Hey guys, just want you all to know starting in December I will be doing Vlogmas. What is Vlogmas? It's where you vlog everyday until either Christmas or New Years, but I haven't decided yet when I'll stop. I was going to do it last year, but I didn't want to look dumb vlogging, but now I just don't care since they call me the "YouTube girl" at school. After everyone found out, I pretty much stopped caring. I will, however, not film in a few places just for out of respect or it's not exactly "YouTube friendly".
I will not film in my classes, because I don't think class is YouTube friendly, and I don't want to be disrespectful to the teachers and put that part on YouTube, because some people might just not want to be on YouTube, and I have to respect that for privacy reasons.
I will not film in church, because it's disrespectful to film in church, I would assume.
And I will not film with my friends who do not wish to be on YouTube. A lot of my friends are lenient with it, because they know I make videos, so a lot of them don't mind. Some of them might not want to be on the internet, so I have to respect that. Like I said, a lot of friends don't really mind, and I already have a couple that make videos as well, so they won't mind. You know what I mean.
Anywhere else, I don't mind filming at, unless there's a rule that the area I'm at can't be filmed. I just thought I should clarify so I don't get tons of questions. I really hope you guys love my vlogs since it's something new.
-Amber Nicole
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Thursday, November 27, 2014
What I'm thankful for
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Or if you're from a different country, I hope today's awesome for you! In honor of Thanksgiving, and me being the only YouTuber not doing a "What I'm Thankful For Video". I decided to write a blog post of everything I'm thankful for. Personally, I believe you shouldn't take these small things for granted, and you should count your blessings everyday, but here are some things I'm thankful for. These are in no specific order.
- Family- This one's an obvious one. My family consists of 7-8 people in my town. I only live with my mom and my sister though. They've definitely been there through my worst times, which still amazes me. They've also been there through my best times. I always make sure to tell them that I love them :)
- Friends- Okay, I'm not very popular in my town. In college right now I have about 2 friends. Outside of college, I have about 3-5 friends, and on YouTube I have about 2 friends (not including friends from school who make videos) Honestly, I stopped being friend's with the people who hurt me over and over again. These friends were there for me when I least expect it. When I first started YouTube, a fall out happened behind the scenes and the friends that saw it happening were there for me, the people at school also have YouTube channels so they understood too, and were there for me. The people I'm still friends with from high school (my two best friends) are always there for me, when I clearly don't deserve it, and for that I'm thankful. I only keep a few friends in my close circle, but I will always enjoy their company.
- YouTube- Okay, this is a weird one considering I "only" have 44 subscribers (thank you so much for that btw!) As you guys know, I started my channel during a dark time in my life. My friends betrayed me (not all, but most), my dreams crashed and burned, and just things like that. So I did what any normal person would do and start a YouTube channel. Just kidding, I'm far from normal. (normal is overrated) After I started it, I got sponsored, made friends 9online and offline) My offline friends saw my videos so that's how we met. I got courage to actually goof around in front of people I don't know, and I found my dream because of it. I love my subscribers so much as well. They know the weird side of me, and I have 44 awesome friends from around the world. I don't know where I'd be if none of that bad stuff happened to me.
- Music- I write my own music based on different experiences I face. I'm thankful for music being an outlet for me when I'm feeling a certain way that I'm not sure how to express. It's a way for me to express myself without telling the world. I don't show anyone my music though unless I trust someone, but I like it. It helps.
- My faith- I'm a christian, so my faith is a huge part of my lifestyle. I'm thankful that I can go to God when I feel a certain way. I feel better when I do that.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Personal accounts vs. Public accounts The Life of a YouTuber part 1
Hey guys, so this has been on my mind a lot. Consider this a type of "rant". This has been on my mind lately, so just bare with me. Now I know the title says "YouTuber", and if you say YouTuber you think like a million subscribers. I have 42, but being a Youtuber all it means is consistently making YouTube videos regardless of how many subs you have.
I love being a small YouTuber just because not a lot of people watch me. It's easy to reply to all the comments, and I do. I love reading the comments, and I love those who watch my videos. I have some subscribers who believe in me, and I'm very blessed that I never get hate on my videos. So what's the problem?
I try to separate my life from the internet, to my life I'm living now. I'm very secretive about my actual life, and some of my subscribers think they know my actual life, and a lot of things about me, so something happens. All my personal accounts are found, and people try to talk to me through that. They try to add me on facebook when I never revealed my last name, they find me on skype, and even chatango. I normally wouldn't mind, and I honestly never thought much of it until I ended up adding someone who watched my videos, and never left me alone on facebook.
