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Hello!
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Guys, I am not in New York City anymore.
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I am back home in upstate New York.
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I'm gonna do a little Q&A with you guys because it's been a minute.
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We need to do some life updates.
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I asked you guys on Instagram for some questions and we're gonna get straight into it.
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But first, let's get back in my house.
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POV, you are walking through my backyard.
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Okay, first question.
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What does the grass in your backyard look like?
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Well, here it is.
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Pretty long at the moment.
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Dad, what are we doing?
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You need to mow that lawn.
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I'm totally joking.
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I'm actually at home right now because my dad just got shoulder surgery.
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So I'm here to visit and hang out with them.
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Hello, Dad wish him a speedy recovery he's going through it
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but we're here together at least hanging out haha
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and we got miss kitty everybody's asking how miss ender kitty is doing she loved to watch the chipmunks
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because my mom has been feeding them peanuts hi she's been
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feeding the chipmunks do you have anything to say about
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that it's an entertainment to keep kitty busy yeah the chipmunks are getting very fat according to my mom
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and kitty is loving it the chipmunk is here where's the
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chipmunk kitty that's your monk I got him on camera There he is, the chubby chipmunk.
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This is basically our second pet at the moment.
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My mom has been feeding him.
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Oh my god.
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Wow, you guys are really getting blessed.
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Okay, that was awesome.
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Anyways, heading upstairs, we have our first question, which is, what's one thing I miss about living at home when I was a kid?
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Okay, first of all, miss the insane lighting in every room of my house.
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I love how it goes from bright orange to in an instant, but that's because we're in Andrew's room.
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Something I miss, but that I still have to this day, is the hijinks that we would pull together.
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If you think our current videos are funny, bro, you did not see what we were getting up to when we were like nine years old.
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And especially with our neighbor friends.
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Shout out Carson.
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We were outside.
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We were picking raspberries off our raspberry bush.
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We were making forts.
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Just classic childhood tings.
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Nothing really specific.
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My family's just so funny.
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They're like my favorite people to hang out with.
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I'm really lucky that I get to see them pretty often.
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And also, wow, shout out Andrew's room.
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Decorated in a very goaded way.
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Something else I like about Andrew's room is that he's kept this post-it note up.
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I think I left it for him one time when I went back to college.
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Like I was flying back to school and I didn't want to wake him up.
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So I left him a post-it note and he's left it there for literally, I guess, maybe five years.
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Here's Ashley's cutesy room with the plants that my mother keeps alive.
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This is like the OG room and the lighting is fucked.
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This is where the OG videos were filmed.
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We streamed Among Us in here in 2020.
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Oh, those were the days.
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Someone asked me what my favorite video of Ashley's is.
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I think my overall favorite ones are the Korea and like family related videos.
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So bringing our mom back to her childhood home in Seoul was nuts.
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That was like the pinnacle of our entire YouTube career, our entire family life, our entire life literally is in that video.
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What a crazy feat.
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And then earlier this year, we did a cooking video with our harmony, which is our Korean grandma.
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And she taught us how to make a Korean noodle dish with only Korean instruction.
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So we had to follow her directions without understanding her.
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And it was so funny.
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She's literally the funniest woman ever.
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That video was really fun because through filming, editing and translating it, I got to see more of my grandma's personality because I literally had to translate everything she said.
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And for the first time, I like really picked up on every single thing she was saying.
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And then you guys get to see it too in video form, which is really cool.
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Overall funniest and most iconic videos of all time are that one Zaful Hall video, insert the clip.
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Guys, stop! Is your nose bleeding?
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Is your nose bleeding?
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Also the Chipotle mukbang in the car, any cooking challenges we've done in our hometown kitchen.
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Classics.
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Actually, speaking of old videos, a lot of our earliest videos were actually filmed in my bedroom because I maybe have better lighting in here.
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Let's see.
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No, I don't.
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This is actually hilarious.
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Okay, you guys might recognize this angle more clearly because this is how we filmed our earliest Zaffle Hauls, Ashley's Band Collection.
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But this is my childhood bed.
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And actually the walls used to be purple and my bed used to be pink.
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Then I became a sophomore in high school and I got sick of it and painted everything white. So boring.
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Should have just left it.
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Then people were asking me about how I make my videos and someone's so nice, they said, has it ever dawned on you how amazing your videos are to watch?
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Stop it, stop it, seriously.
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Bro, first of all, thank you so much.
