The Limemonkey makes the (digital) pages of The American Communication Journal

Well this is interesting. I received a comment today on YOUTUBE from a college kid, somewhere, who was doing a paper for a communications class--this is what he/she had to say:

Hey, I don't know if you already know, but for school i'm doing an assignment about youtube and vlogging, and while researching this video came up in an article in the American Communication Journal.

the link is:
(triple-w)acjournal(dot)org/holdings/vol10/01_Spring/articles/molyneaux_etal.php

cool hey? :-)

Sure enough if you go here you can read an article entitled "Exploring the Gender Divide on YOUTUBE: An Analysis of the Creation and Reception of Vblogs." Not only is my very first video blog linked in the article, but this is what they had to say about it:

Similarly, in the second video, indoor male (IM), the vlogger presents his viewers with a brief update on his daily life. He states what he has been doing for the past week, mainly writing, as well as his plans for the next few days: going to the movie theatre, and taking his fiancé’s dog to obedience class. Like the woman, he too is vlogging from his bedroom. He is lying down on his bed, addressing the camera. The furnishings in his room appear sparse in comparison to the woman’s room. There are a few pictures arranged on the back wall of his room. Nothing is hung on the beige, concrete side wall. His room appears to be a university dorm room.

Here's the video in question:




Wow. As if being married to an ex-Psych major wasn't bad enough, I got people I don't even know analyzing me!!! I thought this was mildly amusing, so I decided to share it.

By the way, it's only 11:15Am but I'm having a HORRIBLE day. I nearly walked out of the office and went home. My boss-in-law in driving me nuts.

Friday Video Blog

Here's a clip I took last weekend at the zoo, enjoy:

Madhouse ("The Soap Episode")

Sometimes I feel bad for Rusty--he's the only "sane" person in this apartment...

Case in point:

The "Creepy Ventriloquism/Silverfish Story" Better-Late-Than-Never Blog

Experimental/Somewhat Funny...Friday Video Blog

Well I broke down and bought QuickTime this week...so now I can edit my videos. Unfortunately, there is a bit of learning that must be done before I'm "ready for prime-time."

So, with that in mind...



I have no idea why the first few seconds are so wonky...luckily it clears up.

A *SHOCKING!* New Friday Video Blog

I did! I actually got one up on time!

Lame-O-Log

or "Better Late than Never"

Q: What Happened to the "Friday Video Blog?"

A:

Last Video Blog of 2007

Enjoy.

Sunday Vblog

Jason's Laptop R.I.P (2003-2007)

Well it's gone folks, my laptop is officially dead. I could probably pay and get it fixed, but the cost versus how old it is/how much a new one costs...well it just doesn't make any sense to me. Besides, this is the second major problem it's had this year, and the fourth problem in general. So, I'm going to have to start working hard in the coming weeks so I can buy a new one. My folks have offered to give me some money (my B-day is June 23 BTW).

In the meantime, I can use my sisters computers (ironic that they have working computers because neither really uses them...):

My sister's eMAC



Enjoy the video blog:



UPDATE: So I gave up and bought a new computer today online, from Dell. Here's the specs---

Inspiron E1505, Intel Core Duoprocessor T2350 (2MB/1.86GHz/ 533MHz)
15.4 Inch Wide-screen WXGA Display for Inspiron 6400/E150
1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm for Inspiron 6400/E1505
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505
Image Restore
Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
Windows Media Player 10
Dell Support
Icon Consolidation Application
Internet Search and Portal
Backup media for XP Home
Thank you for choosing Dell
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, for Inspiron
24X Combo CD-RW/DVD for Inspiron 6400/E1505
Sonic Digital Media, v7.0, forInspiron
Integrated High Definition Audio, Inspiron
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini Card (54Mbps), for Inspiron 6400/E1505
Norton Internet Security 2006 90 Day Trial,OEM
53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
MS WORKS 8.5
1 Year Limited Warranty
No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Return To Depot, Initial Year
Type 12- Mail-InService, 24x7 TechnicalSupport, Initial Year Warranty Support,Initial Year


I know it's not the greatest, but the price was right. Also, I don't use my computer to play video games (I'm a console man). All I need is a computer to word process/surf the Internet really. I really don't want MS Works(that really sucks), but luckily for me I still have my MS Office software my parents bought me for X-mas a few years ago. I wouldn't wish Works on my worst fucking enemy.

