Ukraine can stop Putin if U.S. provides weapons. Biden. Ukraine could stop the Russian President Vladimir Putin if it will be provided with the necessary weapons states U.S. President Joe Biden in his address to Congress. Since President Lincoln and the Civil War, there have been undersolved at home as there are today. Putin's Russia on the march invading Ukraine and sowing chaos throughout Europe and beyond. If anybody in this room thinks Putin will stop at Ukraine, I assure you he will not. But Ukraine, Ukraine can stop Putin. Ukraine can stop Putin if we stand with Ukraine and provide them with the weapons they need to defend itself. According to the President, aid is being blocked by those who want to step away from global leadership. Biden also mentioned Trump in his speech and his support for Putin.  That's a quote. A former president actually said that's bowing down to the Russian leader. I think it's outrageous. It's dangerous and it's unacceptable, Biden said. According to the President of the U.S., the country cannot put Ukraine, Europe and the entire free world at risk. History is literally watching. History is watching. The U.S. walks away if it puts Ukraine at risk. The free world will be at risk and bolding others to do what they wish, do us harm. My message to President Putin, whom I've known for a long time, is simple. We will not walk away. We will not bow down, said the President of the U.S. Biden also stated that there are no American soldiers in Ukraine and he promised not to allow this in the future. Earlier, it was reported that the Biden administration is considering assistance to Ukraine from the U.S. Army budget. The aid could amount to around $200 million. Recently, the Senate passed a separate bill with funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. For the bill to take effect, it still needs to be approved by the House of Representatives and signed by President Joe Biden. According to CNN, the House of Representatives may vote on financial aid to Ukraine in late March or April. North Korean Army simulating the storming and seizure of a South Korean border post. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, during military exercises that included simulating the storming and seizure of a South Korean border post, called on the country's army to intensify preparations for war according to the requirements of the current situation. The need for training in attacks on border posts was explained by the North Korean leader as a response to constant threats from enemies. As reported by the official Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong-un called on the military to usher in a new heyday of intensifying the war preparations in line with the requirements of the prevailing situation. He also gave instructions about more strongly conducting practical and realistic exercises that assure the conviction of winning on the actual battlefield. It is noted that such military activity at the main base for operational training in the Western part is taking place against the backdrop of the annual U.S. and South Korean joint exercises called Foal Eagle, which began on Monday. Photographs of the North Korean drills were also published by Rodong Sinmun, showing troops and helicopters practicing the seizure of a post similar to the one South Korea has on its side of the border. Earlier in January, the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, made a series of statements indicating his desire and readiness to start a war with South Korea. The New York Times reported that the U.S. anticipates the possibility of military action between North Korea and South Korea in the coming months. At the same time, the press notes that Pyongyang has a significant reason not to escalate the conflict, as the pace of North Korea's economic growth has reached its highest level in almost a decade due to the sale of weapons by Russia. Ukraine's massive ammo deficit greatest danger to NATO security, Armageddon, is considered inevitable. Two weeks of NATO drama have somewhat overshadowed Ukraine's deteriorating battlefield position as Western politicians and media focus on the ever-present danger of direct conflict between Moscow and its transatlantic rivals, according to Newsweek. Kyiv's forces are struggling to hold the long front line in the South and East of the country against continued and at times frenzied assaults. Units are increasingly short of manpower and are still being denied the Western ammunition and advanced weapons Kyiv says it vitally needs. Recent interventions and a significant intelligence leak from Western capitals, though, have focused on the prospect of NATO troops operating within Ukraine and prompted fresh threats of nuclear war from Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin allies. French President Emmanuel Macron first raised the proposal of deploying NATO troops to Ukraine in training and advisory roles. In his denouncement of the plan, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz revealed that French and British troops are already thought to be in country. This conclusion was then echoed in a recording intercepted and leaked by Russia of senior German military officials discussing Western support to Ukraine. The greatest acute danger is still from the front lines in Ukraine. One European diplomatic official who spoke to Newsweek on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly said when asked about the prospects of Russian escalation. The ammunition deficit is massive and Russian pressure intense, they added. The West is paralyzed by fear. So far, all the red lines we've crossed have not brought the Armageddon we're so afraid of. A second European diplomatic official who also requested anonymity to speak candidly suggested to Newsweek that Moscow primarily wants to exploit alliance concerns to further deter Western aid to Kiev. I doubt you can change Russia's calculus just by sending trainers to Ukraine, they said. I'm sure the Russians are well aware of who's doing what in Ukraine, the diplomatic official added. Ukraine needs ammo and air defense, that's where the immediate focus should be.


Hi guys welcome back to the vlogs I hope you guys like my outfit I have my compression gear on if you guys missed the last vlog I got air sculpting done on my chin and I have this compression gear that I'm really supposed to wear ideally 24 hours a day for two weeks but since it's on your face they really say 20 or 48 hours and then you can wear it 12 hours a day for the next like two weeks but I'm going to Europe on Friday so I'm trying to just wear it as much as possible because you get the best results I'll probably like get ready today I'm gonna go press and I plans later this afternoon slash evening so I think I'll get ready and take off my air sculpting merry belated Christmas happy new year yesterday was Christmas I drove back from my parents this morning and I am getting back to work this is always one of my favorite weeks of the year because it's still cozy it's just cute I get really motivated it's like vision board time and it's the part of the holidays where I feel less like a slop and more like I'm gonna take over the world you know I'm going to Foxtrot right now because I'm gonna get some work done um so I'm leaving for Paris on Friday and I ordered a new like carry-on bag from CalPak and it's not going to get here in time so I think I'm gonna stop at the away store and see if I like that honestly I'm like stressed about packing which is so stupid like I don't want to see stupid because what I'm about to say is I think it's like somehow how my travel anxiety is like manifesting because I don't normally actually I do have travel anxiety I don't know I'm not stressed about actually going or anything like that but for some reason I'm so stressed about packing and like I don't know why I normally travel all the time so whatever if y'all are new here be sure to subscribe we're also making vision boards it's gonna be a great week like very motivating cute cozy like sit back relax hope you guys enjoy let me know what you guys want to see on the channel in the new year um I got a lot of kitchen stuff for Christmas so get ready here we go oh I just like froze outside it's 42 degrees which isn't like that cold compared to what it's been but I ended it outside and I forgot my headphones but everyone else is there so like whatever but it was so cold I just went to a way as you guys saw I'm really sad because I got the perfect calpac like carry on and I looked at the away one and I think I like it I didn't want to like go and buy it immediately I wanted to think on it so I might go back and get it I don't know which size I really want and I just need to look at the comparisons I wish more than anything the calpac one was gonna arrive in time it just isn't and I don't think you can buy calpac in stores or even that one I need to look I think I already did you know what else is like so cute right now the matching like silk looking they have patterns I know that like travel pillows and matching sleep masks or I love that I ordered one from calpac but it's going to be here after the fact which is fine because I'm still traveling a lot this year so we gotta see I've got a lot of travel in January alone and there's a potential trip that'll be crazy and if that ends up happening then I am gone like non-stop so it's fine like it'll end up getting used back home getting some more work done heated up this beef stew I made on Christmas Eve the it's bone broth no beef bone broth stew something like that the purple things by the way are purple sweet potatoes not the meat it's so good I put too much bone broth in and I put too