RIVER

This was just a quick video partly because I genuinely haven't done anything this week apart from this one exam this morning which went okay, and then it has literally just been hanging out in the sun, because it's sunny and lectures are pointless and all that malarkey.

I also finished my music video and my animation project, but I'm going to wait until I've finished my creative video before I post it on here. Ah, that's going to be harder to do now. See, everyone here is like my height and build, which is the correct height and build for the people I need (secret agent-type people), whereas pretty much everyone at home who I know would be willing to act look... different. I mean, no offence, it's just going to be more difficult to cast. For example, Josh is a good actor, but he always wears shorts, and is really stocky. Dukey is also stocky and wears shorts all the while. However, if it works, it'll be brilliant.

I also need to apologise for not giving you a solid reason to read this blog in a while, so as ever I promise to try and do stuff soon. The Easter holidays are coming up, so I should have lots of time to think about what I want to write about. I want to do another theories post, possibly about all of my god theories... but ... Hmm, I'll think about it.

Pete out.

Electric Teapots: NOTHING WEEK

So yeah, nothing happened this week apart from Ryan being awesome and posting a video because he's awesome. Kesh and I also made a video this week because we're awesome. James Langley, however, did not post a video this week. He is not awesome.

Pete out.

I GOT RECOGNISED

Yup, that's what it says, and the video explains it quite well.

I would talk about Rugby Varsity, but that was actually really boring. James Langley and I were in the press gantry with LUST (Leicester Union of Students Telly - Probably), and we had the massive and awesome Canon XHA1s, while they were using shitty little Sony Handycams! You know what I record my vlogs on? A Sony Handycam. Although my Handycam is awesome.

But yeah, as for the actual rugby... I didn't follow the women's game at all because it was just SO DULL. The men's also was just SO DULL, but people seemed to care about it more so I kept an eye on the scoreboard. DMU 20 - 8 UoL (University of Leicester). Is that good? I mean, we won, but by the way those guys from Leicester were going on about it while standing behind their shitty cameras, not knowing how to use a tripod correctly, Leicester only needed to get one try to win? I'm pretty sure that DMU got it over that line like three or four times... so ... I just hate rugby. The rules are complicated, the scoring is stupid and it's just not exciting at all to film. As near as I can fathom it, you start the game by kicking the ball to the other team, the other team then runs into yours, you then attempt to knock them down. The ball is dropped, so you all have a massive hug, unless the ball is thrown off-field, in which case there is a throw-in. If by any chance you manage to get the ball, you must then charge your way through a wall of meat to reach a line and then fall over with the ball still in your hand. This, somehow, is equal to three points. Your team then fucks off to the other side of the pitch and hug, while you have to stare down the other team with the ball at your feet. You must then kick the ball between two sticks and this somehow makes another 2 or 4 points. I think. Then, it starts all over again.

In football, however, you kick the ball between each other and when you manage to kick the ball in the net you get 1 POINT and celebrate. Seriously, I was expecting celebration, so I filmed the players... but they just didn't.

WHO INVENTED THAT.

Anyway, I failed to mention that on Sunday I spent the day with Joe and Dukey and that was fun.

Pete out.

Electric Teapots: RANDOM WEEK 2

All props go to Kesh this week for making that fucking awesome video.

I also tried my hand at cloning, but I didn't do an amazingly good job of it. I was just trying to make sure you couldn't see my second self's shadow.

Pete out.

My Ham Sandwich

So yesterday I was talking in my uni blog about how social networking sites are used, and I think I came up with an amazing analogy. To demonstrate this, let me give you an example of how a story can be told on each sharing site.

Facebook status update: I have just eaten a ham sandwich. It was delicious. *Three of your friends like this*

Twitter Tweet: I'm eating a #hamsandwich. *Retweeted several times*

Tumblr post: I just ate the most glorious ham sandwich, here is a picture of a ham sandwich from the internet.

Blogger post: Let me tell you about the ham sandwich that I just ate. It all started when I woke up this morning and ate a bowl of cereal. I then took the dog for a walk and saw a man dressed like a lemon. I asked this man why he was dressed like a lemon and he gave me a sour look. That was a pun. I then went home and thought ... (and so on)

But of course, this is a blogger post, so let's not leave it there.

