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Slime Dog You Are My Friend by Daniel Alexander

                ‘Slime Dog You Are My Friend’ is the Clifford of the Nickelodeon generation. One look at that slimy dog face and the heart melts kind of how Slime Dog’s head appears to be perpetually covered in slime. Friendly yet slimy the dog welcomes readers to the happy cheery little collection. With each poem Daniel Alexander celebrates the wonder of the world. Either from above in space or down with the creatures in the sea he respects Mother Nature, even goes so far as to contemplate exactly what Mother Nature feels with human developments. Improving the land from a human point of view doesn’t always translate well into an environmentally friendly way. 

                Daniel Alexander becomes a loveable anaconda. Ever since snakes got accused of the whole ‘original sin’ thing they’ve been getting insulted. By showing that a snake’s ability to wrap is just an extreme hug Daniel paints the snake in a new light. No longer is the snake just a belly crawling freak but an important part of the ecosystem. Besides snakes enjoy hanging around the garden eating pesky vermin. If anything snakes should be celebrated for their ability to chill out (via their cold bloodedness). 

                Law enforcement gets a bit of attention too, speaking of cold bloodedness. Here Daniel correctly points out that in space, no one can arrest you. There are no rules in space. In space nobody can hear an officer’s siren. Nope space is the place. Daniel takes advantage of it by stealing Sharpie markers. Honestly Daniel Alexander is the rapscallion of Alt Lit. Drawing smiley faces inside the cockpit will help once aliens board. Extraterrestrial life is big into Smiley Faces, as shown by their inclusion in the classic series ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’. To be really hospitable Daniel should store a couple of towels around, just in case. 

                 A dream involves Will Smith. Those are the best dreams. Honestly Will Smith needs to be in more dreams. He defeated the evil aliens and saved America in that hit movie ‘Independence Day’. Despite Will Smith’s talent, Will is unable to save his hat. Some angry bird takes Will Smith’s hat. Happily after stealing the hat the bird is no longer angry. Hats are the socks of the head keeping them protected. With a hat a person can keep cozy warm. 

                Portrayals of aliens can be positive. Aliens have done many great things for the world. Remember Alf? That alien was the epitome of suburban alien. Hanging out on the Cul-De-Sacs of America, Alf worked hard but played harder. Daniel reveals super-secret information about the aliens. Yes it is the stuff that blows the minds of mice and men, mostly men though since mice aren’t too interested in aliens. 

                By the very end Daniel Alexander smiles at the reader. The reader should smile back. That’s the positive thing to do. Daniel Alexander deserves people’s smiles. Daniel Alexander is a good man.

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UPDATE! ALWAYS KEEP GOING AND GOING! 

                Daniel Alexander reached 1,000 YouTube subscribers. Life is beautiful with Daniel Alexander’s videos. Each one presents a little bit more about himself. What he does is simple: he creates another world. Things are beautiful in his art world. His studio is the center of his creation. Pieces of art adorn the walls thanks to his drive for new work. All across the big bountiful baller country that is America people have sent him their art in his ‘art exchange’ program. Every time a piece of art arrives at his place he sends another piece out, keeping the balance of art at appropriate levels. 

                Where is his copyrighted shirt for this new video? This is worrisome. Daniel Alexander is nothing without his copyrighted shirt. He needs it. More importantly the shirt needs him. Closets are no place for a young strapping shirt. Alone in a closet the shirt can’t work for Daniel by doing his taxes, or helping him respond to tweets. Nope all that the shirt can do trapped inside a closet is withering away until the moths get to it. Once the shirt is gone there will be no ‘new’ shirt. It is an emblem for the Daniel Alexander brand. While it is good that perhaps Daniel gives his shirt the ‘laundry lifestyle’ it is still important to show it in videos, to prove it is doing okay. 

                Things are going quite well for young Daniel. That music in the background suggests he has reached new levels of hypnagogic pop peaks. James Ferraro would be proud of the music choice. Obvious Daniel knows a thing or two about music with his ‘Dog Heaven’ album and other albums dropping later this year. Altogether there are many wonderful things happening in the world of Daniel Alexander. Plus with his musical equipment he’s going to be rocking out the music by the score. 

                A children’s book is going to be coming out later this year. He made it with the help of a green screen. Yes this means a remake of ‘Jurassic Park’ for the Alt Lit set. What would an Alt Lit version of ‘Jurassic Park’ even look like? Some imagine it would be weirder yet still retain the talents of Jeff Goldblum. If Jeff Goldblum is unavailable then the Jeff Goldblum of Alt Lit will have to make it. Obviously the Jeff Goldblum of Alt Lit will be free, but will it really do the trick. Only time can tell. 