Video Blog/Where I've been

I worked a 16 hour shift today, I just woke up. Yesterday I did one...my feet are killing me. But, after tonight I have the day off. That's where I've been, that's why no Friday Video blog. I need to go and take a shower and get back on the road. No time to film anything new, luckily I have a clip I shot last Monday while driving back from St. Louis. I got bored in the car, and I wanted to see what it would look like with me driving.

Anyway, enjoy:



Oh, and I finally posted comments back to you (Murph and David) on the "4Am/Guitar Hero Brag" post...so check that out.

Friday Video Blog

Jason Misses Leah--Makes Outlandish Snack to Quench Sorrow

Friday Video Blog--Goodbye Bellerive

I wanted to post this last week...but I was busy and I forgot. SO, here it is: the very last time I was ever in my dorm. I'll miss living there and (some) of the people. Overall it was a good experiance...was it worth the $24,000???

I don't know about that...



UPDATE: I just posted an excerpt from my (slightly) un-finished short story "The Gossamer Trunk." Go check it out at my other blog: http://writingsofalimemonkey.blogspot.com/2007/05/gossamer-trunk-excerpt.html

A Quick Video Blog

Nothing too interesting...I'm a little distracted by finals and moving...

Naked Video Blog/Bird "Watching" With Leah

Just got out of the shower...don't worry, I kept it G-rated:



And from earlier this week:

The Competitive Nature of Men

Well I didn't win the Wednesday Club contest (again). Looks like I'll have one more crack at it next year...then I guess I'm going to have to give up.

Why is it that boys are so competitive?

Example:

Earlier this week my "friend" Sam was in the lunch room yucking it up about how I was playing Guitar Hero II on easy mode (he stared out on Hard). I got kinda piss off about this. For one thing, I had never played the game prior to buying it...so I sucked. Buy by the time he made this comment, I was already done with the Easy mode and was working on Medium.

Well, for two days I couldn't touch the thing. I felt like crap. Then I picked it up and me and Leah had a little competition of our own (who could get the best score on certain songs). This got me playing again. Today I played the hell out of it...and BEAT it on Medium (no easy task). After I kicked "Free Bird" in the ass, I went back and played the few songs I had left.

Why am I like this? Why will spend hours working on beating Leah's high score? Why do the games we play get deadly serious if I feel my manhood is threatened? I have no idea. The world is a competitive place...so I guess it's good I can compete (some can't). I've never taken anything "too far" (i.e. I've never punched anyone out...though I did throw a PS2 controller pretty far (thanks a lot GOD OF WAR 2).

Anyway, here is my video blog for this week:

Guitar Hero Video Blog

Last night sucked. It started out cool enough, I got a call from my Mom saying my Federal Tax Refund was at the house...for more than I was expecting ($700+). To celebrate, I went out to Best Buy and picked up GUITAR HERO II for my XBOX 360. Came home, plugged it in...and it wouldn't play!!! I need to update my system. Well, that sucked because I can't do that here (my dorm Internet connection only allows one computer to use it...my laptop). SO, with about 1/2 an hour before my movie TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER was supposed to start, me and Sam (a guy from the dorms) decided to leave. Then we heard about a "protest" over at another residence hall (against the new, lame, security measures). So we went to check that out and it made us late. We got to the Tivoli 2 minutes into the movie. But I didn't have enough money for a meter...so we missed the movie (by the time we could have found free parking and walked to the theatre we would have missed the first 15-20 minutes and I just don't do that). So, we back to the halls and made fun of the "protesters" (who were lame...I kept trying to rile them up into a riot, but they were just a bunch of bitchy co-eds...no fight in 'em). So I missed the movie (Josh if you read this...and you went...I'm sorry we didn't make it, and I hope the movie was good).

With no bloodshed in sight, I went over to Leah's (in the hopes of getting my 360 online to update it). But that was turned out to be a big pain, her Internet tower thingy is up in her mom's room...and my 360 isn't wireless out of the box (yes, the Wii is better Leah). So I had to wait till this morning. It sucked, we had to "borrow" her mom's small-ish TV and carry it into her study...then dig through her piles of crap (her mom's a lawyer so there was a shite load of paper). In the end, I got it updated and we've been playing Guitar Hero all day!! It rules. I bought a Ibenez acoustic guitar back in Junior College, and I took a few lessons...but I was too busy (read: lazy) to learn how. BUT this game lets me live out my poser fantasy of being a rock God. I nearly shit myself when I unlocked the Stones "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." Damn good fun. If you're too poor to buy it, go to an electronics store and take the demo for a test drive...too much fun.

Friday Video Blog(S)--Pointless Edition

Enjoy. Next week, expect something interesting with Amber...