Me neither. I'm not so two-dimensional. But every now and again, I'll find a song that gets really damn close.
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Monday, April 15, 2013
Together we'll ring in the New Year!
Me neither. I'm not so two-dimensional. But every now and again, I'll find a song that gets really damn close.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Across the sea can mean a number of things.
Yet again I’m traveling through one of those anxious bouts
where I have to shake up everything I’m doing because I feel I’m doing too much
of one thing—currently it’s watching the same old vlogs and listening to the
same old conversations again—and then I found this
“There’s a girl across the sea, and although I’m happy being
loved it never feels like love to me.” Though this is probably supposed to be a
love song, my mind drifted back to an uncomfortable scene—first day of freshmen
year, with no friends, trying to talk with a girl I used to know and her click
of friends.
People don’t have to be physically far away to be across a
sea.
Hell, my entire memory of the first few months of middle
school’s essentially standing in a sea of people and not a single person to
talk to.
How odd that the human psyche can find some comfort in
awkward past situations. I guess it shows how much you’ve grown and how much
better your life is now.
I guess I’ve changed some, but it hasn’t been much, I don’t
think. Just some more self-confidence and better social skills. And friends.
Friends are an important thing to note.
Thank you, Alex Day. *wink*
I’d suggest checkin’ him out on YouTube if you haven’t—he’s
under Nerimon. :D
With love,
Nikola Strange
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Monday, March 11, 2013
OohCullen! Gotta love YouTube.
Oh YouTube! How I adore you for all the bountiful fun things you give us! May you forever be blessed by the internet Gods, and may I always be blessed with awesome friends whom watch YouTube for me and hand me all the brilliant things they find, like Cullen Cochran!
From this little beaut on, I was absolutely infatuated with this wonderful person's music!
I ran my way through most all of his videos and found myself very fond of not just his music but his character. Unlike more *ahem* mainstream artists, YouTube has this brilliant ability of giving average joes--free from all the pressures of record labels and the worries of selling albums--to take on the roll of artist, which leads to a lot of experimentation.
Creative, fun and genuine experimentation.
From what limited exposure I've had to this young man's charming personality, I've found him to actually be quite pleasant! Any fan of a good conceit in literature accompanied with an infectious personality would most-likely love this boy.
Good lordy I must sound silly. I don't mean to play cheerleader, here, but this dude is just too damn pleasant!
And intelligent.
And funny.
And all-around talented.
With great taste in music!
And fandoms!
He's also a Nerdfighter.
Check the guy out, man!! If you like his style, he won't disappoint, spare a missed deadline or two. ^ ^"
Huh.. . . .this would be an absolutely useless post considering the amount of praise Cullen's already getting if it wouldn't have brought on a question onto mah noggin': Why is the viewership mostly women?
It should be a no-brainer, considering how I'm passively gushing over the poor man as I type, but it's not just Cullen: Charlie McDonnell, the Vlogbrothers, Nerimon, and other such YouTube vlogs are followed mostly by women--and some of the younger men openly admit they can't understand why this is, or girls in general.
I would say "Take note!" to the men in the audience (maybe one of the five people whom actually read these damn posts), but I'm willing to argue they don't have to.
These men are, roughly, everything a girl's ever wanted, be it in a platonic friendship, a romantic relationship or even in a sibling or cousin or uncle! We see in them what we don't see in the men surrounding us, but why is that? Do they not exist in our own circles? In our schools, or work environments? And if they do, why is it we don't see them?
To get the answer, we'd have to really look at how much of ourselves we put out for the general public online: you're alienated and distanced from the people watching you, listening to you, or reading your blog *ta da!*. How much of yourself do you put out there?
At the same time, how much do you hide after you realize people are reading or watching your things? Especially for the men listed above, whom have methodically thought of ways to engage their audience as Hank Green made clear in a video over vlogging.
I think this brings up another question: Are these vloggers really as pleasant as we believe them to be?
