NatzTheFlip - Amazing Talent

Hey everyone

I have been coming back to Youtube every now and then and good news is that I am starting to like the Internet again a lot which is excellent news.

Now today Im here to talk about a Youtube Talent I found in the last month that I really like and its username is NatzTheFlip.

NatzTheFlip's Youtube Channel

She has an amazing voice. Everytime she does a song whether it is an original or cover she is totally amazing. One of my favourite voices on Youtube. Everytime she does a song it totally opens into my soul which not many singers can do that. Which is amazing.

Here's a couple of songs to show Natalite

Fall For You - Secondhand Serenade (cover)



Mario Kart Love Song (cover)



She also does Vlogs as well if you are interested.

I may find more Youtube Talent and put them in some of my Blog entries in the future which should be fun.

Enjoy yourselves

Bye

Barry

Real Life I have Enjoyed Lately + Pulling out of 365 Project

Now lately I have really been enjoying real life which is fantastic.

I have been on and off the Internet lately which I dont spend too much time lately either doing videos or writing blogs which I am doing right now lol.

I have been watching a lot more DVDs lately than Youtube videos which will shock some of you but there are some youtubers I would watch on a regular basis.

Over Christmas I did feel miserable for some reason the day after. So I took some time from the Internet and Youtube. With the time out, I felt really happy and felt alive once the new year came.

DONT WORRY I STILL LOVE THE INTERNET (Pardon the caps) but sometimes we all need to get away for a bit.

Now I havent mentioned in my blog that I had to pull out of the 365 Project for the day I have chosen. The reason is that I maybe too busy to do it on that day having fun for my birthday and wouldnt have time. I have already contacted Calum to tell him the news.

Also with my Camera broken there is defintely no way I would be able to do a 365 video.

Plus with the new camera I mentioned in my last entry it would take at least a day to figure how to use the new camera to make a video which wont be until February.

Now being without a camera I thought would be a bad thing but it has turned out to be brillant. I think when I come back next month I should be really good to go out and I will feel fresh to do any video.

Like I said before I will be heading down a new direction for my videos who knows.

Have a great weekend everyone

Barry

EDIT - (1pm GMT) I found a video from one of my favourite youtubers BillTvMacon and its really good and its called Macon Youtube Gathering

Birthday Excitement, Facebook and Other Stuff

My birthday aint for another month but I am really excited. All the presents Im getting from my folks are already set. They got me the Monty Python Boxset on everything they ever made back in November 2008.

Then on Monday they got me a new camera which is a Sony DCR-SR35 which I cant use until my birthday which is the 10th February for anyone who didnt know plus they got me tickets to go and see the Lion King Musical in Convent Garden, London which is awesome for the 12th of February thats amazing.

OK I was on Facebook the other day and I changed my status on my relationship from single to nothing. I thought nothing would come out of it. Then my facebook friends were wondering what was going on and if I found someone and for the record I havent and I wanted my relationship status to be private and thats all OK. sorry to be bear of bad news so thats that done.

I bought a Tripod on Tuesday which is great so then I can use the camera in any position without using books or shelfs anymore to place the camera

OK I have bought Nightmare before Christmas on Blu-Ray today and its amazing and going to give my mate Arron my DVD of it. I have bought Doctor Who Operation from an underground Toy Shop which is awesome but the Tweezers are annoying.

I have bought Jenga from Amazon today, the proper one which is awesome because I bought a cheap version of it over christmas and it sucks. So I got the proper version at last HOORAY.

Thats all for now.

Bye

Have a great week

Barry

Indy Cinema, London Stuff and Next Video Idea

Hey everyone

I went up London today with my mate Arron who is my best friend. Now I wanted to go to London on Saturday for ages.

Now I was supposed to meet Arron at 11 and completely forgot for the first time ever, which it is the other way LOL. Arron came out the good guy today. Anyway I turned up an hour later and went to London Bridge straight away and went walking for a bit.

Now while in London, we went to the BFI Building which looks into Indy cinema and thought about the Indy scene which can be so much better than a lot of mainstream films/movies. We had a good talk about the film industry and agreed on some things which we are keeping a secret to Arron and Myself.

