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Hey guys! [cough]
Today's video is brought to you by a hotel room in Toronto. I know that the last couple videos that I've made haven't been like ~comedy, goofy, funtime~ videos.
I don't ever want to be afraid to just like, sit down and have a chat. Even if the last video that I made was me sitting down and having a chat. And then crying a lot. [laughing]
I'm not gonna cry in this one, I promise! I just wanted to talk about the past few days of my life.
The past four days of my life have been absolutely UNREAL, and I wanted to just take a second to sit down and appreciate that before I move onto the next four days of my life, which are just as crazy and surreal, and what is my life?! It can't be this.
It IS, though! That's what's so crazy! I've been flown out to Toronto by Much to do work with the MMVAs and to shoot a /commercial./ [quietly, laughing] What?!
So Friday I got into Toronto. I went from the airport to the hotel and then straight from the hotel to a shoot. Michael and I shot a little promotional piece for the MMVAs, which actually ran on television, we found out later?!
I wore my AIRPLANE CLOTHES to the shoot because we thought it was just this little goofy, gonna-go-up-on-Much.com video. And then during the shoot we asked the producer when we could see it on Much.com, and she was like
"Oh well I don't know if it's gonna go on Much.com, but it's gonna be airing on broadcast today and tomorrow!" So if any of you saw that little piece on TV, I know I look like a grungy 90's mom. That's my go-to airplane look.
We also got /styled/ by a real /stylist/ for the MMVAs. This was a person who creeped our Instagrams in order to figure out our personal styles, and then she went out and bought outfits JUST FOR US.
Since when am I important enough to need someone to do that for me?! The outfits that she picked out were absolutely amazing. What we didn't know, was that we got to KEEP THEM afterward!
She was piling bracelets on my wrists and necklaces, and she kept saying, "Oh I know you'll wear it, it seems like you, you'll wear it sometime." And I was thinking that she meant that I would wear them sometime /over the weekend/, 'cause I thought we had to give all the clothes back after we were done!
No no no! She was just GIVING ME STUFF.
Augghghhh my legsss. Why did I choose to sit like this? Ahh I could sit on the garbage can. Why didn't I do that from the beginning? Ohp, little too high. I'll slouch. [laugh]
On Saturday, we got to shoot /behind the scenes/ at the MMVAs. And we were Behind The Scenes behind the scenes. Like we got to go on the red carpet before anyone else, we were up on the stage while they were building it, we were back behind the stage while they were rehearsing.
We got to hold an actual MMVA award! And I posted a picture of myself holding it saying, "I won an MMVA! Just kidding I stole it from backstage." AND SO MANY OF YOU didn't get the 'Just kidding I stole it' part!
I ended up changing the caption 'cause I felt bad. [laughing] When really, it's not MY fault that you guys didn't wanna read the second sentence!
After the behind the scenes shoot I went outside solo and shot in the streets. They wanted me to interview fans of the MMVAs but with my I Don't Bi It character. So we walked around the MMVA area and I essentially interviewed people and just got mad that they didn't know who I was.
[laughing] Nobody knew who I was but I acted like I was ~very important.~ The next day was the only day that we didn't have a really early call time. So we managed to pull some energy together and go see a drag show!
I can honestly say that was one of the most fun nights I've had in my entire life. Even though we ended up lying in the streets afterwards like FILTHY ANIMALS. And then Sunday was the actual MMVAs (Much Music Video Awards).
[blows air through lips like a horse] We got to walk the red carpet LIKE WE WERE SOME KINDA FANCY. But that's not all!!!
Me, Michael, and another YouTuber, Mila Victoria, hosted a SHOW on the red carpet! We had like a little roped off podium at the front of the red carpet, and we were commenting on fashion!
[laughing] Because I know sooooo much about fashion. Mila really knows her stuff, so she'd be like, "Oh, this dress! It's so...Louis Vuitton!" And I'd be like, "...it's a dress!"
And I got to talk to REAL celebrities?! And just had to act like it was no big deal. The whole entire weekend I'd been telling myself, 'Fake it till you make it.' Because I have had NO CLUE what I'm doing. NO CLUE!!! For none of it!