Short answer? Yeah, I think so. These guys do put a lot of themselves out there on the internet, proven time and time again via song lyrics, somber videos, and embarrassing questions answered. And they're courageous enough to post their videos up! I'm a coward in comparison! I spew out my guts and none of ya'll have seen my face!
In the end, it comes down to what side of ourselves we expose on the internet vs. "real life" (if the term is even applicable anymore) interaction: in "real life" (whatever that means), we're too busy worrying about what others think of us, while on the internet, with a level or two distanced and alienated, it's almost like being completely alone in your room--you can be the chipped, rusted, half-functioning, charming, interesting and generally pleasant human being you are without the fear of judgement or name-calling--because your league of fangirls will totally overpower the haters and you can just block negative comments anyways!
So maybe, just maybe, there are a lot more Cullen Cochrans out there in the world. We just can't meet them as easily as we've met this particular one, and probably never will.
With love
Nikola Strange
I ran my way through most all of his videos and found myself very fond of not just his music but his character. Unlike more *ahem* mainstream artists, YouTube has this brilliant ability of giving average joes--free from all the pressures of record labels and the worries of selling albums--to take on the roll of artist, which leads to a lot of experimentation.
Creative, fun and genuine experimentation.
From what limited exposure I've had to this young man's charming personality, I've found him to actually be quite pleasant! Any fan of a good conceit in literature accompanied with an infectious personality would most-likely love this boy.
Good lordy I must sound silly. I don't mean to play cheerleader, here, but this dude is just too damn pleasant!
And intelligent.
And funny.
And all-around talented.
With great taste in music!
And fandoms!
He's also a Nerdfighter.
Check the guy out, man!! If you like his style, he won't disappoint, spare a missed deadline or two. ^ ^"
Huh.. . . .this would be an absolutely useless post considering the amount of praise Cullen's already getting if it wouldn't have brought on a question onto mah noggin': Why is the viewership mostly women?
It should be a no-brainer, considering how I'm passively gushing over the poor man as I type, but it's not just Cullen: Charlie McDonnell, the Vlogbrothers, Nerimon, and other such YouTube vlogs are followed mostly by women--and some of the younger men openly admit they can't understand why this is, or girls in general.
I would say "Take note!" to the men in the audience (maybe one of the five people whom actually read these damn posts), but I'm willing to argue they don't have to.
These men are, roughly, everything a girl's ever wanted, be it in a platonic friendship, a romantic relationship or even in a sibling or cousin or uncle! We see in them what we don't see in the men surrounding us, but why is that? Do they not exist in our own circles? In our schools, or work environments? And if they do, why is it we don't see them?
To get the answer, we'd have to really look at how much of ourselves we put out for the general public online: you're alienated and distanced from the people watching you, listening to you, or reading your blog *ta da!*. How much of yourself do you put out there?
At the same time, how much do you hide after you realize people are reading or watching your things? Especially for the men listed above, whom have methodically thought of ways to engage their audience as Hank Green made clear in a video over vlogging.
I think this brings up another question: Are these vloggers really as pleasant as we believe them to be?
Short answer? Yeah, I think so. These guys do put a lot of themselves out there on the internet, proven time and time again via song lyrics, somber videos, and embarrassing questions answered. And they're courageous enough to post their videos up! I'm a coward in comparison! I spew out my guts and none of ya'll have seen my face!
In the end, it comes down to what side of ourselves we expose on the internet vs. "real life" (if the term is even applicable anymore) interaction: in "real life" (whatever that means), we're too busy worrying about what others think of us, while on the internet, with a level or two distanced and alienated, it's almost like being completely alone in your room--you can be the chipped, rusted, half-functioning, charming, interesting and generally pleasant human being you are without the fear of judgement or name-calling--because your league of fangirls will totally overpower the haters and you can just block negative comments anyways!
So maybe, just maybe, there are a lot more Cullen Cochrans out there in the world. We just can't meet them as easily as we've met this particular one, and probably never will.
With love
Nikola Strange
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