Gonna try to make this a weekly thing. Might make it easier to keep up.

Now, let’s see how many videos I have made since the last time I did this…. wow. 15. Eep.

Better get down to it, then!

First we got this handy little rant about those Southern neighbours of ours :

Might be delusional of me, but I feel like I am speaking for a lot of people in that video. All us poor benighted people in that insignificant part of Planet Earth known as “Not America”.

I have thought about the subject more since then, and the problem is not that they are barbarians, it’s that they are children. Autistic children, poorly socialized and spoiled. They are the rich kid who has no idea how to get along with others and is way too aggressive. America, World Bully.

Next, some music! Damn, I love the sample at the beginning and throughout this thing.

That bright brass loop. It’s just so cheerful and strong. Been wanting to use it for ages. So… I did.

And it was sort of successful. As usual, the weakest part (at least from my POV) is near the end, when everything comes together. Did it sound good? Sorta, maybe?

It didn’t sound horrible, at any rate.

Aaaand here we have another entry in my practically famous series, Sarcastic Slideshow.

I like doing those but they are a lot of work compared to a talker or even cobbling together a minute of music. My video ambition level has dropped lately and I want to fix that.

That said, don’t expect big shakes from today’s video, because Sunday.

Next up, things get up close and depressing.

That was not a fun period of my life. But that’s life as a depressive. Whether you are on the road to recovery or just straining to maintain, there are going to be times when all the bad stuff you still don’t know how to express and hence release builds up and you have no choice but to feel crappy for a while.

Next up, more of the same, with added background noise.

That was a very bad day. Like I have said before in this space, thank goodness I have you people to talk to (well, at) so I could write out my troubles. That did me a world of good.

And I am so glad that I have learned to do that. Expressing yourself is the key to recovery. Find what works for you and do it. Do it all the damned time.

Our next item is one of those adorable hybrids, the Musical Slideshow.

Yes, when Musical Minute meets Sarcastic Slideshow, the result is a thing. Basically, they’re a Musical Minute with something to look at as well. The usual MMs only have a static image because I don’t want to distract from the music.

But sometimes, I like to mix things up.

And for my next trick, I have this perversion of all that is good and pure in the world :

Can’t believe it took me this long to realize I should be doing cartoons instead of soap operas. I have loved cartoons my whole life! And there’s so much to work with in a cartoon.

I might start doing dubs instead of subs, though. Subtitles go by so fast, it’s hard to keep up.

Oh look, more music.

Love how that one turned out. It wasn’t quite what I was trying to do, but the contrast between the high energy techno bass and beat and the slowly dawning pad is sublime.

I love it when my work gets gorgeous.

Brace yourself : there’s a lot of talkers coming! Starting with :

Yay for pants! Pants are very important to my modern, hip, non-naked lifestyle. I know it’s controversial to say this, but I prefer to keep my genitals covered in public, and pants are a key ingredient in making that dream come true.

Talker Number Two : I talk about my fave podcasts.

I remember that night. Video time rolled around, and I had no clue what to do about it. But I had just been listening to podcasts, so I figured, what the heck, let’s talk about those.

It’s a hip and current topic, and I really do love me some podcasts. They’re like great radio, but freed from any commercial considerations and serious government people looking over their shoulders.

For the next vid, I decided to appear limned in divine radiance :

In other words, I am backlight by sunlight. It looks quite nice, don’t you think?

As for the topic of my talk (I have those sometimes), I am still trying to figure out exactly what I am talking about there. No doubt, so are you. But I definitely feel like I have hold of something important there, and when I finally figure it out, you nice people will be the first to know.

And now, as foretold by prophecy, there’s this little number :

Bleh. Not my best work. That’s what I get for shooting from the hip like I usually do with those things.

Making that video led me to a depressing conclusion : I have no way of describing what it means to be Canadian that is not a direct or implied comparison to that spoiled rich kid to the south of us.

And that makes me feel like the United States and Canada are twins, one wearing a T-shirt that says “America” and the other wearing one that says “Not America”.

Why is it so hard for us to find ourselves? Is it just the noise from down south drowning out our own unique voice? Or is there something fundamental to the Canadian character that makes us shy away from defining ourselves?

Hey look, I found more music!

Maybe the bassline should have been a wee bit louder. I am very happy with the beat, though. I brought a bunc of elements together to make it work, and I am particularly proud of the little clang at the end of each… loop? Beat? Whatever.

Sure, it’s silly, but that’s what I was going for. Sometime bouncy and silly and fun.

Then there’s this from last Friday :

Cost me two bucks for that bottle of water. But hydration is serious fucking business, especially for me, especially in summer, so it was worth it to make sure the trip back from therapy wasn’t as miserable as getting there had been.

Finally, one last bit of music :

Quite happy with that one. Simple, just two instruments. Gentle and calm and green. Lovely.

Phew! That’s it. We are all caught up for now, at least until I do today’s vid.

I will talk to you nice people again tomorrow.