Memory Bank 120394a on Vimeo

See all Show me

129. Photo Adventure Date 5X5

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

8 months ago

128. 36 Seconds Before You Close Your Eyes

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

8 months ago

127. Karen Abad 2008 Cinematography Demo Reel

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

126. After The Rain ☂

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

125. Who?

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

124. Karen and (Taco) Belle

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

123. 16mm Telecine Prep

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

122. ❝Playing At The Windmill❞

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

121. My Love, On This Day I Have Nothing But Smoochers …

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

120. So Turns Out Two Of My Sexy Friends Have Birthdays Today!

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

9 months ago

119. You Put The ☞ "FUN" ☜ in Adventure Central! ☂

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

10 months ago

118. The Soofy Travel Project

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

10 months ago

117. 16mm Bolex Bonanza - [Basics and How-To Load]

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

10 months ago

116. Memory Bank 120394a

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

10 months ago

115. Me Right Now - Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 2:54 AM

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

114. Happy Christmas Belle

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

113. Me Right Now December 14, 2008

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

112. I Tried To Upload A Video

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

111. Receding From One Another

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

110. The Cleaning Lady

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

109. Fissure

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

108. Happy Birthday Victoria! I Love You!

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

11 months ago

107. Anamorphic Lens Flare Test

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

1 year ago

106. Memory Bank 120393a

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

1 year ago

105. Jennifer Wilson: Pin-Up Photographer

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

1 year ago

104. I Fell Asleep On The Grass And I Woke Up In a Hall…

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

1 year ago

103. Almost a smile.

by Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs.

1 year ago

A 2008 Retrospective: a good portion of my year.

All images and videos (except for footage of my vimeo friends opening panels I sent, Aaron's trip video footage, and the Obama image) were created by myself throughout the year 2008.

*I apologize for the poor quality audio that I haphazardly recorded with my laptop's microphone.

Credits

556 Likes

Ross Ching
3 days ago
videofilters.it
10 days ago
Gina
11 days ago
Geoff Murillo
17 days ago
Tony Schiavone
19 days ago
Kevin Ryan
20 days ago
Eric Ugland
21 days ago
John Lui
21 days ago
Florian Norbert Bischoff
23 days ago
pheadx
25 days ago
See all 556 likes

Tags

Jason Lane 10 months ago

Aw Happy New Year
<3
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Happy Anniversarystation Communication.

<3
heather 10 months ago

Dear beautiful BEAUTIFUL, lady... I LOVE YOU!!!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Pffftttt heather = beautiful lovey. tweet tweet chirp chirp

:-) <3 Thanks.
Patrick Moberg 10 months ago

Karen, this video is very awesome.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thank you so much P.Mob. I'm glad you were part of my year. <3 2009 needs more of you in my life. :-) Thanks for being an awesome friend.
Sune Amstrup 10 months ago

Whoa. My heart just jumped a heartbeat Karen. This is the most beautiful video that I've ever seen. Eventhough I don't know you, it's amazing just how this has made an impact.

Possibly because I can see myself, being in the middle of the start of your two thousand and eight story, right now.

I hope that you'll get to enjoy yourself just as much next year.

+ I still LOVE your drawings.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

haha Aww thanks Sune. People would be surprised how much of an impact they make on other peoples lives, even minor things like little fun comments or silly videos or a short hellow.

I think as long as I keep having amazing people in my life, especially from this enriching community, this upcoming year should be fantastic. :-)

Hee hee drawing is fun, apparently, I hear that the more one does it, the better they get...so I'm trying to see if that's true. hahah. :-)
Aziz K. 10 months ago

It's amazing Karen, how you find the time and energy to live a life like this! You're a true inspiration.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Eeeep!!! Aziz!! Lion! I'm glad I got to meet you in person this last year. So funny that all I knew of you at first was that you moderated the animation channel, and then found out you went to my school!! Weeeee!!!!!!

<3 Hopefully we can spend some more time together this year! Pffttt you work hard too always doing school stuffs.
Dan Huston 10 months ago

I love you...

I love you - very simple.

Thank you for all of the beauty and inspiration you have brought to my life.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Smooch Smooch! I'm lucky I got to meet you this summer. Thank you for your heart, your kindness and thoughtfulness, and creating love for everyone as well.
ße ωell ;-) 10 months ago

Fantastic!!! Beautiful work Karen, what a wonderful way to sum up your year :)

Hope 2009 brings you better and even more rewarding opportunities ;-)
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

2009 will bring me more dinos and robots and I'll try hard to not eat them all. But if that happens, I can't say I was responsible for it.
haha

Thanks for being a part of my year, and always being uplifting and wonderful. Pffftt, I'm the luckiest person in the world to have the most awesome friends.

