I don't expect you guys to read all of this...but I hope you take the time to answer this survey yourselves just to reflect on the past year. If you do this, answer truthfully and with meaningful answers that you can look back on several years from now; it's amazing to look back on how you've grown.
This is my 8th straight year of doing this, and it's an absolute TRIP looking back and my old posts. Anyways, here it is.
There's been a lot of talk recently about what exactly BTVfam is and what The Featured Acoustic Playlist (FAP) is about. As a BTVfam member that has been there from the very beginning (without a single hiatus) and one of the organizers of FAP, I've heard it all.
In hopes of clarifying who we are, what we're about, and elaborating on what was posted on the BTVfam Tumblr, I want to share my thoughts on everything.
Thank you, everyone, for all the birthday wishes! I feel so young turning 21 again for the 7th straight year! My phone would NOT stop buzzing all day cuz of all the @replies, facebook notifications, tumblr posts and text messages...birthdays like yesterday remind me how blessed I am.
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Hopefully I got everyone in here that gave me a shoutout (over 240!?!). Love you all! <33
I don't expect you guys to read all of this...but I hope you take the time to answer this survey yourselves just to reflect on the past year. If you do this, answer truthfully and with meaningful answers that you can look back on several years from now; it's amazing to look back on how you've grown.
This is my 7th straight year of doing this, and it's an absolute TRIP looking back and my old posts. Anyways, here it is.
So this is how it feels. The greatest feeling of accomplishment in my life. I've never done ANYTHING like this before...but after months of driving to San Diego, TokBox meetings, promoting, hair-pulling hair-receding stress...everything fell into place.
Putting vickiilee and her "date" with AJ Rafael on blast:
AlexJohn: this is not hazing Nyhm: vajay! ron_palustre: lol GrizzlyBearBrandon: lol ItsCarmellaBtch: lol; fred Nyhm: vikkii r u or not???????? joyy820: LOL @ VAJAY Jasminnnn: awww, shes singing to AJ MrFujiKicker:http://www.twitter.com/VickiileeAndAJRafael Follow along their romantic journey... just saying Nyhm: my idea Nyhm: for vajay GrizzlyBearBrandon: lmfao Azness: LOL FRED jonchaniscool: lol jjfrombk: lol ItsCarmellaBtch: haha oh fred Nyhm: vayjayyyyyy JTam7992603: good thing chuckster isnt here
Nyhm was kicked out of the room by philchao
Azness: xD joyy820: LOL melmyfinger: oops, i accidently tweeted something Azness: HAHAHAHA Jasminnnn: she cant get AJ out of her mind.. ItsCarmellaBtch: lol mel!!!!!! MrFujiKicker: ROFl MrFujiKicker: ROFL MrFujiKicker: ROFL ellemishtree: LOL MEL ellemishtree: HAHA ryanbandong: LOL ItsCarmellaBtch: omgshh ron_palustre: a date huh? Azness: i should do that too... HalfSensed: LOL Azness: LOL ron_palustre: holler. AlexJohn: lmao jonchaniscool: EVERYONE TWEET JTam7992603: AHAHAHAH MrFujiKicker: @vickiilee have fun on your date with @ajrafaeI!!!!! jonchaniscool: NAO MrFujiKicker: ROFL MrFujiKicker: ROFL MrFujiKicker: Mel ROFL jjfrombk: twitter is amazing Jasminnnn: LOVE AT THE TITLE! ellemishtree: HAHAHAHAHA MEL WonTonDJ: OMFG VICKIII ellemishtree: ROFL ellemishtree: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ItsCarmellaBtch: wht u tweet? bennettoo: hahahaha melmyfinger: twitter is the greated invention evar!!! jonchaniscool: TIME TO TWEET WonTonDJ: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Holy crap! Thank you guys so much for all the birthday wishes. My facebook, twitter and cell phone were going crazy the whole freakin' day!
Not gonna lie, I've had some miserable birthdays in the past...so I've learned to appreciate the simplest birthdays of facebook/myspace comments, twitters, text messages and just being around people that I love. Yesterday was all about that and I loved it.
A few days ago, I was thinking of doing something like, "for every person that wishes me happy birthday, I'll do a body roll for one second." Damn, if I actually did that, it'd be a video of me doing body rolls for over 2.5 minute!! :laugh: Maybe next year. Maybe.
