Shadowing Practice: ALONE IN NEW YORK - Learn English Speaking with Video

Good morning!

This is not my bed.

I'm in a hotel room and I'm in New York.

Can you believe it?

Emma got out of LA!

I decided to do a little solo trip.

Just enjoy a new scenery.

Kind of shock my system in a way I guess.

So I'm here.

I'm here.

I've been here for 24 hours.

But we're here!

The window is very dirty so you can't really see anything.

But I'm in New York and there's the proof.

So I'm not gonna waste any time.

It's 8 in the morning.

I'm gonna get started with my day right now.

Normally I lay in bed for hours.

But no. Not when I'm in New York.

When I'm in New York I have some sort of fire under my ass that I don't have otherwise.

To give you a little weather forecast, it's about 35 degrees right now and the warmest it's going to be today is probably around 55.

Um, so it's freezing.

Which means I've been wearing leggings under my pants, ten shirts, puffer jackets, I mean I've been freezing.

We're gonna go out and do a few morning errands.

So we're gonna get coffee, a bagel, because I'm in New York. and bagel thing.

If you guys know me, you know that I only drink iced coffee.

But it's been so cold here that I've been drinking hot coffee.

So I'm just kind of putting a warning out there.

Like don't think that I've changed.

It's just, it's cold out and I'm enjoying it.

But the crazy part is hot lattes are way better than I thought.

I don't think I'd drink a hot coffee if it wasn't 40 degrees or below.

But regardless, this is the new me.

New York has already changed me.

Anyway, let's get ready.

staying warm in this kind of weather is Layering I didn't grow up in cold weather.

I grew up in California where it's like never below 50.

I'm wearing leggings under my sweatpants I'm going to wear a scarf.

I'm going to wear gloves.

No, I'm not because that's actually gonna be annoying.

Puffer jacket.

I with the hood.

It honestly takes forever.

Like, when I'm in LA, I take it for granted.

I take the warmth in LA for granted, because I just can walk outside and chances are the temperature will not harm me.

But being in New York, you have to prepare.

And like, that is something I'm not used to.

Ready to go.

It's bagel and coffee time.

Let's do it.

You know, I feel like it's a lot easier to vlog in New York than it is in LA

because nobody gives a fuck here.

Everybody gives a fuck. in LA.

But here, I can hold my camera with pride.

It's actually not that cold this morning.

I thought it was gonna be colder.

I feel good.

Then again, I am extremely bundled up.

So if I didn't feel good, then there'd be probably something wrong with my body.

I like how it's a walking city.

Bye.

Like you have to walk to get to places because it makes me adventure a little bit more.

Hee hee.

Okay, I'm not gonna lie to you guys, I just got lost for like 15 minutes

because for some reason the Google Maps in New York are not always the most accurate.

So it'll take you weird streets and then you just end up getting lost.

and then it'll keep rerouting you and rerouting you to try to help you get to your destination, but it's not helping.

It's actually just making it worse.

Yeah.

But we're fine.

Let's try the bagel.

Everything bagel with cream cheese.

Yeah!

Missed.

Yeah, you can make anything happen if you put your heart to it.

Right.

I'm not gonna follow you right now though.

Thank you.

Well, it was nice to - Thank you.

- Nice to meet you.

- Look at me being social.

Thank you.

There's not - I don't think there's a better food on this planet.

I got a hot latte.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

I'm changing.

I'm evolving.

But it tastes so good.

It's just amazing.

My bagel.

Guys, I forgot how fucking good they are, dude.

I don't even know how it's possible.

Like, I've never tasted something better in my life.

It's like my favorite food.

And I literally - they hurt my stomach so bad.

They make my stomach hurt worse than anything in the world.

I don't even care.

The only problem with hot coffee - is that I finish it in like three seconds.

I feel like I drink iced coffee slower, but I mean, Whatever you can't win either way.

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See it's only 9 :00 a .m.

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and I've already gotten my coffee and had my bagel

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that I'm I want another bagel god that bagel was so good call anyone services.

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Thank you.

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Hi, um, can I order an iced latte with almond milk?

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An ice bucket?

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And.. boiling water.

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I'm gonna make tea.

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Because my stomach is already hurting from the bagel.

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Now listen, was it worth it?

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Fuck yes it was worth it.

