Tasty Blog Snack

[ view more snake photos on flickr ]

At lunch today we were all sitting and waiting for our food. Someone noticed that there was a man walking down the street with a huge 7 foot yellow python curled around his neck. Naturally, Desiree and I raced over to him with camera in hand.

We ran over to the man and he handed Merlin (the snake) over into my arms. Merlin kept "sniffing" me and slowly wrapping himself around my neck. My only thoughts were to try and keep his little face away from me, negleting the fact that he could just strangle me at any point if he so chose to do so.

I always thought I'd be reluctant to hold one of these creatues, especially since I never have previously. As he was getting his face closer and closer to mine I did get a little nervous. It's very hard to tell how an animal might react to someone. I have no prior experience with the mannerisms of snakes. Surprisingly, I fell in love with this little guy. He was so loving!

Someone left me a MySpace comment a long time ago on my "Snakes On A Plate" video that said something to the effect of "You look like someone that would be afraid of a real snake". I'll fight you.

As a side note, there is a law attempting to be passed in Florida if you own a snake that is more than 2 inches in diameter, you must have a high-tech identification tag implemented into it's body. This is to cut down on owners releasing them into the wild where they can be a danger to other wildlife and people. At least this way they will know who's responsible for letting it free.

We miss you, Merlin. If the random man would have taken credit, I would have bought you :(

Then again, if I did purchase him.. there is the matter of taking him on the plane?

Labels: desiree cramer, florida, ijustine, justine ezarik, on a plane, python, snakes

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The first segment of MPML TV: Fishing

Labels: fishing, florida, ijustine, justine ezarik, mommy pack my lunch tv, orlando

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Ahh, today I gut (gutted?) a fish at the pier after dinner. It was tasty. Too bad I had already eaten..



[ view more flickr photos from the pier ]


I'm starting a new section of mommypackmylunch.com. It's going to be called Mommy Pack My Lunch TV. We'll be "broadcasting" live from different locations etc. The main site will still be just for the sketch type videos. The TV section could be promising. I'll have a quick video up there tomorrow. I'll blog it. No worries.

Time for bed. We're leaving Tuesday and I'm going to be so sad. I do not want to even think of returning to Pittsburgh. It just might be the biggest nightmare ever. Aghh.

On the upside, the day we get back there's a podcamp meetup and next weekend I believe they'll be filming here in Pittsburgh for Macbreak. Then at the end of the month I'll be in LA for a few days. In between there are a few other random things, but I can't blog all of my secrets, now can I?

Labels: comedy, fish, flickr, florida, gut, ijustine, macbreak, mommy pack my lunch, pier, pittsburgh, podcamp, sketch

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[ beach flickr photos here ]



Ahh, today was just awesome! I'm officially learning to surf!!! If you can't tell, I'm very advanced and soon I'll be ready for my first competition.

We spent most of the day at the beach today and had plans to create a new video, but opted to just enjoy the beach instead. Although, we did film a video for Rex (the Yahoo Talent Show winner) telling him how much we miss him. He's awesome.

On that note, we're also going to be visiting the Renzhe Parkour ninjas this weekend (they're from Florida)! They are such an awesome group of guys. I can't wait to see them again.

Lastly, Desiree and I called into Bill Alexander's podcast tonight. I'm really not even going to bother typing out the details because you'll just have to listen to the craziness. I'll be posting it tomorrow. Tony from thelastshotpodcast.com created an AMAZING one liner intro for me [ listen here ]

Labels: beach, cocoa beach, desiree cramer, florida, ijustine, justine ezarik, sand

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Just a trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida? Not for astronauts Desiree and Justine.. Join them in their final moments on earth.


[ http://www.mommypackmylunch.com ]

Labels: desiree cramer, ijustine, justine ezarik, kennedy space center, shuttle launch, video

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Dez and I made this wonderful photoshop probably a year and a half ago. Now, the dream will come true.

Tomorrow we're visiting the Kennedy Space Center! I've always wanted to be an astronaut. Mostly just so I could return to my home planet (whichever that would be).

Ah, I can't wait.

The GeekRiot podcast tonight was pretty much out of control. We won't even go there!

Labels: astronaut, geekriot, ijustine, kennedy space center

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Blogger really does anger me. I'm not going to lie and I can no longer hold it in. I thought I'd be really cool and host it myself.. but, obviously that wasn't in my best interest. It takes 3 years to republish and I've only been at this a month.

So, here I sit. Frustrated and wanting to punch Google with my fist of fury. I don't want to host it on their servers. Perhaps Wordpress is in order. Hmmmmm...

