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if-you-built-yourself-a-myth · 5 years ago

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Vlog #16 - Would You Rather

Moyo began the vlog in English, because he was better at it than anyone else in the group.

“What’s up, guys? Welcome back to another thrilling vlog from your favorite Broerrs.” The rest could be in Flemish.

Robbe, Jens, and Aaron burst into cheers in the background. Robbe winked at the camera, but not really, since Sander was the one trying to steady the tripod in front of the group. Something on its left side had broken last time they used it. Sander winked back.

“We’ve been reading your comments,” continued Moyo.

Jens made a face of disgust. “Honestly, sometimes I regret it.”

“We regret it a lot. Sometimes.”

Robbe knew exactly the comment they were referencing. Someone with a long, unpronounceable username decided that they wanted to be with Jens… biblically, if you will. Minus the religion. He felt scandalized to have read it. In the description of this new video, he’d include a politely worded plea to never type and send anything like that ever again.

“But we’re listening to the people, and you have spoken. We picked the next challenge. It’s time for WOULD—”

“—YOU—" said Robbe.

Jens finished the title. “—RATHER!”

Aaron sulked on the end of the couch. “What am I supposed to say?”

At this point, Moyo and Robbe would edit in a cut, some music, and a tiny little animated title to introduce the game. Sander already had a few ideas he told them he’d be willing to draw if they wanted. The cuts were the best part.

“Alright. We actually have a special guest with us today. Here, I’ll take the camera…”

Sander and Moyo traded places. Now Moyo sat behind the tripod to keep everything stable. Sander sat down in Moyo’s spot in the center of the couch. He looked even more like himself than usual—the Bowie shirt Noor bought him for Christmas, black jeans cuffed at the bottom, Docs, and a leather jacket to tie the ensemble together. Definitely more punk rock than anyone else in the frame. At Jens’s suggestion, he’d gotten his left ear pierced a week ago. The proper time had yet to elapse before he could change posts, so the same black stud with which the parlor pierced it remained in his ear.

Besides the factual part of his appearance, he made Robbe feel like his heart had jumped from a hundredth-floor window and began the freefall of a lifetime.

“This fine specimen…” Jens gestured to Sander with a dramatic flourish. He twirled a finger around a strand of Sander’s bleached hair. “… happens to be the boyfriend of our very own Robbe Ijzermans. He’ll be an honorary Broerrr, for this vlog.”

“Only this vlog?” asked Aaron.

“We’ll see how it goes.”

Sander waved at Moyo. “I’m Sander. I’m—”

The boys talked over each other, finishing the sentence for him.

“—blond.”

“—TAKEN.”

“—sexually active.”

“—a much beloved children’s movie character.”

“Oh, oh! I’ve got it. A distant relative of Queen Elizabeth.”

The edits with this portion of the video would be hilarious for sure.

“—an art student in university and Robbe’s boyfriend,” said Sander. “I’m honored to be here with the Broerrs today.”

It had been Moyo’s suggestion to add Sander to the vlogs. He’d approached Robbe after class and tried to bring up the subject naturally, citing something about how Sander hung out with them all the time anyway, and it would make sense to include him. Robbe knew it was another peace offering. Ever since he called Sander gross for liking both boys and girls, he’d been trying to make up for it over and over again.

The truth was, Robbe forgave him at the slightest sign of repentance. He wasn’t one to hold grudges. It did feel good, though, to know that Moyo truly regretted his past actions and made a conscious effort to avoid similar ones.

“We asked you guys to send us your burning would-you-rather questions, and you did not disappoint.” Jens shook a hat in front of the camera. “An impartial third party—”

“Jana!” yelled Aaron.

“—picked out the best ones and put them in this hat. Each of us is going to pick one out to read, and then everyone has to answer it. You’re not allowed to not answer. And yes, you have to explain your reasons.

“I’m going first. Question one.” Jens cleared his throat to begin. “Would you rather your shower always be freezing cold, or always be the perfect temperature with bad water pressure?” He barely needed any time to think. “Cold shower. It’s good for your skin.” He turned to the others around him. “What say you?”

Sander took Robbe’s hand and set it down on his knee, for no apparent reason, and it made Robbe blush. “I would say we’re the warm shower type.” He was right. Robbe took a cold shower approximately one time in his entire life, and it was when he had to wash the blood from his clothing after— no thanks. He liked the temperature scalding.

“Warm is the way,” Aaron agreed. “Water pressure makes no difference.”

“Disagree.” Even off-camera, Moyo needed his opinion heard. He balanced the tripod as best he could and ran to sit on the arm of the couch, his shoulder brushing with Robbe’s. “I’m with Jens. Cold water tightens your skin or something. Young skin. Fuck yeah.”

Sander laughed. Robbe would never get tired of hearing that laugh. “I’d rather be warm than have young skin. Comfort above appearance.”

This reply made Jens scoff. “You can afford to say that, because you’re beautiful.”

Another cut there, probably. Sander could animate a little picture of a shower or something. Damn, it was really going to pay off to have a boyfriend capable of high-level art techniques.

He decided he liked seeing Sander and the boys together like this. Two worlds he’d suffered to keep separate, now colliding. Instead of the death of the universe, though, all that happened as a result was good-natured banter. They looked comfortable with each other, no tension or withdrawal whatsoever.

Aaron drew from the hat next. “Would you rather speak every language but not understand them spoken to you, or understand every language spoken to you but not be able to speak them? Did I say that right?”

“Yeah,” said Jens. “It’s just badly worded.”

No one had a fast answer to this question. In the final edit, they’d need to cut out a good chunk of footage, because everyone argued over each other in a fashion so violent it couldn’t be understood. At one point, while trying to make the point that speaking and understanding could only exist in tandem and therefore the question was irrelevant, Jens noticed he was wearing the same earring as Sander. They halted the disagreement to talk about it. Two minutes of unusable content.

Robbe answered first. “Understand. I think it’d be cool to know if people were talking shit about me in the grocery store.”

“Speak,” said Moyo. “Because chicks think it’s hot.”

Jens went for logic over desire. “Understand, so I could go abroad and not look like an idiot when people talk to me.”

Aaron, clearly at a loss, just nodded. “Yeah, I think whatever Jens thinks.”

Sander took the question deeper than the others, which made Robbe proud and concerned at the same time. “Speak, because it doesn’t say that I wouldn’t be able to understand written messages. As long as I can speak it, it means that I can translate it in my head, which means I can ask people to write things down for me.” He thought for another second before continuing, “It wouldn’t work the same way with understanding, because you wouldn’t necessarily master the pronunciation just because you can listen to what other people are saying.”

A comprehensive answer. Aaron stared in awe. “Robbe, you’re dating a genius.”

“Yeah.” Robbe squeezed Sander’s hand in between them. He could feel his heart melting inside his chest. “Clearly I’m not smart enough for this linguistic master.”

“Je t’aime encore,” Sander whispered, quirking his eyebrow. He planted a kiss on Robbe’s lips.

This inspired Moyo to lean sideways and fall off the arm of the couch so that he landed across Robbe and Sander, his head in Sander’s lap. “Aw, ce qu'est un bon petit ami!” He broke into the largest smile Robbe had ever seen and gave Sander a fist bump. “I didn’t know you knew French!”

“Oh, well… yes.”

“We’re French buds now. Everyone else can go home. When we want to communicate in secret, we’re going to do it in French.”

“Gladly.”

“I’ve been telling the others to learn French and they haven’t listened—”

Robbe didn’t fancy the idea of Sander hiding anything else from him via secret messages in other languages. Besides, this footage probably wasn’t any good for final production. “Okay, guys, shut up. My turn.”

Moyo didn’t bother to mix the slips in the hat before passing it to Robbe. He picked the one on top. “Would you rather have no one attend your wedding, or no one attend your funeral?” There was an obvious answer to this question. Jana shouldn’t have picked this out of all the submissions they received, especially since Robbe swore he saw one about having oatmeal poured up your nose. “Funeral. It’s not my problem if I’m dead.”

Jens looked this way and that. “We’re probably all in agreement.”

There was a moment of silence.

“Actually,” said Sander, “I’d say wedding.”

Leave it to Sander to pick the unpopular answer. Robbe imagined the animation they’d put beside Sander’s head; a thumbs-down would convey the emotion pretty well. “Give your reasons, then.”

“No one showing up for your funeral means that no one cares that you’re dead.” He squeezed Robbe’s hand again. “I want people to miss me.”

“You’re a better person than all of us, then.”

Moyo’s turn came next. He had yet to move from his position across Sander and Robbe. Robbe took this as the ultimate gesture of ‘I’m okay with your sexuality and your boyfriend, and I’m still comfortable with you.’ It made him happy enough to ignore the fact that his leg was in an awkward position and now he couldn’t fix it.

“Would you rather throw up every time you saw a bird, or burp after every kiss?” Moyo took a second to consider. “Well first of all…” He reached out to tilt the camera downwards, centering himself in the frame. It ruined everything Sander had done to keep the tripod level. “…birds aren’t real. They’re drones from the government to spy on people and, in the case of rebellion, kill them. From America.”

Jens nodded enthusiastically at this idea. “So before we answer it, does this question refer to government drone birds, or only the mythical real birds?”

“All birds,” said Sander. “Real or fake.”

“And are we counting flightless birds as birds?”

“Why would we not?”

Moyo stroked his chin in contemplation. “All birds... then the kiss one.”

“You don’t get kissed enough for that to be a problem,” Aaron reassured him. This earned a punch in the chest.

Sander and Robbe shared a look. “Throw up when I see a bird,” said Sander, confidently. “We make out too much for the other one.” When he met Robbe’s eyes, Robbe felt his vision tunnel until nothing but Sander remained in his sight line. He was too fucking in love for his own good. “Imagine if every time we kissed I had to stop and burp!”

“Nasty.”

They went around the group again, each choosing a question and answering it. The highlights were pretty obvious, even as they filmed it. All the earlier questions were gold compared to the later ones. Robbe wasn’t there to see Jana weed through the options, so he didn’t necessarily know that she had. For all he knew, she’d just picked the first thirty comments and threw them in the hat.

He passed the time by analyzing the way Sander reacted to different statements. He expected his boyfriend to be shy, or awkward, or even just a little guarded. Instead, Sander was an open book. He laughed with his full chest, made faces when the boys said things he didn’t like, went so far as to slap Jens on the shoulder when Jens mentioned prioritizing breakfast over his attendance. Like a member of the squad.

Yes, these were two worlds. But what if they could be mixed into one?

“Okay, Last question, last question.” Moyo held the hat out in front of Sander. “Sander’s going to read this one, so it better be good.” He shook the hat a couple times to mix things around, even though there was only one slip of paper left. Sander reached inside and grabbed the remainder.

He read it. “Would you rather not have sex with a goat but have everyone believe you did, or have sex with a goat but no one will ever find out?” He paused, mumbled through the words over again, and looked into the camera. “What kind of crack do you guys smoke?”

“Pick one,” Moyo ordered.

Jens leaned in close, so his face took up the entire lens. “This is how we determine if he’s worthy of our Robbe. What he answers right here.” He sat back in his chair. “There’s a correct answer, Sander, so choose carefully.”

Robbe imagined the final YouTube version would include an edited still of himself and Sander with a question mark dangling in between them. Some fire emojis, perhaps.

“How can there be a right answer?”

In lieu of a sophisticated reply, the other boys began to chant, “Choose, choose, choose choose.”

“Alright, alright.” He held up his hands to signal for a grand pause. “I’d rather not fuck the goat.”

The group dissolved into a chorus of laughter. Robbe was pretty sure he wouldn’t want to see whatever graphic Moyo selected in the final for this part. Actually, it might just be a goat emoji. He still wouldn’t want to see it in the context of this conversation.

“So you want everyone to think you fucked the goat?” Jens used his newscaster voice and offered an invisible microphone to Sander, who pushed his hand away.

“Well no, but if it’s that or actually fuck the goat—”

Aaron shrugged his shoulders. “I’d fuck the goat.”

“You would?”

“Yeah. It’d be a one-time thing. If I didn’t fuck the goat, I’d never be able to live down fucking the goat. So y’know, lose-lose.”

“No, but if you fuck the goat then you’ve fucked a goat.”

“It’s a no from me.” Jens held up his hands in surrender. “Let people think what they want.”

Moyo tilted his head back a little more so he could make eye contact with Jens. “Yeah, no from me too.” Robbe noticed that Moyo’s head must be digging into Sander’s thigh, but Sander seemed unbothered.

“Either way, you get the consequences of having fucked the goat.” Aaron tried to justify his previous statement. “It’s a matter of physical versus social. I think I can deal with the physical, but I know my image can’t handle the social.”

Sander blinked incredulously. “ You’d prefer bestiality over a rumor? What the fuck...”

“Please stop talking about fucking goats,” Robbe interjected. “I’m getting mental images.”

Sander tilted his head until it rested on Robbe’s shoulder. He looked up at his boyfriend with a tiny mischievous smile. “Do they turn you on?”

At this point, Jens decided that the vlog needed to be over. He hopped up from the couch and announced, “Well, this has been a great time. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to this channel to see more of us losers and—”

Robbe cut him off. “The only loser today is Amber, who may have just found out her boyfriend would fuck a goat.”

“Not in just any circumstance—” Aaron protested, but Moyo spoke louder than him.

“Peace out, dudes.”

He clicked the camera off.

#wtfock #fic request #robbe ijzermans #sander driesen #moyo makadi #jens stoffels #aaron jacobs #broerrrs #i'm going to look back over this in the morning lol #please be nice

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nosferatyou · 5 years ago

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Double Indemnity: Ch.1 (Josh Kiszka x Reader)

Summary: After an incident their freshman year they could barely stand to look at each other. Now it’s their senior year and are grouped together for their final project. What could go wrong?

