Halloween

I know how original since as I write this it is Halloween.  My blog.  My rules.

Let's Play!

Video #1, Halloween Display in Green Bay yard



Video #2, Trick or Treating on the Deck



Video #3, Doing Reverse Trick or Treating



Video #4, Steve's Halloween Trick or Treat Prank



Video #5, The Ultimate Halloween Prank 2007



Video #6,  Halloween Pranks

Red Head

Since I missed yesterday and
SURPRISE SURPRISE
tomorrow I am going to search Halloween...
...this post is in honor of my aunt, the red head, who is like a second mom to me.

Let's Play!

Video #1, red head big booty slap

You can't make this stuff up.  This was the first video suggestion for red head in the search box.



Video #2,  Dancing Red Head Kid



Video #3,  Redhead Manwhore 2



Video #4, Arianna dancing to Beyonce



Video #5,  SNL Beyonce and Justin Timberlake



Video #6,  Don Lake Dances to Beyonce's "Single Ladies"



I love you, Aunt Loretta, and your wonderful hubby too!
Hi, Uncle Larry!

Mom

That's my search for today.  My first blogging income came from my mommy.  She's still awesome.  I appreciate the support.

Let's play!

Video #1, The Mom Song with lyrics



Video #2,  The Kids' Version of the Mom Song

the embedded code was disabled, so here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhpeGGlgXyY

Video #3,  Dad's Song



Video #4, Al Bundy, Psycho Dad Song



Video #5, The Ballad of No Maam



Video #6, Al Bundy 1 Rap



I love you mommy!

Surprise!

This past weekend my oldest son and his wife-to-be surprised me by visiting.  Before your mind starts wandering too much about this, they live in Minnesota and I live in L.A.

One of the places we went to served tater tots with their breakfast.  I'll be writing about it in one of my other blogs.  In their honor, today I start my search with "tater tots".

Let's play!

Video #1, Tater Tot Casserole (if you are from Minnesota you know we call it "Tater Tot Hot Dish")



Video #2, The Tater Tot Song



Video #3, Tater Tot Rap



Video #4,  The Last Tater Tot



Video #5, The Day of Randomness



Video #6,  The Very First Pivot Guitar Hero Battle



SURPRISE!!!  Today we have a bonus video #7.  Enjoy!

Because I Can

Today, since technically I am the game creator, player and maker of the rules; I choose to start with this Brad Yates video.  What he mentions about our bodies is what I truly believe would be more of a help to all of those who struggle with body image.  Not just the overweight, but the anorexic and bulimic alike.

I know!  This is supposed to be fun.  It still will be when we see from where we started; where we end up.

Let's play!

Video #1  Love Your Body



 Video #2, Your True Value



Video #3,  You Are Rich - Money Beyond Belief



Video #4, EFT to remove blocks to money



Video #5, Divine Light - Can It Be Measured?



Video #6, Lakshmi Money Blessing



May your day be filled full today with blessings, joy and play.  Namaste.

New Position

Last I posted, I mentioned starting my search with "new position".  I like to think I am a blogger of my word.

Let's Play!

Video #1, Blue Tries A New Position



Video #2, Crazy Frog Song



Video #3, Gotta Stay Flyiiiiii Papiiiiiii



Video #4, surprisee!



Video #5, Power of the Spoon!



Video #6,motorboat

Sightseeing Examiner

So guess who is the newest LA Sightseeing Examiner?  That's right.  Yours truly. 

In honor of my new position (no, I'm not going to search "new position".  Maybe tomorrow.), I search the words of this title.

Let's Play!

Video #1, Okay, my own video came up.  So...



Video #2,  The Ultimate Lax Bro



Video #3,  If I Were A Bro



 Video #4, Stop Carlos Mencia: A Rock Ballad



Video #5,  Carlos Mencia's BEST moment



Video #6,  George Lopez fast food
I've actually seen this before, but it's funny.  At least I think so.



Makes me hungry for Taco Bell.

Soaring With Eagles

No. This is not my new Indian name.

Today's game starts from a link I clicked on from one of my new Twitter followers tweets.

Let's play!

Video #1, My Journey with Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G Allen


Video #2,  Mark Victor Hansen, Perseverance



Video #3,  Mark Victor Hansen Inspires You To Think Big



Video #4, This MORON says Personal Development is a Scam



Video #5, The Difference Between the Rich and the Poor



Video #6, YouTubeChats1







 

Let's Get Our Spanglish On

BTW, I'm not proud but I cried during Spanglish when I saw it in the theatre.

Today is my man's Feliz Compleanos.  In his honor, "Hi Honey", I am going to start my search with Feliz Compleanos.

Let's Play!

Video #1, Happy Birthday Feliz Compleanos Salsa Song



 Video #2, Happy Birthday - The Beatles



 Video #3, Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday



Video #4, Kid scared to sing Happy Birthday on Kimmel



Video #5,  Kid singing Britney Spears scared to death by his mom (this has over 7 million views)



Video #6, kid singing my humps



Kids are so darned cute.  Almost as cute as my man.  Feliz Compleanos, Manny.

Did you know...

