction, like punching Chuck or doing with Lacey.. Radar seems to have no characteristic except for Black Santa which is worrisome.
#3 is supposed to be the introduction to the other perspective of Margo but it only adds to the false importance of Margo by having a detective on her case... several times? What kid of a woman has a detective following around her...?
Anyway, it seems like Margo has some clues for Quentin, including Woody Guthrie and Walt Whitman, also I suggest the diversity of the record represent the multifaceted nature of Margo? I also like to make clues and I believe Margo is very insecure and fleeting like me... which is important.
Lacey is inserted to the scene, she has broken out of her facade (she needs to, considering how little time she has into her fame) and into the picture... also how her Margo is different than his Margo or any other Margo... kind of obvious as to her diagnosis.
Dude, she broken into your room and you smile? What are you, Quentin? A desperate search for something that isn't even recognizable make you look like Frankenstein. You are actually obsessed, you know. I think Margo counted that and let him the string so that he will rescue her... kind of. Quentin is fully delusional at this point, going inside the mind of a madman, trying to find a lover she only met, like, once (much like Dante) and having weird imagery... I was kind of sucked into this last time I read it, but it feels creepy now.
Word 'paper town' has three meanings I think. One is a simple description but others all refer to 'imaginary' or 'fake' much like the term 'phony' is used by Holden. It makes sense but it doesn't have gravitas as his other metaphors...
I love that the English teacher's name, like some tradition, is a literary character, this time Holden, reflecting on how strange Quentin gets in this book. "God yes. Her smell." Might one of the most creepiest four word I ever seen. He is beyond mad.
Going ahead with the Catcher interpretation, Lacey is analogous to Sally... perhaps this is the story of what if Sally said yes to Holden's delusion... to see how far it will go? Also, agreement of weirdness of ending a school... it's like bringing down a set... we took four years to build this... and only few minutes to take it down. It's a strange feeling. Ben has gone manic... it's a strange turn for that character isn't it?
He's in a state of awoken by the message and severely deluded by the hope of finding Margo... it's quite distressing to see the swing happen randomly. Anyway, it does lead him to find that Margo is in Agloe...
Monday, March 3, 2014
March Madness: Paper Towns Part 1
All right, continuing from yesterday.
The school setting is constantly interrupted by voyeurism of Margo... which doesn't seems to be in the same league as Quentin but he goes on peering in to her life... it's creepy is what I'm trying to say.
There's Ben with weird background and the token black guy Radar and the black Santa and whatever. The whole paragraph is interrupted with stories of Margo, just a neighbor and what seems to be a nice, if quirky, girl and epitomizing her. This voyeurism needs to stop, Quentin. You're a... weird person.
There's also lot of metaphors and non-metaphors that actually continues in the next book... qualities of ever-changing reality and sort... but I don't have the time or energy for that. Besides, this feels like a Norman Mailer novel with the weird hip lingo and a very stereotypical bully. Also, Quentin is a creep.
I really like Ben and Radar's characterization. And I feel like I'm watching How I Met Your Mother, as in all the characters are great except for the protagonist. Then the main arc happens.
First of all, why? Second of all, huh? Third of all, I give up... It comes out of nowhere and I know it's supposed to be but there's nothing there...
So Margo needs help and... taking people as blurred shapes as to dehumanizing them trick. (As famously done by Heart of Darkness)
Overall, Margo tries her best to be Manci Pixie Dream Girl and Quentin is somehow incontestably in love with her although there's no real reason to be in love with her and whatever, this was intended.
3 whole catfish, wrapped separately, veet. big tub of vaseline, mountain dew six-pack, dozen tulips, bottle of water, tissues, blue spray paint... (this is for reference)
"Generally, the closer people get to me the less hot they find me." Foreshadowing.
Overall, the plan is silly and perhaps something is more for show than her true self... or another, I don't know. Narrator is unreliable and it feels like Margo is... I can't say. It just feels like Margo is doing this without any good reason and probably need to see a therapist or something. (But not Quentin's parents. That'll be weird.)
Then there's the SunTrust Building/SeaWorld sequence. First time I felt like this was designed to slow down and let us know about Margo, but I was surprised or interested at how little reflection there were. Margo never really reflect on anything. Just fluffs of "Winger speech" if you will. Overall, you get the sense of... senselessness. Why did Margo do this? Why do Margo do anything? You get the glimpse of thinking it's fun and she want to find something before we move on... to Part Two.
The school setting is constantly interrupted by voyeurism of Margo... which doesn't seems to be in the same league as Quentin but he goes on peering in to her life... it's creepy is what I'm trying to say.
There's Ben with weird background and the token black guy Radar and the black Santa and whatever. The whole paragraph is interrupted with stories of Margo, just a neighbor and what seems to be a nice, if quirky, girl and epitomizing her. This voyeurism needs to stop, Quentin. You're a... weird person.
There's also lot of metaphors and non-metaphors that actually continues in the next book... qualities of ever-changing reality and sort... but I don't have the time or energy for that. Besides, this feels like a Norman Mailer novel with the weird hip lingo and a very stereotypical bully. Also, Quentin is a creep.
I really like Ben and Radar's characterization. And I feel like I'm watching How I Met Your Mother, as in all the characters are great except for the protagonist. Then the main arc happens.
First of all, why? Second of all, huh? Third of all, I give up... It comes out of nowhere and I know it's supposed to be but there's nothing there...
So Margo needs help and... taking people as blurred shapes as to dehumanizing them trick. (As famously done by Heart of Darkness)
Overall, Margo tries her best to be Manci Pixie Dream Girl and Quentin is somehow incontestably in love with her although there's no real reason to be in love with her and whatever, this was intended.
