Bonus Vlog Entry - The Elevator

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My friends and I visit the crazy elevator at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square, NYC.

[Music: "What Goes Up" from Suburban Light - The Clientele]
[Music: "Nothin' but Sunshine" from Lucy Ford - Atmosphere]

NYC Day 6 - BKLYN.

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During my 6th day in NYC, I spent some of my free time in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Williamsburg is a really cool community, but all of the new construction projects in the area will probably bring major changes in the coming years. The last time I was here was only this past February, and it already looks a lot different than I remember!

Greenpoint is an interesting place, too. It's got a small town feel that complements neighboring Williamsburg nicely. I really like the fact that New York still has a lot of independent businesses, unlike Los Angeles's unending gallery of chains. I hope that doesn't change as time goes on.

I'm really having a lot of fun here in New York, and I'm sad that I'll soon have to come back to Los Angeles. But, L.A. has its perks, too; you just can't beat L.A.'s weather. And it looks like I'll be leaving New York just as it's about to get COLD!

NYC Day 1: LAX to JFK

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I made it to NYC!

All I can say is this: Virgin America is nice, son! Haha.

As someone that usually hates flying, I must say that flying on Virgin America was a pleasant surprise. I sincerely hope that they maintain their high level of service and quality as they become more popular (because I'm sure they will!).

Coincidentally, my friend Carmen and her sister Tere were headed for New York, too, so we decided to book ourselves on the same flight and hang out for a little in the city together before they went back to L.A. on the 4th.

I love New York. I'm currently staying in Greenpoint, a couple blocks north of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This side of town is much more laid back than the craziness of Manhattan, but there's still plenty to do! I'm really feeling this place called Supercore. If only we had more places like this in L.A.!

But, let me stop rambling and focus on the important issue at hand: I'm here to work! There'll be plenty of time to have fun later, but right now I'm on the clock. I have a meeting and venue/equipment check scheduled, as well as rehearsals with the legendary DJ Johnny Juice!

Stay tuned. There's much more come. :)
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Taqueria Estilo Mexico.

Want to eat some tacos? Want to get stuff to decorate your house with? Hit two birds with one stone at Taqueria Estilo Mexico - your one-stop taco shop! Haha, I love my neighborhood!

"Drunk Underwear Karaoke Deathmatch is ON!!!"

(Repost from http://vlogdeathmatch.com)
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The illustrious Adam Quirk and Maestro Charles Hope bring you the newest deathmatch! From Quirk's post on the Yahoo! Group:

Drunk Underwear Karaoke.

You can choose to use any or all of those 3 words
as a basis for your video.

For example, you could:
1. Get drunk
2. Put on some underwear
3. Sing a song

Or you could:
1. Get drunk

Or just:
1. Put on some underwear

Or even:
1. Sing a song

On Saturday, August 11 at 4pm there will be a screening of all the Drunk Underwear Karaoke entries at the Pioneer Two Boots theater in the East Village of New York City, followed by a Q&A discussion with any vloggers in attendance, followed by Vloggercue in Brooklyn: an evening of grilled meats and vegetables, great local beer, and possibly some friendly banter if we're lucky. Plus you'll get to meet my cat.

Learn about it:
http://vloggercue.pbwiki.com
http://vloggercue.pbwiki.com/Vlog-Deathmatch-Screening

This challenge was designed (by several high-ranking Blip staffers, the curator of the theater, and myself) to attract non-vloggers. We figured those three things in any combination would be enough to entice any sane person into a theater.

And to start things off, we have the awesome Paul Dateh of Pixelodeon fame with an original composition, perhaps the official Vlog Deathmatch: Drunk Underwear Karaoke theme song?

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Right-click, save as... for the MP3

KICK ASS!

If you want to grab the MP3 and repost it, please do so and be sure to give a link back to Paul's site at http://pauldateh.com.

More details will be coming with deadlines and info -- post your questions in the comments!

ALSO!

We need a real voting tool. Please get in touch with me if you're a developer and want to contribute a voting form that makes gaming the system as tough as possible (with no email registration process).

import market gum

i went to the import market today and found gum with some funny names.

*UPDATE*: i recently tried the green candy. see the photos on my flickr account here.

the coolest house in the neighborhood.

i had a two-hour block of free time on monday, so i decided to explore my neighborhood. i found a house that had these huge dinosaur sculptures in the front yard. there was a giraffe there, too.

it's definitely the coolest house in the neighborhood.