I was passing the wetlands in Blackstone Park this morning when I stopped for a while to get a better look at a water bird. Was it a heron? What heron is brown? Maybe it was a bittern.
When the bird flew into a tree, I returned to the walking path. That’s when I noticed a young man with a fancy camera parked along the river. I asked him if he was looking for birds.
“No,” he said, “but I can show you what I’m doing if you are interested.”
He told me that he makes videos to encourage young people to get up early and not waste their lives sleeping. He said he wants them to enjoy this beautiful world. He calls himself Looney Lu. He showed me his most recent video, which states that old people sleep all he time but young people shouldn’t. 🙂
Looney Lu’s been taking videos every day since his birthday, but by the time he edits them, he says, they get posted more like every other day.
I was quite taken with his enthusiasm and his early-bird philosophy. I checked out his site and decided to share his first YouTube video. Personally, I’m not offended by the colorful language, but that’s a kind of warning to folks who might be.
I hope you think Looney Lu’s high-energy talk about setting goals is as much fun as I do.
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What a wonderful chance encounter! It’s a real joy to talk to people, and look at who you get to meet ^_^
I hope he can keep it going. He wants to post every day, and as someone who has posted every day for more than six years, I know there are times you think you just can’t. But then you remember how much you love doing it.
Yeah, every day indefinitely is … daunting. But maybe every day for a year or something. I’ve known people who posted a photo a day and stuff like that. (I never have tried to post every day!)
Your posts tend to take more thought.
I don’t know that they do–sometimes they’re just photos! No, truly: I just never made that a goal. I say that without particular shame, though I do admire you and others who post daily.
He and A have same birthday
Oh, ha! Should have noticed. A is a pretty enthusiastic guy, too. More power to them!