HYPERIONKP’S BLOG

Nic and I visited an abandoned brick factory.

I had a dream that I was in the backyard riding a bicycle. Which even in the dream was really weird because our backyard is at an incline and not very level. Then our dog Larry was outside with me, and he left. Then later he returned and I asked him where he went, and all the while I was still riding the bicycle.

I have my theories.

So I posted this video 2 weeks ago. I watched it again today, and I am SUPER lame. Seriously, why did no one tell me how lame I am? The most perplexing part is somehow the views on this video jumped up by 200+ since last night when it only had about 60 views… -.o WTF is going on? Are people just gathering to bask in my lame-ness?? I hope not. xD

This should catch me up on all my neglect of my blog, for now at least.

Wow. I have severely neglected my blog, and I have been remembering a surprising amount of my dreams. xD

1st things first. I got a message today about my entry on the HP You on You Contest. huzzah~

August 4, 2009

Dear HP You On You Contest Entrant,

As the Official Judging Organization administering the HP You On You Contest for YouTube, LLC and the Hewlett Packard Company, it is our pleasure to inform you that your video submission has been selected as a potential Semi-Finalist or potential Alternate Semi-Finalist!

All in all, I’m pretty excited about that. Although I don’t think I will be winning anything. D: There are some pretty good entries out there. If you would like to vote for me go to: http://youtube.com/HP. Click “View + Vote”, then scroll backwards to about page 10 or so. and you’ll see the thumbnail. Click it, followed up the Thumbs Up Option once the video is open.

Best Non-YouTube Comments:
“Fun…! I prefer self-c.o. because I ALWAYS get behind the lady with 842 coupons, of which she only bought 813 items. Her debit card won’t work and, when she goes to write a check, her pen is dry. AND she wants everything bagged in paper inside of plastic, no more than 4 items per bag. SHEESH! BUT…I know really nice people who work steadily because they are checkers at grocery stores…and EVERYBODY needs a job these days. What a conundrum!”

“HAHAHAHAHA….yeah that thing is really loud and she is kind of a bitch”

I got my first troll comment. huzzahh!
I was quite surprised, figuring the video was getting generally good feedback. It was bound to happen sooner or later, and being as self-center I can only assume it means I’m doing something right.

Wikipedia’s definition of an “internet troll” is as follows:
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

Usually nothing videos aren’t worthy of the presence of a troll, and some of the most popular people on youtube get a ton of troll comments. Lol, so I can only assume I’m in the process of joining their ranks.

However, the downside to troll comments are they’re usually vulgar and uneducated. mwar. D:

I decided to investigate into my troller. This is what I found:

He, well I only assume initially that it’s a “he” because men are the only ones who really reference male genitalia. Anyway, he only has 2 subscriptions, one of which is a suspended account, huzzah! that makes his judgment so much more credible.

He’s been a member since 2007 but his only favorited video is a slide show to a song from the 60s. Old ftw.

Then 2/4 of his comments are bashing him, so I can only assume he trolls elsewhere. All in all I don’t think I will cry tears over a 30 year old troll from the UK who still probably lives in his mother’s basement.

He does sorta fits into my youtube demographic, which from the chart below is generally old men. His country is what makes him a bit out of place, seeing as only Americans watch my videos. xD

Perhaps I will make a video about this milestone in my youtube journey. xD