Day 16

Hello!

How are you?

Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for asking! How's your wife? You don't have a wife? Oh....

  I don't know why I write what I write sometimes. Hmmmm... Troubling. 

  Anyways, today I did a lot of breathing. Yep. A whole lot of that. I moved my limbs a lot. Oh, a whole lot. I ummm... Yes. Yes. So, that's that, huh? 

  So, I think I'll talk about music. 

  I listened to a song called "Time to Reply" by Charlie McDonnell (Did I spell his surname correctly?). It is a genius song. A completely genius song. 

  It was inspired by people watching his videos and feeling like they know him, and ultimately wishing that he had "the time to reply". 

  I can really relate to this song. In fact, for the majority of the song, I feel like he's speaking about me. 

  I will be the first person to admit to being a teensy bit addicted to YouTube. But, I'm not addicted to videos about cats, or people falling off dirt bikes. I don't watch the racy music videos or the interviews of actresses and actors, gushing their secrets. I watch a special breed of YouTube. And blogspot, I think  you and I are very well acquainted by now, and I think I can share this with you. 

  Wow... What a dramatic build up... What's she going to say next?

  Alas, I watch videos by a community known as Nerdfighteria and the likes. They are amazing people. The kind of people whose lives and personalities are so genuine and...and...and... I just love it.

  Charlie is a part of that community. His video meant a lot to me, because sometimes it does seem like all of these people standing on the other side of a camera are speaking to you. They speak to me. You end up feeling as if you know these people whose lives you're following. I daydream about meeting them and us becoming instant chums, because of similarities and what-not. I feel like they're a part of my life. 

  Then, the whole world starts to become darker when the thought begins to creep up on you that, in fact, they have no idea who you are, and they will probably never meet you, and you will probably never meet them. When you follow like 40 people on YouTube, all apart of this community, and you realize that they are all friends, and that they hang out, and they appear in each others videos, you get sort of jealous. 

  That's what "Time to Reply" is about, and every time I hear that song, I feel like tearing up. One thing about the song is that the lyrics weren't written by someone outside of the bubble, like me, but instead, someone right at the center of the bubble, like Charlie.

  I find that really comforting. If you want, check out the lyrics to the song. They articulate what I'm trying to say very beautifully. 

  

-D.F.T.B.A.-

Mina;)

Stuff Mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxM5cgZQW7o
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/charlie+mcdonnell/time+to+reply_21000871.html

"I find we've so much in common 
How wierd can it be 
That I feel I know you 
Though you don't know me 

I know it sounds crazy 
But I think if we met 
Spend time together 
We would end up friends "