much salt so I know how to fix it for next time the easiest thing ever and it's so good for you I see my face also planning on going to Austin a lot more to record at our cheer media studios there I already have two books for next month so my plan is to fly in like that morning and fly out that evening that's what I'm planning on doing so I feel like that's like the perfect bag in case I'm just there for a day I think I'm done with work for the day I'm gonna go take a nice bubble bath and relax wash my compression gear and read in the tub and then I'm gonna eat Presley at Highland Park Village in like two hours trying to make sure that I'm drinking more water than ever now also guys I have to show you I got so many kitchen things for Christmas I got a whole new spice set and I'm so excited and I accidentally left them at my mom's house so hopefully I'll get those this week I plan on organizing the kitchen this week and I really wanted to replace those but I'll get it when I get it okay so here's a few things just got me this cookbook holder which I've been needing part of the reason that I love the kitchen so much and cooking and everything is because I am fully away from a technology and just like you know by myself but I hate when I have the recipe like on my phone I just like hate the fact that there's technology because it's like this is where I just like get away from that you know what I mean so I got a recipe book that I can put all my cookbook stuff in and I also have a bunch of cookbooks this is from Sir Latav which is one of my favorite like stores it's where I do all my cooking classes and stuff and what's awesome too is that it has these two things up here that hold the book back I mean it's just gonna be so nice I'm so excited it looks so beautiful just like one of those things I'll probably keep forever and then my mom got me these measuring cups that I think are so cute I'm like really into really girly things these days like I like the cottage chic stuff too I just ordered two blankets from La Shack fancy like I I just love them they're so cute so it's a cup your fourth cup half cup one fourth cup they're just like the cutest thing ever and I like how they're stored so I love those and then she also has got me some cute like little kitchen and dish rugs and love them so some of the kitchen stuff I got I would take my Christmas decor down but I'm not doing that because we're extending Christmas another week and we're fully celebrating this week I've decided so expressly so I won't be taking the Christmas stuff down it's not happening I'll be taking it down in the middle of January Texas live sent me like a hangover kit for New Year's Eve that's so funny all right guys I just got ready and I put this outfit on and it's not as cute as I had envisioned it's just this cream coat and I have a white sweater on from Aritzia and then I have my just a pair of Abercrombie curved love jeans on underneath let me show you guys because I won't move so I can't really move back oh there she is okay no she's still not moving I have these shoes on um there's some out of them they really need to be washed and like yeah I could like I obviously could wash them before leaving because I'm not leaving for another like 20 or 30 but I don't want to impart me wants into my hugs back on so I'm letting TikTok decide for me I don't know the outfit is just kind of like blah like I don't know you know in this adult feel your best like my skin is really dry don't like my makeup went on that well um I know that like another bag would look cuter with this outfit like specifically honestly wait this bag would look so cute with the outfit it's like perfect but I want to bring my big vlog camera but maybe I need to bring my small because like listen the puff bag is obviously my favorite bag ever but this bag it looks perfect but I need my vlog camera so I don't know I guess I could bring the Canon G7X and I don't wear this bag enough so I think that this is what I'm gonna go with okay I decided that we're taking the Tabi bag out on the town I got this for Christmas last year and I haven't worn it nearly enough it is the most beautiful beautiful bag especially for the winter time I will say I do kind of wish I would have gotten the size smaller because I feel like I would have worn it more I don't know actually I really don't know my eyes are really watering in the middle of the night last night I woke up oh my god they're really watering oh no I woke up in the middle of the night and I like rubbed my eye and like I think there was like a hair something in it and it was watering for like two hours I went and washed my hair or my eye out like 15 times and it was just like the worst pain ever I don't know what is with me and like eye drama I just always have some sort of eye problems okay I'm gonna take the dogs outside um I'm gonna make a big soon it's so cute press that kevley makes it to the holiday just for us yeah we got our marks press it gets a mark no salt I get a mark with salt and then we got our favorite guacamole we've been waiting for this for like literally all week I'm so happy it's perfect oh my god this is now it's crazy perfect oh my god I love Christmas no I would be fine to sit out here it actually feels pretty warm right now compared because bow and house is the cutest place literally ever great it's restaurant martini is here wow restaurant martini you gotta log teal up it's crazy because like at the same time strong very strong at the same time that I was like obsessed with the relation that was going for a pretty long time come here all the time and I just like I know it's all together I know I should have looked at your life this week that would have been so fun we actually feel like so good I would you think I could I can't work out the even right of course I feel like it's probably like the oh actually I don't know if you like the minute of it or like the actual like sweat or like tension or Friday is a workout yeah that's true my legs are we sorry oh so I don't even like the orange in this I know is that what I'm tasting I thought it was just the smell of the slight smelling it but like I smell I taste it too yeah I don't know if this look at these cute little like Christmas tree treats that I have the dogs hi Coco I woke up early I'm about to go back well part of me is like maybe I should read yeah maybe I'll do that I'm just gonna have like a nice morning reading a leisurely morning when it's cold out shaking my coffee reading I need it oh my god you're not supposed to be standing you're not even really supposed to have treats right now but I'll make a exception um I'm doing it on Coco's health she's a lot of energy she's down certain doses if you guys saw it in the recent um week of my life vlog she had a really scary health scare um with like IVDD and whatever she's not a surgeon like candidate for surgery it's not that bad yet and hopefully she was feeling great resting and resting for the next four weeks she hasn't she just ran she's either like on my lap or I'm watching her if she's doing something or really in the crate which is so sad because like Coco just doesn't I mean actually it's like I say she doesn't like the crate and then she just like walks in it so you know maybe I just like want her to like me more than the crate but either way she has to like rest so her like just doesn't get worse anyways I've been taking care of her like non-stop it's really a full-time job but anyways I love her so much made myself some coffee gonna go grab my Kindle and make my bed and then come down here and read I've been my face is really puffy because I had two marks and why uh no I don't why um I suppose some martini will say I always regret the second mark and one on her bar like I always am like one would it just be good I mean look at him he has been such a trooper and he has been so worried about Coco but now he's over worrying about Coco and he wants all the attention on himself so she comes up to me he goes and sits in front of her oh look he's commisata last time I woke up to him literally on top of me tits I love you hey guys okay I have teeth whitening strips on oh my god I sound I'm on my way I'm getting like my roots touched up my extensions I don't know why my sister didn't do this last week oh my god I can't do this um but I'm getting a blow out of it so whatever I also need a better haircut so that's what we're doing tonight is a vision board night with my friends I'm gonna cook dinner we're all just gonna hang out I have a lot of random stuff I need to do an errands today or this morning oh my god having my sister give me a tutorial uh-huh then you want to grab a piece and like wrap it around uh yeah I think that's the part I'm missing got it that's how she did that okay I I think I'm getting it now guys I just call it the best blowout ever it's the perfect blowout the one that I'm always looking for um from air cut global I got a little haircut as well because I'll put on the screen what my hair looks like last week it was so embarrassing but anyways if you guys didn't get blow out I do have a um dry brow membership that's why I go there but honestly like when I cancel and just go to air cut because it was literally the best blowout ever and they're faster there and it's just the best it's also where I get my hair done my sister does my color and extensions Madison Piper got cut to my hair and then air cut just to my blowout and air cut was just like so nice and it was so good so if you guys need a blowout you also get money off if you've mentioned my name I don't know like what the discount is or anything but like still money off I'm at global in the design district it is