CTM 1296: Bonkers Byla & No-Whining Day 2 – Holding the Line on Pop
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Summary
The video follows the creator on a walk through Fear Dragon on a hazy Sunday, encountering wildlife, discussing potential rain, and reflecting on personal challenges and inspirations. The creator also shares updates on their gimbal and plans for their upcoming days off.
Key points- The creator is on a walk through Fear Dragon on a hazy Sunday, noting the presence of free stuff and the sounds of wildlife.
- The creator is attempting a personal challenge to avoid whining and is dealing with distractions from a squirrel and their dog, Ba.
- There is a discussion about the possibility of rain, with the creator hoping for rain without lightning and expressing a desire to avoid more fires.
- The creator reflects on their gimbal's performance and compares its quality to their iPhone footage.
- The creator mentions their upcoming days off and potential plans, including playing disc golf for a friend's birthday, contingent on the weather.
- The creator visits old architecture and retro signs, drawing parallels to inspirations like Adam the Woo.
Chapters
Notable quotes (4)
“Day two now of uh trying not to whine about anything.”
“One thing about all the squirrels chirping and barking and birds squapping and whatnot, it's uh you know there's no uh cougar around or bear or whatever.”
“Rain with no lightning. Now that would be a real blessing.”
“I must be the only one stupid enough to be out walking around in this smoke cuz I'm not seeing anybody today.”
0:34Hey now, Carl the Madman here. Thanks for tuning in. Thanks for watching. It's uh Sunday, August 9th, 2026. Another gorgeous day in Fear Dragon. And oh, more free stuff.
1:05free stuff. Heading down the sourdough trail today.
1:21Squirrel barking at Byla. Can't say I blame them. cuz she's cray cray. She's cray cray.
1:42Day two now of uh trying not to whine about anything. Come on. Don't get wrapped up in any trees because of a squirrel. You lose your mind. You lose your mind when you run into a squirrel. The little bit of mind that you have, you lose. What the heck's going on? Thought that thing was on a different setting.
2:11One thing about all the squirrels chirping and barking and birds squapping and whatnot, it's uh you know there's no uh cougar around or bear or whatever. Pay attention to the wildlife. Don't pay attention to Ba cuz she's just squirrel nuts. Oh gosh, there they go. Up the tree they go. You did it. Now you did it.
2:51You get me tangled up in some trees because of your insanity.
3:23It's one way to cover up your rust spots. Well, maybe that's not what they're doing. Oh, there's a skull on the front, too. Creepy.
3:46Rumor has it there may be some uh rain in the forecast. That would be a blessing. Rain with no lightning. Now that would be a real blessing. If it's going to bring lightning, hopefully it brings a crap ton of rain with it cuz I don't need any more fires. Don't need any more smoke. I'm not whining. I'm trying I'm I'm I'm trying my best.
4:19I'm not whining. I'm doing my best to not whine. Oh look. Whenever I uh see shoes hanging on a line like that, I always think about welcome back cotter. Am I the only one?
4:48You guys think about that too? Remind you. Welcome back. Cotter does for me.
5:24I must be the only one stupid enough to be out walking around in this smoke cuz I'm not seeing anybody today. Nobody. Probably shouldn't be out walking in this crap either. But this walk is probably my favorite part of my day. Hate to give that up. Maybe we'll keep it a little bit shorter today. Maybe. So, it's my Friday today. Heading into my days off.
6:06And well, I think I'm too broke to do anything too fun. So, I really don't know what's going to happen on my days off. Although, if that rain is true, I'll be out dancing in the rain for sure. doing the old happy dance in the rain and well Tuesday actually supposed to be playing disc golf with Jimmy Jam. It's his birthday. He's planning on a you know shindig at the disc golf course. So hopefully doing that.
6:45It's going to rain. Hopefully the rain gives us a little reprieve for a couple hours to do that. That would be good. That would be fun. How's the looney How's the looney fort doing? Is it still there? Still there? Of course it's still there. Where would it go? Right.
7:20Osprey nest. Don't see any osprey up there now. The will of the Oh, there's that trail. That trail sucks. I suggest avoid that trail. It's not fun.
7:45The gates down or moved. The gates open.
8:05I got my gimbal set on a different mode today. It's more of a more of a follow mode. So hopefully that works out okay. I've been battling with that uh other mode a little bit sometimes. Find it a tad bit frustrating occasionally but you know, overall I love this uh Osmo 3. It's uh pretty pretty sweet as far as I'm concerned.
