Hi Friends

I was going to write a post about how things have been recently, but too much has happened for me to put in a simple post right now. I literally don't have the patience. So instead, I thought I would do something fun.

A lot of you are my family and friends, but I know that I do also get audience from Google+ and Twitter, possibly from people who don't know me that well. Even my friends and family may not know me that well. So I'm going to talk about myself, give some facts, maybe some favorites, and a little about my life. Things that you don't already know obviously.

• My name is Kaylynn, but on the blog I go by Kaylee. On my other social media, it's Kaylie. "Kaylee" is my dad's spelling of the name, and when I first created the blog, I wanted to distance my every day life from it. But now I believe it is a part of me. So I embrace Kaylee and Kaylie. 
• If you want to find me on social media, my username for almost everything is kaylie153. My Tumblr is keeperkeys. 
• I am 20 years old, and impatiently awaiting my 21st.
• I have four pets at home: Little Dog, the long haired chihuahua; Zou-Zou (or Kitty), the cat; Gizmo, the shih tzu; and Cassidy, the German Shepherd mix.
• I live in Texas, born and raised.
• I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for almost 3 and a half years.
• There are over ten cities on my list of places I want to live for at least six months. (Idea for a blog post?)
• My favorite color is purple.
• My favorite number is 9 because it was my favorite age. 
• My friends mean everything to me.
• Here's something I really don't want my mom to see: I'm Agnostic.
• I love all music except rap. Well most rap anyway.
• I'm pretty good with trivia. Jon and I are beasts at Heads Up.
• I want a YouTube channel more and more every day.
• I want to publish a book.
• I want to graduate college before I'm 27. (By the way I changed it again. There will be a post about it soon!)
• Sometimes my posts are late because I get too depressed to write anything.
• My favorite video games are Dynasty Warriors 4 and Max Payne (the first one) because they were games my brothers introduced me to.
• I look up to my brothers even when they're idiots.
• My mom is my best friend.
• Not counting my best friends and Jon.
• There's a lot I want to do in life and I'm so afraid I won't accomplish anything.

Well there's some things. It looks really long but there could've been more. I didn't know how detailed or what things were appropriate. Plus I don't know who all will read this, so I couldn't put some of the things on here that I feel are funny or important about me. While this might be boring, I hope it can show you a bit more about me, my person, and hopefully open up a dialogue between us if you found something of interest. I tried not to repeat myself about some things, so I didn't bother listing that I love books, movies, and photography. 

Expect the post about major change/SCAD soon!

Stay fresh y'all!

Kaylee

YouTube and Me

I've always liked YouTube, using it to find tutorials, watch movie trailers, and whatever video had gone viral recently. It was last year, during my freshman year of college that I was inducted into the real world of YouTube, into Let’s Players, vloggers, and lots of sketches. Chey (my roommate of two years) and her boyfriend introduced me to games. I don’t consider myself a “gamer,” but I do like to play, and I definitely like to watch cute, funny idiots play videogames.

The first person they showed me was Markiplier (https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME), when he was playing the first Five Nights at Freddy’s. I did not like him at first. I found his voice annoying and I thought that he was rather childish. That same week, I went to visit Jon and I showed him the videos because I thought they were his style (they were). By the end of that month, Chey, Alex, and I had a nightly ritual of watching Mark’s videos. My love for him had begun to grow.

Besides Markiplier, I found some other gamers and sketch artists I really liked.

Jacksepticeye (https://www.youtube.com/user/jacksepticeye)

Cryaotic (https://www.youtube.com/user/ChaoticMonki)

Matthias (https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiasiam)

JacksFilms (https://www.youtube.com/user/jacksfilms)

YouTube is the getaway for a shitty drug. No matter who I watch, be it Mark or either of the Jacks, I smile and laugh. My introduction into YouTube really couldn’t have come at a better time. When you struggle with things like depression and anxiety, it’s important to find things that calm you down and make you happy. These boys are saving my life, and many others’, just by being themselves and doing what they love. As a sophomore in college, it’s nice to have an escape from things like homework, professors, roommates, and work. It’s important to find things and people you can depend on, and hold onto through the hard times.

I’m an actress, I can memorize a script and walk onto a stage, and I’m golden. But write out a few topic points and talk to a camera? I freeze up. I made a YouTube channel (where I posted videos) back in the ninth grade. It sucked ass. On the bright side, it taught me I couldn’t do vlogs until I was more comfortable in front of a camera. And although I’m not comfortable enough to just blab about myself and my life aloud, I am very relaxed talking about books, people, movies, and my blog. Easy things to script, right?

Beginning after Christmas, I will attempt to record and queue up some videos and vlogs on my YouTube channel. I’m not doing this recognition or views, this is for me. This is about experience, gaining confidence, and networking. When I get my first video up, I will post the link on the blog, my Twitter, and Google+.

Thank you for the support and patience; let’s hope this will be a productive and enriching holiday season.

Stay fresh!

Kaylee