I just made my tv debut last night, SO proud! OK so it isn't REALLY my tv debut since I once recited a poem on regional telivision for poetry day (Jabberwocky ftw!) but still yo. It's in Dutch, but lemme tell you: my voice sounds ENTIRELY different in real life. My boyfriend didn't even recognize me. And to those confused by my accent: yes, I can speak BOTH Flemish Dutch and Dutch Dutch, depending on the context.
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MAJOR thanks to the AWESOME Inès who subtitled the video so my readers abroad can understand the ENORMOUS wisdom I imparted. Please pay attention to the amount of times I use the word "plezier" or "fun" in the description of my blog, ugh. Mind you, I absolutely said all kinds of intelligent things in the full cut of the interview but of course they had to edit it down to a few soundbites. You'll just have to take my word on that one.
Anyway: THANKS Vitaya and the Belmodo team!! I loved my little interview, and don't Kim and I look adorable? We were interviewed (AWKWARD CENTRAL, population: me) and got to put together some cute outfits in the Object showroom, and then we goofed around and took each other's pictures. I seriously kept doing the most over the top poses, I wish they had used that footage because it was HILARIOUS. Here's some pictures to give you guys an idea.
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The blazer was my favorite piece, very comfortable and stretchy and awesome, but I would wear both the outfits in a heartbeat. Also, lesson of the day: rust colored tights + brogue pumps go with everything.
And because I was feeling especially in the mood for some humiliation, I grabbed my mini laptop that has a crappy webcam and recorded this totally impromptu, out-of-synch, un edited, shaky and totally unfunny VLOG so you guys can FINALLY hear me talk in English, AND both Flemish and Dutch. I promise I'll do a better one soon! No idea how to fix the out-of-synch ness though, but if you keep watching until about 0:52 you'll have your sound align with your image.
gosh I might delete this later on, it really is an embarassment. And yes, I really didn't know it had already started recording, /facepalm
Oh my god, Annebeth, I LOVED watching these videos! The first one is a fab interview. I love the colours of the first outfit; so pretty!
ReplyDeleteBUT your accent, wow! It is very american, you really sound like Anne Hathaway, I kept picturing the princess diaries while you were talking. Now I have decided that you kind of look like her too, and in the film she wears her big clunky doc martens, yay! Feeling so much love for you right now, haha <3
hahahaha I can live with that, I totally sort of see it as well :D we have the same sort of lanky awkwardness haha
ReplyDeleteJullie zien er beide zo leuk uit! Erg leuke video!
ReplyDeleteROFLOL. :D Kheb net naar naar het Vitaya-stukje gekeken en uw stem is echt TOTAAL NIET jouw stem! Echt vreemd, maar het klonk wel mooi dus allemaal goed! Videootje is supercute haha, "ik heb zin in haring" :D
ReplyDeleteThat video is so cute!! I loved hearing you speak, it's always fun to hear blogger's. This sounds like such a fun experience too :)
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IK LUST NIET EENS HARING :D :D
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the others but I have fun when I read your blog.... Congrats dear!!!!
ReplyDeleteZalig filmpje dat laatste, veel meer zoals ik mij jou had voorgesteld :-D Pfoe, stom dat je stem niet klinkt zoals in het echt in het vitaya-filmpje. En ik blij zijn dat ik nu wat 'moving material' op het gezicht kon plakken :-)
ReplyDeleteLeuk om te zien :)
ReplyDeleteYay! It's so exciting! You did an awesome job :)
ReplyDelete(lovng the second video too)
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Hahahaha hoe random is dat filmpje in uw keuken :) maar wel heel erg schattig! Ik eet ook graag frieten! :D
ReplyDeletehaha ja maar ik had al zo vaak gehoord dat mensen wouden horen hoe ik engels/vlaams/hollands praatte dus bij deze! :D
ReplyDeleteaw it is so fun to hear you and see you! :) super glad you posted both these videos!
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aw congrats on your tv clip! so cool! and I love every bit of that first outfit :)
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Congratulations! The whole interview thing looked so much FUN haha ^^ by the way I didn't notice that you said this word so much.
ReplyDeleteOh and I loved hearing you (and watching you) talking in English, you really have a fantastic American accent!
Life is a romantic poem
je stem klinkt niet zo anders dan in het vitaya-fragment hoor ;-) maar: i like! je hebt echt een heel mooi stemtimbre en een verzorgde uitspraak en ik vind dat heel belangrijk!