:-)
ße ωell ;-) 10 months ago

"Pffftt, I'm the luckiest person in the world to have the most awesome friends. "

...the truth is Karen, we are all lucky to have you as our friend -
thanks for being exactly that :)
ojo 10 months ago

This video is so impressive that I told my wife about it and got her watching it. I personally took the time to understand (means backscrolling) all words you said.
If it would be possible you'll get a LIKE PLUS.
Thanks for sharing this!!!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Haha aww thank you so much, especially for your constant support. You know what, I was thinking while I made this, how difficult it would be for people to actually understand everything i was saying. I spent hours writing out the whole thing and I recorded it in one take. You can tell through it how out of breath I get from talking so fast. hee hee.

Thanks for everything ojo! :-) Happy New Year!
Buck Flashroy 10 months ago

Wow! You are amazing and wonderful. I think you are an incredible person and it's inspiring how much you do and yet still find the time to love so many people. I hope you know that we all love you back. I'm really glad I know you, and I hope we never lose touch ♥♥♥ BEEP BOOP ♥♥♥
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

You're so good to me Bucky. I love you so much. You always bring smiles to my face. I have nothing but big hugs for you! We'll never lose touch beep boop beep bop! *that's our love language <3
Thommy Browne 10 months ago

... I also got addicted to type racer. Ha! Oh Karen, didn't we all.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

I know right! Finally I can put those 110WPM skills to use. Haven't played it in a while though......uh oh....hope I don't relapse back into that trap.
Stephen Niebauer 10 months ago

I love you, Karen! Your work continues to astonish and blow me away.

You are amazing.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

We need to be closer to one another. It needs to happen this year. We need to go on adventures!

Video Chat sometime soon? plz.k.thanks.
<3
islebehere 10 months ago

awesome vid, Karen!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thankeee! Where are more vids of your tum tum? hee hee
islebehere 10 months ago

he's being stubborn when i bring the camera out!
islebehere 10 months ago

just like his daddy!
Saphire769 10 months ago

This is such a great video!!!!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thank you so much! Thanks for all your sweet comments this last year :-) <3
Cameron Christopher 10 months ago

I love, love, love you. Thank YOU for being such an integral part of my 2008.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thank you for being right there with me. We will be together soon enough. <3<3 Love you Cammy.
Eric Power 10 months ago

Inspiring video! Let's make 2009 awesome too!!!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Weee!! With paper on our side, 2009 can't help but be awesome! Thanks for being cool throughout the year Eric!
chris leppla 10 months ago

it was one heck of a year.

peace and love,
chris
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Dear Chris Leppla,

I miss you. I wish that we could've hung out more while I lived in the Midwest, especially while we were attending the same college, at the same time. But I'm glad to have met you at all. I think you are wonderful.

Sincerely,

Karen Abad
Scruff_E_Guy 10 months ago

brilliant, beautiful, and contained a manatee...who could ask for more? :-)

awesome job Karen
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Haha...good thing I didn't use the footage of that video that had the harlots or the anal beads...hahaha.

How have you been Scruffs? It's been a while. I hope things are going well with you. :-) Tell blue eyed girl I said hello!!!
Matt 10 months ago

beautiful.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks so much Matt, I'm glad you are becoming more of a part of my 2009. :-) Weeeeee
Matt 10 months ago

haha, me too, your 2009 recap video will be just as awesome I'm sure.
P.urtle 10 months ago

wow amazing karen!

You are so talented. I love your art.

Your year sounded so busy. Compared to mine. Keep doing what you love Karen <3
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

haha. Thanks so much Purtle Purtle! :-) Yeah it was really busy, but also really fun. Here's the thing: Find what makes you happy and stop at nothing to do it, no matter what!

Happy New Year! Thanks for the support!
Zofiafotoeule 10 months ago

Thank you, Karen! You're the Best! :))
Love... Zofia
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks a lot Zofia! I'm really glad you are enjoying these silly little videos that I'm creating. :-) Hope your year is starting off awesome and fun!
Zofiafotoeule 10 months ago

"silly little videos"? very nice videos!
I see that you're a great inspiration for many members of Vimeo! And for me ...;) My story starts on Vimeo. You have many years experience ... Thanks for the wishes! My motto for Year 2009: Learn, learn, learn ... 8-)
Paul Davis 10 months ago

Here's to 2009. May it be even greater and more fulfilling than 2008.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Weee! Here's to awesome friends/contacts who are always there for me, like you. :-) God, if 2009 is any more jam packed than 2008, i might get a heart attack. haha. But seriously, thanks.
Paul Davis 10 months ago

I can't get enough of your work. I have a list of top 10 vimeans who truly inspire me. Guess where you are ranked. ;)

My HV30 and wireless lav arrived and I'm waiting on the Rode Videomic..should be here tomorrow. I can't WAIT TO GET STARTED WITH MY NEW TOYS!!! =D
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

DANG! HD! hee hee Oh man that's awesome, pfft I can't wait to see what you create this year!
:-)
Paul Davis 10 months ago

Well...I'm on my way to WV this weekend...plan on getting footage of the mountains. =D
Chris Garcia 10 months ago

WOW, so personal and touching. Proud of you, Karen. Can't wait to see the 2009 recap. You're the archetype, the heart and soul of vimeo. ;)
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Aww thanks Chris! I"m really I got to meet you this year, even for a brief moment. I will be sure to catch more of your performances this year and hopefully even hang out :-)

Thanks for always bringing the laughs. You get my SEAL of approval. haha.

