My fellow alumni has been doing this for longer than many of you have been alive. He’s a PHD yo! You just can’t argue with that shit. If you sorta weird like me….you’ll listen to his shit with easy access to the dictionary. This is the rap you can listen to in front of your kids and not worry about them becoming unruly violent gangsters who end up in prison. He collaborates with artists from all over the world and I can truly say he has made a positive difference.
This girl is the hottest thing that not nearly enough people have heard about this year! Let’s face it, these days the Internet is one noisy and infinite wasteland. I mean…one human can never possibly hear everything that’s out there. Oh the stuff on the radio ain’t too bad, but a new artist has a hard time breaking into the paid-musician-gigs like never before in the history of music.
This year’s keynote artist is (I’m so proud to say this) my second cousin! And I do love my family…so many artistic people. She released her first album this summer and also went on tour….so a lot of you missed a pretty epic concert. She’s a great person who answers comments and has the most cheerful tweets. You’d be wise to click that ol’follow button.
Here is my first and only attempt at a kidz Youtube….well itz really my bestie MissMolly that did most of the work here. Enjoy and follow Youtube ‘koalaateyobaby’ 🙂
ooooo reminds me of home
Good Morning Blobbers
Hearing the call to become an Internet personality is definitely not for anyone. I’m rather reluctant myself since it requires a lot of research, but alas I’ve been hunting for post-University work for years in all aspects of my (very diverse and lucrative) field. This is not the job market I was told about, but I’m lucky that at least I happen to have a talent that is incredibly valuable; higher quality content could be leveraged to a far more profitable level. Well its a strategy I’m not the first to think of. I just know that its probably the brightest idea that has a lot of potential to trend in 2015. And while I’m never the type to get bored, its about time I use all of what little power a 29 year old has to move forward.
If you’re already on board the blogosphere, you understand how different your perception evolves from having more influencers in your life. Whether you believe everything they say or not. The real, hard truth is that some Canadians are emotionally handicapped, and I would argue that this is a far more limiting disability than any of that goblty-gook the psychiatrists go on about (particularly in locations that haven’t achieve much progress in the mental health department). Well, I’m probably a little right and a little wrong….I am bad for speculating about things that just aren’t resolvable (good thing I don’t have any rules to follow).
But you know who I’m talking about, those people who either lack the spark of creativity or just haven’t been taught how to access it. They’re mean. I would probably ban them from the Internet, but I never seem to get my way in these matters. (The policy makers won’t tweet back!) But really, once you get used to it, online bashing is actually more humorous because its stupid and ungrounded. Its sad to see a sensitive noob getting picked on though. Some people come online because they have no where to turn and maybe someone told them how successful a blog community has with healing. A lonely person who, say just moved away has the means to access the people they miss being around. I have one of those MASSIVE families, most of them whom I wouldn’t have talked to in 10 years without a micro-blog. But I should address the negative side of being a content creator: its easy to get in a habit of over-thinking, or over-confidence and unintentionally defaming yourself (oh yes…I’ve engaged in this blunder), or to post when you’ve been drinking. Sometimes those judgy ones will never re-friend you.
But, like any human, I recall a less than ideal time in my life where I had this brilliant idea of becoming the next Hunter S. Thompson and lit the blog community on fire. Well, when one is in those real ruts of life…no matter who you are…your mind tends to wander. In retrospect I suspect most people were afraid to read me or comment. But..a couple people out there who happened to think like I do (or at least used to) gave me comments without any criticism and plenty of insight. It was amazing how they seemed to know what I was saying more than I even did (Oi.. them sneaky telepathics!) Always remember, having a ton of followers can be over-rated. You’d be better off to just post to the extra-terrestrials who are obviously reading.
You don’t need talent, the only requirement is a little thought and a few real life experiences. My advise would be to take extra time and add your photography or whatever you can dream of. I’m busy as can be, but when I’m around I’ll check it out. Everyone’s different. I’m obviously a writer, so for me there’s just no better way to organize my thoughts and move forward. And…as of yet, I haven’t heard any of my catch-phrases or jokes stolen so someone else can profit off them. If they do, I’ll probably sneakily make fun of them (not a perfect angel). My current goal is to be able to market my content, for socially responsible businesses, in a way that will actually entertain people and secure loyal consumers. Do you think I’m worth money? I just happen to be in the Canadian creative capitol (I’m a fierce tiger in this war-like market). I hope I can rise up to one of many of my dreams. But I’m only at this point because I have literally been doing this for over 15 years, since the dawn of the Internet, posting on the daily. At this point in my life there is almost nothing that would make me give up trying. Student loan debt-load tends to keep me awake at night.