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I'm so grateful to you guys for continually clicking on my videos every time I post.
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Some YouTubers struggle with that where it goes up and down and up and down, but I feel like you guys are consistently there for me, consistently in my comments, blazing the hell out of me.
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You guys are so nice, so thank you so much.
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I'm back outside because it's a vibe.
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Summertime!
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Yo, this angle is too fire.
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I'm sorry.
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Honestly, okay.
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This is literally District 12.
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Are we serious?
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I even got the color grading down.
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Someone was asking me my favorite Hunger Games quote.
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I could think of a serious one, but my actual favorite one that pops into my head right now is
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when Katniss is doing the evaluation in the first movie where
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she has to shoot her arrow in front of the capital people
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and they judge her and give her a score
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but they're not paying attention to her and they ordered this pig
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and then Seneca Crane goes hey who ordered this pig who
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ordered this pig who ordered this pig bro that's my favorite
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line of the Hunger Games movies seriously love the Hunger Games can't wait for the new movie coming out in November
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life is good let me switch up my vibe a little
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bit yeah a lot of you guys have been asking me Amber, how are you doing for real?
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And I'm like, guys, why are you asking me that?
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Do I give off energy that I'm not doing okay?
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The answer is yes.
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I think everyone can tell my shit's a little fucked up right now.
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Yeah, my life's crazy.
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It's okay.
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Thank you to everyone asking how I'm really doing.
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The answer is honestly really good.
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I kind of talked about this in my un-chutting my life video, but as crazy as this year has been, I feel alive.
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And that is kind of the most valuable thing to me.
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Like when I look back on years of my life, the good years are seriously boring.
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And the crazy ass effed up years of my life, They're the most important to me.
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It's super nuts, but I'm like making myself proud.
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I'm being brave.
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I'm making choices to change my life no matter how scary it is and it's crazy.
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So now I have to answer this most dreaded and most frequently asked question.
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What is my relationship status?
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First of all, thank you guys all so much for caring.
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I think a lot of you guys have figured it out.
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I am no longer in a relationship.
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Actually, I have not been since pretty much the beginning of this year.
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I waited a long time to say anything about this
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and I'm still not gonna go into it that much because I've never been one to spill a bunch of details.
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But also there are not many details to spill.
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Nothing crazy happened.
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There was no big fight.
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There are no hard feelings on either side.
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He's doing really well and I'm really happy for him.
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He's happy for me.
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Let's all be chill.
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But yeah, I just wanted to put that out there so
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that we can all collectively take a deep breath and move on.
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Thank you.
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And that's all on that.
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I'm in my mom's car.
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Nothing I love more than vlogging in a car.
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Let's get that straight.
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Someone asked, how do you maintain friendships?
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Funny you ask.
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I've been having a very friend-centered year and I'm so grateful for that.
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As you guys have seen, I've done multiple girls trips.
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I went to Ireland with my hometown friends.
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I went to Vancouver, Canada with my college friends.
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Both trips were literally the best of my life.
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And I think I've always been someone that really, really values my friends.
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Like I love my friends.
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Specifically, let me give a shout out to Michaela Boutros.
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Miss Ireland Ting.
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She came on the Ireland trip with us.
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That's my bestie.
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That is my bestie.
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Kindest soul ever.
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Soon to be lawyer queen.
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Hard working.
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Amazing.
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Part of the Alexander family.
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Queen.
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This is actually just me grateful maxing.
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I'm so lucky to have such an amazing family and amazing friends.
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Not everybody got that.
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Also, something else super sweet.
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My friend Molly, who I went to Vancouver with.
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She mailed me a cookbook that was highlighted and annotated with recipes
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that she thought I would like because we used that cookbook on our Vancouver trip.
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So then she gave it to me and wrote all these sweet notes and I was like, girl, that was like the nicest gift I've ever gotten and it's not even my birthday.
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That's what happens when you have amazing girl friends.
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So yeah, how do I maintain friendships?
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I am bad about texting them and they're bad about texting me, so it's kind of good.
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I'm lucky that me and my friends kind of just get each other and we're like, we don't have to talk every day.
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But when we do talk, it's real as f*.
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You just kind of make sure there's an equal balance of giving and taking.
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If you talk about your business, let your friend talk about theirs Always be an open ear, ready to listen.
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Sometimes friends aren't talking to you about their problems because they want your help.
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They just need you to be there with them.
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And I've also been trying to be better about, like, making plans to get coffee and meet up and stuff.
