Hello!
Today was my first real day of choir and I really liked it. I was intimidated of course, but I still really liked it. Another soprano, a student director, was extremely nice and an amazing singer. She says she can train me, and I'll be her little project, which is AWESOME, and really kind of her! We're working on "Deck the Halls" and it doesn't really sound very much like the way the song is typically sang, but I'm excited. Can you tell?
I've taken a particular liking to biology recently, which was not expected. I'm not really a math and science kind of gal, and I don't pretend to be. Biology just makes a lot of sense to me though, and I really enjoy it.
I was thinking a lot today about the divide between content creators and consumers. As a YouTube addict, I spend a lot of time watching random people talk to their cameras. Similar to what I do on here, vlogging (video-blogging) is really just people talking about their lives and their views. That's all great, and anyone can do that, right? Not really. I mean, you can, but few people do it effectively.
Let me explain, I watch many a YouTuber talk about their lives (I'm so pathetic), but the thing is that I end up unsubscribing to them for ONE main reason. This main reason is that their content does not seem genuine to me. If they make videos talking about all of the fine points of their lives, you watch and automatically assume that their lives are going perfectly to their liking, and that bothers me. The emotions behind the content that the creator makes should be accessible to the consumers. In other words, no one wants to hear about how wonderful your life is, if you can't also tell them about the not so wonderful parts. People should be able to empathize with your content, and to understand where you are standing. No one is going to love your content that much if it seems like you're lying, or like your life is surreally perfect.
My favorite YouTubers are people who are able to create content that I can relate to and understand. If I can't relate to their content, then I may not feel like it's very honest. This really only applies to blogging and vlogging. Vlogging and Blogging, that's annoying, right?
I guess, in a way, I want to make sure that anything I write on here is honest. That it's something that someone (out of the 7-8 people who read this) can get.
So, the positive parts of my day were probably that I had a fun lunch with my friend Lauren, choir, my new polka-dot tights and soft sweater, and even biology. The negative parts were probably that I kept getting the hiccups, I lost my water bottle, my hair was being difficult, and most importantly that a friend of mine's father died, which is really sad. Ugh.. That's just so terrible. I'm going to be my aquarian self and go ahead and seem unemotional, which is also a negative thing.
Oh the negative things. I dislike it when they're absent, and I dislike it when they're present. At least I have a choice?
-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)
I forgot to do a confession yesterday, but I can't think of one now so TOUGH.
Speaking of tough, congratulations Lauren on County Champs!!! :)
Today was my first real day of choir and I really liked it. I was intimidated of course, but I still really liked it. Another soprano, a student director, was extremely nice and an amazing singer. She says she can train me, and I'll be her little project, which is AWESOME, and really kind of her! We're working on "Deck the Halls" and it doesn't really sound very much like the way the song is typically sang, but I'm excited. Can you tell?
I've taken a particular liking to biology recently, which was not expected. I'm not really a math and science kind of gal, and I don't pretend to be. Biology just makes a lot of sense to me though, and I really enjoy it.
I was thinking a lot today about the divide between content creators and consumers. As a YouTube addict, I spend a lot of time watching random people talk to their cameras. Similar to what I do on here, vlogging (video-blogging) is really just people talking about their lives and their views. That's all great, and anyone can do that, right? Not really. I mean, you can, but few people do it effectively.
Let me explain, I watch many a YouTuber talk about their lives (I'm so pathetic), but the thing is that I end up unsubscribing to them for ONE main reason. This main reason is that their content does not seem genuine to me. If they make videos talking about all of the fine points of their lives, you watch and automatically assume that their lives are going perfectly to their liking, and that bothers me. The emotions behind the content that the creator makes should be accessible to the consumers. In other words, no one wants to hear about how wonderful your life is, if you can't also tell them about the not so wonderful parts. People should be able to empathize with your content, and to understand where you are standing. No one is going to love your content that much if it seems like you're lying, or like your life is surreally perfect.
My favorite YouTubers are people who are able to create content that I can relate to and understand. If I can't relate to their content, then I may not feel like it's very honest. This really only applies to blogging and vlogging. Vlogging and Blogging, that's annoying, right?
I guess, in a way, I want to make sure that anything I write on here is honest. That it's something that someone (out of the 7-8 people who read this) can get.
So, the positive parts of my day were probably that I had a fun lunch with my friend Lauren, choir, my new polka-dot tights and soft sweater, and even biology. The negative parts were probably that I kept getting the hiccups, I lost my water bottle, my hair was being difficult, and most importantly that a friend of mine's father died, which is really sad. Ugh.. That's just so terrible. I'm going to be my aquarian self and go ahead and seem unemotional, which is also a negative thing.
Oh the negative things. I dislike it when they're absent, and I dislike it when they're present. At least I have a choice?
-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)
I forgot to do a confession yesterday, but I can't think of one now so TOUGH.
Speaking of tough, congratulations Lauren on County Champs!!! :)
I hate it in books when the main character is having a bad life, or something horrid happens, or he/she never stands up to themselves..... something like that. Of course all the books the school makes us read are like that.
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