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Not to mention I took like 50 photos of it.

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I literally took - guys, I mean we're talking like I took photos of this shit.

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I even posed it.

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I posed it.

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Look, I posed it in two different ways.

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That's not normal.

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That is not normal.

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To take your bagel and be like, moving it around for the perfect photo.

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But guess what?

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I did that.

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Because I want the world to see how gorgeous.

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Look how fucking gorgeous.

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If my stomach feels like shit a lot, fuck it.

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Let's try this out.

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God, the lighting in this room is fucking terrible.

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Let's try the coffee first.

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Did I say almond milk?

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I always get scared because okay, especially after all that cream cheese I just ate I'm like if I have another drop of dairy in my system.

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I don't know what's gonna happen.

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Oh - Thank you.

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Pretty good.

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We also need to make tea so So you guys may think I'm crazy.

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I brought my own tea bags from home.

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I feel like my mom This is something my mom used to do

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when we go on trips She would bring like her own tea bags

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and her own coffee creamer and stuff like that

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because she just has preferences and she knows what she likes

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But now I'm becoming her also yesterday I went to the grocery store

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and bought lemon juice so that I could put it in my tea

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because I like to put a lot of lemon in my tea And whenever you ask for a lemon wedge,

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they never give you enough so I just went to the store and bought lemon juice Look how gorgeous it looks.

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All I do is think about taking photos of things.

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It's like kind of a disease.

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I feel like my tea and my coffee look so pretty that I want to take a photo of them right here.

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Like look how gorgeous.

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But it's like, why am I thinking about taking a photo of it?

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Like, why am I not just thinking about existing?

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I'm posing this so that it looks good for my Instagram.

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I need some sort of - do you know what?

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I hate myself.

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But it looks gorgeous.

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you Thank you.

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Okay, I'm done.

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- That was fucking enough.

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- It's like, just drink your stupid tea and drink your coffee.

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Don't take photos of it, stupid idiot.

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I am stupid idiot.

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I am.

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Anyway, I need a shower because I haven't showered since I've gotten here and I smell like shit.

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Time to get ready.

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While we get ready today, we're gonna have a talk.

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We're going to have a talk about something.

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You guys aren't in trouble, but we're having a talk.

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No, I'm just kidding.

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Also, I'm using this.

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While I'm on this trip, I decided I don't want to go on social media at all.

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Obviously, it's easier said than done.

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It's such an automatic response, right?

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I'm trying to...

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Not do that while I'm on this trip and I'm not posting on social media.

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I'm just going to simply exist I am posting on YouTube, but that's different because YouTube's like not toxic.

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It can be, but not for me.

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Right now.

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I'm realizing that I'm wasting a lot of time.

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Being a human requires laying in bed, it requires relaxing, and I know that.

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But I just don't think

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that being on social media as much as I am is a good use of my relaxation time.

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But, I have an added layer of complication because this is my passion.

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I love making videos, I love posting Instagram photos, this is like what I love to do.

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I also need to have some balance because clearly I don't have any of that.

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So while I'm on this trip I'm trying to enjoy outdoors, I'm trying to go on walks, I'm trying to just hang out with myself and enjoy that.

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I've also been watching all these documentaries and stuff like that about why social media is so addicting.

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And I know it's such a stupid topic, 'cause everybody's like, "Shut up, we get it already." Every time I hear people talking about social media in general, I'm like, "This is such a stale topic,

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"can we move on?" But it's really not a stale topic, 'cause it's worse than ever.

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You have to, like, interact with so many more people than you normally would on the internet.

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Whereas like on a day to day at school, You might only pass them in the halls once, but it's like exhausting to be like seeing what Jeremy from math is doing all the time.

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Also, another interesting thing, I think I have a lazy eye.

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And I know it's probably already been apparent in this video because I keep getting comments being like, "One of her eyes is wonky." I know, but I don't know how it happened.

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I don't think I have a lazy eye, but one of my eyes is a little crooked.

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I don't know.

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It's not all the time.

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It's just when I'm tired.

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- Okay.

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Thank you which I'm tired a lot.

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Let's put on a lip plumper.

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A lip plumper is

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God sent it just makes my lips look juicy and that's something

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that I crave and by myself I barely talked to anybody since I've gotten here

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so I might be losing it

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and that's part of it that's part of the fun that's part of the fun it's like

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Is Emma gonna lose it on this trip?

