Out of the Loop

Somebody made me aware of something with the Shaytards which I hadn't heard about, which led to me realizing more and more things.  Talk about out of the loop!

First of all, he's editing his own vlogs again?  Never saw that coming.  I guess the money train might be drying up in California, and he's trying to fall back on his real money maker.  Or who knows, maybe he actually realized they're not the same if he doesn't do it.  My cynical side has a hard time deciding!  I don't know how long he plans to do it, but good for him.

And directly related to that is that he's back in Idaho.  Is that to stay?  Is Cali too expensive?  Or is it just for the holidays?  Either way, it was nice to see that place again.  His family, too.  Their interactions were always way more entertaining than any of the California people.

And then there's the hour+ long Christmas special.  Gotta give Shay credit for that.  That's how you make a Christmas vlog.

I noticed a few things though which reminded me of why I got tired of him to begin with.  First was the religious stuff.  I know it's a big part of their family, but I'm really just not interested in hearing it all the time, and especially not in seeing them ingrain all that into their kids' heads.  Seeing kids awkwardly reciting the bible stuff just comes across as weird to me.  But the other thing which probably annoys me more so is plugging and namedropping Dave Ramsey.  For crying out loud, you'd think they were related to the guy the way the talk about him so much.  It always just reminds me that Shay is conservative, and I'd hate to see what he had to say about politics during the election.  That is, unless he was smart enough not to discuss it!

But then I noticed that I didn't see Malachi anywhere.  I was jumping around through the videos trying to find when they came back to Idaho, and still nothing.  I saw a different dog, though, and that gave me a bad feeling.  A quick Google search later revealed the sad truth: he had died.

I went back and found the video from April, and I gotta say, I don't know if I'm going to be able to watch it.  I'm tearing up hardcore just from the parts where he's sick and they think the worst, and just had to pause it when Shay said they were going to leave him at the vet.  I went through the same thing with a black lab once, who was old and gray and just couldn't hardly walk anymore.  How terrible.  I sincerely feel bad for them.

Just a few hours till New Years, so I want to finish this up quick (and less depressing!).  I have no idea what the new year will hold for Youtube.  Will we have upcoming Youtube stars?  Will I give old vloggers another try?  I guess we'll see!

Happy New Years!