featured?!

i got home from my first lecture back at uni today,
and it appears i have been featured on the uk's homepage of youtube...

they featured the RNLI video i made.
i didn't think that video was very good when i was uploading it.
i thought it was a bit long and boring, but apparently youtube don't agree with me.


from a personal point of view, i'd have prefered if they had featured my 10 second project video. i think that video's more interesting, and i'm more proud of that video xD haha

but in a way, i'm glad they've featured the RNLI video as it tackles some important issues about the media's portrayal of the youth of today. also, it'll hopefully be the first step in getting a lot of exposure for the RNLI's "Who are you?" movement.

then again, from past experience... getting featured on the UK homepage often doesn't actually get you many more views, as most views come from the global hub, not the indivual countries' hubs. meh, who knows!?

i wrote a poem.

I wish I were a robot,

With sexy robot parts.

Dancing with other robots,
Making lots of sparks.

new home.

i've just arrived at my uni accommodation in sheffield.
this will be my home for the next year :)
as you can see from the picture, my stuff is all just dumped down on the floor at the moment,
but i'm going to spend tonight trying to find places for everything.

i'm living on the 3rd floor of my building,
and there is no lift in this block...
so i had to carry all of my belongings up 3 flights of stairs.
it took 16 trips :'(
unsuprisingly, i was a bit tired by the time i was done...
:|

i made friends with a girl who lives in the block opposite me though.
i helped her father carry a massive tv up to her flat as he couldnt lift it by himself.
i felt good for being able to help out :)

i've just got the internet hooked up in my room now,
and i've been checking my comments on my latest video, for the first time since uploading it yesterday...
it's had over 500 comments already, and only about 3 of them were negative.. wooop ^_^
it makes me happy when people like my videos :D

i think i'm going to make a video about the RNLI weekend tomorrow if i have time :)
in the meantime, here is a picture of the weekend:


dave, mhazz, nsg, alex, jazza, charlie <3

Tom and Jerry

something amused me today. i logged onto msn and there were only two people online; Tom and Jerry...

HAHAHAHA, i used to love that cartoon as a kid xD

facebook.

i thought this day would never come..

i've decided, i'm leaving myspace for facebook...

well, i'm not "leaving" myspace as such, i'll still sign in occasionally to accept friend requests, and go on musicians profiles and stuff, but i think i'm going to start using facebook a whole lot more. i realised that recently, i've been logging into myspace less and less. i used to log in pretty much every day, but now it's down to about once or twice a week, and i can't remember the last time i actually replied to any messages or comments on there.

i think the reason i'm drifting from myspace is because i don't really have many good friends who go on there very often. i've always just accepted all friend requests on myspace. so now, my friends list is filled with people who've seen me on youtube and added me. and the majority of comments i get are just "hi johnny, how are you?" ... or ... "hi johnny, i saw you on youtube. i like your videos."

it's obviously lovely to get these kinds of comments because it shows people are interested in getting to know me, which is awesome, but it's really hard replying to them all, and i don't really get anything from replying to them. so it seems pointless to keep using it, when all my real friends use facebook a whole lot more.

i'll miss myspace. using html to make my profile look all fancy. adding new profile songs when i come across an awesome new band. taking those "myspace" style photos. and so on. but, it's time to move on.

i'm new to facebook. i've had an account there for years, but never really used it. all of a sudden though, i'm finding it quite exciting. i've just spent about an hour on there looking around, tagging myself in photos, updating my about me section. it was fun.

and there are lot's of cool friends i have on there who use facebook a lot, which is wonderful, as maybe i'll get to speak to them a bit more...
also, i've decided i'm only going to add actual friends on facebook, and not just accept requests from people who've seen my youtube videos. i'll obviously still accept friends from youtube; people i've actually spoken to, or met up with IRL, but i'll not be accepting any random adds.

gosh, this has been a long post, when all i really wanted to say was...

"I'm going to start using facebook more"

it's my birthday!

the academy is... were AWESOME on tuesday night.
i had a great time at the gig.
the support band (We The Kings) were also pretty damn amazing!
my friend kelly bought me one of their tshirts as a birthday present....
because, guess what?!
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!
and guess what?!
IT'S NSG's BIRTHDAY TODAY TOO!

(i stole this picture from nsg's blog xD)

i'm at the RNLI gathering in Poole at the moment.
it's been a great first night.
we've had some nice food, hung out, settled in etc
and we bought some birthday cake from asda for me and nsg :)

the tshirt i'm wearing in the picture is the one kelly bought for me...
it has clouds on it, AND a robot..
so it's a super cool tshirt :D

it's 1.38am now and i'm very tired after spending 7 and a half hours on a train today, so i'm going to go bed. must be up for breakfast at around 8ish tomorrow morning too :'(
but there's lots of fun activities planned for tomorrow, so i must go get some sleep!

goodnight x

the academy is...

thanks for the comments on my last blog :)
it turns out, someone on youtube has already done the 10 second project that i thought was my very own innovative idea... shucks :|
that someone was AmazingPhil. Phil is a super cool guy. I like his videos very much.
so it hasn't put me off from making the video.
i feel almost guilty, like i tried to steal phil's idea for a video and brand it as my own idea, but i hadn't actually seen that video of his, so i guess it's just one of those cases of... "great minds think alike" xD
kudos to Phil for coming up with the idea a few months earlier though ^_^
so yes, i'm going to make the video anyways; in fact, i've already been recording clips for the past 4 or 5 days :)

in other news, i've just found out whilst writing this post, that i might be going down to leeds tomorrow to see The Academy Is...


my friend kelly has an interview with their support band before the gig, and then she has a free +1 pass for the gig so she can write a review afterwards, and she asked if i'd like to be her +1

i need to look at train times etc as i'm working on wednesday so need to make sure i'll be back in time, but all being well i should be able to go on this little spontaneous trip tomorrow :D

woooop, it'll be amazing!