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Probably not actually.

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I feel way more emotionally stable here right now than I did when I was at home.

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So I'm just riding this wave and enjoying it.

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It's hard for me not to move out of LA at least once a week.

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I really hate it right now and I really want to move.

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The only reason why I'm not moving is because that's.. where literally the three people I talk to live.

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I feel like I'm forgetting something, I look weird.

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Also, I don't know why I'm like putting lip gloss on, just to put a mask on in public, like nobody's going to see the effort I'm putting into my lip right now.

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Like I just did lip liner.

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I just did lip liner to wear a mask.

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Explain that one.

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I have nobody to take a photo of me.

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So I'm having to use timer cam.

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Like I took photos in my hotel room yesterday And let me tell you, was it awkward?

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My worst nightmare is people knowing that I took a photo on self -timer.

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So I'm always trying to prop it up in an angle where nobody would know.

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Oh fuck.

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Also, I'm not gonna lie, my stomach is killing me from that bagel.

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But it was so worth it.

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Let's see how I get this off without ruining my makeup.

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Oh, it's not going well.

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I didn't want to tell you guys what I just did and that's why I didn't film it, but now I feel like I'm lying.

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I just spent an hour trying to get an Instagram photo because I was like, "Okay, this little corner of my hotel room is so cute." Like I want an Instagram photo in it,

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so I got in an outfit that I would never wear outside, especially in this weather because it's too cold.

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I'm wearing this cute little mesh top, this little vest.

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I'm wearing a skirt.

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Little does everybody know I'm wearing leggings underneath.

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I literally set up a tripod using a lamp and a trash can flipped over.

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Let me show you.

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I spent an hour on this.

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It wasn't easy, but I did get an outfit photo.

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But look, okay, look in the photo, right?

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You look on the wall.

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There's no thermostat.

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I got this app, not sponsored, Retouch, okay?

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And if you want to just randomly like remove something from your photo, like something small like this, it works like magic.

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Let me show you.

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Click on this thing that says object removal, right?

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You zoom in and then you go like this and you color it in.

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Right?

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Then you press go.

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It's gone.

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This is why the internet is fake.

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You see how easy it is for me to alter this photo and make it what I want?

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I can remove a full thermostat out of my photo in five seconds.

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The internet is not real.

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Now I need to get into an actual outfit that's warm enough to wear because this is not warm enough to wear.

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And then we're gonna go out for the day.

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This is what we're wearing now.

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Outfit of the day!

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So we're bringing around this bag.

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Cute.

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And then we have some fingerless gloves, 'cause it's not as cold today, but they look badass.

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I tried to use this as a prop in my photo and it ended up looking so corny.

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I was like...

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The one priority for going out today is getting coffee, maybe doing a little shopping, and then at some point, I'm probably gonna get lunch.

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Even though my stomach feels like it has...

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an entire three pound bag of rocks in it because

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My stomach can pretty much only digest simple things such as I I don't even know anymore actually.

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Can I do a latte with almond milk?

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I'm walking to get a second coffee.

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Coffee 10 times a day, stop me.

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Can I do a latte with almond milk?

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Absolutely.

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Not the best day girl.

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I'm just walking around.

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I'm not even going into stores.

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I'm not going in anywhere.

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I'm just walking around and absorbing the atmosphere.

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And I'm probably gonna do this for another hour or two.

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Literally just walk.

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- Yes.

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You can't do that in LA.

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You can't just walk in LA.

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Like, there's nothing to see.

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But in New York, you can just keep walking and keep walking.

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And it never gets old.

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Hi!

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I'm back from my walk.

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It was unbelievable.

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I just kept walking.

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I loved every second of it, but I'm hungry.

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So we need to figure out where to get lunch, slash early dinner.

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It's like a linner.

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I saw all these cute restaurants that have outdoor seating, but you need to make a reservation, so I was like, you know what, I'm gonna go back to the room, change into something a little bit less sweaty,

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and make a reservation somewhere.

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Table for one, baby.

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Okay, let's...

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- Let's see.

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- I don't know where to go.

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- Table for one.

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I love selecting table for one because it's not only a little bit scary and uncomfortable for me, but also, it's kind of badass.

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- God.

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Okay, after literally looking for 20 minutes, like I could not make a decision.