so cold I have a few errands I need to run I spent my time working and looking up recipes of other things I'm gonna make tonight I'm really living my best life I'm experiencing soreness and my neck like I my neck is like a little bit bruised obviously you guys have seen it and sorry if these updates are annoying I'm just more so sharing it for people who like care it'll be 20 seconds um I feel like the swelling has obviously gone down a ton like I don't feel I mean like I noticed that I'm swollen but I don't feel like it's super obvious to like the next person like we always are harder on ourselves you know what I mean but I am feeling a little soreness here and today is the day that I'm wearing my head my compression wrap like the least amount compared to the other day so anyways I'm on my way to away right now I need to pick up the bag I think I'm gonna go to anthropology one thing that I need is a good serving dishes now here's the issue I don't have storage for this stuff I am gonna go through my kitchen and like organizing and you know maybe make some room this week like maybe I have more room than I thought in my kitchen I just don't know if that's necessarily true or if that is actually the case um but like here's the thing like I bought a food processor all that stuff and it's like listen I I'm not a pesto girl so I don't really care about a food processor even though you use it for other things like is it can I just use my blender like I don't need that stuff you know and I would love it if I had a bigger kitchen that's like my biggest dream in life like I dream of my big kitchen when I'm at my parents house specifically my mom's house I am just so jealous of their kitchen like this is what gets me going anyways all that to say I need better like serving dishes and I'm going to make dinner for my friends tonight I'm gonna make the engagement chicken just because it's so good um and I think I'm gonna do like brown sugar glazed carrots and like risotto or something I've really made risotto on my own I haven't made the carrots either so we're trying new things but I I just need them and they get pricy so I am gonna look at anthropology just to see even though that is going to be really expensive but I like cute ones and I feel like I'll use them all the time you know what I mean I did have quite the wake up call this week though guys there is this store in Dallas that I'm obsessed with everyone goes and like does their wedding registry there and it's just like really cute uh well not everyone clearly after you guys hear this I actually think this is just like a reality wake up call for me as a whole so I'm looking on the psychs like oh my god their tabletop stuff is like unbelievable it's so beautiful and like tabletop is really like what makes me happy right I'm like this set is so cute and perfect it's exactly what I've always wanted I look at a platter $300 for just one one plate $300 guys I have to be so rich like this is what I've the conclusion I've come to from this is that I have to be disturbingly like disgustingly rich and I still don't know if I'm gonna want to pay that like I see why it's a wedding place because like that's like a wedding gift you know what I mean had no idea how expensive the stuff was I mean I could guess but something about that one thing being $300 and you needing like 25 to complete the set it's not really sitting right with me that being said I still want it so I'm going to anthropology because I cannot afford $300 plate I am not I haven't hit that level you know I mean I guess technically I could afford it but then I would just be like you know taking out a second mortgage on my house like just things like that you know refinancing I mean guys I cannot get over this blowout you're gonna get such a good job all right to anthropology we go one of my favorite places I miss the old store in Highland Park but love it these remind me of my childhood all of their like Christmas stuff on sale getting these I guess I'll just do six best thing that just happened to me you have a serving plate but the holiday plates and stuff are on sale the plates is about being 777 each so I'm gonna go and order even more online they didn't have in store it's like the plates that I've always wanted but just never like justified the prices back home my other part of my Christmas gift came from Jess she got me at these really beautiful like olive oils like this is truly my best week ever because everything that I'm receiving is kitchen stuff which is why I need a bigger kitchen um they're all over tech talk and they're beautiful like I don't really know that much about them other than what a good gift I think I might dabble and like trying different olive oils and stuff people always like get it when they travel and it's always such a good gift love these also they're so cute to just have out on my counter so I will be doing that I'm thinking like here extra olive oil got my like workout stuff but can't even work out this week so I'm gonna move over there because Matt's over here one of my favorite gifts that I've ever received are these cocktail napkins they are just oh my god chill they're so cute and they're so good for hosting so I'll leave these out for tonight anyways I have to show you guys what I gotta answer apologies I just have that so fast I have always so badly wanted their like holiday plates even when I was a young child a young girl if you will speaking of finding cheaper plates okay they didn't have any serving plates or they did have one the new anthropology the one on Knox like the Highland Park Village one was so much better the one on Knox it's like a specific crowd of anthropology that like I don't subscribe to it's like more like bland the one at Highland Park Village is more fun you know what I mean anyways I got these because it's well it's three French hens okay but anything like hens or rooster or whatever related reminds me of my childhood because we all like my cousins and I all of our moms are interior decorators basically and we all lived at certain parts in different states or at one point we were next to our neighbors so I guess it is in care we had identical houses growing up like we had the same wallpaper the same like red hens rooster stuff the white thing I've vlogged about this before we all have the same houses and we all had this stuff so it reminds me of my childhood which makes me want to get more these are like more like dessert plates they're smaller I don't know what I'm saying they're originally 18 a plate and I got them for 77 so I got three of these which I feel like I need more and then I got three of these and obviously they don't match and these are like the 12 well this isn't even the 12 is a Christmas but you know how they have like the these are like the three French hens and they have like four shoulder loves or whatever so you can get that whole set and they're mixed matched which I didn't do and maybe I should have but I just thought this was so cute too but I only got three so part of me is like later when I'm actually serving with these am I gonna be like I need all of them but then it's like I really have no room and these are gonna go downstairs in my garage where I have like storage and storage bins and stuff when I put the Christmas stuff away but I just thought they were so cute and then I also I just got another volcano candle because I mean you can never have too many they're the best ever I actually just got a pura not sponsored paid for myself um one thing about me is that I'm very influence like I bought a bunch of greens myself I am not working with them uh bought pure myself not working with them and I'm actually really big fans both so anyways gonna like this candle have it going I think I'm gonna eat a little bit I've been surviving off of that phone brought thing I want to do more cooking videos but I feel like no one like wants to watch them like no one does watch them maybe I just keep it to like tip talk or something I don't like anyways I'm going through this oh and my goal though today is to go through my closet I'm out of hangers again so I need to go through of like what I want to donate what I want to keep and then from there I can like hang up the clothes that like don't have hangers it's just so stupid but I don't know if they're still gonna be on sale when this vlog goes up but I'll link it I'm honestly gonna get on anthropology right now and then just like buy the actual bigger plates I mean they're just like so cute but these I honestly could like use year-round if you just don't look at the three front ends I just think they're like so cute and I love this one like a little dessert plate you know maybe my holiday aesthetic or vibe will be all mismatched mismatch I don't know anyways I got the large everywhere bag so it replaces a carry-on like if you were to bring a carry-on like a roller because it's big and it can't fit underneath the seat in front of you but if I'm just doing like night trips to I'm I'm bringing this to Europe as like my second bag my carry-on but um also if I'm just doing like really quick trips to Austin and stuff it might be like perfect for me so you open it and there's more stuff like there's a lot of room for clothing and whatnot oh god and then over here like I'll put my laptop and stuff keep this with me and then I don't know if I can keep this in but I'm gonna film it and then ask Jess the okay might be working on a little Kindle sleeve so I can take everything like or this is like also like fits other stuff so I can put in everything that like I need during the flight in there and just grab it out of this bag that's my plan so like laptop and all that will go here