ReplyDeleteik ben ook '2-dialectig' opgevoed (haha). mijn ouders komen van de kust, maar zijn toen ik klein was naar merchtem (bij brussel) verhuisd. omdat ze niet wilden dat mijn broer en ik west-vlaams zouden spreken spraken ze altijd AN tegen ons (dus met 'jij' en bv. 'zou je dat eens willen doen') maar tegen elkaar bleven ze west-vlaams spreken (waardoor ik het nu wel begrijp, maar niet spreek). op school werd er met 'gij' gesproken dus kan ik ook met een brabants dialect spreken. 't was altijd een beetje vreemd als er vriendinnen bleven slapen en ik constant van dialect moest omwisselen :p maar soit... ;-)
You are so awesome! I think you are as daft as a brush and absolutely the cat's whiskers. (sorry for the idioms, it's the best way of describing you) :)
ReplyDeleteOmg I love you even more now!! You're such a cutie in moving pictures and I really like your voice, sound very pleasant.
ReplyDeleteUw hollands is kei schattig!!!!
ReplyDeletenee maar in het echt klink ik blijkbaar nog anderser! :D haha
ReplyDeletehahaha best description EVER
ReplyDeleteja ik vind mezelf ook het mooist klinken in nederlands nederlands :D thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool :D I love when bloggers do videos, it just helps us get to know you better :) do you also speak French? Just asking, cos I've heard that people in belgium speak both flemish and french?
ReplyDeleteHaha zalige filmpjes!! Kunnen wij iets doen om te helpen je Object blogger te maken? :)
ReplyDeletewell the southern part of belgium speaks french and the northern part speaks dutch with a flemish accent, but we all get french in school as well so I speak it A BIT :D
ReplyDeletesuperlief dat je het vraagt! maar ik doe eigenlijk niet mee haha
ReplyDeleteEcht geweldig dat filmpje! Je hebt toch een heel mooie en verzorgde uitspraak in het Vlaams :) Super dat je die dialecten zo kan scheiden, dat kan niet iedereen!
ReplyDeleteHaha, zaaalig dien tweede video :D Just for that you're already my hero!
ReplyDeleteOMG it's so cool to finally hear you speak! Don't delete the impromptu vlog, it's just as awesome as your television spot!!
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Still love your blog!!
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LoL. I coincidentally saw this while switching the channels, I immediately had to come over here and tell! You look A LOT more akward or nervous on the tele and a lot less cocky than you appear online. ;D
ReplyDeleteGreetings from a former forum-user.
B-real.
PS: This blog needs more Mad Men posts ^^
dude have you STILL not gotten over that discussion, seriously? :-D I told you a THOUSAND times before that I am a happy, friendly person that doesn't mean any online discussion to end in tears but people seem to have a hard time grasping the relativity of it all. And obviously a camera in your face makes people who don't have loads of experience with TV a bit apprehensive, that doesn't mean I'm not self assured in real life :p
ReplyDeleteDon't get your knickers in a twist. I'm not likely to hold a grudge about things I know I was right about in the end. ^
ReplyDeleteI just came over to say the interview looked bitchin. :D
(yes, I do hope it's alright to say 'bitchin' on a self-proclaimed feminist blog)
haha I love that you get the irony of using bitchin'! :-D Go right ahead, bitchin' has a positive connotation so I'm all for it :-D Unless you meant it negatively of course! :-D
ReplyDeleteWow, such cute videos (both of them) and I must say I was really happy about the subtitles in the first one because Flemish sounds very different from Dutch, which I haven't yet mastered even though I can understand it very well :D
ReplyDeletehaha annebeth zalig ! Er is echt geen frame waarop je niet zit te giechelen inderdaad. Ik was verrast door de manier waarop je praatte, zeer telegeniek jong! ik zou het niet kunnen !
ReplyDeleteen op die laatste video ben je extreem adorabel, maar iets zegt me dat je je daar wel bewust van bent :P
annebeth is taking over tevo!
uh uuuh, thank YOU for being AWESOME :)
ReplyDeletehaha ik zou mezelf vooral omschrijven als een beetje verlegen en onzeker maar humoristisch in dat tweede filmpje, jezelf filmen is raar! :-D dankjewel!
ReplyDeletehahahahaha you're so funny!
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