Casey Anthony Video Diary: Life Is Starting To 'Look Up' (WATCH)

A screenshot from Casey Anthony's video diary.

Casey Anthony has finally surfaced in the form of a grainy black-and-white video posted to Facebook. It is the first time Anthony has spoken since she was acquitted in the murder of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.

"It's just a little surreal how much things have changed since July and how many things haven't changed," Anthony says in the webcam video. "But the good thing is that things are starting to look up and things are starting to change in a good way. I just hope that things stay good and that they only get better."

The video, which has been dubbed a "video diary," surfaced Wednesday night, on both YouTube and the Facebook page, "People Against 'We Support Casey Anthony.' According to the person who posted the video, it was filmed on Oct. 13, 2011.

"This video is for one purpose. To expose the fact that she is extorting supporters for money ... I didn't pay for this video. It was given to me. I would never pay Casey for anything. Not one red cent," the Facebook group administrator wrote on the website.

The individual said the purpose of posting the video was to prevent Anthony from earning any money from it.

"If people are sending her donations for these videos they won't have to if they are up for free," the person said.

On July 5, 2011, a jury of seven women and five men acquitted Anthony of killing Caylee. The little girl's remains were found in December 2008 near the family home, some six months after she was last seen.

During the trial, Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, said Caylee had drowned in the family swimming pool. That revelation stood in direct contrast to previous statements Anthony had given police, saying her daughter had been kidnapped.

In August 2011, Judge Belvin Perry ordered Anthony, who was living in another state at the time, to return to Florida to serve a year's probation on charges stemming from a check fraud conviction.

Baez did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Huffington Post in regard to the video. People magazine and NBC News have reported they have confirmed the person in the video is Anthony.

In the four and a half minute video diary, the 25-year-old, who appears to have put on weight, has short blonde hair and is wearing black-framed glasses and a white tank top. Anthony is also sporting her signature wrist bands.

Anthony does not mention her location, but said she plans to remain there until "at least until the end of February." She chats about how happy she is to have a computer and camera and said she has adopted a dog.

"I'm extremely excited," she says. "I'm excited that I'll be able to Skype and obviously keep a video log, take some pictures and that I have something that I can finally call mine. It's been a long time since I've been able to call something mine."

Anthony does not discuss her six-week murder trial or Caylee. Instead, she keeps the video focused on herself and her current situation in hiding.

"Now I in some ways have someone to talk to even when I am by myself so I am not bothering the poor dog who I have adopted and I love," she says.

At the end of the video Anthony jokes that she hates being on camera, but promises more video diaries will be forthcoming.

"This is the first of many, and I'm looking forward to this," Anthony says. "I''s a little scary, because I hate being on camera. But I need to conquer that fear at some point and this is a good start."

CASEY ANTHONY PERSONAL PHOTOS:

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• Casey Anthony Personal Photo

  The bombshell trial of Casey Anthony captivated the nation's attention. The Florida mother, pictured in this photo from her Photobucket.com account, was found not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photo

  Amidst all of the hoopla surrounding the trial, some of Casey Anthony's personal photographs were released. Several of Anthony's photographs were used as evidence.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Prosecutors alleged that Casey Anthony killed her daughter, then misled authorities who were searching for the toddler. But her attorneys insisted that Caylee drowned in the family's swimming pool. The defendant's lawyers claimed that after years of abuse, Casey Anthony felt unable to reveal the truth.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Prosecutors attempted to cast Casey Anthony as a party girl -- revealing that she took part in a "Hot Body" contest just four days after she claimed her daughter drowned in her family's pool.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Lawyers showed jurors photos of Casey Anthony partying, like this image, which was posted on the defendant's Photobucket.com account.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Casey Anthony reportedly told investigators that her daughter had been kidnapped by a nanny, but during the trial her attorneys claimed the child drowned.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  One question that remains unanswered is the identity of Caylee Anthony's father. Casey Anthony reportedly told friends that the child's father was a "one night thing."

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  But her lawyers have floated a theory involving incest. Casey Anthony's attorneys pressed an FBI witness to tell jurors that the agency conducted a paternity test on the defendant's brother, Lee Anthony. The test came back negative.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Investigators also conducted a paternity test on Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, which also came back negative.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Tests also revealed that Jesse Grund, a man Casey Anthony once dated, was not Caylee Anthony's father.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Casey Anthony's family said they knew something was amiss when they detected a foul odor coming from the back of the defendant's car in July, 2008.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  The trunk of the car actually contained a bag of trash, but prosecutors claimed that Caylee Anthony's body decomposed in the rear of the vehicle before it was moved to another location.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  An insect expert for the defense stated that the body didn't decompose in the car because there wasn't any evidence of bugs that are often attracted to remains.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Caylee Anthony's remains were discovered near the family's home in December, 2008.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Prosecutors alleged that Casey Anthony killed her daughter by placing duct tape over her mouth. Duct tape was discovered wrapped around the todder's skull when the child's remains were recovered.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Casey Anthony was indicted on October 14, 2008, on charges of first-degree murder.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  The Casey Antony trial became the year's biggest legal event. Spectators lined up every morning to get tickets to the trial. In one case, attendees got into a fistfight over access to the courtroom.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  The case became one of the most monumental trials in Florida's history.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Some photos of Casey Anthony and Caylee Anthony were classified as evidence.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Jury selection for the Casey Anthony trial began on May 9, 2011.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  Alongside capital murder, Casey Anthony was also charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement in the case of the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photos

  The prosecution sought the death penalty.

