Conquering My Fear (Like A Champ)/Transcript


 * Adam: Well, looks like this is it. Falling down 75 feet out of the air. Dang it. This sucks! How did it all come to this, you might ask? Heh, well.. My story starts at like a couple days ago.. A VERY couple days ago!! So let's first talk about fears! Everyone has them. Fears such as being afraid of clowns, public speaking, giant octopus aliens whose only purpose in life is to invade Kansas.....spiders... Doesn't matter who you are or how tough you think you are, you'll be afraid of at least one thing in your lifetime. I, on the other hand, heh heh, have no fears! How, you might ask? Pfft!! Ha ha ha.. OK I'm lying. Of course even I have my fears. I, Adam from SomethingElseYT, have a secret fear that I have never told ANYONE in my entire life, except for all my friends, my family, this random guy I met at Taco Bell, and now the entire world. A fear so secret, so scary that it will blow your FREAKING MIND!!!
 * Viewer: Wait, Adam, you're- You're actually afraid of something? What could the AMAZING, STRONG, GORGEOUS, and LUSTROUS Adam be afraid of?? Besides killer whales...and everything in the ocean....like sea cucumbers?
 * Adam: First off, stop it, you're making me blush! Keep going. Second, I'm not afraid of everything in the ocean, just killer whales, and like everything that could kill me.. like sea cucumbers. Thirdly, I realized killer whales have yet to actually kill a person out in the wild in their homelands but hear me out, I'm not taking ANY chances of I being that one random person they see and they're like:
 * Killer whale: Yo, this guy lame.
 * Adam: Thirdly, again, I forgot what I was talking about...OH YEAH!! Heights..... I'm afraid of heights. Yep, I'm afraid of the most generic thing to be afraid of. I mean to give myself some credit, I'm not TOO afraid of heights, just heights that if I were to make one wrong move, I plummet to my undeniable doom. Side tangent: I had never been on an airplane up until this point, and I had to go on one for the first time to go to Boise to do a fan meetup with James, Tim, and Jaiden. And what I didn't realize is that planes GO FREAKING HIGH!! Also when they take off, they go fast as f***, BOI!!! Haha.. What I also didn't realize is James, the LAST person you want to be flying with when your afraid of heights!
 * James: Holy freaking cr- ADAM!! Look how high we are! Oh man, we are still going UP!! The ground, look at the ground! It's getting further and further and further away! If we were to fall off right now, we would totally die.
 * Adam: It's really cool, James! Glad you're having a fun time!! If I make it out of this alive, I will destroy you. I can't give him too much crap though because I would've totally done the same thing. Haha.. Once we got to cruising attitude though, it got less scary because the plane wasn't just going straight up in a vertical direction, it became more...awesome! Looking outside the window went from "OK, so I'm going to die" to "Oh wow, this is dope." I'm not afraid of flying in planes anymore. Step 1 of my conquer complete! OK back on track, so a couple days ago, Jaiden invited Tim, James, and I to go to this thing up in the mountains, three hours away from where I lived. It was like a rope-jungle-climbing thing. I had no idea what it was to be honest, but it sounded fun and harmless so we went! I mean how scary could this really be? Ha ha ha ha.. Turns out, this harmless rope-climbing thing was five courses of obstacles, basically testing your strength and abilities to not fall to your death. Also there was talk that only 30% of people actually finished all five courses, and that the highest part of the obstacles were like 75 feet in the air. OK, it's fine.... This is fine.. I'm fine... I lived. On the upside, if you were part of the 30% of people that finished all 5 courses, you would receive a massive award. No one was for certain what it may or may not be, at least I didn't, but I speculated that it could be of various things (What's in the BOX!!) such as a giant medal made of pure gold, a tiny statue built in our honor, the magical tears of a unicorn that can make anything taste of delicious croissants, or...a T-shirt. GOD, I hope it's a T-shirt!! So we began the course. After going through a tutorial on how not to die which, thank you, Sam, and I'm not gonna lie, the first three courses of obstacles WERE BORING AS BALLS!!! They were for beginners, which I was but NAH!! And you would have to wait like 10 minutes before each obstacle for that one person in front of the line to finish, just so the next person can take JUST AS LONG!! I wish I could've, y'know, gave them a little incentive.
 * Viewer: Adam, but how high were you in the tree?
