Hi everybody! It is Stef. I am at the airport
and trying to be as un-awkward as possible
because I'm not used to filming in public
with people around
*sips drink* ^u^
I wanted to take a second to - I guess - chat with you
because it's been a long time
ummm
Not really not a long time, but it has been
Difficult for me to upload regularly lately
at least the "regularly" that I want to, which is twice a week.
I've been doing once a week - uh oh!
Because I've been so busy; which I don't want to complain about because that's good, especially in this line of work.
You have to be busy or you're just not going to be able to survive off of it.
I haven't been able to just stop and thank you, first of all.
Also, you see that? I'm pissed. And also, look at this hand...
Ow! So anyway, umm... *giggle*
I want to thank you for a couple of things.
First, for the support that you guys showed on the crowdfunding efforts I did
for the surgery I'm saving up for.
That was amazing. That was so fast; that was mind-blowing.
That was like... I...
I'm so, so happy and so thankful. So thank you so much.
You may notice if you looked at the page for it
That I changed it to a lower goal just to cover travel.
Um, and that's because I've come into new information which was not accurate until very recently
That says that I might be able to get it covered with OHIP, which is the Ontario Health Insurance Plan
Even though it's in Thailand
which was not the case like less than a year ago, so I did not know that when I started the campaign and
that's why I lowered the goal, but we still hit like ten... like way over the goal.
So that was amazing.
Thank you so much, and I promise that money will absolutely go to videos towards that surgery and the related costs.
Like travel and lodging.
So thank you very much for that and..
I'm on my way to VidCon right now. I'm in the airport you might be able to tell if you know this airport
and
I've been
This is like my fourth or fifth plane this month
Which is crazy because up until - uh, I don't know, what - April, I've never been on a plane before in my life.
I had never been on a trip by myself before and now I've been jet-setting across the entire country.
It's crazy, and I never expected to be able to do that so yeah, so
Thank you guys for being an audience that can get me these opportunities
Because without you I literally would not be anywhere. I would still be doing makeup at a counter
which is great but not what I really wanted to do so
Cheers, and thanks!
Goodness! Umm..
So I'm on my way to VidCon, right?
In the past few months I've been I've been all over California. I've been to Minneapolis
Boston
lots of cool big cities in The States
It's tricky because the way that YouTube income works is not consistent.
And it's not big, so a lot of these trips have not been on my own money. This one is.
But I am really finding the value of having a new experiences, and I wish that it was accessible for everybody.
Unfortunately it is not but if you have access to it
I encourage you to find the time to do it
because it doesn't have to be like a week. It can be like two days, or whatever.
You know what I mean?
I think I'm making people feel uncomfortable, but they can suck it up.
I've been doing a lot of work lately, too, with different Toronto fashion brands
which makes me excited because I love Toronto fashion
Like, look at this
Do you see it? It's like that palm tree leaf pattern...
Love that so much
and I really
It's crazy because when I was in high school
I would imagine myself being a big city and doing like cool things with cool fashion brands
being at these cool events and not because I thought they were cool, but because I loved...
the industry and the business and the...
Magic of it. I don't know it's hard to explain.
But when I grew up in high school like I would escape by looking at these big stars, and I'm not a big star
I'm not saying that, but
It's cool to feel closer to that ambition
and I hope that I can tap into it because sometimes I feel like
it starts to slip away
But I want to grab it with both hands and charge in to Hell, so we're going to do that instead.
I really hope I can see some of you at VidCon.
As of right now, I do not have... I want to do a meet-and-greet, like off of the conference board so that it's accessible to everybody in the area
So I'm working on that
I don't know any detail. So keep an eye on my Instagram and my Twitter for that because I don't know yet
It's everything's up in the air and I have so many things that I'm supposed to do and very little time
I'm also hoping to film a lot of collabs while I'm there
Please let me know if anybody you want to see because that would be awesome and I'd like to meet your expectations
I guess I'm going to go now, and edit this, and upload it so that you guys can see it before I'm in California.
Cheers! This is, by the way, vanilla iced coffee with almond milk.
Very yummy... um...
I'll see you later. It's been a fun time. It's been a pleasure. Thanks for hanging with me at the airport!
I love you. Peace!