• Man Who Wants To Marry Casey Anthony

  Meet Don Gennaro Annunziata. He was at the sentencing protest in front of the Orange County Courthouse. Don said he is a 38-year-old window washer from Orlando.

• Casey Anthony Bachelor Number Two

  Bachelor number two is Tim Allen, a 24-year-old resident of Orlando, Fla.

Comments

[Aaron Coleburne Saltzer]

01:09 PM on 01/15/2013

She'll probably kill her dog. I can't stand people like her. She needs to be locked up. She's gotten little punishment for the horrible crime she committed. The law system pisses me off sometimes.

[turnerj41]

06:56 PM on 03/01/2012

she has a lot of shame festering; in a way not being held accountable is a punishment. I doubt she has any respect for the saps helping her. She is cold and calculativei

[paganmist]

02:51 PM on 02/06/2012

Without an actual case, there's no way I can determine what happened. So I can't say that this girl shouldn't get on with her life.

What I can say is that I know when people are lying. Her father was lying when he said he didn't abuse her, and he was lying when he insisted he didn't know what happened.

Also, keep in mind - nothing happens in a vacuum. A person is the way they are for a reason. Casey Anthony's behaviors are text-book long-term sexual abuse, something I've studied as a survivor so I could recognize those destructive behaviors in myself (and modify my coping to be healthier.)

So I don't know what actually happened, but I find myself believing the final story that came out. That she was being negligent, and her daughter drowned, and he set the agenda to cover it up. I can think of only a few reasons that a cover up would be his first reaction, and the sickest yet most consistent reason would be because he was half of the reason Casey was being negligent at the time, the second most consistent reason being that he's filled with guilt in general over what he did to his own daughter, recognized that she was who she was because of him, and felt responsible for it.

Who's responsible for Caylee's death? The entire family, from where I'm standing, to different degrees. But again, without a case to stand on, they're all innocent and absolved of crime, and I could be wrong in my beliefs on all counts since I wasn't there, so leave them be.

[Donkey Party]

12:35 AM on 01/18/2012

Still waiting for a sign of remorse...

[ejmull]

01:48 PM on 01/11/2012

Not funny

[cblazer24]

07:44 AM on 01/11/2012

Is this really a story that we need to hear about? I mean the rest of the country is probably convinced that she did kill her kid and got off scott free, but is her putting up some stupid video something we should really care about or pay attention to....

[Tom Airhart]

02:02 PM on 01/11/2012

We all have choices. Exercise yours.

[Maritza Rosas]

06:55 AM on 01/11/2012

Isnt it nice you are getting a new start ,,,what about that child why dont you put all this energy in trying to find out who killed her ..Since u say it wasnt you,,,,Poor dog hope he doesnt end up in 6 feet under ......you hate being in camera????? sure doesnt look like it ....remember every dog has his day ...girl you will get yours too...

[Sassy2424]

10:22 PM on 01/10/2012

Sooner or later the wicked which will get hers!,

[MissFish]

08:18 PM on 01/10/2012

Let's all send a message to Youtube - NO MORE Casey Anthony. MAYBE they will DELETE and BAN her videos from Youtube. I'm sending mine now!

[BlockChords]

08:58 PM on 01/09/2012

as i was walking up the stair,
i met a girl who wasn't there
she wasn't there again today,
i wish that girl would go away

a dog. a kid. what's the diff?

[Laura Quinlan Stone]

04:21 PM on 01/09/2012

Just like always..Its all about Casey....ME ME ME ME ME. How many times does she say "I"? This women knows that the majority of people hate her or in the very least believe she committed a heinous crime and she starts a video diary? The ego on this chick! Oh wow you finally have your own things, things, things....Nothing of real value seems to matter to her. Like maybe her daughter? Whatever OJ with breasts, so not happy to see your face.

[Rexter]

09:13 AM on 01/09/2012

"..I am not bothering the poor dog who I have adopted and I love.."

If I were pooch I would be sleeping with one eye open!

[pntrnurse]

08:35 AM on 01/09/2012

Different hairstyle - same killer

[rmaguro]

01:27 AM on 01/09/2012

With all the hoops that the local SPCA makes you jump through to adopt a dog in order to prove that you will give the dog a good home, I wonder how they decided to give her one.

[babybelle]

12:32 PM on 01/09/2012

Some dog adoption agencies are not as strict as others.
Adopting a dog is a commitment and a person who couldn't even support her own child should not be allowed to have a dog . Anyone who thinks Casey supported her child should remember she went to a pretend job everyday ! George and Cindy supported Casey and Caylee.

[rmaguro]

09:03 PM on 01/09/2012

Though some of the agencies that i have contacted seem too demanding, any agency that would give her a dog is not discerning enough IMHO

[Tom Airhart]

02:05 PM on 01/11/2012

Wonder no more. Call and ask them or let it go; one or the others.

[Sassy2424]

10:19 PM on 01/10/2012

You need help!