In this first‑person monologue, the speaker reflects on the rapid transition from relative obscurity to fame after being featured on the front page of the Stanford Advocate and later in Newsweek. He describes the sudden influx of public attention—strangers approaching him, unexpected phone calls, and media interest—while also celebrating the perks: constant visibility, admiration, and a flood of money. The speaker proposes turning his experience into a business, suggesting a YouTube fame‑consulting venture, advertising on MTV, and pursuing TV deals (including a “ninja” partnership). He acknowledges the burdens of fame, such as the need to manage autograph requests and public scrutiny, but ultimately conveys an enthusiastic, ambivalent stance, urging continued pursuit of fame and hinting at future media opportunities.
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Certainly been tough to manage all of this fame. You know, it's been— wow, my life has really changed so much. I mean, it was just the Stanford Advocate, you know. I was on just half— I was on the front page, you know. It's like it wasn't a big deal. It was just a front page story all about me, all about my incredibly successful YouTube career and all my blogging, you know, you wouldn't think it would be anything really that important. I mean, you know, when suddenly, wow, like everything's changed. I'm famous. There's, you know, people coming up to me who never came up to me before and Wow, you know, like phone calls I never got from people before. It's really demanding. It's been hard. Harder than I thought. I never, I didn't really expect it to be this hard. I thought, you know, my fame would just kind of, I'd stay the same. It wouldn't be all that much, but wow. Katie, I don't know if Katie understands just how great this fame thing really is. I mean, how can I— how can I, like, get it across to her that becoming famous, like, what else is there? Why, why else would you want to live if you weren't going to get a chance to be famous? I mean, look at how great fame is. You get to see yourself everywhere you look, and people are interested in, like, boxers or briefs, and what kind of— what you have for breakfast, and, you know, whether or not you look the same in the morning when you get out of bed as you do when you're on the front page of the newspaper. You know, like that. It's great. It's just great. And the money. Oh man, the money just pours in. I don't know. I don't know. I don't think Katie gets it. I think we all ought to keep trying to get famous. Maybe we could start a YouTube fame consulting company. Wow, how to become famous on YouTube. I'm an example. I know how to do it. I know how to get famous. Look, bring the article. Take that clipping out of Newsweek. You know, we could put like ads on MTV. You know, get famous on YouTube. I think it's a good idea. I think it's got legs. We just gotta get rid of that Katy video though that tries to like get people to stop thinking about being famous. That's not— we don't need that kind of shit out there if we're gonna— I forgot, when you're famous you have to be careful. Well, it is a little bit of a burden, I guess. I guess it is a little bit of a burden. You know, all those people coming up to you on the street, you know, autographs. Well, the girls, that part's good. That part is good. They really like you, you know. "Was that you on the front page of the paper?" "Yes, yes, that was me, that was me." You know, you have to learn how to cope with it. It's not like something that you just you know, do. You have to practice. But it's like anything else, you know, you move into it, next thing you know you're comfortable with your fame. Geez, I wonder what's next, you know? Probably TV. Probably TV. Probably. I think I'll do the TV deal with the ninjas. I like that one. I think I'll take the ninja deal. That's probably their email coming in right now. It's what happens all day when you're famous, man. They're after you. They're after you. But there's nothing like it. Sorry, Katie. There's nothing like it.