3 whole catfish, wrapped separately, veet. big tub of vaseline, mountain dew six-pack, dozen tulips, bottle of water, tissues, blue spray paint... (this is for reference)
"Generally, the closer people get to me the less hot they find me." Foreshadowing.
Overall, the plan is silly and perhaps something is more for show than her true self... or another, I don't know. Narrator is unreliable and it feels like Margo is... I can't say. It just feels like Margo is doing this without any good reason and probably need to see a therapist or something. (But not Quentin's parents. That'll be weird.)
Then there's the SunTrust Building/SeaWorld sequence. First time I felt like this was designed to slow down and let us know about Margo, but I was surprised or interested at how little reflection there were. Margo never really reflect on anything. Just fluffs of "Winger speech" if you will. Overall, you get the sense of... senselessness. Why did Margo do this? Why do Margo do anything? You get the glimpse of thinking it's fun and she want to find something before we move on... to Part Two.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
March Madness: Paper Towns Prologue
For the longest time, I never really knew if I liked John Green's books. I always liked talking about it, but I never really decided if I enjoy reading the books as a whole. After watching the trailer of The Fault in Our Stars, I decided I didn't like the books... but Paper Towns, one I actually read in full, might be the closest to me liking, so I'll try to examine why.
The first passage certainly catch reader's attention but I have to point out that equating Margo as a miracle kind of irks me as he implies a women as an event. This might be well-intentioned but I'll move on.
So this takes in Florida, which implies Florida like things. Like Dr. Jefferson Jefferson, who is not a Doctor but changed his first name to be 'Dr.' This might well as jumped out of a poorly-made Wes Anderson spoof.
There he goes again, most fantastically gorgeous creature that God has ever created. And he's nine! Does he had a early puberty or is this just creepy... it comes up like the author doesn't know children and I know that's not the intention... but eww. Then there's John Green signature style of commenting every little thing that is described which might rub people the wrong way, but that's okay by me.
Anyway, back to Florida and a dead man... okay. I just like how there's no real reaction to a dead man, with Margo just being curious and Quentin going all over his head... it makes death not serious and that's funny... I think? Also "...I am really goddamn well adjusted." just kills me.
So the scene of Margo coming out of the window and looking at him, which becomes the focal part of the book, happens and I think that Quentin is crazy. Maybe this book is like Lolita, you know? I don't know, his description of a normal scene reminds me of Holden and his fixation of Phoebe. Some think this is creepy and perhaps it was intentional.
Okay, That's was just the prologue and I wrote too much... well, I'll keep reading and post the rest on the following days... that's what I'll do. (Why did I even say that?)
The first passage certainly catch reader's attention but I have to point out that equating Margo as a miracle kind of irks me as he implies a women as an event. This might be well-intentioned but I'll move on.
So this takes in Florida, which implies Florida like things. Like Dr. Jefferson Jefferson, who is not a Doctor but changed his first name to be 'Dr.' This might well as jumped out of a poorly-made Wes Anderson spoof.
There he goes again, most fantastically gorgeous creature that God has ever created. And he's nine! Does he had a early puberty or is this just creepy... it comes up like the author doesn't know children and I know that's not the intention... but eww. Then there's John Green signature style of commenting every little thing that is described which might rub people the wrong way, but that's okay by me.
Anyway, back to Florida and a dead man... okay. I just like how there's no real reaction to a dead man, with Margo just being curious and Quentin going all over his head... it makes death not serious and that's funny... I think? Also "...I am really goddamn well adjusted." just kills me.
So the scene of Margo coming out of the window and looking at him, which becomes the focal part of the book, happens and I think that Quentin is crazy. Maybe this book is like Lolita, you know? I don't know, his description of a normal scene reminds me of Holden and his fixation of Phoebe. Some think this is creepy and perhaps it was intentional.
Okay, That's was just the prologue and I wrote too much... well, I'll keep reading and post the rest on the following days... that's what I'll do. (Why did I even say that?)
Saturday, March 1, 2014
March Madness!: Review/Recap
Hello, it's March and it seems like a right time to cross off some of my reading/watch list.
So, that's what I'm gonna do! I'll review or recap something every day this month and hope you can read/experience it with me.
I'll probably start by doing a book review tomorrow. Well, till then...
So, that's what I'm gonna do! I'll review or recap something every day this month and hope you can read/experience it with me.
I'll probably start by doing a book review tomorrow. Well, till then...
Thursday, December 12, 2013
The Cornetto Trilogy
So what is The Cornetto or Blood and Ice Cream trilogy about?
To embark on the answer, I waded through all three movies and make my head in comparison.
The three movie are not connected by plot, but by actor and 'themes'. But what themes?
Well, there's the Cornetto and the wall jump. There's the sense of the two buddies played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with mirage of returning players like Martin Freeman and Bill Nighy.
But I see much more in that quick-pace cut of Edgar Wright style montage. First of all, this is about a man in a 'fantastical' situation. First one, the man is thrust upon it; Second one, the man actively avoids it till it's (almost) too late; Third one, the actively seeks it, although he gets more than he can ask for.
But there's the sense of us vs. masses conflict as well: Zombies in 'Shaun of the Dead', The Villagers in 'Hot Fuzz', and The Blanks in 'The World's End.' With the intention, except for the zombies although you could make an argument there, of greater peace and unity. All three antagonist asks us to be part of them and embrace their ideals. But as the end of the third movie suggest, humanity is too stubborn and angry for that. Even if there's zombies all around, the elders shooting people blank or fantastic tempting robots, the problem still remains for the group, one with their ideals and selfishness in check.