By the way, this is not a true story.

Let me tell you about the ham sandwich that I just ate. It all started when I woke up this morning and ate a bowl of cereal. This was odd for me because I do not like cereal, however my craving for Golden Grahams was just too much to handle.

Anyway, I then took the dog for a walk and came across a man dressed like a lemon. I asked this man why he was dressed like a lemon and he gave me a sour look. Badum pun.

Upon returning to the establishment in which I live, I thought about what I would have for lunch. It then struck me like a leopard strikes a bandoleer when he's being an arsehole. And the bandoleer in question was being an arsehole of the highest orders. Three arseholes were given to the elves, the wisest and fairest of all middle earth's beings. Seven were given to the dwarf lords, and then nine. Nine arseholes were given to the men, whose lust for power was only matched by their greed. But my shit, this guy was like, the Lord of the Arseholes. He was the One Arsehole to rule them all. One arsehole to find them. One arsehole to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them!

But yeah, I've gone horrendously off-topic. I think that's also the rudest tangent I've ever made. It originally had the word cunt in it, but excessive use of it proved too much for even I to handle. Arsehole isn't much better though. It's still very, very crass.

Anyway, I had a thought about the sandwich I would eat, and it hit me like a runaway convict hits a prostitute before taking her winnings for the night. I say winnings, but if you're being paid to have sex with Louis, the overweight lowest-ranking member of the local Mafia, you're a loser really.

Anyanyway, the idea came to me. The tasty, and yet humble ham sandwich. Majestic, delicious, and simple. Two slices of bread, a bit of butter and a slice of pig in the middle. Arguably the most popular sandwich known to mankind. Also the most commonly made sandwich of womankind.

So yeah, that's social networking and the story of a ham sandwich.

Pete out.

Faithful Old Pete

My Jesus it's been a long week. And now I've got to do a duck-load of coursework.

Sigh.

I have a planned blog post soon, so watch out for that.

Pete out.

Electric Teapots: PARODY WEEK

So this week was parody week, which meant we got to rip the shit into each other. It was clear who the obvious favourites were, purely because one of the videos mocks me - the greatest blogger in history - and one insults James, who is not the greatest blogger in history.

Either way, I think the team did some really good work this week, and it'll be hard to come back to it next week.

Pete out.

THE QUEEN AT DMU

Don't get excited. I didn't actually see the Queen. Anyway, thing is this week's weekly blog update so I hope you enjoy it. The annoying this is that everything mentioned in this video that has happened has also been blogged about so... fuck it. Just enjoy the video.

Also, I'll share a link to a promo video for Demon TV when my boss gives me the go-ahead. Cracking.



Okay, so my boss gave me the go ahead. This is a pretty good video I'd say.

Pete out.

KONY 2012

 - THIS IS NOT MY VIDEO -

Before you read this blog entry, please check out the video above. The idea of this campaign is to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise enough awareness for his arrest. He has no agenda for his war, and seeks only to make himself more powerful. He kidnaps children, turns the young women into sex slaves and makes the boys fight for his army.

Over the last few years, the governments of the western world have fought against and destroyed the empires of Sadam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden and more recently Colonel Gadaffi, because of the threats that they posed to the entire world. However, Joseph Kony has remained under the radar because his efforts are of no concern to anyone outside Africa.

That's where the public has stepped in.

We have seen the power of social networking before. Groups on Facebook brought people together to start the riots in Egypt, which led to the eventual downfall of Colonel Gadaffi. And for the last 8 years, the group Invisible Children have been gathering as much information as they can, and campaigning to the American government to step in. However, it was only in October of 2011 that Obama sent a small group of soldiers into Uganda to help stop Kony.

This year the Invisible Children group have put together this half-hour documentary and are willing people to share it in any way they can. Thousands of people on YouTube, Vimeo and other streaming sites have shared this video on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. There are more people on Facebook now than there were people on Earth 200 years ago, and this campaign is using that to their full advantage. What's more promising is that this video was posted two days ago (05/03/2012) and has already had an overwhelming response.

