That One Time I Tried My Hand at Vlogging

Or more precisely, that one time I had to make a video as part of a college application and I just pretended it was a video blog. Just putting this out there, all though if you've read enough of my blog you should already know, but I am an incredibly awkward person. Seriously though. So when The New School (one of the two schools that are tied for first place) emailed me and told me I could win full tuition to their school, so long as I submitted a video stating my case as to why I should be admitted, you can say I was more than intrigued. And even more than I was intrigued I was intimidated. I can't even talk to people coherently, much less talk to a camera! After a lot of deliberation, and oscillating between 'no, im too embarrassed, i cant talk to a camera' and 'oh what the heck, i can talk to a camera for $45,000' I winged it. So today, I played hookie from school and spent all day filming. Below are my incredibly awkward and amusing outtakes. After looking through them all, it's a miracle my friends are my friends, that's how awkward I am.

There wasn't anything I didn't cover in this video -  from random facts about myself like the fact my closet consists of mostly neutrals and stripes, how I often times forget I'm not a fictional character (no matter who much I'd like to be...), to my passions and talents, my goals and setbacks, and even an awkward first date story. Random I know, but it worked in context trust me.

Here I'm talking about how I knit my own socks, and in the bottom I come to the realization that my friends probably just use me so I knit them free socks...

I talked about my passion for cooking and baking and how that has helped me overcome some obstacles in life

The kitty reaaaallllyyy didn't want to be filmed no matter how much I insisted she stay still

I showed off the swanky New School hat I knit, in the school colors nonetheless. As you can tell, I'm really proud of it #I'mreadyforthoseharshnewyorkwinters #pleaseacceptmetoyourschool #ifnotwhatamIgoingtodowiththishat?

In making this video, I learned some harsh truths..like the fact that I was not cut out to be a videographer

 I took my cue for this video from one of my favorite youtubers, Ashley Clements, who was the star of The Lizzie Bennet diaries in which she played a modern version of Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice (watch all 110 of them here!). She's pretty awkward too, I felt an immediate connection with her.

I wanted to be as real as possible with this video - I didn't want to hide anything, and I just wanted to be myself. I think/hope The New School will appreciate that. My skills in front of a camera and at video editing are quite limited (the understatement of the year), but I hope that what I lack in stage and tech skills, I will make up for with my 'irresistible pizazz' and 'charisma'.

Waddya think? Will they find awkward and socially embarrassing stories charming enough to fund my education?

 Here's to hoping