Youtubin' Into My Heart

Most people know about my obsession with accents. Perhaps obsession is too strong a word for it. But I love accents nevertheless. My favorite is British, of course. It has long been a dream of mine that the woman I marry will have a British accent. Then I can spend every day with her just listening and enjoying every word she says. It would even make fights entertaining for me.

I'm not sure where this interest of mine came from. I didn't have a British nanny as a child. Now I gush every time I hear one. In college I used to purposely sit next to the British kids in the cafeteria. Nothing goes with dinner better than eavesdropping on some Brits talking. To be fair those are not the only accents I enjoy. I also love Canadian, southern American and Australian plus the French and Indian when they speak English.

You are probably wondering at this point, "What the hell does this have to do with YouTube?" Every once in a while I go on a YouTube bender where I can't get enough of it. I spend entirely too much time watching people's random videos. By chance yesterday I stumbled onto one that completely captivated me. I've only partially delved into her deep catalogue of vlogs, but I am hooked. In case you hadn't guessed she is British. Most of her videos really aren't anything ground breaking, however I can't help but watch them all. They consist of everything from reading a short story she loves to having a staring contest in response to another video.

Yes it may seem childish and I suppose in many respects it is. But at this point in my life I've decided to just embrace the things that make me smile, as they are few and far between. So far I have smiled during every one of her videos. So I thought I would post a couple I thoroughly enjoyed. The first one should be pretty self explanatory for why I love it.







The second video is about how to eat chips (or for us Americans, fries). And I definitely agree with her strategy as simple as it seems.





So that is currently what I am doing with my free time. Meanwhile my Netflix queue remains neglected. I really need to start cranking some out. But dammit if it doesn't always happen that you are in a light, comedic mood for a few weeks but you get mostly dramas in the mail. And I don't like to adjust my queue too much other than adding new things now and then.


Ignorance Edit: So as I have now watched most of Paperlilies' videos, I realize that she has quite a huge following and is a genuine YouTube star. As usual I'm one of the last people to discover these types of things. But I won't let that put a halt to my current infatuation. She is still a treat to watch despite the fact that I'm one of over 15,000 subscribers to her channel.