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Oh, shit.
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What the fuck?
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And my neighbor just got in their driveway.
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My bad.
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Remember in, like, 2018, me and Ashley filmed a virtual reality date back here when we ate spaghetti?
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That video is also really funny.
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Do you feel like your prefrontal cortex is close to slash has fully developed?
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If so, in what ways?
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I think I'm less concerned about being perceived as cool and more worried about just being nice.
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You'll get it when you're 24, bro.
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What's your top four letterboxed but actors instead of movies?
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Josh O'Connor, J Law, J Hutch, Matthew McFadden.
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What do you do when you're uninspired?
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I think the worst thing you can do when you are uninspired is try to feel inspired.
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I'm like, bro, you gotta just sit with it.
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And when I'm back in the mood to be inspired, it will all come to me.
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Someone asked me my current favorite songs of the month.
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I would recommend right now Grass by XTC, Anything by Ween, The whole Olivia Rodrigo album.
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Guys, let me tell you, when that came out, I was like, girl, I needed this.
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My favorite song from it is Purple, though.
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I love The Magnetic Field, specifically All My Little Words and The Book of Love.
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Old Friends and Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel.
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Golden Slumbers and It's All Too Much by The Beatles.
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I Feel It All by Feist.
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Love Takes Miles by Cameron Winter.
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Everything by The Sundays.
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I also just saw Finn Wolfhard live in New York the other day.
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I'll insert some clips right here.
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so fun he has a really good music my favorites are objection
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and trailers after dark I also just went to Quebec for
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a music festival called Feq I'll insert some clips of that
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if I have any I was
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so like just in it I forgot to film anything we got invited to go there
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and it was so much fun the whole Feq team was
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so amazing we went with our New York City friends it was a ball
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so I've been really into live music at the moment that's
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kind of in my vibe someone asked what's your current Roman Empire great question honestly it's failed soulmates of Hollywood.
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Specifically, Mindy Kaling and BJ Novak.
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You know them from The Office.
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On the show, they're like this messy on and off situationship relationship.
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But in real life, they were writers on the show.
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And they were literally that in real life.
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Like constantly fighting in the writer's room, but completely in love.
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And they are like soulmates.
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I need to insert some clips right here.
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We were in love with each other.
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And we were reckless idiots.
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And the two of us would argue about all of these things forever.
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Grinding the writer's room to a halt until we got too upset
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and we'd go to our respective offices and slam the door where we would continue arguing over AOL Instant Messenger.
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But I just think it's crazy because I'm like, guys, did you know you're allowed to be together?
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No one is stopping you from just being together.
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Also, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.
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I'm like, why didn't that work?
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Not exactly the same, but Paul Meskel and Daisy Edgar Jones.
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Why aren't they together?
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This is what I am wondering.
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Then, most unexpected lesson you've learned about yourself this year?
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I need to trust myself because I always make the right decision.
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because if I'm making the decision, it's the right decision.
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This is that 24-year-old knowledge straight up.
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If you're 16 watching this, bro, just take all of the wisdom from me.
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I've struggled like you have and now I'm struggling in a completely different way and it's pretty awesome.
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Life is a movie.
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Now someone asked, of your YouTube videos, your favorite, most nostalgic and hardest to edit.
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I really enjoy filming and editing and the whole process of making videos.
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I just have so much fun and I feel like that comes through hopefully in the video.
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So I love all of them.
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Favorite, favorite videos have to be, Like honestly, the Jersey Shore vlogs, those are so fun.
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I love doing stuff like that.
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We're just having fun and like, it's really nice that we all have the tools to like edit properly and like make it look good, which is so fun.
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Also a video that I think deserves more views honestly is cooking viral Korean recipes with my Korean mom.
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Say Korean as many times as possible in the title challenge.
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We cooked recipes from Culinary Class Wars.
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That shit was so fun.
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And then actually, I think maybe one of my best videos ever, specifically the Hong Kong vlog, I loved.
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I just loved Hong Kong.
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It was such an amazing trip.
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We got sent there by Cathay Pacific.
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That was an unbelievable experience.
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It was such a beautiful place.
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The food was so amazing.
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I was just like really proud that we were able to do that and that we got that opportunity.
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And then I really wanted to put out a good video for them.
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So I went pretty nuts.
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And I think that video is so cute.