8:44Sure. Uh I' watching uh you know, editing and watching some of my vlogs and uh you can sure tell when I switch from this back to my iPhone. I find, you know, usually when I'm at work and, you know, for the back few minutes of the daily vlog here, you know, there's a pretty big difference in quality there.
9:09I've noticed
9:16Osmo's uh working good.
9:35I don't know if you can see it on camera, but there's like an orange tinge just over the water there. Looks pretty awesome. Oh, here comes a dog. Well, that encounter went well. Both dogs behaved themselves quite nicely.
10:10It's the first person I've run into today. First person I've run into that's crazy enough to be out here walking in this stuff. wouldn't make for much of a time lapse. This site protected by alarms. Don't be messing around with the moy then. Some alarms going off on you.
10:48Bit breezy down here. I got the fuzzy thing on the mic. So, excuse me. Holy crap. So, it uh the wind should be baff baffled muffled. I mean, the wind should be muffled a bit.
11:26the ship gulls. I mean the seagulls are hanging out on their deck. I see.
12:06Damn near like a ghost town this morning. Can walk up the yellow line. Wonder how far we can go.
12:20Oh, dog fight up on Front Street. Hazy Days. If you ever come to Casow, stop at Hazy Days there. Get yourself a yummy, yummy coffee and other treats, too. Hazy days. Had easyy days. Parlor, back up the things, kids. We're going roughing it. Let's go roughing it. We're going camping.
13:26Love the old architecture.
13:57We're too close to not go visit peace.
14:10Check out that old Pepsi sign in there. Pretty cool. Retroy stuff. I love the retroy stuff. You know, maybe that's one of the reasons that I enjoyed Adam the Woo as much as I did or do. You know, I still watch some of his old videos, his old vlog blogs. Such a major inspiration. Anyways, he was always into the old retro things.
14:46He used to love showing off those old Pepsi signs and Right. Right, right, right. Uhoh. I don't see peace. I don't see peace. Oh no. I don't see peace today, Ba. Peace must be hanging out in the house with Jez. Oh well, we tried, Peace. We tried, right Ba? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come here. Quit chasing the cats.
15:38You're absolutely nuts. You're nuts.
15:54And that cool wooden box that was here yesterday is gone now. Huh.
16:29Check that out.
16:37Cool. H Beamer with the side car on it.
16:53See, I foresaw the red yesterday when I called the blue chair red. It's cuz there was a
17:06Hey, what are you doing? What are you doing? Touching the chairs there, dog. Jeepers.
17:22Hey, obviously yesterday I had a vision. I had a vision yesterday. A red vision.
17:49Every time we come up this trail, Ba wants to take this path. Except for today, she took that path. So, today I'm going to take this path just to mess with her.
18:12Now, where are you going? Huh? She's just No, no, no, no. This way.
19:15Not a big fan of that path. Ba
19:49It's a willow tree. Willow tree. Willow tree. It's a willow tree. It's a willow tree. There's a There's another willow tree. Oh, what's going on up here? See a dog. Good job, Mila. You didn't even bark that time, buddy. Didn't even bark. You getting grown up. You're getting all grown up. You're just tired. Got no energy left to bark. Is that it?
21:27Beonas. Nope. Don't think so.
22:02Well, I guess the I missed it, but back there. Loop completed.
22:54In you go, buddy. You ready? In you go.
23:09Come here. Ready for your breakfast? Are you ready for your breakfast?
23:29Your afterwalk breakfast. There you go.
24:21Can you say Friday on Sunday? I sure as the hell can. It's my Friday on Sunday.
24:38I think this is the place.
24:54Day two, coffee for morning. Had one cup of coffee for breakfast. Had one Pepsi at work. And that's it. All water. It's challenging. It's challenging. Especially tonight. Tonight I'm like, man, I would sure like to have a Pepsi. I would sure like to have a Pepsi right now. But I'm not having one. I don't got one, so I can't have one anyhow. Anyways, it's by Friday. It's my day off tomorrow.
25:30Here's Bio the bonkers. There she is. There she is. There she is. She's bonkers. She's bonkers. There she is. She's bonkers. You bonkers. You bonkers. >> She's bonkers. Thanks for tuning in. Thanks for watching. Have a great day. Hey, vlog over.
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