Sunday, 15 July 2012
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Birmingham youtube gathering 2012
On the ninth of june 2012 I got up, got dressed, packed my bag and headed out the door on an adventure to meet youtbube celebrities from near and far. on that mystical morning I was out and heading for my train at 8 in the morning (which for a uni student on a saturday is a truely david vs goliath task). This time I had managed to set off in enough time and the walk to the train was fairly pleasent and I was rewarded with a good seat by myself on the train journey. This made me a lot happier as with my height sitting next to someone on train journeys can be uncomfortable. The train journey took roughly 2 hours with only one change which I only had to wait a couple of mins for. over the course of the journey I saw some lovely countryside and some city areas which frankly needed a little bit of work. Throughout the journey I was excited to meet the youtbers that would be at the event but was also nervous as it would be only the second time that I had been to birmingham and the first time I had been travelled so far from home by myself.
Fortunatly both chapperztv and Gordy Camp had done introductory videos for the event which made finding the meeting point a lot easier. My train journey was so good and was only a few mins late that I had arrived over an hour early to the event and after a few minuites wandering around near the meet point I nervously approached a small group of people standing in the area and was instantly less nervous as the small group of youtbers made me feel welecome. Soon more and more people would gradualy appear untill the area was awash with youtubers, both people who had only just started like myslelf and youtubers who were well known with huge followings. However I didn't know a lot of these people and a lof them didn't know me resulting in everyone being very casual and very easy to talk to and was like we all instatly became best friends.
Many of the people who attended had been to gatherings and people came from near and far to attend with people from places in scotland and a vlogger from america who came to catch up. For many of these people it had been weeks and months since they had last seen each other in person but it was like they had just seen each other yesterday. Even with many long standing friendships they were incerdably welcoming of new people such as myself and I found that I was making friends all the time I was there. It had a great atmosphere and as soon as we had all started to relax a lot more and get to know each other we moved to a place known as pidgeon park (for reasons which would become obvious) for more fun and games .
The park was just as chilled out as when we all started meeting earlier in the day and was a great opportunity to have a lot of fun and capture some footage for our channells as people starte vlogging and filming each other chatting to new people, playing games and generally having a laugh. While here I met some more new people and got some amazing footage for my vlog. This weekend was the first time I saw and got a chance to play a game called ninja where you all stand in a circle in ninja poses and you all take turns trying to tap the person's hand who is next in the circle. This goes on untill only one person who is left, who therfore wins the game and the bragging rights that go with it. Many games of ninja were played over the weeknend both big and small and after lots of watching I finally plucked up the courage to join and I am glad I did, It was so much fun and even though I didn't a lot it was an amazing game to play.
A large group of us all went to the pub taking up many tables with all our food and drink. we continued to have a good time being very casual and it resulted in everyyone making friends easier as it was less about who was famous and who was a fan and more about everyone chilling out together. It became clear than while there was a genral plan for the day the order in which things happend was very flexible and people often went and came back, often popping to the nearest mcdonalds or starbucks as well as other places. With it being less planned out it meant people had more time to relax and people were not rushed with having to get to places by certain times. Spontainaity was definatly the order of the day.
The rest of the day would see us vist a nice fountain, stick fight on skateboards, chill out by the bullring with copious amounts of energy drink and fit 11 of us in one room partying till the early. so stick around and in my next post you will find out what happend next.
Fortunatly both chapperztv and Gordy Camp had done introductory videos for the event which made finding the meeting point a lot easier. My train journey was so good and was only a few mins late that I had arrived over an hour early to the event and after a few minuites wandering around near the meet point I nervously approached a small group of people standing in the area and was instantly less nervous as the small group of youtbers made me feel welecome. Soon more and more people would gradualy appear untill the area was awash with youtubers, both people who had only just started like myslelf and youtubers who were well known with huge followings. However I didn't know a lot of these people and a lof them didn't know me resulting in everyone being very casual and very easy to talk to and was like we all instatly became best friends.
Many of the people who attended had been to gatherings and people came from near and far to attend with people from places in scotland and a vlogger from america who came to catch up. For many of these people it had been weeks and months since they had last seen each other in person but it was like they had just seen each other yesterday. Even with many long standing friendships they were incerdably welcoming of new people such as myself and I found that I was making friends all the time I was there. It had a great atmosphere and as soon as we had all started to relax a lot more and get to know each other we moved to a place known as pidgeon park (for reasons which would become obvious) for more fun and games .
