#simoneliaspartyisover ...lol

   I asked for votes for a video submission contest I put up on my second channel. On my main channel I asked my audience for help by just voting on the contest website. I got lot's of nice comments and support but also 13 unsubscribes, but whatever.
   Youtube tip: Don't ask your audience to help you. Granted I received way more genuine support from my fans and for that I am humbled and so thankful. But others don't give two shits and want no part in another person possibly winning an online contest. I deleted the video asking for help on my main channel (I was going to anyway) but fun story the video got 15 likes and zero dislikes and lot's of nice supportive comments. Yay me!

David Dobrik in the Title

 Six days ago after watching all the Snapchat stories of David Dobrik's friends in Las Vegas to celebrate his 21st birthday I thought to record all of them and neatly compile them to a Youtube video. I uploaded it to my second channel and now it has over 13,000 views and insanely high watch time. I did monetize it not to make a quick buck but to see what kind of revenue it could do. Within two days it got claimed by Collab and was ranked #1 in search for "David Dobrik birthday" ahead of even David's vlog about this. I have put cards and end cards in the video to related videos and it is driving some traffic to those videos which actually gets me more excited than the insane views than this one video does.
 I often wondered before why compilation videos of popular people were always still up and not taken down, I realize now that networks like Collab would rather they be up and claim them to get as many monetized views as possible for themselves as supposed their property.
 In the case of my Snapchat compilation video I can tell people really enjoyed watching it by the large number of likes it has received and people thanking me in the comments for creating it because they missed these stories, after all it is Snapchat.

I wish I had an online following

   See that, that's just a random reply tweet to Niantic Pokemon Go Twitter, it was of my usual witty replies but this one took off as "popular" or "relatable". It got 56 likes and 3 retweets with over 18,000 impressions. Compare these numbers to someone with an online presence and they'll seem like nothing by comparison but still.
   I try to tweet most every day and come up with interesting things to tweet about and even tweet on trending hashtags. I even promote it on my popular videos on both channels but to no positive result. I've been on 70-75 followers for over a year and cannot gain an audience, what exactly does it take for an online following? I get it, I'm not good-looking but I can be very funny if I do say so myself.  But for just one reply tweet at a time I can get just a glimpse of some online popularity.

Laptop or desktop computer?

Here's another comment I left on a Youtube video about "Top laptops 2017" (My story)

I haven't owned a laptop before. A few years ago when looking to buy a new computer (the one I use now) I was on a bit of a budget (about $750ish) I sort of wanted a laptop so I got a nice Dell 17" core i7 about $800 on Amazon and was so excited to use it and after a week I realized either A. I wasn't a laptop guy or B. this wasn't the laptop for me. Thank goodness for Amazon easy returns, so I got a nice Dell desktop i7 productivity unit for about $650ish and couldn't be happier, I got a nice 19" widescreen Dell monitor the next black Friday at Best Buy for $99. Looking back now I'm a little from column A and a little from column B. The Dell laptop I got (and returned) from 2014, that's only 3 years ago, seemed dated compared to a MacBook at the time even. If I were to splurge (which is tough for me) and get a MacBook I am positive I could become a laptop guy. So what am I now, column A or B...

A Rant About Android

I posted this as a comment on a Pocket Now video about the new OnePlus 5 phone.

   I really like this phone for specs and hardware and pricing but come on guys 5.5 inch is the norm now!? How about a nice 5" device to fit nicely in my hand and pocket. They wonder why iPhone is popular even with a 4.7" screen, it's because it can be used with one hand without thinking about your phone. Yet EVERY Android phone today has to be a two-hander or a one-hander piece-of-junk small budget device. I've been with Android for too long and keep telling myself to go to iPhone but I don't and every year I'm using a sub-flagship still, great but not GREAT-great. I'm aware the S8 is about the size of an iPhone but it's also pricier as well which begs the question why not just get an iPhone and have many, many more years of updates, and timelier as well. We'll see what happens this year... Story of my life. 

Instagram Stories better than Snapchat?

   Are Instagram Stories more relatable and thereby better than Snapchat for telling good well, Stories. In my opinion the interface is more well suited to be easier but more accessible than Snapchat's "I'm only good on iPhone designed for millennials" app design.  Is Instagram Stories a blatant copy of Snapchat? Yes but it's competition and competition leads to better stuff in the future or at least it should anyway.
    With this said follow me on Instagram for some kickass lit Stories! >> https://www.instagram.com/ilikepstrophiestoo/

Seeing the Zane Hijazi billboard in person

It's like literally up the road from my area. I just had to record my reaction seeing Zane's 100th vlog surprise in person.
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Me reacting to something

So EA just released the first teaser trailer for Star Wars Battlefront 2, I thought I would react to watching it live for the first time on camera. Enjoy!

The internet reacting to Roman Reigns

The internet is a place you can say or do almost anything, have any opinion you want, and others will undoubtedly agree and disagree. Roman Reigns is not very popular among fans who also like to vent their opinion of WWE on the internet. At Wrestlemania 33 he became just the 2nd person to pin The Undertaker at the yearly event, the first being Brock Lesnar, who also broke the streak, but got nowhere near the amount of heat Reigns got at Wrestlemania 33. 

Here's a video compiling the internet reacting to Roman Reigns pinning The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 33:

March 22 it was...

So now that I've tried Super Mario Run for myself it is genuinely a fun mobile game. It has nice graphics, responsive controls (tapping mechanics) and the typical Mario story line. The trial period the game gives for free is well done, giving worlds 1 to 3 then asking $9.99 for the rest of the game. It's definitely worth it in my opinion to get your Mario fix on mobile. However I just decided to plunge into the 3DS world (via ebay). I got some great deals and I'll share those in a future post, so come on back.

Super Mario Run on Android?

Nintendo mentioned it's coming in March, fairly sure that meant March 31st. I'm really looking forward to trying this game out already!

About liking limited edition Oreo cookies

Whenever I see that display with special limited time seasonally flavored Oreos I am always drawn to them to try. Case in point the new Peeps flavored Oreos for the Easter/Spring time of the year. Most are great and taste exactly what I'm more or less expecting when I eat them. The only time I was disappointed was with the Swedish Fish flavored Oreos, but that could be for another story. I have even grown some fans that enjoy when I post a video sharing my thoughts trying them for the first. Here's the latest video: