30 Videos in 30 Days - Wow!

Hey guys!
As I've mentioned before, Ben and I are in the middle of completing a 30 videos in 30 days challenge. Today we completed day 20.
For those of you who are following us, I thought I'd take this opportunity to post the Youtube link to each of the videos we've made so far so you can keep up to date.
Enjoy!!

Daily Vog # 1 - Fart Bomb Explodes In Car - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyoK5Earq8

Daily Vlog # 2 - The Tree With High Self Esteem -Slle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW32jIMfjEE

Daly Vlog # 3 - Sleeping Bag Magician Fail - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9v4ABghPV0

Daily Vlog # 4 - The World's Noisiest Vacuum Cleaner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyYFoVAPzOI

Daily Vlog # 5 - Our Favourite Milkshake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qCQmse6q50

Daily Vlog # 6 - Man Supplies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5mlukULsA

Daily Vlog # 7 - My Three Numbers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASVQrvHw-yk

Daily Vlog # 8 - Avocado Exfoliation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L47JXs1B8NQ

Daily Vlog # 9 - The 'V'ery Large Coin Collection - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8mYumE93M

Daily Vlog # 10 - We're Almost There! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAKerTXKFo

Daily Vlog # 11 - So Hot Right Now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2vIPUkMXi4

Daily Vlog # 12 - Worst Valentine's Day For A Single Guy Ever - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_vHiMDck7w

Daily Vlog # 13 - The Beat Of My House - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vd-vNQ1GtE

Daily Vlog # 14 - 19" Zildjian A Custom Wake Up Call - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zEe3KMDOOo

Dialy Vlog # 15 - Jam For Breakfast. And Lunch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3YJPNCgEE

Daily Vlog # 16 - On Ya Bike - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSw5J2X7vMM

Daily Vlog # 17 - First Ever Footage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNu0DwNop8A

Daily Vlog # 18 - Guy Keeps Ball Hit For Six At New Zealand v South Africa Twenty20 Cricket Game - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnImjdYhQxE

Daily Vlog # 19 - Rain Skating - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyODkFosRN4

Daily Vlog # 20 - Silly Guy Eats Fish Eye - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRKITpnF5eo

Well, that's about all for now guys! Hope you enjoy the videos, thanks so much for watching - we're having so much fun making this epic series.
Stay tuned in for the next ten days!

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Jay

Exciting News!

Hello again for today guys! 

If you don't already know - on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/anotherdaywithbandj we are currently in the middle of a 30 day vlog a day vlog challenge.

Today we just got done posting the ninth video in the series called The 'V'ery Large Coin Collection (watch it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8mYumE93M).

I might post the links to all nine vlogs so far at the end of this entry but for now we have some pretty sweet news! 

Currently in the pipeline as we complete the vlog challenge we are preparing another project as well - one which we announced for the first time in our vlog today.

On the day we uploaded our first daily vlog, Ben shaved and each day since then Ben has been taking two pictures - one in the morning and one at night of his face and documenting his beard grow.

The aim is going to be to put all 60 beard photos that he will have at the end of the 30 days together in one video and let you watch a month of Ben's Beard growth in about a minute.

We reckon the finished product will look pretty awesome and we can't wait for you see it! 

Well, that will do it for now - until next time stay cool :)

Oh, and as promised here are the links to all nine of our daily vlogs so far. If you feel like it, we'd love it if you subscribed to our YouTube channel so you can follow along in our vlog journey with us. Your comments, ratings and thumbs up are always really appreciated too!!

Vlog #1 - Fart Bomb Explodes In Car - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyoK5Earq8

Vlog # 2 - The Tree With High Self Esteem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW32jIMfjEE

Vlog # 3 - Sleeping Bag Magician Fail - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9v4ABghPV0

Vlog # 4 - The World's Noisiest Vacuum Cleaner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyYFoVAPzOI  

Vlog # 5 - Our Favourite Milkshake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qCQmse6q50

Vlog # 6 - Man Supplies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5mlukULsA

Vlog # 7 - My Three Numbers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASVQrvHw-yk

Vlog # 8 - Avocado Exfoliation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L47JXs1B8NQ

Vlog # 9 -  The 'Very' Large Coin Collection - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8mYumE93M

And don't worry guys, there's still 21 more videos to come! Oh and be sure to keep your eye out for the Ben's Beard Video in the near future!

