Wednesday 19 September 2012

JaackMaate is changing

JAACKMAATE IS CHANGING.

Now, if you're an avid viewer of my channel on YouTube, this blog might interest you quite a bit, I'm just going to be discussing some changes, that are coming in the not-so-distant future to JaackMaate.  Some changes that you might hate, some that you might love, but none the less, changes that a think the majority of you will appreciate, now, let me continue...

So, somebody asked me a few weeks ago "Jack, why do you have an angel tattooed on your arm despite being a devote Atheist?" and in all honesty, my response was quick, but my afterthought was not.  The reason I have this angel inked permanently onto my skin is in memory of my late great Nan, who passed away four years ago due to cancer of the throat.  And yes, despite the angel being known world-wide as a symbol tightly connected with the Christian faith, I still insisted on having it done.  It's a fucking image, it can mean whatever the reader wants it to mean.  Is a cross the cross that "Jesus died on" or is it simply a line with a smaller line threaded across it?  Is an egg, an egg?  Or is it a symbol of rebirth which ties into the reincarnation of his truly, Mr. Jesus?  To me, it's the produce of a fucking chicken rather than a metaphor of our "saviour".

Anyway, I'm almost missing the point of this blog here.  After I sat down and had reminisced the times I shared with my Nan, I came to that cliche that so many of us come to at some point in our lives.  The cliche that despite being the longest possible thing a human can do, life... is still immensely short, and every single day, our life is ending.  Just by reading this blog, you've probably spent 5 minutes of your life here, that's 5 minutes you could spent doing almost ANYTHING else.  Corr, that's depressing is it?  Well, with all that said, I've decided to make a change.  Starting right here, right now.  I plan over the next year, or two, or five (I've not decided yet), to create a brand new series on JaackMaate (WOAH? NO MORE RANTS?) - don't worry there will be rants, as usual, and as frequent.  However, as I was saying, this is the unofficial start to a brand new series I am bringing to YouTube.

Now this series doesn't have a name, or a plan, or a sinister underlying motive to gain views, because in all honesty, I get enough of those as it is.  This series, will be uploaded whenever I want, I might upload two in the space of a month, or I might just upload three in the space of a year, there is literally no time schedule to when I will be uploading.  But what are these videos?  I hear you scream at your computer... well.  I've been watching a lot of @BriBryOnTour videos on YouTube recently, and for any of you that haven't heard about what he does, basically, in a nutshell, he's ticking off his bucket-list, in video format, one-by-one.  Am I totally ripping off his idea?  Yes.  Yes I am.  But he's Bri, and I'm Jack, we're different people, leading different lives.
He's not just given me the motive to go out and do the things I've always wanted to do, he's given me the INSPIRATION to do this, and I'm sure, he'll be more than happy to see me create similar videos to his.  Let me explain a tiny bit more, for those still unsure...

The Bucket List.  Great film, great actors, if you haven't seen it.  See it.  Basically, this series, will be my bucket list.  Every so often, I will go out and do something that pushes me to the extreme, that challenges my body and my mind.  Something that very few people have the chance, or the drive to do.  It's a list of THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE.  And I thought, if I'm going to go and live my life, and push myself, why not have a fucking audience, right?
So I hope you'll understand that I will be mixing my videos up quite a lot, but as I previously said, I WILL still be continuing with my cheeky little rants, and they will still be as often.  So if you're a fan of those, you have nothing to worry about.

Finally, I'm open to your suggestions on what I can call this series, and what I can complete, I will be compiling a list of 100 things I want to do before I die, but this list will be forever changing, and forever expanding, so feel free to have your input.

Thanks again for reading, watching, and being part of my life.
Without you guys, I wouldn't have the amazing job that I currently do, which is simply - making content for you.  I adore everybody that supports me, you've almost so-nearly, given me a career.  I hope you enjoy this change.

Much love to all of you (and especially BriBry).
Rest in peace Nanny Dean.
Take Care.
Jaack.