Anyway we are having a good trip up London where have gone all over the place while I have a sore foot which was really bad. The Apple store was cool, where I told Arron about Street Fighter 4 and Mega Drive Collection games coming soon to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

We were going to buy some Super Mario Bros DVDs but decided against, thinking we could find them on the Internet which is more likely.

Arron has been mad on the Football scores and telling me that there is going to be Transformers 2 later this year in June and Toy Story coming in June 2010.

Strangely we went to no pubs we just went to coffee shops which is really odd. It was really good and we had Hot Chocolates as drinks which is so better. It is helping me to stay awake because lately I have been going to bed at around 8pm in the evening and dont know why, so DONT ASK.

I am writing this entry in an Internet Cafe across Charing Cross Station which is really cool. Good thing is that I cant remember the name LOL.

Now I got a video idea for my next one, which I will be still using my Family Camera's because my one is broken, so I need a new camera and may ask for one for my birthday next month, been looking at different Sony ones.

The Idea Im thinking of is a response to a user called Hughsnews. He came out with a funny video explaining different options of what he would do if we had 4 minutes left to live in the world.

His video is below.



Have a great weekend everyone.

Bye guys

Barry

EDIT - 11th January (9:15am GMT) - I may scrap doing the video response to Hughsnews, the idea didnt come out right when I was thinking through the idea.

Which one are you?

I was sent this video this morning.



My friend said it reminded him of the Youtube community and asked which one am I?

I know my place lol.

Which one are you?

Saints Row 2 Beats GTA IV & Billtvmacon

OK I have been playing Saints Row 2 for the last few days.



it is totally better than Grand Theft Auto IV. I never thought I would actually say that but it is totally true. Im so glad I got it from Play.com for £17.99. I thought Grand Theft Auto IV would be the grand daddy but then came along Saints Row 2 and blew it out of the water.

A very worthy buy. OK the graphics aint as good as Grand Theft Auto IV, it does look a bit choppy but I had a lot more fun with the gameplay in Saints Row 2.

I made my character with an Aussie accent and turned out to be one of the best things I have ever done. It made me laugh so much, I thought I would never do that in an 18 rated game. Although Grand Theft Auto does provide laughs at times, I think Saints Row 2 put the icing on the cake.

OK the other day when I was talking about the Disney blog that I did and mentioning about the comments that surprised and got a few responses and I mentioned in an edit a user by the name of Billtvmacon who did the funniest response to my question, Now I thought today I would autoplay his Response and then he did a video which is below



He took the situation and ran with it. It was totally brillant. He made it his own and I thought this was so funny, and I couldnt stop laughing and I decided to put this as my autoplay on my channel.

He is the one to watch, SERIOUSLY, I MEAN IT, he deserves so many more subscribers because he is awesome and does the best responses on Youtube. I MEAN IT.

OK guys have a good week, I may write another entry over the weekend.

Bye

Barry

Matt Smith (11th Doctor) - Good Choice But Will Wait And See

Hello everyone

Now yesterday was the day that the New Doctor was announced to the world. It was on BBC1. The show had a look at the previous doctors and then announced the new Doctor.

Now I will admit the show gave some clues about the identity of the Doctor. That it was a he, he was an unknown, youngest ever doctor and he was 26. So I looked at a page that look at different people who could be the Doctor from the BBC site and with all the clues I found out it was Matt Smith then 10 minutes they reveal Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor.

They showcased a few clips of him in the confidential show and I found him to be interesting but I will not fully judge until his time has come. Now one of the things I did expect was people saying they would miss David Tennant which I will as well.

But the kind of thing that has me is that people are commenting on how his appearence and start jumping on him straight away on appearence, which I rather judge him on performance than what he looks like.

I think Matt Smith could be potentially good. Nice choice Steven Moffat. Bring On 2010.

Here is the extended interview from the BBC talking to the Doctor to be in 2010 Matt Smith.



