I've been PMing schmawy recently, and I briefly mentioned to him that what finally made me join VS was finding this video. By itself I could write a whole Sift Talk post extolling its virtues, but I won't. Suffice it to say for now that it's an awesome, trippy video with great music.

Because of the aforementioned I've been really curious about what made all of you decide to jump into the mix that is VideoSift. I had been lurking here for months, but the video I just mentioned is what finally pushed me to join. Can any of you define similar moments of epiphany in which you finally said to yourself, "This is where I belong"?

I'd really love to hear them all. I respect the opinions of so many people here, even many of the ones with which I find myself in disagreement. Most of you express yourself so well with your choice of videos that I barely need to ask how you feel about this, that, or the other. However I'll be the first to admit that I'm wrong on so many occasions, and that's yet another reason why I'd love to hear your stories.

This isn't a homework assignment for freshman English, mind you. Even a few sentences with imperfect grammar and multiple spelling errors will work for me. Share your story. It might not only be fun, but it may also help you identify kindred spirits in the community.

What have you got to lose?

Although Videosift already contains a lot of videos, there are - luckily for us - still many great embeddable video's waiting to be sifted. Since queue size/time is limited, let's share an overview of some sites/channels that contain potentially siftable content. Please contribute!

General

*YouTube featured videos: http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=rf
*StumbleUpon video: http://www.stumbleupon.com/video/
*Boingboing (us): http://www.boingboing.net/archives.html
*Flickr Video: http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ (search by media type, only videos)
*StumbleVideo: http://video.stumbleupon.com/
*Ehrensenf (de): http://www.ehrensenf.de/shows
*Rocketboom (us): http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives.html
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ROCKETBOOM
*MADAINRUSSIA.TV: http://www.madeinrussia.tv/en/
*Neatorama video clips: http://www.neatorama.com/category/video-flash-clips/

*5min - Live Videopedia: http://www.5min.com/
*Daily Dish, The (Andrew Sullivan):
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/archives.html
*Fark video: http://www.fark.com/video/
*Milkandcookies: http://www.milkandcookies.com/
*I am Bored: http://www.i-am-bored.com/
*Glumbert: http://www.glumbert.com/
*Superdeluxe: http://www.superdeluxe.com/

Art

*Artist on artist: http://www.myspace.com/artistonartist
*BBC Worldwide Drama -
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=282402182
*BBC Worldwide SciFi -
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=282390449

Animation

*TheMotionBrigades (stop motion): http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMotionBrigades

Comedy

*Funnyordie: http://www.funnyordie.com/
*BBC Worldwide Comedy -
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=282401493

Lectures

*Google Tech talks: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=googletechtalks
*TED Talks: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

News

*CBS (us): http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CBS
*Euronews: http://www.youtube.com/user/Euronews
*ITN (uk): http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=itn
*Al Jazeera English: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=AlJazeeraEnglish

Nature

*BBC Worldwide LoveEarth -
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=282399933

Food

*Foodtube: http://foodtube.net/video

Music videos

*Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/+charts/video/
*Videos.Antville: http://videos.antville.org/
*Sony BMG: http://www.youtube.com/user/sonybmg
*Universal: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=universalmusicgroup
*Warner Bros: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=warnerbrosrecords
*EMI America records: http://www.youtube.com/user/emiamericarecords

TV

BBC Worldwide -
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=221591462
BBC Worldwide Famous faces -
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=282403295
*BBC Worldwide Weird&Wonderful -
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=282402782

 "All the leaves are brown...." (and red, green, orange, some yellow)

"and the sky is gray..." (actually, it's a sunny, crisp 49°F here as I write this)

ANYWAY, what I'm getting at is, I and the entire firefly clan will be heading to sunny, (smokey? smoldering?) southern CA to visit  family over Thanksgiving from November 17 through the 24th. After landing in L.A., we'll be in Victorville, Redlands, Chino, and Ontario seeing her family, and in Laguna Beach to see my brother. We'll visit Disneyland sometime while we're there, but that's all we have  planned so far.

Sometime during all this rigamarole, I would love to have a meet-up with some fellow sifters. A while ago Lucky suggested the 21st (that still work for you, Lucky?), and I know there are more of you out there, at least before the map went all screwy. Ant? Youdiejoe? Grimm? I know you may have holiday travel plans yourself, but anyway let me know. Hope to see y'all soon!

"I've been for a walk...on a winter's day" (it'll still be fall, but you get the idea!)