#45 - birth of the vlog - and crazy with the hyperlinks

With Valentines' Day approaching, oh so pleasantly, it seemed like a good time to recap on the forlorness of my past ramshackle relationships (mostly I just wanted to use "ramshackle"). I decided to expel my story in a video. I've never done a video of myself before. It was a difficult start filled with technical difficulties.

This is the teaser trailer (slash, the first 30 seconds):

So, I heard that people do online video first dates. I am already worried how my generation is losing their social skills and ability to communicate in person... with meeting potentials through Facebook and Myspace, asking on dates through texts and emails, millions of dating sites and hook-em-up TV reality shows, and now actual dates through video chats online. Some important dating criteria comes through being in person; like eye contact (you'll both be looking at the video of the other person), gentlemanness (no doors online), and touchy flirty responses. The future is doomed...

Here are some chipper stats for you:

The median age for a woman to get married is 25.1 years

Less than 50% of men and more than 50% of women all over the world are on dating sites

There are 99 men for every 100 women between the ages of 24-29

Current enrollment for Winter 09 at BYU-I is 5725 males and 6942 females

There are 92 million unmarried americans 18 and older (that's 42% of all U.S. adults)

54% of unmarried adult Americans are women

There are 15 million unmarried Americans 65 and older

There are 18 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women in the U.S.

30.5 million people live alone (27% of all households)

It is estimated that there are 82 million single and unmarried adults in the U.S.

A quote from the News Tribune, "The news that 51% of all women live without a spouse might be enough to make you invest in a cat future"

Happy Valentines' Day! <3