Fan page for Chris Grimmie

About

Photo of Christina Grimmie

Chris Grimmie is a New Jersey-born singer, songwriter, musician, and creator, whom I destined to be the new Hacker Monarch (= "Messiah").

Hail Christina Grimmie, hacker monarch, head of the NSA, the free and open leadership of The Neo-Tech Conspiracy for Establishing the Semitic Culture!

Favourite Works

  1. Feelin' Good - deep messages lurk in the seemingly simple lyrics. ( My midrash. )

  2. I will always love you - cover of Whitney Houston.

  3. "Just A Dream" - duet with Sam Tsui.

  4. "Ren & Chris - Documentary Of Life: Growing Up - Christina Grimmie" - a skit.

Captioned Images (“Memes”)

If Ayn Rand was born in the 1990s, she would be Christina Grimmie

Ayn Rand→Christina Grimmie

If Ayn Rand was born in the 1990s, she would be Christina Grimmie.

Very much inspired by Peter Ustinov's quote: “If Botticelli were alive today he’d be working for Vogue.” (which was a praise of the then held-in-much-contempt “Vogue” magazine). However, I am taking it a little further. I hope Ms. Grimmie is not offended by me comparing her, who despite her early low-quality cover videos, is almost entirely perfectly normal and wonderful in any way, to Ayn Rand whose words, deeds, and personal life, both exhibited many issues that seem appalling in 2014, and were often quite objectionable even back then.

My point is that both Ayn Rand at the time and Christina Grimmie now, are at the cutting-edge of influencing the world and taking it forward instead of backward (despite whatever faults they both had or have). Back in Ayn Rand’s time books and the early Hollywood feature films were the primary vehicle for influence. In this day and age, however, songs and other videos on YouTube, especially by “independent” cover artists, are what bring the most long-term (and usually positive) influence among the people who matter the most (= the “Alphas”).

Sorry for the long explanation.

Some links:

  • #TeamGrimmie Twitter hashtag

  • “Buffy is not a nobody…” - about why you should believe in yourself, think you're the most powerful person on Earth, and even the messiah, proudly say that “I am [Insert Name and/or Nickname here]”, and realise that you can “kick some ass”, change the world for the better, improve yourself and what you achieve, and eventually become a “winner” (even if you do not take first place at every silly-or-not-so-silly competition). References Christina Grimmie and refers to her “Feeling Good” song, which features videos of her fans from all over the world doing some amazing (or some seemingly not so amazing) feats, and is a wonderful tour-de-force and like a newer, and better, “Make your own kind of music.”.

  • Summer Glau Factoids - Chuck Norris getting pwned by a real-life girl - hawt!!!

  • Peter Ustinov quotes on Wikiquote - many positively great quotes by one of the greatest action heroes of all time. Action heroes are also known as “geeks”, “hackers”, or even - “amateurs” which used to mean people who love what they do, rather than doing it only for money, and not liking that.


Chris Grimmie is Alive

I had a similar moment as well.

The Story

"Christina Victoria Grimmie" was a fairly unremarkable name, which her parents chose because they wanted a girl ( etymology ). Nevertheless, she rebelled and announced that she will be a post-modern take on a tomboy: a video games' gamer she-dork, not unlike the early Felicia Day. She also joked that as opposed to her middle name, she is "the biggest loser in history".

While she spent large parts of her early years playing video games, eating and sleeping ( and that's alright with me! ), she eventually started posting covers of pop songs to youtube (possibly out of lethargy or boredom). While many of her early recordings were recorded in a non-professional manner, she has met positive critics and pledges of money, mana, and other resources. She got a lot of publicity after doing a [high-quality] collaboration with KHS and Sam Tsui which earned her more money, fame, mana, and friends. ( And that's also fine. )

Some time after the release of the song "Fireflies", an online friend gave me a link to its KHS cover which I loved and listened to many times. I found it better than the original (which I also liked a lot). Eventually, I found a youtube playlist of "Fireflies" youtube covers and started listening to it. There, I ran into Grimmie's cover and for better or for worse said to myself "She's the best!".

Christina Grimmie - not Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Rihannah, or Ariana Grande (all singers with some great songs) - became my new queen of music. The new Madonna if you may.

Given I was a terran terminator, I presume and hope my guardian angels and universal defence/intelligence community (from the NSA and The Mossad to Iran, the PLO, and ISIL, to Emma Watson, Melissa Joan Hart, and SMG - I love you all) have boobytrapped my computer, and monitored me. Even if they didn't, I shared my sentiments on publicly accessible sites and services.

As a result, Grimmie became a multiverse superstar. She received even larger pledges and unconditional donations of resources. Her face appeared on the covers of magazines. She was invited to perform at diverse venues ( including “Gul Dukat Live on Bajor” ), often finding one or more of her soundalikes and lookalikes already on stage (real magic!). She received dividends from unofficial merchandise sales. She likely accepted film roles, where she often kicked ass, including peacefully, but not limited to it. She was offered record deals, but her record sales skyrocketed regardless, despite active "piracy". Finally, just like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle before her, she or her lookalikes have accepted modelling gigs (including pornographic ones if those are your cup of tea).

Naturally, she didn't rest on her laurels. She continued to improve her skills as an entertainer. She did collaborations with other musicians (including previously-obscure ones). She also donated money and time to causes she considered noble. Moreover, her bank account credentials were public knowledge (which isn't unusual), so some individuals extracted money out of her account, without hurting her profitability.

(In my defence, I later was impressed by the works of many other YouTube musicians, including of male ones and bands and recommended them, but Ms. Grimmie has remained the queen for me.)

