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It’s That Time of Year Again!

Yes! It’s VEDA time! 

August is our “main event” for the WeVlogCollective and I’m excited! We have our topics calendar and tend to have the most participants. Making videos every day, watching videos, editing videos, commenting on videos... we eat and breathe online video!

But, the best part of VEDA is the community. I’ve always been proud of the community we have which started with WeBlogWeVlog, and I love seeing old and new faces.

Which means... we need a sign-up! The form was published and posted to the Twitter a couple days ago and we already have our first three participants. (Thanks, Dallas, Sandra Anne, and Sandy!) Want to see your name on the list? Sign up here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKL1o39AnI6EQUhgGBlaFEN3Es68f0sXJmIlDMkgs_k5VPHw/viewform

Want to know what else is live? The brainstorming document! This is a long time tradition for VEDA where we share our ideas with the community. Ultimately, the topic calendar is decided on by the admin team, but we consider this to be a collective. (It’s even in the name!) I have a lot of ideas placed into the calendar already, but nothing is set in stone. If you have thoughts/concerns/questions/ideas please reach out to me via email [email protected]. You can also DM the Twitter account @WeVlogColl. I try to check the Twitter every day between now and the end of August, but email is the most reliable. 

All of that being said, here’s the brainstorming doc!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wE-F1GnfaUTHKxJvbI3moPfo9w6-dpOi0ggutC6XZgU/edit?usp=sharing

Love your faces!

-E

[wevlogcollective]

Vlogmas 2016

Did you realize December is TOMORROW???? That means it’s Vlogmas time! Sorry, we’re slightly late, but as long as it’s not December yet, we’re good. Right? Right. 

We published the sign up on the Twitter and you can add your name here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1hHIG8XwHlYCNjfX4yhj6s83Ln78cEWY4FwyKGd2WDW6qvg/viewform?c=0&w=1

Here are 31 topic ideas to get you started for Vlogmas! This isn’t a calendar/schedule. Feel free to use these topics as you choose. Rearrange them. Skip some. Add your own. Make response videos. Vlog through December 24/25, or you can Vlog all 31 days of December. You decide!

And as always, feel free to reach out to us on Twitter if you have quesitons/concerns/things you want to sahare! @WeVlogColl - E

1. Project for Awesome video- create a short video featuring your favorite charity! This year, Project for Awesome is December 9-11. http://www.projectforawesome.com/

2. Traditions! What are your favorites? Are there any you wish your family did but they don’t?

3. What’s the best present you ever got during the holidays?

4. What’s the best present you have ever given someone else?

5. Must-watch holiday movies

6. Holiday movies you avoid at all costs

7. Favorite holiday songs

8. Least favorite holiday songs

9. How soon did you decorate/how early is too early for you?

10. What’s your favorite holiday recipe? What are your favorite holiday foods? This is a great way to show off your cooking/baking skills! Or heck, even give us your favorite holiday cocktail recipe!

11. What are you asking Santa for?

12. Top 5 people who deserve to be on the “Nice” list

13.Top 5 people who deserve to be on the “Naughty” list

14. Self-care during the holidays, what’s yours?

15. Best holiday books or stories.

16. For holiday gatherings, do you prefer to be the host or the guest?

17. Holidays can be stressful! How could the holidays be better for you? What kind of things can other people do to make holidays easier for the specific stresses you have during the season?

18. Do you send out holiday cards? Do you like receiving holiday cards?

**Maybe make a google form to collect addresses if you want to sned them out to your WVC friends!**

19. If you celebrate a lesser known holiday (I’d say anything other than Christmas counts), please share a brief explanation so we can learn more about it: What are your favorite traditions for that holiday? Are there specific foods that are considered traditional? When can we all try them?

20. If you are not religious, what does the holiday mean to you? Or if you are religious, what else makes the holidays special for you?

21. Have you ever participated in a White Elephant exchange? What’s the best gift you’ve seen/received at one?

22. Elf on the Shelf - cute tradition or super creepy/weird?

23. Holiday crafts! Did you make any holiday crafts as a kid? Do you still make them? Show off your creations!

24. Ugly Christmas/holiday sweaters - fun and silly, or just dumb? DIY-ers, show us how to make one!

25. New Year’s Resolutions: Do you make them? Do you stick with them? What are they? What are some you’ve completed successfully in the past? What are some you’ve totally failed at?

26. Holiday Parties! What are the best ones you’ve gone to? Any tips for hosting the perfect celebration? If you hate parties, how do you survive them?

27. The holidays are a big time to travel - do you go anywhere for the holidays? Did your family ever go on a vacation during this time of year? Or is there a special place in your hometown that you like to go to around the holidays? Is there somewhere you’ve always wanted to go at the holidays?

28. What makes the holidays in your area unique/special/different from everywhere else?

29. What’s your favorite personal/family holiday moment? Funny stories/awkward or embarrassing moments/touching story that’s happened to you, a friend, or a family member around the holidays

30. Have you ever worked a seasonal job? What do you think is the best/worst holiday job out there?

31. We talk a lot about how awful 2016 has been - but have you had any good moments you’ll back on happily? What will you miss about 2016?

[parttimeperfectionist]

sunday means a song in my veda project :)

[parttimeperfectionist]

just realised i hadn’t shared today’s veda yet... oops! here’s a silly simple song about how to write a song

[parttimeperfectionist]

#trynewthings

[parttimeperfectionist]

this is probably why i still can’t speak french fluently tbh

[wevlogcollective]

I can say with 77% certainty that “I love your faces” was a sign off phrase put into circulation by the group that introduced me to VEDA some years ago, some of whom now constitute the I Feel Better podcast. I’m more certain that the phrase stuck around our community because of how effective it was to pair colloquial and symbolic meanings. “Your face” is a language intensifier used in place of the second person object pronoun (e.g. “I love your face [you]!”) and a rejoinder (e.g. “Yeah, well, your face loves your face.”). Most are familiar with the latter instance, and while I personally don’t see the point in it other than serving as an occasional pun, the former instance is definitely in heavy rotation during VEDA. Your face, as it appears on the screen in a YouTube video, speaking at a lens, addresses the world on the other side of the camera. You are connecting to this world not through the more internet-common parlance of text and images, but with words that come out of your mouth, carried by your voice. With intention that comes out of your body language. With meaning that comes out of your eyes. Compared to addressing the internet with text, the experience can be described as intensified. Being part of a community that has implicitly agreed to communicate with each other in this way can be a profound experience. “Your face” is a language intensifier. Also, your face is a language intensifier. I can say with 98.6% certainty that I love you for it. -nicopolitan

[wevlogcollective]

I love your faces. I don't know where exactly it came from, or how it spread, but it definitely isn't VEDA without hearing someone say it regularly. Oddly enough, I don't actually use it in most of my videos, and I can't actually figure out why. Probably because I don't know the source and that kind of goes against my degree in words, but that's just a theory. Generally, you'll see me say it in my sign-off videos. Because really, I do love your faces. I love that this community basically comes down to love. This community is about sharing stories, experiences and opinions in a way that's more vulnerable that the previous wave many of us were using. When we used to share our stories through "printed" word, now we're putting our faces up with our words. We are actually speaking the things we are posting. For many stories, it's far more intimate than if we were to write it all down, which is exactly why I love your faces. I love that you all take this journey with us. Whether it's your first time, or you're an experienced veteran, you signed up for a month of sharing that likely includes your face. And I love that about each and every one of you.