This is something I have been hesitant to post about since publishing this site, but the truth is bound to out eventually and I would prefer that it be on my own terms. As most of you readers may know, I live with my grandfather and my cousin Tony. It’s not the most comfortable housemate arrangement, but I spend enough time in my studio away from home to make it work. Well now my familial life has begun to follow me around on the web. That is, my Grampaw has a webcam.
Well technically it is my webcam, but he has somehow managed with Tony’s help to set up a Youtube account and post his own videos in the dead of night when I am fast asleep and only a 73 year old man would be up and ready for Hardees.
Here’s the depressing part: Over the years I have put blood, sweat, and tears into making creative and well-crafted videos for the HappeninRecords Youtube channel, all to be rewarded with just a few hundred hits. My grandfather, on the other hand, posts a video response to something he does not even understand and receives 1000 hits in his first week. WTF?
My cousin has also been posting under the same pseudonym, dustinsgrampaw, with his own brand of useless commentary about the most banal videos on the internet. Here’s the next big vocal star who’s videos Tony will not stop proselytizing to my Grampaw and me about:
Shucks! Original Video Removed.
And here is Tony’s insightful video response to a girl who is probably already confused enough as it is:
Neither one of these family members can come up with an original idea for a video, so these short editorial masterpieces are limited to responses to other people with the inclination to actually come up with their own material. Unfortunately for me, this means that my name is constantly being brought up in responses to some of the most popular videos on Youtube. Not cool. And in case you haven’t noticed yet, my grandfather has a tendency to come across as a little bit creepy.
So please, if you start getting videos, messages, and comments from either one of these people, just block them. No matter how much they refer to me, I have nothing to do with this insanity.