Some say, the movies give a pessimistic view of the world, where anarchy reign supreme and one would better begging in the street than mindlessly joining a society. But the fact is that the 'problem' isn't removed. They are still zombies in end of "The Shaun of the Dead", the village and its village are mostly intact in the end of "Hot Fuzz" and the The Blanks still live out their lives in the apocalyptic end of "The World's End". All three posit that the inherent idea of zombies or the village or The Blanks is not bad, it's the force of joining that is the evil there.
If the fear of being a zombie, or mandate of being the perfect village, or the desire to create a perfect robotic utopia is gone, the things antagonized don't need to be anymore. In the end, zombie are engulfed and ignored, the village seemingly forgets its past and continue on nonchalantly and The Blanks are even celebrated! Most people would be ribbed by the notion of quick heel-face turn... but the message of the trilogy is this. 'To err is human, to forgive divine." And that's what every critic, such as I, will strive for.
To embark on the answer, I waded through all three movies and make my head in comparison.
The three movie are not connected by plot, but by actor and 'themes'. But what themes?
Well, there's the Cornetto and the wall jump. There's the sense of the two buddies played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with mirage of returning players like Martin Freeman and Bill Nighy.
But I see much more in that quick-pace cut of Edgar Wright style montage. First of all, this is about a man in a 'fantastical' situation. First one, the man is thrust upon it; Second one, the man actively avoids it till it's (almost) too late; Third one, the actively seeks it, although he gets more than he can ask for.
But there's the sense of us vs. masses conflict as well: Zombies in 'Shaun of the Dead', The Villagers in 'Hot Fuzz', and The Blanks in 'The World's End.' With the intention, except for the zombies although you could make an argument there, of greater peace and unity. All three antagonist asks us to be part of them and embrace their ideals. But as the end of the third movie suggest, humanity is too stubborn and angry for that. Even if there's zombies all around, the elders shooting people blank or fantastic tempting robots, the problem still remains for the group, one with their ideals and selfishness in check.
Some say, the movies give a pessimistic view of the world, where anarchy reign supreme and one would better begging in the street than mindlessly joining a society. But the fact is that the 'problem' isn't removed. They are still zombies in end of "The Shaun of the Dead", the village and its village are mostly intact in the end of "Hot Fuzz" and the The Blanks still live out their lives in the apocalyptic end of "The World's End". All three posit that the inherent idea of zombies or the village or The Blanks is not bad, it's the force of joining that is the evil there.
If the fear of being a zombie, or mandate of being the perfect village, or the desire to create a perfect robotic utopia is gone, the things antagonized don't need to be anymore. In the end, zombie are engulfed and ignored, the village seemingly forgets its past and continue on nonchalantly and The Blanks are even celebrated! Most people would be ribbed by the notion of quick heel-face turn... but the message of the trilogy is this. 'To err is human, to forgive divine." And that's what every critic, such as I, will strive for.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Kevin's year...
I'm trying to bring YouTube content back to my main blog, so bear with me if you're not interested.
Kevin was wading in the waters of YouTube when he decided to do a cover of that Tumblr avbytes thingy.
Well, that exploded, so what does he do? Try to make a video 3 times a week for a year. That was recently finished ,so let us recap one by one.
10/17/12 - The Pilot. Look at the sweater! He was quite experienced as he did Kevin and Kyle show. Look at his enthusiasm! He's a natural. Dying joke is actually funny.
10/19/12 - The Terrified. New set and New York Federal Reserve bombing scare. More morbid jokes. What's with Kevin and death? (Must be October)
10/22/12 - The Mondayne. Life expectancy and weird maths... debates! Football! Interesting humor.
10/24/12 - The Byter. Music and wave physics. Fun. Kevin trying to be Hank... and succeeding! Clones are nice, too.
10/26/12 - The Beloved. Hah, Nazi. Also, confusing slashes.... Damn math and its bad notation!
10/29/12 - The Stormy. Oh, Sandy... Kevin is more comedic here with the umbrella...
10/31/12 - The Ad-Hoc. Even with Sandy, Kevin is still making those videos.
11/2/12 - The Dehydrated. Still no power and water but keeping singing those tunes...
11/5/12 - Probably my favorite of the early Kevin videos... song is just beautiful.
11/7/12 - The Alive. Parent's House... This is a slow ascent of Kevin being a speaker, well as a comedian. Good research.
11/9/12 - The Regressing. This is so cute and nicely done.
11/12/12 - The Spirited. The books and cassettes and the definitive change to his current style that I adore.
11/14/12 - The Stately. So, Kevin works at Mashable... And that AvBytes video... ah, yeah. They are good, just again I think it was tad a bit late.
11/16/12 - The Literate. Oh, education... Why? is sacred gem like oil. Tangential Learning! This is where the joke and the soapbox meld quit nicely and this is why I like Kevin...
11/19/12 - The Scared. 64 Subscribers... Charlie is a great conversation starter and hah... video responses.
11/21/12 - The International. Change the editing style and Google's scare! Well researched, again.
11/23/12 - Nice Parody... There's a lot of Black Friday parody ,but one could suffice.
11/26/12 - The Evangelical. (out of intro) Nice essay? It's quite inspiring... Kevin has that talent which is slowly being released here.
11/28/12 - The Copyrighted. Still What's Up Wednesday... The video is great! Facebook is... a company. It's, it's...
11/30/12 - The Mythological. A failed series about holiday... Good research video like Hank.
12/3/12 - The Newly Famous. Hey, why is he rhyming? Oh, nice transition.