Bye for now

Disney Films & Live Your Own Life

Hey everyone

Now I did my last video yesterday which was Barry Aldridge Asks 8 (Favourite Disney Film) I felt really proud by this video. Sure I lost a few subscribers but I was expecting that, happens to everybody that you havent done a video for a while with your subscriber number going up then once you have done a video it goes down a bit.

I have decided to get rid of the Video Bar of the right side of the page and embed my videos again in my blog.

Its for people who didnt have it in their subscription box which everyone knows that Youtube has a few bugs appear all over the site, Plus I hate the Video Bar that was on the side of my blog.

So heres the video



I did watch the Lion King before starting to film the video and I still after putting the video up, it is the best Disney film I have ever seen but only just.

My other favourite Disney films include Toy Story 1 & 2, Monsters Inc, Jungle Book, Aladdin, Aristocats, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

It was so difficult for me to decide on a favourite Disney film, glad I was able to choose one.

While rendering the Barry Aldridge Asks 8 video I was watching Aladdin for the first time in 5 years and I nearly forgot how awesome this film was. The songs were so epic in that film as well. Whole New World is the one that everyone remembers from Aladdin. I like also "Friend Like Me" done by Robin Williams.

When I put out the video I was expecting like only a few comments and I would be happy to reply but I was well surprised to get nearly 100 comments within the first day which it normally for me to get 100 comments would take weeks.

Edit at 4:55 GMT (Saturday 3rd January) - I have reached 100 comments for the video.

A lot of people gave me good answers to my question that I would say a quarter of them agreed with me about Lion King being a classic. A lot of peoplem mentioned the Pixar films which was cool. Someone thought American Tale was a Disney but its actually made by Universal, easy mistake to make because it did have a Disney feel throughout the whole film.

I am really glad for that video to be honest and is one of my favourite videos that I have put out.

Now I had a couple of responses to my video already here they are

The first one comes from a user called vampiricana and he agreed with me about Lion King being a classic



The second one comes from a user called conawillvlog and he said Toy Story was his favourite Disney film which was made by Pixar.



EDIT - 4:55pm GMT (Saturday 3rd January) - I have had some more responses to the question which included one of the funniest responses I have ever seen. It comes from a user who I have subscribed to today called billtvmacon



OK I have been thinking about Where I am going to go on Youtube next that I am going to go to a slightly new direction. I will be still be awesome to the max but need to find something new in the process without losing my integrity and how I started on Youtube.

I will give the odd channel shoutouts if I can while going down this new direction.

First of all I need to get a new camera maybe ask for one for my birthday which is coming up next month.

To me I think that everyone should lead their own life and destiny. Thats something I have been thinking by doing more of own videos that I feel I can pull off.

I bought T.I.'s New album (Paper Trail) and it had a track called "Live Your Life (Feat. Rihanna)" and I believe every lyric within the verses by T.I. and the hook by Rihanna is very true.

Heres the music video


OK everyone I hope you enjoy your weekend.

See you next time.

Barry

Two Pints Of Lager & Packet Of Crisps & Happy New Year

Hey everyone

Over the last few days I have been watching Two Pints of Lager & A Packet of Crisps which is a UK Sitcom. Its one of my faves that is funny everytime I watch.

This clip below is one of the best outtakes from the show ever and could be the best from any show I have seen.



Im going back to watch the show and Happy New Year everyone.

Barry

The Meaning Of Barry

OK While I was looking back at comments for P4A and watching some youtube videos I missed over the last couple of weeks. I thought is there a meaning behind my name.

I found three different meanings from three different countries.

In Wales My name means - The Son Of Harry.

In Ireland My name means - A Spear or Marksman

While in France it means - Gate or Fence

Which I found surprising.

Thought I'll share that with you.

Christmas Happenings (Presents & Television)

Hey guys

I hoped everyone had a good christmas a couple days ago.

