Annabelle Lee's Get To Know Me Q&A #1

Summary

In this Q&A session, Annavelle expresses gratitude for the questions received and shares personal insights. She discusses her love for martial arts, despite facing physical challenges due to a back surgery and knee issues. Annavelle also reveals her passion for jewelry making, watching series like 'Yellowstone', and her eclectic taste in music, favoring rock. She candidly talks about her favorite food, hobbies, and her journey into creating audio content, including meditation and storytelling. Annavelle's humor shines through as she addresses her dislike for slapstick comedy and puns, and she shares her preference for certain scents and jewelry.

Takeaways

• 📚 Annavelle's primary hobby is reading, which takes up a significant portion of her time.
• 🥋 Her biggest passion is martial arts, which she teaches despite dealing with a long-term injury affecting her right knee.
• 🏥 Annavelle had major back surgery in 2019 due to a slipped disc that nearly crushed her spinal cord, leaving her with some deficits.
• 📺 She enjoys watching TV series, recently completing 'Yellowstone' up to the first half of season 5.
• ⚔️ Her hobbies have shifted over time, and she has tried various activities without settling on a particular one, aside from reading and martial arts.
• 💍 She has an interest in jewelry making, with a preference for Gothic styles.
• 🍲 Her favorite food is shepherd's pie, particularly one made by her family, enjoyed with fries.
• 🎧 Annavelle's journey into audio creation began with meditation audios and evolved through exploring ASMR and sharing stories.
• 🏏 She is not a sports enthusiast but has a soft spot for the Indian cricket team, despite being English.
• 🎶 Her favorite music genre is rock, with a preference for male voices and a diverse musical taste influenced by her upbringing.

Q & A

What is Annavelle's main hobby outside of YouTube and reading?

Annavelle's main hobby is martial arts, which she teaches and adores, although she doesn't get to train as often due to a long-term injury and back surgery in 2019.

How does Annavelle's injury affect her martial arts practice?

Annavelle has a right knee issue and some nerve deficits in her leg from back surgery, which makes practicing martial arts a bit challenging.

What is Annavelle's favorite food?

Annavelle's favorite food is shepherd's pie, particularly one made by her family.

What led Annavelle to start making audios?

Annavelle started with meditation audios and then explored the ASMR community on Reddit, which inspired her to create more audio content, including myth and history stories.

Does Annavelle have a favorite sports team?

Annavelle is not a big sports follower, but if she had to choose, it would be the Indian cricket team.

What is Annavelle's favorite genre of music and why?

Annavelle's favorite genre is rock, as she likes a nice rasp in the voice and has a preference for male voices in her playlists.

Has Annavelle ever gotten a pie in the face?

Annavelle has not had a pie in the face and玩笑地提到 that only her martial arts seniors or family might be able to do it without repercussions.

How does Annavelle enjoy taking bubble baths?

Annavelle enjoys bubble baths with candles during the winter, finding them relaxing despite the notion that some might find it controversial.

What is Annavelle's favorite way to relax?

Annavelle's favorite way to relax is in a specific corner of her house with a comfortable chair, sometimes with a guinea pig, a hot chocolate, and a book.

What was Annavelle's favorite TV show as a child?

Annavelle's favorite TV show as a child was 'Fraggle Rock', which she fondly remembers and associates with her childhood.

What are Annavelle's thoughts on slapstick comedy and puns?

Annavelle is not a fan of slapstick comedy or puns, preferring more complex humor like that found in 'Mash' or from comedians like Russell Howard.

What is Annavelle's favorite scent?

Annavelle's favorite scent is Jasmine, which she often uses in her shower products and sometimes in body sprays.

Does Annavelle wear any jewelry that is particularly meaningful to her?

Annavelle always wears a couple of rings, one with dried flowers in a clear resin drop and another with a black cast iron Cadron on a black chain, which she also wears as a necklace.