                Many other wonderful things are happening in Daniel Alexander’s world. More videos, more books, and more tweets.

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#SNCKCREW, A POSITIVE MOVEMENT [NEW VIDEO]

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SPREAD POSITIVITY

                New eras of positivity need to happen. There’s a lot of sadness in the world, downright badness in some cases. Everybody can sad. That’s okay. Occasionally there will be the bad that makes feeling good that much better. It is comparisons. For every up there is a down. Sometimes though getting through that sad feeling is tough to do all alone. Hence the internet is out there. Positive vibes stems out of the internet which is better known as a place to vent frustrations. Rather than troll or abuse people online why not simply love and support them? Supporting others creates something of a feedback loop of happiness. 

                Positive messages shall be sent during this dawn of the age of snack pack. Before in the 60s people believed in the Age of Aquarius. That’s gone though. 60s vibes are over. Now there needs to be a new way, a third way. Use of the internet can make such a thing happen. Random acts of kindness can make the internet a better place. In fact the internet is heavily constructed for randomness. Why not make that randomness have a positive impact on people’s lives? Daniel Alexander believes in the power of positive internet. This is encouraging as it shows a trending away from the infinite sadness of trolling and towards the internet’s natural role of community building. 

                Little outlets exist all across the internet to spread positivity. Daniel Alexander searches Twitter to turn frowns upside down. Frowns are just upside down smiley faces. This is Social Media Science 101. There’s also the concept of online positively called ‘The Domino Theory. Originally thought up as a plan of containing communism, ‘The Domino Theory’ has been given a second life on social media sites like ‘Second Life’. The premise is simple: support for others comes back to help that person out. Essentially being nice on the internet is akin to karma: it will come back either good or bad. Either way it returns. 

                 Motivation is the seed of creation. Without it nothing can happen. Creating pieces of art can take a long time. Some pieces of art can take years to fully articulate. As one Frank Hinton stated ‘Art is subjective but effort isn’t’. Creating something beautiful can take a while. During that time it can be difficult to continue, to convince oneself that it is truly worth it. Blogging takes a lot out of people as does writing, painting, photography, etc. Thanks to Daniel Alexander’s call to positivity there is hope that this motivation can be brought and new wonderful things can be introduced to a bewildered world! This is a positive movement, this is the internet.

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DECORATE MY ROOM, BECOME A PENPAL  [NEW VIDEO]

                Daniel Alexander wants to be a man of letters. In the age of the internet this is very possible. Emails are sent with abandon. The free for all is quite refreshing. Real letters, the kind sent in the mail with tender love, are almost a thing of the past. Few do this anymore. Occasionally things come in the mail from grandparents. Grandparents are the ultimate fans of the postal service. However Daniel wants to change this up. He wants a pen pal, the sort of person who can give him art in exchange for art. Here he tells the viewer to send him things. But first he shows the viewer around his humble studio abode. 

                Walls in Daniel’s studio are bare. He has a flag of America necessary to remind him his artwork is for America. There’s a sticker board to remind him of his sticker-wielding roots. Yet the sticker board is small. And his room is so large. Daniel has a heart. With the arrival of new mail he can have his artistic inclinations of his heart explode across the room. Obviously putting up his art is out of the question. Forget it. But other people, he supports those other artists. Daniel Alexander is an alt lit booster with his syndicated alt lit Spreecast to bring people together on an internet chat room at the same time. 

                The video displays what the poster board looks like after he’s put some wonderful posters and pictures on it. Yet it is still bare. Empty spaces remain. Texas loves its empty space but Daniel Alexander is intent on filling it with friends. That’s what Daniel Alexander is about: his work is his heart. With each new friend, each new connection and mention he’s becoming a realer boy. Will someday Daniel Alexander become a real boy, the sort who exists on and offline? Judging by his bike riding escapades this is already happening. 

                How it ends is with a PO BOX. Daniel wants mail. With every piece comes a new piece, by him. The art from others helps him grow. Consumption of art in general is a good thing. More exposure can help others figure out what works and what doesn’t work. New material will bring new ideas into Daniel’s already overactive imagination. Besides Daniel is a good person. Daniel Alexander vlogs the good vlog. This is important because what the world needs now is vlog sweet vlog.