Warnings: Cursing

WC: 2.3k

Authors note: Well. I flipped into Josh’s lane and thought of this sucker and couldn’t get it out of my head. After I heard the story behind the writers of “Double Indemnity” I just had to make this. Heres to me hopefully finishing a series! Enjoy!

Let’s go back to the day when I “met” Josh Kiszka and when I actually met Josh.

It was the summer before my freshman year of college, and at that point, film sets weren’t a stranger to me. But I sure didn’t have the experience that most of the already film majors around me had. I was roped in by my long time friend Jack who I hadn’t spoken to since graduation, but due to the circumstances, he needed as many crew members as possible. He had 2 days to write, shoot, and cut together a short film. I was a PA (production assistant) and was frantically running around helping in any way I could. I was smart enough to stay out of the way and speak up when needed.

I met most of the crew except one, the cinematographer/camera op, who was the busiest on set. The exception being Jack, who was the director. I heard the camera OP was only there because he had the nicest camera, but my mind may have tainted what I heard about him that day.

With only an hour to spare we had finished the film. All of us dehydrated and starving, sleep-deprived too. I was cradling a horrendous migraine from the lack of water and was ready to leave before someone suggested we go to Cookout. Which is arguably the best food at 3 am.

Against my will, I was dragged to the fast-food restaurant with the rest of the crew. At that point, I was barely conscious and sat in the back seat of Jack’s car. The stranger cinematographer who I hadn’t noticed was next to me until he tapped my shoulder. With a concerned look, asked me if I was okay and needed anything. Which was nice of him considering we’d never spoken.

After the short exchange of words, he never seemed to fully leave my side. May it be his glances from across the table with the same concerned look, or him bring me cups of water, which I still don’t remember him getting up for.

After that night it would be months until I see him again.

I didn’t expect him to be in my Post Production class, but I was definitely happy to see him. It was my first day of classes and to see a familiar face was a nice change of pace compared to whirlwind of a day. Though it wasn’t too long after that that my feelings for him changed.

If you’re a film student you’re going to edit a Gunsmoke fight scene, it is basically a right of passage. Anyways I was an experienced editor and of course, was going to cut the fight scene to the beat of an Ennio Morricone song. If we were going to work on a western scene then Ennio was a must.

I was damn proud of my work, I seemed to be one of the best editors in the class, josh being right there with me. We didn’t exchange many words, but we kept each other company by simply sitting next to each other.

Then came the critique day, when everyone watches your video and gives you notes. Usually its never good notes.

After our class watched it everyone had a lot to say, mostly over small slip-ups I didn’t notice, that’s normal. Josh’s video was next and the moment the music played I was livid, he had used the same exact song, even cut it the same way I did. The worst part was that no one had anything bad to say about it, all good comments. I kept it contained, for the most part. I didn’t verbally say anything, but my constant tapping and dirty looks in his direction said otherwise. I don’t think he’d noticed.

I waited until everyone left and simply gave him a piece of my mind. Maybe I snapped at him… either way, it led to us getting into our first screaming match. Josh saying he “didn’t” copy my video and me disagreeing. I honestly don’t remember how it ended, but I do remember us getting kicked out of the building for it.

Anyways that was three years ago, and we still hate each other. Yet here we are still in all the same classes, but the difference is we have silent warfares. Constantly competing with each other, showing each other our higher grades, and besting each other’s videos. I can barely stand to hear him talk anymore, but I do have to say. He knows how to make a good line.

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Even with the cold chill of the November air prickling my skin and the wind whipping my hair, my mood couldn’t be damped. Maybe “chill” is an understatement. Living in “The City by the Lake” aka Chicago brings on the harshest of winters, and as crazy as it seems, I always weirdly miss it when I go back to Michigan. Sure it has it’s many feet of snow, but Chicago makes the wind weirdly dazzling.

This is my last coffee, I’ll switch to tea. Is something I say every morning when I get up before classes, but here I am again, with an out of place cold brew in hand and a raging caffeine addiction. In hindsight, it is better than my previous vice, cigarettes, but the headaches it brings on is just as bad as missing a cig. My one hand shoved in my pocket and the other is clutching the same cold brew as before. I may have said that I couldn’t be bothered by the weather, but I’m not immune.

As soon as I enter Columbia’s Media Production building everything becomes flush with warmth. Its a bit uncomfortable really. I remove my gloves and quickly checked my phone, affirming that I’m right on time as always. As I stroll through the halls I tune more into the music, enjoying my free time. There is just something about Chet Baker and Chicago that just mixes so well.

Todays a good day though, it marks my one year of quitting cigs. Did I mention that I quit? Because I quit. Anyways my roommate made a big deal out of it, I also figured out the coolest riff, I’m kind of shit at making music out of thin air so it’s a big day.

After taking the long way to my Directing class (Cinema Directing III if you want to get technical) I finally made it to the small class. Most of the class was there, luckily for me my two-year seat partner, Gwen, was already there, waiting where she always does. We met in our Single Cam 1 class and have been inseparable since, well actually Gwen, Cora (the previously mentioned roommate), and I have been inseparable ever since.

I made my way to my usual seat and peeled my overworn leather bomber jacket off, already feeling more comfortable. Slumping back in my chair I lazily grabbed my sketchbook and pencil out of my bag. Its become a kind of habit to draw my professors and classmates every day, something is just so fascinating about their compositions. I got to work on Gwen who was hunched over, focusing on her book in front of her. I got to work and as soon as I finished up on the basic shapes she quickly sat up, focusing on me.

“You ready for the final project?” She questioned, stealing my coffee in the process.

“I’ve been working on a few ideas already, but then again I don’t know the assignment yet. I do know I will be grabbing the usual 4 of you the moment he says “groups.”

“Heres to hoping we can pick- Oh!” She almost spilled my coffee when she interrupted herself.

“I forgot to text you! Happy one year of being ciggy free!” She exclaimed, handing me back the bottle.

I took a swig from the bottle when she gave it back. “Well thank you, darling. I feel like having clean lungs shouldn’t be such an achievement, but I guess here we are.”

“Be proud! Besides gives us a reason to head to Jerry’s.”

“We’d celebrate over anything if it meant going to Jerry’s and getting pissed.” I smirked at her.

“Well. You got me there. Anyways you are right, we will be getting drunk out of our minds tonight. Bless the man who decided to open a bar directly next to your apartment building.” She said, with a playful smile on her lips.

“Bless him indeed.” I laughed.

At that moment I locked eyes with none other than the aforementioned, Josh Kiszka. It’s oddly enough what we do every time we see each other. Which is more often than I think both of us care for. But seeing him roll his eyes every time I glare at him is kind of fun.

I followed him with my eyes as he sat down in his seat, instantly sticking his nose in- wait what is he reading? I focused and realized he was reading the screenplay for Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs.” Where the hell did he even get that?

My eyes snapped up to the professor when I realized he started class.

“Alright, I’m just going to jump into this. Today we start on your final projects, and I think it’ll be very fun. A challenge for sure, but fun nonetheless.”

I slipped a sly smile to Gwen, already thinking of the best ideas in my arsenal to use.

“In groups, you all will be recreating a favorite film, but it should max be 20 minutes long. Now that’ll be your job to rewrite and format it so you can fit in the timeframe. Oh, and I swear to god if another person does Pulp Fiction I will actually scream. You can hold me to that.”

Oh Jesus okay this will be hard as hell, I guess something with a simpler plot will be easy. Ooh, or something that’s so overcomplicated I can rewrite it so it’s simpler. What’s something that’d be good for Gwen, she’s a good actress, but she can only play so much-

“I already have your groups picked out let me just put them up on the board.” My professor said, searching for the list on his computer.

Oh god. He’s never done this. We always pick groups. If Gwen and I aren’t grouped together I may just riot. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him drag the document over to the screen, so I quickly directed my attention to it.

I searched all of the lists, finally finding my name at the top of group four. Rob, Eric, and- Oh shit Gwen! Wait. There’s one more. The moment I saw the J I knew exactly who it was. My eyes darted over to Josh’s seat and had the same look I could only guess that was on my face. We both glared at each other, if we stared any harder we’d burn holes in each other.

“Motherfucker!” I whispered to Gwen, trying not to raise my voice.

“What? We are in the same group.” she looked back over to me with confusion on her face. She followed my eyes to the equally angry man across the room from me.

“Oh, shit..”

“Oh shit is right! I can’t work with that guy, I swear to god… Damn it, I can’t think of an insult! Quick help me!” I stammered out, you could practically see the steam coming out of my ears.

“Um... You can’t work with that Frodo look alike?” She suggested, both of us whispering to each other now,

“I’ll take it. I can’t work with that Frodo look alike! He’s just gonna take all of my good ideas and throw them into the lava like that fucking ring. Wait is it Frodo or sam who throws it? Know what, I don’t care. Look at what he’s making me forget important plot points in movies. I can’t work with someone who hinders my thinking process.”

“First off, Gollum falls in with the ring in hand. Secondly, drink your coffee and focus on what movie we should do. Suggest something so good so fast that it’ll make his head spin.”

She put the almost empty coffee in my hands and I took a swig, still glancing back at josh, making the same face.

Gwen started to ramble on, her words in the back of my mind. All I could focus on was wanting to be in any other group than his, even Leonard. He refuses to watch a Tarantino film, and simply because he thinks he’s beyond that. Leonard is someone I talk to if only necessary.

I tuned back in to hear. “I mean if you think about it, as much as you and Josh are to Frodo and the Ring. You’re more like Billy Wilder and Ray Chandler. I mean they hated each other, but damn if they weren’t good writers. Plus, they respect a good line-”

Inspiration was swept over me. I knew exactly what we had to do. Before I knew what was happening my feet carried themself over to Josh’s seat. Same as before, we both had the same expression, except this time it was one of surprise.

“Double Indemnity!” I blurted out a bit too loudly.

He seemed even more confused. “Double insurance money?” He questioned.

“Fuck. No. It’s the film we are going to make. It’s a fantastic idea, and it’s happening. Not even you can argue with me!” I sped out.

He sat for a moment in thought, his brows furrowed together and a cliche hand positioned on his chin.

“Fine.” Is all he said, his arms were crossed. He seemed defeated.

I simply turned on my heel and headed back to my seat. An overexcited grin plastered to my face.

#greta van fleet #josh kiszka fic #jake kiszka #sam kiszka #danny wagner #josh kiszka x reader #double indemnity #my fic #double indemnity series

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cortezjez-blog · 5 years ago

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BLOGPOST 1

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1. Where do I see myself 10 years from now? Is my learning in SPUP vital to where I’m leading to?

> Thinking of the future and where do I see myself is hard. Honestly, when it comes on talking about the future I really don`t know what to say.I hope 10 years from now I see myself as a student learning to be a Professional Doctor here at St. Paul University Philippines.I know being a Doctor is a hard work because I know that I need to put a lot of effort on making someone`s life much better. I want to see myself with a well-established career. I want to see myself caring for my parents and also I want to see myself having my own family living in my dream house. I know my dream is hard to achieve but I know that someday my dreams will come true if I have faith in God and also in myself. I know that SPUP is the one of the best universities here in philippines and I know that my learning here will help me in the future.

2. Was STEM the best choice after all?

>Yes because the difference of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering ,and Mathematics) curriculum to other strand and tracks is the focus on advanced concepts and topics. This strand will develop the student`s ability to evaluate simple to complex societal problems and be responsive and active in the formulation of its solution through the application and integration of scientific, technological, engineering,and mathematical concepts as it prepares us to pursue college degrees.I really want to be a doctor that`s why I chose this strand.

3. What course will you take in college and why?

> I want Medical Technology because medical technologies can save lives, improve health and contribute to sustainable health care. Through innovative devices and diagnostics, the industry delivers value to patients, health care professionals, and health care systems and society.medical technologists perform and analyze the results of complex scientific test on blood and bodily fluids.medical technology innovations help to deliver efficiency and enhance the sustainability of health care.

4. What topic would you like to learn more in this subject?

>I want to learn more on how can I secure my accounts and also on what should I need to do so that no one can invade my privacy.I want also to learn more about how can I edit my photos or videos so that I can use it in academic purposes just like doing my projects and etc.

Are you enjoying teaching here at St. Paul University Philippines?

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technologywalabandha · 2 years ago

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What to Consider in Buying Laptop: 4 Things Related to This

A laptop provides the resources needed to be a successful Business Rocket, from registering for classes to accessing notes and taking exams.Before talking about what to consider in buying laptop, let us talk about what kind of questions we will talk about.

so let's move on our queries :)

our queries will be like this:

Q1. How We Decide Which Laptop to Buy?

Q2 Which Laptop Brand is Best For Students?

Q3 Which Laptop Company gives Students Discount?

what to consider in buying laptop

So the answer of the first question is

First of all, I am proud of myself that I am an Indian and I will say Jai Hind, Vande Mataram from my heart. Whenever it comes to buying a laptop or any tech accessories in our mind, we want to buy it at an affordable price, but before that we should know that what kind of company's laptop should we buy and what kind should not.

Pro Tip 1: Buy only those laptops or accessories which are manufactured in India or originated by any other country, but we do not want to buy laptops made in China or Origin in China.

Pro Tip 2: While buying a laptop, it must be checked that the service center of your laptop company should be in your nearby area or city only, because after the return period of the e-commerce site from which you have ordered the product, if for some reason your laptop If it gets damaged then it is not their responsibility to repair your laptop.

Pro Tip 3: Whichever company your laptop is in, it takes the responsibility of repairing your laptop in the warranty period and if your laptop service center is not near you, then the company will come and take the laptop from outside to fix it on your request. But after taking it, your laptop may not get fixed within a few months and it may also happen that the company may stop responding to you.

