ALEX: Hey, G!
This morning has been absolutely manic.
I was up at 8:15, did a few time lapses, then went all the way to Mansfield in rush hour
traffic to get to the hospital for 10:30.
Now, they had a look at my foot and they said that it's not really any better or any worse.
They took the strap off it, put a new strap on it and now I'm back here, just made it
back home and G's arrived.
JORDAN: Oh dear.
ALEX: So, hey guys, I edit these daily vlogs every single day - it's in the title "daily
vlog," right.
This is far too much so I bought this.
Sorted. Let's go.
So, today, unfortunately, is a very sad day because I'm saying bye-bye. Jordan and I are
taking two cars to Nando's today because we're only going to be coming back in one of them.
I'll, I'll see you in a week or so darling.
OK.
I shouldn't be sad - she's getting mended.
She's going to be all brand new in a week's time.
WOMAN: Hello. ALEX: Hello.
WOMAN: You alright? ALEX: Yes, are you? Well, I'm not.
This is the point where I get really sad because I'm giving you my keys.
<WOMAN CHUCKLES> WOMAN: Alright, take care, bye. ALEX: Thanks. Cheers guys. JORDAN: Bye.
Bye bye car.
It's a sad day old girl, but you'll get fixed, eventually.
I will return to you soon.
But for now, we're hopping in the Corsa.
You got a nice head unit though, G. JORDAN: Yeah, I know. ALEX: That's a nice head unit, that.
I'm feeling really cheeky now. JORDAN: Are you?
ALEX: Is it just me that is absolutely petrified of lifts?
I just don't like them.
No, I'll take the stairs. JORDAN: Yep.
ALEX: Kayleigh's an old friend of mine.
I didn't realise that she'd be in the Angel.
And she's here.
Kayleigh - say hey.
KAYLEIGH: Hey.
<KAYLEIGH LAUGHS>
<LOUD MUSIC PLAYS>
<ALEX MOUTHES SONG LYRICS: NO SOUND>
ALEX: You see why I like this place.
MAN: There was a little kid who came in here with his nan and girlfriend and he was like: Is Alex is in today?
I was like: Oh know, he's not here today.
He was like: Oh no, I meant Alex Brooks.
ALEX: What was he, like, shaking, was he? MAN: Yeah.
ALEX: Cadbury's Creme Eggs.
MAN: Five pack of Creme Eggs and a little love letter for you.
ALEX: Let's get it out.
So, I've been working here at the Angel Coffee House all day.
It's actually so chill to come and work here.
And one of the staff members that works here...
Obviously, I know all of the staff members, like, on a friendly basis.
They come up to me and said that, like, last week, a kid came in with his Grandma and Granddad
and gave me a bag and asked if I was there - obviously, I wasn't.
So, I've picked up this bag today and it has this note in, right, and Harrison Neve has
been all the way from Norfolk, just to give me a bag full of Creme Eggs.
So Harrison, I've got your message.
Thank you for the Creme Eggs.
And thank you for travelling all the way up from Norfolk - I'm sorry that you didn't meet me.
I'm usually in Angel Coffee House every Tuesday between, like, one and three - some time in
that region.
So, if you're in the area, come and see me.
Right, this is my lift home.
I need to sort this out because I'm going away tomorrow.
A lot of you didn't know this and I didn't really know this.
I thought I was going away Thursday.
Before I talk about that though, Jed gave me a lift back home and he was talking to
me - Jed, Jed watches Casey Neistat a lot, like, watches a lot of Casey's vlogs, like,
kind of religiously.
And I would watch his vlogs but I don't really have time.
I mean, I used to watch his vlogs.
He was a massive inspiration to me, to me starting this thing up and...
All of the people on YouTube that did daily content in general were a massive inspiration
behind why I do this, Casey being one of those.
And he was talking, Jed was telling me, that he was talking in his video, in one of his vlogs
recently, recent vlogs, about a twelve, a twelve year old trying to start YouTube and
all of his friends, and all of his friends bully him.
And I can 100% vouch for that.
Not for the bullying.
Not that bit at all.
But the actual kid getting, you know...
That, that does happen because it happened to me.
I mean - heck, it still happens to me now in the comments section.
On my vlogs, for some reason, I get bullied to absolute high hell on my v... in my comments
section on my vlogs.
Like, 99% of the comments on my videos are, are, like, awesome.
Like, you guys are wicked.
But, like, for some reason, my comments section recently has turned in to a bit of a meme.
I see a lot of comments like: Oh, I only come to these videos to, to look at the comments
and stuff like that.
My comments section is just, like, a meme, like, it doesn't bother me really.
I reply to the people that, like, put meaningful stuff and then the other stuff I just either,
I just leave it because...
Why would people waste their time?
But what I'm saying is: I used to get bullied for doing videos at school, right.
And all I could say is, just, carry on doing it, man.
Carry on doing it.
What I did was, I didn't tell many people but then my vlogs got out there.
Not my vlogs - I did gaming videos back in school.