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Also though, we have a podcast, the beautiful twin sisters podcast if you guys have not tuned in what are you doing
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but there are a couple episodes of that which are
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so funny and of course they're both with andrew these two specifically are so funny
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and then the hardest video to make is the andrew jungkook
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look-alike contest we literally flew to chicago for barely 24 hours ashley
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and i were in new york and andrew's in california for school
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and we met up in chicago just to go to the jungkook look-alike contest which
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when we were doing it we were like okay are we
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like doing way too much flying all the way out here for a stupid contest
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that like Andrew might not even win but then he did win it
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and we got to meet a lot of you guys
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and it was just so fun it was like okay we decided to do something super random
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and it was awesome we got home from the event
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and all that craziness at like 10 p.m and I immediately sat down
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and edited non-stop until 6 in the morning
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and then we had a flight at 8 a.m
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and I clicked post at 8 a.m
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and then fell asleep for the rest of my life it was crazy I think it paid off
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because now it's my most viewed video and it's such a fun video like
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that was such a random life experience and we have great video evidence of it which is really fun.
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Hi, someone asked what made you stop being vegetarian?
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As you guys maybe know I was vegan for over six years from ages like 13 to 20.
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As important as I think it is to know where your food comes from
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and be aware of those types of things it can also be pretty damaging to conduct your life
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and your eating in that way because
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when you're vegan you have to check every nutrition label to see if it contains dairy or eggs.
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By the time I was like 20, I was like, I'm kind of done with these habits and like doing these rituals that feel damaging to me.
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But it's also been interesting because then for the past three years, I've been eating in this way where I kind of like went from this side of the spectrum to the other.
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And I've been wondering like how I'm doing.
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Like honestly, I don't know if I was healthier then or if I'm healthy now.
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And I've honestly been wanting to talk to like a dietitian
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or a nutritionist because I am curious about these things and get this, I'm actually making this video in partnership with Nourish.
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So Nourish is the easiest way to find and speak to a registered dietitian and have it covered by your insurance.
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I've been talking to my RD, Heather, and she is a sweetie.
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It's been so nice talking to her.
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We meet over Zoom and Nourish dietitians specialize in a variety of health concerns, whether it be weight management, women's health, gut health, diabetes, things like that.
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So no matter what your health concerns are, Nourish has vetted RDs for you.
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It's been like refreshing in a way to see food from a different perspective, to talk to someone else about food in this way.
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Also, everything's in one app.
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Between sessions, you can message your RD, you can track your macros, you can log your meals.
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You can also view your lab results because Nourish can order your blood work.
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They do a lot.
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And my RD made me this really cute spread of like a meal plan
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if I wanted to follow it or if I just want to take inspo from it.
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And the Nourish guarantee is that there's no surprise billing.
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Your appointment will never cost more than your estimate and your first appointment is always covered.
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94% of Nourish patients pay $0 out of pocket.
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So if you felt similarly to me or
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if you have your own health concerns that you want to talk with an RD about, I would highly recommend Nourish and you can sign up using my link down below.
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So yeah, thank you, Nourish, and I hope you guys check them out because they are great.
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Okay, guys, I'm in my car.
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Let's go around my neighborhood.
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Let's go.
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What's the best show?
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Succession.
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How do you draw your eyeliner on?
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You do it so well.
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Thank you so much.
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I filmed a tutorial this morning.
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Eyeliner tutorial.
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This is what I'm using at the moment.
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Basically, any soft brown pencil eyeliner will do.
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The key to my wing is that you don't go up so much.
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It's more out.
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I start with an establishing line.
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Bottom line fill it in, smudge the top with my pinky, and then bring out the line with my pointer finger to make it extra sharp at the end.
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Now it like really goes out.
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Fill it in, smudge the top, and then pull it out.
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And that's it pretty much.
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I don't know if that tutorial helped anybody, but that's it.
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How to be friends as sisters.
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My sister and I really struggle with jealousy and comparison.
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This is part of girlhood.
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Seriously.
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I feel like it's really ingrained in women to just like immediately want to compete with each other.
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Lorde and Charlie XCX really went crazy with girl so confusing.
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That changed my life because I was like, yes.
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Why are we constantly like having fake beef with other girls
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because like we think we need to be like in some competition with them?
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No. Ashley and I grew up really close in age.
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We're really similar, but also really different in a lot of ways.
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And I, as the younger sister, always wanted to be exactly like her because she was my image of what a girl should be.
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A lot of my childhood was me just trying to replicate whatever she did, wear her same clothes, have her same vibe.