12/5/12 - The Restless. Nice behind-the-scenes and I like his style of anecdotes.
12/7/12 - The Nouveau. First real YouTube video... redesign from an expert.
12/10/12 - The Resweatered. Creativity? Fault? moving, isn't it? Reading fiction!
12/12/12 - The Delightful. Get started... Name? Does all upstart YouTuber have to a giveaway?
12/14/12 - The Plucky. The Sweaters...? Comments... Arm off by a bear... mad libs?
12/17/12 - The Sagacious. The Derelict. The Bootylicious. The Insane. The Outrageous. Nice use of meta- editing. Perqs... It's the MAD LIB! Perks is a duds.
12/19/12 - The Apocalyptic. Don't panic. Again. YOU ARE THE PRODUCT! Streisand effect. Nice reminder to the future.
12/21/12 - The Un-mic'd. Prettyideal is nice but don't the expect the videos to flow. As for... ah let's skip it.
12/24/12 - Carol is nice... just great.
12/26/12 - The Carol. New November set... Tool check. Beginning of the Blue Sweater.
12/28/12 - The Well-Traveled. Social Anxiety...
12/31/12 - The Feverish. Small Changes... and so resolution for YouTube (hopely 720p)
1/2/13 - The Romanticized. Dating a Fever...
1/4/13 - The Benevolent. I, for one, welcome our new overlord.
1/7/13 - (Flat intro starts) The Incomp... Good skit and let's try it out...
1/9/13 - Show? Hair story? Whatever...
1/11/13 - YouTube goes 4k? Check out the new videos.
1/14/13 - Yes, it's a Wednesday but I'll call it a Monday. Wheezy is sweet dancer. Good joke.
1/16/13 - Great opera style break-up. I applaud.
1/18/13 - The Wheezy. Pure evil, secret poject, it's a good stuff.
1/21/13 - The Adventurous. Get Lost? Superpower realized! Endscreen!
1/23/13 - The Fiftieth. Nice wheezy-style video.
1/25/13 - The Hasty. Bad rap about this... No mixed fandoms...PoPS!
1/28/13 - The Single. Boundless entertainment!
1/30/13 - The Free-to-Play. Ads... so many ads. Paid Subs? (Beginning of fancy thumbnails.)
2/1/13 - The Subcultured. Label and its meaning?
2/4/13 - The Long-Distance. Great... great... uses of guests.
2/6/13 - The Real. I really how he can just do some much different types of videos with ease.
2/8/13 - The Farewell. Let's not mention... um... yeah.
2/11/13 - Nice history of the... world? The future?
2/13/13 - nice slow valentine's song.
2/15/13 - The Quotable. I remember a person who used Taylor swift picture and put Hitler quote to look like T. Swft had said it in a cheesy fashion... it was very funny.
2/18/13 - The Hysterical. Comedy is an art and a science.
2/20/13 - The Basic. Being adamant! What's up? That's what happens.
2/22/13 - The Sleepless. Typical insomniac videos...
2/25/13 - And so the simple but effective viral video. Stage 2 begins.
2/27/13 - The Viral. Sick and On fire.
3/1/13 - Great song! Just great chemistry.
3/4/13 - Typical.
3/6/13 - Women, Women, Women. A bit weak on my tea, but it's okay.
3/8/13 - Be Yourself? Great editing skills! Lovely...
3/11/13 - Another slow montage and narration... more comical this time.
3/13/13 - Business, Business, Business!
3/15/13 - The Superior. Oh, when in doubt just use another YouTuber.
3/18/13 - The Troubled. His struggle is what makes me watch this.
3/20/13 - The Zombiefied. What to worry?
3/22/13 - The Paradoxical. Get your stuff. Plane and superpowers are common causes of heartburn.
3/25/13 - Playlist Live 'the celebrity convention' And the talks about lesser YouTubers? Weird.
3/27/13 - Hmmm... Marriage? Governmental obstruction...
3/29/13 - The Ill-Defined. Elevator pitch... Vaudeville!
4/1/13 - The Blurry (End joke) April Fools is weak... for some people.
4/3/13 - The Offensive. Aristocrats... wisdom. (But not the Aristocats... they just...)
4/5/13 - Now, Kevin forays into to great silent videos! Kevin, your talents are boundless.
4/8/13 - The Factual. Don't watch IT.
4/10/13 - The Televised. TV Shows... Three's Company? Seriously? Louie... great. Family Guy, the original. SNL, bad year...30 Rock, why! HIMYM... okay. (It's not the point) Star Trek... hm. Don't cry. Fraiser. Better Off Ted, no it was on ABC. But oh god was it so good. AD, we all know it's good, next. Cheers... can't disagree... I mean only show which 11 seasons which all were decent.
4/12/13 - The Professional. Software Developer... Mashable have finally called you!
4/15/13 - The Sexy. Turn On and Turn Offs... Emma Blackery... that's a diverse watch.
4/17/13 - The Ugly. More Vanity! Body conscious.
4/19/13 - The Pensive. Chop wood and carry water. All them shout-out.
4/22/13 - The Diplomatic. Another take of Kim Jong Un.
4/24/13 - The Collaborative. Vash and Justin!
4/26/13 - The Toilet Tag. Hank isn't a revered drag? Have you seen Hankroll? Best song, I believe.
4/29/13 - The Narrative. Kevin is a pretty good storyteller...
5/1/13 - The Shattered. One thing does lead to another...
5/3/13 - The Questionable. Interesting... What's up Friday?
5/6/13 - The Hipstery. Sure, being a hipster has its perks... I mean perqs. Except with, you know...
5/8/13 - Mother's day is heartfelt day. Call your mother. Precursor to the 'last' outro.
