learn an Irish accent

I talk to myself in my horrible Irish accent all the time when I’m walking alone. I’m sure I sound completely like a crazy person to anyone nearby who happens to hear. It must be getting better, though, because it slips out when I’m drunk and people think I am Irish, or apparently sometimes English. Of course, the judges of this are other drunk people so it’s not too much of a compliment, but it’s still lots of fun. The other night I was at a party, and some guy I hadn’t talked to at all that night came over to me.

HIM: So, where are you from?
ME: From here
HIM: No, what about before that?
ME: ..Still from here, haha
HIM: What! No! You have a thick English accent!

And I had not at all been aware of doing any accents. My UK alter-ego just comes out when I drink, har har.

I took Accents For Actors out of the library but found it very hard to get anything out of. All those rad people were reading their passages in their lovely accents and I just couldn’t keep up. I was half hoping it would be like a cheesy language tape-type deal where you repeat the sentence after they say it.
Also lacking motivation. Har har. Most of me just wants to sleep or read instead of listening to this crazy tape and going, ”..wait, what?”