Lifecasting - continued (At Home)

At Home

Later, when Justine arrived back to her apartment from the family dinner, she was looking for a cable to connect a new 1TB hard drive and a comical drama ensued. The video picture showed her pulling up a very large spaghetti bowl of cables lying on the floor, looking for one she could use. “Nice rats nest” one observant mentions as they begin to annotate her every move.

Unable to find the right one, she decides to rush out to Wal-Mart late at night in hopes of scoring the right cable, a chatter quickly notes, “no makeup needed for Wal-Mart.” Having a hard time finding the correct cable and visually disappointed, a word of comfort comes from someone in the chat room saying, “Will someone please giver a hug” in hopes that someone in the store might bring comfort to her at a time like this. The humor of Justine and fans, just like lifecasting, never stops and even a midnight trip to Wal-Mart with the webcam in tow now becomes a venture for the rest of us.

Sometimes her maneuvering while on foot takes on a radical sweeping motion of the camera makes for a bumpy ride and you see them messaging comments like “I’m so disoriented…I’m getting dizzy… Motion sickness time.” Sometimes she might make a quick run to a store and leaves the camera in the car, still streaming the video. Even though she is not in the picture, the chat room keeps going with contextual comments “I’m getting warm in here…I am beginning to sweat now… Help! I’m running out of air… hope she comes back soon!” Sometimes she puts the camera in her purse for transportation to her vehicle so you do not see where she lives and the chat room keeps going making comments like “In the purse we go… We’re in the bag now… I think I’m in her womb… I feel like my dog!”

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