Outlines

00:00

🥋 Hobbies and Health Challenges

Annavelle begins by expressing gratitude to her audience for submitting questions and aims to reveal more about herself through their inquiries. Her primary hobby is martial arts, which she both teaches and passionately enjoys. However, she currently faces limitations due to a long-term injury affecting her right knee and residual effects from major back surgery in 2019, which had almost led to paralysis. Despite these challenges, she remains largely functional but has had to adapt her hobbies. She also enjoys watching TV series, with 'Yellowstone' being a recent favorite. Additionally, she has a penchant for jewelry making, which leans towards a Gothic style, and she discusses her transition from meditation audios to creating ASMR and narrative content, aiming to bring joy and connection to her audience.

05:02

🍲 Favorite Food and Music Preferences

Annavelle shares her love for shepherd's pie as her favorite food, enjoyed particularly with fries. She delves into her journey with audio creation, starting with meditation audios and then exploring ASMR and storytelling. Her content now includes myth and history stories, which she reads to provide an enjoyable experience for her listeners. Regarding sports, she admits to not being a sports follower but expresses a preference for the Indian cricket team over England's, playfully justifying her choice. Her music taste is eclectic, influenced by a diverse range of genres from heavy metal to Irish country music. She currently favors rock music with a preference for male artists, citing several songs and artists from her latest playlist, including Abby Anderson, Ron Pope, and others.

10:02

🛁 Relaxation and Personal Life Insights

Annavelle discusses her relaxation methods, which include taking bubble baths with candles, especially in the winter, and enjoying a comfortable chair at home where she can read, cuddle with her guinea pigs, and sip hot chocolate. She also values naps and considers herself a connoisseur of napping, having practiced the art. Her favorite TV show from childhood was 'Fraggle Rock,' and she admits to not being a fan of slapstick comedy, preferring more intellectual humor. She lists several comedians she admires, including Ed Byrne, Micky Flanagan, and Russell Howard. Her favorite scent is Jasmine, and she always wears certain pieces of jewelry, such as rings and a necklace with a resin drop containing dried flowers, reflecting her gothic style. She concludes by thanking her audience for their questions and expressing a desire to continue such Q&A sessions in the future.

Keywords

💡Martial Arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a variety of reasons such as self-defense, competition, physical health, mental discipline, and spiritual development. In the context of the video, the speaker expresses a deep passion for martial arts, mentioning that they teach it and enjoy it despite facing physical challenges due to a long-term injury and back surgery. This keyword is central to understanding the speaker's hobbies and their resilience in the face of physical adversity.

💡Reading

Reading is the process of looking at and comprehending the meaning of written text. It is a fundamental skill for learning and communication. The speaker mentions that reading takes up a lot of their time, indicating that it is a significant part of their life. This keyword helps to paint a picture of the speaker as an intellectual and someone who values education and self-improvement.

💡Injury

An injury is damage to the body caused by physical force or accident. The script discusses the speaker's right knee issue and a major back surgery in 2019, which had a significant impact on their ability to practice martial arts. This keyword is crucial for understanding the challenges the speaker faces and how they have adapted their lifestyle and hobbies accordingly.

💡Jewelry Making

Jewelry making is the craft of creating decorative items from various materials, including metals, beads, and gemstones. The speaker mentions that they enjoy making jewelry, particularly Gothic-style pieces. This keyword showcases the speaker's creative side and their interest in arts and crafts, providing a glimpse into their personal hobbies beyond their professional life.

💡Audios

Audios refer to sound recordings, which can include music, podcasts, and spoken-word content. The speaker discusses their journey with creating audio content, starting with meditation audios and then moving into ASMR and storytelling. This keyword is essential for understanding the speaker's creative endeavors and how they have evolved over time.

💡Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's pie is a savory pie consisting of a filling of cooked, mashed羊肉, vegetables, and gravy, placed into a dish, topped with a layer of mashed potatoes, and then baked in the oven. The speaker identifies shepherd's pie as their favorite food, particularly when made by their family. This keyword offers insight into the speaker's personal tastes and cultural background.

