I am about to take the plunge…(ish)

No. I’m not getting married as soon as I turn 16. But I am about to buy my first Mac. After much deliberation, then some more, and some more, I have finally made up my mind. I am soon to purchase a brand new, 21.5″ iMac.

Now, these certainly cost a lot of money, especially for those still in school. But I have always regarded them highly (from afar with little real knowledge), so have decided to buy one for myself. I am very much looking forward to it. I like the brand, the design, and the products.

It has to be said I am not the most technical, am very much attracted by aesthetics, and often throw myself right into buying something once I set my eyes on it, albeit very slowly. I am pretty much a gullible, shallow, advertiser’s dream when it comes to retail. But despite their high price tag and sometimes controversial reputation, many people are avid, dedicated fans. To me, this shows that they must be worth the investment. So I am buying one. I will let you know. The end.

I Want to Be a Vlogger (kind of)

I must admit, I am a regular viewer, subscriber and general fan of some of the most popular YouTube vloggers, Charlieissocoollike, nerimon and communitychannel to name a few (well half really). I love their styles and personalities, plus the stuff they talk about is easy to relate to. And I know I am a bit emotionally attached sometimes (see Emotional Endings post) but they seem like the kind of people who I would like in real life.

This makes me wish I was part of that community. One major obstacle, or three, is that I am shy, socially awkward and kind of paranoid about peoples’ opinions, which means I doubt I will ever be a real YouTuber. I am too scared to talk to myself, never mind filming it and posting it on the internet. Why do you think I have  a blog? Anyway, I have recently started posting some videos of everyday things in slow motion with my new high-speed camera. Needless to say they are haphazard, poor quality and very little known. But I still want to do something noticeable.

Being a fan of Charlie and Alex Day, who both play songs in the form of Chameleon Circuit and solo singles, I have been kind of inspired to try to write songs. The fact that I play guitar (5 years but not very good) and piano (a few months) helps, but even so I have trouble. Looking at the chords for some of the songs that spurred me on, they are mostly very simple and I am able to play them fine; even doing harmonies and melodies isn’t too much hassle. But the problems come in two forms: vocals and layering. I cannot seem to write song lyrics without being unbelievably cheesy. Plus I get the feeling that if I could layer some tracks together, like a beat, chords, bass line and melody it would sound all but finished. The way I really want to do this is split screen video, but even just audio would be fine. The problem is that I don’t have the recording equipment to get more than one decent line; I have a digital camera which has pretty poor sound, as does my webcam. There is a digital recorder, but I don’t have the drivers to plug it into my PC and it can only play back one thing at a time. So I find myself unable to record and/or listen to more than one part of my so-called song.

This is why I want a Macbook Pro- for iMovie, Garage Band, and just generally because my laptop is awful and freezes constantly. If you are rich, can I please have £1200 for one? Thanks.

/self-indulged moan>