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I made a decision and I found a restaurant and I made a reservation for 25 minutes from now.

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I'm going to get into an outfit.

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Oh my god, I'm so hungry.

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I'm ready to eat.

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I literally planned like 10 outfits for this trip.

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- I think it's a good thing and I'm not wearing any of them.

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I don't know why I think that planning an outfit is gonna end up working out.

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Like, I never end up wearing it.

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This is what I want to wear right now.

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I'm comfortable and I feel good.

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And my hair is dirty and that's why I'm wearing a beanie because my hair is so dirty

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that it's embarrassing, so yeah.

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- We have our mask, camera battery.

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- Room key.

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I'm out of here.

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I'm still hungry, so I'm gonna order dinner

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Literally in 45 minutes probably because I thought like I ordered things

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and I like thought that they were gonna be like larger portions

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and then they weren't and then I was like wait What the fuck like they literally gave me two little

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dollops of hummus and I paid like $13.

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So I never realized how long it really takes for food to come

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because normally when I go out to eat I'm going out to eat with people

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but that period of time

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when you're waiting for your food to be prepared is a lot more excruciating by yourself anyway Oh my god

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I look like But...

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High school crush right now, so we're gonna put the vest back on

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so I went to CVS on the way home Let's do

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a haul first thing I bought Advil number two I got a heating pad

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because I okay so you guys what you don't understand is I have an addiction to heating pads

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and I didn't bring one on This trip because I just like didn't even think about it, but then last night I was like sad falling asleep without my heating pad

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because basically my sleeping strategy is

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that I like to turn the AC to like 65 degrees

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so it's like freezing cold

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and then I like to warm up with a heating pad it's like doesn't make any sense fall asleep.

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For some reason the heating pad regulates my body temperature much better.

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I don't - I don't get it.

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I don't get it.

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I don't know what else to do today.

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I kind of want to go for another walk.

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Let's see how many steps I've walked today on the little apple thing.

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Damn!

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I did 13 ,000 steps today in New York City.

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I don't really know what that means though.

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Well, it's a lot better than last week because according to this, last week I only took 2 ,000 steps.

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Walking makes me feel good.

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It's like the best form of exercise too because it's like fun, it's relaxing, it's nice.

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I really wish I could move here.

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It fucking makes me upset.

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But I know that I can't, because I know that I'd hate it if I moved here, and I don't ever want to ruin it for myself.

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But I also know, and I want to live here, but I know I shouldn't.

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Okay, I'm gonna go on a walk.

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And I'll be back.

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Thank you.

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- I'm back.

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I walked for probably an hour and a half, and then I waited for food for about a half hour because I ordered food.

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Tall time salad, which looks fucking amazing.

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I ordered a pizza, but why is it in here?

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Okay, and then I ordered a pizza with vegan cheese.

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- Yum.

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I'm not a big fan of it, but I'm still gonna eat it because I bought it.

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So my god guys.

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I just checked my phone and I walked - 20 ,000 miles No wait,

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no. Not 20 ,000 steps today.

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Salad.

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Salad's good.

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Hi!

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I have some iced herbal tea.

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It is good.

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Anyway, that was a day with me in New York.

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I had so much fun today.

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And I never say that which is actually so sad, but I like rarely have fun anymore.

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But I had so much fun.

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I was walking around.

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I was exploring.

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I just had a great time.

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I hope you guys had fun hanging out with me today.

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If you did, I'm glad.

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I was gonna say if you did give it a thumbs up and I was like, "Emma, shut the fuck up." By the way, I'm laying on my heating pad right now that I bought from CVS earlier.

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Check it out, check it out.

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Thank you guys again for hanging out with me.

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I hope that you had fun.

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I love you guys and I actually met some of you guys today.

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I met quite a few of you guys today out in the streets of New York

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and it really made my day So I appreciate you if you ever come up to me.

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It makes me feel very good and you guys are always so sweet That's all I got to say.

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I'll see you later.

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I'll see you later.

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See you around.

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Comment down below a reason why I shouldn't move to New York because it's getting really tempting for me, but I Know it's a bad idea.

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Like I know it's a bad idea.

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I know it's a bad idea To convince me out of moving here.

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I love you guys.

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Here's your forehead kiss.

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You guys didn't think I forgot did you?

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