If you listen to me one day of your life, let it be today.
June 3rd, 2008 | by TJ |Internet, I have had the damndest time writing this post today. Not because it’s deep, or thoughtful or required massive amounts of research, nothing like that at all. I just cannot seem to appropriately put words to how overwhelmed I am – remember a couple of days ago when I asked if you’d ever met anyone HALF as awesome as me? Well, I am now overwhelmed by awesome. If there IS anyone out there approaching that halfway point, I think I have found her.
I’m probably just about the last person on the internet to hear about Julia Nunes, but holy crap am I glad I finally did. I cannot seem to get enough of this girl. On the off chance that you, Internet, have not been exposed to her yet, I feel the need to awkwardly gush all over your screens now.
When I first saw one of her videos I thought, oh, this is rad (yes, rad), I’ll post it tomorrow. But then I watched more and more of them, and it wasn’t a matter of posting one the next day, but which one to post. I honestly can’t decide.
This is the first one I saw:
As I said, I thought “Oh, that’s cute.” But later that night I found myself going back and watching more, coming across this one next:
And from there, I just watched everything. She’s got original songs, more covers, questions & answers and is it just me, or is she ridiculously adorable?
At one point, when I saw one of the question and answer videos, she mentioned that she was getting the opportunity to open for Ben Folds, which I think is pretty awesome for a college freshman and her ukulele, and to the side, in the video info, she had dates and locations listed. Having no concept of date and time, I was briefly excited when I noticed she’d be playing at Wolf Trap in Virginia on May 28th, I believe. Of course, a split second later it dawned on me that not only was May over, but I had been babysitting that night.
While Noah’s parents went to see… Ben Folds. Damnit!
Well, Amalah did get to see Ben Fold’s fingers, which I do suppose trumps my belated 48 hour infatuation with Julia Nunes, who I wasn’t even aware existed at the time. Plus, I got to hang out with Noah who really isn’t THAT much bigger than a ukulele and he’s also blonde, so it’s kind of almost the same? No?
Anyway. Check out her YouTube channel, her My Space page, buy her CDs, you know, all that stuff. If you’ve heard of her before or get a chance to check her out today, let me know what you think.
And, because I can’t resist just one more, here is the video that won her a new ukulele:
Internet, you may think I’m a pile of crazy most days, that I make my sandwiches wrong and use sorely outdated slang words, but trust me on this one. Seriously.
By Bellwether on Jun 3, 2008
UKELELE!
Win!
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By Kat on Jun 3, 2008
That was just THE awesome!
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By maerdred on Jun 3, 2008
TJ… I have to work.
Post this stuff after 5!
Must… Try… to… stop… watching… ukelele… girl…
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By Trackhoof on Jun 3, 2008
Man…that was awesome.
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By Bobo & SgtPork on Jun 3, 2008
Woot! Thank you thank you thank you! Julia is teh awesome!!@1 Now, see, didn’t that feel a lot better than posting about WoW? /hug!
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By Kailen on Jun 3, 2008
Whaaa! She is ridiuloucly adorable. It should be illegal.
Ukelele playing makes me smile, especially with stuff like this.
Have you see the video of the guy who does the Zelda theme on Ukelele? It’s pretty awesome as well.
(Just in case you have not, here is a super special youtube link for you. <3 http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vol9fMc0QZQ )
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By Marc on Jun 4, 2008
I’ve been a fan of Juila for about a year now and just saw her in concert in Cary, NC this past weekend. She’s even better live if you can believe that.
She’s also just as friendly as ever in person and very approachable. I asked for an autograph and she grabbed my phone, gave it to her sis and said take a photo of me a Marc sis. She put her arm around me like she was my best friend and took a photo, signed my CD and said I was the best.
It’s this type of person that will go far in life.
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By Moomajick on Jun 4, 2008
I will go buy a Ukelele now. I won’t be able to play it or anything but I want one. TJ, next gift contest, that’s my suggestion, Ukelele.
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By Lance on Jun 4, 2008
You were right she is awesome I spent like an entire hour watching her videos.
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By Trist on Jun 4, 2008
That totally kicks ass.
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By Yardbo on Jun 4, 2008
I love finding new music. It feels like getting a new toy to play with or somthing. You should also check out Andy Mckee as well TJ. Songs like Ebon Coast, and Rylynn will make you smile!
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By Zaw on Jun 4, 2008
I’m still at level 61 today, instead of 62, because I spent all my time watching all 42 of Julia’s vids. (And the response vids, and getiing the CD, and blogging about her.) Great stuff! Thanks!
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By Jezrael on Jun 4, 2008
You are truly teh awesome TJ. Because you blog and because you share the awesome you discover with us. I first discovered Jonathon Coulton on your blog (yep even further behind the geek 8-ball hehe) and now Julia. Wow she is cute and talented and radiates teh awesome. Thanks TJ!
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