I got a few things for christmas which were 3 blu-rays (Wall-E, Hancock and Futurama: Bender's Game) Family Guy DVD which was cool, Malteresers Big Box, 15 pound Game Gift Card and Guitar Hero World Tour On The Wii. I loved all the presents

Now onto Christmas Television the programmes I wanted to watch were Doctor Who (The Next Doctor) and Wallace & Gromit (A Matter Of Loaf & Death). Now I thought Doctor Who was brillant and is the best christmas special that has been done since it came back in 2005. I wont talk about it anymore just in case people from outside from the UK read this. Now Wallace & Gromit was also very good but at first I kinda hated it but after some thoughts I thought it was really good.

OK thats all for now.

Barry

Favourite Xmas Song and Favourite Xmas Parody Episode

Hey everyone

Today is Christmas Eve and I just remembered about my favourite Christmas song and favourite Christmas episode.

My favourite Christmas song of all time is from The Pogues & Kirsty Maccoll (RIP) which is called Fairytale In New York. Wonderful song.



My favourite Christmas Episode from the Internet comes from LittleKuriboh which he did back in 2006. This is the funniest thing I have ever seen for a christmas special.



I heard Littlekuriboh is working on another one for this year. If it comes I will edited this entry to include it.

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Im looking forward to Doctor Who + Wallace & Gromit.

Im off to watch Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Or Crisps.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Barry

Project For Awesome Aftermath (Surprises & Global Feature)

Hey everyone

Sorry to do another entry talking about the Project For Awesome but I felt like expressing how I feel about the whole experience.

I feel it was one of the best things I have ever done on Youtube. It is something for a good cause. I think that everyone who did a video for the Project for Awesome should be proud of themselves because it is something good to do before christmas.

I was really shocked by being on the global page yesterday. Even though I was number 11 but getting onto the global page is amazing. My family were surprised by this as well. I mentioned it on Facebook and some friends congratulated me. It is my 3rd feature in 3 months which is something I thought would never happen in a million years. I find life amazing.

I would like to thank the Vlogbrothers again for setting up the Project for Awesome and choosing my video to go onto the global front page yesterday.

Right Im off if I dont write another entry before the 25th I wish you all Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

Bye

Barry

Project For Awesome 2008 - National Autistic Society

Hello Everyone

It is the 17th of December 2008. Today is the Project of Awesome Day that was started last year by John & Hank Green (Vlogbrothers). I took part last year to do the National Autistic Society as my chosen charity. This year I have chosen the same charity which is very important and close to my heart.

National Autistic Society champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and aim to provide individuals with autism and their families with help, support and services that they can access, trust and rely upon and which can make a positive difference to their lives.

Why am I supporting the National Autistic Society?

The reason I am supporting it is because when I was three years old was diagnosed with Autism and went to special schools that they were outside of mainstream schooling. The Charity was able to give my family some real help on how to deal with me if I was acting strange to other people or to my family.

The National Autistic Society gave out a lot of help to people who have autism who were wondering what to do within society.

Why should people donate to the National Autistic Society?

The reason people should donate is because so then the NAS would try to find ways to help people who have autism to find a way to integrate into mainstream society.

In the past I used to post my own videos on here and then stopped because it was annoying people which is understandable but for today it is an important charity to me so I will be posting my Project For Awesome Video on this blog entry.



I hope everyone today looks at every single Project For Awesome video that comes out over the next couple of days, I know I will. I will leave a comment and rate them 5 stars because I know that every single charity is made of awesome.

PROJECT FOR AWESOME FTW.

I will do a normal entry around tomorrow.

Bye for now

Barry

Jenga

Hey everyone

I have gotten into the christmas spirit with different types of games. I have spoken about computer games and I watched a couple of videos from Mememolly and Frezned, where they were playing Jenga. This made me go out and buy Jenga because I couldnt find mine, its in a box somewhere I cant be bothered to find it.

Jenga according to Wikipedia is

"a game of physical and mental skill, marketed by Hasbro, in which players remove blocks from a tower and put them on top. The word jenga is derived from kujenga, the Swahili verb "to build"; jenga! is the imperative form."

I think this is a really fun game that should be bought for christmas if you are bored.



Hasbro Web Link to Jenga

OK I will leave you on the videos by Mememolly and Frezned.





