Over the course of the last year or so of rambling around on the internetz, it has slowly but surely become a stark reality to me just how invaluable the services of Youtube truly are in this world of generalized, yet not typically specific, availability. You think Wikipedia has everything you need? Think again, my friends.
I once was trying to persuade an online friend the merits of going out and renting the movie Boondock Saints, to make him a new convert of same. How does one explain the subtle and lyrical nuances of Boondock Saints to someone without even using a voice? How about a scene? But not just any scene, no, it would have to be one which would perfectly incapsulate the intrinsic value of this classic, yet be of short enough length to captivate the audience and keep them wanting more. Could Youtube have it? Of course it did.
Care to go the political route? I just tried myself. Totally random. Um... JFK, Jr.? Sure, why not.
Hmm... how about Dad? JFK? Sure, we've got JFK. You can even watch his assassination in slomo.
Hmmm... random thoughts, random thoughts. Obscure bands of the 80's? Kajagoogoo? Hey, did Kajagoogoo ever do a song besides Too Shy? Why, in fact, they did...
During a smoke break at work, my friend and I, for at least the billionth time, randomly began singing the song, "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam Sham, but we couldn't remember at the time that it was Sam Sham who sang the damn song. How did we find out? I'm sure you can guess. Also, along with our education, we get completely random pieces of animated movies we've never heard of and would never watch in a million freakin' years. Amazing.
Just as a random last pick: I love poetry. A lot. Would it be possible to see Byron's house? Why the hell not, I say? Why the hell not, indeed.
I could, quite literally, extrapolate on this topic all damn day, for the next 12 or more days consecutively. You all get the point, despite the fact that I haven't even come close to wiggling my pinky toe near the tip of the iceberg of SHEER UNADULTERATED RANDOMNESS that can be found on Youtube on a daily, hourly, minutely, secondly, nano-secondly basis. In many online circles I have become known as the Youtube Gurl because I have a Youtube for everything. But my dirty little secret, folks, is that I don't really have a Youtube for everything. There simply IS a Youtube for everything.
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