Fresh Out The Bath

Stop…look and watch! Ready yet? Get set! It’s TheAaaaaaaandySan! Okay, dunno where I was going with that, but hey, here I am with another blog post!

 

As the title implies, I got done taking a great bath, with Epsom salts which helps with muscle aches and helps me feel so much more relaxed! I was even in there for a good 40 minutes before I realizing how long I was in for, haha!!

 

Update To The Upcoming Update

 

Anywho, seeing as I’m sure that you guys didn’t come here to learn about my bathing habits, I wanted to let you know that in an upcoming video, I say that I’m going on hiatus from making new videos for awhile. I should clarify that I meant on a regular basis. I still want to make a couple of videos here and there, but it won’t be anything super-scheduled. I mean, I’ll let you guys know when they’re coming out on Twitter a day or two in advance, but that’s about it scheduling-wise.

 

I asked you guys what questions you’d like me to answer on an upcoming episode of Life After Navy, and you certainly didn’t disappoint! I have a couple really good ones that I want to get out there on YouTube soon!

 

I was also thinking about a One Cuppa Japan-esque series where I talk about something on my way to school. The idea is that I’d turn the GoPro to face me while I talk, and I’d talk about something for about 15-20 minutes. Is that something you guys would be interested in for future videos? Let me know!

 

Let’s Life

 

I decided recently to cut back my coffee consumption to just one cup a day (which is where I got the idea for a series similar to OCJ) and so far, the benefits outweigh the negatives. I sleep all the way through the night more often now, and my body doesn’t feel all twitchy when I lay down. The downside is that I’m not as sharp as I was when I was all hopped up, but hopefully that changes with having more restful sleep and my body getting used to operating on less caffeine. I don’t think I’ll quit coffee entirely as there are also good health benefits to drinking dark coffee, but since I don’t have to keep my head on a swivel all the time like I was when I was in the Navy, I don’t mind cutting back a little.

 

Once my current money situation settles down, AKA I get some paychecks my way, I want to shift back to healthier food. One of the things that I notice when I eat all this cheap college food is how tired I am during the day. Around noon or 1pm, I’m ready to take a post-lunch nap! I think as I get older, all these unhealthy habits start to catch up to me. I’m also gonna look into getting a conversion stand for my bike so I can bike for exercise even when the weather isn’t so good.

 

Turning In

 

Anyway, I think that’s it for me tonight. Gonna get some Zs and start my Sunday fresh! I have some housework/laundry to do in the morning. Night!

 

TheAndySan

I’m Making Some Changes

Hi. Hello. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it?

 

Taking A Break From Videos (Kinda)

 

I’m looking for new ideas for revamping my blog. It’s been such an ongoing thing for me, and lately I’ve been drawn back into writing again.

 

I think that I need to take a break from videos for a bit because whenever I sit down to make one lately, I’m not happy with it. I am going to, however, make an update video telling you guys more about it and to list some changes that are gonna happen to TheAndySan channel.

 

Changes To The Video Schedule

 

Changes like putting AndyCade on hiatus. I’ve been debating on whether or not to continue the series since working on it has helped me become a better editor and I’ve become especially more familiar with audio editing because of my work on AndyCade. But as it stands now, it’s very time consuming of a project and I’m not super-into video games (I’m a casual player) so it’s best to put it on the shelf as a regular program. Does this mean that I’ll never ever do AndyCade again? No. I’d like to bring it back as an occasional series, but for now, it’s not going to be done on a regular basis. I’m going to finish out my upcoming game (debuting tomorrow BTW) and that’ll be it for now.

 

I’m still gonna do the reuploads so that there’s regular content on the channel, but those will be reduced to just one episode a day every day. I haven’t determined a time slot for it yet, but I’m looking into late morning/early afternoon EST. New videos (when made) will be on a couple hours before the reupload, and I’ll announce when a new video’s coming out on Twitter so be sure to follow me there!

 

Problems

 

I’ve been too focused on growing my YouTube channel that it’s taken the joy out of making videos for you guys, and that’s not something that I want to happen. Financial/unemployment problems also leaked onto everything including my grades in college this past semester and my general attitude online and off. I became bitter, pining for when I was in Japan doing cool things regularly.

I would watch all these great up-and-coming YouTubers, who I started to follow when they only had a couple hundred subs or even less, surpass me in subs and although I was super-happy for them to get the success they deserved, I was also really jealous.