<3
glorfindel1975 10 months ago

wow, that was amazing
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks so much glorfindel. I hope your 2009 is starting out and continues to be AWESOME. :-)
Amenon 10 months ago

What a full, rich and intense year - and what a great summary of it. It is inspiring to watch this - thank you Karen - may '09 be better and fuller still!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks so much! Thank you for sharing so much, being dinorific, and just being a great friend throughout this last year.
Videomit 10 months ago

Superbe !
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Merci Videomit! :-)
Charles Huettner 10 months ago

thats a really cool video. i love the documentary style of it all.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks a lot Charles...but also thanks for making fun and awesome animations for me to enjoy all year long. :-) I can't wait to see more of your work!
Haidar Hakim 10 months ago

What a great video.
We all love you Karen :)
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Aww thank you Haidar, I'm very happy to love all my wonderful Vimeo Friends. :-) Thanks for checking this out.
HannahMai 10 months ago

i LOVE you karen! :)

thank you for being such a great friend this past year. and i hope we meet again and fly kites and ride bikes and be happy <3<3<3
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

And I love you Hannah Banana! I'm so glad I got to see you twice this summer in both coasts. We shall cross paths again in the future and it'll be awesome jam packed with activities and fun...and some drinking..hahaha
<3
AbOwLoFsUnShInE! 10 months ago

geez you had quite an exciting& busy year!

this video made me happy, it made me reminisce on my own ups and downs of 2008.. man what a year it has been
wonderful video karen! it was just brilliant

p.s. i love the beautiful pictures you added on the side!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Wee thanks dear! Thank you for all your many words of encouragement and support this last year! It's also been fun watching your adventures! Here's to a fun filled 2009!

<3

p.s. thanks! I know there are a lot of them, but I felt like it was somewhat warranted to encapsulate an entire year. hee hee.
Jordan the wonder shrimp 10 months ago

i saw a book at barnes and noble that made me think of you... even though i don't know you, i'd like to send it anyway.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Aww you are so sweet Jordan. If you send me anything make sure you give me your address so I can make you something fun :-)

Email me m.karenabad@gmail.com <3

Thanks for all the smiles.
Pekings List 10 months ago

Love you Karen! You rock my world! If you ever find yourself in boring old Sacramento or Wilton, you have me! I would be glad to keep you company any day of the week.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Aww thanks so much for your Vimeo/Tumblr support! You are in Sacramento?!?! That's like half an hour from me, not too far. We should hang out. I absolutely hate Sacramento, but will be willing to make a trip out there to have a fun photo adventure with you! :-)
Pekings List 10 months ago

Haha, yeah! I hate Sacramento too. Even though I've always been a Sacramentan? I just wish I would have discovered your Vimeo account sooner you seem pretty chill to hang out with. But, I kind of started school again, today actually. .

:(
Andy Mellon Makes Things 10 months ago

Karen! This is the best thing I have ever experienced! I have been feeling overwhelmed with workload, creativity block and a million other things! This video made me feel SO inspired! I really hope you can do some projection stuff for mae this year to be a part of your story for 2009! Continue to create amazing things, Im very excited about creating thing year
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thank you Mr. Mellon. You have a lot to take on, I admire you too. I can't wait to make some stuff for you guys, I'm going to spend today brainstorming it. <3

I'm excited about what YOU have in store for this year too! :-)
Sébastien Abes 10 months ago

i m so glad to be a part of it your such an amazing friend cocky Karen :D
I really love your work
you re so creative !
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

I'm really glad you were a significant part of my year too. Thanks for always being there for me, all the funny jokes and all the talks. You're really important to me and I'm glad we're friends. I really do love your work too, creative twin. <3

Love you so much Moon butt! :-)
Antoine Bandele 10 months ago

You make me feel like I'm doing absolutely nothing with my life. You make me feel lazy and thus, you are an inspiration.
Antoine Bandele 10 months ago

What does "120394a" stand for?
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Hahah no no no...don't worry it's just encouragement for people to get up and make the most of everyday of their life....that sounds so cliche huh..but it's true.