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HAVE FUN IN LIFE ALWAYS [NEW VIDEO]

WITH Austin Islam & Luke Borlase Midworth

                Man Daniel Alexander is the fun-lover of alt lit. This video is the happiest thing ever uploaded to YouTube. Nothing can compare. Right from the very beginning is it so cheerful. If there is ever a bad day out there, a frown that needs to be turned upside down, this is the medicine. Everything in this is perfect from the music to the sheer level of enthusiasm. Austin Islam and Luke Midworth make it worth it too. In fact Daniel Alexander takes up only a small part of the video.

                The beginning shows the three of them in a big beautiful building. High ceilings, lots of history, they are happy. Luke calls it ‘top notch’. Indeed it is. Luke is really happy. Austin Islam, the living MEME legend, appears. Now Austin Islam has a well-documented love of life. Many quotes attributed to Austin Islam reflect his positive outlook. Austin Islam is in rare form. To celebrate his love of life Austin Islam does his ‘happy dance’. He gets up on his two hind legs and dances hard. 

                Bikes appear. Here they ride bikes through this giant building. This is a lot of fun to watch. Daniel has the camera unusually steady. Countless halls are gone through as they reach the sunny exterior of the building. Outside is celebrated. They are making it out to be one with the sun. Indeed their joy melts to become one with the sun. Smiles are all around. For the celebration Luke even dressed up in some fine-looking boots. Yes they are truly in Texas. 

                 While the path is easy the destination is easier. They bike down the road to find happiness. Of course happiness is a public fountain. Humanity feels the need to create artificial wildlife refuges. These are known as ‘parks’. Daniel continues taking footage of the sheer splendor of Mother Nature’s funny valentine, the city park. City parks are the valentine humanity gives to feel better about all that green grass paved over. However it is still more environmentally friendly to live in the city versus living in the country. 

                Austin dances a rain-type dance outside after some ‘punk child’ leaves. The kid is sullen. Austin, Luke, and Daniel have re-discovered the happiness of life. People can lose this as they get older. Others find it once again in a ‘second childhood’. Happily the thing ends with them once again at the old building with their dancing shoes (and boots) getting a serious workout.

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MEDITATE TO WHALE SOUNDS [NEW VIDEO] 

                Glowing screens are a part of life. Currently you are reading this on a glowing screen different from the original screen I used. Yes life is crazy that way. One day you’re reading from a glowing screen, the next day you’re reading from a glowing screen, the day after you’re reading from a glowing screen. Thanks to glowing screens you can do work, have fun, and meet people, Skype, talk, blog, podcast and other random stuff. I’m glad you are reading this right now. I thank you for it. 

                However I agree with Daniel. Sometimes life can eat you up. Does life enjoy your taste? Probably it does. Life enjoys all sorts of people. Every type of person can be a good person. Haters, trolls, internet enlightened ones; they are part of this glowing screen ecosystem. Without a break the internet can become too real. At some point a break from the internet can be good. I know this is different from what I usually suggest. Blame Daniel for this change because he’s right.

                At some point a break is needed. Turn off all cell phones is a common refrain in movie theaters. You could benefit from an escape from the social media. I could too. Everyone could. This is what Daniel Alexander advises. Believe him. He’s on the internet almost all the time. Without the internet you wouldn’t even know who Daniel Alexander is. However with the internet you might not see your close friends as often. Eventually the internet may distract away from a walk in the part, going outside and enjoying life. These are important things to do. 

                Sure you can listen to whale sounds. Really any album will do. All that is required is a place far away enough from the internet, from the TV, and from the cell phone. You may find yourself at peace with yourself wondering ‘How did I get here’. Well you got there from turning things off. So often the obsession with turning things ‘on’ gets a sexual connotation. Turning things off is a positive experience too. Beautiful sounds are all around. 

                Instead of putting on an album if you’re sick of the playlists or of anything really can be sitting alone in a room. Wait for the sounds from the outside to filter in. Go outside if you’re interested. See how people exist away from the internet. Laugh at those checking cell phones. Don’t avoid the internet. Of course it will always be there. But taking a break from the internet from little glowing screens can be a great big wonderful thing. Enjoy it.

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ITS 2013 / LETS HAVE FUN 

[NEW VIDEO]

                Daniel Alexander is the motivational speaker of alt lit. People love the guy. It is easy to see why. First Alexander manages to raise the roof. What had been a regular 9 foot high ceiling becomes a 16h foot high ceiling. Everybody wants Daniel Alexander’s motivational roof-raising skills to transform their lowly apartments into fashionable lofts. And lately Daniel Alexander has seen a rapid fire amount of material flowing out of his mind. Combining the sweet with the positive Daniel Alexander manages to make the best of each and every day. 