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Jay

Jay's 30 Day Video a Day Vlog Challenge

Hey guys!
Sorry I've been quiet for a while, so, um, I've been challenged to undertake a 30 day vlog challenge where I film a Youtube video every day for 30 days. That's been keeping me pretty busy, but I thought I'd fill you in.
It's a pretty big undertaking, but hey, I'm determined to finish what we started - I have now idea what will happen really or what it will lead to in the future, but hey, if we never try we'll never know ;)
So far, we're up to day seven - this is the first one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyoK5Earq8 
We'd love you to check out the rest!!
We'd love to hear what you think.

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Jay

Fun Times With Famous People # 2

Hahaha, hey guys.

The topic of this next blog in the Fun Times With Famous People series actually made me chuckle a little bit!!

By way of a bit of background, I remember doing this story while attending and reporting on interesting things at Fieldays 2006.

The famous person in this story is New Zealand's Davey Hughes. Davey is known in New Zealand, and also around the world as the founder of the outdoor clothing company Swazi with his wife Maggie in 1994.

At Fieldays 2006 I interviewed Davey about a new pair of thermal underwear that had been launched in the Swazi range - Jewel Bags.

Fieldays is the largest annual farming show/exhibition in New Zealand and regularly attracts over 100,000 visitors from both New Zealand and around the world each year.

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 For all those kings out there looking to guard their treasure in style, Swazi have the answer.

Jewel Bags are a pair of thermal underwear which exhibitor and Swazi company founder Davey Hughes says is his favorite product in the Swazi range.

 Swazi also sell a wide variety of other wet weather and thermal gear.

 They are at Fieldays for their eighth year this year Mr Hughes said the main reason Swazi are exhibiting is to expose their range of products.

 Even though it is still early days of Fieldays this year, the stall has been buzzing.

 “The level of interest so far this year has been good,” he said.

 In the early days of the product, he said Swazi realised that Fieldays is where they had to be.

 “When we started selling to farmers, we realised that Fieldays is the biggest farming event in New Zealand. This is where our key market is, so we this is where we had to be.”

Anyone wanting to check out the range of Swazi products, including “Jewel Bags”, can find them at stand F7A.

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And for those of you who are wondering, no I never actually did get to try on a pair of Jewel Bags, haha. :-) But don't worry, I know where to find them if I ever want a pair!

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Jay

Fun Times With Famous People # 1

Hey guys!!
In a previous post I said that one day I'd love to share with you some of the cool stories I've written during my time as a journalist.
And so,tonight we kick off this new series. For argument's sake and because these types of stories are always really fun to write, let's call this series Fun Times With Famous People.
It just so happens I've found this really cool one - well, one that I loved, by chance tonight when surfing through my old emails - and I had completely forgotten about it so to find it again was cool.
Here in New Zealand, probably the biggest television network is TV3 and when I was a student - all the way back in 2006 - I actually got to interview the director of news and current affairs at TV3, Mark Jennings.
Trust me, for an aspiring journalist like I was back then - and still as a qualified journalist now, it's pretty cool when you get to chat with someone like Mark, who has made it to the top of the food chain in your country and is doing a great job.
It inspired a new comer like myself to greatness, and I couldn't believe I still had it, so I thought I'd share a nostalgic look back at some of my work. Here's the story I wrote all those years ago...


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When Mark Jennings started at TV3, he and his small team of dedicated journalists built the newsroom from scratch in a period he describes as “the happiest time of my life”.

 Now, as head of the channel’s news and current affairs, Mark says he faces another challenge in once again growing the station further.

 TV3 is very strong in terms of its metropolitan viewership he says, which shows him where the channel’s popularity lies.

 “My hope is that we can now extend our metro strength to national strength”, he says of future growth.

The channels follow-up programme to the six o’ clock News - Campbell Live - is very popular in Auckland.

 But, outside Auckland, a Hamilton Bureau is definitely on his mind. 

