Emmalina

Right on the bleeding edge here, I've just today become aware of Emmalina - I'm either the last person in Australia, or nearly the last, to meet the young Tasmanian - given the article in today's online version of The Age (and a matching article in the SMH). Emmalina has rapidly become online-famous for her youtube vblog, and less so for her text blog.

Scanning the comments for her youtube videos, it's funny the number that specifically comment on her accent. Another reminder that anyone who's not from the USA 'talks funny'. We forget sometimes, especially when communicating with our American friends by text, that we're WEIRD over here in Australia.

Emmalina is pretty straight up and down - she's an 18 year old from Tassie who likes dancing, yoga and animals and is pretty happy to use her webcam to chat to whoever wants to watch and listen (evidently hundreds of thousands of people) about her weekend, her new dress, how it sucks when people post nasty comments on youtube and whatever else seems relevant to her at the time.

Her youtube videos (and the reaction they're provoking) are another reminder of the number of doubtful / creepy / straight-up freaks (and not in a good way) out there on the net.