Emily's Opinion: My Top 10 Favorite Youtube Videos

Let's be honest. There are days when I wake up in the morning and, before I do anything else, I go to the computer and end up on YouTube. Flash forward an hour later. I'm still in my pajamas, I haven't showered, eaten, or even put a brush through my hair. Nope. I'm still right where I was when I woke up catching up on "What The Buck?!", watching the newest Jukebox the Ghost music video, or even sometimes (shamefully I might add) finding myself re-watching (for the umpteenth time) my favorite user-generated videos. I mean... I LOVE YouTube. I'm kind of addicted to it. But as much as I enjoy being able to watch old clips from Whose Line is it Anyway? and commercials from the 90s, there's nothing better than good old user-generated content (as I mentioned before). 

This is why I'm dedicating this blog post to my all time favorite user-generated YouTube videos.

10. Muffins 

I know, I know, y'all have seen this one before. But I can't help it. Back when I was in high school and this was really popular, I loved it, and I still do. (Especially "Asbestos. I'm baking muffins asbestos I can!") So sue me :P

[See also: Let Me Borrow That Top ]

9. Kittens Inspired By Kittens

I don't really know why, but this gets me every time. Probably because it's something I would have done (and subsequently managed to annoy my parents with) pretty much every day. 

[See also: World War 2 explained by Inspired Kittens Girl] 

8. Completely Uncalled For

One word. GENIUS. Note: don't try this on your friends. They won't think it's that funny... believe me. 

[See also: Mother's Day]

7. Proving Science Wrong... with Lonelybeast and Danielgirl15

Okay so we all know by now (and have known for years) that "lonelygirl15", or "Bree", is not a real person and that the whole story line between her and her friend Daniel is completely scripted. Back in the day, however, I used to really love lonelygirl15's channel and always hoped that in the next video Bree and Daniel would finally get together! I found this video particularly endearing, and I still like to watch LG15's old videos from time to time. 

[See also: First Blog/ Dorkiness Prevails (for the start of it all)] 

6. Fred Goes Swimming

What can I say? Everyone loves Fred... and I am not an exception to that generalization. He really does sound like a three year old. That's what makes it so funny. 

[See also: Fred Gets Dissed at Bible School] 

5. Potter Puppet Pals in "The Mysterious Ticking Noise"

Again, I know everyone has seen this one. And again, I can't help it. I love Harry Potter and I double love the Potter Puppet Pals. Snape, Snape, Severus Snape... so catchy!

[See also: Potter Puppet Pals in "Wizard Swears"]

4. My Hands are Bananas

This is, hands down, the weirdest thing I've ever seen on YouTube. (Yes, that includes Charlie the Unicorn). But, at the same time, I think it's really hilarious. Most of my friends don't share the same opinion but still... it's amazing!

[See also: The Magicians] 

3. Too Gay to Function?! My Favorite Video EVER!

I absolutely, positively, 100%, LOVE Michael Buckley. There were a lot of videos of his I could have chosen... but for some reason this one is my absolute favorite. There's something just so genuine and simple about it. 

[See also: ARE YOU GAY?]

2. Hot Seats

Okay, so I think I can safely say that 99% of you have not seen this video. Also, if you're not into baseball and aren't a Cubs fan, you probably won't find too much humor in this video. If you are, though, you HAVE to check this out. It cracks me up every time and my best friend and I are constantly quoting it. 

[See also: The Best Man]

1. DISTURBIA!!!!!

Ohhh doglover. This is hands down my absolute favorite YouTube video. This girl's moves are AMAZING. In fact, she has so many amazing videos, it was incredibly hard to pick one. Before you ask, I am in no way making fun of her. I think she's amazing. If I were her age, had access to a webcam or video camera, and YouTube had already been invented back then, I would have done the exact same thing.

[See also: nobodys perfect]

Well, that about wraps it up.

And, like I said before, I looove my YouTube, so if any of y'all have any favorite videos... be sure and send them my way!

Cheers

Steel City

Having just come back from my first trip to Pittsburgh, I've learned that the way of life in Western Pennsylvania is pretty strange (to me at least). I'm a Philly girl myself, and seeing the other side of the state in all of its glory kind of overwhelmed me a little bit. Here are the few observations I made while visiting the Steel City (or as natives currently like to call it, the City of Champions). 

1. They looove their ketchup. I'm talking capital L-O-V-E. The kind Nat King Cole writes songs about. They don't know there is such thing as other condiments. I asked for barbeque sauce at a restaurant and the guy looked at me like I was speaking Latin (not to mention gave me the worst evil-eye I've ever been given in my life). The kicker here is: I'm from Chicago. I hate Ketchup. I wouldn't dare say that while I was there, though, because I would not be surprised if the people there would be ready to burn me at the stake if I even dared to think about not liking the salty, tomatoey condiment. 

2. Their baseball stadium is incredible. I'm telling you, great ball parks are wasted on the poor franchises. They have everything there. You like the sausage races at Miller Park? Get this. They have pierogi races. Yup, giant pierogies with baseball caps race around the stadium. You like seeing a cityscape in the background? Well, again, you definitely won't be disappointed. PNC is adjacent to the city of Pittsburgh, so it's in a nice area but you still get to see all the buildings and bridges in the city, as well as the river. Plus, as we all know, the Pirates suck, so there's always an extra ticket if you want to go to a game at the last minute. Not to mention there is literally no bad seat in the entire stadium. 

3. They put fries on their sandwiches. Seriously. We went to the famed Primanti Brothers in downtown Pittsburgh for dinner before we went to a Pirates game. I had a cheesesteak (their best-selling item) and much to my shock received some weird looking french fry and coleslaw sandwich with meat on it. It was so unique that it was actually pretty good. (Not as good as an old fashioned Philly Cheesesteak, though). 

4. Western Pennsylvania is extremely hilly. To get into the city from my roommate's house we had to take this thing called an incline down a decently-sized mountain. The story actually goes that back in the 1800s, workers who lived atop the mountain had no way of getting down into the city, so they built an incline to transport them to and from work everyday. Pretty cool, huh? It was a pretty big culture shock, though, since growing up in the Midwest I'm used to extremely flat land and, subsequently being able to see for miles. I mean, I live a good 40 minutes from Chicago and I can see the Sears tower from my house. Let's just say you can't see for very far in Western Pennsylvania, what with all the mountains, cliffs, and hills. 

5. Homewood is scary. After a day at Kennywood, my directionally-challenged roommate had some problems getting us back to her house and with one mistake while listening to the directions the tom tom gave us, we ended up in a neighborhood in Homewood. A word of advice... don't do it. In the 5 minutes we were there we witnessed a drug-deal, saw people staring at us through their car windows (note: they were hanging out in their parked cars), and almost backed into a dead-end that we soon after realized was occupied by a pretty sketch person who looked like he was smoking something that we had just witnessed being sold mere minutes before.