                The video (Daniel’s first of 2013) begins with a kaleidoscope. From out of nowhere comes Daniel Alexander in his familiar arts studio. At this point hundreds of people across the United States have sent him little pieces of art, and he returns with his own art. Exchanges like this are so infinitely easy. The Postal Service finally has a use again delivering creativity right to his very doorstep. Alexander states that 2013 is going to be a big beautiful blogging boy of a year. Certainly all bloggers hope so. Blogging years mean a bountiful content farm harvest. Nothing is better than harvesting the best of Alexander’s output which has been skyrocketing like the midday sun shining over happy people throughout the land. 

                Expectations have been raised for 2013. For one there’s the whole new record coming out called ‘Dog Heaven’. ‘Dog Heaven’ the single has dropped since it was allegedly too hot to handle. Alexander created a music video and a rare ‘behind the scenes’ look at how he created the song. Based around a famous Mister Rogers riff Alexander raps over it wanting to hug all the dogs of the world. Well dogs appreciate the attention. Dogs are one of the most YOLO animals the world has ever seen. The only more YOLO animal than the dog is the lemming, though the lemming has a darker meaning of the word ‘YOLO’. 

                ‘2013 will be all about the dog tail wag’ – Daniel Alexander. How can people wean themselves off of the twerking lifestyle and embrace the tail wag? There are a few ways. First people can become dogs. Second people can cosplay really hard and dress up as their favorite tail-endowed creatures. Third a surgical procedure can happen permanently attaching a tail to a person. Whatever the result the same thing remains true: that 2013 is a year full of hope. No state seceded from the union. America is stronger than ever. And Daniel Alexander continues to smile his ‘made for smiling’ face off for the internet and for the world. The world is worth smiling about.

RADDDDD SMOOTHIE

                “Hi, I’m Daniel Alexander and I’m eating a book.” Daniel Alexander is going to eat his words. Or rather he blends his words effortlessly into a little blender and makes a word smoothie. Blenders ordinarily handle food but then Daniel Alexander is no ordinary guy. What Daniel Alexander does is challenge the conventions people follow each and every day. Lots of things he believes are a bit out of the mainstream. Aliens are visiting Earth and are chill according to Daniel. Another is everything is a snack. In the video Daniel takes his ‘Everything is a snack’ to a logical extreme. Nobody has ever done this on YouTube. Many are scared. 

The video is obscene. Several of the YouTube comments state that such material should be banned. Censorship is not the answer. What if someone wants to create a delicious yet nutritious smoothie out of a book? YouTube doesn’t have any videos to show somebody how to do that. At least it didn’t until Daniel stepped up the blender and announced his intention. Rather than banning people ought to praise it. Daniel Alexander is the voice of a generation, the face of a generation, even the glasses of a generation. Millions of Americans wear that same thick-framed pair of glasses. Few of those millions of American are as happy as Daniel Alexander. Somehow Daniel has managed to find peace and enlightenment in his everyday world. This is doubly surprising as much of Daniel’s diet consists of drinking book smoothies. 

Everything in the video indicates this is a person worth watching. Plenty of people do. Unfortunately the blender fails to successfully blend Daniel’s book. While people find Daniel’s book RADDDDD apparently basic household appliances do not. For the book is barely blended. Only a small bit of the book is properly blended. This is despite blending it in the alleged ‘blending corner’. Anybody who is serious about snacking (and rest-assured Daniel Alexander is super serious about snacking) has a blender corner in their home. When chewing becomes too stressful, too mundane there is the blender ready to bring it to the next level.

By the end Daniel shows the end result. He drinks it. He says drinking a smoothie of a blended book tastes bad. This is an educational YouTube clip. Without it how would people know how to treat his book? Thanks to the video people know what to do with Daniel Alexander’s book: they are supposed to read it.   

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IS IT OVER? WHAT THE HEK IS HAPPENING *i love dogs - austin islam*  

                Vlogtober comes to an end. This is sad. Daniel Alexander loves the internet. His face shows the pain of someone who is very truly sad. As he speaks to the anonymous viewer he feels nothing but regret. October is such a long month. For a while Daniel thought Vlogtober would last forever. Unfortunately November cares little for vlogging. November is all about NaNoWriMo. By now the internet just wants people to pump out novels. Yet Daniel Alexander already wrote a book and it is rad. The title is ‘RADDDDD’ to indicate additional measurable radness. 