One final topic I’d like to address is the nature of content. YOUR CONTENT CAN GET YOU ARRESTED! So be careful out there, and make sure you pay attention in Law class. The area I would suggest you brush up on is privacy law, just in case. No one needs to be an example. Just don’t mention any person or company’s names. Healthy paranoia is ok. If your up to the challenge of being smarter than those who don’t participate in the conversation, carry on…there’s quite a bit of fabulous reading out there that is far more empathetic and compelling than anything printed on paper Maybe you’ll love it, and be a more capable individual as a result. Don’t expect to get paid too soon or very much; there’s a lot of misinformation around about that. Those famous content creators dedicate their entire lives to the gig (its an under-respected occupation as of now, another challenge for me to mull over if things work out). Oi, Canada’s about to become sooooo much weirder……Wordpress has EXPLODED with new Canadian users this holiday season.
Comment, keep in touch, and try not be too degrading towards the dinosaurs who haven’t embraced their special, and for some reason don’t love us.
Just posting so I can watch these vids later….This education system is in dire need of a quick discussion or I suspect things could get ugly. Here’s hoping
fight with energy not bodies. and leave.
If you’re lucky enough to have a stable life with solid friends that appreciate you in all your uniqueness, you still might want to read this in case you know a kid who happens to be a quirk. I dare say I’m as quirky as it gets and even worse I have an incredibly high emotional IQ. But..umm.. my experiences in rural Canada made me far far stronger. And I’m a full grown adult! But my enemies probably felt powerful ,because I advocated non-violence and non-threatening behaviour.
I mean really I will always be just a kid at heart, so its understandable that I got bullied in the very same way that a teenager would. Hopefully I can help someone.
Well where I was, the people just have a lot of angst and crankiness. They all work mundane jobs that pay big bucks and work more than their fair share of hours. They drink alcohol instead of water and the overwhelming majority never reads a book and has no clue what a blog is. The most they will do is take cheap shots on Facebook. Oh I generalize here, there were obviously the good ones. But those ones were always on guard and acting as if they were ordinary. A few select people I met out there, I believe have the potential to be celebrated artists.
But creative enthusiasm is met with both cat-calling and in the worst cases death threats. A girl with large tits is most certainly not permitted to go for a jog or a swim. Bar-brawls are common and rumors spread like plagues. And I’m sure you can imagine that 99% of the things said are untrue. At one point the whole town was accusing me of smearing shit on the walls in the bar bathroom, and I was like what? I thought I was always nice to you. My phone got hacked and all my friends got bombed with ridiculously defaming messages and I had to get all new accounts a new phone number and SIM card. But I didn’t mind, the cell phone agent did it for free when I told my story. I did also make one police report, no charges, just in case things got ugly.
Well here was my strategy. It depended on the situation. If they were picking fun, I’d take a cheap shot back that was far more insightful and cut deeper. This may have not been the wisest approach (certainly not for the weak of heart), but it did at least bring satisfaction. If they were raging, I was the most elusive escape artist in the world. I never told anyone where I lived, no worries. Better that then to have a bully come find me and who knows what (I’m just a little lady). Because of all the hubbub, I spent much time without friends. So I worked on my various networks. Took my content creation to (allow me to be proud a little) a mastery level. I talked to old friends. And even made a few Youtube videos and I achieved a very very small amount of fame for my self-deprecating humour. Truth be told, comedy is the saddest fucking thing if you really think about it. But the laughter does serve as a cathartic release.
Eventually I made a few friends willing to stand up for me. They called these overgrown bullies childish and mean. I constantly updated my feed just to ensure that my closest family didn’t believe anything that people ranted about me. In the end, I had to move away. My boss didn’t treat me with much respect either and cut my hours to next to nothing even though I worked my hardest. I dearly do love the town I grew up in, but the people there are so fucking bitter and voluntarily-dumb. I couldn’t help them be happier, because my chill emotional control pissed them off quite royally. But being emotionally elite does take work. Read all those heartwarming memes, and counsellor’s blogs, and create some content. I call it ‘creative therapy’. Tell your kids, if you think it might help. IDK, they don’t have the tools to decode and handle it like I did. Aww and I luv them kiddies. Send me their Vlog?
Cheers, and remember. The only time its right to bully is when you are being bullied. But be sneaky and don’t let them catch onto you. You smart.
you gotta join something but never sacrifice your logic
Sometimes I laugh at the things that are just not funny at all. This evening, I’m laughing about my recent pyramid scheme encounter. Hehe. You can’t fool this blogger!
The recruiters were smart, and very well trained to the point where it appeared natural. But no one who thinks for themselves explains things with such a bulletproof logic. Myself, educated and with a keen business interest, know that the real world is fairly wish-washy and everything ever written is but someone’s opinion. Business strategies need to be considered from every possible angle. I can only speculate what the executives are really aiming to do in this case. But they do make their followers believe that they are the ones leading, and pursuing their own personal dreams. Anyways, they were very secretive with what really goes on, and mainly sell the idea of their brand of professional development. I knew right away when I was contacted what this was (or at least I highly suspected it was a cult). I’m just that goof that wanted a little cheap yet informative entertainment.
