YouTube for Christina Kent means endless Beyonce videos, countless hours watching goats jump around, and watching trailers for upcoming films. It is a place where I laugh and sometimes cry from laughing, and I have always enjoyed stumbling across new videos. I don’t have an account or post videos, and I would say that I mainly go on YouTube to feed my procrastination, which is often. All in all, YouTube is a place where I go to appreciate and get excited about the things I love.
I have an undying love for Beyonce, so naturally before her concert this summer I spent a lot of time watching her live performances and music videos. I love when artists cover songs, and when I found a video of her singing “Sex on Fire” I was praying that she would sing it in August. She didn’t, but she was still perfect. I also enjoy watching videos of a cappella groups perform mashups and covers of songs. For instance, the group Pentatonix posted a video titled “Evolution of Beyonce” and I would say that it is six minutes of pure bliss. In the spirit of the Olympic games, Beyonce can even make figure skating look even cooler than it does in the video “Ice Dance Figuring Skating to Drunk in Love”.
I could speak about Beyonce for hours on end, but I will move on to discuss my obsession with goats and videos of them jumping around. I am quite convinced that I will own two pygmy goats at some point in my life, and I attempt to get other people on board with this plan by showing them videos of goats. My personal favorites are titled “Pygmy Goats Charlie and Lily” and “Kid pygmy goat going nuts”. While I love goat videos, I also enjoy watching videos of lions hug people because that is another one of my dreams. I reassure myself that if there are people out in the world who can get hugged by lions, I can also cuddle up with lions.
In addition to my love of animal videos, watching movie trailers has always been a fun time for me and I like how easy that is to do on YouTube. If you watch one movie trailer, there will be a list of recommendations on the side that will lead to even more trailers and soon I find myself getting very excited about upcoming films. Before the series ended, I was always waiting anxiously for the next “Harry Potter” trailer that would bring my favorite books to life. Going along with this love for alternate worlds, I also love watching clips of upcoming “Game of Thrones” seasons. I like that YouTube helps me geek out from time to time, other than just watching videos of Beyonce shake her hips and goats jumping around the room.
I feel as though for me and many other YouTube users, we use the site to watch things that we enjoy and will put a smile on our faces. While surfing the site can lead to new discoveries and interests, I mainly use it to watch what I already love. Therefore, I consider YouTube to be a place where my need for Beyonce, animals, and movie trailers will always be fulfilled.
Pentatonix- Evolution of Beyonce
Ice Dance Figure Skating to “Drunk in Love”
Getting morning love from the lions
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Trailer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer
Game of Thrones Season 4 Trailer
Beyonce and goat videos – sounds great to me!
I also use YouTube to watch movie trailers. I remember watching the Pacific Rim trailer almost daily prior to its release.
I’m a huge Beyonce fan too, she seriously is the best. I also love that you mentioned goat videos, my 2 year old cousin loves those goat videos and cracks up at them every time, they are great!