Have a good sunday

Barry

WoolWorths (RIP) and Life/Classroom Experience

Hey everyone

I felt really sad over the last couple of weeks to find out the store Woolworths is closing down forever. I was really shocked to hear about the news of the store shutting down because they have gone into administration because it is seriously in debt.



My memories of going to Woolies was brillant. Going to the Pick & Mix when it was really cheap and getting the best toys where it was different from other high street stores. I got some dvds at really good prices there when I got older and when I moved down to the South Coast from London. I had a woolworths which is 2 minute walk away from me and now it is going and makes me sad.

RIP - Woolworths.


OK onto the second topic I was talking to Sam (Samcaplat on Youtube) and we were talking about experiences with education and life. Now Sam told me about leaving college because he found it really too easy and needed a challenge. He now works with his mate repairing cars which is I think it is Vehicle mechanics level 2 which he mentioned. He thought college wasnt up to scratch for him. He found out that working and learning outside of College a more of a challenge.

I sometimes found out that I have a better grasp for learning when it is outside of the classroom whether its about money, looking for work and how to deal with real life situations whether it is a relationship or how to do some gardening if you have a garden. But I will admit University was brillant for me to help build some confidences when doing projects and how to give speeches to other people in the room with full confidence.

I think going outside in the real world can be a better experience than what you learn in the classroom but there are times that you need a classroom to give you knowledge otherwise you get really lazy which happens to me some of the time. But it does depend on what your goals are in life otherwise you will always be stuck in square one.

Anyway have a good weekend everyone.

Speak to you later.

Barry

Facebook Games - Geo Challenge

I have gotten back into the habit of playing games on Facebook which is really cool. I have been trying to play Geo Challenge which you have to find out the nation flags, know what country it is and where is a certain place in the world. I find this game very challenging plus you learn something in the process.

It took me a while but I was able to beat one of my friends scores and it wasn't easy.

Have to tip my hat to Facebook for creating brillant games. If you got Facebook check them out.

Barry

Catching Up On Youtube, Twitter is fun again and Old Classic Computer Games FTW

To be honest I enjoyed doing that short blog entry I did yesterday and prove to be fun so I may do more short blogs to show whats going on and plus it would be like a diary.

1) I was away from my youtube account over the weekend to give a break. Its nice to do every now and then. I am catching up on my subscriptions and it is difficult.

2) The other week I said that Twitter had been distracting and good news is while giving a bit of rest from Twitter it has made me feel alive again which is brillant.

3) I was playing on the Wii and I remember the old games I downloaded from Nintendo store and played a couple of games which were Streets Of Rage II and Super Mario World.

Super Mario World (Game)


Streets Of Rage II - This advert is really funny.


Thats all for now.

Bye

Barry

Little Shorts - (Computer Games, N33L3SH, Star Wars and Jazza Aka RhymingWithOranges)

This is not a proper entry but will do one later in the week.

1) I can't stop thinking about Computer Games maybe its because it is Christmas and they come out with top titles for half price which is awesome. I have bought 5 games like that in the last couple of weeks. Which I mentioned on my twitter and in one of my previous entries.

2) I met up with N33L3SH for the first time yesterday and it was a quick meeting but it was fun. We are now following each other on Twitter. May talk to him again on MSN when I get on there.

3) I have been watching Star Wars over the last couple of days and its nice to see. How the old trilogy totally kicks the new trilogy's butt. It was down to how the films were made and the stories within each one. Well George Lucas isn't the best story teller in the film industry.

4) I was reading Rhymingwithoranges Blog around 30 minutes ago. I agree with him on a couple of points he mentioned like I don't like to ask people to subscribe there were a couple of times I did that but realised it wasnt my way and that it was very unkind to ask people to subscribe. The second point is about vlogging where in the past It was very easy for me to do that but it gets a bit tricky now. It is because I was eager at first to do them but now the butterfiles had gone and its not so exciting to do a vlog. I still love doing them.


RhymingWithOranges Blog - Its a good read.

Will do a proper entry later this week.

Barry

Survey

OK I have seen a few people do this on their blogs and thought I may give it a go.

Here we go.