Labels: angry, blogger, ijustine, makes

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Ahhh so Desiree and I had our first photoshoot for mommypackmylunch.com. We've decided to stick with the name and make it work! So, obviously.. here is our first step. The next step will be actually redoing our site to be somewhat functionable!

I'll be posting a few more photos from the shoot at a some point this week.

Labels: bag, desiree cramer, ijustine, justine ezarik, mommy pack my lunch, photoshoot

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I'm now hosting Nightline on ABC since my few second debut..











HA HA HA just kidding.


..but, this Thursday and Friday I did spend in Dallas, Texas filming a show for xTrain called 60 Second Guru.

Now, normally the show would be a tutorial teaching you something in 60 seconds. The topics that I chose were Online Video Editing, MySpace Popularity, Blogging Tips, and Creating Viral Videos. Basically these were shot in the style of videos that most people are used to seeing that Dez and I would typically create. This includes: running around the street doing parkour, dancing on the desk, mock myspace mirror shots, and even falling in random places.

The studio that we shot at was amazing! It's called Splash Media. Here's a video directly from YouTube about xTrain and Splash Media about their partnership:

Splash Media operates one of the most technologically advanced television studios in the world. We combine the best systems available with solid engineering and top-notch graphics. Since its launch in 2005, TSTN has received international acclaim for its content as well as its look, but the most common question asked by visitors is, “Where’s the studio?” TSTN programs are produced by only five or six people in the control room. Even more astounding is the number of crew on the floor in the studio: zero. Computer-guided cameras are all controlled by one person. The studio is a bluescreen room, and virtual reality sets are keyed into the final video feed. Camera moves are monitored by the virtual reality servers, where minute adjustments to the set give the studio depth. The final effect is flawless.

Splash Media reinvents television technology


Moving right along with my media from the filming.. On the topic of "Creating Viral Videos", I mentioned that the "quickest and most painless way to create a viral video, is to make a video blog". Thus, here is my mockery of a typical video post you'd find on YouTube:



Last but not least, here's my version of the SplashMedia tour.



(Most of this footage was filmed 5 minutes before I ran out of the studio to catch my flight)

[ Check out the photos on Flickr here ]

Labels: blogging, dallas, ijustine, internet, splash media, travel, travelling, viral videos, xtrain texas

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Labels: annoying, desiree cramer, ijustine, justine ezarik, seriously, video, video blog

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FIRST:
GeekRiot this Sunday at 10pm on Talkshoe. Be there or just be extremly not awesome whatsoever.

SECOND:
I'll be in Dallas shooting some really sweet videos on Friday. That's about all the details I'm going to give you. For more information, stay tuned here and via Groovr for photo updates and more.

Labels: dallas, ijustine, texas, travel, travelling, viral videos, xtrain

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Tom Green proclaimed her "...the Clay Aiken of this competition" but to PTI, Justine E. is our web celeb. Known by Yahoo! visitors as "iJustine," she is a PTI 2004 Multimedia Technologies graduate. iJustine tapped her creative, video and editing skills to make it to the final five of Yahoo!'s Talent Show.

Pittsburgh Technical Institute - iJustine on Yahoo! talent show

PTI featured us on a mass email to past/present PTI students about our success on the Yahoo! Talent Show last month. Be sure to check it out! [ read more ]

Labels: ijustine, internet, multimedia, pittsburgh technical institute, pti, tom green, yahoo talent show

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:55 PM | Permalink | Comments   

..and I filmed it:

[ NORMAL VERSION ]



[ PSYCHOTIC VERSION ]

Labels: haircut, ijustine, jumpcut, justine ezarik, video blog

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01/21/07 10:10 PM EST 60 min #19 - Geek Riot - Guest Justine Ezarik from Macbreak

TalkShoe - Talkcast - Geek Riot - Live After Net@Nite

Labels: blogging, ezarik, geekriot, ijustine, internet, justine, shawn, smith, talkshoe

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Anthony said he saw me in his email. ha ha

Labels: anthony mahramus, email, flyer, ijustine, jumpcut, justine ezarik, yahoo talent show

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Desiree and Justine teach Times Online and Go Magazine how to do Parkour.





[ also view on Mommy Pack My Lunch ]

Labels: beaver county times, desiree, goburgh, ijustine, justine ezarik, magazine, mommy pack my lunch, pittsburgh, scott tady, times online, video

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:20 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Oh do I have some tasty treats right out of the amazing Jumpcut editor. I'm beginning to think every other word I type is Jumpcut. Perhaps some therapy is in order (new video concept?).

