The 26th of February

Today is Jody's birthday, he would have been 23 years old. Even though he's not here we're still celebrating it in his honor. We're spending the day eating some of his favorite foods, watching the movies that he loved, and toasting to him with his favorite drink. We miss him more than words can ever say.

Jennifer designed and put together a beautiful card to commemorate the day he was born. The picture on the front of the card is from Jody's first birthday party in Depok, Indonesia. The inside has pictures from his childhood and high school graduation. And the back has Alaska's state flower, the Forget Me Not.







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Motorcycle Back Flip (Well...Almost)

Crunch. This is what happens when you do the flip but don't take the bike with you.

The Three Best YouTube Hitler Parodies

The Hitler crazy ranting scene from Downfall + ridiculous subtitles = a lot of hillarious videos. And thanks to insomnia I spent an unmentionable amount of time watching them on YouTube last night (at least I had something to do). Here's three of the funniest ones:



Hitler Rants About Hitler Parodies

Hitler finds out that YouTube refuses to take down the parodies of his rant and is not too happy about it. Apparently the videos have been causing him all kinds of personal problems. He really loses it when one of his subordinates argues But sir, I could not help but lol when watching them.








Hitler Has Vista Problems

It's the last straw when Hitler finds out that there was a bug in the latest round of Windows Updates. And he still can't get his printer drivers to install properly.








Hitler Breaks His TV With A Wii Remote

Hitler breaks his TV playing Wii Sports and can't afford a new one. Now he has nothing to do but rant and stare at maps all day.

The Most Hardcore Metal Video Ev9a0r!!!!

I'm not sure but...if you run from a person and they chase you down and then proceed to touch you 'down inside'...they're probably not really your friend. Just sayin. Unless you like your friends like that.

(Warning: Do not watch this video unless you're prepared to have a song stuck in your head for days. You've been warned.)









And yeah they did do a metal version too with a few of the lyrics changed slightly. It was a little ahead of it's time and was never as popular as the first version.

Putting Things Together

Procrastinating

One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to make more YouTube videos. I love to put them together but it seems like I can never get as many done as I want. Why? I always think it's going to be a lot harder than it actually is. I'll get an idea in mind and then just let it sit there forever because I'm too intimidated to try.

But usually it's not that hard. And if the video does end up being difficult once I've started I'm too into it to care. Sometimes it doesn't even take that much effort to get things going...


Awesome

So I was sleepily browsing who knows what on the internet and stumbled on a site called Prelinger Archives. It’s basically a collection of old movies, ads, propaganda, and other derelict footage that probably would have just faded away otherwise. A lot of it is from the 40’s-50’s-60’s, which really clicked with me since I’d been watching a lot of TCM at the time. I started to think about maybe doing a YouTube video that would include some of that footage.

Whenever I was listening to my iPod I kept an eye out (ear open? mind…well whatever) for a song that might work with something from Prelinger. ‘They Won’t Have Me’ by The Indigo Girls with all it’s imagery of old farmers and new subdivisions seemed like it would be fun to try. At first I wasn’t sure if it would actually pan out but it turned out to be pretty easy. A few minutes of searching came up with all sorts of footage of farms, farmers, suburbia, and even the Subdivision Man lol. Awesome. Fast forward to a week later and the video was done.

So yeah, no more procrastinating when I get inspired. If I get dismotivated I'll just keep in mind how easily the 'They Won't Have Me' video came together.