So the answer of the second question is

Apart from the laptops manufactured by China, we should buy all the laptop companies like Acer, Asus, Dell and Lenovo. Of these, Dell and HP laptops can be a bit expensive, but you can also go with Asus and Acer.

For all the students, laptops with i 3 processor are perfect, in which we can do browsing and editing with normal multi-tasking, and the price of laptops with i 3 processor is maximum 25 to 30 thousand, which is a very good option for us.

So the answer of the third question is:

I will always tell you only one thing that you should always buy tech products from manufacturers of India and other countries (except China).

According to my research students get discounts upto 5000 on specific laptops and the rate of discounts may vary according to the occassions.

So the answer of the fourth question is:

i will introduce you to the website and apps for Find The Real time Price of our Favourite Laptop or Accessories.

FAQ's

Q. How can We Find The Real time Price of our Favourite Laptop or Accessories?

Both Amazon and Flipkart are e-commerce websites where you can buy all kinds of products, but remember that you should not buy any product sold by any seller because anyone can create a fake account and sell you anything.

After all this information, if you have taken the decision to buy a laptop, then go to YouTube and research once about the laptop you have decided to buy and use the official purchase link given in the caption by YouTubers.

Note: You can find out whether the seller is official or not by yourself. After clicking on the product on amazon, scroll down and look at the bottom if sold by "seller's name" and full fill by amazon is written then you can buy that product.

And similarly after clicking on the product on Flipkart and scroll down if you see Flipkart assured then you can buy that product.

Note: If Full Fill By Amazon is written below in the description of the product in Amazon and Flipkart Asured is written below in the description of Flipkart, then you must also see the videos and photos posted in its reviews there.

You May Like This: Buying a Second hand Laptop: Things to Keep in Mind

The suggestions given by me are absolutely accurate and have been researched and applied by me.

In the end, I would like to tell you that after reading the entire article, you should buy any product only after doing research by yourself.

See you in a new article till then Jai Hind to all, Vande Mataram.

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Third Blog : THE FINALE

For the past weeks, a lot of things happened to my life as an entrepreneur. Even though there are a lot of activities that happened, I still enjoyed my time being an entrepreneur. I learned a lot of things especially to the lecture series that happened a week ago. As I remember, there are two resource speakers in the event who share their knowledge and experiences in the business industry. The first speaker is Engr. Bronson Mabulay who tackled about the start up ecosystem. From what I can remember, he emphasized three things to start a business. There should be a team, an idea and a problem to solve. These three will serve as the foundation of the project we are creating. Since being an entrepreneur means that we are problem solvers, a problem should be identified first followed by an idea on how to solve a problem and of course the team which will be the one to carry out the idea. He also said that about 1 out of 10 start up businesses can only last for more than 3 years. Hearing that made me realize that starting up a business is really hard since you won't know what will happen in the future. You're literally doing it without a certainty that it will become successful.

The next resource speaker is Mr. Arnel Arreglado. He talked about the importance of a team in creating and starting a business. He said that a team is the one who will identify the problems and come up with a solution to solve it. Every one in the team should complement and help with each other in order to have unity and eventually create a better and an amazing idea. Each member of a team have their own roles and responsibilities to fulfill to ensure that the project will be successful. If one of the team betrays the other, the project will be deemed to fail and the whole idea would crumble. Honesty and loyalty is very important in a team. Without those, everyone can't work harmoniously which might result to an unsuccessful endeavor.

On the second day, another resource speaker was invited to the event. She talked about the protection, laws and copyright. She described and explained the terms patent, copyright and many more. She said, "Do copyright, dli copy paste" in which I agree. Copy pasting the works of others is considered plagiarism. An act which is punishable by law. Also, doing this is very disrespectful to the owner of the idea. We should give credits to them properly. "Ctto" is not enough. We should properly cite the owner of the original idea to give them respect and appreciate the idea they have created. In addition, a demo pitching competition was conducted after the talk. I am very happy and nervous that our product or service was chosen to represent the whole for that competition. I felt so proud that our idea was used. It gives me the feeling of fulfillment. Surely it is a great achievement. I am one of the owner of the idea and I am also part of the team who presented in the Demo Pitching competition and I can really that I am very proud of my classmates Justine and Rastine who did their role perfectly as the hustlers of the group. Their delivery was awesome and thy literally saved the night. The other students from different courses and colleges have unique ideas. This makes the event very interesting and successful because no one had the same start up business.

Moreover, we created a Venture pitching video. Creating it is a little fun to me because the idea is great. Searching up videos that would relate to our product and doing voiceovers is stress relieving for me. Just by doing so gives me a lot of fun. Even though I don't have a great background about editing, I'm still quite satisfied about result of the video.

Our journey in creating a service that would help the Central Mindanao University students had been great and amazing. Along the way, I have learned a lot of things and even shared good memories with my teammates and classmates. I realized that being an entrepreneur is not an easy job. Handling money, coming up with an idea and carrying it out is very hard to do. We sometimes take for granted those people who are really doing their best to have an even better result for their business. And now that I have experienced it, I can say that they are very hard working. Time and effort isn't just the things we need to consider in starting up a business. A great mindset makes everything work. And so before I end this blog, I want to share the quote that Sir Von shared to us in the last day of the lecture series.

"Fortune favors the brave and those with good attitude".

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anyasmith · 3 years ago

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youtube

i created a youtube channel

i have always wanted to create my own channel and i thought this module would be perfect for it! i was quite nervous to film which is why i only produced two videos before the deadline but i am so proud of them

my first video is all about how i prepare for a performance the night before. i gave my tips and tricks on how i reduce my anxiety levels! i thought this would be very relevant as we had a performance for another module coming up, so it helped me prepare for that! but also it can link to a level and glee students starting their exams this season!

my next video was a vlog on our performance day. i showed how i got ready, rehearsals, clips from other performances and my celebration afterwards. while this is an engaging video to watch the behind the scenes, it also is a great memory to save from a lovely day of our 2nd year performances!

i edited both videos using adobe premiere pro, a software we were taught in jeremy power’s module in level 4 video production, and filmed them on my ipad and iphone. if i were to carry on with this, which i would love to do, i would purchase my own camera

go give my channel a watch! like and subscribe! https://youtube.com/channel/UConZ8tJT4-tieNfTaFN5CHg

#md5325

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denvers-2022-spring-internship · 3 years ago

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Mid-Term Blog Post

Introduction

Hello! My name is Denver Morris-Lovell, currently a senior studying Strategic Communications at Kansas State University. I grew up living in Lenexa, KS and completed my high school degree at De Soto High School which is around 15 minutes from Lawrence, KS. I am hoping to be a Director of Creative Video for a sports organization or make enough money to be a full-time creative videographer in the future.

My Internship

K-State Athletics’ video service department known as K-State HD.TV is the organization I am interning with this semester. Essentially, HD provides video coverage of all of our sports teams, video board production for games, and produces ESPN+ content for a variety of sports. Most of the staff is students which is great because it gives us a lot of good experience while still being in school. My main role this semester has been to create all recruiting, social media, and video board content for the K-State women’s basketball team. This means I am the team videographer and shoot all of their games with my mirrorless camera and creatively produces content for the team. Moreover, I also hold a large responsibility of the curation of the social media content. Simply put, my superiors do minimal help in interfering with my creation process. One major project I have done this semester is an Impact Award package that goes to a woman in sports that has had an impact with her community and also has ties to K-State. I had to do a lot for this project which included preparing questions, driving an hour to interview two subjects, finding old photos of the individual, editing, etc.

NCAA Record Breaker

Along with the Impact Award project, one game that has stood out to me this season was when Ayoka Lee had 61 points against Oklahoma. My footage of the post game celebration reached SportCenter, Good Morning America, and many other notable media outlets. I also edited a TikTok that received over 50,000 views on the application. Something I have been trying to implement in my content is long form storytelling on TikTok and this one I was very proud of.

Lessons Learned

One thing I have been implementing a lot to grow followers on the women’s basketball account is Instagram Reels. I have been making a ton of these this season and have started to learn what does and what doesn’t work. Moreover, I have also learned to work ahead when possible so you don’t get behind on certain projects. I do this by making sequences in Premiere and start finding audio calls for future projects and this helps for planning hype videos, player videos, etc. Overall, I am loving this internships so far and the amount of responsibility they have given me this semester. We just got done with conference play over the weekend so now we move into post season play which is when the most eyes are on our accounts so I can’t wait to see what I create. First up is the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City then the NCAA tournament will be the following weekend. Not for sure what seed we will be yet but right now it is looking like an 8 seed. I have never shot an NCAA tournament game so this will be a great opportunity for me.

https://twitter.com/KStateWBB

https://www.instagram.com/kstatewbb/

https://twitter.com/KStateWBB/status/1485477732209287170?s=20&t=5c744Wxdjsg4mbhtWZ0LYQ

https://twitter.com/KStateWBB/status/1490134219250716676?s=20&t=5c744Wxdjsg4mbhtWZ0LYQ

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cristobal-mastery-blog · 7 years ago

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12.4.1 Discussion

How has each course contributed to your personal and professional development as an instructional designer?

1. Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership taught me how to perform academic research, and how to develop leadership skills that will help me reach mastery of my field. In particular, I learned how to effectively research peer-reviewed journals, and how to properly use APA formatting. 2. Strategies for Learner Engagement taught me how to use visual design to help people learn, and taught me how to use visual media and other methods to teach. I need to continue to improve my skills with visual design and related software. 3. Visual and Verbal Communication in Instructional Design taught me how to write appropriate content, and how to use visual design for effective presentations. This was kind of a continuation of the month prior, and I got to learn more about how the brain processes visual data. 4. Corporate Training and Motivational Development taught me how to create training for corporate environments and how to motivate learners. This class highlighted the importance of being skilled at using video editing software. I need to continue to improve my skills with video. 5. Instructional Design and Evaluation taught me how to evaluate design strategies to decide on the best approach for various training environments. A training needs analysis was made, and related media was created. The project revolved around healthy eating habits. 6. Digital Media and Learning Applications taught me how to use digital media to engage digitally savvy learners. This class actually highlighted the importance of learning computer programming and coding languages. The future of IDT is Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Not to mention that creating interactive assets can be greatly enhanced if the designer understands computer code 7. Music and Audio for Instructional Design taught me how to use audio and music to enhance the learning experience for students, and to design training audio for the visually impaired. Audio editing and music production, mixing and mastering, these are strengths of mine. I am very happy to know that my skills in audio editing can greatly enhance instructional design assets. 8. Filmmaking Principles for Instructional Design taught me video editing techniques to enhance the learning experience, particularly to make training videos for various training environments. I got more experience with video editing, and again, this class highlighted the importance of being proficient with video editing software and techniques. 9. Game Strategies and Motivation taught me how to motivate learners with a variety of gaming strategies, such as leaderboards, rank systems, points and rewards. The game concept I came up with in this class was actually quite good, and I would be wise if I continued to work on it. 10. Learning Management Systems and Organization taught me how to create an LMS for delivering instruction. My LMS involved creating a class to teach students how to create musical chords. I feel that I can continue to add to this LMS, and maybe I will end up with a comprehensive self-paced online class that teaches music theory. 11. Media Asset Creation taught me how to create instructional video as part of a Training Needs Analysis. My project revolved around creating a TNA and video assets for a diversity training program. This class again highlighted the importance of being proficient with video editing software and techniques. 12. Instructional Design and Technology Final Project gave me the opportunity to finalize my online portfolio, which showcases what I have learned throughout my time at Full Sail. This month also gave me time for self-reflection, and I greatly appreciate what I have learned during the past 12 months.

How well were you able to utilize the concepts and techniques you learned from the program (theories, systems design, interface styling, and the creation of multimedia content) as you designed, developed, and implemented your Final Project?

In a sense, my Final Project is really a culmination of all the learning and work I’ve done throughout the last 12 months. I am very happy to have learned all these concepts, and I am also very happy to have uncovered areas where I need to continue improving. When I made the LMS for month 10, I realized that I have the ability to create online courses, and that with more work on my part, I can continue to sharpen that skill. I also want to learn more concerning computer programming/coding, because I truly believe that the future of instructional design is Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Instructional designers who are skilled with coding and computer programming will have an edge as technology continues to move forward. At the same time, the core concepts of instructional design should always be acknowledged, and even improved on as we continue into the future.

Describe your most outstanding personal triumph in each course.

1. Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership – I am happy with the job I did in brainstorming my goals for the coming 12 months. Looking back, my expectations have been exceeded and I am now very happy to have successfully completed the course. 2. Strategies for Learner Engagement – I was very proud of the work I did for this class. I collaborated with other students and really pulled my weight by creating introductory training videos. Now that I have learned advanced video editing techniques, I look forward to using this skill further in my future projects. 3. Visual and Verbal Communication in Instructional Design – By this point, we had already covered how to edit graphics with adobe illustrator and Photoshop. I am quite happy with the project that revolved around creating an interactive keynote presentation. Dr. Reo McBride provided outstanding feedback that I will take into account in my future projects. 4. Corporate Training and Motivational Development – My main project involved creating training videos about the conscious competence model. I learned a lot and was able to put into practice what I had learned about lighting and video editing. By this point, I was beginning to use a more professional approach to video editing and creation. 5. Instructional Design and Evaluation – This course revolved around creating a TNA for training employees in healthy eating and exercise habits. I am proud of the improvements I made throughout the month. My week 4 iteration received a 100, even though I had been struggling earlier in the month. 6. Digital Media and Learning Applications – I am very happy with my work for this class. We created an interactive quiz using computer programming, photo editing, and instructional design as a whole. My week four presentation of this project wrapped everything up with a video presentation. I am happy with what I learned, and this class inspires me to learn more about computer programming. 7. Music and Audio for Instructional Design – I am most satisfied with the Grimm’s fairy tale audio project. I did a great job with audio editing, which is a strength of mine, and I also did a surprisingly good job with voice acting. I think that I will continue to work on these skills further. 8. Filmmaking Principles for Instructional Design – My week 4 project was the best out of the month. I am happy that I was able to improve my grade with this project, but I realize that I still have to work on my skills with video editing software, in particular Adobe Premier. 9. Game Strategies and Motivation – I am most proud of the week 2-3 plan a game-based learning activity. I actually came up with a pretty good concept for a game, and I think that I can definitely improve on the concept and come up with something great. It involves the use of forums, wikis, google maps, and potentially other apps. 10. Learning Management Systems and Organization – I am definitely proud of the LMS I ended up creating. I can definitely add more lessons to this LMS. I can add more fundamental lessons about music theory, and then more advanced concepts as well. I actually see no limits to what I can do with the LMS I created. I can definitely continue to improve on it. 11. Media Asset Creation – I actually had a pretty tough time during the first 2 weeks of this class. I did end up redeeming myself and improving my overall grade for the month, which is what I am most proud of. This class also further highlighted the need to be proficient with advanced video editing software and techniques. 12. Instructional Design and Technology Final Project – I am proud of the portfolio I was able to put together throughout the past 12 months. I can continue to improve on my portfolio, by continuing to add more projects as I become more and more skilled. My Resume will also need to stay updated.

It’s been a journey! Sometimes I felt overworked; balancing work and school is very challenging. I thought about giving up sometimes, but I am glad I didn’t, and now I am going to get my Master’s degree. I feel awesome! I also need a vacation!

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davidschnuckel · 5 years ago

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Emails That Kick Ass (Vol. 19): Lemonade

3/30/2020

It took some time, but I eventually realized that I write a lot. In fact, much more than I truly realized. Just not in the way that I had always saw myself doing. As an educator, I’m approached by students, alumni, colleagues, administration and outside parties through email…a ton. In fact, a big part of my after hours is spent on replying to all sorts of issues. Some big. Some small. Never anything in between, interestingly enough. But, the big-issue emails are the ones I’m most proud of because they usually provide a platform where I can address a significant issue (or issues) that relate to important matters regarding what this glass thing fully entails. I see these emails as small essays in the form of correspondence; emails that - should a student of mine ever take interest in this blogspot - provide a teachable moment that happens behind-the-scenes of what's going on in studio and addresses a very real issue within the realm of glass making, glass thinking, glass teaching, and/or glass learning. An indirect form of "mentoring" by example...but in digital space. I put a lot of care into every thing I do and, although trying to be informative, my secondary intention with these well considered emails is to impress upon my students the power of words and the value in articulating thought through written form. EMAILS THAT KICK ASS are a collection of such correspondence, cut and pasted directly from my Outlook box, but with names changed to protect the guilty... *Lemonade* is a long response to a cynic who had strong responses to the nation-wide decision by universities to transition their curriculum online due to the outbreak of COVID-19 that arose at the approximate midpoint of the semester. Especially studio-based courses....and specifically in relation to RIT's Glass program. Of course, our immediate concern was in thinking how to provide an appropriate learning environment...and one that would enable our students and curriculum to be delivered in the best possible capacity under the circumstances. What's down below is an effort to map out our strategy and our thinking in developing the most suitable experience within such a compromised circumstance of glass education. But also to illustrate that there's much, much more to a glass education than just the hands-on component...and that there are some silver-linings that have revealed themselves due to the limitation that have elevated. our approach to teaching and student approaches to learning that we just wouldn't have observed without this time of constriction. That perhaps the "making" lesson to be gained in this moment is the art of "making do"...

" ...I mean, how do you even fulfill studio requirements in your teaching without providing your students the studio needed to fulfill them? How can anyone make any glass? Where's their reimbursement? And what about afterwards? How are they supposed to foster a studio-based career after being cheated like this? What good is their degree at this point? Sounds fraudulent. And how do you sleep at night knowing that you're a part of the fraud as a professor in this time? Especially knowing that your career as a studio glass person is on pause? and maybe in jeopardy? " - {personal fan}

Dear {personal fan}, Yes, you're right. If I read in between the lines of what your concerns are, I can agree with where you're coming from: this is definitely not an ideal learning experience for anybody engaging glass within our program. We are a hands-on, tactile field of study. We rely on very specific facilities, equipment, tools, and materials to engage the conceptual, aesthetic, and technical problems we’re asking our students to solve. We are also a communal field of study. When studios and student peers are taken out of the equation, one's "glass education" isn't quite the same. So on that front, yes, again, not an ideal studio learning experience without the studio. With that said, when the switch to remote learning was mandated I knew we had an exceptional problem to solve. Not impossible, but not straightforward either. Here's the thing, though: I've never promised my students or my administration (or myself, even) that I could design an equivalent to studio learning without a studio. But - in this moment and given these very extraordinary circumstances - I can deliver course content that finalizes the work we started...we can bring a sense of finality to the 8 weeks of studio experience we were fortunate to have before shifting to an online delivery method. And to the graduating? We can still bring a sense of finality to the scholastic requirements of their Capstone or Thesis experience. Again, not ideal nor the same. But curriculum delivered in the best possible capacity under the circumstances. On one hand, it could easily be argued that each Glass course’s stated learning objectives for learning safe and competent material engagement had been fulfilled up to the point where campuses closed. Not to its fullest potential by any stretch of the imagination…nor would any student say that they are satiated by only half a term’s worth of hands-on experience/exploration of material and process. And…as educators, none of us are either. However, the course learning objectives that address issues of critical assessment, thinking, and dialogue regarding glass, glass making, and glass ideas were/are still ripe for accomplishing in this remote way through various research-based projects. And then, of course, there is room in our remote re-design for quirky "studio" projects that ask students to translate things about glass materiality, glass process, and glass phenomena through glass-like items or substances that are around their household. The content of our remote course materials for each student category (i.e. intro, intermediate, advanced) varied between assignments that were serious and others that were lighthearted…but, for us at RIT folks, it was really important that, whatever we decided to do, that the new content be built with student flexibility in mind and that it was applicable to where we left off, what we were working towards, and what the course description and syllabus held us accountable to. That, essentially, was the underlying motive in how we proceeded. Even though the HOW of glass education is off the table, that doesn't mean we can't fully immerse our students in the WHY of our stated objectives. Susie and I have finished our first week of going online and, quite honestly, it’s been an enriching problem to solve. Of course, no one is thrilled with the new method of “learning” that many university studio programs are currently implementing, but I’ve always felt that the essence of the job the artist is tasked with is to make something meaningful out of any given moment. Whether with things or circumstances. And that's the moral of the COVID story at the moment...not just in the world of academics or art or glass...but in all things. So, here we are…Susie and I using this past week to begin reaching a sense of finality within our coursework in a variety of remote objectives. Ones that indirectly teach perhaps one of the best lessons the studio has to offer: that an artist isn't defined by what one can do, but how one can adapt. Perhaps surrendering one’s self to this piece of wisdom alone is worth the cost of tuition in and of itself during this funky semester. The hope is that our students can open themselves to a broader sense of understanding a bigger picture of what it means to learn about learning in this time of constriction and limitation. In this time of uncertainty and quarantine, I do believe it is an opportunity for artists to truly prove that they are indeed just that: an artist. Even without the standard studio needs and requirements that they think they’re practice relies on. What are our ideas? What are the questions prompting our making? What is essential? What needs do we rely on in our relationship with glass and/or glass working to navigate these things? ...and how can these things translate with what's around? For me, yes, my career is impacted with the international lockdown and the efforts to flatten the curve. In and out of studio. Shows postponed...perhaps on the verge of cancellation. Opportunities retracted. Funding awards rescinded. Promotions and pay raises on pause. But I'm optimistic. And because I am, I keep busy. I follow my own advice to my students mentioned above...always practice what I preach: I acknowledge that this sucks, but I don't allow that to interfere with the attempt to make forward practice. Instead, I make do; I use this time to maintain all the various parts of my practice (which isn't just about making, making, making)...there's the writing, the research, more writing, the idea development, the drawing, some efforts at art making from time to time, the website, the CV, the statement, the bio, the proposal packages, the image editing, the video editing... Plenty to fucking do. All in the name of being prepared for that sweet, sweet moment when the pandemic is eliminated and life returns to some sense of normalcy...I'll bust out on the scene like a bat out of hell ready with work to make, work to show, and shows to pitch. In fact, I see my productivity in this time as the greatest remote demo I could ever provide for my students in showing them how to handle themselves like artists in this time of uncertainty. Because being an artist - whether with glass or not - is not a career choice. It's a livelihood. This is where I'm at, David

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ohmylittlejyushimats · 8 years ago

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miyu irino @ anime expo, 7.3.17

i started writing this earlier but fell asleep pretty much the second i got home and out of the car! i have to say that i am not very familiar with some of irino-san’s roles outside of todomatsu, sora from KH and haku from spirited away, so some of what i’ve written down has been supplemented by information other fans shared on twitter. if anything i’ve posted here is inaccurate or not a good translation reach out to me so i can correct it.

the panel started with one of the directors of social media services for funimation (i did not write down his name so i just refer to him as "the interviewer" here) briefly introducing miyu irino and discussing some of his more famous VA roles. miyu came out and said hello to everyone in english, which got a huge response from the crowd! he was very humble and said that his english wasn’t good enough to speak publicly. of course, he said that in english and i don’t think anyone in the room thought he had a poor grasp of the english language. he didn’t seem to struggle to find the words he was looking for. also maybe i’m projecting but i thought he sounded like he had a tiny bit of a british inflection to his voice when he spoke in english. for the remainder of the panel he mostly spoke japanese but he would jump back and forth between japanese and english occasionally. the translator that accompanied miyu onstage joked that there was no need for him to be at the panel and with that, we got started.

miyu began acting at the age of 4 in children’s theatre productions. he did not start as a seiyuu but spent some time acting in commercials and television before his breakout role as haku in spirited away in 2000, when he was a junior high school student. his career exploded after spirited away and he credits that movie and miyazaki with really helping his career getting started. miyu mentioned that when he recorded spirited away, the audio recording was done in a theatre with the director/production staff present in the same room as miyu instead of in a traditional recording booth with the production staff separated from miyu by a thick sheet of glass. he said that the recording process for this movie made him nervous because it was very much unlike a standard VA recording session. (at this point i noted that he was being excessively modest about how much english he spoke and that he sounded fluent to me!

at this point the interviewer switched over to talking about one of miyu’s most famous roles, sora in the kingdom hearts series. the crowd cheered wildly and miyu looked out and acknowledged a few KH cosplayers in the room, saying that they looked “lovely” which got the crowd super excited all over again. miyu was asked if he plays video games himself, and he said “of course!” when he was a elementary/middle school student, he would frequently play games for 8 to 12 hours at a time when he was on break from school. he said he enjoyed many different genres of video games and that mario and final fantasy/squenix games were among his favorites. miyu mentioned he had purchased the special edition ps4 with the kingdom hearts theme and was playing KH 2.8, and looked forward to “working hard and playing games” when he went back home to japan.

the interviewer then began talking about miyu’s character in mobile suit gundam, saji crossroad. (in my notes, this is where my handwriting starts to deteriorate as i struggle to keep up with the flow of conversation) his character had a lot of development happen over the 2 series of this anime and miyu said he tried not to read too far ahead of the lines he was currently recording so that his reaction to what his character was about to do or say would be genuine. as the show was airing, he said, the fans’ reaction at first seemed to be that of “do we really need this character in the show?” but a major event near the end of the first season changed his character development and the opinion of some of the fans as well. miyu found the role of saji to be challenging, but said that he was very excited to be part of the gundam franchise because it’s so huge and popular. he joked that he was said he/his character could not pilot a gundam but he was happy that he could be “part of a gundam" since his character’s vehicle attached directly to the gundam body.

discussion turned to haikyuu!! and miyu’s character, koshi sugawara, which got a huge response from the crowd. a few people in the audience held up their itabags for miyu to see. he wanted to know if we as non-japanese fans enjoyed the show and if we thought it was very different from what our junior high experience was like. the general reaction from the crowd was that it was very different from the atmosphere in an american junior high school. he was curious about how the show was received outside of japan but thought that the character he played was relatable because it was a role that could be identified with regardless of what you grew up with - he plays a character that’s vice captain of the basketball team who’s overshadowed by a younger, more talented player and has to struggle to compete with him (tell me if this is inaccurate, i really haven’t watched any of this show!). miyu said that the haikyuu!! manga is ongoing and to please continue supporting the manga if we wished to see more of it animated in the future.

conversation switched over to anohana and his character jintan, which was also very popular with the crowd. miyu saw this role as a great stepping stone for his career and considers it an anime that is enjoyable for people who are not necessarily anime fans. he said his character was a fragile person and that he viewed his character as a human role instead of just a typical anime character. from there he began talking about seraph of the end and yuichiro hyakuya. miyu said that he was surprised non-japanese fans enjoyed this show as much as they did, because it was not a very popular show amongst japanese anime fans. he said he tried to bring the fantasy aspect of his character to the forefront, since the story is from a fantasy manga that runs in shonen jump. the manga for this is still ongoing as well, so please continue to support it if you would like to see more of the anime in the future.

