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Naming Bree's Dad

2007-01-26T21:38:20Z

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| name = Naming Bree's Dad
| number = NBR11
| image =
| caption =
| date = January 25nd, 2007
| url = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCBJ8RQltQ YouTube]
| description = Thank you for the name submissions. I know Bree would be proud of all of you. It was a difficult decision...
| tags = nikkibowerreport bree dad paul sushi bread
| Previous = Investigating Pins and Pints
| Next =
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'''Naming Bree's Dad''' is the eleventh video in the Nikki Bower Report series. It was posted in response to [[Foosball Battle]], but concludes the contest Nikki proposed in [[The Last Hours of Bree's Dad's Life - NBR 9]].

Nikki decides that until Bree reveals otherwise, she will call [[Bree's father|Bree's dad]] Drew Avery.

==Transcript==
'''Nikki:''' Hey guys, Nikki B. here. Thanks for joining me for lunch. Havin' a little sushi in between some investigations- but I just wanted to address Bree's dad's naming. Thank you everyone for all of your great imput, I got so many great responses, thank you for making your response videos- I got some great fans!
Amyjess suggested "Bread" because that's Bree/Dad put together, you get it, bread? ColinG suggested "Brad"- same thing, Bree and Dad- Brad. Robtomorrow suggested Robert Paulson.. just because. Longtimelurker came up with Francis Powell, which is based on the drycleaners than Bree called. CCGrocksU creatively came up with Xavier WaChaCha... hmm, it could happen.
I did receive a submission from Daniel's friend Paul, and even he- being closely connected- doesn't know Bree's dad's name. His suggestion? *looks around* Paul. Thanks Paul. One of my favorites was from luv2skydive. They suggested that Bree's dad's name be "Drew Avery". That's a combination of Nancy Drew and Oswald Avery, who was a doctor and researcher. Pretty cool combo if you ask me. And of course a lot of you mentioned the name "Gerald", because I forgot to mention Gerald Ford's passing. But hey guys, Gerald Ford is in my heart. We go way back to Watergate... me and Gerald *makes finger motion implying 'tight'*. Gerald, I miss him! *sad face*
So what's my suggestion for Bree's dad's name you ask? Well I think it should be Richard Owen. Richard because he kind of looks like he could be a Richard, and Owen because, you know, Owen the turtle.
Plus, Richard Owen was a biologist and paleontologist and a peer of Charles Darwin. I feel that could be Bree's dad. Alright guys, I want to thank all of you for all your great suggestions for Bree's dad's name, but I had to pick one- so the winner of Bree's dad's name is- drumroll *drums with chopsticks*- "Drew Avery"! Great job, luv2skydive, it's very hip, very young, very inventive. We're going to stick with "Drew Avery". Now of course Bree's dad will always be "Bree's dad", until Bree herself comes out and tells us his name, I think we'll just call him "Drew Avery"- has a nice sound to it- Drewav(?)...

-Video Ends black screen saying "IN MEMORY OF BREE'S DAD DREW AVERY"*

==Notes==
* This would also imply that Bree's full name is Bree Avery.

Homeless

2007-01-22T04:46:41Z

ReyalP: /* Notes */

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| name = Homeless
| number = 0089
| image = Bree_stonewalls.jpg
| caption = Daniel interrogates. Bree stonewalls.
| blogger = Daniel
| date = December 1st, 2006
| url = [http://www.lonelygirl15.com/?p=125 lonelygirl15.com]
| description = We had to ditch the car so now we're homeless. I can't begin to describe how much this sucks.
| tags = [[LG15]] [[lonelygirl15]] [[daniel]] [[danielbeast]] [[car]] [[ditch]] [[homeless#Transcript{{!}}homeless]] [[crummy]] [[lame]] [[tachyon]] [[tracking]] [[purple]] [[monkey]]


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| song = Believe Me by Golden Shoulders


| character1 = Bree
| actor1 = Jessica Lee Rose
| character2 = Daniel
| actor2 = Yousef Abu-Taleb
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| Previous = Daniel Is Right
| Next = Warwalking
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'''Homeless''' is the eighty-ninth video in the Lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]].

==Transcript==
''(Daniel and Bree are driving down the highway in Daniel's car. The camera turns to Bree.)''

'''Bree:''' Just leave it here, Daniel.

'''Daniel:''' No.

'''Bree:''' Why not?

'''Daniel:''' Not yet. We can't leave it on the highway.

'''Bree:''' Well, who cares if they find it? If--We're not going to be inside of the car.

'''Daniel:''' Do you understand? We're going to be on foot. If we leave it on the highway, we're going to have to walk out on the highway. They would find us.

'''Bree:''' Well, you don't need to talk to me like I'm a five-year-old. I'm listening to you.