 * Adam: Hahaha, I don't do drugs, stupid! (rimshot) We were pretty high up. But not enough for me to be scared, because if I were to fall, the least amount of damage that could happen would be a broken leg or whatever. Eventually, we did get to the fourth obstacle course, and people started taking the exits.. P***ies. Huh, why are people getting off?? So far it's been a walk in the park! Or trees. Easy peasy! I'm not even breaking a sweat. Ha, I can literally do this with my eyes clooooooooooooooooooooooooOK!! This is fine! I'm fine!! It's OK, Adam, just breathe. Just breathe. Uh, I LOOKED DOWN!!! They always say never look down!! I always wondered why they said never look down, and well, NOW I KNOW!! I didn't realize this but the courses were getting higher and higher the further we went. The obstacles were getting way longer and way more muscle-intensive too, so I was getting tired. On top of that, WE NEVER ATE LUNCH!!!! I WAS STARVING!! I NEED SUSTENANCE!!! I was so close to quitting because of how high and hungry I was, but I stopped myself. You know what?! NO!! I'm gonna finish this thing! I'm not gonna let my fear win and control me! I need to be strong! I need to DEFEAT IT!! FOR MYSELF!!! I CAN DO THIS!!!! I WILL DO THIS!!! RRRRRRRRRRAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! Plus whatever food I put into my face-hole is gonna taste FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!! RRRRRRRRRRAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! I scream again and run-off camera! Obstacle after obstacle, all four of us prevailing, winning, dominating at every corner, every turn, beating this thing at its own game! But then.. we hit a road block. Monkey bars. FREAKING MONKEY BARS!! Literally the only thing standing in our way were these DAMN DIRTY MONKEY BARS!!! I know that didn't work but FRICK YOU ANYWAYS!! Don't get me wrong, monkey bars would be easy, if each bar wasn't like a bajillion feet away from each other! I'm exaggerating of course, but they were spaced pretty far apart. One by one, we all took our turns to pass it. First, Jaiden made it across. Next was Tim also made it across. Then James made it across with himself. Finally, I was up. I was ready for this. OK, I used to love monkey bars as a kid, so I got this. I'm prepared for this! C'mon body, don't fail me now! OK, ready! One, two, threeooooooooooooooooooooooooOK!!! We are high up!! I LOOKED DOWN AGAIN!! You think I learned the first time!? BUT APPARENTLY NOT!!! Good guy Jameson sees me struggling, so he decided to try to help me by pushing one of the monkey bars closer to make it easier to reach, which aw, how sweet of him! Such a great human being. What a shining role model. We need more people like him in this society, is what I would've said if he didn't LEAVE ME after two seconds of waiting!
 * James: I waited like 10 minutes!
 * Adam: YOU COULD'VE WAITED LONGER!!!! *PFFT* THANK YOU!!
 * James: You're welcome!
 * Viewer: Well that sucks, Adam, sorry to hear you didn't finish the last co-
 * Adam: OH NO!! HA!! I said I was gonna finish this thing, and frab-dab it, I'm gonna finish it. I psyched myself up one more time, prepared myself to be dangling 75 feet from the ground, and finally lifted off the ground like a majestic person who was trying not to fall to his doom. I grabbed onto the monkey bars and held on for dear life, but being completely exhausted, dying of thirst, knees weak, palms sweaty, and not eating Mom's spaghetti, I slipped. And now here we are. Falling to my undeniable doom. Freaking dang it, heh heh.. I had so much I wanted to do in life. Like make something of myself, meet the girl of my dreams, grow as a person, eat pizza bagels, make a song with Ed Sheeran, eat MORE pizza bagels, so many great things I could've done but....here I am.....falling. Ah shoot. Did I leave the stove on? Hope not. That would be embarrassing! But as I was falling, the most extraordinary, unexpected, unbelievable thing occurred..... The line caught me and I only fell like two inches from the top. Did I not mention we were always attached to something with these safety belts we had on, so like no matter what we did, we would not fall? Yeah, so those were a thing.
 * Viewer: You had safety belts on the entire time!?!
 * Adam: OK, I know, I know, but listen, we were still 75 feet up in the air, and that in itself is unnerving. When I slipped, I legit was just like, "Well, today is the day." I accepted so fast that this was how I was going to die. Falling to my doom, that and I totally forgot about these. (dramatic montage of Adam growing wings and showing them off) And that. Aw frick, my jacket!!! So I shimmied my way across, finished the last two obstacles, went down the zipline, climbed down the giant tree, touched ground, and upon my victory shouted, TODAY I, ADAM, HAVE BECOME A MAN!! I had dominated my fear! ADAM: 1! HEIGHTS: ZERO!!! Yep, that's how I conquered my fear. Will I do more things like this in the future? Probably. Throughout it all, hanging out with my friends, being outdoors, and swinging across bridges, I had a really fun time. That, and I truly conquered my fear of heights that day and most likely won't let it hinder me from doing anything else in the days to come, like going on elevators on the top floor.. Crowded.. metal...chemical...boxes of death.....
 * Viewer: Wait, Adam, didn't you say if you were part of the 30% of people who finished, you get some sort of massive award?
 * Adam: Oh yeah, the award... So apparently after finishing, you don't get a giant medal of pure gold, or a tiny statue built in your honor, or even magical croissant-tasting unicorn tears. No no, you wanna know what we got after doing all five courses that take an average person nearly five to six hours to do? A wristband. 6 HOURS OF ME RISKING MY LIFE FOR A FREAKING WAISTBAND!!!!!! LOOK, HERE IT IS!!!! NOT EVEN A FREAKING T-SHIRT!! They were passing out T-shirts for the people who finished, BUT you had to be over 70 YEARS OLD TO RECEIVE IT!!!! (sighs) 50 years..... Just wait.... That T-shirt will be mine.. Or I could just pay for it.

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 * Adam: I'm not gonna lie, I really want that T-shirt. Heh, I know only old people can get it, but I'm old! Not really, I'm only 20, but you- but- uh, I'm old at heart, and that's- well, right now I feel like an old man because I st- stayed up until like 4 o'clock in the morning to finish this video. I'm dying right now! Currently, as we speak. Well I hope you guys enjoyed that video and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Comment down below if you have, y'know, any similar stories, I love hearing you guys' stories and stuff like that, so yeah! Through and through, I'm actually really glad I ended up conquering my fear, it's freaking awesome. Um, would I do it again? I think I said in the video I would. So yeah, I would. Heh heh.. Well that does it for- That does- That- That, uh, does it for this video, hope you enjoyed it! And uh.. it's ya boi, it's me...... Stay hydrated.