at this point miyu and the interviewer began talking about osomatsu-san and todomatsu, my absolute favorite of irino's characters. i got the impression that not everyone in the room had seen osomatsu-san, but the people who had watched it were loud and very passionate! when the interviewer initially brought up osomatsu-san, many of those fans started cheering and screaming TOTTY! over and over. miyu was incredibly surprised that osomatsu-san was popular outside of japan at all, since the humor of the show is "incomprehensible" at times and a very japanese style of comedy with lots of gags and wordplay. he said that even in japan, some people don't understand the humor of the show and he wondered how well it translated to a non-japanese audience. miyu asked that we tell him during the q&a session at the end of the panel what we found humorous about the show and what we as non-japanese speaking fans thought of the jokes that weren't really translatable into english.

discussion switched to miyu's roles in your name., garden of words, and a silent voice, which was about to have its US premiere later that day at anime expo. your name. had a very different production process than many of the other projects that miyu has been a part of, in that shinkai had finished the artwork for the movie and recorded temporary audio tracks of himself reading the lines of his characters before the actual voice actors were brought into the studio to record their lines. we were shown the trailer for garden of words, which was unsubtitled. i am still learning japanese but am not fluent enough to accurately describe what was going on in the trailer, but i look forward to learning more about it. we then saw a subtitled trailer for a silent voice. i started tearing up pretty much the second it started playing, which kind of surprised me. i am a fan of the manga and found it very touching and sad at times but i didn't expect to have such a strong emotional reaction to seeing it animated. i am really looking forward to this movie and i hope that i'll get a chance to see it in theatres sometime soon. miyu stated that the overarching theme of the movie, aside from the obvious theme of bullying among adolescents is human connection. he said that it a role that required very emotional acting from him, which was challenging. he is proud of his role in a silent voice and hopes that everyone will go see this movie and support it!

the final anime discussed was the upcoming code geass ova. i hate to say it but i was trying to write so fast here that i can't read my own notes. i'll upload pictures of what i was trying to write and maybe eventually i can decipher my handwriting.

miyu was asked what kind of characters he likes to play and said that his personal favorite role is sora from kingdom hearts. he has played sora for 15 years and wants to continue playing him in the future. he mentioned that in japan, aside from voice acting, he also participates in theatrical productions and releases cds. miyu asks that we come to japan and see him perform on stage and listen to his cds, and please continue to support him in the future.

at this point we were supposed to be able to ask miyu some questions, but there was only time for 3 people to ask questions (which i didn't write down because i was trying to get in the question line) before the panel had to end. i was fortunate enough to get an autograph ticket for miyu so when i got my todomatsu book signed, i told him i loved osomatsu-san, i hoped he would return to anime expo next year and to please bring the voice actors for the remaining matsuno brothers with him.

#osomatsu san #todomatsu #totty #gundam 00 #spirited away #kingdom hearts #koe no katachi #a silent voice #your name #haikyuu!!#anohana #garden of words

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nettvnow-blog · 8 years ago

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How Web Series Became My Thing

When I was a kid, I forced my friend Maddie to make with me what I referred to as a television show. We filmed a mostly-improv “comedy” about two puppets with my family’s camera more often used for home movies. In a sense, this was my first web series, though no one saw it outside of my parents.

I say “when I was a kid”, but most people would probably say I still am. I’m 18-years-old, and just about to graduate from high school. My whole life, I’ve been driven by a basic desire; when I consume media I enjoy, I want to create something like it. Reading a good book? I have a sudden desire to become an author. Watching a musical? I’m plotting out my own during the intermission. This way of thinking had never amounted to much. My brain tends to move from one thing to another far too quickly. When I found something that stuck, I knew I’d stumbled upon something really important; what I wanted to do with my life.

Discovering The Chris Gethard Show in the summer of 2013, lonely, depressed, 14-year-old Jules absolutely fell in love. TCGS was a variety television show on public access TV in New York City, but most of the fans found it through the internet, watching the livestream when it aired. The show was full of absurd comedy that felt like it truly came from people happy to be there with each other. I dreamt of getting involved in the community, maybe even interning for the show, but though I attended multiple tapings of the show and joined a chat room dedicated to it, I never really felt like I belonged.

We’re getting to web series, don’t worry.

As my interest turned towards video content, my desire became to make a television show or movie. My parents, seeing this and desperately trying to find a way for me to socialize, signed me up for a one-week film class in the summer of 2014. I didn’t get much out of it from the teachers, but I made one very good friend, Simona, who told me about a web series airing at the time that she was absolutely obsessed with, the web series Nothing Much To Do.

I caught up on NMTD in a night, and continued to watch until the end. I’d watched The Lizzie Bennet Diaries during my Vlogbrothers phase, but it didn’t really stick with me as something I could potentially do myself, mostly due to how professional it seemed. NMTD was of the same type of show as The Lizzie Bennet Diaries - a vlog-style web series inspired by a work of literature - but it was made by teens just like me! Older teens, sure, but teens! Once again, my brain returned to that desire; I wanted to make something like it.

I bought a $200 camcorder and made a post on Tumblr asking if anybody wanted to help with a NMTD-esque adaptation of As You Like It, my favorite Shakespeare play. I got two responses, fellow NMTD fans Sarah and Julia, and together we wrote the 50 episode series Like, As It Is though a Google Doc. Then, I stretched my resources as far as I could to find a cast, mostly through old friends or casting websites, and from January to August of 2015 I filmed the entirety of Like, As It Is.

Looking back at 16-year-old Jules running an entire production by herself, I think I must be insane. Like, As It Is was truly a test of my ability to keep my brain in check and not back down, which was ridiculous because I was just leaving the worst mental health period of my life. I could barely interact with my classmates in high school, but there I was, managing a cast. Actors dropped out, or worse, turned out to be way older than they said they were in their acting bios, creating many uncomfortable situations where I had to tell someone they just couldn’t play a 16-year-old. I filmed almost the entire series in my family home. Everything was difficult, and nothing worked out.

But there I was, at the end of August of 2015, with an entire series filmed and edited. I posted it online to a much smaller audience than I’d hope for, but I’d done it. Immediately, I wanted to do it again.

I got a better camera for Christmas, wrote another script, this time an adaptation of Twelfth Night written entirely by myself, and that December my next production began. I was addicted. This new series, Twelfth Grade (or Whatever), had as rough, if not more difficult, a production process as Like, As It Is. But Twelfth Grade looked and felt better than the series I’d filmed before, and the internet must have thought so as well. The first episode of Twelfth Grade is approaching 5,000 views on YouTube, with most of the episodes approaching 2,000. I am so incredibly proud of the work the actors and myself did on Twelfth Grade, and the relative success of the series did nothing to stave off my addiction to making web series.

I’ve worked on two more web series since then; The Uncanny Upshurs, a continent-spanning original series, and The Emma Agenda, a modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. This fall I’m going to college, and I’m likely to study film. Discovering the world of web series has absolutely changed my life. I’ve found something I love to do, and I’ve got the means to do it. I’m still socially awkward, sure, but I’m finally part of a community.

And if I’m a little bit obsessed, who cares? My obsession is with making stuff, and that is what I’m doing. In the end, I think that’s all that matters.

Meet the Author Jules Pigott is a student filmmaker and writer from New York City. She has written, directed, and edited for numerous web series, including Twelfth Grade (or Whatever), The Uncanny Upshurs and The Emma Agenda. Jules co-founded the group Quip Modest Productions, which is dedicated to telling stories through an online platform. One time, she did stand up comedy dressed as a reindeer.

#Jules Pigott #LIW #The Uncanny Upshurs #The Emma Agenda #Like As It Is #Twelfth Grade (or Whatever)#The Lizzie Bennet Diaries #Nothing Much To Do

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winstonhcomedy · 5 years ago

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“Dope A-F” - 9/17-10/29- “Bombing in DC, Fun Times in Gainesville, The Slyest Clyde, Storytelling, Wizards, Buskey, and Sick For a Week”

I am legit so tired of doing this dumb ass blog. I want to focus my time on other things, but I know it is good for me to keep writing it. I have so much catching up to do and it is infuriating. So I might just abbreviate the reviews. So with that out of the way let’s get to it.

9/17

I didn’t have a show today, but I needed to get an episode of my podcast recorded. I got Brandon Beswick to contact some of his improv friends, and had them on.

It was a fun pod. I had Joe Freeman, Nathan Bemis, Brandon, and Tom Hall on. We had a super good time just joking around. Giving the games out a day ahead of time really has improved the flow of the show. I can only hope it continues to do so.

9/18

This was kind of a chill night. I had my back to school night at work and when that was over I headed over to Isley to get a set in.

I got to go up third, and there were a few newer comics there as well. I got to talk to a few of my friends and hang, but honestly I was trying to not have to be there too long.

I went after a brand new comic, and tried a bunch of newer stuff. It all worked for the most part. It felt really good to be doing like 7 new minutes. I tried a few new tags, and reworded a few things. I am still figuring out my voice every day but sets like this feel like I am at least figuring out the groove of it. I’d give this set a B. As I was leaving I got to see Jack Parker bring his dog on stage with him, and took a funny picture.

I then headed over to Home Sweet Home to get a good hang in before the mic. It was super chill. Jason had me going up fifth, and it looked like it was going to be an ok sized crowd. He informed us that he would be starting at 9:30 from now on.

My set was similar to the earlier one. I got to try some new stuff, and I adjusted a few things from the set at Isley. People were into it, but one joke didn’t work as well. I need to really sit down and figure it out. I’d give this set a B as well.

I then grabbed my stuff, and said goodbye.

9/19

I was so stoked for tonight. It was Host Battle. This is my favorite show of all time. When we have a crowd that is into it, there is legit no better feeling in comedy.

I got to The Southern early and helped set everything up perfectly. I then did some video editing while I waited for the comics to get there.

The lineup for the night was Sam Wood, Paige Campbell, Keaton Ray, Sam Padgett, Brandon Beswick, Torrey Huggins, and Alex Castagne. We ended up getting about 45 people there. Which isn’t the best we’ve had, but was def good enough.

The show ended up being amazing. I had a lot of good lines and so did Chris. We were able to pull some really funny stuff out of a lot of people. It was like two hours of nonstop jokes. People stayed and seemed to really dig it.

I was able to figure out how to get into my dead dad material. I riffed aline, and it killed. So I can’t wait to go ahead and try it during a set. I’d give the whole show an A. From top to bottom it was the best Host Battle we have done.

After the show we all hung out for a bit, and then I headed home.

9/20

The next day I was hosting in the lounge at the DC Improv. I always love working this room, but recently I have mostly only been hosting. This is fine, and it is a real honor. I just am at a point where I want to get good enough to work my way up the ladder and get some different spots.

The lineup was Bridget Geiran, Isabel Hagan (JFL New Faces) , and Cerrome Russel. We had people drop in from the main room, but it was different each show.

The first one went ok. I had a fine hosting set, and the crowd was into it. I really felt like I had done my job as a host. They were into the show, and it just kept building and building. I’d give this set a B-.

Everybody after me did well. The show built on itself and Cerrome absolutely killed to close it out. After the show it was fun to hang and talk with Bridget and Isabel. Both super dope and funny ladies.

The second show started and they weren’t as into me. I felt like they didn’t like me and I lost them in the middle. I had some big pops but closed weaker than I wanted to. I’d give this set a C-

Still I did my job and got them laughing. The show continued to go well, and get better and better. Afterwards I headed over to Big Hunt to do the mic.

They were super weird and kind of dead here and I was like 18th on the list. So I hung out and met some comics. We had fun riffing, but I was absolutely exhausted so when they told me I was next I was ready to go.

I went up and bombed my ass off. People were not into it at all. I did newer stuff, and everyone was pretty drunk and tired. They didn’t vibe with me, and I felt like I was talking into a void. I even called them out for not laughing at a really great joke. I hated this set, and I'd give it an F.

I then said bye and walked to my car, and headed to TJs to pass out.

9/21

The next day I was at Club Eclipse in Gainesville. The other comics on the show were Lafayette Wright, Bengt Washburn, Cerrome Russel, and Rob Maher.

We had a pretty good hang going before the show. It was a lot of fun. I hadn’t gotten to talk to Rob in a while.

I went up first and had an ok set. Nothing great, and nothing awful. I started slow and it slowly built. There isn’t much to say. I’d give it a C.

After me the show just built, and everyone did great. The show just built, and each comic kept it coming. After the show I got in my car and headed home to pass out.

9/23

I got to The Southern early to set up. I tried rearranging the tables differently to try to get a more intimate feel, and to give myself a better place to set up the camera. After setting everything up I waited for comics to show up.

It was an incredibly light list. We only had 13 comics counting myself. No Richmond comics came, and we didn’t have all of the Charlottesville comics either. Chris wanted it to be a quick show so he was going to give everyone 5 minutes and we’d be all out of there by like 9:10.

The show starts and we have a nice little crowd. It is more than last week, and at least they seem attentive. Everybody begins to go up and the show is going pretty smoothly. I went over to Chris and asked him if I could go last so I could do 10 instead of 5 and he said of course.

I go up for my set and I use the first 8 minutes of my set trying new stuff. It is a super fun and productive mic. the people who are there are into it. They’re digging it. I do new jokes and a little bit of crowd work to warm them up. Then at the 8 minute mark another 14 people walked in, and headed to the bar. So Chris texted me to do 25 minutes so we could sell some more drinks. He also told me to do my A material. So I did. I flipped a switch and went into full performance mode. I ended up having a super hot set doing older stuff. I am very proud of the way I was able to adjust. I accomplished a lot, I learned a lot, and I got a good response. I’d give this set an A.

It was one of the best Southern’s I’d ever been a part of. It was still only 9:40 when the show ended which is like 25 minutes earlier than usual. All in all a super great night.

