Exactly one year ago, on Monday, October 8, 2012, I went
into the computer room in my house and my little brother was showing my mom videos of the Blind Auditions from Season 3 of The Voice and after they left, I started browsing through the videos and I came across a picture link to a Blind Audition that had a REALLY cute guy with dark brown hair and glasses. According to the description of the video, his name was MacKenzie Bourg and he sung "Pumped up Kicks." I thought to myself, "Oh he's cute. Ehh." Then I decided to watch the video and when I heard him sing, I was like, "Oh my gosh!!! " I heard one of the most beautiful voices ever. I immediately fell in love with him and his voice. I was immediately a fan of him. And from that day on, I never looked back.
I want to thank MacKenzie so much for entering my life. Without him, I would still have had a crush on a guy who is an idiot. Also because of his fandom, the MacPack, I was introduced to so many people who I consider my closest friends. And I want to give shout outs to them right now. Whit N. Nooner, Sydney Brooke Alvord, Xandria Desimone, Madison, Phair, Jill Unti, Chrisla Ruth, Jenny Eliassen Eggen, Gabrielle Delahoussaye, Krystal Sarson, Cynthia Gardner, Nathalie Fortier, Ashlyn Sydnor, Emily Gilmet, Natalie Colwell, Courtney Gronewold, Kaley Jordan, and many more. Some of them im not as close to as others, but who cares? I finally knew what it was like to have friends that I can really connect to because we all share a common interest: MacKenzie Bourg.
MacKenzie also made me realize what it meant to love someone for their personality. From his UStreams, tweets, and pictures on Instagram, MacKenzie made us know he was a really nice and caring person. And a hilarious
I cannot believe it's been a year since I discovered MacKenzie Bourg. Since then, I followed his Instagram, Twitter, UStream account, and liked his Facebook page.
Plus he read 3 of my comments on his UStream, received 2 shout-outs from him, he liked 3 of my pictures on Instagram, commented on 1 of my pictures on Instagram, liked 3 of my comments on three of his posts on his Facebook page, followed my twitter, and replied to my DMs 44 times.
MacKenzie Bourg is my favorite singer and 2nd favorite artist. Plus also my celebrity crush. Haha.
I seriously cannot believe how much has happened to me in one year. I had no idea then on that how my decision to click the video that he was on forever changed my life. Stuff I never dreamed of happening to me happened. I only met one of my MacPacker friends (Krystal Sarson) and I would love to meet
the rest of them very much. Until I became a fan of MacKenzie, I never knew what it was like to have a celebrity crush, a favorite singer, more than three really close friends that I met on the internet that were out of state, be followed by my favorite singer on Twitter, feeling like I had REALLY good friends, really feeling like what it was like to love someone for their personality, and more. I never dreamed that those things would happened. MacKenzie made those things happened.
I would say that the top three days of my time as a fan would be the day I
discovered and became a fan of him, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 (When he
followed my Twitter), and the day I saw him perform.
I feel really lucky that all these great things have happened to me because
of him. MacKenzie, if you have read this much so far, I would love to thank
you from the bottom of my heart. If I ever see you perform again and buy
meet and greet tickets, I would tell you these things in person.
Every year when I was in high school, I was introduced to something that
changed my life forever. In 9th grade, cheerleading changed my life forever. In 10th grade, knitting changed my life forever. In 11th grade, Hanson changed my life forever and became my favorite band and favorite artist. And finally, in 12th grade, MacKenzie Bourg changed my life forever and became
my favorite singer and 2nd favorite artist.
MacKenzie Bourg, thank you for being a part of my life. You really are a magical human being and I look forward to many more years as a fan of you.
Sincerely, Kylie Haymaker
