Self Image 2011

[andeechalz]

I really like the idea of this video. Rock on for being content with yourself, so many people aren't these days.

[ianswertobob]

#SexyBaldChick! ;)

I love your hair/makeup in this video. Sweet self image video! I love these.

[genericfirstname]

You are my type! Man I want to make one of these videos in response now.

[wallopingwarlocks]

Love that you were brave enough to mention that you're a Jesus lover. As stupid as it sounds people with a platform often are afraid to mention that about themselves. It doesn't really make sense that we live in a world where most things are said to be OK, but Christians are treated like idiots.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@wallopingwarlocks yeah, I mean: see the comment left most recently on my Re: Self Image video made in Jan 2010. :/

[wallopingwarlocks]

@ChateauOfADoubt You deffinently just became one of my favorite youtubers. I mean you were awesome before but your Youness is awesome.

[kaylashalaylaaaaa]

@wallopingwarlocks it's true. i find it disappointingly amusing that today is all about "tolerance" and "acceptance" of everything, except Christians. tolerance of Christians is not ok because they are "self-righteous, close-minded, outdated hypocrites." well who's the hypocrite now? we're all silly children who fight over what we think we know.

[imphlatround]

<3

[PHvlogger]

Oh, you bohemian.

[StrGrlOllie]

you're also a brilliant listener/advice giver <3

[ANDYGLOV3R]

Oh my goodness, this video inspired me. Video response coming soon.

[hshea11]

I'm glad you are who you hoped you would become. Not many people can say that.

[effgeeveeree]

'Exactly the kind of person you hoped you'd be' is a good kind of person to be. Congrats!

[sketchymustache]

love the sketch

..see what i did there?

[keeporjot]

There's so much about you that I find interesting in ways that I can and can't relate to you. But in so many ways I've just really loved the process of getting to know you as well as just...well you!

[chaucerthegreat]

You do way more than I do. Props!

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@SweetBoxKitty Old Navy on sale??

[gemllama]

Love it. And I agree about the hipster label. It makes me think of something/someone disingenuous.

Also, you totally rock the short hair. Even the no hair!

[DisfiguredUnicorn]

I wonder what I would think if I saw my substitute teacher making youtube videos... not to say that they're not the complete package of loveliness!

[FableofLife]

YEY ANOTHER VIDEO AND A SPECTACULAR ONE AT THAT!!!! <3

[supersharayah]

I LOVED THE BEARD DRAWING! DYLAN! And this video was so great. It was definitely a change from last year's. But I loved the delivery. It's so YOU. :D <3

[thepappytube]

I love this video so very much :)

[splicegrrl]

i heart you, chateauofadoubt. #ido

[SaithJC]

Awhhh I really liked this!! Simple yet passionate

[smilenose]

That was lovely! I wish I could make a video like this, but I would probs end up sounding pretentious.

[marekfilms]

Nice video,

[shessomickey]

"I'm exactly the kind of person I'd hoped I'd be."

This.

[WatchingMatthew]

This is nice video got me thinking. I don't think I could come up with this many interesting things about me like you just did.... Maybe I should try and change that.

[ghostwritten87]

You're amazing. :)

I wish I was a bohemian.

[SheDoesntKillGophers]

Can I just be you, please?

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@SheDoesntKillGophers I hate when I don't get e-mailed glorious comments like yours because youtube thinks they're spam. Stupid YouTube.

[tabloidjunk]

i love you.... and you like Buddy Holly.. i think that makes you even more awesome!

Happy New Year!

TJ

[spbookworm]

Nicely done. This video makes me want to do one of these. :P

I love your videos. <3

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@spbookworm Doooo it!!! Thank you <3

[eversinceimmortal]

I adored this. You are wonderful. I love that you began with Jesus-lover. Why is it that so many Christians don't think they should accept themselves? Makes me sad.

Here's some of mine:

I am a Jesus-lover.

I am an observer.

I am a writer.

I am a musician.