“Our thoughts are about Hamilton. Hamilton’s growth as an innovative leader in technology has increased our interest in it as a news source”.

 Mr Jennings makes it clear however he does not want ratings through ‘chequebook’ journalism’ any time soon, and he plans to hold out for as long as he can.

 He made reference to Brant Webb and Todd Russell, the men trapped in a Beaconsfield mine for two weeks - whose story has just been brought by Australia’s Channel 9 for almost $3 million New Zealand dollars.

 “Cheque book journalism is a real problem, once you get it started, there is no stopping and I’ve tried really hard to not get it going in this country.”

 He said for young journalists it is important to remember that the world of television journalism is very hard and competitive and the expectations were high - but it can be done.

 “If you do want to become a TV journalist, you can do it…you’ve really got to apply yourself,” he said.

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Hope you guys enjoyed this first installment of Fun Times With Famous People. More will be coming soon as I can unearth them from my story vault :)

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Jay

  

Nothing In Particular

Today I’m going to do nothing – literally.
And that’s the topic of today’s blog – nothing.
Nothing is something I always get accused of doing and sometimes I kind of agree that I’m guilty.
Although, it could also depend on your definition of nothing. 

"Nothing in particular" is a popular response when people ask us what we've been up to and we've had a particularly slow day.

But today I'm actually giving you the chance to read 'Nothing In Particular' - That's what I'll call this blog.
Here’s how I define nothing in my life.
Nothing is pretty much what I got when I sat a maths exam of any description at school.
And not just while sitting an exam, whenever I was in a maths class of any kind I understood nothing of what we were supposed to be learning either.
Nothing is what I have left 10 minutes after buying chocolate biscuits of any description.
I once brought a packet of white chocolate Muffin Bakes and 10 minutes later, I had nothing to show for it.
When I was younger nothing is what I often what I did whenever my parents asked me to do s anything.
I don’t have one now but in the past I’ve had jobs where nothing was what I got paid ;)
But, don't get me wrong, in some cases, I see nothing as okay. 

Say for example if it’s a job you know you really want, you should be prepared to put in the hard yards to get it.

Once for me there was this was a job I really wanted – so, for a period of time I worked there for free and did the best I could for my employer.
I just considered myself so lucky to be working there, so no matter what tasks I had to do, I did it with a happy heart.
So, in that case nothing was what was going to get in the way of me doing a good job.

Remember, chase your dreams, because nothing is what you'll also get if you don't at least try :)

And this is a rare case in which because you read this blog - when someone asks you what did you do today - you can say "Nothing In Particular".

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Jay

Chase Your Dreams... Not Your Tail!

Hi guys!    

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog! I really appreciate it. Since yesterday a good point has been raised.

In yesterday’s blog I referred to reverse psychology and how if I told you not to read the blog it would make you want to read it. There was just one problem – I put that at the bottom of the blog!!

And that of course means you would have already read the blog in order to get to the part where I told you not to read the blog in order to make you want to read the blog.

Hindsight is a beautiful thingJ

Today I went to a school holiday programme and took photos of children playing sports. But don’t worry, before you contact the the complaints department about me photographing children, let me clarify.

I am a journalist and it’s my job to go to various places and events and interview/photograph them and today it was a school holiday programme with sports like badminton, golf and even rock climbing.

I also took photos of lots of other things today - like a seal shaped potato. (But that's a whole other story and I'll post the pic for you when I can).

It was actually a fantastic day and in all seriousness, I love the fact that my job lets me go out and meet heaps of people who have fantastic stories to tell and then report them in my awesome home town.

One day soon, I will tell you my favourite stories I've reported - there have been some great ones.

Man, I love my life - go for gold guys!!

There's no telling how far you'll have to run while chasing your dreams and when people tell you it can't be done, do it!

Chase your dreams, not your tail! Blaze a trail, be an entrepreneur.

The best definition I've ever heard along these lines is a quote by Stevenson which says "Entrepreneurship... the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled."

Do it!

Until tomorrow, I better go get some shut eye, I may be out of my teens but I still sleep for 17 hours a night haha. 

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Jay