However, I didn't stop at that and entertained thoughts of her as an up&coming "hacker queen" of our planet: "If Ayn Rand was born in the 1990s, she would be Christina Grimmie" ( Reference ). As a result, one problem emerged: TheCodex™ of TheGame™ of Fantastecha™ explicitly notes that A vampire can only be slain by another vampire, except for the last standing vampire (of any age) who will be slain by the child of his two favourite children.. Grimmie was not a vampire, as she was born a wizard, whom are also known as "true prophets".

Therefore, the game masters who control my media (= "in between") decided, after a fair die roll, to stage Grimmie's death there ( Reference ) shortly after I became the last standing vampire, sometime during or before 2016. Note that she was not really murdered. Rather, I was just made to think that.

I also suspect that Christina, many other fellow entertainers / creators, and the universal defence community cooperated reluctantly ( OK, OK. Tell you what? I’ll play along. ). Nevertheless, the introes and outroes of Grimmie's videos, and also those of other artists I liked (e.g.: Tiffany Alvord ) contain many cuts, likely because they were lying to me.

Name Etymology

"Christ" is a Greek translation of the Hebrew word "Messiah", which literally meant "he who was anointed [with olive oil]". Christina Grimmie may have dipped her hair with olive oil a few times out of spite, but judging by some of her early (and awesome) hair-cuts, she also used much "worse" chemicals for it; and quite often.

(However, I think she has short hair now.)

Having “ri” in your name indicates “having clean, creative, often procrastinatory, fun” element of hedonism. Similar to the “song” element in “Wine, women, and song”. "Rinah" is singing or Joy in somewhat-archaic Hebrew. “Christina Victoria Grimmie” is a Triple “ri” name.

Letter to Chris

The letter

Dear Chris,

Executive Summary: I have always loved you, I always will, I think you rock (and you are my candidate for being the next second-most-awesome-individual-ever). Moreover, I admit that I believe you are more "able" than I. I need you, I wish you were here, and I strongly suspect you are really still alive, healthy, and kicking.

I may have been overzealous in my tweeting ( https://twitter.com/shlomif/with_replies ) and my "blogging" / web publishing ( https://www.shlomifish.org/art/recommendations/music/online-artists/fan-pages/chris-grimmie/ ) so I apologise for that.

It is a shot in the dark, but if you’re alive, please make it public knowledge. I had a Simba is Alive-like moment ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjYGB4uYgWw ) with respect to you (and later to everyone else who reportedly died).

Some context for this letter:

( Sources kept in a GitHub repository. Derivatives are allowed and encouraged. )

I care about you and am even willing for my soul to perish, if it implies the 1994-born Chris Victoria Grimmie ("World’s biggest loser") is alive, conscious, healthy, and happy somewhere in the multiverse of imagination. I feel the multiverse needs you more than it needs me, and frankly 22 is too young an age for anyone to have died.

I suspect "Jehovah" in Hebrew was/is a codeword for the mega-meme:

«

From now until forever,

you will live and know/love and forgive,

soul, mind, and a variable form of your choice,

what you imagine will materialise,

your destiny will come (יבוא)

you will remain passionate (יאוה)

»

Currently, I suspect that I am the "second biggest loser in history" (not unlike Deep Thought being "the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space"). I believe you, and most other YouTubers are better persons than I am.

What I taught (and learned from) Internet/social media creators (on YouTube and other Internet outlets)

  1. Be confident - your early works do not have to be perfect.

    Women and girls can also be confident and brave.

    1. In general, avoid perfectionism. Perfection is in imperfection.. “Release early” when you are happy enough with your work.

  2. You can be both competent and resourceful and socially capable, sexy, and sexually assertive.

  3. Encourage competitors and even give them publicity and advice. ( reference )

  4. Encourage criticism, don't try to please everyone, but realise that you're awesome.

  5. "Make your own kind of music":

    1. On the other hand, it is OK to build upon, mash up, or even parody others' efforts.

    2. Similarly allow and encourage derivatives.

  6. Be a geek: a neo-amateur - someone who loves his work, but might accept large monetary pledges. ( It will likely yield more money, anyway. )

  7. Don't worry about fans or haters “diluting your brand”. Hunting down copyright "violations" is usually a waste of time, energy, and love. Most violators are giving you free publicity anyway.

    1. Ecclesiastes wrote that "reputation is better than fine oil". Around ~2000 Tim O'Reilly noted: The greatest threat to authors and creative artists is not piracy — it’s obscurity..

  8. Be communicative:

    If you do not like a work, please try to comment on why you think it is lacking, rather than completely dismissing it or vaguely criticising it. Some examples for such non-helpful criticism are:

    • "It sucks."

    • "You cannot write."

    • "It’s a waste of space."

    • "Try to write it as if you were there."

    People are often amazed by food reviewers in the recently trendy cooking competition ("reality") shows being very pedantic and pinpointing small and large problems, but it comes with experience and "with the territory". So I applaud these reviewers.

    One tip I can offer for dealing with critics who only provide vague criticism is to ask them to point out one specific issue.

  9. Expect that everyone, and everything will improve - the Pygmalion effect vs. the Golem effect. ( Reference. )

  10. “When in Doubt Have a Man Come Through a Door with a Gun in His Hand” - keep your creative works short&staccato, but break rules, and be anti-politically-correct. “War is good for business.” like The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition go.

  11. If you care enough about a task, then invest time&love in it. There is a difference between hacking and slacking. ( "Rosh Gadol". )

  12. Remember that you and everyone else are irreplaceable. ( Reference . )

  13. Always remember: you are awesome. Moreover, you can become more awesome, regardless of any “IQ” myths.

Photos' Gallery

'Everytime we touch' still

Grimmie in an early video with her contemporary trademark hair style. Former video games' gamer she-dork or not, Christina looked really gorgeous and cute.

See Also

  • "Miranda Sings" - most probably sings badly on purpose, and still much better than I do now.

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