Category Archives: On the Web Videos

I’m popular where?

Posted on by
1

 

So, I was trolling my stats on my YouTube channel.  They are interesting, but usually a chuckle as they differ from the stats from my site.  Here I have largely female viewers.  The most popular videos are those dealing with parenting issues.  But, on YouTube over 60% of my viewers are men.  My number video, has been for two years, “Sliding nursing pads.”  Just the suggestion of titty gets them to click. Or maybe they are fans of “Dancing with the Stars.”

I also know that most of the people who come to this site, and my YouTube channel are living in the USA.  Makes sense. But, what I didn’t know is the country which gets the silver medal for viewing coolmom vids is…PAKISTAN.  Not by a little, almost the exact same amount as the USA.  What?   Here is the ranking.

 

1.
 United States
%
2.
 Pakistan
%
3.
 India
%
4.
 United Arab Emirates
%
5.
 Saudi Arabia
%
6.
 Indonesia
%
7.
 Turkey
%
8.
 Qatar
%
9.
 United Kingdom 10. Thailand

those last countries suffered something in the copy and paste journey.  Pakistan is only 700 views behind the States.  Countries 2, 4 thru 7 are Muslim countries.  Is Cool Mom illicit for some men? Who am I kidding!  If it was I’d have many more subscribers. Maybe  In more restrictive societies is it fun to see my stained shirt.  Hey, maybe it’s nothing perverse, maybe it’s what’s great about the internet that there are common threads to all our lives that we can relate to no matter who we are, what language we speak or what terrorist is hiding in our suburbs. Hmm, further study shows that of my “fans” in Pakistan 90.9% of them are male aged 25 to 54. Maybe it is the milk stain.

You know the only country out of these ten where more women watch my vids than men?  Thailand.  I think of myself as kind of Erma Bombeckish so it seems strange, or maybe it’s that You Tube has all these gamer guys and at some point they click around and listen to me tell jokes about being a room parent.  I was worried when I posted that vid, not because of my cleavage, but because I looked like I was holding Rex like he was a wet rag.

Maybe I should try to get a TV hosting job in Pakistan.

 

Gift Reactions: A YouTube Playlist

Posted on by
3

As I get deeper into this YouTube world I am amazed at how any subject you search for results in a plethora of vids about it. Hmm, gift reactions? Yep. My favorite part of these is seeing how everyone’s house LOOKS LIKE CRAP on Christmas Day. Everyone LOOKS LIKE CRAP on Christmas Day. It wasn’t just me with dirty hair, no makeup and pajamas saying, “Open this one,” while cradling a mug of coffee. There could just be a separate channel for reactions to getting a Wii.

It’s a lot of pressure this present opening. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. Feelings can be hurt, days can be made and someone might hurl.

Seriously.

Have You Tried to Talk to This Person?

Posted on by
6

Sure you have. We all have because we ARE this person. Sometimes in my capacity as a restaurant co-owner/chef wife, I talk to tables, welcome them, make sure they are doing well. I don’t sit in their lap and overstay my welcome, but I’ve noticed that for some it’s fine to click away on their phone the whole time while I’m talking. Now, I get it if someone looks up and says, “A message from my boss. Sorry, just a sec.”  But I know sometimes it’s just the mindless scroll. Obviously, since they are patrons I pretend I don’t see it … kind of like you pretend to not hear a fart.

When I was shooting an internet show [I don't want to use the real name. Let's say it rhymes with 'SerHey'], it was a running joke about how much the main host was on her smart phone. I know her and like her, but this was not good for team building and it was distracting to the work. One day I shared the “stage” with another rotating co-host and as we settled in on the set to do THE JOB WE ARE BEING PAID TO DO, she pulled out the smart phone and click, click, clack, clack. I grabbed it from her and flung it across the couch, “NO phones on set.” The entire crew cheered. I wish the producer had mandated this as a rule from the get go… seems like basic professionalism, but with a society of super involved folk, we need reminding. The gal I did this to took it the right way. “Oh, you are right, so used to that here.”

