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Epic Movie [and not the crappy parody]

I can't write a lot right now, but I wanted to let you guys know that I went and saw "The Dark Knight" the other evening with my girlfriend, and I have to say, it is an amazing movie. It is the greatest movie of 2008, the greatest Batman movie ever, and very possibly... and I say this carefully... the greatest superhero movie of all time.

The only thing was that I was more focused on The Joker the whole time. Heath Ledger delivered a spellbinding performance, much deserving of any award he's nominated for. I don't think any other actor could have done The Joker justice in the way that Ledger did, with the mild exception of Johnny Depp.

So yes, after leaving the theatre, I found myself wanting more and more to see it again, so I'll probably travel up to Indianapolis sometime this week [since I'm off for the county fair], and go see it in IMAX. I've heard that it's fantastic there, so I really want to check it out. Maybe on Monday, because I want to take Josh and Krystle with me, and that's the day they're off... I don't know, I'll have more information later.

Why so serious?

[/btyler]

The Red Ring of Death

If anyone owns an XBox 360, then they know the dangers and constant fear of what is called the Red Ring of Death. The RRoD is a demon so powerful, it destroys all your hopes and dreams of conquering the next level on Army of Two, or winning the Playoffs in NBA 2k8. The RRoD is a relentless beast that eats away your console, and ends all promise of starting up your system.

I recently encountered the RRoD when I tried loading NBA 2k8, and it glitched at start up. So I made sure it was elevated correctly [it was], and that the air vents were clear [they were], and that it was stable [again, complete]. I restarted the console, and when it restarted, there it was. The Red Ring of Death. Staring me blank in the face, blinking like it owned the world.

The RRoD, quite literally, is a red glowing circle around the start-up button of the XBox 360. Usually, it is green, and allows gaming possible. But when it glows that crimson color, it's game over.

So there it was. A friend of mine recently encountered this catastrophe, and had to pay $125 in order to exchange for a working console, until his was fixed. The problems with this method are that [1] this XBox actually belongs to my friend, and I'm simply borrowing it for now, and [2] I don't have the $125 to pay for this fix.

I checked a few web sites, and videos on YouTube, and they all said either turn it in, or perform actions that could potentially burn my house down. No thank you. I have too much stuff in there, and my parents would inevitably kill me.

So if you have any definite working fixes, let me know. As long as they don't cost me over twenty bucks, and I can be able to give it back to my friend, and at least say that I had no idea it existed.

Unless, of course, he checks my website. Then I'm screwed.

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Just wanted to fume...

Okay, so I just wanted to vent about something.

Now I know there are people out there who don't like me, especially on the internet. But I seem to have a few enemies here in Brown County, too. That doesn't really bother me, not everyone's going to like me. But it kind of pisses me off when people stand down my hill, my back yard, and throw rocks at my house when they see me come outside.

How do I know it's not a branch falling or something coming off of a tree? Well, it happens too often per night to be an accident. Especially just now, because I actually heard the thrown object soar through the trees down the hill, and land heavily on my roof. I mean, seriously, this thing was heavy, and being able to hear its trajectory was what made me absolutely sure of this.

It's just ridiculous that you would risk me calling the cops on you, just for the five-minute humor of throwing something at my house. Are you kidding me? Are you that pathetic? Grow a brain.

Sorry to kind of push this on you, all at once. Just had to fume to someone, since my fuming people aren't available at this time.

And of course, I just heard something else. Maybe I'll just go inside.

[/btyler]

Presenting daveypoptart

So if you've ever seen my Buffalo Wild Wings video, you will have met my friend David.

Who is gay. Just so you know.

He wanted to start getting into YouTube and doing videos, so I told him I'd film, edit, and upload his videos for him, all he had to do was be in them.

Well, here it is. He is daveypoptart and he has things to rant about.



Hope you all enjoy! Please subscribe to him. He's funny and cute.

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Account. Disabled. Access. Denied.

So I haven't been posting regularly because I've been extremely busy with work, and with the creation of YouTube accounts for my friends, David [daveypoptart] and Kathy [katscan7]. They both seem rather interested in making videos and so I've been trying to get things together for them so they can do so. I've also been working on getting my brother started with his videos [Rabid Bunny Studios].

In addition to this, I was afraid to post, or even access my own website because, as some may know, my Google AdSense account was disabled. I didn't want to mess with any statistics, but after I got the appeal form filled out, I figured it would be fine. Apparently, a "friend" of mine was trying to "help me out" by using a program to refresh my website and click it automatically, to increase my payout.

Well I didn't know this was going on until my account was disabled, and once it happened, I asked him about his suspicious behavior concerning "how many people were checking out my website" and his unusual interest in my videos, and he admitted to it. I knew that this sort of thing was against the rules, and had I known that he was doing it, I would have punched him directly in the throat and asked him, "What the hell were you thinking?!".

...Needless to say, I'm kind of angry at him right now.


But anyway, that's what's up. I really don't know how many people actually view this website now, because HE has been screwing with my statistics. So if there is anyoen out there paying attention, feel free to speak up. I don't expect much.

So I'm in Tennessee right now for the second family reunion in the past month. Not too bad, I'm getting used to it, so it's cool. I'm having a good time so far, if people would just stop freakin out. Specifically my little cousin, Bryton. He's the cutest little thing, but he is just.. rawr.

Dah. I'm going to get back to making videos. Ahoy.

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The BayThirteen Project is hosted by B. Tyler Margison, Jude Faulkes, and Keith Rhodes.

The BayThirteen Project is an experiment in the study of viral marketing. Viral marketing is a marketing strategy that encourages people to pass along messages, videos, or other information to others in order to generate added exposure. The videos on YouTube that your friends tell you to watch rely on viral marketing in order to get more views. You tell your friends, they tell more of theirs, et cetera, until the video is one of the most viewed.

B13 is an experiment to see how much money can be earned from viral marketing, or rather, how many people can or will donate. Are you more or less likely to donate money to a cause when it's unknown? when it's well-known? Will you pass on this experiment until all of your friends have done it, then finally give in to the pressure? Or will you be the trendsetter, telling your friends that they should do the same, and that doing so is cool?

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