pessimistic optimist

[jacob7207]

So my British friend told me today that the British are pessimists. So I wanted to learn more about what he was talking about, then I looked up pessimist and I come to your video and I was like I bet she's British and sure enough you started talking and I was right.

[Eliseharris]

@jacob7207 well think as a nation we want to be optomistic - but everything just always does end badly!

[jacob7207]

@kysfifriend shut up kunt.

[greeniem]

She looks like a hot english chick, who i would, no doubt, eat like an oyster!

[911sheeple]

The Optimist leaves on vacation with a great time in mind, telling all the neighbors when he is leaving, Twittering how fun it will be, and relying on his japanese made POS to get him there in one piece. The pessimist, leaves a Grenade under the big screen TV, tells nobody he is leaving, doesn't announce to 500 idiots on Twitter when he will be out of town with family, and brings a can of Fix O Flat.

Now, who do you think will have the better vacation?

[Eliseharris]

Well it depends who has the best insurance!

[Pittounikos]

Oh, wretched ephemeral race, children of chance and misery, why do you compel me to tell you what it would be most expedient for you not to hear? What is best of all is utterly beyond your reach. Not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second best for you is this- to die soon. (Sophocles). I love this passeage. Very Schopenhauriean lol.

[foreverandaday96]

I MIss MJ!!!!!!!!!! r.i.p anyway you look cool I think I am a worrying pessimist but when everything is all good I am optimist but there is still the thought in my mind that everything can go to hell in a fruitbasket =D

[bytor152]

ohmyfreakinggodyourright

[Simonomon2]

Whoa. You look like Michael Jackson.

[termodox]

holy shit, totally agreed on this one

[JSA19882007]

@Simonomon2 LMAO! so true

[SmokeMyBlunt]

a pessimist in the eyes of a realist is a optimist.

[ParalyzerEx]

SmokeMyBlunt, I agree there. I'm generally pessimistic.

But c'mon (at the woman in the vid), you can't be BOTH introvert & extrovert. One is always more dominant than the other, hence the division.

[greeniem]

yes you can. Life's a contradiction lol

[greeniem]

i wish h er pants were open and off and the same time...

[couldbemessy]

i think balance is a good thing, being both optimistic/pessimistic introverted/extroverted.

[MichaelChatman28]

Being Pessimistic is a horrible thing man. Pessimistic is thinking that something "negative" will happen. I'd rather think something "positive" is going to happen.

[Doublebug1]

It's ridiculous but might as well put it up! Rofl... I am kidding sweetheart. Thanks for being so open. I favorited you. Peace, DB1

[Marleyblandford]

You remind me (The slightest way) of Dr. May Wright off of Eastenders!

[paulmaxwellhunter]

Hi Elise...I started looking at one of your videos (vegies) by mistake and I have been more than an hour looking at your stuff...really funny...where from in the UK?

[feederrul3]

No offense but you're a freak....

[Eliseharris]

You too. So what?

[meth00in00venice]

<u>Hello</u>

[meth00in00venice]

<bold>Hello</bold>

[meth00in00venice]

<em>Hello</em>

[mrvargo]

If you take an empty glass and drink half, then the glass is half empty. If you take an empty glass and half fill it then it is half full. Thank you.

[hhgkkg]

I luv British Girls

[Applecart2000]

I'm worried that I'm enjoying your little video's too much? but I'm hoping you'll not mind :o)

Pessimistic/Optimistic? which am I ? lol :o)

[Eliseharris]

No, that's fine - they are here to be watched!

[warprin]

Oh, and I hope you don't mind, I'm putting up a bunch of your vids on my facebook page! So folks can come back here and check out the rest.

[Eliseharris]

That sounds cool - thanks. And don't worry - I think a lot of people took that okra video at face value! Heh.

[warprin]

I loved the veggie video - I woke up the whole house at 3 in the morning with my silly laughing in the living room.

[Eliseharris]

Thanks - I hope everyone forgave you!

[warprin]

Absolutely, they did. Even the cats.

Just babbling here, but I always seems to find the really good, dry-humored, dead-pan delivered comedy from the UK. I'm a French and Saunders addict living in the US, ack.

Looking forward to more history of veggies/fruit videos. BTW, I actually googled "Okraville", how pathetic...

[scrapbookheaven]

my opinion on the glass half full half empty theory is if the glass was filled half way it's half full if it was full and half was taken out it's half empty simple :D

[Eliseharris]

Indeed. It's a good way of thinking about it.

[Lexphoto]

You are very funny, please just ignore any haters.

[Greatwhite75]

I think the glass is half empty and I think it's because the glass is cracked! Is that good or bad?

[STRESSED999]

yin & yang is that like abbot and costello

[whippedcreamshampoo]

More like cheech & chong

[STRESSED999]

o ok , i think Eliseharris want me wants me bad :)

[whippedcreamshampoo]

The optimist in her want you wants you.

The pessimist in her know you knows you are unattainable

[pula1856]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[RipperRoy]

to hell with the haters. i dig watching you talk about whatever, so if they don't like it, it's not like there aren't 71 trillion other things for them to watch.

