I Heart Mark Thompson of L.A.'s Fox 11 News

I have been unemployed for some time now so I am either on the computer a lot looking for jobs or just plain bored out of my mind. Since my unemployment I've become quite addicted to the computer and the Internet and have since jumped on the bandwagon of YouTube, blogging and Twitter. Because of it, my computer is almost always on.

As mentioned in my previous blog posting, I have been hooked on Mark Thompson, weather guy/anchor of Fox 11 News, and have started following him on Twitter since he announced it on the news almost a month ago. It was only yesterday, days after he mentioned my Twitter name, kato808, on the news, I heard from him again. 

So what does the computer being on all the time have anything to do with this? 

Well, I was watching the Fox 11 News at 10 and on the computer at the same time (I was multi-tasking) when I noticed that Mark Thompson was following ME on Twitter! I was so psyched I tweeted him right back almost out of disbelief. It was then he tweeted me back and told me - just MINUTES PRIOR - that they were going to show my YouTube video on the air. I was like WWWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA?!?!?!?!?!

When the story came on during the 10 o'clock news hour I was surprised and seriously beyond ecstatic! They showed a good amount of time of my video on the air! To my surprise they even said my name! Many times! I was shocked! Jaw-dropping, arms-in-the-air and jumping-up-and-down shocked!

I was already so surprised when they did the shout-out Monday night. But last night was definitely icing on the cake! Thanks for putting kato808 on the Twitter map!

I am so glad that I didn't give up on this project! Final Cut Pro was hard for me to learn and even though I was getting frustrated but was putting 12 hours into this project worth it?

DAMN STRAIGHT!

Here is the video I made that created media attention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txn-Pm0Dp8o&feature=channel_page

Here is the shout-out video that aired on Monday, May 18: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OELKYB4Rkx0&feature=channel_page

Here is the video that not only mentioned me but also showed clip of my video on Thursday, May 21:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Lh2DNH3a0

Hope you enjoy my 5 minutes of fame as much as I did!

I HEART FOX 11 NEWS TEAM! Thanks again for showing my video on the air!

Watch Fox 11 News weeknights at 10 on Channel 11 and at 11 on Channel 13! If you want to watch the "real deal" dance, stay tuned!

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