Like many others, I started watching youtube videos on things that I wanted to watch. It was mostly prepping and firearms vids. At first, I was just a viewer and my first channel was my name. I didn't understand the whole youtube community concept yet and thought it was just people posting their own videos and that was it.
I came across USNERDOC and his videos. I remember entering his EDC (everyday carry) contest. His stipulation was that you needed a video to enter. It did not need to be fancy, nor have your face in it. I told myself, "sure, why not." I made a slideshow via Windows Moviemaker. It was a random drawing and I won. That was the event that started everything.
I started making videos. I entered a few more contests and won some. I started getting subscribers and made a lot of new friends. As I got deeper into prepping, I realized that using my name as my channel was not very smart, especially if you live on an island. I closed the old channel and started TheHomeDefender Channel. Pretty snazzy right? I wanted something to reflect what the channel would be about; defending the home, caring for what's in it, and building a strong family brick by brick. I've also done videos of living in Hawaii as well.
So why start the blog?
I want to give my friends and subscribers quality video and presentation. I took notice of youtubers that I enjoy watching. Some were just plain talkers. People that can talk for hours, but can also keep your attention. I also noticed some that had great presentations. Everything flowed with minimum "umms," or "uhh," or "mmm" which I tend to do in my vids as I remember what things to say. I started the blog so I can put my thoughts together in preparation for a video. At times I may not be able to make a video and sometimes a video is not needed where a picture might do, but I want to be able to put my thoughts out there.
I hope you enjoy my blog. I look forward to the interactions with all of you. Please be courteous and kind and I will be the same in return.
Aloha,
J.
