I Have Confidence

Happy Leap Day to you all! *leaps* Ha. Ha. #BadPuns

I Have Confidence Lip-Sync from Ellie Shackelford on Vimeo.

I’m totally not obsessed with musicals or anything.
Much love,
Ellie

Lip-Syncing Extravaganza Day and Also It Is My Half-Birthday

Hey, my lovelies! Today I made a number of lip-syncs I would love to share with you! I hope you enjoy them!
The first is a signature musical lip-sync of one of my favorite musical songs, How To Be Lovely, from Funny Face! It is sung by Kay Thompson (yes, author of the Eloise books, OMGargoyles, right?) and Audrey Hepburn (the Living Angel from the Cotton Candy Forest [IN THE COTTON CANDY FOREST SHE LIVES OKAY IT IS OTHER-WORLDLY]) and is asdfghjkl; amazing.

How To Be Lovely Lip-Sync from Ellie Shackelford on Vimeo.

Hehehe. I like that song.
Okay, next one! The next lip-sync I have for you is the Arthur theme song! Have you ever really listened to the song? Thought about the lyrics? Took the words to heart? DOOOO ITTTTTTTTTTT. I swear it became one of my favorite songs after I bought the version by the TV Theme Band, which, get this, EXISTS SOLELY TO RECORD TELEVISION SHOW THEME SONGS. *flails happily*

Arthur Theme Lip-Sync from Ellie Shackelford on Vimeo.

And finally, a lip-sync of the Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady! At first, I didn’t think I like this song, and then I listened to a few times and…I LOVE IT. It’s so prim and proper and VICTORIAN, ya know? Plus, the outfits worn during this scene are, like, crazy fantastic.

Ascot Gavotte Lip-Sync from Ellie Shackelford on Vimeo.

And it is my half-birthday. When I brought this up today, my family related to it by talking about Arthur episodes. One, in which Prunella celebrated her half-birthday, and if I remember correctly, loses a magic cootie-catcher that predicts the future when pair of jeans with said in the pocket goes through the washing machine, and another in which D.W. celebrated her half-birthday (How? I don’t remember.).

Thank you all for watching!
Much love,
Ellie

Twenty Notes to Self

#1. Your spectacles should not be worn in the shower, and neither should your socks, whether they be adorned with tea cups or otherwise.

#2. You will likely slip on ice.

#3. You may think you are immune to the cold, but surprisingly, you aren’t! You will be chilled while wearing a knee-length pleated jean skirt and knee socks.

#4. Doing laundry when you consider wearing knee socks for the rest of the week is probably a very, very good idea.

#5. Take Tylenol after you get teeth pulled. Always. It may not really hurt when your head is half full of Novacaine, but let me tell you, IT WILL.

#6. Spectacles are not required during slumber.

#7. Fear Factor is on Monday nights at eight, while you are at orchestra rehearsal. You should record it. You know how much fun it is to gag at other people eating cockroaches.

#8. When you iPod says “Low Battery: 20% of battery remaining,” it’s not kidding. And when your phone screams “LOW BATTERY” at you, it REALLY, REALLY means it. Seriously, dear, go charge your phone.

#9. Listen to band’s songs before you download them and put them on your iPod. You might be surprised by how ABSOLUTELY AWFUL they are.

#10. Using a piggy bank as a hammer is rather ineffective.

#11. Putting your hair in twisty buns after your shower, while your hair is wet, will only prevent your hair from drying until the next day’s afternoon; it will not fulfill your five-year-old self’s dream of ringlets.

#12. Neither will braids.

#13. When you drop a thumbtack, the worst thing you could do to try finding it is patting the carpet in the general area you saw it fall, with your bare foot.

#14. Mascara wands are not compatible with different mascara bottles.

#15. Do not text while filming a video blog; all you’re really doing is creating thirty seconds that must be edited out of a half-hour long clip.

#16. Don’t chat on Facebook either, you know that’s just exactly the same thing. Honestly.

#17. The calluses on your fingers will disappear when you don’t play guitar for months.

#18. You cannot watch six musicals in a week.

#19. However, five may be plausible.

#20. No promises.

Much love, Ellie