...you can go to converse.com and create your own signature pair of Chuck Taylor All-Stars?  Buy them? And have them delivered right to your doorstep?  And the only place you can buy Converse One Star '74 style shoes now is online at converse.com?  And no they didn't pay me to say this.  I simply love Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes.

So...why not search for Chuck Taylor to start off today's exciting game of...well...you know what it's called.

Here goes.

Video #1, How to Rock Your Chuck Taylor's



Video #2, Converse Commercial - Love - Chuck Taylors



Okay, seriously, the commercial would make me not want to buy them.  Sorry, Converse.

Video #3, Converse [ConvxShoes] Girlfreind



Video #4,  Converse "Secret" Spot



Video #5, thenewno2 snow



Video #6, Dhani Harrison, We're All Stars



Wow!  Why didn't I know George Harrison (you know, from the Beatles) has (had? since George has left his physical body behind already) a son who is musical?  Probably 'cuz I listen to KLOS and am mostly happy to lounge in my classic rock roots.  Never mind!

Free Wi Fi

So, I'm so excited to find out Borders Books has free wi fi, I'm starting with that today.

Let's play!

Video #1, How to get Free WiFi access anytime, anywhere
Note: this video is three years old now and we know what that is like in technology years. So...



Video #2, How to make Hot Ice, Crazy (almost ten million views crazy)



Video #3, Watch Beer Freeze (and yes, one not so lucky Corona beer was harmed in the making of this video)



Video #4,  Larry and Lee do the Mentos Challenge (and yes, one not so lucky Budweiser was harmed in the making of this video)



Video #5, Rocket 2 Liters! No Mentos Required.



Video #6, HOWTO: Open a Beer Bottle with a Piece of Paper



Since I couldn't decide between what I chose for video #6 and the video below AND the video below is ONLY 8 seconds long, I decided to inclulde both.

Fastest Gatorade Chugger Ever


From free wi fi to opening a beer bottle with a piece of paper.  That's how you play.

Who's Watching Whom?

The following video is one of my own. I went to the Manhattan Beach Pier to get some filler video for some blog posts I am doing for my CaliforniVacation: SoCal Style Blog.  Imagine my surprise to see paparazzi in action, especially just having blogged about paparazzi here.

Truth is I don't think it's actual paparazzi.  I think it's some sort of photo shoot thing.  It makes me wonder though, what if paparazzi started stalking the paparazzi?  How would they like it?  Where would it end?  The watched becoming the watcher.  Too deep?  Okay, enjoy the video and then let's play.



In honor of the above video, I searched "who's watching whom" and voila:
Video #1,  Look Who's Watching Whom?



Video #2, Say No To Porn - TAMMpON Song



Video #3, Carrots Bad 4 Babies Eyes!?!



Video #4, Laughing Baby (Wow!  This video has over 26 million views)



Video #5, Baby Break Dance



Video #6, fingers breakdance 2



I don't know why, but that fingers thing made me laugh.  What's next?

Okay, today I am making a special 7th (or is it 8) video exception since when you watch the above video it gives you the option to see it in animated form and so I did and I liked it and here it is:

State of Play

I feel a true game player is flexible, adaptable and shakes things up a bit to make the game more interesting.

I said I was going to keep going with yesterday's round and see how long it takes to get back to my cousin, Eric. I changed my mind.  I decided now if I see a video somewhere (like one of my Facebook Friends posted it), then I will use that as a starting point since I am going to watch it anyway.  With that in mind, I start today's game.

Video #1, Tibetan buddhist in hollywood



Video #2, Bridget Fonda July 2001



Video #3, Gators, Crocs and Bridget Fonda



Video #4, Paparazzi



Okay, this is the first time I've seen a hotforwords video (which the above video is).  I love how she just puts it out there at the end.  Homework.  Great Idea.  Rate her video.  Subscribe to her channel.  You know what they say about asking?  Probably why over five million views.
 
Video #5, Paparazzi - Lady Gaga (this video has over ten million viewings)



She probably wishes ten million people bought a download of the song instead.

Video #6, Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (this video has over 11 million views)



This game is like a box of chocolates--you never know what you're gonna get!

Today, I am glad the game is over 'cuz I'm not sure how many more Lady Gaga videos I want to view.

Thanks for playing.

I'm Baaaaack!

So today, we play.  We start with a search for my cousin, Eric.

Here goes:

Video #1, RIDEbmx - 2007 Venice Beach Anytime Jam



 Video #2, RIDEbmx - Nike6.0 Banksgiving Jam at Ben Snowden's House



 Video #3, RIDEbmx - How To Basics of Street Riding



Video #4, London Street Riding



Video #5, Red Bull Metro Ride Budapest



Video #6, bad bike jump



Okay, why is it over four million are willing to watch a video of someone hurting themself?  We do love a good "train wreck"?

Tomorrow, I start my search with bad bike jump and go from there.  We'll see how many rounds of Six Degrees it takes before I get back to my cousin, Eric.

Until then...just keep playing!