Later though she pulled it out AGAIN. I said something along the line of, “Come on!”

She said, “I’m emailing my agent (or manager). I’ve got nothing going on. I’ve got to get something going on.” Translation to those outside of showbiz, I only have two days of work this week and I’m hoping I’ve an audition, meeting, showcase to hopefully pay my rent and stop the voices in my head.

Me: “Look around. Do you think the camera guys, the PA getting the lunch are going, “Ah, I’ve made it, I’m working a couple days this week on an internet show NO ONE has heard of at a lousy rate.” We all want something else to be ‘going on’.

Thus, was the germ of this video play.

Reunions: A YouTube Playlist

Posted on by
2

Thanksgiving inspired this playlist. If none of these vids make you teary eyed, don’t worry. It just means you don’t have a heart. I start of light… a little “Sound of Music” reunion anyone?

We have so much to be grateful for!  I’m grateful for people who come to coolmom!

Fexting

Posted on by
6

I’m trying to stay on top of all cultural trends…tech-wise at least. Just at Blog Her and met a nice gal who is part of a team that created GLMPS. It’s for iPhones and iPads now, but hopefully one day Droid users like me can use it. It’s a picture that becomes a five second video.

Now, of course, the “kids” are sexting, I’m too old and married for that, but I’m the perfect for demo for fexting. Have you tried it?

Netless

Posted on by
7

This move, I was pretty darn organized. But, being only human, something fell through the cracks.  I should have called my internet provider earlier. Apparently when you have a near monopoly on a business you need a long lead time to service the masses. It was nearly two weeks without internet.

Would being netless drive me witless?

Raising Boys

Posted on by
17

This one is a little longer, but has a great payoff.  I was moved to smiles and laughter by an essay on Babble by Thomas Matlack. The full article is here. It was a piece by a dad, telling a mom about raising boys.  I know a lot more about girls, being one, so I was all ears.

So, here is me reading some highlights with Rex and, of course, giving my take on it.

See if you agree or disagree.

Gender Specific Clothing

Posted on by
7

Well, I’m a bit of a rambler here, so I don’t need to add much to this intro. Except that I think I should start marketing a line of t-shirts for kids with realistic slogan’s to combat the “My Dad is my hero” type or the “budding genius” variety.  Perhaps, “My Dad is spotty on his child support” or “Mom can be nice, but kind of emasculates my dad in front of us.”  That’s long. Might need to be a turtle neck.  Seeing how our economy is going how about, “future vocational trainee” or “I wish I could get a county job”, “leave donations for college here” and it would come with a big pocket.

Oh, crap, someone’s going to steal my idea.

Seriously, this also touches ever so lightly on the issue of the Princess boy ( which I think is great) or the mom blogger who  got heat for titling her post “my son is gay”.  She was standing up for his right to dress like Daphne from Scooby Doo ( how could I NOT support that.  Only wish some kids wanted the Daphne, funny blogger costume, but then most kids don’t aspire to wear drawstring pants and shirts with stains on them)

I am very pro let them dress how they want.  Unless it’s a special event, then I want them to look like they just entered the Kennedy White House in 1962.

Behind the Scenes

Posted on by
5

A lot of people (4) ask me how I shoot my videos. It happens two ways. Either I put my little video on a tripod like I did in this vid and wing it solo or about every 5 or 6 weeks a cameraman and a producer, my friend Rob Morhaim, come to my house and we shoot about 12 vids that then I scroll out of a few weeks. Those ones look better; there are nice lights and a bigger camera. I am more physically limited in what I can do with the homemades. Sometimes the content is fine, but I do like to try to make things look a little different when I have my crew. We just did a shoot day, and we had lunch catered. Which means my husband brought us soup and sandwiches from his lunch place in Culver City, their Point. The onion soup is ambrosia!

I am wardrobe and makeup gal. And in this video I should be fired.