'''Daniel:''' I'm not talking to you like you're a five-year-old--

'''Bree:''' Yeah, you are talking to me like I'm--

'''Daniel:''' No I'm not, I'm just--

'''Bree:''' You're acting like I'm stupid.

'''Daniel:''' I'm--You're not stupid.

'''Bree:''' I know that I'm not stupid.

'''Daniel:''' I'm just saying--I'm just saying that we--we can't be so reckless. It just--just...

''(The camera is pointed at Bree, from behind the car.)''

'''Bree:''' Maybe we should have one last look.

'''Daniel:''' No, we have to go.

'''Bree:''' But if we can find the device, then we can keep the car. We really need the car! How are we gonna get out of here?

'''Daniel:''' We're gonna walk. Come on. (''Daniel takes Bree's bag off her shoulder.'') Are you ready? You have everything?

'''Bree:''' Yeah.

'''Daniel:''' Alright, let's go. (''The camera spins around forwards as Daniel walks. It cuts back to Bree, who's wearing her safari hat.'') Hurry up! (''Daniel passes the camera to Bree.'') I'm carrying both bags. (''Believe Me by [http://www.myspace.com/gs Golden Shoulders] plays as we see Daniel walking ahead with both bags.'')

'''Daniel:''' (''voiceover'') So I got a bunch of messages from some people and... someone named [[Tachyon]]. She said that there was some sort of tracking device on my car. Well, I mean, how could they keep finding us? There had to be something on my car. (''Footage of Bree walking is seen.'') Anyway, we don't have a car now, so we're walking. (''The screen goes black.'')

'''Daniel:''' No, really, tell me!

(''cut to Bree is leaning against a tree, her hands covering her face.'')

'''Bree:''' Daniel, stop!

(''Bree takes her hands off her face.'')

'''Daniel:''' No, I wanna know! What is there out here that makes you want to stay?

(''Bree tries to push the camera away, but fails.'')

'''Bree:''' Daniel...

'''Daniel:''' No, seriously! In case you haven't noticed, we're homeless!

'''Bree:''' What do you want me to do? If we go home--

'''Daniel:''' Why can't we go home?

(''The camera moves closer to Bree.'')

'''Bree:''' Why don't we just--Stop it! (''The camera pulls back.'') Why don't we just stay with Jonas?

'''Daniel:''' What?

'''Bree:''' We'd--Well, he has money, he said that we could stay there--

'''Daniel:''' You don't even know Jonas!

'''Bree:''' He has a house--

(''Believe Me plays louder as Bree becomes quieter. It then cuts to where Bree is seen walking in a park.'')

'''Daniel:''' We're definetly going home. I don't care what Bree wants anymore. It's the right decision. We're gonna go to the police and take our chances.

==Notes==
* This is the first video in which one of the characters mentions interacting with [[Tachyon]]. Previously, on [[Survival Skills]], Bree mentioned [[OpAphid]] in passing. Gemma also mentioned [[OPAPHID]] in a [[An Awkward Silence]], but none of the characters seemed to mention or interact with ex-agent Tachyon until this video.
* A [[YouTube]] user commented: "Oh oh oh! I know how they keep finding you! You record your location and put it on the internet!" Many others posted similar comments.
* Several fans suggested that the bug is not in fact in Daniel's car, but in one of Bree's animals. Some have suggested that when Owen got "hurt" in "[[Ransacked!]]" it was because they had stuck a bug in him - though that begs the question of how they found the motel room in the first place. Another theory is that P. Monkey contains the bug. We know she was at Bree's when the Deacons came, because her parents hid a note in her.

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Cassieiswatching

2007-01-22T02:22:38Z

ReyalP: Grammar fix

== Summary- The CassieNotes Version ==
'''Cassieiswatching''' is the name of a YouTube user who garnered notoriety for "herself" after posting two videos, featuring locations from the [[Lonelygirl15]] videos [[Swimming!]] and [[In The Park]]. Because these locations in the Los Angeles area were believed to be known only to the [[LG15]] production staff and cast, a great air of mystery still surrounds cassieiswatching as to how its producers came into possession of such knowledge.

The creators of the [[Lonelygirl15]] project have disavowed any connection to cassieiswatching [http://www.lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=718], but for several weeks, numerous ''[[cassie]]'' fans speculated that the disavowment was an aspect of the "This Is Not A Game" tradition of [[Alternate Reality Game]]s, which cassieiswatching is believed to have been.