💡Rock Music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as 'rock and roll' in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The speaker mentions that their favorite genre of music is rock, with a preference for male voices and a 'raspy' quality. This keyword helps to understand the speaker's musical preferences and how they might find inspiration or enjoyment in certain types of music.

💡Bubble Baths

A bubble bath is a bath in which bath oil or foaming agents are added to create a foamy, bubbling effect. The speaker expresses enjoyment in taking bubble baths, particularly with candles and during the winter season. This keyword reveals a part of the speaker's self-care routine and their appreciation for relaxation and comfort.

💡Relaxation

Relaxation refers to a state of being free from tension and anxiety. The speaker describes their favorite way to relax as sitting in a comfortable chair with a hot chocolate, guinea pigs, and a book. This keyword is important for understanding how the speaker unwinds and practices self-care, which is a central theme in the video.

💡Fraggle Rock

Fraggle Rock is a children's television series that combines live-action with puppetry, created by Jim Henson. The speaker mentions Fraggle Rock as their favorite TV show as a kid, indicating a nostalgic connection to their childhood and a fondness for the creativity and storytelling of the show.

💡Slapstick Comedy

Slapstick comedy is a type of physical comedy that emphasizes highly exaggerated, often painful, physical actions for comedic effect. The speaker states that they are not a fan of slapstick comedy, preferring more intellectual or dark humor. This keyword helps to define the speaker's comedic tastes and provides contrast to their enjoyment of other forms of comedy.

Highlights

Annavelle expresses gratitude to her audience for their questions.

Reading and YouTube are major parts of Annavelle's life, but she also enjoys martial arts despite her injuries.

Annavelle discusses her struggles with a right knee issue and the impact of her back surgery in 2019.

Martial arts remains a hobby, but Annavelle has explored other activities due to her physical limitations.

She enjoys watching TV series, particularly 'Yellowstone', but has mixed feelings about the upcoming season.

Annavelle's jewelry-making hobby has a Gothic theme, reflecting her personal style.

She shares her favorite food is shepherd's pie, a family recipe.

Annavelle's journey into making audios began with meditation and exploration of ASMR content.

Her content now includes myth and history stories, aiming to bring joy and knowledge to her audience.

Annavelle admits she's not a sports follower but has a soft spot for the Indian cricket team.

Her favorite music genre is rock, with a preference for male voices and a 'raspy' quality.

She discusses her eclectic music taste, influenced by a diverse range of genres.

Annavelle's current playlist features artists like Abby Anderson and Ron Pope, reflecting her love for modern rock.

She enjoys the works of GID, a French writer, and is currently reading 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'.

Annavelle has never had a pie in the face and玩笑地提到 only certain people would dare to do so.

Bubble baths are one of her ways to relax, especially with candles and a good book.

Her favorite way to relax is in a cozy chair with a hot chocolate, guinea pigs, and a book.

Annavelle's favorite TV show as a kid was 'Fraggle Rock', which she fondly remembers.

She is not a fan of slapstick comedy or puns, preferring more nuanced humor.

Her favorite scents include Jasmine, which she often uses in her shower products and occasionally as a body spray.

Annavelle always wears certain pieces of jewelry, including a necklace with dried flowers and a Gothic-style ring.

She thanks her audience for their questions and looks forward to future Q&A sessions.

