My god is that title ever an
eye-crosser. Don't worry regular readership, it'll all make sense
soon. Of course if you've been directed here for the first time
thanks to the video below then this is old news and you've more than
likely moved on to something shiny.
Writing anything about the happenings
on youtube isn't exactly what you'd call a common occurrence around
here. In all honesty there are very few channels I check on a regular
basis. Most of those are either for finding more strange 80's or at
least 80's sounding music and the others are for researching
boardgames. When it comes to regular vloggers and such hardly anyone
catches my interest. That changed a few months back while I was
researching the width of subscription boxes and came across a lad
named Johnny Tellez. Odd that I call him a lad despite me being his
junior by like a year and a half. Still; in the vast swarm of what I
view as mostly half-hearted unboxing videos and dull vlogs here was a
remarkably entertaining and upbeat guy. I became a fan right quick
and have kept up on his work ever since.
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I will admit an additional interest in
that I find us to be like the two sides of a coin. Here's a guy with
a vast amount of similarities to me. I mean he's an admitted mama's
boy (totally in that club myself) who collects horror movies, adores
pop culture, toys, and even has an affinity for small troublesome
dogs. Even our tastes are very close with just the occasional
alteration such as his love for Dr. Who. God help me, I do not
understand that show. Sure, I've come across other folks who share
these things in common just never this much, but then there's the big
difference.
Johnny's a very upbeat, cheerful,
bright-side kinda guy. Not to mention that he's quite the helpful
type as well. He's always giving shout outs to his fellow vloggers,
and talking up the benefits of treating people well. While I share
the helpful stance, kinda have to in my line of work, I'm not so much
in the upbeat attitude. It's not like I'm some insufferable turd, but
I definitely lean more towards the crude and nasty side of life. In
movie terms, if this was Twins, I'd be the DeVito half. As a student
of psychology I can't help but wonder what leads to that split. Is it
the difference in families, or environment? He's apparently spent
most of his life in warm & sunny places while my life is all in
the frosty north. There's probably some philosophical equation
presented by this sort of phenomenon but lord knows I ain't the one
to calculate it. Whatever the case, it's always a comfort to know
there are others out in the world like oneself.
When I started tying out different
mystery boxes, the idea struck me that is must be massive fun to
create one. This manifested first in my new practice of birthday
boxes for friends & family and a lingering urge to do something a
little bit bigger. Thous formed the idea of promoting the site with a
special box. I actually thought of a few potential targets for this
project and Johnny was naturally at the top of the list. Even now, I
can hardly believe he agreed to do it. A few weeks of hunting and
gathering commenced with plans for crafting as well. Sadly, my
current focus on cleaning out this house amongst other things leaves
very little time to make stuff. You better believe that's driving me
crazy. Eventually I ended up with something I could feel mostly proud
of and so it was time to ship it out.
On Saturday morning I mailed out the
package and faced a few close calls as hungover drivers nearly plowed
into my scooter. After screaming obscenities at one of them, I was
almost tempted to follow him. Anyone who drives that poorly deserves
a punch to the back of their head.
Next up was the waiting game. Ohhh how
I hate that game. More so when the tracking info says your box went
to Texas and back to Michigan within an hour. On Tuesday night after
napping for a spell (apparently Italian seasoned ground turkey
doesn't agree with me) I awoke to my phone telling me that I'd been
added to someone's circle. In my still hazy thought patterns this
could only mean one thing. I hopped onto youtube to see the fruits of
my labor. Believe me, my heart was pounding with an odd mixture of
excitement and worry. There was always a chance that I'd grossly
miscalculated this whole project. Then I got to see it and my god it
was awesome.
Imagine the feeling of giving a really
good Christmas gift, only there's no holiday and you hardly know this
person from Adam. It's really outstanding. I took that vibe with me
and went for a quiet 1 A.M. walk. The world doesn't seem quite as
lonely when you're thinking of how somebody on the opposite border of
the country is gonna enjoy the super Nintendo game or weird show you
sent em. I've been a giver for years with things like toys for tots
and Thrifty Secret Santa last year, but actually getting to watch the
person open those items on the spot makes for something special.
Really that's the thing to take away
from this. Let's say this project fails as an attempt to grow my
audience. I still had the joy of watching a goofy guy, not unlike
meself have a lot of fun unboxing some goodie crate I threw together.
I love collecting experiences and the quality of this one is gonna
stick around for a while. If you ever get a chance to do something
similar, maybe you've got a buddie with a youtube channel or
something, try it. Kinda gives you a high. Like nobody's gonna knock
me down for at least a few days. Here's a visualization for you.
So for anywhere from the tenth to
twentieth time, I'd like to thank Johnny for agreeing to this little
idea of mine. In my experience it's not something many people would
do for a stranger. Hell, I've met some that wouldn't do something
like this for their friends (Don't much care for those people). Wish
him all the best of luck with moving, his channel, and whatever
projects he gets wrapped up in. He's a decent guy, he's earned it.
Since he's got me considering some youtube content once I finally
have a filming space maybe there's a chance of doing this again
sometime. Until then, I'll continue to be a regular viewer of his
work and of course keep up my duties right here. And I still gotta
find a second job, finish writing a novel, and get my video and board
game ideas off the ground. Oh the troubles of those who dream too
much.
For anyone who came here from Johnny's
channel, I hope you'll stick around for a while. The next entry
should be an unboxing...or maybe something about ninjas. That's all
up to the mailman.
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