5/10/13 - The Uncloned. The Hermione cloning effect... I see, I see.
5/13/13 - The Hasty. 4000 Subscriber... Travel back in time... unapproved.
5/15/13 - The Haphazard. Video about not making videos? Quite meta, I see.
5/17/13 - The A Bridged. Little reevaluation after a milestone doesn't hurt.
5/20/13 - The Acquired. Oh, Tumblr... Oh, Yahoo.
5/22/13 - The Self-helpful. Mistake is okay once, or twice if unknowable.
5/24/13 - The Futuristic. I concur, let's move on.
5/27/13 - The Arresting. Little good, little bad... certainly different.
5/29/13 - The Abstract. One of best out of the year. Certainly relatable and very funny.
5/31/13 - The Creative. Original? Value?
6/3/13 - The Morlockian. Three of you?
6/5/13 - The Nomenclative. Thank you, Bishop and what's going to happen?
6/7/13 - The Revealing. More shout-out. That's Zuccotti... Bob and George?
6/10/13 - The Social. Ah, Vloggerfair... The serendipitous... Networking on the internet...
6/12/13 - The Questionable. More question! Interesting.
6/14/13 - The Vloggable. Kate... also this kind of video should be #22.
6/17/13 - The Georgian. Love how the different personality are well-thought out. Get out. What?
6/19/13 - The Bob. Logical Bob. I like him as well.
6/21/13 - The Kevin. Oh no...
6/24/13 - First real focus on YouTube... really heartfelt...
6/26/13 - The Seated. Nice talk, Kevin.
6/28/13 - The Lazy. It's nice talking with you, again.
7/1/13 - The Gamified. CyborgBirdie! Bob and George!!! Great video. One of my favorite.
7/3/13 - The Independent. It wasn't the best, but it's fine.
7/5/13 - The Crabby or Nitpicky. Ah. Color correction.
7/8/13 - The Epileptic. Epilepsy is said to a sign of a sage. That's what I know.
7/10/13 - The Deterministic. Losing identity... Holy, that's scary.
7/12/13 - The Time-Sensitive. Hour? What. UTC is okay right?
7/15/13 - Pleasing everyone by saying 'ass' (The donkey, I mean!)
7/17/13 - The Discussiony. Knowing thought. YouTube talky stuff.
7/19/13 - The Newsworthy. Look at Kevin doing stuff!
7/22/13 - The Hedonistic. Post-scarcity society! That's the future!
7/24/13 -The Reconciliatory. Great success rate! Now get off! That's evolution!
7/26/13 - Pressure is off every last Friday. Interesting story to be in NY.
7/29/13 - The Meaningful. That was a great episode ,best of later Becoming YouTube. As for the argument... again, this is Ben being a troll... I suggest Episode 7, the female episode, is the first of series which he'll finish in Episode 12. Ben has a strong argument, so much so to enrage people to do something.
7/31/13 - The Flighty. Don't be too excited!
8/2/13 - Love the banter between the two... it's nice seeing the balance... there's a word...
8/5/13 - The Vidcon. The community convention... you can see I'm posting the flavor of the convention.
8/7/13 - The Connected. You don't want to know me...
8/9/13 - The Totally Sick. Be well and pass out.
8/12/13 - Intuitive happiness.
8/14/13 - Play for sympathy and good taste. Manifesto week? Singing Outro!
8/16/13 - Clean corners... makes a clean house.
8/19/13 - Fallbacks are important, you know?
8/21/13 - You've seen it first! Niall is great!
8/23/13 - Little improv and London. Once you seen it, you want to go back again... least for YouTubers.
8/26/13 - Anamorphic!!! Also, barrier... Simple (current) outro.
8/28/13 - Buggy Video Response.... Oh, great. Better YouTube?
8/30/13 - So, let's build better YouTube. What to do?
9/2/13 - The OZ argument. You all have what you need.
9/4/13 - Out of body experience... Stuck with human frailty.
9/6/13 - Depression... hmmm... getting on the horse.
9/9/13 - Thumbprints... Everybody's thumbprint... privacy for convenience.
9/11/13 - Right way...? Wrong way. Roomba!
9/13/13 - Fear? Balloons. Sa... skip. Best idea...? Embarrasing parents... we saw your junk... Leaving empty space... okay. Ice cream!
9/16/13 - Getting meta... wait, what, huh?
9/18/13 - That quarter... screens? Looking straight on.... he'll look at you. Two disjointed thoughts.
9/20/13 - Comforting food. Environment is not alone. Out of hand... insecurity has no half-life. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
9/23/13 - Countdown starting... Think about it... (no tags.)
9/25/13 - So, where the community go? Alex is great...
9/27/13 - So much topics and so fast talking! End with some jazz!
9/30/13 - Great tag. Now the review.
Jackie - Great if a slow turnout of videos, lovely gal and lovely videos
Morgan - I appreciate the style. I just feel too awkward to watch Morgan's videos, but her style is very typical of the Seattle style... I guess that's the word. Kind of no flash, no trucks style of vlogging... she's very good at that.
Niall - What a great YouTuber. Just his video have so personal style to them that it pops without any effects, it's gritty it's working class Britain. It's nice.
Mr. Collins - Interesting person, didn't realize he was dutch, so that's new. He is a more edgy Mickeleh. If you like Mickeleh's ponting, you'll like Collins.
Lamarr - One of the great person in YouTube, almost in Buck standards of happiness and hopefulness. He's always trying new stuff and he does good job of it. Watch it, if you like variety and personality.
