DLable vids up

[gwyn]

For those of you who wanted a downloadable copy of the recent Vividcon vids, or the Steve Tony vid I made earlier this year for Fandom Loves Puerto Rico, there are finally copies up at my vids site. I'm thinking about taking this site down--it costs a lot of money to keep and hardly anyone uses it anymore these days, people either have YT downloaders or don't care if they're not in higher quality, plus the code is ancient hand-coded html and more than a few people have told me they had trouble getting into it--so if you want to get them, might be worth doing before year's end. I don't know. I could move it somewhere cheaper, but I don't have the capacity to do all that work of moving 100 or so vids, and fixing links, etc. I'll figure it out.

So the good news is that after two sets of x-rays in two separate states and a CT scan, it's been shown that I do NOT have a fractured...scaphoid bone? I think is what it's called. It's definitely the aftermath of the previous fracture that's caused the confusion. The bad news is that I should still wear the brace for a while, and that I have pretty serious arthritis in my wrists and hands. Yay. Another health problem that no one will be able to fix and that I can't afford treatment for. (The knee is a whole other problem, as it doesn't really seem to be getting better--not worse, but not better, either.)

I've been waking up with excrutiating pain in my other wrist for a few months now--it started when I was just turning the freaking deadbolt and it's horrible upon waking, then sort of goes away during the day. Now I'm kind of wondering if that's what it's been all along, but they only scanned the left wrist. It does hurt upon waking, too, but nothing like the right one. She offered to send me to PT but I haven't had any useful help from a physical therapist for some time now, and also affording it in this trashfire of a country is another thing, especially since I have to figure out how to pay for the followup colonoscopy, a mammogram, and whatever the aftermath of this little adventure in Chicago will cost me.

Then Blues decided to get into a fight with--who knows, but there seem to be a bunch of new kitties in the neighborhood and they keep coming up to the windows and he's just losing his mind over it. I may cancel the vet appointment tomorrow, though--he's been sleeping and resting, and finally started eating this morning, so I don't think I need to take him in for urgent care after all. I was worried last night, but his paws are less swollen and he let me check out his shredded claws a minute ago without threatening to bite me, so I guess he's out of the woods. But for a bit there all I could see was dollar signs over his pain.

I was considering writing up a little bit about making Dream, mostly so I remember things later, but if anyone is interested I could definitely do that. I think it's done its Fade Into Obscurity thing, though, at this point--I didn't expect it to go viral or anything, the way most multifandom vids seem to from popular folks and god knows I am not that, and it's for a specific audience--but probably at this point its moment in the sun has faded, so maybe not worth the while.

Comments

[kass]

I for one would gladly read anything you wanted to write about Dream; I adore it.

I'm glad that Blues seems to be doing better, and glad you don't have another broken bone? I send hugs from afar.

[aurumcalendula]

*sends hugs*

I would love to read about Dream!

[harpers_child]

I am always pro seeing how other fans make things.

[musesfool]

*hugs*

I'd love to read about the making of Dream.

[przed]

Dream is quite lovely and I'd love to hear about your method.

But Wild Ones? That is the vid I utterly adore. I had a huge grin on my face the whole time I was watching it. Let's hear it for Steve and his penchant for the wild ones.

As for the rest, take care, my friend.

[mackiemesser]

I'm glad Blues is getting better. Pet/vet stuff is the most anxiety inducing. :(

Arthritis sucks. A lot. And a computer-based economy sure doesn't help. I hope you can find some way to mitigate it.

I do think you should write up making Dream. Since it was a bit crowdsourced and was about vidding and the last con...that seems to me to be a thing that needs to be part of fandom history.

[kore]

Haha yeah, all those stints of eight-hour days typing as a temp (and doing nothing else) wrecked my hands with RSI, which of course was not covered by insurance at the time and made sure those injuries couldn't be covered by later insurance as well. RSI/arthritis is like the black lung disease of the last gen of office/data entry temps. (In one job I spent maybe 80% of my time entering data from handwritten applications people had to download and print. When that job was almost over, they'd switched exclusively to online form applications.) //tangent

[mackiemesser]

And then there's all the back & joint damage from being stuck sitting in crappy desk chairs all day... / tangent

[kore]

I'd love to hear about Dream -- it's such a wonderful vid. I still use your vid site all the time too! I just wish some of the newer great ones were available there too, like Battleflag and Chase You Down, but didn't want to nag because I know it can be an absolute pain for you to upload vids.

[gwyn]

Huh, okay, I did not realize that I hadn't put up copies of those two vids. I totally forgot about it. I remember being pretty depressed about how poorly Battleflag was and that I didn't figure many people would want a permanent copy, but I did intend to put one up...eventually. I'll work on those this weekend and put them up at the bottom of the new section.

But yeah, I think going forward I'll probably just start putting copies on Dropbox initially and then when people stop grabbing them, clear the links.

[adair]

I would also love to read about Dream. I am sending a link to your site to Sharon, and recommending Dream. She moved to Tennessee in March, and may need a reminder of the link.

[dine]

if you do post about creating Dream I shall be so happy to read it! I just rewatched it (for the nth time since you initially shared it) and I still get vaguely choked up with a sappy smile each time I view it.

and then I snagged both the others as well - thanks so much for making such beautiful vids, and for sharing them

[renenet]

*hugs* ::pets you gently::

I would love to read about you making Dream. It's a beautiful vid, and it captures its moment brilliantly! What a treasure. Thank you for it, darling.