and then I'll probably like do spare outfit and stuff in here my New Year's Eve outfit just in case and whatever else I feel like needs to be in this and I will definitely be using my strap so I'll link this as well it's the large everywhere bag and I read the reviews online I'm gonna really get your reviews these days like I'm not normally reading up on reviews constantly but it's like Ben might you thank us um I've run a lot of reviews about this and people really love it but also I'm like interested because you guys know that like reviews and stuff are paid for and like businesses can pay so like only show the good ones so like what do I believe you know what I mean oh nice little padded strap there I'm a little too trusting we're scheduling tonight oh it's gonna have my friends over for dinner and then we're doing vision boards and then everyone is like had a lot going on so we're rescheduling and honestly I randomly got so tired and I was like you know I'm not even gonna have a night like to myself before I leave and I'm with people for a week straight like this is the night to have a night about myself you know still might vision board a little bit I'm kind of just doing that throughout the week um it's really nice to just like have your new plans and stuff but I'm ordering myself in dinner I've been like really on like a true food cake lately um I'm gonna get comfy I'm gonna edit some of this vlog and I'm gonna read hopefully and just really chill it's only like 5 p.m. and I am so tired good boy are so good good morning guys today is Wednesday I'm about to go get my nails done and then I have my one week post-op appointment for my chin today I'm hoping to organize the kitchen that doesn't sound fun right now but it will like I'll make myself think it's fine I'm gonna gaslight myself into thinking that I want to do this a lot of greens I don't have a hand frother I mean actually I have four and not one of the works this is what I'm gonna do oh I'm really trying to not have coffee be the first thing I drink in the morning because I know it's like pretty it like messes up your hormones and that is the last thing I need so I'm starting off with my flooded greens and then an hour later have coffee so I'm doing that I'm gonna go get ready oh I don't even know what I want to do for my nails I started reading city of girls last night my mom recommended it to me it's like one of her favorite books and it's so good and so far I'm only I'd already like tried to read it once I saw on the sample but I think it just wasn't in the mood for that book at that time it is giving major seven husbands of Evelyn Hiko vibes she just read the simple wild series I think she finished there yesterday and is obsessed like me and you have to just trust us the title and the cover you're cheesy and a little bit horrible but like that is I think it might be like my all-time favorite series that I'm going to parks and like Twilight you know so oh Fitz wants to say hello hi he has been really making sure he's getting a lot of attention these days isn't that right Fitz this is all right sorry if you're cocoa barking she's in her crete she has to get her acid and she's not having it this morning I need to put my outfit I kind of want to wear what I wore yesterday for like 20 minutes after the shower and then change it to pajamas also I want to get a light fixture up there because turning these on is like actually such a pain and I feel like they're dead now and I don't know how to charge them and no one like whoever installed it didn't say that so it's like I could wear this bright pink skims cozy set but I'm already in this and I feel like that's enough attention you know like I don't really I'm not really looking for that this is the look since I'm getting okay since I'm getting more nail sun I just threw on my like product slides pants like these like I never love the fit of them on me and I feel like they're awkward and I don't like that they're like my ankles and I'm also like it's very pale right now um but I like the sweater I like the idea of it it feels very like a man of woods I also love in a sweater when you can see like the t-shirt peeking under okay with two oh I had surgery thank you yeah I'm fine thank you thank you have a good day guys I got my brows waxed and my lip and like I am that person who is I'm not like in that much pain my eyes sorry just listening to Martha the stewards podcast all about home design anyways I am that person like my eyes water like crazy when I get my brows that and I leave and everyone's like looking at me and I ask them if I like the worst of all of them and they said you're out you're one of the worst so I thought everyone's eyes watered that bad like literally bright red so love that for me I got my nails just pink which I'm not super excited about it matches my nears eve like fit but um it wasn't like really what I was going for for Europe I just like couldn't decide at all and I was like do I do brown do I do something else and I just went with pink but we're getting a pink scarf in today that I'm gonna be wearing so I think it's gonna be good all right I'm going to my one week post-off so beautiful here surprise surprise I got flower child again the exact same order from last night for lunch putting on tell me lies I'm gonna start the show I'm gonna eat first but after that I'll be organizing my kitchen which will be a life-changing experience I'm gonna time myself we'll get to that soon all right I'm gonna set a timer for 30 minutes for my drawers guys they're really embarrassing I don't even want to show you my other ones um they're just not good so I'm gonna be going through like why do I even have so many toothpicks and we don't know okay going through that and then the other ones I'm setting a timer for 30 minutes hopefully I'm done with all this by 4 p.m my actual cabinets up here have been professionally organized I just have to do the rest I thought they were doing the rest and they only did those so have some stuff to do so this drawer it's still like clutter but it looks better and I got everything out of this drawer which is disgusting on the inside and this door also disgusting on the inside I have everything here that I'm gonna put back and organize this will be kitchen tools that'll be utensils um and then I brought my Dyson down because I'm gonna clean out the drawers so two minutes left this makes you so much more productive this drawer over here it's still actually cluttered it's still my junk drawer okay I said that okay and it is crazy cluttered but like there is like a method to the madness k cups that are falling over chargers this is more random band-aid screws batteries whatever it still looks like so crazy but just now it's better okay over here I will show you guys the before because it was so embarrassing so I have like my kitchen stuff that I use more frequently I moved my measuring cups here serving knives my utensils I have more coming so that's why they're like all together instead of like separate and big and small and then I have a few Christmas things back there that I obviously don't use year round and then in here I just have my go-to other like kitchen tools back there I have cookie cutters which I will eventually move once I have more storage because I'm not like pulling for those all the time but it is so much better this cabinet oh this cabinet is actually already organized so I don't even have to worry about this one thank god what I have to worry about well not really because okay this one it's not that bad there's just stuff that's fallen from the top drawer this it's more still like seeing what tools I want and then this stupid okay like lazy susans I've never had a lazy susan in my house that's been convenient ever so I'm gonna go through and basically just see what items I want to keep in here and what items I want to donate or give away or whatever so this will be like a 40 minute thing guys this actually barely took any time I somehow just did that in 20 minutes I actually I don't know if I stopped my timer yeah 20 minutes and I took the trash out I separated things too of like what I'm donating versus what's trash versus like most of it that I'm actually getting rid of was trash just like random papers and things like that but whatever it feels so much better in here and because obviously I love cooking so much and like I spend so much time in the kitchen I am just so pleased like everything is organized this is oh love that everything is organized okay so I have two blenders one small one is big and I feel like that's dumb um then I have a juicer and then back here I organize and everything is like in its own place I have um napkins too that I like to just have out I do have one dog two dogs in here she likes that I'm constantly pulling for them this is like my kitchen string and everything so I love all of this I think today I'm actually gonna fill out some of my favorite recipes in my recipe book I haven't gotten a chance to do that I've only put like I think two but I feel like a whole new woman I need a new rug in here but I feel like a whole new woman and my mom was gonna be so proud of me like so proud of me okay I've been going through sorry I'm watching Martha Stewart it's been a big Martha day I was reading this cookbook just going through more recipes I wanted to try but I'm actually craving just my peach like balsamic glaze chicken that I love to make so I'm gonna go on a nice long walk to the grocery store pick up some stuff just for tonight it's only almost four I've walked off like four hours today to organize the kitchen was gonna take four hours like under an hour so a lot of extra time so I'm gonna go