Transcripts

hello it's annavelle and welcome to my

Q&A the first thing I want to do is say

thank you ever so much to everybody who

sent in questions it's really kind of

you and so let's have a look through and

see what we've got and see if you can

get to know me a little bit

more question number one what are your

hobbies outside of YouTube and reading

oh my goodness so reading takes up a lot

of my time YouTube takes up a lot of my

time

what do I enjoy um so probably my

biggest main hobby is martial arts I

teach it and I adore

it I don't get to train as often as I

would like because of long-term injury I

have at the moment I'm struggling with a

little bit of a right knee issue and

some of you may or may not know that I

had major back surgery in

201 19 yeah

2019 I had a disc that had slipped so

far that it had almost crushed my spinal

cord I do have some deficits down my leg

but they saved me from being paralyzed

basically so occasionally I'll get pain

in my leg uh from the nerve but mostly

I'm I'm totally nitally functional it's

just that martial arts makes it a little

bit different so my hobbies then kind of

morphed a little bit I've tried lots of

different things in the last couple of

years to try and get me doing stuff but

I don't always haven't really found

anything to really settle

on I

enjoy I like watching series I can get

quite lost in a series I've just

recently finished watching Yellowstone

up until the first half of season 5 I

know the second half is coming shortly

but it doesn't doesn't have K Costo in

it so I'm not quite sure I want to watch

that I any other

[Music]

Hobbies I like jewelry making all of my

jewelry making is quite Gothic though so

yeah martial arts jewelry making because

reading does take up an awful lot of my

time question number two what is your

favorite food or

treat I would say my favorite food is

one of my family make a fantastic

shepherd's pie so shepherd's pie is my

favorite food I think and strangely with

chips and I'm just going to and I don't

mean crisps I mean fries chips

fries what got you into making audios

well

um I've wandered between

um audios a lot uh I started doing some

meditation audios a while ago and then I

was I was going through Reddit and I

found all of the the girlfriend

experience the ASMR I was looking at

those and then I thought H I've done a

little bit of audio in the past and I

kind of built on that

um then just kind of seeing the joy that

people get out of it sort of sharing

things with people especially now that

I'm not just here with a girlfriend

experience I don't do the meditation

anymore I haven't had that for a long

time I do still have the Audio I think

somewhere but I also

um I do myth and history stories over at

stories with Annabelle I read stories to

people just to bring things to people

and say here you might enjoy this I find

really that's what keeps me

here do you have a favorite sports team

um

I'm not really a sports follower to be

honest if I was then it would probably

be

the Indian cricket team I know I know I

know I'm English I should sport

England those of you who are shouting

you should be supporting Australia go

away um India are the best I'm sorry

favorite genre of music it's probably

Rock I grew up with a comb combination a

very strange combination of Music which

gives me a very eclectic range of heavy

metal at one end and Irish country music

and Elvis at the

other and in between there I'm I was

exposed to mtown pop

rock um rap came into it Blues classical

music I'm not a classical music fan my

favorite genre is kind of kind of

rockish I like a nice rasp in the voice

I'm a big fan of c and de Crow the Irish

singer I love Crystal tree that's very

much plays a lot in

my um actually let have a look at what

have I got on my favorite play list at

the moment it's mostly men I have to say

because I tend to prefer male voices

let's have a look at my latest

playlist

Library playlist

um yeah so I've got oh Abby Anderson's

hot on firing Mexico is one of my

favorite I'm a Ron Pope

fan uh Teddy swims I quite like lose

control and funeral one of my

favorites uh I

don't oh joha I'm quite a big joa fan I

don't very often like a lot from one

artist I have three or four songs from

them that I like but I don't tend to

have like whole albums or that kind of

thing how do you like the story of

so far that's GID who was a French

writer either and I think it has to be

both rather than either

or so was translated from the

French to the English obviously for me

to read it because if I read it in

French nobody would understand it I am

terrible at languages

and I of all the stories and authors

that I've read

actually I've just started doing uh

Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jackal and

Mr Hyde for the stories with animal

patreon stories with Annabelle patreon I

couldn't get that out then sorry and

Robert Lou Stevenson's writing is

beautiful reminds me of Morant actually

that nice flow it's got but yes whoever

did the translation and used the orig

and obviously the original text uh I'm

loving um I like Morant I enjoy his

stories I like the way he Des cribes

things so yes I'm very much enjoying it

have you ever gotten a pie in the face

no

um the only people who are likely to get

away with pieing me in the face are my

seniors at martial arts training and

there aren't that many of them and maybe

some of my

family I think the rest are a little bit

too I don't want to do do that to her

because she will kill me and I

[Laughter]