 

“Why couldn’t I get those subs too? What’s wrong with my videos? Is the lighting bad? Is the sound bad? Did I ramble on too long? Did I say ‘umm’ and ‘ahh’ and ‘you know’ too much?”

“What’s wrong with my videos?”

“What’s wrong with me?…”

 

It was this mentality that paralyzed me and deadened my creativity. My videos suffered, and it became a vicious cycle of anger and self-loathing.

 

Back To Blogging Basics

 

So because of all of this, I decided it was time for me to get back to my blogging roots; where this whole thing started, even before YouTube.

 

I originally started blogging way back in 2005 because I wanted to stay connected to my best friend when he went off to college. He started blogging on Xanga because some of his college friends (who later became my friends too) were doing it and wanted him to do it too. I randomly came across his blog one day and decided to create my own account so I could start blogging too.

 

I became enamored with the concept of connecting with not only my own IRL friends, but with others from all walks of life and from all corners of the world. So my blogging grew from just keeping in touch with my best friend in college, to expressing myself and connecting with others. YouTube then became another platform of that philosophy of worldwide connection. At first, I made videos occasionally because I didn’t have my own camera (back before all phones came with a halfway decent one) and I also didn’t understand how to edit stuff. My mannerisms in those early videos weren’t the best either, and it’s hard to watch some of them now. But, I kept them up to show my progression as a YouTuber and as a person. When I joined the US Navy in 2010, I started to get more confident in my approach to video making, and thus my videos improved. I also bought new equipment to improve the quality of the videos as well since YouTube had, at that time, just made uploading HD videos possible.

 

The more and more I did YouTube, the less I did traditional text-based blogging, and I later stopped updating my blog altogether.

 

The Future of TheAndySan.com

 

I don’t have a plan or a schedule for when new blog posts will be coming out, and I think that’s for the best since working to feed The Content Monster will inevitably make the quality suffer as I try to scramble to put something together on a scheduled basis. But do expect more blog posts than the occasional once-every-three-months comeback post. 😀

 

I’m also gonna work from time to time on the look of the site as well as update for newer videos and things like that, so there may be times where you get a frequent amount of “new” posts. Just putting that out there.

 

For now, I’m gonna take a nap, then work on an update video for YouTube to let everyone there know what’s going on.

 

See ya soon!

 

TheAndySan

Happy Leap Day 2016 – Vlog 229

Getting closer to the channel switch-over!! Tomorrow’s the big day!

Tech Notes

Camera Used
Sony Alpha α5100

Mic Used
ZOOM H2N

Programs Used
Audacity 2.1.1
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015

Music Credits
BGM: リサフランク420 – 現代のコンピュー
BGM Artist: MACINTOSH PLUS

My First Two Weeks In Japan – Vlog 228

To celebrate the 100th episode of the Just Japan Podcast, I’m talking about my first two weeks in Japan!!

Tech Notes

Camera Used
Sony Alpha α5100

Mic Used
ZOOM H2N

Programs Used
Audacity 2.1.1
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015

Music Credits
BGM: Crystal Clouds [NCS Release]
BGM Artist: Phantom Sage
Phantom Sage
• https://soundcloud.com/phantomsage
• http://www.youtube.com/user/Sl8Tl330f5
• https://twitter.com/phantomsage
• https://www.facebook.com/thefantomofficial
BGM: Life Is Over [NCS Release]
BGM Artist: Anikdote
Anikdote
• https://soundcloud.com/anikdotemusic
• https://www.facebook.com/D.H.ProductionzPage
• https://twitter.com/ANIKDOTE_MUSIC
• https://www.instagram.com/anikdote_music/
BGM: Eternal Minds [NCS Release]
BGM Artist: Waysons
Waysons
• https://soundcloud.com/waysons
• https://twitter.com/WaysonsOfficial
• https://www.facebook.com/WaysonsOfficial
• https://www.instagram.com/waysons/
BGM: Break Away [NCS Release]
BGM Artist: Foria
Foria
• https://soundcloud.com/foria
• https://twitter.com/ForiaMusic
• https://www.facebook.com/ForiaMusic
• https://www.youtube.com/c/ForiaMusic1

Keurig K200 Demo – K Cup

Here’s a quick demo of my Keurig K200!!

Tech Notes

Camera Used
LG G4

Programs Used
Sony Vegas Pro 13.0 (Build 428) 64-Bit
Audacity 2.1.1

Music Credits
BGM: Dating Start! (D-SLO Brown Edit)
BGM Artist: Ferdk
Original BGM Artist: Toby Fox