The park was just as chilled out as when we all started meeting earlier in the day and was a great opportunity to have a lot of fun and capture some footage for our channells as people starte vlogging and filming each other chatting to new people, playing games and generally having a laugh. While here I met some more new people and got some amazing footage for my vlog. This weekend was the first time I saw and got a chance to play a game called ninja where you all stand in a circle in ninja poses and you all take turns trying to tap the person's hand who is next in the circle. This goes on untill only one person who is left, who therfore wins the game and the bragging rights that go with it. Many games of ninja were played over the weeknend both big and small and after lots of watching I finally plucked up the courage to join and I am glad I did, It was so much fun and even though I didn't a lot it was an amazing game to play.
A large group of us all went to the pub taking up many tables with all our food and drink. we continued to have a good time being very casual and it resulted in everyyone making friends easier as it was less about who was famous and who was a fan and more about everyone chilling out together. It became clear than while there was a genral plan for the day the order in which things happend was very flexible and people often went and came back, often popping to the nearest mcdonalds or starbucks as well as other places. With it being less planned out it meant people had more time to relax and people were not rushed with having to get to places by certain times. Spontainaity was definatly the order of the day.
The rest of the day would see us vist a nice fountain, stick fight on skateboards, chill out by the bullring with copious amounts of energy drink and fit 11 of us in one room partying till the early. so stick around and in my next post you will find out what happend next.
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Clubbing
Going Clubbing is one of these things in life that someone my age should experience and should learn to understand. Since coming to uni last september I have become more used to going to clubs with friends and on society socials. It has taken a while to get used to club ettiquette and even still I sometimes baffelled by what happends.
at this time of year most people have started to go home and being in a university town means that that clubs are starting to get a lot quieter. On one hand this is good because it is less crowded and allows you more space to move (this is especially good on the dance floor). However on the other hand it means less people to hang around with if you loose people, which in big clubs such as home in lincoln can happen often. I look forward to september when I am back with all my friends
Tonight however I found myself in that awkward situation when everyone else in the group were dancing in couples therfore efffectivly making me the fifth wheel. It is a situation I have only found myself in twice so I was still unsure how to react, fortunatly however I was lucky enough to find some other people to hang around with for a while. Also in clubs the dancefloor is like an fluid structure, ever changing as people enter and leave the dance space. This means that people have to constantly change direction when trying to navigate through this rapidly changing social minefield. I often found myself in the way of people coming on and off the dancefloor which and it was difficult to know where to move and wherever I ended up I always seemed to be in the way of someone. Of course some people were nice about it when I was in the way or to close to someone but other people were less considerate of those around them. I should clarify not in an overly nasty way but it was definatly unnessecary to behave in that manner. Dancefloors are often busy and as long as people realise this and make allowances for this everything should be fine
Just for now I will leave you with this, for every bad experience I have had in clubs there has always been twice as many good ones and going with the right people can make all the difference
at this time of year most people have started to go home and being in a university town means that that clubs are starting to get a lot quieter. On one hand this is good because it is less crowded and allows you more space to move (this is especially good on the dance floor). However on the other hand it means less people to hang around with if you loose people, which in big clubs such as home in lincoln can happen often. I look forward to september when I am back with all my friends
Tonight however I found myself in that awkward situation when everyone else in the group were dancing in couples therfore efffectivly making me the fifth wheel. It is a situation I have only found myself in twice so I was still unsure how to react, fortunatly however I was lucky enough to find some other people to hang around with for a while. Also in clubs the dancefloor is like an fluid structure, ever changing as people enter and leave the dance space. This means that people have to constantly change direction when trying to navigate through this rapidly changing social minefield. I often found myself in the way of people coming on and off the dancefloor which and it was difficult to know where to move and wherever I ended up I always seemed to be in the way of someone. Of course some people were nice about it when I was in the way or to close to someone but other people were less considerate of those around them. I should clarify not in an overly nasty way but it was definatly unnessecary to behave in that manner. Dancefloors are often busy and as long as people realise this and make allowances for this everything should be fine
Just for now I will leave you with this, for every bad experience I have had in clubs there has always been twice as many good ones and going with the right people can make all the difference
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