Jeffstunes progress on Youtube

Youtube video 91, and amazingly a song chosen by me. I thought I'd give myself a little treat. I've been hearing a song for a while, but haven't really paid that much attention to it until recently. Then when I did get around to having a sing-a-long, I discovered that it was pretty simple to sing, and very enjoyable at the same time. So I had to give it a go. The song is called "Use somebody", and it's originally by "Kings of leon".

Check it out:

I thought I'd use the video opportunity to pump a website I made. It all came from answering my comments on Youtube. If you attempt more than 4 comments in 10 minutes, you get challenged by Captcha. You get asked to type in made up words that are sometimes very amusing. I kept on clicking "Can't read" to make it generate loads of different alternatives, to find all the funny ones. Virtually all the words do not exist in real life, and pretty soon i started dreaming up dictionary definitions for those words. I thought it would be funny if there was a dictionary with all the fake words in and fake definitions. It would be a great laugh. So I made just that website and called it "Captchionary".

I've started it off with quite a few words and definitions myself. Anybody can submit their own Captcha words and definitions. The more the merrier. I'd love to read other entries.

So keep an eye out for those amusing Captcha words. If you see one that brings an amusing definition to mind then right click on the Captcha image and save it to your computer. Then visit the Captchionary website at:

The Captchionary

There's a submission form at the bottom of the page. Fill out the fields including the path to your Captcha image, or you can just add a definition to one of the words already exisiting in the Captchionary. Then wait to see if your entry gets accepted. While you're there, you can check out the other entries. My cheeks already hurt from some that I've read.

Now down to my Youtube affairs. Here's the latest lowdown on the statistics.

Subscribers = 1,208

Channel views = 28,081

Total video views = 537,056

Until my next post...

My request list has gone beyond the ridiculous. it now exceeds three hundred. There's no way I can keep up with doing all of them, so I've decided to pick and choose from the list. My first selection is "You've got a friend" by "James taylor". A number of people in the past made comparisons with my voice and James Taylor. I can't hear it myself, but then that's just me.

Check it out and see what you think:

My Dad part 12

The 2 other alcoholics beside my dad that I talked briefly about, were engaged in employment with my father for a short time at a firm called "Taylor woodrow" in Greenford. I think the firm were in the process of closing down their operation there. I recall being taken to their annual summer party. It was fun I suppose, but I didn't really know anybody there apart from those invited by my father. During his time there, I visited a number of times whilst he was working. I'm not sure what his job title was, but it seemed like he was some sort of security guard. The site was very larger, with many many buildings. Office and storage. There seemed to be a lack of staff though. It was a bit like a ghost town. What perfect conditions for my father to work in, and I say that loosely. Nobody to witness him enjoying a tipple, and he most certainly did during working hours. He also used to bring home just about anything he could lay his hands on. By the time he left, his home was like a sub office of the firm :)

The circumstances in which his employment ended are not important, and I don't know anyway. I just know he stopped working there.

My father also used to lavish gifts upon me of jewellery and other precious items. The problem was that he didn't buy any of these items. He took them. Something I found out at a later date. So what was bequeathed to me. Let's see now. After adding it all up it amounts to nothing. He stole them from me, probably to buy more alcohol. I can't say I'm too bothered. I've never been one to wear jewellery. I kept them in a draw. I also didn't really consider them mine. In fact they weren't his to give either!

So, what's it like to be the offspring of a common thief and an alcoholic?

I imagine it's no different from anybody else. Most of us disagree with some of our parents actions, it's just that those of my father were illegal :)

To be continued...

My Youtube number have been advancing fairly consistently. I've worked out that I get on average between 1,100 and 1,300 views a day. Oddly enough though. Occasionally one of my videos gets a boost in viewing figures for no apparent reason. Like one video getting 4,000 views in 2 days. I'm still scratching my head.

The subs are healthily up to 1,183.

The viewing figures for my channel are 27,367 and I'm pleased to say that the total video views have pushed over the half a million mark to 521,210.

The current plan for the next vid is another cover version. There's a duet on the horizon, so I'm not sure if that's going to come first.