Accent Vlog
September 21, 2011 in Uncategorized
Oh geez. I can’t believe I did this. I can’t believe I’m even posting this. Who am I? What is happening?
Oh MAN.
There is something about being in front of a camera (or generally just being the center of attention) that makes me feel like I am parading around in a thong in front of the Dali Lama. Center of attention = thong and Dali Lama. It’s the exact same thing. I hate it all to a very passionate degree. And I hate thongs too. No, I’m not talking about the flip-floppy shoes. But I hate those too.
So ok. I was acting weird. I mean, how could I NOT act weird. I have never, ever recorded a video of myself in all my 28 (almost 29) years.
Holy crap. I’m almost 29.
Shoot me.
Anyway,
Please forgive me for the possibly unfavorable first impression you may form of me. I thought about doing the video ALL OVER AGAIN, but then decided that I absolutely could not stomach that a second time. Therefore, you are getting the very first try, the first attempt, the raw, painful CRAP that is my vlog. Ha.
So here I am, acting all weird and uncomfortable and everybody is going to hate me now, and nobody will ever read my blog again.
I thought about trashing all the work I did on this. I thought about tying the video to a cement block and sinking it in the East River. I thought about going to New York just to drown it viciously.
I’m really worried about this. Can you tell???
Oh poo. Here it is. Please be gentle……..
I’m so weird. Sorry that I put you all through that.
Did you notice all the fidgety hand movements?? Yep. Might as well have been wearing a thong. Aka: butt floss.
BTW….this short video took 3 hours to upload to YouTube. ??????
Anyhoo….
If you have an accent vlog, link back to it in the comments. They are fun to watch and I wanna see it. Or, if you feel so inclined, here are the INSTRUCTIONS (not rules) so you can record your own accent vlog.
The instructions are to say these words:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
And answer these questions:
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you use to change the TV channel?
Will I ever vlog again????
Hmmm. I don’t know. I would have to have a REALLY good reason/plan/excuse.
I think after I tried it a few more times, I would get more comfortable with the process and I would act less weird.
I am such a socially inept hermit. 
And I’m totally okay with that.
My brain is in a vlog induced state of anxiety. I must go read a book now.
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Ok. This is Penny’s older sister. I have known her since she was one day old. This is my sisterly analysis of her accent vlog. I picked up on a few things.
1. I’m surprised Tater only screamed like an unholy banshee once during that video.
2. That really is how she says those words. She didn’t add to or take away from her accent.
3. She only fidgets with her hands like that when she really uncomfortable.
4. Isn’t she sweet? She is usually very pulled together. I like seeing her a little unraveled sometimes.
5. She is probably going to kill me because I didn’t tell her she didn’t seem unravled on the video. I only promised her she didn’t look stupid.
Ha!!! That is an awesome comment.
I won’t kill you since you left such a nice comment.
Also….because I know it would drive you crazy…..I fixed your typos.
using = usually
she = seeing
Ok, so her older sister should have proofread her comment first. Sorry, that is a disaster.
You.are.hilarious. And this video was hilarious…I put up my first outtake too! Who cares anyway!??!?! Haha…
We say quite a few things differently. I get made fun of a lot for how I talk, especially if I get excited.
Do you always wear eye makeup? You look so pretty goin to the park….I hate you.
I wear sweatpants and no make-up…MOST OF THE TIME.
T-p-ing…I have NEVER called it that. That’s SO weird.
I’m the same on Tennis shoes and sneakers though…although, it’s tinny shoes, LOL.
Good job Penny! Proud of you!!!
Thank you Lori!! It was SO weird for me to do this. Clearly.
I do ALWAYS wear eye makeup. I started wearing the crap when I was 12 or 13 (as I’m sure you remember
) , and now putting it on is as much of my daily ritual as showering. I feel naked and weird without it. The only things I did a bit differently for the video was straighten my hair and put on a decent blouse and scarf. I normally wear athletic clothes, t-shirts, and sneakers…and I do crap with my hair. I mean hey. We’re MOMS. That’s like the standard mom uniform. 
If I get excited and start talking, I talk really fast and run all my words together and jumble them up. I sound like a crazy person. It why I like writing. I sound clearer when I write than when I talk. When I talk I just sound like a boob. ha.
This was so awesome! I’ve never heard your voice before, so this was lovely.
You didn’t sound like I thought you would; probably because I think you look younger than you are. 
You looked great on camera too, for the record.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Everytime I see a video of a blogger for the first time, I’m always like “What the ****? That’s how they talk?”
I knew people would have this moment with me, and I was freaking out about it. The whole dang thing freaked me out. It’s really nice to have positive feedback. I REALLY like having your opinion too. 
YOU Penny, stand triumphant upon the slain beast of your fear!
Us Australians butcher the word “Pecan” in ways that are bordering on criminal.
That was fantastic… loved loved LOVED it. You have a lovely accent, especially when you say “New Orleans” and “Pecan”
Oh, and by the way, how GORGEOUS are you!!! You are definately channelling Avril. Only better. Much better. I would love to wear eye make up like this but people would mistake me for crazed druggo who’s been up partying for 3 days. Nah, just can’t pull it off, dammit and it looks so good too.
Anyways Penny, thank you so much for sharing this. It’s great to put a face to your entertaining prose.
So, Lisa….
will you marry me??? Cuz I wuvs you.
Thank you so much for the incredible compliments!! I’m sure I don’t have to say how FREAKED OUT I was by the preception people would get of me, so I’m VERY happy to hear that you liked it!
Now…I have to tell you…
Really, I bet he wouldn’t even need to hear you talk…..just the fact that you live there would be enough for him. 
I think Australians have THE MOST AWESOME accent ever. I bet if I heard you talk I would REALLY want to marry you. Ha! And since my husband has a fascination with all things Australian…. he would most likely want to marry you too.
English accents really rank up there with me too. I LOVE them.
About my eye makeup…..
I’m so addicted to it. Most of the time I wish I wasn’t addicted to it, but I still wear it anyway. I bet when I’m 70 I will still be wearing eye makeup like that.
*hugs*
I married my Irish husband Gerry for is accent
One thing that I really noticed about the video was the sound of bugs in the background. That sound of crickets in the background really reminds me of Australia, so I was surprised to hear it on your vid. Of course there are bugs there, geez, duh.