But I'm, 'I got this! You want me to talk about fashion on the red carpet? Got it. You want me to interview Alessia Cara? Done. You want me to run into Fifth Harmony and act like it's no big deal? Sure! Easy!'
And any of these shoots that I've been talking about that are live, I will link in the description if you guys wanna see the videos.
And then today, I was in a commercial. A commercial for /my YouTube channel./ I don't have any better words for this other than surreal, crazy, insane, surreal!
I had never considered that making these little videos for you guys, could lead me to being on the red carpet at the MMVAs and interviewing celebrities. That never crossed my mind.
I never in a MILLION years would've imagined that I'm gonna have my own commercial for my channel. Now that that's all happening, it's mind-boggling! Like who am I?! Who am I?!
On Sunday the whole time on the red carpet, I'm just thinking, 'Who let me through? Who let me on here? Who gave me this wristband? Who's in charge here, can I talk to the manager?!'
You guys don't even know how much you do for me, just by being here, just by watching these videos, just by supporting me in these little ways. It's having SUCH a big impact on my life in ways that I never thought that it would.
I'm feeling /incredibly overwhelmed/, but in the best way possible. And I'm feeling grateful. Grateful to have you guys in my life, grateful to have this platform called YouTube, and grateful for the people who are trusting me enough to give me these opportunities.
Euh! I don't know! I've been vlogging everything that I've been talking about, and those videos will go on my second channel in full (youtube.com/missalaynaa)--my /other channel./
So if you're interesting in seeing full-sized vlogs with all the details, then my channel will be listed in the description. But I think that's it.
Now I'm off to VidCon for more of this! And I love it. I am living my DREAM. That's the truth, that is everything plain and simple. And it terrifies me that it could go away at any time, but it's also beautiful that it's happening in the first place.
I wouldn't have it any other way. Except I would have Dallas here with me. 'Cause he has a real person job, and [laughing] can't travel as much as I do.
That's it! I love you guys so much, you don't even know. Give this video a thumbs up if you like this style of video. I never do this kind of video where it's like Fancy Talking, Casual Vlogging, Fancy Talking, Casual Vlogging [slaps hands together] all in one.
And leave me a comment of something that you're grateful for today. I love you guys, and I'll see you in the next one. Bye! [kissy sounds] Mwah! Cat shirt kisses! [kissy sounds] [GASP!] Pervs.
[transition CLICK] I am leaving tomorrow from here in Toronto to go straight to Anaheim for VidCon, so I just wanna take a second to tell you guys my schedule, if
you're interested to come and see me, if you're interested in any of the things I'm doing, then this way, you'll know.
So quickly: So on Thursday the 23rd at 9:30 a.m., I am having a meet n' greet with Ashley Mardell and Hannah Witton. You need to have a wristband to come to that, and there are still wristbands left.
So if you didn't get a wristband in the lottery to come to that meet n' greet, lemme tell you how you can get one. There's 100 wristbands left, and you'll be able to get them at the Kia Arena at VidCon between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.
They're first come first serve, so if you want to come to that meet n' greet and you don't already have a wristband, then [finger gun] that's where you can get one.
On Friday the 24th at 12:30 p.m. is my Mental Health: Mindfulness and You panel. This is /my panel/, it's /my baby./ I'm moderating it and if you have any interest in mindfulness, self-compassion, mental health, positive psychology, come to this panel,
we're gonna be doing talks, discussions, Q&A, it's gonna be awesome. Also on Friday at 5:30 p.m., I'm doing a Q&A with Hannah Witton and Lucy Moon.
This is kind of like a meet n' greet except we don't actually meet...or greet. We Q...and A. Instead
And then Saturday the 25th at 11 a.m., I'm doing the Sexual Orientation Roundtable Discussion.
So those are the things that I'm doing at VidCon. If any of that interests you, or you wanna meet me, please come! I love talking to you guys, I love meeting you guys, and I'm REALLY excited
for every single thing that I'm doing, and I think you guys are really gonna enjoy them.