Where I Be Bro?

As you may have seen from my last post, I have been on residentials for the past 2 weeks in Bala, Wales and then a local hotel as a part of Engage4Life.

I thought I should update you anyway and let you know how everything went for the first 2 weeks - because it was amazing! The facilities in the first week weren't the best, I mean, I shared a tiny dorm with 5 other people, our bathroom door didn't lock and was falling to pieces and I think we had 2 plug sockets for the six of us, but I guess that just adds to the experience! Besides that, the activities were great, we did canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing and waaaay more. Yes, I did fall out of the canoe, it was to be expected. On top of that, I got to meet loads of new people and get to know them better throughout the week, so it was all around a pretty good week.

The next week, we stayed in a local hotel and had to do business-apprentice-style tasks, which was kind of boring to begin with but eventually we all got on with it and it got a lot more fun - and I met even more people and made even more new friends, and I'm not even a very sociable person so its amazing that I liked that and managed to do that. We also had to plan for our 'Social Action' community project which we'll be conducting for the next 3 weeks.

Anyway, if that looooong explanation/account bored you, then I'm sorry, but I thought I should let you know what actually went on after I told you about it, its also the reason for the lack of posts and videos these past 2 weeks - but from now on I'll be living at home again (which I can't say I'm excited about... sorry mum!), so I'll have full internet access and way too much free time on my hands.

Summer Plans: Engage4Life

A couple of months ago I signed up for this program called Engage4Life (cheesy-sounding, I know), which is some government program designed to keep bored teens off the streets. I know I'm not the type to spend my activity-less days hitting old women on the head with a shovel for fun, as we all know 'the majority' of the teenage population do do (har. har.), but nonetheless I thought it would be a fun and unusual way of spending my extended summer.


Anyway, the program starts on Monday of next week (23rd), and involves:

• A 5 day residential in Wales with adventure/outdoor activities
• A 5 day residential in a local hotel (not quite sure what's going on there
• A 'community action project' - ie, doing something to help the local community.

I'm pretty excited about it, a bit apprehensive because I don't know many of the people and so it could be strange, but mostly excited.

So, while I'm off in Wales and whatnot, I will probably not have access to the internet (at least for the first week), so it is likely that YouTube will be a bit redundant for at least 5 days. I am pre-filming videos and editing as many as possible before I leave - I'll upload them as private and then try and make them public with my phone during the week, but in case that doesn't happen (which it probably won't, knowing my luck), I am putting extra up beforehand; I don't want to leave the channel neglected with only 3 videos on it. 

I thought I should give you a heads up and let you know what I'm doing for the summer. I'll tell you all about it as we go along. If I pluck up the courage to tell people about YouTube, then I may even try and do some follow-me-around vlogs when I'm there  (no promises, my channel is like my dirty little secret, only not so dirty). If not, I will get some footage and make a montage type thing, if they're interesting. Likelihood is I'll be muddy and falling over in most of it, so it could be entertaining at least.

Latest 2 Videos!

Hey, so I think (I actually can't remember...) I didn't post about my 'About Me' video because I'd already posted twice that day, so three would be overload. I then forgot to post about it the next day.

Soooo, here's my two new videos, one an introductory about me ramble sort of thing, and the other is the second ParisVlog, enjoy!:

About Me + Intro:

ParisVlog! Day 2:

I STILL need to film the KloCreations video about my new channel - that should be up soon. Hopefully.

Deep Hate for Computers

Yes, this may be post number 2 of the day, yes this is another ramble. Woops

But anyway. My internet stops and starts every minute or two, and there are constantly error messages popping up saying '*blah blah* has crashed, would you like to close it?' - I click yes, and five seconds later it 'crashes' again - WHAT! It is times like this when I wish I had a brand spanking new computer with zero flaws. But no. And I won't for probably years. I don't even know if its my computer, or the internet connection, or just Google Chrome's fault, but its annoying. Grr!

Anyway, mini rant over...

Grrr.

Now.

iRamble.

So, trying to film YouTube videos, where I just talk (ie, the point of a vlog), I kind of realised just how much I actually ramble; either that or I just forget what I was talking about and have to start again. I reckon that's because whatever I'm talking about is usually nonsense and I'm just on some kind of never ending path of nonsensical destruction. Like now...

Anyway, point of this post being: I haven't posted since Thursday and thought one was due (I've slacked sooo much lately!), and it's kind of a fore-warning; editing will be choppy and weird, just so you don't fall asleep/pass out with confusion. It's all for you! Promise... Ok, this is starting to sound MEGA creepy, so I'll shut up. I should have a new video up either today or tomorrow, depending on how much is pure ramble in the two I have already filmed. Oh wow. 

PS: I am aware I need to film a video for my KloCreations channel to say where I am/what's happened channel-movement-wise, and I feel kind of bad because in the past few days I've had a couple of new subscribers (like, they're getting more frequent!? WHAT?!), and now they're just going to be like 'oh, great, so I just subscribed to someone who is just going to sit and talk to a camera as opposed to teach me how to make pretty things? That's cool...' so, if you're one of those people, sorry, but I'm not going to spend time making videos I don't enjoy making, hence why I haven't for like 6 months. That was one looong sentence. And I'm rambling.

PSS: If anyone knows any new vloggers, or if you are one, let me know - I'd love to talk to people like me and use YouTube as a community/social thing rather than just 'hey, talkin' to maself in a cameraa - likin' it?' <- not that that's my accent AT ALL.

PSSS: (too much to say!) ParisVlogs will probably be a weekly thing, so I don't bore the poor people of the internet, if they don't care about it.

Aaand now I promise I'm done.

New Video!

As promised, I uploaded ParisVlog Day 1 - it took me about 4 hours to find some good royalty-free music, but I finally found some at http://www.danosongs.com/ - lifesaver! Check it out anyway:

There isn't too much in the vlog, just some clips of me rambling and some footage I took from the bus on the way to the hotel from the Gare du Nord, which is what I needed the music for (otherwise it would have been the snippets of the tour guide, who told bad jokes (repeatedly) and didn't make much sense in the clips.

Day 2 should be up tomorrow! Technology-permitting, I tried to publish this a couple of times and Media Player stopped responding. Not helpful. I think my computer is slightly past it, but she has to last me! (please, universe!)

New Channel!

So, as promised, after I got home, I set up a new channel for vlogging, so here it is! Klobo37 - I wanted just Klobo but that was taken, and I like the numbers 3 and 7, hence Klobo37.

Anyway, this is my new and main YouTube channel. I will (technology permitting) be uploading ParisVlog Day 1 tomorrow, I just have to do a voice-over and then upload, otherwise its all edited and ready to go! :)

You may also notice that the blog name, url and look has changed, that's because this seems to be more on a personal, random level than just crafts - so I felt 'Klobo' was the better name to use, 'KloCreations' is my crafting/Etsy name. Does that make any sense whatsoever? It doesn't seem like it now, as I type it all out...