YouTube

Dear loyal & faithful YouTube subscribers and friends:

     As of today I am quitting YouTube. It's very sad for me to say this, because YouTube is more than people posting cat videos; it's a community. It's a community that I've been honored to be a part of for the past 2 years. I've grown a lot since I started making YouTube videos in 2011. My skills in video making have improved tremendously but I've also grown as a person.

     When I posted my first video I honestly thought it would get 1M views in a couple days or a month at the least. I think it had around 40 views the last time I checked. I thought I was going to become "YouTube famous" within a couple weeks or months, a year at the latest. Two years later, barely 115 subscribers and almost 25K total video views. But even with that few amount of subscribers and views it allowed me to interact with my viewers and other smaller YouTuber's like myself. I really felt apart of something.

     However, YouTube is not for me. I do like make videos but believe it or not, it can take a lot out of you. I am taking 3 college classes right now along with 1 high school class and it's demanding. I also have a girlfriend who I want to spend as much time as possible with, as well as my other friends. As you can see, my time is very limited these days.

     YouTube for me was never about making money, it was doing something that I really liked to do. And good thing it wasn't about the money...I've only made $12.90 from my YouTube videos. That's no where near enough to support myself, pay for college, etc.

     Where from here? I posted a couple weeks ago about my "perfect" life, I don't know what I was thinking when I posted that. My life will never be 100% how I want it to be and it will never be perfect, so who cares! You have to roll with the punches of life and go with the flow. But in real life I am planning on now majoring in Computer Science and I hope to attend DevBootcamp in place of college or after college. I want to be a full time web developer. I know writing code sounds like an extremely boring thing to do as a job, but I love it. I truly love it and want to make a living from doing it. I want to create apps and programs to not only make life easier and more fun but to enhance it. I have a lot of ideas that I want to make so I want to get started off working for a company as one of their developers then eventually start my own company.

     No more videos then? Of course not! I don't want to completely quit YouTube, but it won't be my main priority anymore. So I guess I'm not technically "quitting" YouTube but whateva! ;) I do want to post maybe an "update" video on what I'm doing and working on every once and a while because again, YouTube is more than just a spot to post videos; it's a community!

   In closing, thank you to all of you who have supported me these past years. Philip Defranco gave me my first big boost of subscribers by featuring my video in one of his movie club things, so a big thanks to him. Thanks to Featureman for all the support lately. A huge shout out to my friends Tyler and Brenden who were in some of my videos and they have their own skating channels so check them out and subscribe! Also thanks to everyone over at Elite Collabers, you guys were great and I had a fun time making videos with you! Lastly thank you to all my subscribers and anyone else who I'm forgetting to mention, you guys rock!

Until we meet again, thanks and keep on, keeping on!

-Eli

YouTube Giveaway Central

So yeah, this is my new channel dedicated to finding and featuring the best and most legit giveaways on YouTube. From Apple products to gaming stuff to headphones and more!! Be sure to subscribe and stay tuned. Basically my thought process behind this is...I do the work for you. I find the best giveaways and tell you how much work you have to do to get entered. I also have a twitter dedicated for this goal. @YTGiveawayCen is for updates about when certain giveaways are ending, starting, and updates about the channel. It might be a good idea to follow me at that twitter account.

Yup, I hope this channel works out good, I think it should be fun. Enjoy!

~Eli

My 16 Songs

Overcoming Fear:  B.o.B (2012) – “So Good”

I found this song pretty recently because it was just released recently. I listen to this song before anything I start getting nervous about, it lightens up the mood and after listening to it a few times I’m not nervous anymore.

My Future:  Weezer (2005) – “Beverly Hills”

This song is one of my all time favorites and I listen to it at least once or twice a day. It reminds me that as long as I try in life I can achieve my goals. It is also very catchy so that’s a plus. J

My Dreams:  Travis McCoy (2010) – “Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars)”

This song has similar meaning as “Beverly Hills” but this is more about my dreams…because let’s be realistic…I doubt I’m ever going to be a billionaire but it’s something I keep in the back of my mind as a dream.

Life:  Bowling for Soup (2006) – “High School Never Ends”

The first time I heard this song was when my cousin showed me the music video on his iPod when I was about 10 years old. I didn’t really understand the song then but now it has a greater meaning. It means that life is pretty much an endless cycle until you die…

Childhood:  Chris Rice (1989) – “Cartoons”

This is the first song I remember ever hearing. I know I heard a lot of songs before this one but this is the one that has stuck with me. It’s kind of a childish song but it was definitely my favorite song when I was younger.

Regret:  Children 18:3 (2008) – “Homemade Valentine”

After listening to this song a lot I realized it reminded me of the regrets I have in life. When the opportunity presents itself I need to take it. In the song it talks about hopes and dreams that didn’t come true and I can relate to that.

Standing Up For What You Believe In:  Eminem (2010) – “Not Afraid”

Not being afraid to stand up for what you believe in and standing up for yourself is what this song means to me. I started listening to a lot of Eminem at the beginning of the school year because it sounded pretty cool but this song was really motivational to get stuff done and to stand up for what I believe in.