9/24

The next night the Richmond Funny Bone stand up class was doing their hell week. Tim Loulies asked some local comedians to come and help his students. He picked a made up scenario for each of his students to have to go through. So we did things like heckle, hit on them, ask questions, fake fights, talk loudly, and other things. The best news is I got a text in the middle of the show that my brother had his daughter. So I am an uncle again. I can hardly hold my excitement.

It was pretty brutal, but it was a lot of fun. I used to have problems with stand-up classes. I used to think they were rip offs, but I have adjusted my expectations. If a standup class is what you need to work up the courage to try standup you should go for i. As long as they aren’t advertising that they can make you funny it is ok. I also realize that a lot of people do this as a bucket list/groupon thing. Its the same as people that want to go to rock and roll camp.

Afterwards I talked to Tim and we squashed any beef that we had with each other. We had had a misunderstanding involving a show a little over a year before. It was a good talk and glad we had it.

After this I headed over to Fallout to get a set in. It was a light crowd. It wasn’t even a ton of comics. I got to say hi to the bartender Shelby, and also got to chill with Paige and Alex. Avery Barnard was there, and it was good to catch up. Honestly it was a fun hang. I went up like third.

I go up and try a bunch of new stuff. It works ok for the room. Some stuff gets some laughs and another bit just kind of dies. I am in this period of having a lot of new jokes, and a lot of them are clicking right away, or are at least getting tight pretty fast. The only problem is I also have like 5 or 6 really fun ideas that I just can’t seem to adjust, and make them work. I’d give this set a C. I then headed straight home to pass out.

9/26

I headed down to Hampton after work to do a spot on Ian Nightingale’s show at Sly Clyde Cidery. It is a cider in this little old house. It is a super cute set up, an apparently the shows have been awesome. I got there early and when he showed up we went to hand out some flyers, and grab quick bite to eat/drink.

After this we headed back to the venue. Nick Deez showed up and we got a nice hang in. We headed instead and Luhray and Ryan Valentine showed up. We caught up and joked around a bit.

Then the crowd started to fill in. This place got absolutely packed. It was awesome> I quickly set up my camera so I could record for everyone. Then Ian got the show started.

Ian had a good hosting set, and Nick followed that up and did fine. He had a good pop doing some crowd work which was cool. Then Luhray went up and had a killer set in the middle.

I went up and did a bit of crowd work up top, but then went right into my material. I was having a super hot set. Everything was working, and I got a few bits to hit extremely hard. I knew I'd be able to cut a few out for some videos. I’d give this set an A-.

After me Ryan went up and closed really strongly as well. He had some stuff hit super hard, and it felt like this was a really killer show. The coolest part was before Ian went up and mentioned a tip jar I told him to mention Venmo as well. It was like these people couldn’t wait to do it. We got some tips, and I headed home. Only to find out I had left my credit card in Hampton.

9/27

The next day I got Nick to go grab my credit card since we were doing the same show together at Midnight Brewing in Rockville. We were both opening for Chris Covert.

I get there early and listen to some of the Hokie football game. We got destroyed. I go inside and meet up with Chris and John Gilbreath (he is running the shows). I set up my camera, and just have a good hang. Nick Deez shows up at well since he is doing a guest spot.

There is a super small crowd. It is incredibly loud. There is no ac in the back room so there is a huge fan going, and the garage door is open. It is so dark you can’t see the tiny crowd so crowd work isn’t really an option. I tell John I need to get to a show at Buskey I am closing out after so to light me at 18.

John and Nick go up and both do ok. Honestly this crowd wasn’t giving anybody much. I went up next and I hated it. One of the least fun times I have ever had on stage. I tried crowd work, and when they laughed I couldn’t hear it over the fan. I couldn’t see their faces so I couldn’t even pretend they were laughing. It was brutal. I kept waiting for the light, but it felt like it never came. Some of my jokes worked. The big pops I could hear, but everything else (which was most of it) got nothing. I’d give this set an F.

I got off stage and saw that he never lit me, and I had just done 25. So now I was in a rush. I hopped in my car and headed downtown.

I got to Buskey in the middle of Beau Troxclair’s set. He was next to last. So I had about 3 minutes to get myself together before I had to go up. I didn’t make a set list. I am trying to be even more in the moment. I don’t want to look over at a list. I want to have a rotating list of bits in my head, and just go with what I want on these shows.

I went up and had a blast. I had the exact opposite of the set earlier. I could see people, it wasn’t loud, and it was packed. I am so glad I set my camera up. I did a bunch of new. I am proud that each show I've done here I’ve done a completely new set. I close super strong, and plug the venue. This was a killer show. I’d give my set an A.

After the show I talked to the other comics. I thanks Carlton, and got some cider from the venue (since I don’t drink and drive they let me convert my drink tickets into a six pack). Afterwards a bunch of comics went to Cobra Cabana since James Muñoz was bartending. Then I headed home

9/28

The next day I was in Staunton during the Harry Potter Festival. I got to walk around and hang out. It was actually really neat to see. I watched a Quidditch match and got to see Jeyon from the Southern up there. Got to meet his kids and chilled.

The show was at Red Beard Brewing and we had a super light crowd. I was honestly worried it was going to be awful like the previous night. I made sure I did my best though. I went up and had a super fun set. I went up after Lurae, John Gilbreath and Torrey Huggins.

I pretty much did half crowd work and half my act. The crowd was into it. I got some pretty big laughs for such a small crowd. This was a much more fun show. I’d give my set a B-.

Chris Covert went up next and did about 45 minutes of music, and had a killer set. Everybody was into it and it was a truly amazing show. I then dipped out immediately because I had to head to DC the next day.

9/29

The next day I hit up Jack Gerow to ride with me to DC so I could do a storytelling show for Mark Mensh at Reliable Tavern.

We rode up and had a super fun hang. We left pretty early because the show was going to start at 6. We got up there and I was prepping to do my schoolbus story.

We get there and it is a tiny crowd. This is also a show where it is truly about storytelling so we were warned there wouldn’t be a ton of laughs.

The show starts and people are doing ok. All of the stories are interesting, but no one is really killing or getting super huge laughs. Saw Walton, Matt Deakins, Fernando Madrigal, Sandi Benton, Josh Hebert, and others were on the show.

I finally went up and got quite a few laughs. It was a good story. Mark told me afterwards it was really well done.He is such a good dude. I’d give my set a C+. That story definitely has legs, but I am not a storytelling comic so it needs work

After my set Jack and I headed back. We rocked out to Sum 41, and it was a super fun time.

9/30

Monday at the Southen I tried setting up the room a little differently. I got there early and made sure that I had the tables lined up a certain way. I then moved the chairs to try to make the show more intimate and get more people in there.

Then I grabbed dinner with a friend. It was nice to catch up before the show. After dinner I headed back and chilled with the comics. It was really nice and relaxing. It got absolutely packed. We have some new regulars and new audience members ever week. New comics are always popping up, and it is defintley super rewarding to see.

I went up kind of the in the middle and did newer stuff. My set wasn’t crazy memorable. I got some laughs, but it honestly just felt good to have that room packed again! I’d give this set a C.

After the show I walked a couple of my friends back to their cars, and then dipped out.

10/3

I took a few days off from comedy to watch some baseball with my brother (hadn’t watched a full game since dad died.) I also got to chill with my new baby niece, and my other niece. It was so much fun to hang out with them for a few days.

After hanging I headed over to do a quick spot at Penny Lane. I hadn’t been here in months,. I was stoked to go up. There was an ok crowd, and a pretty fun hang going on.

I went up and did ok. I started pretty strong and ended mediocre. I was working out some new which felt pretty good. I am proud of the material I am doing right now. I’d give this set a C-.

After my set I said some goodbyes and gave some hugs. I was exhuasted and headed home.

10/4

The next night I was in Arlington for a bachelor party. I really wanted to get up so I took the metro a couple stops to get to Summers so I could do a spot. I get there and there is a few people there. I introduce myself to the host, and have a seat.

Glenn Lawrence shows up, and so does Heather Kilburn. Then Jack Parker and Brock Hall. It feels really good to see a few people I know.

The show starts and it’s a lot of pretty inexperienced comics. I legit have never seen most of them. I guess they live in Nova and only do these mics. They’re all doing ok, but I am ready to get up on stage.

I have to ask the host several times where he is putting me (he didn’t have me on the list at comic call). He eventually puts me up like 11th.

I go up and have a fun set. My first joke doesn’t really work, but the rest kind of kill. I am pretty happy for the set. I followed a few people who bombed pretty hard, so being able to rise and get a solid set done felt great. I”d give this set a B.

I then headed back to the bachelor party to catch up with my friends. It was a super fun night.

10/5

The next day I met up with Martin Phillips and did his podcast at the Arlington library. We had a pretty good time. I think the podcast turned out good and I always love hanging with Martin.

I then headed down to Manassas to headline Public House Kitchen. Apparently they were having a huge festival. I couldn’t find anywhere close to park. I parked a ways away and then headed to meet up with the booker Andy Sanderson.

We headed to the venue and caught up with each other. We set up the room, but we were worried it wouldn’t be packed due to the festival. The other comics Molly Fratz and Cliff McGrady showed up to hang. They’re both super nice and funny.

The show starts and it is pretty full. The crowd is into it from the start. Molly had a solid set before Andy brought up Cliff. Cliff absolutely destroyed. He is a disabled comic, and he he has a way of setting a ton of tension and releasing it. He was murdering and I was so worried I couldn’t follow it.

Then it was my turn. I go up and proceeded to have one of the best sets I have ever had in my life. I start with crowd work because there was a heckling lady, and I just let her have it. I go back to her a lot during the night. It is some killer crowd work with tons of callbacks and references. After about 15 minutes I hop over to my material and that is killing too. I even got to close out trying a bunch of my dad material. The people loved it. I’d give this set an A.

After the show I hung out and talked to people a bit. Got some nice compliments and got to hang with Cliff. I think we are going to do another show pretty soon, and it is going to rule. The I headed home.

10/6

The next night I was back in Richmond closing out The Hof Garden open mic. It was a pretty chill night. A bunch of comics went up, and they didn’t do a ton of advertising. So it was an ok sized crowd, but nothing spectacular.

The cool part was most of my friends were here. I got to hang with Kenn, Anthony, Paige, Ryan Mather, and Alex amongst others. We all had fun, and they had some good sets.

I went up and I had a fun set. I got a pretty good response, and did some crowd work. I went into a heckler and it went pretty well. I then closed on dad material and I felt good about it. I’d give this set a B-.

After my set though a drunk dude came up and screamed, “booooooo” into my ears as loud as he could. He was drunk, and being a dick but this was incredibly hurtful after doing well and doing dad material. Heck the guy who heckled me even told me it was a good set. This dude was just a pos, but it put me in a bad headspace. I talked to Anthony for a while and he put it into perspective for me and I really appreciated that. I headed home and passed out.

10/7

I had felt under the weather all day. I decided even though I missed work to head to The Southern. I got to town and did a photoshoot to promote my new shirt. So I walked around the downtown mall, and got some super cute and funny pics with the three colored shirts. I started t notice I felt crappy though during this.

I went to the mic, and it was fun. It was packed which was cool too. We went ahead and set up a ton of chairs and got everybody situated which was dope. The show started and everybody did well.

I went up and did ok. I did a lot of new. Some pops, but not a ton. I didn’t bomb, but with so much new material it just didn’t hit the way I wanted it to. I’d give this set a C.

I felt pretty bad so I went home and passed out. I woke up in the middle of the night and was super sick. So I went to the doctor the next day and missed the entire week of work dealing with a horrendous virus. I had to cancel several paying gigs because I didn’t think I'd be healthy in time. This was the sickest I’ve been since college.

10/11

I had been sick all week but made myself go to set up and run my first show at Hollys Diner in Charlottesville. I had been promoting for over a month and really wanted a successful show. I was nervous and kind of bummed since my headliner bailed on me at the last minute. I understand why though. He got a better gig and took it. Which is the same thing I would have done. So I just bumped the feature (Mu Cuzzo) up to headline and gave Paige Campbell, Heather Kilburn longer spots, and added Ry Mather.

I get there and set up. I feel pretty crappy, but I am ready for the show. We actually get a pretty dope crowd. I was so surprised at the turnout for the show. I was super nervous, because I don’t have a great track record of people coming out to shows I produce.

I go up and people are pretty talkative so I assume it is going to suck. Then I just started and people started to quiet down and pay attention. The regulars at the bar were into it, and so were the people who came to the show. I did about 12 minutes and it all went really well. People were really warm-up and into it. I’d give my set a B-.

Then the show just kept getting better. Everybody did well. Ry, Heather and Paige all had super fun sets. They really made me proud and helped the show. Then Mu closed out with 30+ and he had a really super fun time.

After that Jack Gerow ran the open mic portion. I made sure to avoid the pitfall I see many people do. I didn’t differentiate between the showcase and the open mic. I just brought Jack up saying he was the host for the rest of the show. This worked great. Honestly the crowd stuck in there for the most part. Until a comic had a joke not work, and then they were like, “it’s an open mic what do you want?” Then the audience started to be less engaged. This was infuriating to watch someone derail a show like that.

The rest of the show was fine. Some people after that did really well, but now I know I have to make a rule about not mentioning it is an open mic on stage.

After the show I packed up, and walked to my car. I then headed home to finally get some rest.

10/12

I had to cancel my other weekend shows since I was sick. I then decided to go and watch and support my friend Paige headlining at College Inn. I got there and was feeling a little bit better so John Marg offered me a five minute guest spot.

I went up and did ok. I was still out of it and probably shouldn’t have performed, but most of my jokes did well. It felt good to perform, but I was definitely in no shape to travel for this weekend. I’d give this set a B.

I then hung with Paige, Sean Wells, Samantha Padgett, and Marg. I watched Paige go up and do about 25 minutes and everyone seemed to dig the show. We went to eat afterwards and I just got a coffee.

After hanging I felt miserable so I headed home to sleep. I felt so bad I couldn’t sleep and ended up passing out at about 5 am.

10/13

I was still feeling rough, but way better so I went to do the live podcast Booze Clues at Hof Garden. I got to do this podcast because I won the comedy smackdown contest the previous month.

This podcast is people just taking turns talking about different stories in the news involving alcohol. This month’s they were all from Florida so we were supposed to dress like Florida man.

So I dressed up and headed to the show. It was a super light crowd, and they were kind of drunk and rowdy. I told myself I was just going to have fun on the podcast. Which is what I did. I had mine together the most. I was able to riff and get some big laughs. I did my best and was super proud of how it went. I’d give it a B.

I left immediately to get a good night’s sleep because I wasn’t missing work the next day, and I was going to watch the Cardinals play the Nationals. My brother got us tickets to honor dad at the last minute.

10/16

That Wednesday I was getting to host the open mic at Isley. I was kind of nervous because this show has really been hit or miss. I had a bunch of pre-sign ups so I was going to run it super tight.

There was a light crowd, but they were into it and ended up staying the whole time. I went up and did some new, and riffed a bit. It was a fine set I’d give it a C. I then started bringing people up.

I had some fun riffs in between comics, and we were busting balls, and just having a great time. I brought Paige up as his first time doing comedy and he had fun pretending to be super nervous.

This show ended up being super fun even with the small crowd. I said my goodbyes and headed to Home Sweet Home.

I get there and Kusterer has me going up second. I got to chill and hang with a bunch of people and there was an actual crowd upstairs. He got the show started late because there was a Washington Capitals game on.

After the game the show started and Jason went up. After him Carlton K had a set, and he set me up pretty well to riff on his stuff and do new material.

I went up and busted his balls, and tried all new stuff. I had a few new jokes that worked really well. I also had a few bomb completely. This was a fun and productive set. I leaned in super hard making a joke about Heather Heyer. I don’t know why I leaned in, but I was just having a good time. I’d give this set a B-.

I headed straight home to rest again as soon as this was done.

10/17

The next night I was headlining at North America Sake. I invited a few friends and once I got there I saw there wasn’t a huge crowd. I didn’t even set up my camera because I was still out of it a little from being sick.

But I was able to grab a bunch of mochi ice cream to eat. I assumed that was what I was going to get paid in. I had a fun meal with Samantha Padgett, Heather Kilburn, David Luzader, and Chris Alan.

The show starts and it is a light crowd, but people are into it. Everybody goes up and does pretty well. Since Chris is headlining later in the week I am the one closing out and I have to follow him. He does a bunch of crowd work and has a good set. I am nervous. I think he is super hard to follow and I didn’t feel like working that hard.

So I go up and it goes way better than I expected. I did about 33 minutes and had a blast. I worked through some of my dad material and did a bunch of new stuff. It just made me happy to be able to not only follow Chris, but be able to keep people’s attention in a small crowd, and just have fun. I’d give this set a B After this I talked to some friends, and gave a friend a ride back to their car before heading out and passing out.

10/18

After work I headed to Lovingston to headline the first comedy show at The Lovingston Cafe. My friend Colby Knight was running the show. It was going to be him, Jake Snyder, and then me. This was to be followed by an open mic.

I headed there right after work and stopped in Charlottesville to grab dinner with a friend and get a few pictures taken. After eating I headed straight to Lovingston. Which is between Lynchburg and Charlottesville. There’s like nothing going on there.

I go inside and not many people are there, but the stage looks cool. There is a long bar on the side and a raised stage at the front. I’d say by the time the show started there was like 16 drunk people there.

Colby goes up and does a pretty good job warming them up. They are laughing and actually paying attention. After this Jake goes up and has one of the better sets I have seen him have. He really had them hooked with his material from the beginning.

Then I went up and had an absolute blast. I had to work my ass off. I wish I had recorded because I had some really fun crowd work and my material was working. I did close to 30 minutes and I'd say about 20 was crowd work and about 10 of material. They dug me, and I was able to read people really well. We honestly had the best time. The people who run the cafe also are part owners of Fallout. So they were super happy with how it went. I’d give my set a B+.

Afterwards I left pretty quickly after saying goodbye. I wanted to get a good night’s rest, and just enjoying being at home.

10/19

My plan’s had been cancelled this night so I got to hop on and do a guest spot for Chris at The Southern during his headlining show. It was going to be a super fun night.

Chris was headlining, TJ Ferguson was featuring, Paige and I were doing guest spots and JR was hosting. There was a good little crowd and I had some friends from work come up to check out the show which was awesome.

They sat in the front and the show started. JR and Paige both had pretty good sets, but they weren’t the best crowd. They were kind of wack, and nobody could get them to crack. I went up and it was pretty much the same. I opened strong and then switched to new like an idiot and just didn’t close well. I’d give my set a D.

Chris went up and killed thought which was dope to see. He did a lot of crowd work, and really ripped into my friends who were in the front row. The video turned out super good, and I am glad I have it.

After the show I hung for a bit, but I was extremely sleepy. I walked to my car and headed home to pass out. I woke up the next day with a text message from Paige. They saw a homeless lady wearing my t-shirt. It was pretty awesome, and made my day. She said she got it because it was so cute.

10/20

I decided to hop in and do a mic last minute at Brewer’s Cafe in Manchester. I got there and there was like no audience. The only comics were Remo, Melissa Harris, Soo Ra (a New York comic on a layover), Mark Viola ( an Orlando comic passing through) and myself. Then there were about 4 people who come to all of these shows to hang out.

Remo started the show. He did as well as he could. He was just working out ideas. Some of it was funny, but it was mostly just conversation as he tried to find the funny in all of his new bits.

He then brought me up and it was just me talking to black people for 15 minutes. I tried a few ideas and got some laughs. Then I asked the audience about what their thoughts about Bill Cosby, and R. Kelly was. We had a good discussion, and it helped me with a lot of bits, but I was not getting a ton of laughs. I was trying to work this stuff out. It was super productive but I hated my set so I’d give it a D-.

The rest of the comics went up and did as well as expected. A few more people showed up, and it was honestly a lot of fun. I didn’t feel bad in the moment because everyone was bombing. I was glad to have figured some jokes out. I have felt really disorganized lately, and I need to work on that.

I headed to a friend’s and passed out immediately.

10/22

There was no Southern Monday so I had the day off. The next day was Paige’s birthday. So I decided to get a group together to do an episode of The Winstmas Games where he got to pick his favorite games and contestants and play.

We went over to Brandon Beswick’s house and had a super fun time. He made dinner and Alex, Paige, Taylor, Brandon, and I did a super fun episode of the podcast.

Paige, Alex, and I then headed to Fallout. I asked to go early so I could get some sleep. There was a few people here, but not a crazy amount. They weren’t super into the show, but Jesse Jarvis was hosting and he did a super dope job as always.

Before the show started I got to hang with some friends and have a little fun. I am doing this new stupid bit that involves me flossing (not on stage, and yes the dance). It is so dumb and gets people every time. So it’s a blast.

Jarvis then called me up. I did ok. I got some pretty good laughs, and got to work on a lot of new stuff. It was a super productive and fun set. I’d give this one a B-.

Before leaving I talked to the owner’s of Lovingston Cafe. They were still super happy with the show and invited me back which was super nice.

10/23

I was so excited that I was getting to headline in Lynchburg at Speakertree records. Apparently the last show they did was awesome. So after work I headed straight up there.

I get there and no one is there. Just the host Jake Snyder. The room looks absolutely amazing. I get all my merch ready to sell. I roll them up and put them in a bad. I take my camera and tripod in as well.

I set everything up and wait for people to get there. No one ever really shows up. The show was Jake, Paige, Brandon, and myself. Then there was an open mic afterwards. The only audience members who weren’t performing were a girl’s bf, and a random girl who saw it on FB.

the other comics were a girl named Paige, a dude named Skylar (who showed up 10 minutes into my set), and John Marg. I am super bummed that no one shows up, but the hang before hand is dope and I got a super cute pic of me.

The show starts and it is low energy, but we are all having fun. Everyone there is friends, and we are trying new stuff and busting balls. Jake, Paige, and Barndon all did well. I am always impressed with people that can just do their material in the face of no one being at a show. I don’t have enough confidence in my material to ever do that.

Then it is my turn. I start with some crowd work and riff on the room. I get some good laughs and then I start talking to the girl who isn’t performing. Her name is Hannah and we have a super fun time. She says she is from Liberty, but she likes comedy.

I did about 30+ minutes of newish material. They seem to dig it. I have some solid riffs and try some material I have never really done before. I am definitely happy with how it went, but it didn’t feel crazy good the whole time. I’d give it a C.

After this I stuck around for the open mic to support Jake. I then talk to the new comics a bit, and thank Hannah for being a good sport. I then drove straight home. I got to have a dope conversation with my buddy Alex which made it fly by. He was at the DC Improv and I was so proud of him.

10/24

The next night I just hopped into Penny Lane after hanging with some friends. I asked to go up early and James Muñoz let me.

Nothing too crazy happened here. There was a group of white supremecists who did not know comedy was going to be happening. James did his set, and they started to close out their tabs.

He brought me up and I proceeded to just bomb doing my new jokes for 7 minutes. I was just loud, performative, and enunciated for the 4 people that were actually there to see comedy. During my set all the white supremacists left. So I think I was just a buffer to clear them out. I’d give this set an F. I didn’t stick around long at all and headed home.

10/25

All of my shows got cancelled this weekend. This sucked because it was the second weekend in a row where some paying stuff got cancelled. I was super bummed. I was going to just go watch the show at Buskey, but when I hit up Carlton he said some people had bailed and asked if I wanted to do a spot on the show. I said absolutely.

So I hung out with a friend, got dinner, went to the circuit, and headed to Buskey. I got to chill with all of my friends at the show. It was actually a fun hang. Jack Johnston, Jack Parker, Taylor Baldwin, Will Minor, Carlton, Mu, and Kusterer were all there.

It was a lighter crowd than usual but it was definitely a solid crowd. They were into the show. I went up third. First was Will Minor and Carlton had made a hat for him that made him look like the Buskey Cider logo.

Then Jack Johnston went up and had a really solid set. It was good to see. I was very proud. Then it was my turn.

I went up and a dude had heckled Carlton so I busted his balls about that. I kept calling back to the dude, and had a super fun set. I did mostly newer stuff, but a few older things. This is the best room in the city and I felt good about my set. I’d give it a B.

After my set I saw there were some people from work who recognized me. They said hey, and it was cool to be recognized even though I haven’t really talked to them before. I then hung out in the back and chilled with my friends.

After the show some of us went to Hof Garden. By that time Taylor O’Sullivan had showed up so we walked over there, and had a drink on the rooftop. It was a super fun time. I was super tired so I drove my friend home, and then headed back.

10/27

I wanted to do a quick set after hanging out with my nieces. I headed over to Tastys. I asked to go first. There wasn’t anyone really there and the music was going. So I went up and bombed my dong off for 6 minutes. I legit got like no laughs at all. It was brutal. I’d give it an F.

10/28

This was going to be a super fun show at The Southern. I had decided to make it a Halloween show. So people cold wear costumes and at the end of the show Chris would pick, and then they would win free tickets to The Winstmas Games.

I got to the show incredibly early and set it up. I made sure we had enough seats for everybody since it has been packed lately. I was wearing my Calvin and Hobbes costume and I was so excited to get this show going. A lot of the comics dressed up which was dope.

The show started and the crowd was weird. The only things they really laughed at were jokes about costumes. So some people did really well and some bombed super hard. I was the latter.

I went up and did completely new material. Like stuff I’d never done before. It did not go great. The only stuff that killed was me riffing about being Calvin. It was a lot of fun, but it was also kind of frustrating. I felt terrible after this set. I’d give it an F.

It was one of those shows where it didn’t matter that I bombed. I got to hang with my friends and that was so awesome. Everyone looked great and the crowd really dug when Paige did a set as Mario. His set was the set of the night.

I grabbed all of my stuff and sold a t-shirt to a friend. Found out that Chris had lost his shirt and that is where the homeless woman got it. So that is how we solved that mystery. All in all a great time.

10/29

There was no show today. I just did my podcast with Paige, Jack Johnston, Jack Parker, and Ry Mather. We had a really fun time. We got into a good discussion about comedy by the end of the show. It was a super good podcast. I then headed home.

OMG folks that’s it. I am caught up. I will be back now. I’ve been depressed, but I haven’t forgotten. I got sick a week and it just threw me off. But I love you laydees so much for sticking it out and supporting #cutecomedy. We will keep it up. LOVE Y’ALL xoxo

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All-Star Q&A: Doug Michelman and Tracy Palmer of Sprint’s 1Million Project

Compelling brand content can not only help the bottom line, it can help the world.

Case in point is Sprint’s 1Million Project.

The charitable corporate initiative from the telecom giant aims to provide home Internet access to one million high school students in the United States – and digital content is playing a key role in the effort.

Through a recent series of exceptional pieces, Sprint has been telling the stories of students in need of connectivity and showcasing how it is helping.

To learn more about this content and the undertaking overall, we recently chatted with Doug Michelman, President of the 1Million Project, and Tracy Palmer, Vice President of Brand Advertising at Sprint.

Check out the Q&A below.

Q: What are your roles and responsibilities at Sprint?

Doug: My title is President of the 1Million Project. My job is to bring the 1Million Project to life. So, I get to get up every morning and help thousands and thousands of high school students reach their potential.