I am allowed to change.

I am not the sum of my success and/or failure.

I am free to like or dislike what I want, regardless of popular opinion.

I am loved with an everlasting love. :)

[AnIrrationalRatio]

I don't know what I am...except I'm pretty sure I'm probably not a penguin.

And I have to say I'm a big fan of your short hair, I think it suits you.

[Justtubed]

no no no no NOT dylan. 

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@Justtubed listen, just because we prefer your face with a beard vs without one doesn't mean you grew the most epic beard. I love you dearly, but thems the facts.

[supersharayah]

@Justtubed Justin, have you NOT seen Dylan's beard? You live with him. You got to see that beard on a daily basis and yet you still disagree? I'm not sure what to think of this. haha.

[EricsEveryNewDay]

I love this.

The video this video is a video response to will be up Wednesday.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@EricsEveryNewDay do you see what I did there?

[ntcssj]

I love this!

[kaylasturner]

I appreciate how real you are in your videos...if that makes any sense? I feel like when I turn on a camera, I act weird and that it's difficult to really be me. You're a natural at vlogging :)

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@kaylasturner Well thank you! I wonder if you'd feel the same if you interacted with me in real time. There is definitely a 'presentation Emily' that comes out for video making and teaching, but I feel she's just as much me as the 'oversharing Emily' that has spawned the hashtag #EmilyIsScandalous ;D

[Schubes17]

I am a big fan of this video

[lesliefoundhergrail]

I've already filmed my self image video but I wanted to add more entries via comments:

I put too much pressure on myself.

But I'm so close to getting there.

I'm anti-narcissism.

I love sports.

I've allowed myself to be free.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@lesliefoundhergrail that is beautiful.

[PeaceLoveCheer191]

My names emily to! :D and i love art and i draw comics and i wubs being creative and making my own DIY crafts! i recentley made 3 life-sized (well, maybe a wee bit smaller (: robots out of recycled materials! i <3 your videos! ur amazing and so pretty! :D

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@PeaceLoveCheer191 I need to see pictures of these robots! Twitpic them at me.

[PeaceLoveCheer191]

@ChateauOfADoubt Okey Dokey!!! i shall do that tommorow!! my computers gllitching and what not :(

[crimsong19]

Very cool, Emily, especially the LPs!

- Jason

[fizzylimon]

You know what? I appreciate you ever so much. You're just YOU and completely unapologetic about it, and I like to think I'm the same way. Although our tastes don't always match up, I'm continually impressed by how casually you share yours. You make me want to like stuff I've never tried before.

Also, having been labeled a hipster myself by various people (though I'm confused as to why, except for my fashion sense) I agree that it's too constricting. (cont'd)

[fizzylimon]

@fizzylimon Hipster feels almost like high school again, trying to label people or trying to fit a mold. I agree that there are people similar to me/you who are only doing it to appear rebellious in a conformist sense... but I only do things that I want to do and enjoy my obscure and eccentric pasttimes.

I have eccentric (though opinionated) tastes in music because I want to.

I like creating in various media.

I dwell in grey rather than black and white.

I think about and absorb everything I can.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@fizzylimon it'd be wrong if you *didn't* have opinionated tastes in music. What sort of stuff do you want to like that you've never tried? Also: thank you so much!

[fizzylimon]

@ChateauOfADoubt a. You're welcome :D

b. I sympathize a lot with your DIY projects mostly and want to try them out. I'd love to raise animals and save the Earth using reusable materials and make clothes and have a blog where I do something artistically to better myself. I've recently taken up calligraphy and have a LOT of fun with it. Also you make me wish I liked bacon more because of how much you like it... though the only reason I don't is because it upsets my stomach. Ha.

[RussTheBusker]

I like long walks in the dark

I also agree dylan should win

I am insecure

I too like Buddy Holly

I really enjoy videos from chateauofadoubt

I kind of want to make a video response to this.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@RussTheBusker You should!!

