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I recorded this quick vlog to tell you guys that this will be my last video before going into boot camp.

I’ll be in the Navy boot camp for around 2 months, but I’ll have my parents ship my computer and camera and all that stuff out to me when I go to my first A-school in Chicago (it’s actually right across the street from boot camp), which means that I’ll be able to upload videos again by around September at the latest (but it could be a little earlier than that). After staying there in Chicago for about two months, I’ll then get shipped out to San Diego for A-school & C-school to complete my training.

In the meantime, I’ve given The Talkin’ Vedalken (aka Eriopolis) permission to upload the First Impact Anime episodes that we recorded over the weekend as well as the accompaning Behind The Flop videos. We have a total of 10 episodes recorded, which will be our first season, meaning that every season of First Impact Anime will be 10 episodes long. We talked about having guest commentators for next season while I’m still in boot camp or otherwise unable to record with him, and I’m totally down with that since it gives the show new voices to develop the series.

As far as how I’m feeling about going to boot camp, I’m nervous but excited to start my new life. I know that boot camp will be tough, especially the first 2-3 weeks, but I’m confident that I will graduate.

Looking back to when I first started blogging via Geocities, I’ve had a crazy time so far! I’ve gone through a lot of failures and missteps, but I know that joining the Navy will be the big step that I need to get my life in the right direction. It will be tough, but I know that I can pull through!

I still want to be able to blog & vlog while I’m in the Navy, and I know that I can bring some value to people who are wondering what Navy life is really like. I also want to continue to make videos about my interests like playing guitar, watching anime, and hanging out with friends.

I hope you guys still stick with me even while I’m in boot camp, because everything will improve once I’m out and able to do stuff again! The Life In… series will really kick off when I’m able to go out and take videos of Chicago and San Diego, and I’ll also be uploading loads more N-FAQs since I’ll know more about the Navy by then!

Well guys, it’s time for me to go now. I’ll be sure to at least write out a blog entry when I graduate boot camp so that you guys know I survived

We’ll see you next time!

TheAndySan

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BGM Artist: Sayaka Kanda

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Vlog 40 – My Last Vlog Before Boot Camp

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It’s been awhile since I did a vlog, so I decided to fill you guys in with what’s been going on lately.

Over the weekend, Eriopolis (aka The Talkin’ Vedalken) and I recorded a veritable shit-ton of videos for the First Impact Anime series as well as for Behind The Flop. A new episode from each series will be uploaded once a week, with First Impact Anime on Mondays and Behind The Flop on Tuesdays.

Now if you’re wondering how I’ll be able to do all this while I’m at boot camp, the short answer is that I can’t. Eriopolis will be handling all of the uploading while I’m away. I’m also going to be giving him his own account on my blog so that he can put the videos up there as well as his own series of articles on playing Magic: The Gathering (if he wants to put those articles up there, of course).

I’m really nervous about going to boot camp, which is just 13 days away! I’ve been talking with my friends who have already gone through boot camp, and they have had mixed experiences. One of them said that it was hell for the first three weeks, but then you got better at doing stuff so it became easier in-a-sense. Another said that boot camp was cake. Another one of my friends said that it was hard at first, but it got easier as you progressed.

I also got to see my friend Tylor, who recently graduated boot camp. If you guys remember from one of my earlier posts, Tylor was the one I roomed with on my last visit to MEPS several months ago. He lost A LOT of weight at boot camp; I’d say around 40-50 lbs, so he weighs about as much as I do now (which is crazy since he’s like 6’6″-6’7″)!!

A couple of days ago, I recorded a new video for the Life In… series that covered the Montezuma Airfield as well as downtown Montezuma. When I went home afterwards, I found that the video files weren’t on my memory card. Since the weather’s been pretty crappy these past couple of weeks, I don’t know if I’ll be able to get another Life In… video out before I leave for boot camp, but I’ll try my best!

Well, I’ve gotta go to my last DEP meeting here in a couple of minutes so I’ll see you guys later!

TheAndySan

P.S: Before I go to boot camp, I’ll upload a goodbye video as a tribute to my audience and my channel to say thanks for watching my videos and reading my blog. Don’t worry, I won’t be gone for good; but I will be gone for several months and I want to make something to say thanks for sticking around and that I hope you continue to stick around when I come back.

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Vlog 39 – I’m Nervous About Boot Camp, Video Status Report, & Goodbye Video Coming Soon

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I was browsing around my old desktop computer and found this video of me from November 2008 playing an acoustic riff that I was working on at the time. I hope you guys enjoy it!

There will be some more new videos next week, including a new Life In… video (pending on the weather) based on your suggestions via Google Moderator as well as a new N-FAQs video. See you guys then!

TheAndySan

P.S: Only 19 more days until I get shipped off to boot camp for 2-3 months! I’ll put together an awesome farewell video before I go.

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Lost Vlog 11 – Riff Idea #8 (Demo)

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In this J-Vid, I talk about my lovely dogs. Here’s the dialog:

Good afternoon, this is Andy!

こんにちは、アンディです

konnichiha, andi desu

I have two dogs.

私は2匹の犬があります。

inu fubiki ga arimasu.

Their names are Zeus and Leto.

自分の名前ゼウスとレトされます。

jibun no namae zeusu to reto sa re masu.

