C'mon. It's only 2 minutes and change long. Watch it. Let me know what you think. Ah... if it sounds familiar, it's because it was used in a few commercials:
The xx's song "Intro" was extensively used on television: most recently in the first episode of HBO/NHL series 24/7 Pens-Caps Road To The 2011 Winter Classic, as well as in an AT&T commercial featuring Apolo Anton Ohno; often during NBC's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada;[13] during the series Cold Case; for the BBC NewsNewsnight coverage of the 2010 general election;,[14] on Mercy ("The Last Thing I Said Was" episode) and also in Law & Order on the Dutch television network Net 5. It was also used as the opening theme of Next Top Model.
Here's another if you don't want to do a bunch of leg work.
This (and other songs too) is what I've been listening to as I've been working on a rough draft of the story I've had kicking around in my head for about a year or so.
Hey, here's a blast from the past and by past, I mean the 1980s. We went out looking at the charity shops here on the High Street of the village I live in. Found a DVD with five episodes of My Little Pony, Jem, Charmkins, and Moondreamers. I had lots of MLPs when I was little but I also had a Jem Doll! Anyone else? So getting to watch it with kiddo is kind of fun. Who doesn't like them some crazy pink eyeshadow that covers the cheekbones?
So, yeah. Fabulous, fun-filled fairy tale adventures that help me remember kindergarten. It's a great day!
To all my Canadian blog visitors... I'm so sorry for your loss. The loss of enjoying this post in its fullness. Because you're being limited. BUT FIGHT THE POWER MY GOOD MAN!
A French band, Air, had a song that I played when I was a college radio DJ at OU. Sexy Boy was the song. Simple, sensual, evocative. Here you go.
You remember that I went to a movie Wednesday, yeah? I heard this damn song but it wasn't my song! It was cover of it for an Axe commercial.
You remember the first time you saw an Axe commercial? You remember laughing at it the once? Because, you know, women and men crap...that's some funny shit! BWAHSHSHAAAHAHAH! Ahem.
So I got to be in an auditorium full of geriatrics who've never seen an Axe commercial in their life! I was there for their collective first laugh. It was a beautiful feeling. Like feeling someone else's orgasm. It was special for me too.
I share now with you what they enjoyed.
In all honesty, I giggled at the boy who popped his gum. I was premature. <Insert sexual prowess joke here, wait for laughs>
And because I want to do your YouTube legwork for you, I've also provided you the cover song without commercial.
Oh jebus. I'm a sucker for anything with a cello, a violin, and the Vienna Boys choir.
Finally got to see 'The King's Speech' today...was sold out last week. Pffft.
I wish I had a Lionel Logue in my pocket a few years back for my kid brother. I won't review the movie because I did way too much of that in college and it is most likely that most of you have already seen it. I will say that I loved that they used a German composer's music in the climax...you know, where Bertie addresses the BRITISH EMPIRE (all of it) about how might is not right, specifically in regards to DAS DEUTCHELANDERS or Germans as I'm sure they prefer to be called.
Yes, Symphony #7 is totally evocative of George VI's closing his eyes and thinking of England moment. At least for me. Because, you know, England declared war on Germany just prior. Or does Beethoven transcend Nationalism?
Also, I dunno if I was the only American in the audience. But given that there were times when I was the only one laughing, specifically, at the part where Bertie calls his family a "firm", well, maybe I was. But I've got a penchant for laughing in movies even when no one else does. Call it hereditary. I was, with Ruth, one of the handful of "young people" in the audience. Everyone else was at least sixty or older. And the place was jam-packed. Wednesdays at 3pm...Goldie Oldies.
Last night was My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding night again. This time, Ruth and I were Sensible Ladies. I took chocolate chip cookies with assorted nuts, she had a plate of cut veggies and carmelized onion tartlets ready to go. I drank tea with milk (blechegads) because I'm nice and that's how I roll. Roll over.
A Sensible Solution to last week's Overthetopness
Really, tea with milk isn't bad... I didn't add the sugar. Idiota! I <3 carmelized onion tarts now. And my baking is ohsoawesome! Thanks to Nestle Toulouse. Please tell me that you remember that episode of Friends. I think last week, some of you got to experience some lovely pictures of me after I got home from last Tuesday's MBFGW watcheroo. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. But (over)indulgence was the word last week, not so this week. This week, we're Sensible Ladies again as evidenced by Exhibit A above.
Making da cookies. Gratuitous picture of progeny.
So, Gypsies and Travellers? Yeah. They still come across as crazy. Each week's a gift! I despise their anachronistic posturing but adore their persistence against adverse conditions. Last night's episode was a bit all over the place, so I'll just talk about the boys that were followed by the documentary crew. They were asked if they respected women.
Boys: "Oh yeah, sure. Yeah."