[[The Creators]] of [[Lonelygirl15]] have yet to address this speculation directly, though moderators at [http://www.lonelygirl15.com/forum the official Lonelygirl15 forum] have stated that the forum [[Admin]] offered assurances that cassieiswatching is not directly related to [[lonelygirl15 (production) | lonelygirl15]]. [http://lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1135&start=30]

Since the movement of cassieiswatching into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORG MMORPG] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_life Second Life] and the non-eventful nature of [[October 12]] in [[lonelygirl15]], cassieiswatching's producers seem to have put the project on hiatus, leaving many of its fans now ready to believe that it is an entity independent of [[lonelygirl15]] after all. As yet, the unconfirmed detail that the "[[cassie]]" of cassieiswatching was merely an artifact of late-introduced character [[Frank]]'s schizophrenia appears to be the strongest candidate for the series' solution.

Much later in the official storyline, it has been implied that cassieiswatching's videos are indeed made by [[Bree]]'s friend [[Cassie]], but rather than a supernatural origin, they are an elaborate prank pulled by a mischievious girl.

==Origin ==
[[Cassieiswatching posted her first video on September 12, 2006. The creation of cassieiswatching appears to be inspired by two events:

(1) The [[lonelygirl15]] video [[Swimming!]] dated August 29, 2006 contains three scenes in which the characters refer to a girl named Cassie. In the video, [[Bree]] asks [Daniel]] about the fate of a girl she knew from high school. [[Daniel]] says he doesn't remember this girl. [[Bree]] unsuccessfully tries to spark his memory, and then says she used to walk the track with her and that other kids were mean to [[Cassie]]. The last scene contained a somber tone that contrasts with the rest of the video, which was lighthearted and intimate.

(2) The unveiling of [[lonelygirl15]] as an interactive multimedia production [http://lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36] and not a real video blog on September 7, 2006. The YouTube page for the first cassieiswatching video, [[This Is My Story Now]], contains the tags "[[bree]]" "tells" "lies" in reference to the news that [[lonelygirl15]] is not real. The video ends with a voice saying "come and get it," commonly interpreted as an invitation to [[lonelygirl15]] viewers to participate in an [[ARG]] (Alternate Reality Game).

The game has leveraged the use of multimedia and interactive content to generate clues for the participants. Clues have been discovered in two videos, an altered [Bible] page, a voicemail message and several puzzles using morse code and anagrams.

===[[Virginia Heffernan]]===

A New York Times blogger, Virginia Heffernan, who had been extensively covering the story of lonelygirl15, reported on cassieiswatching's first video before it was released in [http://screens.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/lonely-girl-and-friends-just-wanted-movie-deal/ this entry], describing it as "[a] renegade lonelygirl-spinoff, which has some attenuated ties to the original". When asked about it through e-mail, Ms. Heffernan said:

<pre>"I was tipped off to it in weird ways: Morse-code text messages, Skype
IMs with a mysterious name, and that screwy audio file. The only
proof that what the person was saying was true is that he/she/they/it
had a photo and the coordinates of the swimming hole, so I believed
that there had been some contact with the original creators. But who
knows?"</pre> [http://www.lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=727#7178]

== Cassie Is Watching Clues ==

''see [[Cassieiswatching clues]]''

==Character Development ==

===Canon - The Official Cassie===

[[Cassie]] has been referenced in three [[Lonelygirl15]] videos: '''[[Swimming!]]''' dated August 30, 2006 and '''[[My Helper]]''' dated September 27, 2006, as well as the more recnt video '''[[Bree Phone Home]]'''.

In the '''[[Swimming!]]''' video, [[Bree]] has the following discussion with Daniel:

[[Bree]]: Whatever happened to that girl [[Cassie]]?

[[Daniel]]: Who?

[[Bree]]: That girl, she was in your class. You know?

[[Daniel]]: I have no idea what you’re talking about.

(other dialog)

[[Bree]]: Did she graduate?

[[Daniel]]: Who?

[[Bree]]: [[Cassie]].

[[Daniel]]: Who is this girl?

[[Bree]]: She was in your class

(break)

[[Bree]]: ... PE together.

[[Daniel]]: What'd she look like?

[[Bree]]: I don't remember.

[[Daniel]]: Why would you even bring it...?

[[Bree]]: I don't know what I'm... alright, just forget about it. I don't know, we used to just walk around the track together. 'Cause everybody was so mean to her. You know? Do you want to go?

[[Bree]] is perceived as an imaginative but socially immature girl, and [[Daniel]] is a practical and introverted guy. The dialog between them suggests a mystery about [[Cassie]]. [[Daniel]], an intelligent and observant individual, should be able to remember a classmate (especially since they live in a small town). [[Daniel]] could be lying, which would alter the interpretation of the mystery, but there is no reason to believe he is withholding information from [[Bree]]. This has caused two lines of speculation: (1) [[Cassie]] disappeared due to foul play, possibly related to a cult (as many victims of cults are loners seeking acceptance from others), or (2) [[Bree]] has a split personality and [[Cassie]] is the other half.

In the '''[[My Helper]]''' video, [[Bree]] says the following:

"The only girl I've ever really been friends with was [[Cassie]]. She used to come over but the whole religion thing kinda freaked her out. And once I went back to home-school she stopped calling me."