                Snacking happens on cam. One whole month without any snacking drove Daniel’s fans crazy. Without snacks Daniel created a new persona. This new persona helps others. Before Daniel helped America out by purchasing snacks but now this is something new. He boosts. Yes that rare form of helping others is greatly appreciated by those on the internet. People who spend vast quantities of time on the internet can become sad. Interaction requires a certain level of ‘internet clout’. Normally this is calculated through twitter followers, twitter ratios, Facebook friends, and Tumblr Followers. Daniel Alexander doesn’t care about internet clout he interacts with people because he likes people. It is that simple. The internet can be a caring place. All it takes is a favorite, a re-tweet, or at reply. Little features exist to make the internet a better place. It is up to the user. Does the user want to boost or would the user rather roost?

                Many remember where they were when the first video came out for Vlogtober. They were on the internet watching YouTube clips. A clip came on. They watched it all the way through. It could have been a Steve Roggenbuck video. It could have been a Daniel Alexander video. Either way the game or potentially their entire life was forever changed. That’s how both of them operate. One moment they are talking about some silliness. Next moment they hit a profound deep truth. Yep a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. And America is divided. Election year brings out the most divided opinions of people. Good thing Steve and Daniel tried to bring people together to laugh. 

                Out of nowhere come some snacks. Daniel resumes his snacking lifestyle. A few snacks are mentioned. Some get up close and personal. This is due to Daniel moving them towards the camera. Snacks haven’t become anthropomorphic…yet. Daniel mentions his book. For the finale he brings out a rare guest of Austin Islam. At the end Austin does a 360 shot of Daniel behind his computer. It is a glimpse of the artist hard at work on the internet. It is sad to see Daniel and Steve end this Vlogtober. Vlogtober is only once a year. Vlogtober is highly bloggable. While various bloggers will miss this outpouring of bloggable material it is okay. Life will continue. Snacks will be eaten. And life shall be lived.

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VLOGTOBER CLIP SHOW OF SNCK PCK’S VIDEOS

my faverite clips from daniel alexander’s vlogtober videos :)

                A remix of a bunch of videos by another poet, is this allowed? Yes when that poet is Steve Roggenbuck heck yeah. Steve Roggenbuck is the Skrillex of literature. He remixes this so hard. One feels the bass drop. Fuck all the haters who say otherwise. Haters are going to hate but appreciators are going to appreciate. And this is what Steve does. Every ounce of Steve’s vegan body is dedicated to boosting helping others through trials and tribulations. With this remix of Daniel’s ‘Best Of’ work Steve shows what really matters. Daniel’s work matters. Anybody who watches this video can see it. The twinkle in Daniel’s eye is there. Some may call it ‘reflection from his glasses’ but it is more than that. 

                The clip shows is an ancient art. It is a way of remembering the past and forging ahead into the future. Originally crafted by the Simpsons many decades ago the clip show stays with society. People adore the clip show. It summarizes everything they like about a show, a news broadcast, etc. Flashbacks never felt so meaningful. Daniel has a way of reaching into one’s heart. Unlike many vloggers he does not steal hearts. Thankfully he keeps the heart where it belongs in the body pumping blood like a gangster. 

                Daniel Alexander enjoys being a dog. His energy levels are through the room. Many sloths are jealous of his extreme enthusiasm. Perhaps it is Daniel’s healthy eating habits that give him the jolt of energy he needs. In fact Daniel is a known ‘snack collector’. Rare snacks are kept by Daniel for absolute emergencies. Some of Daniel’s snacks are over fifty years old. Most of those ancient snacks are PEZ. PEZ isn’t technically food or even a snack but it counts. Once the world is fully destroyed PEZ will remain for nothing can destroy the chalky determination of PEZ. 

                Music comes through these clips. Daniel wrote most of it. Is Daniel the Leonardo Da Vinci of alt lit? He does everything. Consume food, draw, vlog, write, he really is a well-rounded snack. People compare Daniel to jawbreakers because his output makes the jaw drop. With this collection, a veritable ‘lovefest’ of all things snacks related Steve shows his true love for this Texan alt lit superstar. Perhaps Daniel Alexander is the ultimate juggernaut of the Texan alt lit scene. Can anything slow him down? Is he ever going to stop? The answer of course is no. Daniel Alexander is forever. He’s a diamond in the rough.