Interviewer: "As much as you might respect a man?"
Boys: "No. No way. That's a different respect, you know, like?"
The boys admitted to roughing up girls to get a kiss. When asked if they thought the girls might like that, they said they reckoned not. As we watched them preen and get ready for Appleby where they went to "hunt for women", Ruth and I both thought they looked like 1950s thugs. {snapping} Boy, boy, crazy boy. Keep cool, boy.
Ruth's mom came along with us to see the movie and on the way, I shared this letter that was dropped off through the mail slot in the door. I wanted to see if Ruth's mom thought what I thought. She had a photography business once upon a time and photographed a few of these Traveller weddings...so, really, she's my reachable expert.
Click to enlarge. Note the rampant grammatical errors. I mean, I'm not the greatest self editor when I'm streaming conscious but, it made me nostalgic for Nigerian scammers.
And she did think what I think. It's from a Traveller! I'm hunkering down at the window tomorrow to watch for them!
I don't have a problem with kazoos or vuvuzelas or this
Accoutrements can be kinda sexy.
Wouldn't want to wake up to any of it.
Woke up to this, this morning:
Got another one! This is pretty cool. The Minute Man's Wife gave it to me and as with all blog awards there are conditions:
#1 Pimp out the giver. The Minute Man's Wife is a fairly new blogger but there's substance and it's nearly always funny if not insightful. She's doing the meditation shtick a la Chopra so that could explain why. She wore red shoes on her wedding day. She's a writer and I can't wait to see that book that she's got in her. Dunno if I should say more... I mean, she's got followers that want to sedate me. On second thought, I should say more so they don't find me...but that's not logic. Anyways, I enjoy her comments and her posts and there's always some food for thought. Knowing her is going to be a great thing. Giggle.
#2 Give it out to others. Number of new awardees is arbitrary...but all these women make me laugh, and Copyboy's funny too. Calling People Names- the otherworldyone - my original girl crush, no homo. TexaGermaNadian- partner in crime. I feel like we could put together a heckuva political ticket. Blogging Butter - young, funny, doesn't know I exist. Not About Cake - she makes cakes. but that's not what this is about. The Kitchen Bitch Ponders - sassy ScotBrit. my second girl crush, shhh! don't tell. Copyboy - snips, snails, puppy dogs tails, everything that's hilariously disgusting about boys
#3 Share seven things about you that people don't know
7: My retirement plan is to be a cartoon character voice actor. Think Robin Williams' character in 'Mrs Doubtfire'.
6. Captchas are way too funny to me. You know, word verification? I always think, 'yup, I admit you're a word even though you are nonsensical.' On reddit, there's a subreddit totally dedicated to captchas and Inglip. I enjoy the cartoons.
5. I used to think I was a twin. Imagine my disappointment when, after careful scrutiny of my birth certificate, I am a single birth after all. But, I immediately began positing several conspiracy theories why this might be so. Naturally, I've kept these all to myself.
4. Not an Oprah fan. Her name's misspelled. But I'm a fan of Paula Deen. Ooooh those cheeks! They're so fluffy!
3. I can get obsessive over something. Once I acquire it, I may have a few days of contentment, but eventually I find something else that I feel I can achieve true happiness with. Having said that, I don't shop all that much and right now, I'm in the hurricane eye. I have couch. I have running water. I have washing machine that works and a boiler that's minorly sporadic. I'm fine for the moment.
2. I don't really care about the plight of mass contained chicken. All I want is for it to be plucked, cleaned and fried. With some biscuits. And Bob Evans gravy. I just had a thought about PETA reminiscent of the punched in the face skit on SNL. I would totally do that to or even alter it by throwing a bucket of chicken innards on the people who spray paint fur coats worth hundreds of dollars. Bon Jovi's hot and resilient. And you'll like it because of zombies. too.
1. If I have to, I will use my teeth on my toenails.
Bought a new 'old' couch from the British Heart Foundation. Lovely thing too. Three seater, high-backed, fluffy. Movable cushions, zippered cushions...this is living!
And only £160! Such a deal! Such a mensch! I'm over the moon, because now, we can all sit together as a family. Now, if someone falls asleep, the other two aren't SOL.
I've had to flip the room, but that's not a big deal really. A non issue.
I hope you enjoyed my animation/video in the previous post. It is a really easy, user-friendly site. Try it out and let me know what you come up with. Basically it's this: you type in text, it renders it for you. You pick sets, camera angles, actors and their movements...sounds, background, interstitial..yadda yadda yadda. www.xtranormal.com
I thought I'd have more for this. I don't. It's weird that this has been such a big deal in my head; having a comfortable place to sit is something many many people take for granted, myself included. And I thought I'd have more to share about this trauma.
I guess it's a good thing that I don't. Anyway, thanks for stopping by. I'm off to make a fort.
