If you look up at the top menu, after the FtB stuff, you’ll find some handy links to help you find things you might be interested in. Ever wanted to see a list of my speaking engagements, television and film edits, or publications? You’re in luck. Ever wanted to watch all my ukulele videos or see if you missed any? BAM done. Wanted to easily navigate to my favorite posts? It’s up there. Wondered about my résumé? Well there you go.
I’m at the SSA Board Meeting, virtually, so that’s also going on. Also… I got engaged. Below I am proposed to on my birthday just before midnight; I propose on his birthday, just after midnight; our engagement rings.
I also just moved into my first house I’ve ever owned — where the engagement pictures were taken — and my best friend in the world who I haven’t seen in 2 years visited me and was there too. And that whole narcolepsy yes no maybe thing going on. All the things!
So, for the first time ever, I’ve written an entirely original song (it even has a bridge) called Love Letters from Facebook. Of course the content is pulled straight from actual messages I’ve gotten on Facebook from strangers, which I thought I should share with the internet. I screencapped a fair few, but there are some I couldn’t because I’ve blocked the senders and some I didn’t because there are so many. Without further ado, the song, followed by screencaps.
wow… you are a typical example of beauty, honestly you call my attention, can i have more smile on your face hahahaha
Hello sunshine, how was your night? hope fine and great.. I was just goign thru my page when I came across your profile, I mean your beauty caught my eyes and my heart skipped for a moment. Wish you could do me the favor by letting us to know each other better. Hope to hear from you soon, take care and have a lovely day
Hello are you doing, i guess you are fine? . I must say you are beautiful and charming.your beauty overwhelmed and captured my heart…..don’t be upset with me if i say you charmed me,you beauty just captured me and i must say you are an angel,hope to hear from you soon
Hello dear ,
How are you? am Martyn Smith. I cam across your profile when i was looking for an old friend of mine. I must tell you that you are a beautiful woman, Only God’s creations can compare to the beauty that I see in you.I will like to know you and i hope you will not mind. Can i have your Email Address so that i can write you
I WANT A YES Dear, Please i need you to gimme a chance to Love. I need a woman and It’s you. I want a yes please.
i don’t know u but u’re so cute 🙂 No answer
Hi H Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi HoW ARE YOU How are you again .are you actress or modal lola fuck hiiiiiiiiiiiii tyruyuyt jtiku ytjykuk yjkkuk yjkuk yjku hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii hi how are you hello Millar
you are cool looking Nice to meet you. you are sweet i will call you Asia be my hero be my best friend please you know one other think beyond the beautiful coloured you applied You yourself is beautiful than than colours itself
Hi Pretty How are you doing ? Am James Mack and Am a project manager by profession ok I just saw your profile and i admire your pictures. It was very nice and interesting to know who you are ok. You are so beautiful here in your pics . I really need a serious, matured, honest and truthful relationship from a woman like you. i will like to meet you in person ok you really..captured my heart here how i wish you will be my ok i know man will be disturbing you over there lol ok my spirit said i should contact you please dont neglect my message ok have a nice day thanks. james mack
Love Letters from Facebook Chords and Lyrics
C G Am F
Sometimes I
Go on Facebook
Open up my other folder
And have a look
There I find
Without Fail
Love Letters
That got lost in the mail
Love Letters
Love Letters
Love Letters from
Facebook
My dear i saw your profile pictures.you are very beautiful especially your hairs.the fantastic and superb one you are…… Ummmm.
Love Letters
Love Letters
Love Letters from
Facebook
wow… you are a typical example of beauty can i have more smile on your face
Hi HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI
How are you
How are you
Respond please
How are you
Em F C Am Dm F G
i must say you are an angel Only God’s creations can compare
Love Letters
Love Letters
Love Letters from
Facebook
My present to myself for getting a new job and passing my comprehensive exams was this shiny new acoustic/electric Les Paul ukulele. I am working on learning some songs that sound good and crunchy with electric effects, but I think that means learning ukulele power chords, which I don’t really understand just yet. It involves skipping strings, which I find weirdly difficult.