Anyways, let's move on with the videos, shall we?

I MET JUMPCUT (IRL)
Random clips of Jumpcut and Macworld










MACBOOK ANTICS
"This is what happens when you throw together macworld, 1 camera, 2 macbooks, and 2 girls with too much energy." Video by Karen!



[ View her longer edit here ]

So amazing.

Labels: antics, dancing, ijustine, internet, jumpcut, karen, macbook, macworld, times online, video editing, videos

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:55 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Today was quite eventful and should allow for a few multimedia blog updates the next few days.

Beaver County Times [ timesonline.com ] and Go Magazine [ goburgh.com ] did an interview with me today about the various things I've been up to (our videos, the internet, Yahoo Talent Show, Macworld, etc).

After all was said and done, they mentioned that one of their favorite videos was the Parkour sketch Desiree and I did. I quickly called her up to join us and we taught them our version of Parkour.




Look for the Beaver Times parkour instruction / interview video tomorrow.

Check out our friends in Renzhe Parkour that we met via the Yahoo Talent Show if you want to see some real skills!

Last but not least, the iPhone video is currently featured on Yahoo Video:



Thanks to Jumpcut for being so magical :P

Labels: desiree cramer, go burgh, ijustine, internet, justine ezarik, parkour, pittsburgh, times online, yahoo talent show

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Tonight was a post-podcamp meetup. It's really great to see what random projects everyone has been working on. If you don't know what Podcamp is, perhaps a Google search is in order?

Finally I flickr'ed some pictures from Macworld:



[ View them all here ]

So, they are basically just a lot of me, everyone from Jumpcut and the iPhone haha. I definitely took more video than photos. That seems to be a trend.

Labels: ijustine, internet, iphone, jumpcut, macworld, photos, steve jobs

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"New MacBreak Host Justine Ezarik shows us some of the cool Mac gadgets and software from the Macworld expo."

[ Click here to watch ]

Also check out Macbreak weekly, live from the 12st Amendement in San Francisco:

MacBreak Weekly 23: Live From Macworld
MacBreak Weekly 23b: The Macworld Aftershow

For more complete coverage of everything at Macworld, head over to twit.tv

..and now, here's my fake Steve Jobs proposal remixed with the ABC Nightline footage:

Labels: abc, blogging, expo, gadgets, ijustine, jumpcut, macbreak, macworld, steve jobs

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:20 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Agh, so apparently Karen and I were interviewed by ABC during the Macworld Expo yesterday and it's been aired on Nightline and Good Morning America. Well, as you know if I'm in joke mode, good luck with getting me to say anything serious. I guess I missed the part where the woman said she was from ABC, so I continued to answer any question as I would normally.

ABC: "So, how long have you been a Mac user?"
Justine: "Ah, actually the day that I came out of my mom was it. I even have an Apple shaped birthmark.."

Yeah, I told ABC I've been Mac user since the day I came out of my mom. I really don't even remember what I said, so I hope that was the extent of it. Ooops.

It makes me nervous that they found something to use.. WE'LL FIX IT IN POST!

Also, I have two really short videos coming. I'll post them here and on Mommy Pack My Lunch. The one is on the iPhone!

Labels: abc, cingular, good morning america, ijustine, iphone, justine ezarik, macworld, nightline, osx, sprint, steve jobs, verizon

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I'm going to NY to ski (aka, hang out because I can't ski and there isnt any snow) until Sunday! The bad news is, I forgot my Macbook powercord. Seriously. I'm crying right now.

Anyways, I will be mobile blogging via Vox : http://ijustine.vox.com

I'll also be attempting to update at Tasty Blog Snack as well, but seeing as how I just reset that up, I haven't checked to see if my mobile settings are correct.

Last but not least, if you're on Groovr I'll also be updating there the most! If you're not on Groovr, then what are you waiting for?

Labels: groovr, ijustine, internet, journal, justine, justine ezarik, mobile blogging, new york, skiing, tasty blog snack, text message, travel, vox

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:35 AM | Permalink | Comments   

Here's an article that was posted in a Carnegie newspaper about the Yahoo Talent Show.

"Under the screen name "ijustine," the Carnegie resident entered numerous fun and interesting video snippets including juggling a stranger's cell phone outside of Wal-Mart, waiting all night (as 11th in line) to purchase a Play Station 3 (also at Wal-Mart), and arguing with a co-worker about stealing her stylus."

Read More | Digg Story

Labels: blogging, carnegie, digg, gateway, ijustine, internet, justine, justine ezarik, new york, news, promo, video, web, yahoo talent show

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