The Fleeting Sense of FAME

So i have 45 minutes to go at work, i write to fast, i get my work done too fast. it leaves me time to blog.

I am watching every one, "rise to fame" on youtube. i think its a funny thing. i think just about every single one of them deserve it. But here is my quandary with FAME. its not EVER LASTING.

I was trying to make this point to KevJumba in Toronto and failed miserably because i don't think he understood where i was coming from. But lets give it a go here, shall we?

What is FAME? yeah i can cop out and quote Andy Warhol and go with the old fifteen minutes of fame theory but, WHY? Why beat a dead horse? Its a Beaten to death. it not only has been beaten to death but i am pretty sure the horse has been pulverised into fertilizer, but i digress.

No matter the degree of overused something is, if it is tried and true, it always rings true, at least in this case.

Lets take the Youtube fame thingy-mabob. FAME is like a tide, its up and its down, its up and its down, its up and its down. (Are you getting seasick yet?) Youtube seems to twist and twirl that FAME genre and throw it down to the ground to do a little Mexican hat dance on FAME.

Lets face it, nothing lasts for ever. Since my time on youtube, I have watched some talented people disappear and watch new ones emerge. They stay for a bit, Play with the idea that they have some form of celebrity then, cant take the illusion of Youtube FAME and vanish. Lets site the Case of DaxFlame or Currently FRED. their Acts, their Videos have shelf life. Most people in this world have Shelf Life. What is Shelf Life? the Time that this act will take to go stale and no one will want it anymore. think of it as an expiration date on milk or eggs?

this is one of the tried and true ideas of all things, NOTHING SHOULD EVER stay the SAME. But this is one of those OLD rules people seem to forget and thus they succumb to there own shelf life and vanish.

What can save you from Shelf Life? Re-invention. And here is the point i failed to make to KevJumba. It doesn't Matter what you are doing right now, your FAME is fleeting. Your Shelf Life, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, will over take you and you will get tired and old. (Well At least your act will)

You have to be like the MR.Saftey's, Nalts, LisaNovas of this world and keep re-inventing your fame. The Question is, how many more times will they continue to do it?

Why didn't i Mention Michael Buckley in here? I think Buckely is a unique character and person. I think of all the people i know or have met, Michael will make the crossover from Youtube celebrity to strict writer/producer and be none the worst for wear when he does. Because even he will admit to you, he knows he has shelf life.

What about me you ask? Do i think i am above this fray? Absolutely freaking NOT. i don't play on youtube for FAME, its a hobby and its fun. Yeah I'll be first to admit i am an attention whore but not to the extent that it over takes my life. There is no Priority to get a video done, I'll get to it. I will also be content to meet the people who come and go.

I Said it Once, I'll say it again. I'll still be here, even after you have gone. I mean after all, this place does still need a janitor doesn't it?

This is the Mighty Thor, Talking about FAME and wondering, WHEN will you vanish?

SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YA!