[borgduck]

I say we have a good olde fashioned Pagan ritual in which we burn the haters.

[NapalmTheElf]

sorry babe....mus admit that I havent been following this whole thing, but I cant believe thats theres anything you've done that could cause people to hate you or it......but lets face it, some people really need to get a life and possible, some affordable therapy.....bugger em all.

[theodorestreet]

You're very talented. I think you'll be going places. You've heard it from me, the Oracle of Sherbrooke -- that would be the Oracle of Sherbrooke, Quebec (in one of the colonies). You've heard it here first. This is a forecast of future events, or even-e-ments (same-same as events), as they say in Quebec.

I don't know if everyone realizes it, even Lord Black of Crossharbour has navigated the streets of Sherbrooke Quebec (which have the familiar name of King and Wellington).

[adventureindustries]

Two years?! I can't wait that long!

[TamHickey67]

Speaking as a Glaswegian...which normally sounds a bit rough, I understand you are going to the Edinburgh festival. If you want any advice on getting a paying gig, maybe you should ask for some from Janey Godley. She has some stuff here on youtube and has a blog on Yahoo360. As for a woman being all over the place? Heaven forfend! lol. My glass is always half full...oops, I've finished it. Need to pour another and FILL my glass! (Metaphorically speaking of course)

[raindrop322]

screw the haters...elise please post the veggie videos! it's really entertaining...

[stringquartet]

the glass is both half full and half empty at the same time! I love it! I say the same thing to people I know. yin & yang. :)

[petuniabelle650]

I think all that means you're sensible! You're very pretty and funny and I wish you the best with your radio show and everything else. You seem like a very nice young woman.

[DrSudoku]

Hi Elise,

Now how is it that you can see your hair as you are doing a video? Do you have a mirror behing the videocam? I love your eyes and lips and think you are delightful and fun. I wonder what subject you did your dissetation on. Anyway, keep it up and keep doing the vegetables, I've learned so much interesting botanical information. Your fond admirer from Georgetown, Ontario.

[FOSEEBOY]

Your hair has gone MAD again.......(nice color!!)

[muse2ponder]

what about medieval reinactments?

[kazzie14]

"comming soon at a youtube screen near you" ha brilliant

[monicavm]

It's nice that you're all over the place. Makes for a good person.

[b5b9]

I LOVE YOU!

[mjademas]

im ammused by u....intrigued even ...and yes "daphne" from frasier does shine thru alittle.i await another veg blog!!

[rveur23]

I like the hairs... :)

[vivace119]

your great!

[Eliseharris]

Thank you. It's good that among the haters there are a few people who like me!

[rickyeglacias]

attractive lady

[SteveRamone0075]

You're like a cross between Daphne from Frasier and... I dunno. A mad vegetable lady. But I like you (in a Dick Emery voice).

[mercoid]

I love the asymmetry of your eyes. Beautiful.

[Eliseharris]

It's astigmatism - right eye only!

[mercoid]

Well it is very apealing to me. I am serious.

Also, I think you are funny.

[cw3030]

You're going to do an awful lot of psychoanalysts out of a job with that can of balance attitude. Hope the radio show fun to do, there wehere bound to be problems, if it had all gone smoothlyit could only have got worse next time

[DieselBodine]

More vegetable videos, please! 8-)

[Larkvall]

Hello!

[Eliseharris]

hello! Just got in from doing the radio show, goodness knows how that went - many technical troubles!

[Eliseharris]

It was a Sindy Doll actually - it broke the day I got it and the replacement was never as good!

[Beetlegooch]

I'm a realist, I don't care if the glass is half full or half empty, I just want to know who's been drinking out of it.

[yaffle]

my glass was half full but someone has been siphoning it off very slowly.

[pappagora]

peppersssssssssssssssssssss :-(

or i'll unsubscribe

joking of course :)

you're a bloody optimist to me

nice makeup

[chocoeater93]

I'm looking forward to seeing the new vegetable videos! So far they have been ace! Oh and its a great thing you've put up that playlist; it makes it so much easier to find them all (seriously I'm so excited about the pepper episode =D ).

What I want to know is how do you keep a straight face through all these films? I can't help laughing with embrassment when I'm asked to act something wacky and zany.

[Ginoinny]

Nothing worse than a hot girl thats annoying. This is so not funny. But the Michael Jackson was!

[inspectorjury]

I think the vegetable videos are a prime example of British Dry Humor. They are wonderful in the same vein as Monty Python.

[ieatdogsallnight]

you look like micheal jackson

[313BigChrigu313]

hehe, your right

[morespamm]

How about coconuts video? I know ít´s simple dry fruit, but coconuts have big meaning of English history for example King Arthur use coconuts because there was no horses <--(Monty Python and the holy grail document movie about king Arthur and he´s mens adventures).

[shortattentionspan1]

Aha! at last, after viewing a few of your staid vegetable videos - the real you!

[lilblondedude]

You seem like a great person, but the personality here is extrovert and the vegetables vids are introvert! Hmm, I get the veg vids by the way, and I'm 14 - came across them by accident!