walk get my groceries come back cook and then make my vision board it is randomly 70 degrees guys I am very confused but I changed into just the bar crew and then I'm wearing backer shorts I am the palest I've ever been like my legs right now I don't even think you can yeah I'm gonna I'm gonna tan tonight I decided I'll just tan twice before you're up I think it'll be okay it's not that tanning really matters because I'm gonna be in like clothes that are covering me the whole time but also I'm taking my airpod maxes I got them complained about the price plenty of times because it is crazy compared to like normal headphones I do really like them and I find that they hold the charge the best compared to some other ones actually I love my bows though as well I just lost them and then I finally found them and I'd already purchased these that's always how it happens you know anyways I do really like them they look like really funny back to my favorite place literally ever they're out of the really small baskets so hats are really remember I can't put everything in this pot just got the best thing in the mail that's the next product that we're launching for the okay I just needed another sample and I'm obsessed you guys will see it in the next video also I'm going to be wearing it in Europe like non-stop so you may have seen it on Instagram already anyways I'm an idiot and obviously it's December there's no peaches so I got pears and we're going to do a pear balsamic glazed chicken and I'm just going to kind of like test different things out I also got this new well it's not new it's the rosé wine I'm not a huge like rosé girl well then I don't know I do want to try it though I love abalone it's my favorite wine but at the same time I do have the white wine here that's been chilled that I feel like I think I'm actually going to drink this while I have dinner because yeah I like I mean it's a rosé I don't know like what do I try comment below which one do you like the best and then I'm just gonna make some dinner and do oh I also got these party smart pills this takes me back like to five years ago Lindsay Hughes and I we would go to SoulCycle every Monday night and we were also obsessed with these party smart pills at the same time I had a one bedroom apartment downtown Los Angeles I had 32 people on the guest list who all regularly came over I held every pregame I can't believe I get kicked out but I was the first person I was looking at the olive in downtown Los Angeles and I was the first person to ever move into that building so I have neighbors for a very long time that's actually how I got away with it anyways we were obsessed with these pills and I haven't tried them in years so I wonder if I'm still gonna like them as much as I like them um what am I saying I wonder if I'm still gonna like them as much as they did that because I've tried a lot since um but I'm just like getting ahead for packing and I'm gonna want that and then also I'll be bringing water boy because I don't do hangovers I don't do hangovers at all so that's another thing that will be getting packed normally I just packed and I'm like ready to go I don't know why I'm actually like going on like the red carpet in Europe again literally my outfits are gonna be covered also favorite drink ever my outfits are literally gonna be covered with um coats anyways but whatever I'm gonna cook I'm very excited I haven't cooked all week have a glass of wine shower read make a vision board tan it's really my ideal life I am so at peace I'm chopping currently cooking drinking my abalone wine found this Spotify playlist which is so good it's such a good cooking playlist I also have one called my mature cooking playlist that I love but it's in a garden's Thanksgiving one and it's all like thankful whatever and I'm actually like wow like I love okay I finished and I'm really not even that memory so I don't even I think I'm the way to eat this honestly just self-tanned so I'm waiting for my tan to dry on my face before I put my compression gear on but I got this dress in that I ordered in the mail from meshki the quality is incredible the dress is actually like heavy um so I'm excited I'm hoping to wear this in Europe I'm gonna try it on and see you tomorrow if not just as a birthday dinner coming up and this would be cute for that too I mean I just got like a lot of things going on so if not now then another point I'm very excited about that I still haven't finished my glass of wine I'm heating up dinner again gonna eat and then get to my vision board also I'm gonna answer some of the questions like I know Jen Akin has the one that's really popular Danielle or Bay it just tagged me in her questions and it's 27 questions but she's like queen of questions um so I'm going to go through and do all of that tonight like journaling vision boarding I do look different categories I do it on Canva I do kandila's bet and then I do like personal life work life and within work I do like YouTube podcast social um the okra has a separate one and yeah it's just like separate things so I'm gonna eat this it smells incredible my house smells so good right now that's one of the best things about making this dish it's just so good okay guys I just finished my vision board it's 8 p.m and I really want to read my book I do want to journal and go through all those prompts and stuff still it just took me forever to do my vision board and honestly I'll like I'll keep adding to it um but I just separate it I don't want to like show it because I feel like that's just so personal I say that as I like literally vlogged in plastic surgery but um there's like a lot of things that I want to do you know a lot of it is just like thanks my friends it's crazy looking back at last year's vision board though because so much of it I just remember like really really wanting and now it's like that is just like my reality more so my personal life and like girls trips and just like my friendships which I always talk about being like the number one most important thing like my relationships in life because that's ultimately what fulfills me and like what makes me happy obviously I love working and I love building a career and I'm just very like that's like a natural like I'm like wired that way and I love it but that thing that's most fulfilling like the relationships and I it's crazy because so much of what I wanted like last year in the year before that it's like I don't even really feel like I need to put that on my vision board this year like it's crazy that's something that I wanted so bad for so long has now become like my norm you know what I mean anyways I did some of the things I didn't do some of the things um or didn't achieve some of the things but it doesn't really matter I like putting a lot of things to the vision board even if I'm not going to get to it that year I'll just move it to the next year vision board you know what but yeah hopefully this isn't gonna mess up my tan I guess we're gonna find out I love the book that I'm reading so I want to get to that I might go get a cookie and read my book good morning I'm just out running errands I went on a very nice little walk this morning it was so nice to actually get up but I was like this is more difficult than I imagined because I haven't gone on a walk I was supposed to be walking for recovery for this but it was 10 degrees um and it's just been really cold and now it's not cold so I went on a walk and I was like this the scary that this is winding me it just did a revolve return and I am going to stop at Jimmy's deli because my grandma my god she lives in like a basically it's like an old person sorority house it's an apartment living and it's very community oriented and they're all friends they're having a New Year's Eve thing tomorrow and she needs you to pick up something from Jimmy's deli we love Jimmy's deli and I'm gonna drop it off in her house tomorrow she's watching Coco while I'm gone so I have to go there anyway so I'm going there it's just like the best place ever it's so cool it smells incredible just a great deli guys I am so hot I just packed for Europe I filmed an entire pack with me video it took me three hours but I got everything down and I feel really on top of it I am going to need to get my skincare out of this bag still so this stuff shouldn't really be packed up but I'm gonna start actually I don't know why Fitz wants to bark as soon as I speak I'm going to start I'm gonna start charging everything so I just have it all good and ready to go we have to okay Lissa and I are doing our Christmas you actually have a surprise this year she gets an extra one because she got engaged don't worry about it yeah I guess you guys didn't know just to be clear not not dramatic any means no not at all don't like attention that was hate attention yeah uh yeah we just we don't live for it I literally hate attention I thought about that what I'm gonna wear the airport tomorrow I threw that big furry coat in the airport and I'm gonna have this on like the move though never like as if I wasn't gonna get enough looks yeah no you mean you're ready we're gonna get something also can we talk about this bag I know really cute it's so cute it's really just got a paper source of course okay I was in a period of making it when I realized how to tell all my stuff I don't know we love when kids use black tissue paper yeah also just very important just very important I just didn't take your coat out of it by the way we send each other links the only thing that's a surprise is this okay oh my god the cow I kind of forgot about so it is kind of a surprise yeah wow she picked it out I didn't get out we've been doing this for