So I like going down YouTube rabbit holes.
When I’m traveling, I find myself in the middle of the night – jetlagged – spending hours seeing where I end up.
There’s some places I normally start in ….
Football … Video Games … Abandoned Buildings … Fail Army … How Ridiculous … or even People Telling Their Parents They Are Going To Become Grandparents … but within an hour, I’m in all manner of weird and wonderful places.
Recently I came across ProducerMichael.
Funnily enough, he is a UK music/film producer who is living the life in LA.
He appear super successful and basically makes my spending habits look utterly amateur … and yet, even though I should hate him for his over-the-top lifestyle, you can’t help but like him.
Part of it is the enthusiasm he approaches everything.
Part of it is the sense he can’t believe his luck he’s living this life.
Part of it is he is a Brit who has wholeheartedly embraced the American dream.
I wish I’d been able to do that when I was in LA.
I wish I could have just let go of my cynical side and embraced the World where the more you have, the better you are.
But what I like about ProducerMichael is that while he does all that, he still seems pretty open to express both his vulnerabilities and his grandiose idiocies.
Yes he is trying too hard with his earrings and conspicuous consumption.
Yes you never quite get what the relationship is between him and the videorgrapher.
But weirdly, despite the obvious try-hardness to stay relevant, the fact he was obviously successful compared to the countless other YouTube wannabes, he’s a breath of fresh air.
And by that, I mean a more enjoyable waste of your time.