Slowly but surely, Joseph Kony is making himself a household name because of social networking. Proving that today, it does not take one man in a government to make a difference to the world, it is now the people who are making the changes. Everyday social networking makes the world more and more democratic, because it gives people the opportunity to have a voice.

So sign the pledge that this video talks about, buy the action kit and donate money to the cause.

Don't let me try and sway you though. All the convincing I needed was in that video.

People have been sceptical about the funding of the Invisible Children organisation. It's a non-profit organisation, but a lot of the money goes towards their advertising campaigns, and doesn't go towards the actual arrest of Kony. Oh. Guess what, dickends, their campaign wouldn't have been nearly as good if that documentary wasn't as amazing and powerful as it is. I don't care how they spend their money, so long as the end result is the correct one. One Kony has been arrested, the funding of the Ugandan army will probably cease, but until that time we've got to do everything in our power to stop this awful, awful man.

It's not the money we should be caring about. It's the freedom of those kids.

Reference: The KONY 2012 video on YouTube. http://youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc

HOW TO HELP:
Join TRI or Donate to Invisible Children: http://bit.ly/yp5Ffv
Purchase KONY 2012 products: http://invisiblechildrenstore.myshopify.com/
Sign the Pledge: http://www.causes.com/causes/227-invisible-children

Thank you.

Pete out.

Football Varsity Day

I'm so impressed with us for this. Not only did De Montfort win both games (women's 1-0 and men's 2-1) but we also streamed the entire thing live! If you want to check out both of the games in full, check out this link: http://www.justin.tv/demonfm/b/310726005

Anyway. What else? Oh, I could do an actual foot-y report on both of the games.

So, female DMU vs. female Leicester University. It started off well, the women were pretty hot- I mean, they were pretty good at kicking balls. Footballs. And so... okay, yeah, this whole match report thing is a terrible idea. Basically, during the ... oh I can't remember which half they scored a goal and then won the game. Go Demons!

Anyway, the men's football then began. At this point, apparently the camera I was using stopped recording, and I was pitch-side getting some cracking good shots, but they weren't using them! Anyway, during the first half, Leicester scored so we were a bit like "aww..." and I was forced to film the Leicester team celebrating because I'm not a cunt. Anyway, during the second half I was really pissed off because my camera wasn't recording, so I went up to the vision mixing area and demanded that I use the god camera. It's a Canon XHL1 and you can have it shoulder mounted and aw... I love it. Anyway, so I got to use that for the second half, and it was amazing. Like, it was exciting. Towards the 80th minute I think it was (don't know because for some reason the time was off) I was thinking that DMU couldn't really claw it back and they were starting to get a bit aggressive and clumsy, but then they scored in overtime! Twice! It was cracking, and I genuinely remember breaking away from the camera and throwing my fist in there air, and then immediately remembering that it was more important to film the celebration.

That was quite cracking. As you can probably tell, the men's football was more exciting than the women's. It's not sexism, it's just how it is.

Anyway, this has definitely been the best thing that Demon TV has ever done - or at least while I've been the Head of Production, so that was good.

And soon it'll be rugby varsity!

Pete out.

Our Trip To Durham

Well I've been quite the busy bunny.

On Saturday, Dukey and I went up to Durham to see our good friend, Joseph Hadden. He's that awesome guy who knows everything about everything. The drive up was incredibly easy and didn't take very long at all, but there was an annoying stretch of the M1 that had a 50mph limit for like 15 miles for about 1 mile of actual roadworks. Da fuck?

Anyway, when we got to Durham, we met Joe, and then we met his flatmates, who are actually pretty awesome. They're better than my flatmates at any rate. But everyone's flatmates who I've met are better than my flatmates so that's okay. Wait, not James Langley's flatmates. I hate Langley's flatmates. They regard me as a celebrity, so whenever they see me they're all like "PETER HUTCHINSON!" and I'm like, "Oh for fuck's sake" and they're like "YES HELLO, I'M PETER" because that's the thing that I said that made me a flat-wide sensation.

Anyway, I'm not here to talk about terrible flatmates, I'm here to show you the wonder of Durham:

That's right, Durham (being an authentic northern city) has an authentic northern river running through it.