I engaged them. I asked, “If your business is so successful that you can retire at age 23, I’m interested to know what type of products or services you sell, and what types of work do you actually have to do?” Well the response was rather weak, something about not giving away their secrets and building trust with mentors at meetings. Oi. Well this is all fine and dandy. Hell I’d love a mentor and I’d love to succeed…but I’m just not so sure the cultish motivation tactics would suit me and my creative intuition that is so aware of what people don’t use words to communicate. I’ve read a few threads between supporters and haters of this organization, that left me quite divided on whether what they are doing is wrong. I do however feel confident that they operate within the laws, but these days many people know all too well how easy it is to manipulate our forefather’s legal logic towards a destructive cause. All in all, I’ll co-operate with almost any organization but the bottom line is I first would just like to know what my job is….anything less is pretty scandalous.
They were far less concerned about my talents and ideas than ensuring that I was motivated to join their winning team. Well I’m very much motivated and ambitious and to be honest I engage in professional development as a mere hobby. Their simplistic vision had nothing to do with business and everything to do with recruitment and bragging.
In the past I had the misfortune of being co-opted into a cult that was guised as a rehabilitation centre of an elite calibre. At that point my dream was to free myself from a cycle of over-consumption. I just wasn’t happy, because I couldn’t be myself and my worldview was flawed. I committed to the cause of achieving better health and gave it my all. I figured out it was a cult after many months of being programmed..but I went along with it because I have an open mind to a fault. In good faith, I can say that I learned a lot of things that really did help and a lot of things that were fucked up as hell. This cult totally destroyed my ability to be a productive member of society and it took me many years of reading and learning to get back to a sense of normalcy. If I were to approach it like conventional education where you consider points and form your own opinions, the whole experience would have been valuable. But the inherent nature of a cultish education is that you are denied your personal freedom to disagree with any angle of what you are told. You can’t see what works for you. You can’t be flexible. You can’t be creative. And these are some of the qualities about myself that are priceless to my self esteem and in the end I still have enough groceries in my cupboard that I don’t have to sacrifice them. If I was desperate, I’m sure I could be a flawless little actress (skills learned from Youtubing), but for now I’ll take my chances and happily continue my job hunt.
So yes. I’ll read their book. It’ll probably be a good read. Heh but it would probably be a disaster if I decided to go to that meeting. The down-side of being immune to mind control is that you tend to be toxic towards mind controlled people and they’re over-simplistic logic, which is rather quite alienating. I still respect them, and admire that they can make lots of money, but they look at me as though I am something that I am not. Lazy, unruly, and probably not smart enough. They are conditioned to think this way. Its ok, it does take all kinds after all.
All in all, I’m so happy I met them. I started thinking about maybe even starting a small business of my own. And I can do that without them. I do have all the tools I need. Far more than most aspiring entrepreneurs. But I doubt I’d ever sell a product. The age of the product is long gone for much of generation Y. I’m a little ahead, but the only thing people want anymore seems to be sturdy and versatile electronics (and memorable experiences). I think it’ll have to be a unique and innovative service; something that jives with a new era of communication with heart. The challenge is pretty ridiculous though, when but a small group of people believe what I do…and they’re all broke as hell. The lovely virtual ghetto ain’t a glamorous life but it certainly can be a wild, exciting, and entertaining ride, that those mind controlled people can’t even possibly imagine. But I have faith that things will fare far better once my generation grows up and assumes more power. Millennials everywhere are starting to pull up their socks, and we’re hilarious and lovable once you get used to us. I can’t wait to find a mentor who will laugh with me and let me make money that helps develop our country. There’s surprisingly quite a few of us young-at-heart weirdos who care not about the annoying American dream. Because most of us have millions of dreams and we’ll be satisfied if we get any one of them. Its kinda funny really that Gen Y and Gen X each think the other is crazy and insane and needs helping. Well…perhaps we need a little of both and a little more hope. Hehe I wonder what us older zaney content creators will say when Gen Z comes up….7 seconds and the job is done? Haha I think not.
Hi!
I’ve recently decided to move my employment search to LinkedIn, and I am impressed with the jobs I’ve read about. My pesky little mind has to wonder about many of the posts that have long lists of criteria that the candidates must meet. Sometimes I wonder if that perfect candidate the employer is dreaming of really exists. Well despite this, there are quite a few jobs for which I do fit the bill. My only hope is that in and around all of these well-honed skills I have, employers allow some room for me to be that imperfect human I am. At the risk of sounding a tad bitter, I’d say that many employers have not given me enough time to become expert at my job (and I dare say that I almost always will), and have missed out on my potential to thrive on my own behalf and the organization’s behalf. Just a few thoughts to throw into this incredibly smart network of hard-working innovative folks. Merry Christmas (I’m off to go celebrate now)
Brandine X 