Sharkee - He might be interesting... it's more comedic VSauce, so I don't mind but you might not be the core audience, just take a look and see.
Michael - Just a well-eloquent cool old guy. There's humor and wit, but when it's needed.
Mike - Not a self-helper but probably the greatest self-helper that is. Also makes great music.
Mari - I'm not her style but there's something punk aunt-looking lady's way of life that will interest some people.
DK - I don't know, but I like him.
10/2/13 - Take your resource and do the best... no shame in quality low or high. Nice breakdown! Just great thought of the process and the message. (Also low-fi week is why I think YouTube will survive without video response...)
10/4/13 - (order) Great videos... waiting... no comment. Forgot the person who said it, but there's a quote "If you believe 80% of what I said, vote for me. If you believe in 100% of what I said, go see a doctor." Order is good, but chaos reign. (definition ending)
10/7/13 - (design) Number in physical relationship... use your multiplication. Make connection in disparate things. That's human.
10/9/13 - (tension) This will be good video. Arrogance! Personal Significance... stress about dumb stuff.
10/11/13 - (composition) Look back on my life... Obsess a series of stuff... list of news... No closing line.
10/14/13 - (balance) No number. No weakness. Have you stop watching? Google backfired!? Huh?
10/16/13 - (light) Shirt is the thing now. New stuff... hmm.
10/18/13 - (white) So, we are done. Or not. So they are killed... off? Again, a great ending!
So, how he fare? Well, I think he did a great job. He had so much up and down and change in video style over the year that I think he has such a future. I like Kevin and his show.
(That's a horrible ending.)
Kevin was wading in the waters of YouTube when he decided to do a cover of that Tumblr avbytes thingy.
Well, that exploded, so what does he do? Try to make a video 3 times a week for a year. That was recently finished ,so let us recap one by one.
10/17/12 - The Pilot. Look at the sweater! He was quite experienced as he did Kevin and Kyle show. Look at his enthusiasm! He's a natural. Dying joke is actually funny.
10/19/12 - The Terrified. New set and New York Federal Reserve bombing scare. More morbid jokes. What's with Kevin and death? (Must be October)
10/22/12 - The Mondayne. Life expectancy and weird maths... debates! Football! Interesting humor.
10/24/12 - The Byter. Music and wave physics. Fun. Kevin trying to be Hank... and succeeding! Clones are nice, too.
10/26/12 - The Beloved. Hah, Nazi. Also, confusing slashes.... Damn math and its bad notation!
10/29/12 - The Stormy. Oh, Sandy... Kevin is more comedic here with the umbrella...
10/31/12 - The Ad-Hoc. Even with Sandy, Kevin is still making those videos.
11/2/12 - The Dehydrated. Still no power and water but keeping singing those tunes...
11/5/12 - Probably my favorite of the early Kevin videos... song is just beautiful.
11/7/12 - The Alive. Parent's House... This is a slow ascent of Kevin being a speaker, well as a comedian. Good research.
11/9/12 - The Regressing. This is so cute and nicely done.
11/12/12 - The Spirited. The books and cassettes and the definitive change to his current style that I adore.
11/14/12 - The Stately. So, Kevin works at Mashable... And that AvBytes video... ah, yeah. They are good, just again I think it was tad a bit late.
11/16/12 - The Literate. Oh, education... Why? is sacred gem like oil. Tangential Learning! This is where the joke and the soapbox meld quit nicely and this is why I like Kevin...
11/19/12 - The Scared. 64 Subscribers... Charlie is a great conversation starter and hah... video responses.
11/21/12 - The International. Change the editing style and Google's scare! Well researched, again.
11/23/12 - Nice Parody... There's a lot of Black Friday parody ,but one could suffice.
11/26/12 - The Evangelical. (out of intro) Nice essay? It's quite inspiring... Kevin has that talent which is slowly being released here.
11/28/12 - The Copyrighted. Still What's Up Wednesday... The video is great! Facebook is... a company. It's, it's...
11/30/12 - The Mythological. A failed series about holiday... Good research video like Hank.
12/3/12 - The Newly Famous. Hey, why is he rhyming? Oh, nice transition.
12/5/12 - The Restless. Nice behind-the-scenes and I like his style of anecdotes.
12/7/12 - The Nouveau. First real YouTube video... redesign from an expert.
12/10/12 - The Resweatered. Creativity? Fault? moving, isn't it? Reading fiction!
12/12/12 - The Delightful. Get started... Name? Does all upstart YouTuber have to a giveaway?
12/14/12 - The Plucky. The Sweaters...? Comments... Arm off by a bear... mad libs?
12/17/12 - The Sagacious. The Derelict. The Bootylicious. The Insane. The Outrageous. Nice use of meta- editing. Perqs... It's the MAD LIB! Perks is a duds.
12/19/12 - The Apocalyptic. Don't panic. Again. YOU ARE THE PRODUCT! Streisand effect. Nice reminder to the future.
12/21/12 - The Un-mic'd. Prettyideal is nice but don't the expect the videos to flow. As for... ah let's skip it.
12/24/12 - Carol is nice... just great.
12/26/12 - The Carol. New November set... Tool check. Beginning of the Blue Sweater.
12/28/12 - The Well-Traveled. Social Anxiety...
12/31/12 - The Feverish. Small Changes... and so resolution for YouTube (hopely 720p)
1/2/13 - The Romanticized. Dating a Fever...
1/4/13 - The Benevolent. I, for one, welcome our new overlord.
1/7/13 - (Flat intro starts) The Incomp... Good skit and let's try it out...
1/9/13 - Show? Hair story? Whatever...
1/11/13 - YouTube goes 4k? Check out the new videos.
