7 years ago, I was still living in my mom’s house, preparing to move out. And because of the way the house was built, my brother’s room was close enough to where I never felt comfortable recording while anyone was home, because I am self-conscious about my speech impediment. Also, I genuinely didn’t want to bother anyone by talking for hours while trying to finish a video. Unfortunately, that same grace wasn’t given to me one night while I was trying to record a video about the Sixers being eliminated from the playoffs. My mom and brother were having a conversation loud enough to get picked up on my microphone. At the same time, I also had a SeatGeek obligation to fulfill, so I needed to get videos out ASAP. So I packed up my setup and rented an Airbnb. On the drive there, I kept thinking maybe I was doing too much. Maybe I should just wait another day to record. Those thoughts only got louder once I arrived. The Airbnb had no furniture and tiled floors, so the echo was unbearable. At that point, I was already down over $100, and honestly, I felt defeated. I kept thinking about just going back home and recording tomorrow. But I kept trying to piece together another idea. I thought about getting a hotel room, but with the rooms attached, I could potentially get kicked out for recording while people were trying to sleep. And then my dumbass came up with the greatest idea ever... Why not just get a motel room with an end unit So I drove all around Riverdale, College Park, and eventually landed in Union City, where I luckily found a cheap raggedy motel. They had a vacant end unit, and nobody was in the room next door either. I got everything set up, sat down to record, and immediately realized it was still echoing. To make matters worse, the motel was so close to the highway that you could occasionally hear cars flying by too. I felt like such a dumbass lol I stress ate for like an hour and didn’t even want to go back home because I was embarrassed that I couldn’t even record a video, but right before I packed everything up, I had one last idea. I grabbed every pillow in the room and surrounded the microphone to cancel out the echo and background noise... it actually worked. I recorded and edited until 11am, right before I had to check out and got a video out that day Looking back at that night, this is so dumb lol... At the time, I was still uploading on my original channel, and my upload schedule was inconsistent, so I genuinely had no idea how the videos would perform. It took me years to find this photo again, so every time I thought back to this moment, I always wondered why I was so persistent. Maybe it was because I knew the inevitable conversation about what I was doing with my life was coming from my mom as she didn't really know what YouTube was Or maybe it was because Agent was constantly blowing up my phone trying to figure out where we were going to live together. But now that I’ve found the photo again, I vividly remember what I was actually feeling that night. I didn’t care if I failed Agent, I didn’t care if I failed my mom The reason I took that photo and kept it to myself was because I never wanted to feel like I failed myself by quitting.

Big Takeaways From Game 3 for the Los Angeles Lakers: • Luka's shot-making versatility is INSANE. • Austin Reaves is just so damn good. • Are these no-dip 3s from Matisse Thybulle real? • Can't wait to see Cameron Carr and Adou Thiero. • The perimeter defense still needs time to gel, but I saw a lot of communication in the 2nd half. • Looney was so bad he only played 5 minutes in a game where Kessler was in foul trouble. • THE JAZZ ARE AN OKAY TEAM, NOT A GREAT ONE. DON'T OVERREACT.

nah JB is trolling rn

Suggs just went down too... bro this fucking suck

man this fucking sucks J Dub can't catch a break

J Dub just broke his leg... wtf man

LUKA FUCKING DONCIC WITH 50

no dip 3s from Matisse will save my soul

HOLY FUCK THE LAKERS ALLOWED 47 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER... LUKA'S DEFENSE WAS HORRID AND HE DIDN'T BOX OUT

The problem isn't that Giannis moves to the dunker, it's the fact that he is just walking. Giannis has to run the play in full speed to present like he is a threat to cause the defense to help and shift or maybe leverage and seal for inside positioning. Walking to the spot is crazy

Yaxel is talking the bait and I love it. Not enough personalities in the NBA, players should be more outspoken. This might not end well for him but I still love it

Damn this sucks. I hope this doesn't linger for too long and Duren is close to 100% when he gets back

Oh JB is going to keep going 👀👀👀 No beef because you are a nice guy with a PR team... tuff

first 0-3 start since 2008 for the Miami Heat