I think that was why.
I used to play Minecraft and people used to take the micky out of me for playing Minecraft
and then recording it and putting it on YouTube.
It was, like, those three things together.
Just playing it alone I got bullied for.
Heyup mate.
MAN: Oh, hello mate.
ALEX: You OK? How are you doing?
And I think it was also because I didn't tell anybody that I was doing videos and then they
sort of got "leaked" and found.
If you're going to do something, let everybody know that you're going to be doing it.
Like, don't try and shy away from it.
And then when people come and take the micky out of you for doing something that's maybe
a little bit different, hit them with the "so what, I'm enjoying it."
Why would you take the mick out of somebody enjoying something?
If I'm enjoying doing something and someone's taking the mick out of me for doing it and
then I hit them back with the "why are you taking the mick, I'm doing something I like,"
what are they going to say back to that?
Other than "fair enough."
Fair enough.
And if they're not going to say "fair enough" then they're probably idiots because never
stop someone from doing something if they enjoy it.
Just let them do it.
Don't let it affect your time.
And certainly don't waste your time trying to put other people down because you should
be working on yourself.
That's all I'd say.
Jed told me that Casey gave a pretty good explanation of how to deal with it and, erm,
it was like a pretty good video.
I'll try and link it in the description, or something.
I'll try and remember to.
ALEX: This is it. JORDAN: Yeah.
ALEX: Is it nice?
JORDAN: Yeah.
ALEX: Do you like it? JORDAN: That's dead good actually. Wow.
ALEX: Do you think it's good? JORDAN: Look at it!
ALEX: It's wicked, isn't it? JORDAN: Yeah.
ALEX: Looking sweet.
So, that is the little cabinet there. JORDAN: Wow.
JORDAN: Are you going to put a roof on it or not?
ALEX: No, it's not having a roof on it.
JORDAN: It'll get really dusty though, won't it?
ALEX: That is a good point, actually.
I didn't think of that.
The reason that I didn't put a roof on it was one, for cost, two for ventilation and
three...
JORDAN: Because then, it can get in.
ALEX: ...Because you can cable manage.
You can get in there like that, G.
You see - you're stood up.
JORDAN: I just look like legs, don't I?
ALEX: G - this starts now.
We finish this today.
We finish the ring main today, with this cable.
ALEX: Yep.
There we go.
That was easy enough, wasn't it?
We've done, what we've called, a ring main.
Is that correct?
JORDAN: Yes.
ALEX: A lot of people have been saying in the comments, and I've seen this a lot and
I need to address it - People saying: Alex, why are you getting a college student i.e.
Jordan to do your electrics?
Isn't that really dangerous and illegal?
Yes.
Unless, unless once it's finished, we get it checked off by a proper electrician
which is exactly what we're going to do.
So, what we've done here, is we've completed the ring main so that it goes back up to the
DB up there.
These, this socket here, and it's the only socket I had so it's got to be this, this
shiny one even though it is not on show.
So, it's up there, the socket.
You can see it up there.
The reason that I haven't put any sockets down here and on the shelves is because, what
I'm going to do, I'm going to put this on there, right, and, pretty much what this does,
is just let you push cables through, like that.
So, what I'm going to do is push this through there and then that means that there's going
to be no cable mess this side of the box.
And then I can have all of the cable mess at the back of this box and have no cable mess
in this rustic box and it'll look really good and I'll get some small squares of these to
put there so that when we put the Xbox and Playstation on these shelves the cables can
just hang out back here and connect up to this box here.
But for now, we've done a good job.
G, mate, thank you for a good, a good, err, a good day.
I really appreciate it.
Thank you.
And chauffering me around.
It's, err, not gone unnoticed.
Thank you very much my friend.
This is why it's key to have good friends.
Cheers mate.
JORDAN: It's alright.
ALEX: Because, obviously, I don't have a car, I've got to get to a client photo shoot tomorrow
morning and then I need to get on a train tomorrow to London so that I can catch a flight.
I'm trying to do this thing without getting a hire car, you see.
That is why I'm, why this is so stressful.
Don't ask me why I don't want a hire car.
I just wanted to see if I could survive without a car for a week.
The Slick Revolution board is on charge downstairs.
I'm going to try and Slick Revolution to my client's house tomorrow morning.
This just isn't going to work.
Fingers crossed and optimism's on my side.
Jordan gave me this note and, apparently, it's from a Mum of a fourteen year old kid
that watches my videos.
The Mum works at the same place where Jordan works and she said: A huge shout out if at
all possible to James Walker.
He's a huge fan of you and watches your videos every single day.
James - you're a legend.
Thank you for all of the support.
And thank you to everybody who watches my videos every day.
I really appreciate it, you doing this whole journey thing with me.
I'm on a mission to do life and have fun doing it and I'm so glad I've got the pleasure of
bringing you guys along.
My name's been Alex, we'll have a full work and travel day tomorrow.
Going to be up nice and early, all prepared.
I'll see you guys in tomorrow's vlog.
Adios.
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