So if you haven't heard by now, I have some bad news. My grandfather passed away last month at the age of 93 years old....
Most everyone who reads this will not have met him, but just know that he was a great man who will be missed by many. Now most of the time when someone passes there is a lot of sadness and depression, but my grandpa's passing was a lot different, at least for me. (By the way, I always called him PawPaw, and that's how I will reference him for the rest of this post, as will the majority of my family forever.)
Long before PawPaw passed away we had a talk about life and death, and how he was ready to pass whenever his time came... That conversation really prepared me for what happened, but it was surprising how well I was able to handle it all. I figured I was going to put on a happy face, crack a few jokes, and when I was alone break down uncontrollably, but the break down never came. If anything, I was happy. Now I know it sounds weird to think of someone's death as a time of joy, but this is the one time in my life where it was true. My grandfather had led a long long life, full of joy and pain, of triumphs and failures. He had traveled the world and created a family, survived threats both physical and mental, and was an all around incredible person who had the unique ability to consistently keep me grounded in reality and encourage me to follow my dreams to their full potential at the same time.
Honestly I have been trying to write this post about how amazing he was for weeks now, but I don't think that anything that I could ever write would be a proper enough tribute to him. Luckily, he solved this problem for me long ago by taking the following picture:
Now that's worth much more than a thousand words.
I'll miss him for the rest of my life, but I'm so honored to have had James Rorie as my grandfather. I loved him so much, and I'm happy that we got to spend as much time together. I'm the luckiest guy in the world, plain and simple.
I just punched myself over how lame that title was, but seriously, it's Geek Week on Youtube, and I am insanely excited!!! Even better, it coincides with Shark Week.... Yeah, that Shark Week. Seriously, go watch some sharks. They're the aquatic dinosaurs of our time.
That's one of the highest compliments I can give an animal.... or anyone else by the way. You're welcome sharks.
Ok, now back to my original post topic: Geek Week. If you don't know what this is, this video will probably help a bit:
So I figured in honor of Geek Week, I would make a post about my personal favorite YouTube channels, just in case you were ever interested in what I waste my time watching. Warning, some of these videos will have graphic language, if you don't like that sort of thing. I'm going to post links to each channel I mention, but I'm only going to post a random assortment of videos so this post doesn't go on forever.
First up, I watch a lot of gaming videos. I really enjoy watching people play games, do commentary, and generally be ridiculous. Though I'll watch some random people now and again, I mainly follow 3 channels for my gaming, with my personal favorite being a guy named Jerma who does a bunch of variety gaming. By far the best thing he does is "Scare Saturdays" where he plays scary games and yells a lot. And what's better than watching a grown man scream in fear of a video game?
Next up is pure entertainment. Now I know there are tons and tons of channels that make incredible original content, but I'm only going to mention a few gems here. Freddie W. (who made Video Game High School, now in its second season), Epic Meal Time, Cartoon Hangover, Cinema Sins, HISHE, and something that appeals to Dr. Who fans and puppet lovers, HelloDoctorPuppet:
Yeah, that's a puppet Dr. Who.
I'm constantly amazed about how much time and effort put into these labors of love. These people had an idea and completely ran away with it, and that's something that is way too rare. Or whatever. As long as they continue to make with the chuckles for me, that's what really matters.
Finally, and mainly cause I'm a bit tired, I'm going to wrap the rest of these channels in a category I'm going to call, and quite originally I might add, "Miscellaneous". A more accurate description might be "Informative/Educational" but who has time for that? Amazing channels include MyHarto (location of My Drunk Kitchen), Daily Grace, Mental Floss, Minute Physics, ASAP Science, Cars and Water, Numberphile, Smarter Every Day, Laci Green, VSauce 1,2, 3, and my absolute all time favorite channel, at least for now, PBS IdeaChannel:
That pretty much wraps it up. There are tons more channels out there, feel free to let me know if I missed any amazing channels, or if you just want to open my eyes to the awesome that is your favorite channel. I'd really appreciate that... Like that would be super cool awesome. Thanks. Oh yeah, go watch Geek Week please.
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