Tuesday, November 26, 2019
It is a snow day! Okay maybe it is not as exciting when there is not any school scheduled, but sometimes it is simply nice to hunker down at home and watch a storm pass. My significant other, Donald, did not get the luxury of a snow day. The construction job must be far enough along now to allow working in extreme conditions, because they did not send him home. My helper lives on a snowy side of town, so she called off. It is just Mika and me for most of the day.
Mika and I started the day recording videos for her YouTube channel. We usually record videos on Monday mornings, but I had to get my Neulasta shot yesterday. Right now, we are filming her opening and assembling the toys in the LEGO Friends Advent Calendar. We did days one through twelve on the past three Mondays and today we filmed days 13 through 18. It only took us about an hour to film all six days and we plan to film days 19 through 24 tomorrow.
I have bought Mika a LEGO advent calendar for the past three years before this one, so this was a natural fit into her channel programming. We are filming the advent calendar in November so I can edit and post each video on its proper day in December. Her dad did get her a chocolate advent calendar last week so she can still enjoy the daily rewards in December.
Mika and I spent the afternoon chilling. Mika loves to draw with the program Paint, so she manipulated some images of cartoon characters she found online into her own, odd creations. Mika likes death and mayhem in her art. Blood is frequently featured in her art. She does draw happy pictures also, but I would say 60 percent involve blood. She likes some characters called the animatronics and they are destructive machines often covered in blood.
I should not be surprised Mika is a little dark. When she was a toddler, she used to sit on my face and try to smother me. We used to joke about how my two-year-old would accidentally (on purpose) kill me. She has outgrown her murderous tendencies, but she is still fascinated by creepy toys. On the bright side, she does not show any interest in scary movies.
About 3:00, Mika decided it was time to go out and enjoy the snow since the storm had passed. She bundled up for the 22-degree weather and out she went. Mika lasted almost half an hour. The timing was impeccable; Mika opened the back door just as her dad was opening the front door.
I did get a glimmer of hope today that Donald has any interest in Mika’s YouTube channel. He watches videos posted by a scale-model builder and asked me if I knew about the new YouTube regulations regarding children’s content and told me about a link to comment about the settlement. That YouTuber had posted the link in his latest video informing his subscribers about the upcoming changes.
I had already read the information and set Mika’s channel accordingly, but I did not know about the comments, so I wrote a comment. I was very disappointed when YouTube made the announcement two weeks ago. Ad-sharing revenue is a major source of revenue for many channels. Mika is not eligible yet; she would need 1,000 subscribers and she has 22. Content for kids will no longer be eligible for targeted ads. Content for kids will display general ads, which pay significantly less than targeted ads.
You will no longer be able to comment on a kid’s video. Her channel playlists that group her videos into categories will disappear from the end of her videos. I will need to brainstorm revenue sources now that targeted ad sharing will never be a possibility until she gets older and starts a new channel for adults. It is interesting that a law to protect children’s privacy online will probably remove most children’s programming online because there will not be any easy way to make any money for creators, so they will quit providing content.
My piece of advice to you is to enjoy the snow. Kick back, relax, and chill out once in a while. I may decide it is too impractical to continue Mika’s YouTube channel after the new changes, but today I get to smile because her dad showed an interest.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
It is a snow day! Okay maybe it is not as exciting when there is not any school scheduled, but sometimes it is simply nice to hunker down at home and watch a storm pass. My significant other, Donald, did not get the luxury of a snow day. The construction job must be far enough along now to allow working in extreme conditions, because they did not send him home. My helper lives on a snowy side of town, so she called off. It is just Mika and me for most of the day.
Mika and I started the day recording videos for her YouTube channel. We usually record videos on Monday mornings, but I had to get my Neulasta shot yesterday. Right now, we are filming her opening and assembling the toys in the LEGO Friends Advent Calendar. We did days one through twelve on the past three Mondays and today we filmed days 13 through 18. It only took us about an hour to film all six days and we plan to film days 19 through 24 tomorrow.
I have bought Mika a LEGO advent calendar for the past three years before this one, so this was a natural fit into her channel programming. We are filming the advent calendar in November so I can edit and post each video on its proper day in December. Her dad did get her a chocolate advent calendar last week so she can still enjoy the daily rewards in December.
Mika and I spent the afternoon chilling. Mika loves to draw with the program Paint, so she manipulated some images of cartoon characters she found online into her own, odd creations. Mika likes death and mayhem in her art. Blood is frequently featured in her art. She does draw happy pictures also, but I would say 60 percent involve blood. She likes some characters called the animatronics and they are destructive machines often covered in blood.
I should not be surprised Mika is a little dark. When she was a toddler, she used to sit on my face and try to smother me. We used to joke about how my two-year-old would accidentally (on purpose) kill me. She has outgrown her murderous tendencies, but she is still fascinated by creepy toys. On the bright side, she does not show any interest in scary movies.
About 3:00, Mika decided it was time to go out and enjoy the snow since the storm had passed. She bundled up for the 22-degree weather and out she went. Mika lasted almost half an hour. The timing was impeccable; Mika opened the back door just as her dad was opening the front door.
I did get a glimmer of hope today that Donald has any interest in Mika’s YouTube channel. He watches videos posted by a scale-model builder and asked me if I knew about the new YouTube regulations regarding children’s content and told me about a link to comment about the settlement. That YouTuber had posted the link in his latest video informing his subscribers about the upcoming changes.
I had already read the information and set Mika’s channel accordingly, but I did not know about the comments, so I wrote a comment. I was very disappointed when YouTube made the announcement two weeks ago. Ad-sharing revenue is a major source of revenue for many channels. Mika is not eligible yet; she would need 1,000 subscribers and she has 22. Content for kids will no longer be eligible for targeted ads. Content for kids will display general ads, which pay significantly less than targeted ads.
You will no longer be able to comment on a kid’s video. Her channel playlists that group her videos into categories will disappear from the end of her videos. I will need to brainstorm revenue sources now that targeted ad sharing will never be a possibility until she gets older and starts a new channel for adults. It is interesting that a law to protect children’s privacy online will probably remove most children’s programming online because there will not be any easy way to make any money for creators, so they will quit providing content.
My piece of advice to you is to enjoy the snow. Kick back, relax, and chill out once in a while. I may decide it is too impractical to continue Mika’s YouTube channel after the new changes, but today I get to smile because her dad showed an interest.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.