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Samantha Ronson starts a vlog

Up until this week, there was a large void in the part of my soul where cute, somewhat shy, hipster lesbians curl up to read a good book and listen to PJ Harvey b-sides. And then, something magical happened: Samantha Ronson

put out an album worthy of adding to my Spotify “Jean Jams” playlist and also put out an hour-long live-streaming video with the girls from Hello Giggles. If you are unfamiliar with the Hello Giggles website, just know it’s a lady-centric site founded by BFFs Zooey Deschanel, Molly McAleer and my biggest Twitter crush ever, Sophia Rossi. You should probably take a little time to spend on it today. It’s Friday, after all, so if at least half of your time isn’t being spent looking at fun things on the internet, you’re really not living life to the fullest. Now back to the video:

The stream opens the same way it would if my Bubby tried to figure out how to record herself via a tiny computer camera. Five seconds in, the most unexpectedly girly “Hi guys,” comes out of Ronson’s mouth. The first time I watched the video, I had to go back and rewatch that one “Hi guys,” no less than three times and now that I’m watching it again, I still can’t put my finger on who she reminds me of as she says it. – Twenty-eight seconds in and Samantha is feeling shy so she calls in Sophia for backup and now we’ve got a webcast my friends! I don’t want to spoil it all for you but I also know not everyone has an hour to spare, so I’m going to try to break out some of the more interesting moments for you and give you the times you can find them. Oh and one big takeaway I got from watching this is that Ronson and Rossi are really big fans of giving shout outs. Like, really big fans of the shout outs, so consider this a big shout out from me to you.

– About six minutes in, Samantha flashes her Grey’s Anatomy fan card and follows up with a shout out to my favorite Tom Hanks movie, Big. She’s got a major toy collection.

– Around the 10 minute mark, they discuss a really cool volunteer program with the 826 National organization which was co-founded by one of my favorite authors, Dave Eggers, who also started McSweeney’s.

– Fourteen minutes in, we find that her newest app game obsession is Scramble With Friends. She gives out her username on there but I’m not including it here because I need to make sure I start a game with her before all of you Scramble-block me.

– At 17 minutes, the hard-hitting questions come in and we find out which of Biggie Smalls’ songs is her favorite.

– She gives great advice at 18 minutes, which is to basically go out and do some karaoke to get over some singing nerves. She also admits that liquid courage sometimes helps. I can attest to this even if I still get nervous enough to dry-heave before I’m called up to sing no matter how much I’ve had to drink.

-Twenty-four minutes in I get nervous and question her taste in music as soon the question of her favorite song comes up and the words “Third Eye Blind”come out of her mouth. She follows up with naming a Stevie Wonder track and before I can decide if this is enough for me, I remind myself that “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is actually one of my favorite songs so I shouldn’t be a Judge Judy.

-At the 33 minute mark I sit on the edge of my seat in anticipation of finding out what a silent disco is. Spoiler alert: we don’t find out until the 35 minute mark.

-Thirty-seven minutes in, we hear why we should give country music a chance and this leads into who she’d like to collaborate with.

– Forty-one minutes in, Samantha describes her dog and may as well have been describing my little snoring farters. Cute.

– At 45 minutes, she explains how her music (and music in general) should be left up to interpretation so that it can be just as personal for you as it is for her.

– Oh snap: At 48 she casually puts it out there that she is in a relationship. So, don’t try to be Scramble With Friends With Benefits. Sorry ladies!

And there you have it folks! If you hate goodbyes as much as I do, you may be in luck! At the very end of the video, it sounds like this was just episode one in what may become a monthly vlog. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed!

Thanks to my pal Brig for sending me the video!

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