- Yeah, ooh, this make my teeth look white.
Oh!
My teeth are not that white, girl.
Okay.
Hey YouTube world, it's me, Evelyn.
Just wanted to pop in, you know.
I just want to share with you my experience recently,
speaking at a university.
I am from the internets, as you know,
and one of my goals in 2018,
although I haven't made a 2018 goals video,
you know on this channel I post my yearly goals
and I've done that for the past couple years,
I didn't do that this year.
Cause my only goal was to quit my job girl,and I did that.
In the spring, I had been invited to, and paid,
Compensated!
My god!
To speak on a panel during South by Southwest,
and it was such a dope experience.
After that experience, I posted on Instagram like,
"Hey I wanna get into public speaking."
I have things I wanna share with the world.
I have words that I would like to say.
And I do think that I am one of those people
from the internets who is also good in person
because that's not always the case,
you know what I'm saying?
That's not always the case.
And I enjoy doing so, I enjoy being on a stage.
What?
I tell people about it,
not necessarily asking for help,
but just letting it be known that this is a thing
that I'm going for, you know what I'm saying?
On some Oprah super soul Sunday, you feel me?
You let your intentions be known, and the universe
do its thing supposedly.
So shout out to Jouelz y, she put me in touch
with a speaking agency and she was like
"Take it from here", you know what I'm saying.
And she's a very good resource person?
I'm not very good at knowing
how, and who to ask for help.
How to connect those dots.
And Jouelzy is just a master connector.
Of being like bleep bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop.
I feel like I need to say that cause in this industry,
whether you consider it Hollywood,
whether you consider it communications,
in journalism--my original background,
everything is reference based.
What is a resume, sis?
It's this person referring you to this ...
It's word of mouth.
So I really appreciate Jouelzy putting me on in that way.
And shout out to myself,
for not just letting that resource die, you know?
A lot of the times people give us something
to try and help us out
and we just let it slip beneath our fingers
but I didn't, you know.
I contacted them, I was like listen,
"We finna do this?"
And they're like, "We can do this."
And I was like, "Okay!"
So that leads us to a couple days ago,
this is very recent we're at the end of the year,
you know what I'm saying, it's been a journey.
(laughs)
But I just got back recently from Gambier, Ohio,
where I was invited to speak to BSU,
the Black Student Union at Kenyon College.
So I'm gonna toss in a cute little vlog.
I vlogged it.
(r&b music)
(airplane seatbelt ding)
(r&b music)
So we out here, (laughing)
She gotta keep her eyes on the road!
- [Michaela] I gotta make sure we live.
- Michaela picked me up from the airport.
We are in Columbus, Ohio, but that's not where we're going.
- [Michaela] Nope.
- Where we goin?
- Gambier, Ohio.
- Gambier, Ohio is technically a village.
- [Michaela] Mhm.
And, she said she gon' let me know
when it look like we're driving through Klan country.
(laughing)
But you know what?
Anything to reach my people, the youths, okay?
(laughing)
- [Evelyn] That was a trash shot
- [Michaela] Dead
- [Evelyn] But ya know, still I rise.
- [Michaela] I was about to say,
you might be able to catch somethin' else later.
- [Evelyn] So we have survived
the Jeepers Creepers part of the trip.
- Yes, we've made it through.
- [Evelyn] But you know, have we made it to safety?
Listen.
- [Michaela] It is, very rural.
- We out here in the woods.
So like I have heard people say "in the styx"
- [Michaela] This is the styx.
- Styx.
- [Michaela] Styx.
- Wow
- [Michaela] There used to be leaves, now it's just sticks.
- Now it's just sticks (laughter)
(r&b music)
- [Evelyn] Leaves.
(laughter)
(crunching leaves)
- [Michaela] They not on the trees anymore.
- [Evelyn] We ain't got leaves.
- [Michaela] Y'all ain't got leaves in Austin?
- [Evelyn] We ain't got leaves like this.
- [Michaela] Wow you are
- Hold up, she say, the president,
- (laughing) Our president is black
- Is black?
- That's what he is - Wow
We're on the set of Gilmore Girls, as you cans see,
Kenyon College, Gambier Ohio.
(R&B music)
So I have about
an hour,
to shower, get ready.
Of course we are wearing, magical black girl.
Let's talk toiletries,
castile soap,
to warsh my body.
Y'all seen them Dexter's Lab memes.
That was like "Oh my god, I love your southern accent.
"Say it again.
"Warsh rag" (laughing)
I got this hand cream,
that I'm going to use as lotion, on my body.
Deodorant...
Gonna brush my teeth, y'all know what toothpaste look like.
Body butter, Black Girl Beauty brand.
Ay Bay Bay!
And a bunch of other stuff
that I don't feel like going through right now.
Because I am not a beauty guru, yet.
Okay?
Let's hop in the shower.
(r&b music)
- Now tonight, on this Monday night,
I know it's cold, so I appreciate it.
But we're so excited and grateful to have
Evelyn from the Internets here tonight.
She came all the way from Texas,
where apparently they don't have leaves.
(laughter)
(r&b music)
- Hey!
- So I'm back,
at the hotel.
I did it, I spoke, I spoke.
I did the thing.
About my two pieces of advice that will
help you go very far in your life, especially as a creative.
And then Q & A,
super cute.
I thought it went well,
it was very informal, very casual.
I'm going to wash,
warsh, I'm gonna warsh my face
(laugh) and pack up, I just brought a backpack sis.
Then I'm going to edit, because I have a deadline
coming up.
Boop.
I totally didn't edit last night.
So, there's that.
(sigh)
(laugh)
Good morning, I wanted to, before I left,
I wanted to step outside and show you Kenyon College.
- [Evelyn] Leaves! (laughing)
This is the College Relations Center.
Wow,
it's a house,
wow.
These
are all school buildings.
(r&b music)
Ooh! Ooh! Oop!
So that was my little vlog,
my little speaking gig vlog (laugh)
Shout out to the students at Kenyon College,
the Black Student Union,
thank you so much for inviting me out.
It's wild to see all the different
types of college experiences there are,
and how we still manage to connect with each other.
I went to the University of Texas.
50,000 students, they have less than 2,000 students.
My high school was bigger than their whole college.
We are everywhere!
Amen?
I just wanted to come on, and share that experience,
accomplishment.
If you would like me to come to your school,
I am...
More than likely down.
I would like that.
I will put all that information in the video description
box. I can talk about: Women in Media, Black people in
Media. You know what I am saying?
Wakanda forever.
We can figure something out girl.
Storytelling,
Finding your Voice,
Working in Social Media.
And you know, you don't have to be - you feel me?
a Magical Black Girl
to value this Magical Black Girl!
Amen?
Whoever you are, information will be in the
video description box, and hopefully we can connect.
Thank you for watching my videos,
and making it possible for anyone to
care to throw me on a panel,
or to give me the opportunity to speak.
Thanks so much for continuing to watch,
I feel hella old sometimes,
but you know, we out here
glistening.
Okay?
I will definitely see you on the internet, somewhere.
But, hopefully I will see you off the internet too.
Bye