[boxxobbox]

Could you do a video on pickles? I will enjoy that one. I'm confused on if it's a vegie or a fruit. Don't 4get to nibble it.

[bk1111]

What a complex and delightful personality. I love her sense of humor. Videos like this are what makes youtube great.

[LoveCraken]

Funny thing is everyone actually TELLS me to bite my nails.

Good luck with everything.

[bentits]

MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON

[geroldkid]

pessimistic optimist is a sign of being balanced. I got no balance(I've been called a misanthropic unitarian).

[4ofSwords]

I think you sorted that out in the 'Metal Guru' video; Post-Modern Feminist...etc. From this video, likely a bit of a realist and quite adaptable, all at the same time!!!  It's a good thing, keep looking at the stars, Elise. :~)

[SamaraScaredMe]

I envy your accent.

[insomnia100]

You have some interesting acting potential in front of the camera. I think you might want to have some help with the direction.

[Eliseharris]

That's Ok - I just expected it to magically appear. Youtube is lagging and I thought it might be there somewhere, really.

[whippedcreamshampoo]

You're a well rounded human in a world of two-dimensional pigeonholes

(Watch "My Cat Tiggy Talking"!)

[whippedcreamshampoo]

(Tiggy video on YouTube)

[Eliseharris]

Oh I can't! Someone sent me the link and it scared my cat so much.

[darkhorse30]

lol omg soooooooooooooooooooo funny pmsl here sweetie your a riot u got soo mixed up and yes i get the veg vids :) 5 stars just cuz i laughed so hard.

P.S. THANK GOD THE TOWEL DIDNT SLIP IN THE FAT ARMS VID

[Eliseharris]

Thanks for the five stars - and I had a top on under the towel! heh.

[Eliseharris]

You think? Thanks very much. Still no sign of your comment on the other video!

[Priestofbabalon]

I wish I still had to deal with a cat :(

I used to be quite optimistic too, that was along time ago though.

[Eliseharris]

Oh, I am so sorry. Hope you feel better soon.

[Priestofbabalon]

So do I. I enjoyed talking to you last night by the way.

[wallenba]

Pessimstic optimist, is now required viewing in my psychology class. We love veggies here too.

[morespamm]

What vegetables you have eaten before you made this video? :) And to all youtubers make happines not hate.

[Eliseharris]

Quite right - happiness for all. All I had before making this was a banana. Didn't eat my vegetables because then I would have no props (and I have had someone comment on a lot of videos condemning my terrible props and rubbish backgrounds. With a budget of zero pence that is hardly surprising.)

[tejonpass]

Sometimes you've just chosen a glass that's a bit larger than you really need.

[Eliseharris]

That's true. As my mother would say, my eyes are bigger than my belly.

[urbanimage]

Hi, I watched a few of the vegetable videos and they are

amusing, but they probably are a bit too subtle for a lot of people who watch youtube. When your just being yourself you come across as quite fun & quirky. So maybe more blog type videos would be the way to go.

As someone else mentioned do have a look at Paperlillies videos - in particular the one on banning sarcasm on youtube.

[Eliseharris]

I will seek it out - thank you!

[urbanimage]

Have a look at some of the video responses she got

and her follow up video. She also has another youtube account/channel called xPLx

Peter

[johnreagannumber1]

As an American subscriber of yours for a very long time, I just wanted to say congratulations on the feature :) Your style is what attracted me to your vlogs in the first place. You are really wonderful and have great camera presence. - John Reagan

[Eliseharris]

Thank you very much, and thank you for staying subscribed to me all this time!

[johnreagannumber1]

You're quite welcome :) I just apologize for not being able to comment more often as things have been going wild down here. After I was featured the hate was unreal, unoriginal but some were funny! They are little kids with the purpose to instigate. If you read anything negative, remember, it's worth absoultely nothing. Much Love, John

[Eliseharris]

There seems to be a very big hater 'community' that I have driven out of the woodwork. It's nothing I haven't had before, just never this concentrated!

[whippedcreamshampoo]

I don't think I will allow comments if I ever get a camera. Don't want to be distracted by that

[Jervns]

I signed on to You tube in the US and I see you're being "Promoted" [Vegetable Tragedies] by YT. Videos being promoted seem to rotate. I signed off and then back on and you were gone... Then I did it again and you were back. Congratulations!

[Eliseharris]

Hurray! Maybe someone outside Britain will see it after all!

[sonicoliver]

no hate here! but I think you should consider some public fruit service announcements maybe.

[stilte]

The vegetable videos are an acquired taste. Like olives.

[KankFish]

I am still trying to figure you out. You are very cute even if you think your hair is bad.

[UK2007AAC]

Can't wait!Have you seen paperlillies video on hater comments after her sarcasm video? I hope the comments arn't that bad! Just assume they won't go away and post video's anyway!

[Eliseharris]

Yes - as my mother told me on the phone last night 'well, you were looking for people to react' and you have to take good with bad! I have no idea when they will be ready (the Veg videos). Biding my time now.