Life is always easier when you’ve got a schedule to follow. So here’s mine for the weekend. I am in on 5 sessions, talking about a variety of subjects from YA lit to video games, but all to do with media and culture. Which is good because I have a degree that makes people think I’m qualified in that.
TImes here are in EST, but if you go to the site they’ll be in CST.
As of right now this is a solo talk, but I have feelers out for anyone who might want to join. If you’re an expert on YA lit, let me know.
Although much of the bestselling YA literature in the last few years has featured female main characters, ofttimes the portrayal of these characters is problematic in terms of gender stereotypes and lack of minority characters. This is a discussion of the ways YA literature succeeds and fails and why it needs to change.
I feel like so underqualified to be on this panel. I play ukulele cover songs on YouTube and love to sing karaoke. And I’m on a panel with an actual musician with records and such. Yep. Imposter syndrome big time.
Join us to hear a few songs and have a casual chat with ukulelist and FtB blogger Ashley Miller, and Australian singer-songwriter Shelley Segal. In 2011 Shelley published An Atheist Album, and she has played at the Reason Rally, the American Atheist Convention, Women In Secularism and other events. Panel facilitated by Brianne Bilyeu
Jason Thibeault, Russell Glasser, Brianne Bilyeu, Ashley F. Miller, Avicenna, Tauriq Moosa. Religion and morality systems in video games are often grossly oversimplified, to the point where choices are entirely binary and you’re often forced, as a gamer, to do things that you might otherwise find appalling, like working in service of a god or gods. How are these heady topics handled in the slowly-maturing video game industry? Who’s already doing this stuff right? How can these topics’ treatment be improved?
Jason Thibeault, Avicenna, Brianne Bilyeu, Ashley F. Miller, Rebecca Watson, Lynnea Glasser. Women make up 45% of the gamer population, a number that’s constantly climbing. And yet, female protagonists in games are few and far between — and when games are exclusively fronted by female characters, they get far less marketing budget than their equivalent male-led titles. Why?
JT Eberhard, Rebecca Watson, Heina Dadabhoy, Ashley F. Miller, Hemant Mehta, Xavier Trapp. TV, Movies, Comic books… our popular culture is soaked in depictions of religious people, but what about atheists? How are atheists portrayed in the public sphere? How can we do better? A panel of atheists gets at the real issues.
I recorded “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” on the ukulele about this time last year and somehow it’s gotten a bunch of comments that I was never alerted to. I am really bad at following my YouTube in the first place, but I’m pretty sure that I would have noticed this alert.
Well! The gentleman who co-wrote the song and was a member of Rockapella and went on to have a solo career, Mr. Sean Altman, friggin commented on my stupid ukulele video!
His comment is as follows:
It gives me great pleasure to be your first comment-er. Great job on my song. I’ve never heard it on uke, and it just goes to show that a catchy song translates to many styles. Let’s hope that J-Lo comes asking for permission to use it in her forthcoming Carmen flick. Yours, Sean Altman (ex-Rockapella)
7-year-old me is so stoked right now. And since I’m pretty much still fundamentally 7, I am also so stoked right now. WHAT IS MY LIFE
As you may or may not be aware, I have been getting loads of hate mail/comments wishing me harm because I am in a relationship some people on the internet don’t approve of. So, whenever life gets me down, usually in the form of lowlife, scum-of-the-earth comments from racist, misogynist assholes, I sing myself this song and it generally makes me feel better. Hurray astrophysics!
Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown
And things seem sad or tough
And people are stupid, obnoxious, or daft
And you feel that you’ve had quite enough…
It’s been a very long time since I’ve allowed myself to do video commentary on YouTube. I once had a vlog and it was so thoroughly abused by assholes that I took it down. But, I am short of time lately and it’s less difficult to just sit and talk than to carefully construct an article that I found the video to be the better format for my anger at Child Abuse Supporter Joseph Ratzinger. Here’s a comment and song just for him:
Did you know that the band Savage Garden named itself after a line in an Anne Rice vampire book? True story. Did you know that Anne Rice once exchanged e-mails with me? ALSO A TRUE STORY.
As Wednesday is the traditional day of the Karaoke, I celebrate with a musical selection just for you.