My Sultry Voice Gives You an Update/Transcript


 * Rebecca Parham: At my preparatory school, pretty much most of my classmates didn't like me and picked on me from time to time, but a few of them made it a more regular thing. [switches to fireplace scene] Hello, my explainers and entertainers, this is the sultry voice of Rebecca Parham. I'm coming to you from my office this lovely evening, recording on my office microphone which I never used to record, but this is a special occasion I've actually always wanted to do a series, where I just talked to all of you and fill you in on what's going on, so I guess here we are: welcome to episode 1 of the Firebug chats! I'm here to give you an update on my current situation, especially given that I haven't uploaded on the main channel in a while. Fret not, my dears, a video has consistently been in the works this entire time, but a perfect storm of problems, delays, commitments and as of right now, pandemics, has all but made this video a chore to finish. We had some emergencies, behind the scenes with some of the artists who helped me, all of it was unavoidable and I don't blame them, but they all just happened at once. I also had a week in February where I was in London for VidCon London, which was honestly a lot of fun I loved seeing you guys being with my friends that I only ever get to see once a year if that. But when I came home from that trip, I immediately got sick and no, it wasn't the dreaded virus that shall not be named, though trust me, I know that would have made a great video, but recovery was another delay, and while I was recovering, the world was getting sicker, and we now have the current situation that is the talk of the town, right? Now, in fact, while I was recording this, Dane, Dane Boe of Annoying Orange, just sent me a text and said that San Francisco just made a legal order that you are to stay at home except for essential travel, which I guess means to the grocery store or to the hospital. He believes LA is next, which kind of puts a damper on some of my future plans, which I'm about to explain to you guys. Now I'm not gonna bore you too much with the whole "wash your hands, don't touch your face for the love of God, stay at home" spiel, but seriously, for the love of God, STAY AT HOME! Social distancing, it's all the rage these days. Though, we introverts just call it another Monday night. I will say the run on the supermarket's has been pretty crazy out here: it's very surreal seeing empty aisles everywhere you go and I know most of you can relate because this is happening across the world. It's made travelling very complicated which doesn't help me because on top of all of this, that I have already said: I'm supposed to be moving to LA for an extended stay very soon and you can bet your bottom dollar that this pandemic has really thrown a wrench in the works. Here, you would think that YouTube would be a safe job in a time like this because everybody is at home watching more YouTube, but we forget that YouTube is run by people who now have to work from home if they can work at all. They've been tweeting about how things are really not working the way they should and they've been relying on the automated system more, which is always good news for us, right? Case in point, Adam, from SomeThingElseYT, put up a video the other day and reported that close to 70% of his subscribers on Twitter said that they couldn't see that video in their subpages. His channel is also not coming up when you search his name, you know, how when you search "Let Me Explain Studios", my channel would be right up there at the top of the page? Well, that wasn't happening for Adam, so it makes a lot of us a bit skittish to post, especially animators, where every single video is important. I'm actually gonna use this video as a litmus test, even though it's only on the second channel, I'm still gonna see how many people it reaches, so if you want to tell me in the comments below if this showed up on your subpage, or if you had to click an external link up like on Twitter to get to it. that helped me out a lot, I'm not gonna hang too long on this video. Ultimately, this was just to show that I'm still alive, I just want to check in with all of you guys and explain what's going on. I also have a new merch that is supposed to be released but that's been delayed because of the factories in China are not up and running as they should be. We were gonna re-release the geek is strong with this one t-shirt, and I also have a new witch of the woods collection that's coming out: it's a hoodie, a print, and pins, but all of that has been delayed, so we'll see what happens there. Hopefully, by the next video, I'll be able to shoot you guys a link in case you want them. So, anyways, all of you stay safe, subscribe to this second channel for more extra stuff and updates, I may even start posting a song or two on here, just something for all of you mega-explainers out there. Anyways, guys, I hope you're enjoying yourself quarantine as much as you possibly can, thank you so much for tuning in, but now, I gotta tune out. Bye! [singing "Button up Your Overcoat" by Ruth Etting]