My friends. Fellow New Zealand Tubers and internet citizens alike.
After what has seemed like an overly long and complex array of stories, scandals and the occasional skype post, it is time for me to take my Gossip hat off and finish this controversial blog for good.
Even through the fights and arguments and petty fallouts, we have always had the anchor that has kept us together – YouTube. We spent our lives broadcasting ourselves all over the world, gaining respect and in some cases rather large fanbases, as we expressed our opinions.
So the only way for me to do this justly and correctly, is to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.
Tonight, I am signing myself off from the New Zealand YouTube Community.
Not just GossipGirl, but YouTube as well.
I am no longer part of this collective that has been my life for the past year. I am no longer going to be a part of long, hilarious Skype calls, or a part of Twitter hashtag attempts, or even Dailybooth picture threads.
I feel that this is the right thing to do for all I want out of the real world, which is something that I have been ignoring for a very long time.
To all the friends I’ve made: especially Patrick, Simon, Tenani, Denise, Rache, Jess, Lewis, and most importantly Juno. You are the most amazing people on the planet, and I have been so lucky to have known you all – and continue to know you.
To everyone else: no matter what fallings out we may have experienced, we still had laughs and a whole lotta fun in between. You made my holidays enjoyable.
So, my dear YouTubers, as I sit here on my laptop I feel a great sense of sadness towards what I am doing. But it is the right thing, and I do believe that. I shall continue to watch you, and I shall continue to marvel over your attractive faces and gorgeous voices, and smile as I remember the days where I was once part of the NZYTcommunity.
So, for the last time,
And Out.
GG2.0
codyshuttleworth.x