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When really my strength as a person is that I am so different.
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I have a very distinct vibe as well.
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The same way that she has her distinct vibe, I have my own distinct vibe.
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She's that girl.
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Meanwhile, I'm just a little silly goofy thing.
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Once I lean into my own vibe, it's a lot more natural for me and people like it a lot more because that's who I should be.
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I should just be myself.
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A sister will always get you like no one else.
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So just cherish that.
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Is it better to speak or to die?
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Always speak and then die.
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Because you can speak and it'll be so dumb that you'll die.
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Period.
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Just do it. Have fun.
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That's what life's all about.
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Just make a fool of yourself.
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Also, if you really feel something, you are doing yourself a massive disservice by not shouting from the rooftops.
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Mount Rushmore of YouTubers.
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I gotta say Ashley, Bethany Moda, Ryan Higa, and then more currently, I would say Drew Gooden.
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Did you know that your body is tea?
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Thank you. And yes.
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Are you moving into a new apartment soon?
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I have no idea.
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Are leasons in September?
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I don't know what I'm doing at all.
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Would you ever go back to school?
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Honestly thinking about it
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because I have no idea what I want in my life
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I don't think I would go back in like a traditional sense like school school, but i'm thinking of taking like classes We'll see what happens.
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My life is all over the place.
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I don't know what's next for me I guess we'll see together.
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How are your 20s treating you so far from a struggling 24 year old?
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They're honestly as crazy as I would expect people say
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that life is just your childhood and then recovering from it So now that I am in my 20s, I feel like I'm at the beginning of recovering from it.
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So I'm just like thinking, feeling, going crazy.
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This is like the one period in your life where like you have full control of everything.
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I decide if I want to settle down, have kids, where I want to live.
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It's all up to me.
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And I'm like, I literally don't know.
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But I'm trying to just let myself be flexible and see what naturally flows.
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As crazy as it is, I really like these moments of feeling nuts.
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This is a funny question.
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Do you like Kelly as a person?
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How is he off camera?
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I feel like I in videos mess with kelly so much and i'm like, oh my god I need to stop because it looks like I hate it.
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It looks like I am like like I i'm doing too much Kelly honestly is so funny, especially recently like did you see the jersey shore vlog kelly's
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so Funny in it and he's been saying things recently where i'm like, okay Kelly with the zingers like why are you suddenly
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so funny as much as I make fun of kelly in videos I actually really like kelly
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and I would consider him one of my close friends like honestly like we gossip together We're invested in each other's lives.
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I think he's really good to ashley.
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He really shows up for ashley He really knows how to treat ashley more than anything
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if I could describe kelly in one word It would be good sport.
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He's a good sport.
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He's up for anything.
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He brings good energy There you go kelly quick glaze for you.
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Will you ever cut your hair shorter?
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Let me show you where it's at right now This is
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my hair just to the point where I can put my hair into my pockets Do you see
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that my braids are super long
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and I have to braid them honestly every single day to
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keep them out of my way It specifically gets annoying when I sit down because I sit on it.
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And then when I go to stand up, I like, when I go pee, I have to put in a bun so that it doesn't freaking fall in the toilet.
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I vacuum constantly and my hair is still everywhere.
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Last time I cut it was last year and it was barely a trim.
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So it's been growing.
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But honestly, my mom has been yelling at me to cut my hair because it's starting to look a little bit crazy, especially at the ends.
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So should we make her happy?
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Should I trim my hair right now?
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I'm gonna do it.
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Ow, ow, ow, ow.
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Well, that surprised my mom with the amazing news.
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I will finally let her cut my hair.
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The family.
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How much can I cut?
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Not too much.
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You could absolutely lose like...
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How much?
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No!
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Why?
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Because that would always bring me to waste.
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That's crazy!
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Okay, wait.
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It's so long.
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It's like in your butt crack.
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It took me so long to get here.
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I can't cut it off.
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Currently is down to like basically the end of my butt.
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Turn to look a little hillbilly.
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I think I can lose maybe like two or three inches at the bottom.
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That's all?
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I think that's all I can handle right now.
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Don't prank me and cut too much off, okay?
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Oh my god Amber, it's so long.
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Mom is the type to be like, yeah sure I'll cut like this much and then she cut this much.
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I won't cut that much, I promise.
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Is it okay?
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Yeah.
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Oh my god!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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I'm just kidding.
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Stop.