[HeBreaksLate]

I went back and watched your video of about a year ago that addressed this same topic.Is this part of a conscious New Year's self-inventory or mere coincidence? In either case, it's interesting to note the differences between the two. It seems to be mostly the same ideas, if perhaps articulated differently.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@HeBreaksLate it was Eric's thing and we were supposed to make another one at the end of the year, but Eric was waiting until this year so I decided to wait too. I'm definitely not the same as I was, but I'm not really different either.

[HeBreaksLate]

@ChateauOfADoubt The core seems the same and the rest is just details.

[maccies99]

Simon and Garfunkel FTW. Out of curiosity, what do you mean by having a bohemian lifestyle? I know the dictionary definition and whatnot, but how do you adhere to such a lifestyle?

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@maccies99 I'm not sure how to put it in short format. You should check out my With Hands project (@WithHands on twitter) and maybe watch some of my other videos?

[evmoneyTV]

I like beards too. But I didn't vote for Dylan. Sorry.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@evmoneyTV nnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[thomasdoranbbz]

I love your openness and how you don't hide any of your thoughts or opinions! Just out of curiosity, since you brought it up, what are a few of your favourite musicians? :)

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@thomasdoranbbz you mean besides Rilo Kiley, Devendra Banhart, Buddy Holly, Simon & Garfunkel and Belle & Sebastian?? #IChoseThoseRecordsCarefully

I also love the Pixies.

[thomasdoranbbz]

@ChateauOfADoubt I must admit, you have a very good taste in music! I love Simon & Garfunkel so much! Devendra Banhart is very good too, as it Buddy Holly and Belle & Sebastian.

[AlannahSH]

I want to be you when I grow up

[Arthur40TwoDent]

I've voted for Dylan.

Bohemian is a great word to describe you.

A very interesting video idea.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@Arthur40TwoDent Thank you thank you thank you! It was Eric's idea a year ago, and I agree. I didn't watch my other one until after I'd made this one. I didn't want it to influence how I see myself right now.

[SharkeyeJones]

a maker, eh? make me a sandwich. with bacon. i'll give you a pair of socks.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@SharkeyeJones are you going to knit me these socks?

[SharkeyeJones]

@ChateauOfADoubt if by knit you mean "wash the pair i found at the laundromat and give them to you" then yes. they're purple with white spots.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@SharkeyeJones if by make you mean "find in the trash can outside of subway"

[SharkeyeJones]

@ChateauOfADoubt can you search a quiznos? and wash it, please.

[Myfkduplilworld]

BS Detection Skills is very key skill in life, I use everyday...and yes you do make a beautiful bald chick...hehehe

[emmfan09]

"I'm exactly the kind of person I'd hoped I'd be." <33333333

[RockstarRaquel]

I was talking to Steve on New Years Eve about you. You have this sort of mystery about you. I love it. You inspire me, Emily.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@RockstarRaquel Wait.... mystery? Hmm... you'll have to elaborate. Mysterious isn't a quality I think of myself as having!

[RockstarRaquel]

@ChateauOfADoubt I think it's your mannerisms. I am not sure... I read your tweets and watch your videos and somehow you always surprise me. I am never quite sure what you will think about a subject. Maybe it's because I never met anyone quite like you and I like to quietly study you. That sounded creepy... but I like to observe people for character research and stuff. Anyhoo... you are unique, but you already knew that. ;)

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@RockstarRaquel For some reason, your creepiness is entirely heartwarming :) <3

[RockstarRaquel]

@ChateauOfADoubt Well, that's a relief! :D

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@RockstarRaquel also: thank you <3

[ckXcore]

look at you being a Dylan promoter extraodinaire! #ORSomething

Loved this! You forgot to say you're scandalous though :D

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@ckXcore hahahahha <3

[elffia]

I like this a lot.

[dsclubhouse1]

:)

loved this video

hope you had a great New Years

Hope your 2011 is a glorious and most excellent one

[sparedtowin]

lovely!