many years now we just send anything that you want but then we always are very happy look at what I got I got a house puffer I'm not bringing it with me oh my god it's so cute Macy told me that I could go to her house and be a myth with her it's so cute so I'm gonna wear it then well I can wear it when I'm home but like how do you think I love this that you have to add it really even this this jeans and uh this is like so cute yeah oh my god it's the coat it is the coat yeah if you know you know and it's funny because since he's been wearing this coat for a while and I think like I know you're just doing my design it's you're like four bucks yeah all of my good auto wherever you want your internet and you like to chop up now he's just he's having a good time um wait cute it is really cute this one's more you than the other one than mine is which with the tie and stuff it's cute yeah it's cute I like the snap buttons yeah also wait I can totally bring this to France oh I'm going next month I'm going I've ever were you were going that's very cute it's perfect it's actually perfect like the size too because you don't you want to be able to layer people yeah I love it seriously thank you wait open your other one sorry this is the most exciting one this is just something I'm actually gonna change I have a massage tonight so I'm actually gonna change into what you got right on the top massage no um Vivian's is having me in just wait for it okay I don't wanna close my ass it's yeah okay well hopefully they filled it right look at how cute guys look it's her new lost name I have on this host Kinsey on it but that's because I'm single how cute is it for the couch great decor it's more of a decor piece it's a decor piece small I got Sophie one like the kids version it's so cute and Sophie is I love it she loves it oh she's way more excited than I thought she would be oh my god Ken you guys one thing about Kenzie she's a great gift giver that is true I am a really really good I think I'm pretty good too Kenzie might be slightly better um didn't have enough time to wrap I've been in yeah we're past Arizona South like she was a victim this is something that was so soft I actually might wear that top on the plane tomorrow because that'd be a different one but she needed this before her big trick oh my gosh it is the softest it is so the gray tail oh so excited you might yeah I'm gonna wear this tomorrow I was gonna wear a great long sleeve anyway so I'll just pass on it's so cute it's literally perfect thank you so much you're so welcome I will be changing almost immediately that's very soft um where do you think that's from Kenzie's like favorite yeah it's sort of an ass it's actually this little indie brand it's called us skim you heard of it don't worry about it guys very Christmas ever okay so I was just telling Alyssa how I become such a wine girl these days you've been a wine girl for like a long time yeah but but it's crazy because when I just overnight became a wine person in like the thought of someone getting me jello shots at high fives makes me want to jump off the cliff will I still take them probably so don't hold me chew up when I'm yeah videos of me later if that's not me and that's none of your mind or business okay no but it's crazy like all of a sudden I just want to be like mature it's the avalanche though too oh what do I start I know and it's only only natural organic yeah it tastes so much better though and you don't have a hang of this stuff I think it does oh really well I agree is that right I'm gonna mirrors oh one sec okay guys Alyssa just left I'm wearing green new skins and I'm about to go get a massage at Vivian spa I'm very excited Lauren they're they're hosting Lauren and I so we're gonna go get a massage a 90 minute massage too like oh my gosh I don't even know what to do with myself I'm gonna keep this on until like if they do anything here then I'll take it off and then I'll put it back on all right we are at the Viennes so cute Lauren and I are here we're matching we're actually getting a couples massage basically one time one time Margo and I and Cabo do you know the story we got a couples massage but we're like whatever like we just start codependent and then there was like a showering part but like we also didn't think anything of it it was just like thank god it was like us together because like imagine if it was like something like you're not that close with like we were like but I think it basically actually I think we were in the shower it's how you know true friends anyways I have tea it's so cute in here guys lower greenville area love the massage was great very relaxing Coco is exhausted on me it is 8 15 I'm gonna finish editing this vlog and then do a few other things and go to bed so I hope you guys enjoyed um get ready oh how could go get ready for some fun vlogs comment below if you guys your thoughts and feelings on New Year's resolutions are we into them are we not I like goal setting at any point in the year um and I like to do it around the new year as well but I typically like update it and do it throughout I'm just like a goals girl you know I don't have like a relouche a relouche or a resolution I don't have those but I do have goals and anyways hope you guys enjoyed love you guys so much and I'll talk to you in the next vlog


So, EnerGIS, we do wireless power through to radio frequency based power. So, unlike coil based pad systems, we do radio frequency so we can do charging both at contact as well as at a distance. So, right here you're showing a wireless power solution with a bunch. This is showing the fitness band where we have the antenna actually around the fitness band itself. So, that's receiving power. Receiving power. And we also show you power from this smart speaker design charging the battery here. So, how does this show to this receiving power? This particular one is lighting up, but it's really mostly a function of the band itself. And here it's lighting up because it's getting power. So, this wire, how far does it go? So, this particular design, so once again we're a licensing company, so we're not building product. This particular design shows power at roughly about one foot, but we have technology that can be built into larger devices like computer monitors, televisions that go up to five meters. So, in the future there will be maybe all these devices wireless? Correct, yeah. Any small electronic device from tablets to fitness bands, smart phones. Any small device that requires roughly 10 watts to charge or lower is kind of our sweet spot for the technology. How does this compare, that kind of a charging pad compared to a Qi or something like that? Well, the antenna and ASIC that supports charging at contact can also be charged at a distance. So, you can take it off the map and charge at distance as well. What's the amount of power and how fast does it charge? It depends on a lot of different variations of not only the transmitter, but also the receiver technology. When we charge a fitness band, we might be charging that at 50 milliwatts or 100 milliwatts, 200 milliwatts. Smart phone, we're going to charge on contact for smart phone. Typically going to be in multiples of watts, 5 watts, 7.5 watts, 10 watt range. And then at distance we're going to do a couple hundred milliwatts. So, it depends on the device. Can you do a 2A and 2 amps? So, we're going to do 3 amps. So, at distance it's a dependent on transmitter and also application. Typically, when we're talking about distance charging, we're talking about 100 to 200 milliamps. 200 milliwatts. Yes. Does it pick up where the device is? It targets the power exactly there and it doesn't spread it out everywhere? So, it depends. This particular transmitter is just putting power out in the local area. There's no beam forming here. Our other technology, what we talk about with midfield and farfield, we're actually doing beam forming. We're sending power to a specific area. Is that a little magical power? We can kind of focus the power to that device and receive more power there. Is low risk for health? So, we're talking about small amounts of power. So, we're talking about 100 milliwatts, 200 milliwatts. The amount of power sending out is fairly low. Transmit also has the ability to have sensors as part of the solution. So, we can turn power down or turn it off if there's people present in the general area. So, where are you based? We're in San Jose, in San Jose, California. So, a company's been around for roughly four years. Most of our engineers obviously come from different semiconductor companies and different high-tech companies. So, you know, many, many years of experience outside of the company itself and bringing new employees in. Are those all your mentions? Are they like other companies who are similar? We have roughly about 125 patents on this type of technology right now. We have another 170 patents pending. So, the technology's not just one particular technology. It's actually special asics and antennas, special software algorithms to control that pocket that viewpoints. So, what happened with Nikola Tesla? I think he wanted to use quality transmit power, but it never happened. Did he shut down because it was revolutionary? No, I don't know about that. So, wireless power in that older range was very large amounts of power at distance, which you can never do for a long, long time. This is a more elegant solution in terms of being able to turn power up or down based on the received technology, being able to track a device as it moves around the room. And it's a function of silicon asics, software control, and a lot of things that obviously weren't around back in these days.