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Oh my god, my hair is so short.
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Oh jeez.
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She like it, she like it.
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Barely cut this much off.
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Oh my god, my baby!
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I think I'm gonna go to a real hair salon soon and they can cut my hair crazy, so I don't need to go nuts right now.
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Why pay for a haircut when mommy can cut it for free?
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You know, honestly, yeah, go crazy.
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Very cute.
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Thank you mom.
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Okay, so I went from down here to up here.
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Pretty solid!
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Actually, since you're here with me, do you want to do a little Q&A with me?
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I'll ask you some of the questions.
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Someone asked me what's my recent obsession, but I want to know your recent obsession.
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Maybe I've been obsessing over traveling.
471
I wonder if you guys can guess where we're going.
472
Oh, I'm wondering do you have a favorite like skincare holy grail?
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Everybody loves your skincare.
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I've been blessed enough that you guys share your PR stuff with me.
475
So I have a lot of different things.
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This is a set that my cousin gave me
477
which is very well-known cream brand and I've been saving it and I thought to myself Why save it?
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Use it!
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When you have nice things, use it! So true.
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We're so bad about that.
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We always hold on to things.
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I'm also obsessed with sunscreen.
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This is a really good brand.
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Of course, I like Crave Beauty and then I like my MediQ.
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So these are basically for oh and then I do like this one
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because it's very mattifying But I have to be careful with this one
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because sometimes makeup doesn't go on this one very well Oh am I obsessed with Korean stuff?
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A little bit a little bit.
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I've been trying to learn more about my own country So I've been doing a lot of research on tic-tac
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Thank you mommy Thank you Oh, let me show you I have my own thing
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if I have a little Korean skincare obsession It's these Nemo lip lock jelly serums.
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I have every flavor.
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They taste so delicious this Korean grape one Oh, so fire.
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Tastes like candy, bro.
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My lips have never been so hydrated.
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Having unchapped lips will change your life. So yes.
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And I think to end the video, someone asked me what my current priorities are.
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I would honestly say my number one priority is just letting myself flow.
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I feel like I've spent
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so much of my life trying to redirect myself into what I think I should do
501
or what I think like normal people should do when really I know deep down who I should be, what I should do, what I need, and I just need to follow that even if it's a little scary.
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I'm trying to live an unrestricted life and also obviously family friends amazing vibes
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so yeah that's it for me thank you guys
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so much for your questions
505
and for caring about me everybody smile be happy love you all
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so much and i'll see you guys next time peace
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Who Is This Video For?
This video is perfect for intermediate English learners looking to practice everyday conversation and natural storytelling. If you want to improve your shadow speech skills—mimicking rhythm, tone, and casual phrasing—or just sound more like a native in relaxed chats, this is a great fit. The speaker uses simple, relatable language with just enough colorful expressions to stretch your vocabulary without overwhelming you. It’s ideal for english speaking practice focused on real-life updates, family chats, and lighthearted anecdotes.
Words & Idioms Worth Stealing
Let’s break down some standout phrases to add to your toolkit:
- "It's been a minute": A casual way to say "it’s been a long time." Great for catching up with friends.
- "Hijinks": Playful, silly behavior. Example: "Our family’s always up to hijinks during holidays."
- "Classic childhood tings": "Tings" is slang for "things"—this means "typical kid activities." Perfect for nostalgic stories.
- "Speedy recovery": A warm wish for someone getting better. Use it when someone’s sick or injured.
These phrases will make your speech sound more natural and conversational—key for learn english with videos practice.
How to Get the Accent Right
The speaker’s tone is friendly and relaxed, with a focus on connected speech—words blending together smoothly. To nail her style for shadow speak practice:
- Shorten "gonna" and "wanna": She says "I’m gonna do a Q&A" instead of "I am going to"—imitate this to sound less formal.
- Stress emotional words: When she says "Dad, what are we doing? You need to mow that lawn," the humor comes from exaggerating "need" and "mow." Copy that emphasis.
- Keep a conversational pace: She pauses slightly before punchlines (like "the chipmunks are getting very fat")—use these pauses to make your speech feel natural, not rushed.
Practice shadowspeak by repeating her lines out loud, matching her speed and tone. You’ll quickly notice how these small tweaks make your English sound more fluent!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | has been feeding · have been asking · I've been having |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | it's been · she's been · we've done |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is fucked · were filmed · were actually filmed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | question, which is · harmony, which is · form, which is |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.