Your video, Spoco's 2011 Melbourne Siftup Footage, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

Don't alter my reality so fast! Waaaah.

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Gotcha :. Ha just edited my comment


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@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://eric3579.videosift.com" title="member since January 22nd, 2007" class="profilelink"><strong style="color:#0af71a">eric3579 It's blocked because of the music, I guessed. There is music right?

Gotcha . Ha just edited my comment


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@eric3579 It's blocked because of the music, I guessed. There is music right?

How is it blocked, but you can hear the music? Am I missing something?

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are you saying the music is what's blocked, but not the video?
>> ^luxury_pie:

Worst choice of music!!
blocked

My brain farts and reads it as otterpop!>> ^gwiz665:

Looks like fun!
I cannot read @oritteropo's name as anything other than otterpoo for some reason. My brain it breaks.

Yep, was fun.

In retrospect, orycteropus would've avoided that problem, and been a bit cooler, but I didn't think of it. The likely alternatives from your region (excluding immediate surrounds) of Erdferkel, oryctérope, maasika, or jordsvin would also have avoided the problem... but I'm as happy to leave them to others.
In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
Looks like fun!

I cannot read @oritteropo's name as anything other than otterpoo for some reason. My brain it breaks.

It was a fun time. Lane's end, the first venue, was a very pleasant place to sit and drink beer and eat nibblies and their food was very good. Unfortunately for me I think I ate too much of it, and then couldn't fit in the Indian food later I'm sure it was excellent too, it looked and smelled really good. It was 9:30 by then though, and I'm not used to eating that late even if I haven't eaten earlier.

Melbourne is a good place for food, we have a good variety of restaurants and cafes here.
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What a great looking bunch of Sifters. Looks like it was an eventful and fun time! Indian food??? SO JEALOUS!

I didn't think so, I thought it just looked like you were talking. I think I'll keep my day-job and not become the official sift photographer then >> ^dag:

Wow, in that second one - I look like a belligerent drunk. Drunk sure, but belligerent? That's not how I remember it.
>> ^oritteropo:
I was far too slow! My two blurry photos are here, and I'm afraid they add little:
http://s1100.photobucket.com/albums/g409/oritteropo/melbournesiftup201
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You would've been most welcome to join us, although it's a fairly long flight each way.>> ^Issykitty:

What a great looking bunch of Sifters. Looks like it was an eventful and fun time! Indian food??? SO JEALOUS!

>> ^kymbos:

It was great fun - thanks for organising, spoco and wonderful meeting everyone in person.
But seriously, people can be so judgemental of a man in stilettos, even in 2011. Sigh.


It wasn't the stilettos I took offence to, it was the combination of flesh coloured stockings and open toed shoes that got to me... That is just a fashion no go sir... no go. Although I'll give you points for the diamantes, they were fabulous.

the Melbourne siftup has prompted the creation of the latest Badge Video....

Sifting Meat Puppets in Melbourne were:

@dag level 3

Level Ones downunder!!!
@kymbos @spoco2 @oritteropo @persephone

(Loved the video and the pictures, guys.)

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Wow, in that second one - I look like a belligerent drunk. Drunk sure, but belligerent? That's not how I remember it.
>> ^oritteropo:

I was far too slow! My two blurry photos are here, and I'm afraid they add little:
http://s1100.photobucket.com/albums/g409/oritteropo/melbournesiftup201
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Absolutely, as soon as my application with the IMF to float "The Powerpoint" as a currency on the open exchange gets approved, we'll have lots of money for those kinds of things. Assuming $1 = 1PP. I can make millions of PP. That's how currency works, right? >> ^spoco2:

Thanks @dag for the additions and fixes to the post. It was a great night, and it would be awesome to do it again. I'm sure with Videosift's vast profits you could fly in all top sifters for a yearly sift up... I mean you're rolling in it aren't you? Isn't that what you said?

>> ^Issykitty:

Obscene footwear??? What what what? PICTURES PLEASE.


Oh, and this will remain an unexplained mystery... only to be known by those there on the night, and never to be spoken of... except maybe on deathbeds.

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We just flew back from Melbourne and now I've caught my breath. What a great trip and Sift Up it was. Melbourne is a gorgeous city - the trams, old architecture lots of amazing things to see - and the caliber of its citizens, (at least the Sifters) is second to none.

@spoco2 - I've added a couple of pictures to your post. Gaylord's was fantastic - I wish I hadn't filled up on pints of beer beforehand. We've got to do it again at least once a year, maybe we need to fly in some overseas Sifters too.