That's drunk. About a year and a half ago, I took a look at some Super Nintendo and Super Famicom games that you couldn't fit into just one genre. Games like Actraiser, Dragonview, Star Fox 2, and some games that never left Japan like Wonder Project J, and Desaemon. I always like talking about some of these games because they're trying something different, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but it still beats the same old stuff we're all a little tired of seeing, like mascot platformers, or crappy one-on-one fighting games, or whatever, so I thought I'd make a part two going over another group of games that are hard to categorize. But bear in mind that many of these games already have their own individual video on this channel, but I still thought that this video would be useful to some of you because there's over 500 reviews on this channel now, I'm not naive enough to think that everyone has watched every single video. I will say, at the end of this video, I do talk about a few Super Famicom games I haven't mentioned before. So long-time viewers might want to stick around for that. I'll start with Legend of the Mystical Ninja, and this game is simply just ahead of its time. Yeah, it's an action platformer at heart, but it alternates between a pseudo 3D, beat-em-up style viewing angle to a traditional 2D side-scrolling view, and the level design here is inventive and a lot of fun. There's different weapons you can upgrade, there's item management, and there's tons upon tons of minigames you can play, everything from gambling to, hey, isn't that Gradius? It's really frickin' cool. And even better is that this game is two-player co-op. Legend of the Mystical Ninja is one of the absolute best games on the Super Nintendo, some of Konami's finest work, and if you dig this one, there's three more games in the series that stayed in Japan that are just as crazy as the US game is, if not more so. Only the second game has received an English patch so far, but they're all playable even without knowing, Japanese. In a similar vein is a game like Paki and Rocky 2, while the first game is a pretty straightforward top-down run-and-gun shooter, the second game introduces a few more elements that make the game tougher to pin down. Sure, it maintains the same kind of gameplay as the first game, but it's much more open-ended and story-driven. As you talk to NPCs to gather clues to figure out where to go, and just like the Goemon games, there's some item management here where you collect money and stop in stores to buy items and upgrades.  You pick up icons that enemies drop, for example, you can add Bomber Bob as your partner, and he can clear pathways. It's a game that emphasizes teamwork, even if you're playing by yourself, and it works really well, proving that Paki and Rocky 2 is way more than just a regular old run-and-gun game. Here's a weird one for you, Fire Striker is as oddball a mishmash of genres as you'll find. It's a top-down hack-and-slash adventure-style game combined with… breakouts? What? Yeah, you bat around this glowing ball called the Trialite, defeating enemies, breaking things and grabbing items, and you hit the Trialite up through the top of the screen to move onto the next stage. What's even crazier is that you have a second player on screen at all times, down below, he's there to prevent the Trialite from falling, and you use the L&R buttons to move him around. The game is played this way in both single player and with the second player, and it's a really interesting idea for a game, it's not perfect and the action definitely gets monotonous at times, but it's absolutely a unique game in the Super Nintendo Library. Here's more of a goofy one called Vortex, it's developed by Argonaut Games and it features the Super FX chip, utilizing the extra processing power to create a gameplay experience that looks straight out of the Star Fox universe.  This game is pretty flawed, it's clunky, it's slow, but I give it credit for trying something different and bringing together all sorts of varieties of action into one game. Now some people confuse this game with a cancelled Transformers game, but an interview with a programmer that worked on Vortex confirmed that this was its own project entirely. But hey, if it helps you to imagine the mech as a Transformer, then have at it. And we only get weirder and goofier from here, with Pac-Man 2 The New Adventures. Now with a title like Pac-Man 2 you might think it'd be a spin on some old Pac-Man mazes or something, but no. This is kind of a point and click adventure, platformer, mood management game I guess? You as the player have to use a slingshot to get Pac-Man to do stuff, whether it's knocking down power pellets or making him jump. But the thing is, you can't hit him too many times or he'll get irritable and stop responding to you. At which point you feed him an apple. It's so strange. It's a little bit like Wonder Project J, a game I covered in Part 1, but Pac-Man 2 is more mission based if that makes sense. And there's a lot of other stuff here like platforming and this hand gliding stage here for instance. So yeah if you're looking for something way out there, try out Pac-Man 2 The New Adventures. Lemmings spawned quite a few copycats way back one, but in my opinion none were as interesting as King Arthur's World, which takes the lemmings format and formula and adds a strategy and adventure slant to it, combining puzzle solving and real time strategy and throwing some combat in there as well. To create units and send them out to battle, everything from foot soldiers to engineers that build catapults and battering grams, to wizards that can perform both dark and light magic, and the goal is to keep King Arthur protected and ensure that he reaches the end of the stage. The Super Nintendo mouse is compatible with this game and that's a nice bonus. This is a kind of game that's not for everyone, some might be bored to tears, but if you're into 2D combat strategy then you'll dig this one. Jumping over to the Super Famicom with some games that never left Japan, starting with Holy Umbrella Danderu no Mubo. This game flips between being a side scrolling action platformer before switching to an overhead view where you visit towns, talk to villagers, search for hidden treasure chests, buy power ups, and manage your inventory. There's also other characters that join your party that you can flip to by pressing the LNR buttons and they provide abilities that your main character does not. So yeah, this is kind of a Zelda 2 monster world kind of a mashup, but what really makes it stand out is the bizarre story. It may not be a very long playthrough, but it's still worth checking out because it's such a strange game, both in terms of gameplay and story. Ever find yourself playing a racing game only to end up thinking, man if only I could get out of this car and kick some people's asses? Well then, Zoku the legend of Bishin for Super Famicom is for you. You start out driving around post-apocalyptic Japan, avoiding obstacles, and just basically driving north until you get some Japanese dialogue, yeah sorry there's no patch for this one yet. You get to the desert section and now it's combat racing, contending with motorcycles and other cars, until you get violently thrown from your vehicle and you have to fight your way back! That is awesome! This game does have some problems, like the fact that the map is kind of useless and you have no idea where you're going, but this is a game that desperately needs an English patch one day. Still, it is playable as is, you just miss out on the story, and it's a really interesting blend of genres. Here's a simple game that never left Japan that you don't even need an English patch for, it's Uchunokishi Tecument Blade.  Yeah, the fighting engine here is a little lacking, but there are at least special moves you can do and it's pretty typical King of Fighters type stuff. This game is okay, I just thought it was worth pointing out. Finally here's one that really needs an English translation, it's simply called Yamyam, and it blends some RPG stuff like leveling and managing upgrades and power-ups with the core gameplay of a Z-axis shoot-em-up, kind of like Space Harrier. You visit villages and pick up side quests and get clues from people about what to do and where to go, then you make your way to your next location by blasting the hell out of anything that gets in your way. The gameplay here is pretty fun as far as Space Harrier rip-offs go, and yeah there's no real way to tell what the heck is going on without an English patch, still I thought this one was worth pointing out. There's all sorts of other weird stuff that blends genres that either hasn't been translated like Super Karen, which is a cycling simulation racing strategy game, or even stuff that has been translated like the Satellaview program BS Golf Daisuke OB Club, a golf game that combines the weirdness of Kirby's dream course with more traditional golf stuff. But the game is a pain to try and get to work correctly. If you know of any other oddball games that can't really get categorized into one genre, let everyone know in the comments. And I want to thank you for watching and I hope you have a great rest of your day.


My name is Hospital in third class in Ledger Holyfield from Silent Springs, Arkansas. I'm stationed at US Naval Hospital in Naples, Italy. And I'm here at Kellogg's Express 2022 as part of the exercises medical training team and medical coverage. What I've enjoyed most about the exercise here in State Shells is the local nationals and the positive atmosphere they provide and the beautiful island life.


