I happily spent the better part of my late night internet hours yesterday, clicking and viewing episode after addicting episode of a new to me YouTube-based webcom, The Louise Log. I loved this clever, sophisticated, offbeat video series so much, that I knew right away I had to tell you about it.
The Louise Log is a comedy web series of short video made up whispered confessions of a New York City wife and mother hell-bent on getting it right in spite of her high maintenance husband, her addiction to caffeine and her over-active inner voice. Sundance veteran director, Anne Flournoy, is the creator of The Louise Log, where the subtle heroine, Louise, whispers her thoughts aloud as she encounters life.
You love this already, don't you?
What draws me and binds me to a humorist or a character, is when I find myself able to relate. I very much relate to the heroine in this series, "Louise". I do all the fumbling self doubt and second guessing of myself, as she does. My internal dialogue is much like hers--and to hear it voiced aloud, I laugh in recognition. And relief.
Seeing myself in Louise provides a welcoming chance to appreciate and feel alright about my own thoughts as I try to figure out life.
I fell in love with Louise with Season 1, Episode 1, of The Louise Log, where you meet her for the 1st time. She is so wonderfully real.
This one is my favorite. Season 1, Episode 2 :"How To Shop at A Farmer's Market" ENJOY!! [1 min 43 sec]
Friday, March 18, 2011
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Oh my gosh! That's hilarious! I'm hooked!
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous Friday:)
Dear Wifey: I KNOW!!!! I stayed up an extra hour watching everything. She is addicting.
ReplyDeletethat was so funny!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this...
Have a great weekend.
Oh. My. Gosh. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteloved, loved, loved the line about the black underwear protecting her chakra, especially since i dabbled in 'meditation'.
ReplyDeleteanother thing i will add my must watch list!
thanks empress!
France: that was my fave line, too. Cracked me up. I spent an hour last night ...you have to see the ones later on in season two. Pour the wine, and set yourself up. SO CLEVER.
ReplyDelete"thought being married would protect me from all of this..." LOVED!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip-off about this series. I needed a little quirky fun today. This definitely fills that need.
ReplyDeleteLove how you make me laugh every day!
ReplyDeleteLove.
ReplyDelete"Maybe if I just keep my eye on the vegetables..."
Words to live by.
Thank you, Empress...thank you.
This. Was. Hysterical. Love it.
ReplyDeleteI think I am Louise.
Oh God. My husband is not gonna to think this is as funny as I do when I'm watching it in bed tonight, laughing. In general, though, he tends to find it disconcerting when I laugh in bed with him.
ReplyDeleteShe's funny. Thanks for sharing!
So when my 12 page English paper on Post-Structuralism in Modern literature(due Monday) is not completed on time, I'm just sending this link to my Prof, okay?
ReplyDeleteShe's sure to understand.
THANKSSOMUCH.
What a crack up. I feel like that at the Farmer's Market too but it's not with the vendors it's with the other customers who seem to know sooooo much more about produce than I do.
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Have a great weekend, jj
Alexandra, how can I thank you!!! This morning, trying to knock out a response to the Chrysler 'whisper commercial' before I lose whatever astrological window I'm supposedly in, my computer stopped recognizing the hard drive with all the video on it. Then, for spite, it stopped recognizing the back-up hard drive as well. It's been one of those tooth gnashing days on the phone with tech support. Just went on twitter to do a tiny bit of #FF and found your aMAZing tweets which lead me to this asTONishing line of comments. Thank you and your Regular People for talking me back from the ledge.
ReplyDeleteAnne: you honor me with your comment. Thank you. I think your series is a joy. And I thank you for keeping me laughing all of last night. As a survivor of PPD, laughter is a precious gift in my life, and I can't thank the ones who make me laugh enough.
ReplyDeleteSo, THANK YOU, Anne, for Louise's whispers.
Oh great. Because I need one more thing to keep me hooked up to this damn computer like an IV drip.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, that was so funny. Really? Other people have those conversations in their heads, and it's not just me?
Soooo, black underwear, huh? Hmmm.
-Ally
Yep. I concur. The black underwear line. And deer in a forest. And the music in the background - HILARIOUS! But man, those farmers were cute.
ReplyDeleteafter watching that i feel i know you so much better now...smiles.
ReplyDeleteBrian...you weren't supposed to see that!!! xo you crack me up.
ReplyDeleteHahaha...I. Loved. It. As soon as she mentioned that you had to talk to the farmers, I was struck with fear. I know farmers are perfectly normal people, not crazy chainsaw massacre inbreds...but somehow that's where my brain jumps to before it settles back into sanity mode.
ReplyDeletesue: believe it or not, the louise log has a store and they SELL the "maybe if I just keep my eyes on the vegetables" T shirt.
ReplyDeleteYes, I will be ordering it.
http://anneflournoy.com/store
I must cross farmers markets off my list of places to find husband #2 when that time comes. I loved this.
ReplyDeleteAs a former NYer, I really loved this
Wow -- I feel like such a voyeur now! Kind of like Being John Malkovitch, except Being Louise. Now I wonder if somewhere out there on the internet, other women are watching YouTube videos from inside MY head, listening to all the crazy s**t that goes through my mind all day long... God forbid!
ReplyDeleteOhh. Thank you, Empress. Thank you. Priceless.... you'd have thought so many of us could have been making money off our inner dialogues!
ReplyDeleteyou always point me in the right direction, woman. always.
ReplyDeleteps- my gmail is obviously a racist as i am JUST NOW getting this post in my inbox. it's sunday!
freaking google.
Isn't it odd how just adding whispering can make something really funny (or super creepy...)
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog, btw, it's great!
Thank you Empress and all of you other Regular People for this amazing and wonderful goldmine of encouragement. Reading your comments and feeling a connection gives the videos a whole other dimension. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI hear whispering voices in my head, mostly they say.....stop checking your blog eleventy million times a day, there won't be any more followers or comments.
ReplyDeleteThe whispering is what made this so funny.
ReplyDeleteI think things like her! Now I'm going to laugh so hard when I me say them and think "I'm like that whispering video lady."
This was so funny. Thank you.
Candace
That sounds awesome. I'm off to check it out right now!
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