At first, I thought it was adorable. Then he started asking me questions, asking me what kind of shampoo do I use, and they eventually got more creepy. What freaked me out the most, was he found all my personal social media accounts. I don't reveal that information, and I apparently wasn't careful enough with my personal information. I started to ignore him, and he later unsubscribed saying "I was just like the rest of the YouTubers he watches".
I love my subscribers, you can ask my friends. I have facebook, twitter, tumblr, and blogspot for I can keep in contact with you. I have more social media that is personal to keep in contact with my friends. Some of my friends don't use facebook, so I go to Skype or Chatango. The reason why I don't give you that information is because I live in a really small town, I have friends that don't want to be known, and I try to keep my social life and my internet life seperated.
I just don't appreciate when I get tweets or messages saying I'm selfish just because I don't reveal personal accounts. I have public accounts for that. I talk to everyone, which is why I'm happy to be a small YouTuber. I just thought that you guys should know. I truly love you guys, and I really hope you understand. It's been kind of bugging me lately. I'll talk to you guys real soon!
-Amber Nicole
I love being a small YouTuber just because not a lot of people watch me. It's easy to reply to all the comments, and I do. I love reading the comments, and I love those who watch my videos. I have some subscribers who believe in me, and I'm very blessed that I never get hate on my videos. So what's the problem?
I try to separate my life from the internet, to my life I'm living now. I'm very secretive about my actual life, and some of my subscribers think they know my actual life, and a lot of things about me, so something happens. All my personal accounts are found, and people try to talk to me through that. They try to add me on facebook when I never revealed my last name, they find me on skype, and even chatango. I normally wouldn't mind, and I honestly never thought much of it until I ended up adding someone who watched my videos, and never left me alone on facebook.
At first, I thought it was adorable. Then he started asking me questions, asking me what kind of shampoo do I use, and they eventually got more creepy. What freaked me out the most, was he found all my personal social media accounts. I don't reveal that information, and I apparently wasn't careful enough with my personal information. I started to ignore him, and he later unsubscribed saying "I was just like the rest of the YouTubers he watches".
I love my subscribers, you can ask my friends. I have facebook, twitter, tumblr, and blogspot for I can keep in contact with you. I have more social media that is personal to keep in contact with my friends. Some of my friends don't use facebook, so I go to Skype or Chatango. The reason why I don't give you that information is because I live in a really small town, I have friends that don't want to be known, and I try to keep my social life and my internet life seperated.
I just don't appreciate when I get tweets or messages saying I'm selfish just because I don't reveal personal accounts. I have public accounts for that. I talk to everyone, which is why I'm happy to be a small YouTuber. I just thought that you guys should know. I truly love you guys, and I really hope you understand. It's been kind of bugging me lately. I'll talk to you guys real soon!
-Amber Nicole
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Best night ever? My concert experience.
Okay, I know it's been a while since my last blog post, but I've been super busy I swear. With all these tests and projects, I didn't even get to upload a video because I didn't have time to edit. I was going to post My Concert Experience blog on Saturday, but I was still kind of freaking out over my shenanigans that led me to meet the band. Let's start from the beginning.
I got to the venue at 5 o'clock thinking that the concert started at 6, well we got the time wrong. It started at 7, so we waited 2 hours in line.Well, if you don't know my family history, we get dizzy spells. The excitement got to me (and the anger from fan girls that kept rubbing it in that they got to meet the band) so I did get really sick. I decided to fight it since I got front row seats. I prayed about it, and I felt better almost instantly (Thank God!) So when I sat down, I sat on the edge where the bands enter and get out (also back stage tech people) I met the guy from Family Force 5, and thought he was cute, so I started flirting with him. (long story) well he laughed, but another person in the band started playing along, and I'm not sure who in the band it was, but it was hilarious. Then they went backstage and at the time I didn't know they were in the band. I just thought they were from th media crew. Then, the most memorable moment of my life. I have a crush on one of the band members, and I prayed I would meet him that night since I didn't have back stage passes. Well someone walked by, and I stopped him. I told him, "Hey, you look like the cute guy from the band.I have a huge crush on him" (I was probably still feeling loopy from the dizzy spell) and he just smiled and was like "The pianist?" and I didn't know what that guy played, so I told him that I wasn't sure what he played. He was cool about it. He goes backstage, and then the first band comes on.
The first band was 7eventh time down. It was pretty cool. They were giving away a free t-shirt to whoever was more enthusiastic. Well I danced my heart out, and he pointed at me and was like "This one's for you!" and I was like yes! Well as he through it, a guy jumped in front of me and caught it. The singer saw that, and laughed at me expression. I was just like how dare you >:o Well as they left, he walked by me, and I was too shy to say anything since I'm shy around musicians for some reason.