Break-up Song:  All American Rejects (2008) – “Gives You Hell”

This is a GREAT song to listen to after a break-up. Although I’ve only had one, it was a great song to listen to after it. And honestly I forgot about it until I listened to this song again. J

Feel Good Song:  Flo Rida (2011) – “Good Feeling”

Just like the name of the song, every time I heard this song on the radio (before it was overplayed) I always felt great no matter what mood I was in. Then it was played WAY too much on the radio so it lost its “touch”.

Music Freedom:  No Interruption (2012) – “Hoodie Allen”

This is a song on the first full album I ever bought with my own money. Usually I would just convert the music video to mp3 but I really appreciated this album (All American) so I bought it. All the songs on this album are really motivational and fun.

My Friends:  The Lonely Island (2011) – “Jack Sparrow (ft. Michael Bolton)”  

Last summer me and my friends from my old school hung out a lot and we decided to go to the most recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie and I had found this song right before that and before the movie I showed them it. It just reminds me of how much fun we used to have. It is also a really funny song if you listen to the lyrics.

Childhood dreams:  Smash Mouth (1999) – “All Star”

When I heard this song in Shrek, I immediately “fell in love” with it. It was catchy and at the time I was playing soccer and I had just gone to my first concert so I kind of wanted to be a rock star, at the time I thought it was realistic…also me and my friends can sing this whole song together pretty good.

Childhood memories:  Simple Plan (2002) – “I’m Just a Kid”

I didn’t find this song until I was older but it reminds me of when I was younger. When you’re a kid you can’t really do anything, you don’t have a car, you can’t go anywhere or do anything without a parent…wow that sounds a lot like my life right now…so I can relate to it right now in my life as well.

The YouTube Life:  Spose (2010) – “I’m Awesome”

This song is similar to “I’m Just a Kid” but more relatable to my life now. In the song it says, “I met all my friends online…” That’s kind of how I see my future life, making videos online, meeting people that do the same thing. Not living the norm, doing fun stuff with no guarantee of success. Lots of risks.

Freshman year:  Good Charlotte (2002) – “The Anthem”

Yup, I listened to this song pretty much every day last year. It kept me motivated to keep on keeping on, no matter how crappy that day was. It also talks about not living like other people do, and being yourself. It’s one of my favorite all time songs.

Summer Vacation:  Nickelback (2010) – “This Afternoon”

This song describes the last day of 8^th grade, almost perfectly for me. My friend had a limo pick me and my friends up from school and we went to his house for a pool party. That was one of the most fun days of my life. It was just…I can’t describe how amazing it was.

Yup this was an English assignment and I thought I'd share it...it's pretty personal...lol

~Eli

Japan in less than 1 month!!! #Japan2012

OMG!!! I am soo freaking excited to go to Japan!! about 24 more days  until i leave!!! only 14 days of school left (i think). schoool can't end fast enough!! i want to say soo much but can't type fast enough so check out my weekly vlogs leading up to japan then daily vlogs once i'm in japan!! http://dft.ba/-EWTV

IT'S HAPPENING!!!

WASSUP MATES!?!?!?! so a few days ago I told you guys that I was forming a band...well I kinda lied then because we hadn't really set up a time to meet and schtuff but now we have and I think our band is gonna BEAST!!! not just because I'm in it...well....maybe...;) but seriously they are some really cool guys and I think it's gonna work out GREAT! lol I gotta go guys, but be looking out for my band...what are we called...if you're a genius...you might be able to figure it our :P

PEACE!!
~ELI

Y U NO READ THIS POST?

So I've been working on this super huge project for almost 6 months and I'm finally doing it on Saturday. I just realized how huge it is and what I'm gonna be doing on Saturday. I'm FREAKING out right now!!! It's a gun safety video and I just finished writing an 11 page storyboard for it and now I still have to find "actors" for it and I have to film it all on Saturday!!! THIS IS CRAZY!!! I don't think I'm ready at all for this! It's the BIGGEST video project I have ever tried/attempted and it's either gonna be AWESOME or it'll SUCK...

Anyways I hope you've checked out my latest video. If not go to youtube.com/TheInfiniteBeast and I should have a new vlog up on Wednesday and next wednesday then an awesome video next next friday.

~DA ONE AND ONLY eli

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W0W!!!

I know I'm not really that popular on YouTube (yet), but I've been working on a few apparel designs that I will be releasing for people to buy, sometime in the near future. (probably this summer sometime) New vlog up TMW and a truly EPIC VFX video on Friday, so be sure you're subscribed to me and see ya soon!

~Eli

SLOW-MO SLAP TO THE FRICKIN FACE!!!

When me and my friends were working on my video series we got kinda bored....

 

As you can see, it was very painful for my friend. But he was ok and he actually agreed to it. We didn't force him or anything :D

Anyways, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I hope you have a happy new year!!!

~eli