Tracy: Man, that's a tough one to follow. I am the Vice President of Brand Advertising for Sprint. I oversee social, communications, and YellowFan Studios.

YellowFan, our in-house studio, allows us to do things like the 1Million Project. We have writers, art directors, and our own production abilities, which allows us to create the content to make sure that we're helping Doug and the entire 1Million Project and make the world a better place.

Q: What is the 1Million Project?

Doug: The 1Million Project is a massive initiative to help address a problem which is called “the homework gap.”

The homework gap is not an issue that's discussed around dinner tables every night but it's a real problem, and it's part of the wider, broader digital divide issue.

The challenge is that, increasingly, all school work is assigned online, is often completed online, and is submitted online.

Most classrooms today are wired and have broadband connectivity, but there are still about 10 million students who go home every night to a home that doesn't have Internet access. That’s largely because they can't afford it; it doesn't fit into a family's budget.

That creates great inequity between the haves and the have-nots, because some students go home to a home where Wi-Fi and connectivity are taken for granted and then there are millions of kids who don't have that ability.

For those latter kids, learning and studying is limited to the hours that they're in the school building. When they leave the school building, they are cut off. They're cut off unless they take extra measures to get connectivity back, such as going to a library, or McDonald’s, or Starbucks. We hear stories all the time about students who go home and then when their parents get off work at 10:00 PM, they get taken to their aunt’s house or someone else’s house who has Wi–Fi. They study from 10:00 PM till 1:00 AM and then they go home again.

As a wireless company, we're helping to address that problem. We are in a unique position to make a difference and help address this problem because we have the network that can provide that connectivity. So, over the course of the next five years we intend to help a million of these high school students in need. We'll give them each a free device -- either a smartphone, a tablet, or a hotspot -- and free wireless service through their high school years. They’ll have the opportunity to be connected everywhere, everyplace, and so they can study where and when they need to -- just like their other counterparts at school who happen to have more money than they do.

Q: What role does digital content play in getting the 1Million Project story out?

Tracy: First, it’s important to know that Marcelo Claure, the CEO of Sprint, for years has been involved in many, many different organizations and community efforts. When Marcello came in, he said, "You know what? We really need to, as a company, pick one thing because the smaller the amount of dollars that get distributed, the less difference we can make.”

And so he said let's pick something that is very, very important to us and make it part of the soul of our brand. Something that we can all get behind.

This project is huge for us as a brand. And Marcello is adamant about getting stories out and helping people understand some of the specifics around the homework gap that Doug was speaking about.

Being a mobile technology company, the 1Million stories and content is a good fit for our audiences. We want people to know what’s going on, to share, and to find out how to get involved.

Many of the pieces of content that we've developed have been the stories around the lives of some of these kids. We feature them on social media and across other platforms – it’s the kind of stuff that connects. People see these and want to know how to make an impact as well.

About a year and a half ago we decided to bring some of our creative initiatives in–house, which is how YellowFan Studios came about. That’s been an amazing opportunity for 1Million. We're able to send our production crews with Doug and his team when they go on-site to distribute the devices at the local schools.

And because it’s our own studio, we can drop what we're doing and run off and meet Doug in a school and capture that content. Then we can we can turn it into pretty much anything we need – social, video, text -- because we have editing and finishing abilities here as well.

Q: We love the Inquisitive Minds video series. Can you talk a bit about what it is and how it fits into the 1Million Project?

Doug: From my point of view, we need to engage various constituencies for the 1Million Project. We need the support of school districts, we need the support of parents, we need the support of local governments, and we need the support of generous donors to make this program a success over its lifecycle.

There's no better way of engaging those audiences than telling the real gritty stories of high school students around the country who have the need for connectivity, by showing the difference that this solution can make in their lives, and by highlighting how grateful they are for having the equal opportunity to succeed in school and achieve their dreams.

So, the Inquisitive Minds videos are the greatest manifestation of that.

Tracy: These kids we feature in the series have amazing stories. Trevonte, Hannah, Marleni – I get choked up thinking about them.

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I also smile. I feel proud to be part of this -- it's like you go through it again every time you watch each video.

Doug: The Inquisitive Minds series that Tracy and her colleagues are working on is one of the most important things we're doing right now.

We've been looking at some other ideas for the future which would be equally powerful in different ways. We want to capture a viewer's attention. The goal with the content to make a viewer stop, pause, consider the challenge that these kids face, and then maybe want to support the effort in some way.

Tracy: This is a project that people on my team are jumping up and down and knocking the doors over to be part of.

The way our company has rallied around the 1Million Project has made us a closer. We’ve been able to mobilize 30,000 employees for good.

It’s shown us how can we help, what can we do, how can we participate, how can we support each other. It shows our employee community how big of a difference we can make as a larger group versus individual pieces.

Doug: Tracy's team's been doing a lot of work for a project we're going to launch in about a month in which we're going to ask every one of our 30,000 employees to become a fundraiser for the project. We're using a social fundraising platform called CrowdRise for that.

We're asking every employee to go out and use their social platforms and email networks to make appeals for their friends, families, and networks of contacts to contribute to this effort.

#cmas #CMAS QandA #content marketing all stars #content #content marketing #sprint #1millionproject

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(TRANS) 170417 Mogujie Interview with Lay

Mogujie interviews Zhang Yixing | The Hardworking Zhang Yixing never earns his living through his looks! There’s definitely a good reason behind the astounding rise in the number of his fans in recent years. Zhang Yixing, whose nicknames range from “little lamb” to “master of silliness”, has been known for his earnest efforts in public welfare, his humility and sincerity, how he treats everyone around him with care, and how down-to-earth he is in his job. While it may seem that our society now is greatly centered on one’s appearance, he still believes that working hard is far more important than a person’s looks! Today, Gugujiang (a Mogujie journalist) had the opportunity to interview the very busy Zhang Yixing! Want to know more about what we discussed? Let’s have a look! Zhang Yixing is here to say hi to all of you! (I’ve listened to it over 20 times, how about you?) [Yixing’s recording] Hi everyone on Mogujie, I’m Zhang Yixing~ You have to admit, the year 2017 belongs to Zhang Yixing! Our Yixing won this year’s All-rounded Artist of the Year Award at the 2nd China TV Quality Drama Awards this year, where he looked astonishingly handsome decked out in an all-black suit at the ceremony, thereby humbly accepting and reaping the first of his “fruits” of 2017. Zhang Yixing, who has had his hands busy collecting awards, also recently bagged home two big awards himself at the 5th YinYueTai V Charts Awards; with his solo original album Lose Control, he brought home the two big awards Album of the Year and Best Male Artist! For someone who has just released his first solo album, this is unbelievable results! We are so proud of his amazing achievements. From the composition of his own music and lyrics, to the producing of his own music, he could only sleep a few hours a day in that period of time, working so hard just to produce a work of his sincerity for his fans. Not only does our Yixing sing immensely well, his dancing skills also renders everyone speechless. Zhang Yixing, who has put in a lot of hard work in his dancing skills since a young age, seems to take on a different persona once he starts dancing; he really melted my heart! Do you remember Yixing’s “Wet Dance” at the annual Countdown Party concert on Dragon TV? You could become pregnant just at a glance, he was so sexy that he killed all of us! His choreography, which was the combination of power and beauty, coupled with that sweet voice unique to Zhang Yixing himself, has made every performance of his a grand ceremony of sights and sounds. Yixing once said that he hoped to mark the dawn of China’s music industry, and with all the effort he has put in through the years, step by step, he has indeed done so. Now, other than being a singer, Zhang Yixing has also joined the ranks of actors! In the 2016 drama To Be A Better Man, which earned great ratings, he played the role of the sweet and cute “Xiao Cai”. He could melt your heart with how adorable he was in every scene he appeared in. Let’s now move on to the famous topic of the role he played in The Mystic Nine. His role as Er Yuehong allowed the audience to see Yixing as the multi-faceted actor he is; instead of just being a sweet muddle-headed teenager new to love and relationships, his stellar performance in this role showed that he is a true actor who can also marvellously execute scenes of wrath, power, deep feelings, sorrow and pain. Yixing’s newest drama production, Operation Love, will be released on April 24th this year! Zhang Yixing will be showing us two different images of the same role in this drama - Yan Xiaolai both as a student and as a mature suit-donning adult. Anyone could be blinded just by seeing a few immensely handsome pictures of him from the shoot~ Our little lamb can melt your heart with just a scene from the drama! Let go of that girl (the actress in Operation Love, referring to the gif below) and come to me right now! On the topic of how there are some who still doubt the maturity of Yixing’s performance as an actor, our Yixing gave a most humble and sincere response. “I don’t recognise myself as an actor. I have worked hard and have been lucky to receive good roles to play. Ultimately, what’s most important is the audience’s opinion [of my acting]. When they say you can act well, you can recognise yourself as an actor then. I hope that everyone will give me more chances in the future, I will continue to work hard.” He said. In the media industry today, many artists have proven to be impatient in becoming famous as quickly as possible. It is thus refreshing to see that Zhang Yixing is an artist both humble and earnest, earning him the moniker of an idol filled with positive energy! Last year, he donated RMB 1 million to his alma mater, contributing to the school’s arts scholarship fund, to encourage his juniors to work hard and realise their dreams. Despite his waist injury, Yixing even went to visit children living in the poorer areas of his country, bringing them warmth and joy. As an artist who loves his fans, he told his Xingmis, “If you see me on the streets and you want to say hi, don’t be afraid to, just go ahead, whenever and wherever. But really, you don’t have to come to the airport to see me, I don’t want anyone to fall or get hurt or hurt others just to see me. Your parents will be worried.” As an artist who also takes care of his backstage crew, he even uses his own chopsticks to give food to his backstage crew when they are eating together. As an artist who also respects his seniors in the industry, he has been praised by famous senior actor Liu Xiao Ling Tong as someone who is very polite and courteous, always bowing and greeting his seniors. His senior, Huang Lei, who starred in Go, Fighting with him, also once praised Yixing for all the hard work he has put in as an artiste. When I received the task of interviewing Zhang Yixing, I was so excited that I couldn’t stop myself from asking him to do the 30 Quick Question and Answer exercise with me. But I was also concerned that he could be too busy (and therefore may have to cut short the interview) so I told him to just pick some questions from the list. However, our open and sincere Yixing answered them all! It was so touching I almost cried! Come on, let’s take a look at it! There’re so many interesting and exciting facts too! Mogujie interviews Zhang Yixing Mogujie: Do you usually edit your photos before you post them? Zhang Yixing: I’ll use a filter. Mogujie: What did you recently post in your group chat with friends? Zhang Yixing: I don’t have group chats with friends. Mogujie: How often do you change your profile pic on Weibo? Zhang Yixing: I don’t change it. Mogujie: How would you rate your singing skills? Zhang Yixing: It depends. Mogujie: Who did you last call? Zhang Yixing: I forgot. Mogujie: A song you must sing at KTV? Zhang Yixing: Forever Love (by Wang Lee Hom) Mogujie: A word to describe your looks? Zhang Yixing: Okay. Mogujie: How heavy is your idol baggage? (ie. pride as an idol; how highly you think of yourself because you’re an idol/how much pride do you have as an idol/how willing are you to do silly things or say silly things as an idol) Zhang Yixing: What is idol baggage? (He’s joking.) Mogujie: How do you express your love for your family? Zhang Yixing: Through my actions. Mogujie: What do you do when you’re not working? Zhang Yixing: When am I ever not working? (He’s joking.) Mogujie: Favourite food/dish? Zhang Yixing: Any Hunan Cuisine. Mogujie: Food you’ll never eat? Zhang Yixing: I don’t have one yet. Mogujie: A word to describe your dressing style? Zhang Yixing: Comfortable. Mogujie: Sportswear or suit? Zhang Yixing: Comfortable. Mogujie: T-shirt or dress shirt? Zhang Yixing: Comfortable. Mogujie: Briefs or boxers? Zhang Yixing: I think guys mostly wear boxers…? Mogujie: What do you have most in your closet? Zhang Yixing: Slip-on shoes. Mogujie: Where do you want to live most? Zhang Yixing: Changsha (his hometown) Mogujie: Have you gone for overseas trips where you went for it once it had been said? Zhang Yixing: I’ve only gone for work activities where I went for it once it had been said. Mogujie: Video games or Basketball? Zhang Yixing: It depends. Mogujie: Coffee or tea? Zhang Yixing: Tea, recently. Mogujie: Do you shower in the morning or at night? Zhang Yixing: Both. Mogujie: What’s the style of your home design? Zhang Yixing: That depends on the style of that hotel design, because hotels are my home. Mogujie: What have your dreams been about lately? Zhang Yixing: I’ve been sleeping pretty well lately. Mogujie: When did you realise you had a talent in acting? Zhang Yixing: I will, in the future. Mogujie: What’s the hardest line you’ve had to say? (in his drama programmes) Zhang Yixing: It’s too long. Mogujie: If you weren’t an artist, what would you do? Zhang Yixing: Backstage music production. Mogujie: Are you more active or more passive when it comes to love and relationships? Zhang Yixing: It depends, I can be both. Mogujie: What do you think is the most romantic proposal? Zhang Yixing: If I tell you I won’t be able to use it in the future and I’ll have to think up a new one (laughs) After reading Mogujie’s interview of Zhang Yixing, don’t you love this warm-hearted little lamb in the media industry even more? What? You haven’t had enough? Well, it’s okay, we still have another round! Please comment questions you’d like to ask Yixing, and I’ll pass them along to him on everyone’s behalf! Lastly, don’t forget to support our Yixing in his new drama production Operation Love, which will be released on April 24th! We’ll see you in the next issue!

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