Second band came on. We got told the second band wasn't going to play, and that the newsboys would just come on, because of traveling issues. Well Family Force 5 dressed up as the NewsBoys for Halloween. They did pretty good, but they recognized me from stage so that was embarrassing since I flirted with them before hand... But it was all in good fun. They kept looking my way, pointing at me, etc. It was pretty cool. I couldn't find them after the show so I couldn't get an autograph. I was pretty bummed.
Now, when the NewsBoys came on, the most embarrassing thing happened. That guy I called cute and that I was crushing on went on stage, to the piano, right in front of me since I was front row. i was just lie "oh maybe he won't remember or at least not have told the band, I'm safe!" Nope. At first I was oblivious, and when the lead singer told the pianist how girls probably love him, and how he's Mr.Handsome, I was just lie darn right he is! But, the singer saw me staring at the pianist t whole time, so finally he got in front of him, and winked and waved at me. I was just like "He told him >:o " and so they pretty much messed with me for the first half. I was embarrassed throughout the whole weekend, but now I think it was totally worth it.
Everyone keeps telling me how embarrassing that must've been. It wasn't really. I got to meet some of the band members, and I got to meet my favorite one. I got noticed by all 3 bands, and I'm positive they'll remember me as the weird girl. I'm okay with that. Those people who keep saying it's embarrassing didn't get to meet anyone from the band, so I think it turned out alright. I was sad that it had to end.
Also, I would've vlogged but they wouldn't let me. Sorry everyone!
I got to the venue at 5 o'clock thinking that the concert started at 6, well we got the time wrong. It started at 7, so we waited 2 hours in line.Well, if you don't know my family history, we get dizzy spells. The excitement got to me (and the anger from fan girls that kept rubbing it in that they got to meet the band) so I did get really sick. I decided to fight it since I got front row seats. I prayed about it, and I felt better almost instantly (Thank God!) So when I sat down, I sat on the edge where the bands enter and get out (also back stage tech people) I met the guy from Family Force 5, and thought he was cute, so I started flirting with him. (long story) well he laughed, but another person in the band started playing along, and I'm not sure who in the band it was, but it was hilarious. Then they went backstage and at the time I didn't know they were in the band. I just thought they were from th media crew. Then, the most memorable moment of my life. I have a crush on one of the band members, and I prayed I would meet him that night since I didn't have back stage passes. Well someone walked by, and I stopped him. I told him, "Hey, you look like the cute guy from the band.I have a huge crush on him" (I was probably still feeling loopy from the dizzy spell) and he just smiled and was like "The pianist?" and I didn't know what that guy played, so I told him that I wasn't sure what he played. He was cool about it. He goes backstage, and then the first band comes on.
The first band was 7eventh time down. It was pretty cool. They were giving away a free t-shirt to whoever was more enthusiastic. Well I danced my heart out, and he pointed at me and was like "This one's for you!" and I was like yes! Well as he through it, a guy jumped in front of me and caught it. The singer saw that, and laughed at me expression. I was just like how dare you >:o Well as they left, he walked by me, and I was too shy to say anything since I'm shy around musicians for some reason.
Second band came on. We got told the second band wasn't going to play, and that the newsboys would just come on, because of traveling issues. Well Family Force 5 dressed up as the NewsBoys for Halloween. They did pretty good, but they recognized me from stage so that was embarrassing since I flirted with them before hand... But it was all in good fun. They kept looking my way, pointing at me, etc. It was pretty cool. I couldn't find them after the show so I couldn't get an autograph. I was pretty bummed.
Now, when the NewsBoys came on, the most embarrassing thing happened. That guy I called cute and that I was crushing on went on stage, to the piano, right in front of me since I was front row. i was just lie "oh maybe he won't remember or at least not have told the band, I'm safe!" Nope. At first I was oblivious, and when the lead singer told the pianist how girls probably love him, and how he's Mr.Handsome, I was just lie darn right he is! But, the singer saw me staring at the pianist t whole time, so finally he got in front of him, and winked and waved at me. I was just like "He told him >:o " and so they pretty much messed with me for the first half. I was embarrassed throughout the whole weekend, but now I think it was totally worth it.
Everyone keeps telling me how embarrassing that must've been. It wasn't really. I got to meet some of the band members, and I got to meet my favorite one. I got noticed by all 3 bands, and I'm positive they'll remember me as the weird girl. I'm okay with that. Those people who keep saying it's embarrassing didn't get to meet anyone from the band, so I think it turned out alright. I was sad that it had to end.
Also, I would've vlogged but they wouldn't let me. Sorry everyone!
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