Where the Wild Things Are

So I was going to start with searching for my cousin and going from there.  Today, in honor of my son's love (I know...him again...what can I say?) for the book and with the movie coming out today, I thought I'd give this a spin.

Let's play.



Hmmm...the trailer uploaded six months ago enabled the embedding, so you got the above video.

Video #2, Where the Wild Things Are



Video #3,  In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak



Video #4, Maurice Sendak on his work, childhood, inspirations



Video #5, Maurice Sendak on his childhood and love of movies



Video #6, thirtysomething, Episode 117, Part 4



Okay, this one wasn't quite as much fun as I thought it would be.  Although, how you get from Where the Wild Things Are to thirtysomething...I never would have guessed.  Now I know thirtysomething is on YouTube.  Hmmmmmm....I probably still won't watch.  Although, it did give me another idea.  After tomorrow's game when I start by searching for my cousin, I just keep going.  See how long it takes me to get back to a related video that includes him.  There's no amount of things you can imagine and come up with when you are sent to your room without supper.

Let's Play

So, I love to consider myself a very peaceful person...peaceful being.  Yet, I love Robert Rodriguez's masterpiece film (at least in my opine), Desperado.  Is it 'cuz of Antonio Banderas?  Oh yeah!  That's part of it.  I love the opening song he does.  All that and he can sing too.  Ms. Hayek is memorable.  It has to be my favorite thing of Quenten Tarantino's ever when he tells that joke.  And who can forget Cheech Marin as the bartender?  And Steve Buscemi, too?  What a cavalcade of talent.  My favorite part:  two simple words.  Words that could be delivered a thousand different ways.  And yet, the way Antonio delivers them...that's right...priceless.  With that,

"Let's Play!"

...another game of six degrees of separation: YouTube Style.  I promise this session will be the last for a while where I include one of my son's videos.  Today we start with his newest submission to the YouTube phenomenon, which Chris titled, "Mr. Purpleman".



Video #2, Doing the Hoedown Throwdown



Video #3, Challenge Hoedown Throwdown



Video #4, Purple Man



Video #5, Why Women Scare Me



Video #6, Why Girls Don't Fart



Can I just say how much fun this was?  I can and am.

I didn't know Miley Cyrus had a dance called the hoedown in her movie.  Why would I?  I'm not a nubile 13 year old girl.  Was that mean?

And I got to meet someone named Charlie who appears to be some sort of British something whatever and enjoys making videos and doing crazy things.  And I like it.  I am going to contact Charlie now and challenge him to a game of Six Degrees of Separation: YouTube Style.  That should be even more fun.

And now I have been introduced to College Humor videos along with the four million other people who already knew about it and watched this particular video.  I'm just sad to see that our secret is out now.  Actually, I loved the video and found it quite original and entertaining.  There's another blog for anyone who wants to take up the gauntlet...become the Siskel and Ebert of YouTube.  I'll see you at the YouTube with my virtual thumb.

What's a girl to do on a rainy day when there's no cat with a hat to play with?

That's right!  Think up a new game.  A game I am happy to name,

Six Degrees of Separation:  YouTube Style

Here's how you play.

Input something in the search box once you have arrived at your destination (http://www.youtube.com).  Find a video you like.  Play it.  Then from related videos, pick another video to play until you have done this six times.  Now how related does the first video seem to be to the sixth video?

So, I have to (okay, I don't have to but I am) dedicate the inspiration for this blog to Daniel Sandercock, one of my Facebook Friends.  Besides being the inspiration for this blog, back in the day (7 whole months ago from writing this) he was the one person who took the time to help me figure out how to get a phot to show up for my twitter profile.  I know, I've come a long way baby!

Today he posted a video from WAY back in the day with Eric Clapton in it.  First, joy of joys it reminded me how much I love Eric Clapton and his music.  Second, when the video finished it showed 15 related videos I could click on and one of them was Eric Clapton and B B King performing Rock Me Baby.  Words cannot express how much joy I feel from the blues and these type of performances.  And it is amazing to watch the looks of pure bliss that make the videos so worth it compared to just the audio.

Now some hours later I have gone from related video to related video ending up watching a fake Ron Burgundy interview with Jim Caviezel, which I never knew existed.  It made me wonder what else might be on YouTube I had no idea about.  And why not make a game out of it?  And maybe even a blog?

So for my first official game play, I started by seeing if there is a video of Don Henley performing this version of Hotel California I remembered fondly seeing once when I was lucky enough to see him in concert in 2000.  Luckily, such a video exists.  It is below.  And then let's see where I end up with from there for my virginal outing.



Here's what I chose next for video #2



Here's #3




Here's video #4.



Video #5

 And I know no one likes a cheater, which I am technically doing by having the my video #6 be my video #6 since it is not one of the suggested related videos from the iPod video.  I am using my supreme ruler power to include as video #6 a video my son is in that was a school project.  It is a spoof on the Mac v. PC commercials.  So it sort of fits.

Enjoy!

P.S.  I didn't know video #6 would end up being what it is when I started.  That's the fun of it.  And my son's never had one acting lesson nor has he ever lived in the south.  Nice cowboy hat, though, don't you think?




And that's how it's done!