Wednesday

I found a penny on the ground, more than I have made with Google adsense so far. Haha, you never know what will happen. I'm optimistic. I'm just wondering what I have to do to register that first penny. I'm looking into it, watching tutorial videos, doing research, and it all takes time. I have plenty of time, so that's good.

I seem to have this blog linked up to my adsense, but haven't quite figured out what to do with youtube except to keep making more videos, and having a good time doing that. I do like youtube very much. They've given me an outlet and a place to do what I want to. Many people have seen my art as a result of youtube. I like that very much. However, do people make money from youtube based on how many hits they get? I can't seem to link up my youtube to adsense, or if it even works that way, or what. I know you get paid eventually if people click enough on your stuff that have ads on them, etc.

Anyway, so I'm thinking about adsense. It is part of an eight(8)year attempt to try and make money on the computer since I first bought this laptop. ( My god, has it been eight years? This laptop, an hp pavilion ze4115 still works like a dream, it's been such a good machine. Had to pay $150 once to fix the hard drive, but besides that, the functionality has been flawless. ) I was hoping in between the online games and other things I do on the computer, that making money would be one of my online activities. No dice yet. I did get paid $20 for a University survey through my school, so that was nice. I'd do that four times a day if I could, haha.

To continue, I made a comic book page at the cafe, shot a video of it, and put it on youtube today. It's called 'David age 6'. I've already gotten hits on it. Nice. I enjoy drawing comics, I've done it since I was little. Not much point in doing it in the last couple of years except as a hobby. Haven't found a publisher yet, and one of the reasons is I haven't tried too hard to find one. But to self-publish on youtube is great. At least I get my work out there, and that is a big accomplishment.

'Every Man For Himself'. I've been thinking about that phrase recently. No one can do it except me. And with youtube, you have to keep plugging away at it. You are competing with everyone else, including yourself. No one is going to do it for me, I have to do it for myself.

I liked that thing about Walt Whitman, that he had to want himself as a poet, before anyone else wanted him. I've kept that in mind as an artist for years. It's worked, because I am still making art every day.

I chuckle to myself, because even though no one is reading this blog now, they may later. That's what happened with youtube. No one was watching what I did, but they are now. Not many leave me messages or notes, so I don't know what people think, all I know is I keep getting hits. 120,500 so far. That's in one year after starting from scratch pretty late in the game. Youtube has been a joy, once I figured out what was going on. I watched 3000 videos before I ever put up one. I wanted to test the waters before I jumped into the pool. It's worked out pretty well for me. I had fun, and I never gave up. Formula for success right there.

Success doesn't always have to be about money, maybe it shouldn't be about it at all. Money should be a side-effect of success, not the goal. But yeah, it would be nice to get enough scratch to pay the bills.

I actually have to reconsider some things. I'm pretty prolific as an artist, and I have a nice studio space, but I've filled this one up. I need to get more studio space, and it isn't as if I can just throw my art away. So recently, I've been working on smaller pieces, because they don't take up much room. Videos only take up space on my hard drive, but even that is a little cluttered.

Anyway, I'm having a good time, and that is something.

An excellent yoga class today. My teacher today is very funny and intelligent.

I don't want to mention any names of people I know in my blog. Doesn't seem right, unless I make up fictional names for them. There's no reason to talk about anyone else, except in those rare occasions when I need to. I'll figure out something if that day comes.

If I say, "Hello, Jaja Girl," there is only one person in this world that would apply to, that's just an example of what I would do if I had to talk about someone without mentioning their name.

Let's see, what else is there to talk about? Still trying to get Lord of the Rings Online to work. I have to go through technical e-mails, and go through all the help instructions again. Might be something that I may have missed to make the game work. We'll see.

I plan to do some painting soon. I've had good sessions while listening to Glenn Gould videos on youtube. My computer is hooked up to my guitar amp, so I get some pretty incredibly good sound here in my art studio.

Yeah, someone will read this someday. I know that, because people are nosy by nature, haha.