1/14/13 - Yes, it's a Wednesday but I'll call it a Monday. Wheezy is sweet dancer. Good joke.
1/16/13 - Great opera style break-up. I applaud.
1/18/13 - The Wheezy. Pure evil, secret poject, it's a good stuff.
1/21/13 - The Adventurous. Get Lost? Superpower realized! Endscreen!
1/23/13 - The Fiftieth. Nice wheezy-style video.
1/25/13 - The Hasty. Bad rap about this... No mixed fandoms...PoPS!
1/28/13 - The Single. Boundless entertainment!
1/30/13 - The Free-to-Play. Ads... so many ads. Paid Subs? (Beginning of fancy thumbnails.)
2/1/13 - The Subcultured. Label and its meaning?
2/4/13 - The Long-Distance. Great... great... uses of guests.
2/6/13 - The Real. I really how he can just do some much different types of videos with ease.
2/8/13 - The Farewell. Let's not mention... um... yeah.
2/11/13 - Nice history of the... world? The future?
2/13/13 - nice slow valentine's song.
2/15/13 - The Quotable. I remember a person who used Taylor swift picture and put Hitler quote to look like T. Swft had said it in a cheesy fashion... it was very funny.
2/18/13 - The Hysterical. Comedy is an art and a science.
2/20/13 - The Basic. Being adamant! What's up? That's what happens.
2/22/13 - The Sleepless. Typical insomniac videos...
2/25/13 - And so the simple but effective viral video. Stage 2 begins.
2/27/13 - The Viral. Sick and On fire.
3/1/13 - Great song! Just great chemistry.
3/4/13 - Typical.
3/6/13 - Women, Women, Women. A bit weak on my tea, but it's okay.
3/8/13 - Be Yourself? Great editing skills! Lovely...
3/11/13 - Another slow montage and narration... more comical this time.
3/13/13 - Business, Business, Business!
3/15/13 - The Superior. Oh, when in doubt just use another YouTuber.
3/18/13 - The Troubled. His struggle is what makes me watch this.
3/20/13 - The Zombiefied. What to worry?
3/22/13 - The Paradoxical. Get your stuff. Plane and superpowers are common causes of heartburn.
3/25/13 - Playlist Live 'the celebrity convention' And the talks about lesser YouTubers? Weird.
3/27/13 - Hmmm... Marriage? Governmental obstruction...
3/29/13 - The Ill-Defined. Elevator pitch... Vaudeville!
4/1/13 - The Blurry (End joke) April Fools is weak... for some people.
4/3/13 - The Offensive. Aristocrats... wisdom. (But not the Aristocats... they just...)
4/5/13 - Now, Kevin forays into to great silent videos! Kevin, your talents are boundless.
4/8/13 - The Factual. Don't watch IT.
4/10/13 - The Televised. TV Shows... Three's Company? Seriously? Louie... great. Family Guy, the original. SNL, bad year...30 Rock, why! HIMYM... okay. (It's not the point) Star Trek... hm. Don't cry. Fraiser. Better Off Ted, no it was on ABC. But oh god was it so good. AD, we all know it's good, next. Cheers... can't disagree... I mean only show which 11 seasons which all were decent.
4/12/13 - The Professional. Software Developer... Mashable have finally called you!
4/15/13 - The Sexy. Turn On and Turn Offs... Emma Blackery... that's a diverse watch.
4/17/13 - The Ugly. More Vanity! Body conscious.
4/19/13 - The Pensive. Chop wood and carry water. All them shout-out.
4/22/13 - The Diplomatic. Another take of Kim Jong Un.
4/24/13 - The Collaborative. Vash and Justin!
4/26/13 - The Toilet Tag. Hank isn't a revered drag? Have you seen Hankroll? Best song, I believe.
4/29/13 - The Narrative. Kevin is a pretty good storyteller...
5/1/13 - The Shattered. One thing does lead to another...
5/3/13 - The Questionable. Interesting... What's up Friday?
5/6/13 - The Hipstery. Sure, being a hipster has its perks... I mean perqs. Except with, you know...
5/8/13 - Mother's day is heartfelt day. Call your mother. Precursor to the 'last' outro.
5/10/13 - The Uncloned. The Hermione cloning effect... I see, I see.
5/13/13 - The Hasty. 4000 Subscriber... Travel back in time... unapproved.
5/15/13 - The Haphazard. Video about not making videos? Quite meta, I see.
5/17/13 - The A Bridged. Little reevaluation after a milestone doesn't hurt.
5/20/13 - The Acquired. Oh, Tumblr... Oh, Yahoo.
5/22/13 - The Self-helpful. Mistake is okay once, or twice if unknowable.
5/24/13 - The Futuristic. I concur, let's move on.
5/27/13 - The Arresting. Little good, little bad... certainly different.
5/29/13 - The Abstract. One of best out of the year. Certainly relatable and very funny.
5/31/13 - The Creative. Original? Value?
6/3/13 - The Morlockian. Three of you?
6/5/13 - The Nomenclative. Thank you, Bishop and what's going to happen?
6/7/13 - The Revealing. More shout-out. That's Zuccotti... Bob and George?
6/10/13 - The Social. Ah, Vloggerfair... The serendipitous... Networking on the internet...
6/12/13 - The Questionable. More question! Interesting.
6/14/13 - The Vloggable. Kate... also this kind of video should be #22.
6/17/13 - The Georgian. Love how the different personality are well-thought out. Get out. What?
6/19/13 - The Bob. Logical Bob. I like him as well.
6/21/13 - The Kevin. Oh no...
6/24/13 - First real focus on YouTube... really heartfelt...
