There is an internet phenomena that rather typifies the age in which you find yourself. This phenomenon is called LonelyGirl15. You know it isn't a very exciting name and that is the point. LonelyGirl15 was supposed to seem like any other vlogger (someone who posts video diary entries on the internet, in this case a service called YouTube. In a couple years, you will watch "Doogie Howser, MD" and this will make more sense). The existence of a LonelyGirl15 implies at least 14 before her. You are certain there are hundreds now trying to feed off the fame of the original.
LonelyGirl15 is an affable and attractive 16 year old named Bree. She doesn't give her surname or location, since she doesn't wish to be found. A precocious homeschooler, she makes videos jokingly trying to prove science wrong and lampoon music videos. Her costars are an older friend named Daniel, a purple monkey puppet named Purple Monkey, and various other stuffed animals.
Bree quickly developed a fan following. Actually, more like a cult following. Sites and forums formed from the ether to gush over her and scrutinize her life. Was there more than a friendship between Daniel and her? (Yes, a later video featured Bree confused because Daniel kissed her at a party.) Was that a picture of Aliester Crowley above her bookcase and what does that mean about our cherished naïf? (Yes, that's Uncle Al and Bree has been given the honor of being the center of a "really important" ceremony in her religion, something she refuses to describe to her fans for fear of their disrespect.) Daniel even started his own vlog to explain himself and his videos became the subject of just as much analysis as an extension of Bree.
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