will do you enjoy taking bubble baths I

do I do

um

I I like just soaking I'm normally

reading if I'm in the bath I don't take

that many bubble baths anymore in the

winter I like them I like them with some

candles and that kind of thing that's

always nice and

relaxing

um but yes uh it's I'm told it's an

English phenomenon taking bubble

baths cuz people like oh you're sitting

in your own fith so it's kind of a bit

controversial maybe but yes I do and

normally I take a shower but um I do

occasionally like it what is your

favorite way to relax

um I have a corner in the front room of

my house that has got

a

very sink inable chair that's got fur

all over it

and it's got a little foot sto that I

can put my feet up and it's it's it's

kind of shaped so that I can put my legs

up over the arms of it very comfortably

and lay back in it the the the sides are

quite high and I love sitting in there

with a hot chocolate maybe one of my

guinea pigs sitting on me having a

cuddle and a little bit of a snack I've

got five by the way and um reading

that's my my favorite way to relax I do

I am very much a proponent of naps I you

know I'm pretty sure I was a cat in a

former life I like having naps I like

practicing having naps because you can't

have a good nap unless you've practiced

napping it's very

important what was your favorite TV show

as a kid

oh I would have to

say from the Muppets

Studio the Fraggle Rock Fraggle Rock

was look it

up I told someone in comments the other

day that I was very very sorry for

humming and singing softly because it

probably needed to be seen by an ear

specialist now so I shouldn't have done

that to you I'm ever so

sorry um favorite slapstick gag I am not

a fan of slapstick comedy doesn't really

do anything for me I'm like really I do

have a silly sense of humor I can also

have a very dark sense of

humor

uh I'm not really so slapstick when I

think about Lauren and Hardy I think

about Buster Keaton I don't like it's

just not for me the other thing that's

not for me is puns I'm not a fan of

those

either uh and if the you know if the

comedy piece has got what's that about

in it I'm not interested I yeah

okay so let's maybe what's my favorite

comedy I'm a great fan of comedy and

tragedy I guess Mash I've watched those

a million times I'm a big fan of Dar

brein Uh Kevin oh God what's his

name Scottish comedian Ed bur the other

Irish

comedian

uh oh my goodness Micky flan again

uh Russell Howard I love Russell Howard

he's so

sweet um so yeah that that's I'm not

really a a visual comedy kind of person

what is your favorite scent e that's

interesting

uh Jasmine

probably I don't wear perfume but quite

often my shower products have got

Jasmine in them and if I use sometimes I

will use a little body

spray uh and it's normally Jasmine um do

you have any jewelry that you always

wear so yes I have a couple of rings

that I always wear I've always got I

don't have a watch CS as jewelry but

I've always got a Fitbit on and I have

one uh I have

two one was a present from a family

member and it's a little clear resin

drop and inside it's got little flowers

in it dried flowers on a silver chain

and I have a black chain which has a

black cast iron

Cadron um but you can hear me tapping it

it's right there um it's around my neck

as well because I'm a goth girl and I

like it I do occasionally wear a lot of

uh bracelets I like wearing lots of

bracelets in the summer I love wearing

ankle bracelets cuz I can but

considering I'm training at least twice

a week uh I tend to have to take all my

jewelry off so I don't always I do wear

quite a lot of earrings I'm normally

wearing something Gothic I had bats in

my ears yesterday I had uh I think I had

swords in my ear the other day so yeah I

have lots of different things lots of

different things but yes um the main

thing is my necklaces I've always got on

if you want to come back out training

they go straight back on again um my

watch and yes I've got a couple of rings

I like to wear they're normally on as

well especially the one on my little

finger thank you ever so much for all of

your questions uh it's been really nice

to sit and get to chat about things that

are important to me and hopefully you've

got to know me a little bit better take

very good care and I will speak to you

all again soon hopefully we'll have

another Q&A at some point bye-bye