Anyways, lotsa love to the people that wished me happy birthday (in chronological order):
Wush
Michael
Hazel
Melissa G
Michelle T
Hammy
Kris Mark
Joanne
Paolo L
Mom & Dad
Sheena
Ernie
Sierra
Phatts
Tracie
Tops
Chany
Roth
BM-Mike
Loval
Loris
RJ
Raelynne
Crissy
Mquerol
Nessa
Naythen
Jackielyn
Jae -- omg pole dancing video??! :rofl:
Nikki
Kina Grannis -- :biggrin:
Drew -- loved the body roll video :bangin:
Roy
Van
Marlo
Confi
Cristina Blake
Tillmann
Stefan
Hollykinns
Slimbeats
Courtney
Nicole P
Japstaboi
DesoMatt
Fred
Nam
Stephanie C
Michelle
Meliss
Dru
Jimbo
Amanda H
Ulysses
Jon G
Tam
Abel
Dee
Rochi
Julie
Lorraine
Kulay Mike -- awww yehhh :hehe:
Adriee
Melissa V
Ashley
Angel
Justine
Renabette
Sara
Renato
Mike E
Vicki
Pete
Erin
Amy T
Samir
Paolo
Ariana
Jasper
Justin H
Kim T
April
Nadin
Rachel
Pat
Jason C
Deland
Ernie
Phil
Kishan
Richard J
Mary
Dae
Noa
Wing
James
Chris P
Dimples
Preston
Jennie
Allie
Erleen
Chain
Erin
Lisa J
JR
Joanne
Ashley S
Norm
NJ
Stephanie R
Elisa
Bobby Lee, I mean, Cathy Nguyen -- :chill:
Thomas Yu
Gayle
Devin
Jon Chan
Katzy -- <3 video mail
Alex John -- all the way from Chicago?!! :noway:
Jec -- zomg, awesome drawing skillz!! :coold:
Josh S
Darwin
Daniel
Chris P
Brianne
Goldy
Nirav
AJ -- thanks for dedicating a song to me with Cathy. :cheers:
Janice
Jessica M
Kathleen B
random people at AJ's show that apparently recognized me from blogtv (whoa!?!)
Ronan
Bryan Keith
Angel
Rex
Amy
Megan
Ray
Mark M
Kim
Tiff
Dana
Heather
Stan
Adoboy
Laila
Sara T
Elwood
Khaing
Ron P
Audrey P
Cynthia
And on a random note...
This Ralph Emerson quote popped into my head yesterday. I've posted this before but I just love this quote so much I wanted to share it with you guys again:
Ralph Waldo Emerson:
To laugh often and much.
To win the respect of intelligent people,
and the affection of children.
To earn the appreciation of honest critics,
and endure the betrayal of false friends.
To appreciate beauty.
To find the best in others.
To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition.
To know even one life has breathed easier,
because you have lived.
That is to have succeeded.
That same night, Jeremy co-hosted Nessa, who is an amazing & beautiful talent. She invited everyone to see her perform at an It's A Grind coffee shop (IAG) in my area.
I logged onto BlogTV during a slow day at the office and started chatting with bkeeeezy (Bryan Keith).
Chris P. rolled with me to the USC Mabuhay performances where I bumped into and chilled with Bryan Keith & Cathy. If Chris hadn't rolled with me, I wouldn't have gone.
I met a bunch of BlogTV people at IAG and In-N-Out the Friday after, including Adoboy, Janice, JecJec, Katzy, Kinh, Nessa, Nicole, Nina, Richard.
I met even more people at Oktoberfest the next night and I got to introduce Meliss to BK and everyone.
The thing I'm most thankful for is how all the stuff mentioned above is just the beginning. Since Oktoberfest, there's been a bunch more things to be thankful for like:
Halloween at Adoboy's
Watching Emily Rose at BK's
BK's Birthday Surprise at The Getty Museum
the Expressions of Faith show
the FAMS show...and how people came in from NorCal, SD, Chicago and even Alaska!
Barkada Got Talent at Cal Poly
Jam Sessions at In-N-Out
Korean BBQ runs
"Skype Orgies"
everyone saying "goodnight" and then 30 mins later everyone is back online again. :rofl:
This list keeps going on and on...
And just to think, all this madness just started at the end of September! I've met more people in the past 2-3 months than I met all of last year. Just this morning I was rewatching that video of Jeremy co-hosting Nessa and it trips me out seeing all these names in there that I didn't know back then but I know so well now.
So much has happened since that recording, it feels like that was several month ago! It just goes to show how much can happen in just 30 days, and how even the smallest, most trivial things -- like Meliss flaking out on that one guy that one night -- can have such a profound affect on a person's life later on.
I'm lovin' every bit of it.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Much love to my BTVfam: (in order of when I added them as friends)