And of course, in every authentic northern city, you need an authentic northern cathedral:

It truly is a cracking place to be, and I'm certain that I want to return.

In any case, after we'd had a wander around, we went back to Joe's flat to make dinner plans. Since we were with Dukey, there was literally only one thing we could eat: pizza. But then we went out to look around Joe's area for some places to film Granite Moths; and we found some pretty good places. At this point we then filmed Entry 51 of Granite Moths, and I'd say that it's a cracker. Not the best ever (the best is yet to come) but still cracking good I'd say.

Anyway, after that we ordered some pizzas and used Joe's coupons to pay for half of them. Cracking. After that, though, we went down to the bar with Joe's flatmates to drink some alcohols and chat shit about shit. This was when I decided that I like Joe's flatmates, purely because they're people who just accept other people. And they're all scientists. That does help. I don't know why I like scientists so much more than... well, musicians actually it turns out. I don't know, maybe I just like intelligent people. If you're a friend of mine; feel honoured.

Anyway, the next morning Dukey and I had to leave Joe's flat at like 0800 because Dukey had to have his car looked at by a potential buyer, which was annoying. And of course it was raining for the entire journey and we saw two accidents on the way home. The first one was a complete wreck, and I wouldn't be surprised if the injuries were fatal. The car had flipped completely, the front end crushed and the roof had caved in. So, not a rally car. The second accident was actually a little funny. A Mercedes SL (the really nice one) had crashed into the back of a ... I want to say Smart car, but I think it was actually a Toyota Yaris. Either way, the Mercedes had its front light taken out and the front bumper was a little worse for wear, but it looked like it had completely totalled the Yaris. Like, the Yaris had its entire back end just ... well just gone. However, everyone was fine, and just pissed off standing next to their cars while the police questioned them. In the rain. That makes it a little bit funny.

Either way, we had a great time in Durham and I now can't wait more than ever to be back home to see the old gang again.

Was going to post about the Varsity day, but now I've run out of time, and this day really deserved its own post.

Pete out.

Electric Teapots Week 5

I'm not proud of my video this week.

Pete out.

MY FIRST WEEKLY UPDATE

So today I've started something entirely new: weekly updates. It's kind of like the "my day" thing I did... wait, why the fuck don't I just do that for my vlog? Duh. No, because I don't actually have proper structure to my days and things happen over the week instead of just a day like they used to happen back in Brooke Weston.

Either way, this is slightly reminiscent of the days of old, except I just talk about the stuff I've done. For this video in particular I mainly talk about Granite Moths and how that's going. Still can't believe that Entry 52 is already longer than the original Marble Hornets. It's fucking mental. Anyway, I'm thinking that I want to do a new comic, but I haven't really got any ideas. I want to at least give a reason for this blog to exist now that I have my videos, which could cover everything. But then what would I do? Exactly. I can't be bothered invading your videos all the time; it's too much effort. I know, Inside Voice, and that's exactly why I need to come up with something new to write about, rather than talk about. Although I suppose the childhood adventures things will always and forever be written, because they're supposed to be blast to the past and all that, and I don't think they'd make very good videos in any case. I mean, have you heard me trying to explain what happens in a day on video? It's terrible.

Anyway, if you have any ideas for a comic or whatever, let me know and I'll crack on with it. Oh, and I suppose a new politically correct story couldn't go amiss. So there's a comment section below for you to use, and for god's sake use it. Or just text me, or Facebook me. I honestly don't case. In fact, I think I prefer the text/Facebook idea; mainly because I can see those straight away.

Right, I'm currently writing about nothing now, so let's bug out.

Pete out.

LEAP DAY

Also totally only just realised that this was my 29th video. How amazing is that? It's not my 29th CLS video though so I don't really think I should count it... But still, what a coincidence.

Anyway, I did have a response to this video actually. tasteofink (still no idea who this is; would love to know) said that it's because the days would be out of synch or something. And yes, yes they would. But the point is every day would become a fraction longer to make up that extra quarter day. It'd be clever. Either way, would still love to know if my point would be possible, and how it would be achieved.

Mathematicians, you have a go.

Pete out.