It Takes a Little Longer

One of the reasons that I've been reluctant to take The Brown Knowser from a blog to a vlog is that, in writing a post, I can just plop my ass in front of a keyboard and bang out words.

I don't have the best words, but I try.

With a vlog, it takes more time and effort, depending on what I want to do. For a Beer O'Clock review, the time is relatively short and the effort is only slightly more than a regular blog post. But my last to beer vlog reviews took me more than four hours, from the inception of the beer choice, the setting up of cameras, etching out a pseudo-script (I lay out what I want to say but not how I actually say it), recording the review, editing it, and moving it onto YouTube.

But if I want to tell a story and illustrate it with video, that can take days, if not weeks. (My video of Korea took months.)

For about a month or so, I've had an idea for a video that I wanted to put together and share on my YouTube channel. If you're a regular follower of this blog, you may have read about the woes that I've had with my car, a 2012 Ford Focus. If you follow me on Twitter, no doubt you've seen my many rants over the issues that I've had in the seven-and-a-half years since I have purchased this piece of junk.

This was my first Ford vehicle. It's also my last.

Today, I'm getting rid of that car and picking up a new car. But because I've had a love-hate relationship with my Focus, I wanted to give it a proper sendoff. I want to explain why I bought it, how I felt about it at first, the issues I've had with it, and when that straw finally broke my back.

And so, for the past few weeks, I've been shooting video. I've been putting together a story. I've created a script. I've even done a bit of singing.

I'm in the editing phase of this video post and hope to have something put together over the weekend. But I've found that often it takes a little longer than I've imagined, so you likely won't see anything until later in March.

Oh, and very likely, I won't post it here: it will go straight to my YouTube channel. So hit Subscribe, click that notification button, or follow me on Twitter so that you won't miss when I post it.

A vlog takes a little longer to produce. Hopefully, it'll be worth the wait.