All this time, I had assumed that "video blogging" meant that the blogger would type up all this stuff- these words- and then include a video related to what they had to say- like I do with the Conversations with the Disabled Guy blog. Every so often, I get lucky enough to catch his silliness on video and I blog about it and then include the video for the enjoyment of his 37 followers (or is it 38?).
I've since learned that "video blogging" is actually the act of doing a blog in video form because the "blogger" can't be arsed with typing. With typing? Is typing so freakin' hard? I've got arthritis and fibromyalgia (I have a blog for that too) and I can manage to sit upright and type. How bloody hard is that?
I protested this whole "blog" thing for a while. I even went so far as to call my blogs "My non-blog" because I hate the word "blog". I still do, but I hate it less than I hate the word "vlog". We're so lazy that we can't even say the term: "video blogging" and we have to shorten it to a sound someone makes when they start to throw up while speaking.
"I was just sitting there, stunned that Vera said that to me when- *vlllaaaaaawwwwhhggg* Oh, sorry... I had some bad clams for lunch..."
Have we come to this? Do we really think that we're so important people just want to stare at our talking heads for seven to nine minutes? We're not famous. We aren't. There isn't one damn thing about us that is appealing in a "vlog" (sorry, clams again). The lighting usually sucks, the camera angle is bad (especially those who use the webcam built into their laptops), and I have yet to see a non-famous person who looked good in their "vlog". I don't care how young you are or how thin you are, you look like shit in that video. The lighting is either too dark or it washes you out. Your pale face, staring fish-like into the camera while you bitch about your latest conversation with your mom or how your significant other pissed you off in a dream and then wouldn't admit to it in the sane light of day is not attractive. You might be extremely attractive in the real world, but with that harsh camera play, you are not.
You might be witty and hilarious in conversations with your friends, but you are not in your "vlog". And the "uh" and "um" filler is always delightful. "But, when I do these videos, people like them! I know they do! I can tell!" No, they don't. They're mostly making fun of you. "What about you? You type up this blog as if someone else is going to read it. That makes you just as stupid as us!" Well, first of all, someone who would do a "vlog" doesn't think it is stupid, so they'd never say that. The difference between a typed blog and a vlog is that it isn't quite so self-centered. People read it or not. People interpret it or not. With a video, the "vlogger" is forcing the viewer to see whatever it is they're barfing up from their perspective. You probably weren't "hearing" those questions in a nasally whiny tone like I was in my head when I wrote them.
So, I decided that I'd do a video. I'd do this video because everyone's attention span has dwindled to a split second. And reading is hard! You have to use your eyes, then process the words in your brain, its horrible! I can just watch a video like its a sitcom and have it all done.
A few things- I know what I look like and yes, I'm fat. You don't have to tell me. I'm not delusional. Also, my eyes really are that color and yes, I do hear that a lot. And lastly, you're not a special snowflake.
My take on "video blogging"...
I've since learned that "video blogging" is actually the act of doing a blog in video form because the "blogger" can't be arsed with typing. With typing? Is typing so freakin' hard? I've got arthritis and fibromyalgia (I have a blog for that too) and I can manage to sit upright and type. How bloody hard is that?
I protested this whole "blog" thing for a while. I even went so far as to call my blogs "My non-blog" because I hate the word "blog". I still do, but I hate it less than I hate the word "vlog". We're so lazy that we can't even say the term: "video blogging" and we have to shorten it to a sound someone makes when they start to throw up while speaking.
"I was just sitting there, stunned that Vera said that to me when- *vlllaaaaaawwwwhhggg* Oh, sorry... I had some bad clams for lunch..."
Have we come to this? Do we really think that we're so important people just want to stare at our talking heads for seven to nine minutes? We're not famous. We aren't. There isn't one damn thing about us that is appealing in a "vlog" (sorry, clams again). The lighting usually sucks, the camera angle is bad (especially those who use the webcam built into their laptops), and I have yet to see a non-famous person who looked good in their "vlog". I don't care how young you are or how thin you are, you look like shit in that video. The lighting is either too dark or it washes you out. Your pale face, staring fish-like into the camera while you bitch about your latest conversation with your mom or how your significant other pissed you off in a dream and then wouldn't admit to it in the sane light of day is not attractive. You might be extremely attractive in the real world, but with that harsh camera play, you are not.
You might be witty and hilarious in conversations with your friends, but you are not in your "vlog". And the "uh" and "um" filler is always delightful. "But, when I do these videos, people like them! I know they do! I can tell!" No, they don't. They're mostly making fun of you. "What about you? You type up this blog as if someone else is going to read it. That makes you just as stupid as us!" Well, first of all, someone who would do a "vlog" doesn't think it is stupid, so they'd never say that. The difference between a typed blog and a vlog is that it isn't quite so self-centered. People read it or not. People interpret it or not. With a video, the "vlogger" is forcing the viewer to see whatever it is they're barfing up from their perspective. You probably weren't "hearing" those questions in a nasally whiny tone like I was in my head when I wrote them.
So, I decided that I'd do a video. I'd do this video because everyone's attention span has dwindled to a split second. And reading is hard! You have to use your eyes, then process the words in your brain, its horrible! I can just watch a video like its a sitcom and have it all done.
A few things- I know what I look like and yes, I'm fat. You don't have to tell me. I'm not delusional. Also, my eyes really are that color and yes, I do hear that a lot. And lastly, you're not a special snowflake.
My take on "video blogging"...