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Moving Blog: Update #6

It's the sixth and perhaps final update in my moving vlog, because all my stuff is here inside my apartment now.

Moving vlog #6 from http://krissy.vox.com/

Here's a bonus video of the ReloCubeTM being delivered:

Forklifting the ReloCubeTM from http://krissy.vox.com/

Here's a photo of the damage:

This might be the final installment of my moving videos.  Should I keep doing video updates?  If so, what should I talk about?  Let me know!

Moving Blog: Update #5

I taped this at my friend's house where I'm staying in San Francisco.  I hope my ghostly pallor does not frighten you - I balanced my digital camera on a window sill.

CIMG1259_xvid from http://krissy.vox.com/

Jet is not my dog, unfortunately.

Speaking of dogs, my friends Andy (I mentioned him in my post about KGSR) and Kris got a new rescue dog, Maybelline.  They brought her along to brunch in Austin this past Saturday.  She is so sweet and cute that I almost stole her.  Maybelline has one good eye, and she does just fine, thankyouverymuch.

A partial list of things that I packed in boxes, that I wish I had brought with me in my suitcases:

• sweaters
• fingernail clippers (I like to keep my fingernails as short as possible)
  
• gloves
• more pairs of knee socks
• a scarf
• a hammer

Moving Blog: Update #4 - I sold my car!

I. Sold. My. Car.

CIMG1252_xvid from http://krissy.vox.com/

For some reason the audio gets off kilter with the video toward the end.  Sorry about that, of course I have no idea what's causing it or how I could fix it!

Catch up with prior moving vlog installments:

• Update #1
• Update #2
• Update #3

The ReloCubeTM:

In Richard's convertible:

I mentioned Chad's band, but I forgot the part about how I saw peacocks today:

Happy No Pants Day, everyone!

Moving Blog: Update #3 - the pod is here!

I'm madly packing the remainder of my worldly possessions, but I paused long enough to record this update for you:

CIMG1181_xvid from http://krissy.vox.com/

The movers will be here tomorrow at 9am!!

 

Red Shirt Woman drove us to drink.  Not literally.

** The accidents my car has been in were not my fault.  I swear.

Moving Blog: Update #2

Here's my update from last night.  I spent a fair amount of time learning about formats and compression and video file sizes earlier today - the learning never ends!  (Thank you Steve and Anil.)  I am still an amateur though.  Don't start expecting "editing" or "production values" to enter into the picture.

CIMG1179_xvid from http://krissy.vox.com/

I uploaded this video to Vox which meant it loaded much, much faster than Vimeo, but there are no stats and part of the video is cut off due to the layout of my blog.  So, if you watch this, please comment!  I know how you prefer to IM me or text me to tell me you watched, but you can comment, I know you can.

Weekend Update

Just when I thought that getting older meant getting more set in my ways, especially for someone as stubborn as myself, things changed.  I'm about to move across the country for the fourth time, back to San Francisco, which I never thought I would do.  And having to do something I never thought I would do is, for some reason, making me reconsider other things on my Never list.  Like selling my car or living without a television.  (Right, we're not to the skydiving level yet.)

One of my Nevers is sharing personal stuff on the internets.  I just feel like the downside is too risky.  But on the other hand, nobody's reading this really, except for all the people googling Steve Perry.  So, on Friday I was feeling stir-crazy and messing about with my digital camera, and the thought occurred to me to make a video diary of my move.  Here's my first installment.

Moving Blog from Krissy T on Vimeo.

In a way it's quicker than writing out a post (no linking! no editing! no photos!) but then uploading the video took forEVer.  That part might be a dealbreaker.  I reserve the right to delete this video and discontinue at any time.  But if this is halfway interesting to my friends who are watching, I'll continue.  You just let me know.

Frankly, I'm not sure I'll have much to say on video in the future.  It's still all about writing and music.  In fact, in the long run I think my video blog would end up looking a lot like this*:

Oh, young Michael McDonald...

* There's a Nicolette Larson post in the queue, oh yes!  Sit tight!