120394 is the next sequential numbers in my memory banks the letter a refers to video, b is photography, c is writing, d is auditory. Each corresponding to a number in my bank that I keep track of, like a personal journal or diary. :-)
Blake Whitman 10 months ago

Karen, you one of the best things to happen to Vimeo. May 2009 bring you love and peace and the fruits of your dedication to life.

Thank you so much for being you.
michael baca 10 months ago

i agree with blake, karen. when i think of vimeo i think of you. you have been nothing but a positive influence on every member and you have helped give vimeo it reputation for having such a close knit, creative community!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks a lot Blake. Thank you for working hard in keeping this community really fun and exciting. I hope to find myself in New York again in the near future :-)
Ben Millett 10 months ago

Karen, you totally rock! I'm glad that you could play a part of my 2008. What a year it was!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks for being there with me Life Coach! Professor Millett, best ever, for life!

2009 needs to have more of you in my life in proximal distance.
Irynka 10 months ago

love it!!!
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks a lot Irynka! :-)
ZhiC 10 months ago

Karen, this is like a breeze of fresh air!! your inspiring work totally define the theme of memory... its like having wonderful flashbacks whenever I want..
wishing you the best in 2009
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thank you so much ZhiC! Editing the entire thing was an experience too of reliving .... and picking out what I want to remember and what I want to forget. :-)

I hope you have an awesome 2009 as well thanks again so much!
Kyle McAdams 10 months ago

Wow! Just watching that really gives me the drive to be even more creative and to just do something, learn something, experience something every day. Sometimes it's easy to get in a rut with your day to day life. But your retrospective of your year just reminds me to break out of the day to day grind and just live in the moment and create something beautiful. Thank You for that. Good Luck and All the Best in 2009.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thanks a lot Kyle. Yeah I totally agree about geting in a rut with the day to day. Majority of the reason why accomplished something was to escape the day to day. I day dream a lot, so why not be active about it. Definitely take time for yourself, even if not to create to just relax and take things in, it's really important. Sometimes I second guess putting something off and doing something more fun, but afterwards I'm glad I did it.

Take Care!
Phillip Wilson 10 months ago

Karen,
Hi, I am from Roanoke, Va. and I randomly found your video. I love it. I lost a son in 2008, the message at the end is so true, because friends and life are what helped me get thru his death. I think you are very talented and would love to see more of your work.
Thank you so much. pwwroa@gmail.com
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Phillip, I'm sorry for your loss, but I hope that you are able to celebrate his life. Through hardships and loss friends are definitely key in keeping your head out of the water. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch this, I really appreciate it a lot. I hope you are doing well in the beginning of this year and if you need to talk feel free to get a hold of me at m.karenabad@gmail.com

Have a beautiful day!
Taylor Wood 10 months ago

Wow, simply amazing..
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Aww thanks so much Taylor. Happy New Year!!! (haha even though we're half way into the first month!)
John McVean 10 months ago

You inspire me.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Thank you very much John, that's very kind of you to say. :-)
mike ambs ☂ 10 months ago

I love cloud shots... I just do :) It makes me want to go outside right now and film the clouds all night. Oooh - I loved that 3rd shot.

I love this song. It's very... lullaby'ish. Did you animate those things at 1:20? They remind me of cells... or energy :)

Yay!! Karen voice-over! Too cute. Love the 16mm footage.

*sigh*

All these shots are just great. Karen! Can you please come to NoHo so we can just run around and make videos!

Hey :P that dork was me.

Beautiful shot of the grass at 3:50. All this NY footage is great. So grainy and perfect.

You will look back on this video years from now :) and be so, so happy and blown away by your talent.

Mogwai!!!

Yay for voting!

Your creativity blows me away.

*hug*
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

Eeek!!! I love mike ambs.

Haha someone in these comments compared this video to your VloMo compilation, must mean we think alike! :-)

Mm i love clouds so much forever, I can never get enough of cloud footage. Yeah I made those things at 1:20 in after effect hee hee...can be seen here:

vimeo.com/1305691

I hope I look back and see that i've improved haha. I definitely see improvement from the year prior...leaps and bounds.

Mogwizzle!

Thanks so much for being there alongside with me throughout this year. You're friendship is golden to me! Now we just need to be in the same place at the same time.

<3 *hug hug hug~*
amankerstudio 10 months ago

00:13 - 00:30 is very awesome...:)
how do you do this...???
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 10 months ago

I took a hot air balloon powered by dinosaurs into the heavens. haha well I wish. Actually, while I was filmming this, vimeo.com/2526564 , I shot almost an hour of extra stuff I ended up not using. I just let the camera roll out filmming clouds while I was standing on a hill. :-) Thanks so much!
Casey Warren | MIND CASTLE 10 months ago

great video!!