Weblog Sin Pies

By Charley Daniels

Hey, remember when “viral” was a bad thing? Me too. So tonight my plan was to discover the next hot video, but YouTube is so mired in worthlessness that I’ll have to save it for another day. Instead I found some really crappy videos for you. Sure, the ability for anyone and everyone to upload video is what makes YouTube great, but I submit that this is simultaneously its worst quality. Have you ever randomly watched some of this stuff? Here’s a representative sampling:

Kids these days. All buff and vain.

Ah, the wannabe jackasses. At least Johnny Knoxville and the gang are good at pretending shit is real. Here’s a tip: It doesn’t make things more interesting or realistic for you to interview the “witnesses” afterwards.

Get her some water, or something. At least that one’s short.

By Charley Daniels

Almost didn’t make it to this post, as the site was down for some reason for much of the day. Working on that. Could require some technical prowess and maybe even a bit of tinkering. But NaBloPoMo hasn’t defeated me yet! In fact, it’s inspired me.

It feels good to be inspired. Do you know what I mean? Maybe I can inspire you today.

There’s no excuse for you not to be doing exactly what you want to be doing. Well, there are excuses, but they’re just that — excuses. They’re not good excuses, the sort that let you off the hook for whatever it is you’re hoping to excuse. You hate your job, right? Well, why? Have you watched TV lately? Been to YouTube?

The thing is, you can get paid to do pretty much anything these days. It’s called reality TV. You just have to get a production company involved and anything you do can be financed by television. Hanging out. Sanding boards. Punching. Yelling. Sharpening metal. Grapes. Whatever it is, there’s a market for it.

No mainstream media companies biting? Become an internet sensation! Put on a costume and video yourself messing with people in a Wal-Mart. Or better still, video Wal-Mart customers messing with you. You could start a vlog about your cat. (Attention Luddites: A vlog is like a talkie in the silent era of blogs, you dig?)

There’s an audience out there for anything you can think of. You just have to be specific, and you just have to find them. Eventually you’ll be rich. I mean, something has to happen between conception and success, but that’s outside the scope of this analysis. Lottery, maybe?