6/26/13 - The Seated. Nice talk, Kevin.
6/28/13 - The Lazy. It's nice talking with you, again.
7/1/13 - The Gamified. CyborgBirdie! Bob and George!!! Great video. One of my favorite.
7/3/13 - The Independent. It wasn't the best, but it's fine.
7/5/13 - The Crabby or Nitpicky. Ah. Color correction.
7/8/13 - The Epileptic. Epilepsy is said to a sign of a sage. That's what I know.
7/10/13 - The Deterministic. Losing identity... Holy, that's scary.
7/12/13 - The Time-Sensitive. Hour? What. UTC is okay right?
7/15/13 - Pleasing everyone by saying 'ass' (The donkey, I mean!)
7/17/13 - The Discussiony. Knowing thought. YouTube talky stuff.
7/19/13 - The Newsworthy. Look at Kevin doing stuff!
7/22/13 - The Hedonistic. Post-scarcity society! That's the future!
7/24/13 -The Reconciliatory. Great success rate! Now get off! That's evolution!
7/26/13 - Pressure is off every last Friday. Interesting story to be in NY.
7/29/13 - The Meaningful. That was a great episode ,best of later Becoming YouTube. As for the argument... again, this is Ben being a troll... I suggest Episode 7, the female episode, is the first of series which he'll finish in Episode 12. Ben has a strong argument, so much so to enrage people to do something.
7/31/13 - The Flighty. Don't be too excited!
8/2/13 - Love the banter between the two... it's nice seeing the balance... there's a word...
8/5/13 - The Vidcon. The community convention... you can see I'm posting the flavor of the convention.
8/7/13 - The Connected. You don't want to know me...
8/9/13 - The Totally Sick. Be well and pass out.
8/12/13 - Intuitive happiness.
8/14/13 - Play for sympathy and good taste. Manifesto week? Singing Outro!
8/16/13 - Clean corners... makes a clean house.
8/19/13 - Fallbacks are important, you know?
8/21/13 - You've seen it first! Niall is great!
8/23/13 - Little improv and London. Once you seen it, you want to go back again... least for YouTubers.
8/26/13 - Anamorphic!!! Also, barrier... Simple (current) outro.
8/28/13 - Buggy Video Response.... Oh, great. Better YouTube?
8/30/13 - So, let's build better YouTube. What to do?
9/2/13 - The OZ argument. You all have what you need.
9/4/13 - Out of body experience... Stuck with human frailty.
9/6/13 - Depression... hmmm... getting on the horse.
9/9/13 - Thumbprints... Everybody's thumbprint... privacy for convenience.
9/11/13 - Right way...? Wrong way. Roomba!
9/13/13 - Fear? Balloons. Sa... skip. Best idea...? Embarrasing parents... we saw your junk... Leaving empty space... okay. Ice cream!
9/16/13 - Getting meta... wait, what, huh?
9/18/13 - That quarter... screens? Looking straight on.... he'll look at you. Two disjointed thoughts.
9/20/13 - Comforting food. Environment is not alone. Out of hand... insecurity has no half-life. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
9/23/13 - Countdown starting... Think about it... (no tags.)
9/25/13 - So, where the community go? Alex is great...
9/27/13 - So much topics and so fast talking! End with some jazz!
9/30/13 - Great tag. Now the review.
Jackie - Great if a slow turnout of videos, lovely gal and lovely videos
Morgan - I appreciate the style. I just feel too awkward to watch Morgan's videos, but her style is very typical of the Seattle style... I guess that's the word. Kind of no flash, no trucks style of vlogging... she's very good at that.
Niall - What a great YouTuber. Just his video have so personal style to them that it pops without any effects, it's gritty it's working class Britain. It's nice.
Mr. Collins - Interesting person, didn't realize he was dutch, so that's new. He is a more edgy Mickeleh. If you like Mickeleh's ponting, you'll like Collins.
Lamarr - One of the great person in YouTube, almost in Buck standards of happiness and hopefulness. He's always trying new stuff and he does good job of it. Watch it, if you like variety and personality.
Sharkee - He might be interesting... it's more comedic VSauce, so I don't mind but you might not be the core audience, just take a look and see.
Michael - Just a well-eloquent cool old guy. There's humor and wit, but when it's needed.
Mike - Not a self-helper but probably the greatest self-helper that is. Also makes great music.
Mari - I'm not her style but there's something punk aunt-looking lady's way of life that will interest some people.
DK - I don't know, but I like him.
10/2/13 - Take your resource and do the best... no shame in quality low or high. Nice breakdown! Just great thought of the process and the message. (Also low-fi week is why I think YouTube will survive without video response...)
10/4/13 - (order) Great videos... waiting... no comment. Forgot the person who said it, but there's a quote "If you believe 80% of what I said, vote for me. If you believe in 100% of what I said, go see a doctor." Order is good, but chaos reign. (definition ending)
10/7/13 - (design) Number in physical relationship... use your multiplication. Make connection in disparate things. That's human.
10/9/13 - (tension) This will be good video. Arrogance! Personal Significance... stress about dumb stuff.
10/11/13 - (composition) Look back on my life... Obsess a series of stuff... list of news... No closing line.
10/14/13 - (balance) No number. No weakness. Have you stop watching? Google backfired!? Huh?
10/16/13 - (light) Shirt is the thing now. New stuff... hmm.
10/18/13 - (white) So, we are done. Or not. So they are killed... off? Again, a great ending!
So, how he fare? Well, I think he did a great job. He had so much up and down and change in video style over the year that I think he has such a future. I like Kevin and his show.
(That's a horrible ending.)
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