Listen to my soundtrack
Click the right hand column for links to fabulous new Canadian indie, and some personal selects that sing what I'm feeling.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Behind My Back
"...go pay him a visit and check out why I think he's one of the best vloggers I've had the pleasure of watching...He again has a positive outlook on life and likes to be silly!" - Sancho Knotwise
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Another Actual Conversation: Vlogged
Bizzaro Grand Haven
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Revlog: It's hot in Texas
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I saw this video on Cooking Kitty Corner and had to share it with ya'll. Go leave them a comment kay?
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Videoblog Anniversary 2006
A year ago today, I posted my first videoblog about my dirty apartment in Los Angeles. It was a funny video, albiet very long. And it was also a lie.
A lot has changed in my life in the past year, and I've watched myself age, grow, and move onward in my journey to many places I would never have believed if you told me back in the day. If videoblogging has taught me only one thing, it's that I have no idea what to expect of the future. It's also taught me that the past is always good for a laugh.
Thanks for coming this far on the journey with me. I've appreciated your company :)
Yours
Michael Tyas
Monday, July 17, 2006
Another Actual Conversation
911: Do you require police, fire, or ambulance?
Me: None of the above. I need a boat.
Video to follow :)
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
Look at us. Suddenly we're all freelance photographers?
I was interviewed for a Macleans article on the new narcissism. It took a while to get to me, and I haven't actually seen the article on paper at the time of this post. Josh Leo read the article before I even knew it was online...he's the only reason I know it exists!
I would like to clear up that:
- I am a shift supervisor in a popular restaurant chain and NOT a full time freelance photographer, as this article would suggest.
- the only reason I generate ad sales on my website is to help alleviate the costs incurred google & blip.tv, and not to become rich or market my life in a monitarily profitable way. I am in fact surprised that I have made $8.49 at all. And if I ever get cut a big fat cheque, I'll probably give it to charity or take my friends out for dinner. So if you know me in 10-17 years from now, expect a dinner date.
- when I called myself marketable, it wasn't in regards to money. I said, "It's a very positive thing to like yourself and think you're marketable enough to put your face out there...as if to say 'hi, this is me, and I think you'll like getting to know me. Leave a comment, and I'd like to get to know you as well..." I invest in this website because meeting new people enriches my life! It's you! The viewer, the commenter, my untradeable commodity!
Was I really the wrong guy? Perhaps. I personally don't feel like I bring much credibility to the issue. But I'm ok with being a weak argument, really. I'm not OK, however, with being so poorly described in two paragraphs.
Also, in regards to blip.tv, I would never call it a "new vanity product...to make the narcissist feel important." Blip is so much more than a self centred entertainment outlet. I can watch someone else's point of view on the other side of the world, or raise up a banner for any cause worth shouting about. New products like blip.tv are begining to give the world a very loud voice, opening up forms of mass communication for the common middle class that has never been available before. Did we miss the real story here folks? For crying out loud, never before in history has such a mass communication medium been available to the masses!
Are we really on the brink of a solopsistic society brought on by cherished memories and dull moments available online? I don't think I am, I'm too involved in getting to know other people ....but I understand your viewpoint if you think otherwise ;p
PEACE!
P.S. I always thought it would be cool to make a site around my remarkably EXTRAordinary exsistance, let the records show.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Serendipity
Therese and I love Valancy Jane with both our hearts. After the initial shock and excitement of meeting each other for the first time ever, she and I concluded that a video without Valancy Jane would be out of the question.
VJ, this video is for you first and formost :)
Read Online, Valancy's Favorite Book Ever: The Blue Castle
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Subscription Hike
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Today I teach you a valuable lesson that will be able to enrich you for years to come, filling your heart with happiness and your computer harddrive with memories.
Ignore the bad termonology. This was unscripted, as always.
Additional footage created by Josh Leo
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Science Centre Scenes
Therese and I are off on a totally scientific adventure of quantum proportions! Then it get's cut short. Time flies when you're having fun...
It should be repeated that I have never actually met Therese before this point. I love vlogging!
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