Iota vlogs again

Due to the resounding success of my first vlog, and yielding to the insistent clamouring from a demanding public, I thought I'd have another go at vlogging.

The Just Vlog It challenge is run by Cafe Bebe, and Notes from Lapland, who I sometimes find snuggling up next to me in lists, as a result of our alphabetic proximity. This time round, the vlog topic was to "make you something".

My thanks go to 6-yo, as sound engineer, and to 12-yo, as proof editor, for pointing out that I sound rather rude to Americans in the introduction. I've just looked back at my last vlog, and I saw that I had to apologise for being patronising to Americans in that one. It's not intentional (or does that make it worse?)

And if I made a prediction about the result of the British general election, it was inadvertent. I don't have any inside knowledge on that subject.

Vlog music

This is a salute to Tom. He is Elsie Button's husband, and father of Betty and Phil Mitchell (sorry, in-joke that only regular readers of Elsie's blog will get. Hang on, I hate in-jokes on blogs. They can be so excluding. You can read about it here). The marvellous Tom worked out what song I was wanting to use as backing music to my vlog about the vegetable juicer. It was Love Fool, by The Cardigans. As Tom realised, my words bear no resemblance to the original, and that could explain why I couldn't find the song in all my web searches. Even the most intelligent web search engine can't read my mind (although I expect it won't be long before they invent that).

It is a great song, though, so I'm putting it here to get y'all toe-tapping. But when the chorus comes round, you've got to try the new Iota lyrics, (which, frankly, are much better). Remember, it's

"Hold me, Squeeze me, Don't ever leave me".





Embedding a youtube video? Ha, easy peasy yesterday's news for us vloggers!

Thank you, Tom!

And another thing - thank you all so much for your lovely affirming comments. Have to admit it was quite scary putting that vlog up. I'm glad you like my voice. People have told me before that I have a nice voice, but I've never liked it myself. I didn't like it anyway, and then a French teacher said "Oh la la, tu as une vrai probleme au niveau des voyelles" (you have a real problem at the level of your vowels - the French are always talking about levels of things) which probably didn't help, given the fact that I remember that comment to this day - there's a clue in there somewhere.

And in answer to those of you who asked, can I witter on ad infinitum? I think the answer would have to be... yes.

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Iota vlogs

I bet you never thought you'd read those words. I, the most technologically unproficient, in order to form a more perfect blog, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, and generally keep up with the times, decided I'd have a go at vlogging. I've tried Twitter too, I'll have you know. Actually, joking aside, I think that is one of the benefits of blogging for me. It has kept me up to date with developments in the internet, and has forced me to get to grips with skills that I would never have otherwise bothered with.

There's a vlogging competition out at the moment, which gave me the impetus I needed (and I thought you'd forgive me if The Garage Sale had to wait). The competition is run by Cafe Bebe, where you'll be able to see all the vlogs (and in conjunction with Notes from Lapland - well, she has to find something to do in all those hours of winter darkness).

So here is my vlog. It may quite possibly be my last as well as my first, so make the most of it. It's rather long, and I'm thinking it'll probably be excluded from the competition on those grounds, but I thought I'd publish it anyway. I could re-do it, and make it snappier, but let's just say, this wasn't exactly the first attempt (some of the others ended with an expletive).

Ladies and Gentlemen,

For your delectation and delight... (and I apologise for the bit where I sound very patronising to Americans - I was trying to be jokey)

Iota vlogs!