Zeus is eight years old and Leto is five years old, but Leto’s sixth birthday is tomorrow

ゼウスは8歳とレトは5歳ですが、レトの6番目の誕生日は明日です！

Zeusu wa hachi-sai to reto wa go-sai desuga, reto no roku-banme no tanjō-bi wa ashita desu!

Zeus is a male and Leto is a female.

ゼウスは、男性とレトの女性です。

zeusu ha, dansei to reto no josei desu.

They are both Golden Retrievers.

彼らは両方のゴールデンレトリバーです。

futari no goorudenretoribaa desu.

TheAndySan

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J-Vid 11 – My Two Dogs 2 [Electric Boogaloo]

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Welcome to the first installment of my new video series, N-FAQs, which is short for Navy FAQs! To kick things off, I’d like to go over what goes on at a DEP Meeting.

TheAndySan

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N-FAQs 01 – DEP Meetings

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Before I begin, I want to apologize for not having a new episode of First Impact Anime this week. Eriopolis is in the middle of moving to a sweet new apartment with his brother Ben, so I’m hoping that the next episode will be over there. I already have an anime planned out to watch, and it will be epic!

Over the weekend, I compiled never-before-seen footage from the Movie Night and First Impact Anime series. This footage includes bloopers, extended intros, and a concept reel where Eriopolis and I talk through and brainstorm what’s gonna happen for the first episode of First Impact Anime. These videos are only available on our Flopamation channel on Blip.tv.

The name Flopamation, which is our production name, comes from the combination of Funimation and flop. I still hope to collab with Eriopolis even when I’m in the Navy, but we’re still working out the details for that.

Speaking of the Navy, I can’t believe that I’m going to boot camp in less than a month! I’m incredibly nervous, but also looking forward to starting my new life!

I plan on releasing a new Navy video this week, where I discuss what goes on at a DEP meeting as well as go over essential learning material like The Sailor’s Creed and The 11 General Orders. Stay tuned for that!

Also, I’ve got at least one more video to record for the Life In… series before I go to boot camp. In that video, I want to cover Grand Lake exclusively since it’s the main focal point of the surrounding area. Too bad I won’t be around to cover Lakefest and the Regatta and all that jazz since it’s the only time of the year when things really get interesting around here, but I digress…

Well, I gotta go out on a bike ride soon so I’ll see you guys next time! Bye!

TheAndySan

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Behind The Flop At Flopamation

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Today, I’d like to talk about how I first came to YouTube and how I’m currently using it.

Around late 2004-early 2005 when I was still in college, my friends and I would browse around site like Fugly, KillSomeTime, and eBaumsWorld to watch funny video clips as well as pictures. They were basically like the YouTube of their day, but minus the vloggers.

When Lazy Sunday exploded all over the internet, we discovered YouTube. At that point, we just added it to our list of sites to browse around for funny clips. It wasn’t until around 2006 that I began watching people like TokyoCooney, RodgerSwan, and SxePhil. I then wanted to get involved with the community so I signed up for my own YouTube account on March 1st 2006.

Although I had already posted some videos, it wasn’t until I got my own camera in September 2008 that I really began to do stuff, and I’ve been putting out videos ever since.

Well, that’s pretty much it for now. Like I said in the video, more new stuff is on the way (including more Navy videos) so stay tuned. Peace!

TheAndySan

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TheAndySan – My YouTube Story

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This vlog was originally uploaded to Google Video back when they let you do that (I miss Google Video!!). I did that because it was too long for YouTube, hence the title Too Long For YouTube aka TL4YT.

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I tried making this thing shorter, but the results came out even worse. Anyway, in this vlog, I talk about one of my old ideas for using a website to generate income for me so that I don’t have to work. Needless to say, none of these ideas have seen the light of day due to lack of funding and all that junk. However, I thought it would be interesting to put these up to see what I was up to back then.

TheAndySan

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Lost Vlog 10 – TL4YT Vlog 1 – Making Money Online

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This vlog was originally suppose to be my weight loss vlog, but I decided to rerecord it and break it into sections to make things easier to understand. However, I decided to edit this vlog just to give you an idea of what I was gonna talk about in my 3-part weight loss mini-series.

TheAndySan

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BGM Album: Casino

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Lost Vlog 09 – My Diet & Exercise Routine (Alternate Take)

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This vlog was originally suppose to be Vlog 33, but I decided to rerecord it because I wanted to do a shorter take. However, I was able to par down the dialog and thankfully I did because I talk about some stuff here that I forgot to say in Vlog 33.

One of the things I forgot to mention was that Chrome Sparks has its own Soundclick account! It just has the 5 Riff Ideas for now (I haven’t officially recorded Riff Ideas #6 or #7 yet, aside from Lost Vlog 07), but I’ll be recording some new material when I get new equipment in San Diego.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, Vlog 32 was actually released on my 4-year YouTube Anniversary and I forgot to talk about it!

I still can’t believe that it’s been four years since I signed up for YouTube! A lot has changed in that time, and I hope that the quality of my videos has gone up along with the times.

When I go to A-school in San Diego, I plan on getting an HD camcorder so that you guys can see me in HD as well as the surrounding areas. As I’ve said before, I’m also planning on continuing to vlog while I’m in the Navy as much as I can and hopefully let you guys in on the scenery.

Well, it’s been fun looking back on these past four years. Here’s to many more!

TheAndySan

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Lost Vlog 08 – Happy Belated 4-Year YouTube Anniversary (Alternate Take)