1. What's your name?
Barry Aldridge

2. What is your favorite thing to wear?
Ben Sherman Shirt and Nike Trainers

3. Last thing you ate?
Banana Sandwich

4. One place you will NEVER eat at?
Not sure, will eat anything

5. I say Shotgun, you say:
Jumped

6. Last person you hugged?
My Mum.

7. Does anyone you know wanna date you?
No

8. Would you date anyone you met online?
Im 50/50

9. Name something you like physically about yourself:
I'm skinny

10. The last place you went out to dinner to?
Harvester Restuarant

11. Who is your best friend?
Arron Anthony

12. What time of the day is it?
1:53pm.

13. Who/What made you angry today?
The weather outside making me wake up.

14. Baseball or Football?
Football which is the English version

15. Ever gone skinny dipping?
I have, in the sea.

16. Favorite type of Food?
Chicken

17. Favorite holiday:
Anywhere in the Westcountry

18. Do you download music:
Yes, both legally and illegally, but I only ever download illegally if I'm unsure about that act. If I like what I hear then I'll be sure to spend money on their next release, for example.

19. Do you care if your socks are dirty?
Yes I do care

20. Opinion of Chinese symbol tattoos?
I really like them, I had a friend years ago who had them but not sure if they still do.

21. Would you date the person who posted this?
Actually Im posting this so it would be impossible.

22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally?
Yes they have.

23. Do you love anyone?
Yes I do

24. Are colored contact lenses sexy?
I think they look really cool

25. Have you ever bungee jumped?
Never but it is something I would like to do one day.

26. Have you ever gone white-water rafting?
Nope.

27. Has anyone ten years older than you ever hit on you
No that has never happened

28. How many pets do you have?
Aint got any pets but thinking of getting a dog soon.

29. Have you met a real redneck?
No

30. How is the weather right now?
It is sunny with mixed clouds

31. What are you listening to right now?
No music at the moment.

32. What is your current favorite song?
The Game Feat. Lil Wayne - My Life. Even though it was released months ago I still like it.

33. What was the last movie you watched?
Zack & Miri Make A Porno

34. Do you wear contacts?
No.

35. Where was the last place you went besides your house?
London to do some christmas stuff.

36. What are you afraid of?
Mice

37. How many piercings have you had?
None.

38. What piercings do you want?
I dont want any.

39. What's one thing you've learned this year?
To respect people in a normal matter plus getting a job is difficult with whats going on.

40. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
I have never ordered anything from Starbucks but If I did it would be a Hot Chocolate.

41. What Magazines are you reading?
Havent read a magazine in a while

42. Have you ever fired a gun:
Nope and I agree with Charlie about the colon.

43. Are you missing someone?
I miss some of my friends on a regular basis

44. Favorite TV show?
Doctor Who

45. Do you have an obession with WoW?
No and I dont like the game at all

46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celeb?
Yes

47. What celeb do you look like?
One of them called me Chris Martin of Coldplay

48. Who would you like to see right now?
Any friendly face would do.

49. Favorite movie of all time?
Really difficult but my favourite one at the moment is Monsters Inc

50. Do you find yourself loved?
I do indeed and its cool

51. Have you ever been caught doing something you weren't suppose to?
Yes I have

52. Favorite smell?
Ice Cream

53. Butter, plain, or salted popcorn?
Salted Popcorn

54. What's something that really bugs you?
People giving complicated answers to which I can not understand.

55. Do you like Michael Jackson?
I love his music.

56. Taco Bell or Burger King?
I dont like Burger King but would try Taco Bell one day.

57. What's your favorite perfume?
No idea and dont like perfume

58. Favorite baseball team?
I dont like Baseball

59. Ever call a 1-900 phone number?
Nope and I dont live in America

60. What's the longest time you've gone without sleep?
35 hours

61. Last time you went bowling?
In Brighton with my family

62. Where is the weirdest place you have slept?
On a train

63. Who was your last phone call?
Arron Anthony sorting out Christmas Presents.

64. Last time you were at work?
Back In January

65. What's the closest orange object to you?
A Durcell Battery