Youtube

I would like to kick off this blog by discussing my first love of the internet: youtube

I spend some time on Facebook, I no longer use twitter and I never joined tumblr (because honestly, tumblr scares me) but when I say I live on the internet, I mostly mean I live on youtube.

I watch videos when I wake up, when I brush my teeth, when I eat breakfast, before I go to sleep -- constantly. It's probably the reason I can't sleep (that melatonin though) and the reason I don't have time to do anything else.

I've subscribed to so many youtubers that my sub box is almost always active…what a life, I know.

My dream is to attend VidCon. For those of you who don't know, it is THE conference for video content creators and viewers in America. It was launched by the vlogbrothers (John and Hank Green, god bless, although TFIOS was so depressing I can't even look at their posts on Facebook without crying but that's a whole different blog post) and takes place for 4 days every year in Anaheim, California. All the youtube stars convene. I don't know what I would do with myself if I went -- probably die.

If you've been watching youtube for a while, you have probably gone through the "man, I want to make videos" phase as I have been in for the past year or so. I actually adore filming and editing videos. It's the first thing I lean towards for school: physics extra credit music video, wellness movie trailer, junior class president campaign video, senior class vice president music video, biology final project… the list goes on forever. However, there are already videos out there in every category imaginable -- beauty, vlogs, comedy, film, cooking, music… if you can think of it, it's probably already been done. I would just be one of many million and never go viral, because, trust me, youtube is a commitment that only gives back once you start hitting about 100,000 subscribers or so. Which could take years. You'd have to start making content in 2008 to be big now.

Let me know in the comments if any of you are as addicted to youtube as I am. And, if any of you have ever attended VidCon!

I plan to dedicate my next post to describing the personalities of some (and by some, I mean perhaps 20) of my favorite youtubers. I will try to include ones who are not as well known and deserve to receive some attention.