Introducing Myself

Hello, Reader!

My name is Andres, and I am from Texas. No, I am not from the y'all part of Texas. Thankfully though, I've found some free time to finally get my thoughts on "paper." It's summer, and summer brings lots of time to reflect, work and be productive. And so with that, here is my first blog post.

(I should mention I'm trying to get these thoughts on videos as well, but the idea of starring into a camera lens for more than the time it takes to say 'cheese' is really awkward to me.)

I am a 17 year old Texan, and I enjoy photography, which is awkward for many that know me when I mention I'd love to start daily blogging like Youtubers. But either way, I really want my story to be heard, it may not be the most interesting, but I think it could be largely relatable for many. I wish I could really record my facial expressions, but it's late here, and there's not very good lighting.

(Sorry I have these random short paragraphs, remember these are thoughts though, so they're jumpy)

Some people say that people who do videos about their lives, or write about their lives like I'm doing now, don't have much to say, and therefore don't have many friends…but I think that's a lie. I think people who write and talk about things that are helpful to others, have many friends, or have the potential of having many friends.

All my life I've been an introvert, but I think that's the best thing that could've happened to me. Why? Simple. Being quiet for such a large part of my life (although I still am) gave me the chance to see the world through a different lens than my peers often did. Anyway, that also gave me the chance to make the best of friends! Friends who thought just like I did…

Media culture is a beautiful and horrible thing.

Media culture has given us the opportunity to talk to people just like ourselves, meet with people like ourselves, but also makes people who aren't supposed to be famous, famous. I'm not saying I deserve to be famous by any means because I'm not. But, there are beautiful people on this planet, that I am super thankful they were able to get their stories across to more than a few hundred people. For example, Zoe from the Youtube channel Zoella. Zoe is a British girl who didn't live such a spectacular life when she was younger. Rather, she lived a normal 'boring' life if you will like many of us did. And that, I believe, is what makes her special. I really don't know where I'm going with this, but I think what I want to get to is that no one should be afraid of what a normal and uninteresting life they're living. No matter how unimportant you think your story may be, It's relevant. MORE than relevant. Sometimes I wish everyone could have five million subscribers on Youtube, full of people willing to listen to them, but that's probably an impossible dream of mine. Well…not impossible, nothing is impossible. The world itself says: I'm possible.

I hope this blog post wasn't too choppy, but before I keep rambling on with never ending thoughts, I'll end my first blog post here. Below, I will post my Youtube channel name (I have only one video, but I promise I'm working on getting more uploaded) and also below, I will post this month's read. That's something I want to do on my Youtube channel, give book reviews/recommendations, and give a monthly or weekly book read. I'll give more info. on that with my upcoming videos.

I hope at least one person reads this…otherwise I'm going to feel very embarrassed. I'm sorry for any grammatical errors, It's easier to think than write often times…

Okay, here's where you can ask me questions, or contact me/ learn more about me:

Twitter: @Andyslens_vlog

Facebook: (pending)

Instagram: (personal) @Andyslens

Youtube: AndysLens

Younow: Andyslens

This month's read was: The Fault In Our Stars

yes, I know most of you have already read it.

Once more, thanks for reading dear reader, and talk to you soon!