Category Archives: just because

I think I'm a fan of vlogging. At least of other people's vlogs. Today I thought I'd be really cool and keep up with the cool kid bloggers and try one out for myself. The only thing is I think the cat is finally out of the bag that I'm a doof. And that I don't know how to properly set up a camera for vlogging seeing as my head is cut off for 99.9% of this video. It might even be 100% but who's counting.

Also, I seriously seriously regret posting this. Just throwing that out there. But I swore to Carly that I would do a vlog, and I did it, and I guess I need to just suck up the embarrassment and get it over with. The first one's always the worst, right?

Anyway, for my intro to vlogging I went with the dialect video that was popular a bit ago. I was too scared to talk back then, but now I'm busting out of my proverbial shell of blogging shyness and putting it all out there for my lovely readers.

(Do you like the face it pauses on here? Beautiful.)

My First Vlog: How I Speak and Stuff from Amy Morby on Vimeo.

If you want to play too here are the questions. And that list I skipped through because it was boring. But one time a guy yelled at me for saying coupon as "cyo-pawn" instead of "coo-pawn." He then asked if I was a high school graduate. You should have seen his reaction when I said I was not only a high school graduate, but a COLLEGE graduate with a degree in English. Old people are so snarky.

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

Now 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 change the TV channel with?

Thanks for watching! And if you decide to participate, link me! We'll share in our vlogging newness together.

Happy Fathers Day, dad. Thanks for

• raising me right with fantastic musical taste
• instilling a deep love for music at an early age by playing your 12-string guitar and listening to vinyl with me.
• taking me to violin lesson ever week without fail and attending all of my boring recitals and competitions
• buying me my first guitar
• coming to guitar lessons with me and letting me listen to The Who and Led Zeppelin at full blast in your car on the way

• Supporting me and encouraging me to excel in school and do whatever I wanted, whether it was art, violin, or writing.
• Letting me get that crazy chihuahua/schnauzer named Vinny, even though he always loved you more than me.
• Showing me that it's ok to be passionate about things, like your photography.
• Being pretty much the coolest dad ever.

Hope you're all having a fantastic weekend with your awesome dads/grandpas/husbands. Have a good one!