Good morning, everyone. My name is Thomas Kovacic, and I'm a freelance cinematographer and YouTuber based in gorgeous Southern California And today I want to give you guys six tips on how to shoot with primes And I am really excited about this video because personally primes have changed so much for me in my filmmaking workflow and just my creative eye as a whole It's just grown me overall as a filmmaker and it's been a really fun process working with primes transitioning from zoom lenses in this video I'm primarily talking about these of prime lenses within filmmaking But if you're a photographer don't fret because you can take these ideas and tips and translate them into your own style of photography And by the way all the music and sound effects you'll be hearing throughout this video was all sourced from art list more on them later I've been shooting on prime lenses consistently over these last two-ish years and I've made a lot of mistakes But I've also learned a lot so I boiled down everything that I've learned into six main tips. So let's get into the video So starting out tip number one is picking out your lenses when starting to build out a kit of prime lenses You need to figure out what focal lengths you want to be shooting with as well as finding a good balance of cost size weight and Aperture speed primes are generally smaller and more compact compared to zoom lenses So definitely use that as an advantage prime lenses can also feature really fast apertures and in general the faster The lens the more expensive heavier and larger it can be the sensor size You'll be shooting on will also play a big role in picking out lenses if you're shooting on a crop sensor You might be leaning towards wider lenses But if you're on a full-frame sensor, you might just be choosing some standard focal lengths And if you can I would try to cover your three main categories when you're picking up your focal lengths Your wides mediums and tights and to cover these three main categories There's kind of two different kits that I've seen that are pretty popular amongst filmmakers kit number one Which is my personal favorite consists of four lenses 24 35 50 and 85 with this lens kit You get your really wide standard wide kind of medium standard and then your kind of entry level Telephoto I shoot the majority my projects with just these four lenses and the 24 and 85 definitely get less use than the 35 and 50 And then kid number two consists of three lenses and that kid has the 28 50 and 85 28 It's nice because it's in between a 24 and a 35 So it has a very unique field to it and a 28 combined at the 50 is a really good one-two punch And then having that 85 for really close-in telephoto shots is just really nice to have there too So if you're not really sure what kit to build out I recommend looking into either kit one or kit two depending on how many lenses you want to pick up But in general as long as you have a solid well-rounded kit of primes You'll be setting yourself up for success and that is extremely important because shooting with primes We just don't have that convenience and variety that's naturally built into the zoom lenses If you're enjoying this video so far, please leave a like down below And if you want more tips and tricks like these consider subscribing to the artless YouTube channel for more. Let's get back to the video So tip number two is to plan ahead planning ahead in any sense It's going to give you a better foundation for success versus just rolling up to set and trying to figure it out then since prime Lenses have a slower innate nature of workflow compared to zoom lenses and we don't have that convenience of zooming in or out We need to be more intentional with our shot selections and having a shot list I always love writing down a shot list with the ideal focal length next to it So then I can kind of visualize and see how many lens swaps I'll actually have to make and if I see that there's tons of lens swaps back and forth in the same scene I'll just reorganize shots So then I shoot everything at 50 and then I can swap to an 85 and then go from there But there are certain times where it's running gun And we don't have that luxury of starting and stopping all the action and you'll just have to either commit to your lens Or just commit to lens swaps, which just kind of the name of the game So having a simple shot list or at the bare minimum even just thinking about the types of shots and focal lengths You want to be shooting at it's going to take away so much stress because when we're on set The last thing you want to do is scramble around and trying to figure out what focal lengths you need to be shooting at You'll end up wasting time doing too many lens swaps and probably end up missing a lot of shots That you would have gone if you were a little bit prepared ahead of time So any type of pre-production to make your life easier on set especially when working with primes is going to be well worth your investment Tip number three is to move around when you're shooting on primes You are locked into one focal length at a time which is often viewed as a downside But you can definitely use that as a strength So when shooting on primes you need to move around the scene use your arms and legs to help find variety in your angles And moving around the scene allows you to be a part of it You feel more intimate as a filmmaker But also the audience feels more intimate with the footage that you're capturing because you're inside of the action instead of Zooming in from far away one thing that I found useful is trying to imagine the entire scene through that one focal length that I have So I visualize the whites mediums and tights and how they can look just because I have a 35 on my camera doesn't mean I can't get mediums and tights with that one lens I can step in really close and if my lens has a close minimum focusing distance I can get some really unique and interesting mediums and tights with a 35 But if I was on a zoom lens I probably would have zoomed into 50 or 70 which gives it a much different look than a 35 get creative with it You'd be surprised how versatile one single lens can be if you physically move around the scene Tip number four is to not be afraid to stop down your aperture Most primes are extremely fast and just because your prime opens up to a crazy aperture Doesn't mean you have to shoot every single shot at that one f-stop just like how there needs to be intention with picking our focal lengths We need to have intention with our f-stop We need to think what do we want our depth of field to look like how much do we want in focus are there multiple subjects are We're shooting an interviewer we're shooting landscape when you have your aperture fully wide open the depth of field is super shallow Where it's really hard to pull focus manually and when you're shooting interviews the eyes may be in focus But the nose might not be in focus and is not ideal for a lot of scenarios And shooting with a deeper depth of field allows us to tell more of the story when we're shooting completely wide open The background is usually a really creamy and blurry mess, which yes looks good But there needs to be intent with that we need to give context to the setting Which helps bring the story along and sometimes shooting a little bit more stop down Allowing the background to be a little bit tiny bit more in focus can do a lot of good compared to shooting fully wide open all the time So yeah, don't fall into the trap of shooting completely wide open on these lenses give yourself some variety by shooting at different apertures Next up is tip number five You're going to need some accessories the most necessary is being a bag case or a large sling These will help you carry your lenses and keep things neat and organized when you're out on location I prefer bags and slings for Outdoors and then cases for studios or bigger sets where I know we're going to be locked down to one location at a time It really just depends on your preferences and needs I recommend having at least one of each because you just never know what you'll end up needing for that project Alongside that since you'll be swapping lenses more so than with zooms You're opening up your sensor and your lenses to all of the elements dust moisture dirt sand You name it So one of the most pivotal accessories that you need to get for yourself is a rocket blower I take this thing literally everywhere even if i'm just going out to film for a little bit And i'm not even shooting on primes and every time I swap lenses I try to make sure I hit both lenses the current one and the one that i'm swapping to In my sensor just to make sure everything is neat and clean because when you're shooting with dust on your lens Or sensor that can pop up into your footage and it is a pain in the butt to fix Lastly you'll probably want some step up rings step up rings allow you to take the diameter on your lens And go up to a larger diameter So I always recommend buying the biggest filters possible So you're not having to buy different sizes of the same filter for each lens for me personally I buy everything at 82 millimeters and all my lenses go from 55 72 77 67 and I have step up rings for all of those that go up to 82 So I just have one set of filters that I use across the board and I'd rather buy a 30 dollar Nice step up ring than a bunch of 150 dollar filters just to fit on each lens The caveat though is that your lenses become a little bit wider Which is kind of a bummer for some of my smaller primes But it's not that big of a deal because I'd rather have the cost savings on just using the same filters across the board These are pretty much just the bare essential accessories for shooting with primes anything outside of that. It's just a bonus Lastly you're going to need to practice in order to get familiar with the workflow shooting of primes go out and shoot anything Landscapes details yourself your friends legit anything just get out and spend some time shooting What looks cool to you with this practice that you'll be doing You'll be primarily targeting the growth within the workflow shooting on primes Because primes are naturally fixed to their focal lengths You need to learn how to swap lenses knowing when to swap them how to swap them efficiently Knowing how to store them and just have like the entire back end workflow of carrying the prime lenses You need to be intentional and know when to pick lenses for the right shot There's so much that goes into it and there's a lot of intentionality and planning that has to go in Before you even walk into set But it's very different to think about how to shoot on primes versus being there on set and actually seeing it go down You'll make tons of mistakes early on but the more time you put in in that low pressure Personal environment where yeah, you're trying to challenge yourself to have a smooth and quick workflow But there's no overarching catastrophic thing that can happen unless you were to practice when you're on set with a client Which I highly recommend you not doing legit with anything Just go out and practice be familiar with your gear before you step on set for that client job And who knows you may love the convenience of zooms right now But once you start shooting on primes, you might be drawn towards that slow or more intentional workflow So yeah, you'll never know unless you go out and practice. So Do your homework So with all these tips combined you should find yourself having a smoother and faster workflow when shooting on primes And because of that you'll be making better videos But on top of all these tips, there's another incredible resource out there to really take your videos to the next level Throughout this entire video I was able to take music and sound effects from art lists to really tie this video together And you might have noticed I used a handful of different songs throughout this video and that was intentional I wanted to create flow between all the different tips and sections throughout this video If I only used one song be really boring and monotonous and ultimately pretty stale and to find these tracks It couldn't have been any easier with art list I like searching for songs based off of genre and mood and for these specific songs I use the lo-fi chill beats genre as well as the carefree mood I also dove deep into the artless sound effects library sound design is often overlooked and completely forgotten about But just a little bit of sound design can do a lot of good for your videos I always love adding a bit of sound design on my title cards and b-roll because without it it can feel very flat So adding that bit of sound design behind the talking head and music can make the video feel full and also enhance the experience for the viewer So if you want to take your videos to the next level check out art list There's a link down in the description below. So with all that, I hope you guys enjoy this video I hope these six main tips can help you out with your journey with shooting with prime lenses The biggest thing is that you just need to go out and practice for yourself and see how they can mesh in with your own workflow See you guys later. Peace