This video may have impacted the cassieiswatching game development. The game intially left open the possibility that [[Cassie]] was a victim of a sacrifice related to [[Bree]]'s occult religion, but this video has all but eliminated that theory as plausible.

In '''[[Bree Phone Home]]''' it may have been [[the creators]]' way of giving [[LG15]] viewers closure on who or what cassieiswatching was. Bree explains that while they were friends, [[Cassie]] was prone to doing pranks like prank-calling strangers and whispering creepy things like "I'm watching!"(one of cassieiswatching's trademark phrases). The two of them got in trouble for the prank calls when some of the angry victims of the pranks called [[Bree]]'s house using caller ID. [[Bree]] ended up taking the blame when when her furious mom confronted her about them. After that, [[Bree]] stopped really talking to [[Cassie]]. It is worth noting that in this version of Cassie, she is described as girl who liked to pull creepy pranks. Coupled with the mention of her use of cassieiswatching's catchphrase, it's not a stretch to suppose that the official explanation for cassieiswatching is that it is another creepy prank from [[Bree]]'s old friend [[Cassie]].

===Is cassieiswatching a benevolent or malevolent character?===

The behavior of cassieiswatching could be described as an anonymous informant. She uses direct and indirect methods of conveying information to the participants. The information is oriented to the history of [[Cassie]] and the fate of [[Bree]].

===Is cassieiswatching alive or dead?===

Speculation that cassieiswatching is dead originates from the disembodied filming style of her two videos and the line "But [[Cassie]] does not rest in peace" from clue #7.

===Differences between the storylines===

Adaptation of the [[Cassie]] character by cassieiswatching is increasingly divergent from the [[Cassie]] character referenced in the lonelygirl15 videos:

- cassieiswatching appears to be stalking the Bree character, however neither [[Bree]] nor [[Daniel]] have been aware of the whereabounts of Cassie for a year or longer.

- cassieiswatching has suggested being a victim of a cult ritual in clue #7, however in the [[Lonelygirl15]] "My Helper" video (posted after clue #7 was discovered) [[Bree]] says [[Cassie]] was a friend until "the whole religion thing kinda freaked her out".

-As posted on Frank's Website:(http://canyouhearher.blogspot.com/)

"Hello to all. This message is from [[Kaye]], [[Frank]]'s wife. I am sorry to inform you that [[Frank]] passed away last night.

....

Also, I can assure you there is no [[Cassie]], [[Bree]] or other person who was actually in [[Frank]]'s life at the end. Unfortunately, [[Frank]] saw and heard many people who were not there, and he couldn't tell the difference between those hallucinations and people in the real world. The police and the manager at the motel have said that there was no evidence of a person in crisis who [[Frank]] was actually helping. It is common for people with [[Frank]]'s condition to invent dramatic situations."

There are many that believe that [[Frank]] is not really dead. It is believed by many that [[Frank]] faked the posts from Kaye as he was seeking to get away from the madness that had found him on his blog in the form of many abusive posters. More proof comes from Ancesty.com where you can search for Frank's obiturary, and list [[Kaye]] as Family. Ironically nothing comes up. Not that this doesn't prove it was fake was well, its just insight of possible reasons. The question is if [[Frank]] is indeed alive, will he and/or cassieiswatching ever return.

==Gamejacking ==
Some of the cassieiswatching clues have been interpreted to show evidence of an Alternate Reality Game phenomenon known as "[[gamejacking]]". The change in the first video's description to "TOO SLOW. I DON'T PLAY CARDS. YOU ALL FAILED. I HATE YOU." and cassieiswatching's YouTube profile to "i don't play cards" has been interpreted as a denunciation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot tarot] card clue.

''see [[Cassieiswatching clues]]''

==Videos ==
;YouTube
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IcYUifgEfw This is My Story Now]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOw43rqp6E When I Get to the Bottom Where I Stop] (warning: explicit imagery)

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD743yF94fU Revelation 1]

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=zaa5wqXszZM Revelation 2]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1eC9Txf14s Revelation 3]

==References==
* [http://canyouhearher.blogspot.com/ canyouhearher.blogspot.com] - Frank's Blog
* irc.freenode.net #cassieiswatching -- Chat

==Other Forums==

* [http://cassieiswatching.myfreeforum.org/index.php CiW Uncensored Forum]
* [http://z7.invisionfree.com/Ravens_Keep/index.php?s=0861c466264c5936268fd5c938f5601f&showforum=92 Raven's Keep:CiW Forum]

==Some Notable CiW Sleuthers==

* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=pcxl pcxl]
* [[NillaWafers]]
* [[Cu_Roi]]
* [[BuncytheFrog]]
* [[Watchingcassie]]
* [[twjaniak]]
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