The Thing It’s About

Why am I actually thinking about my high school days? I grew up in the era when music videos virally took over popular music. Most of them were awful. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sent me hiding under my bed… the werewolf, not the zombies. I’m not too proud to admit that. This (link included for the Livejournal readers, for whom the Youtube video may not show up) was one of the few music videos that gave me a song I actually liked, though then and now I think it’s about 20-30 bpm too fast. The Northern Pikes were just a small …

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Not Surprised. But This Reminds Me…

Apparently mentioning hell or death makes you R-rated. Which reminds me that the MPAA’s rating systems are a load of bullshit anyway. Some random yahoos who don’t even fit the criteria, and who have made careers out of rating films inconsistently and in stupid terms, do not constitute a representation of the culture in general. Far better if filmmakers were simply expected to “tag” films with content that potential viewers might be attracted to or  might find objectionable. I mean, if a film is tagged <lesbian love scene>, you’re gonna pick up way more viewers than you’re going to lose. …

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Factoids

Feeling Factoidy today, while catching up on friends’ blogs, like Kat’s: 1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts. 2. Each participant posts eight random facts about themselves. 3. Tagees should write a blogpost of eight random facts about themselves. 4. At the end of the post, eight more bloggers are tagged (named and shamed). 5. Go to their blog, leave a comment telling them they’re tagged (cut and run). Okay. Um. Except I’m not going to go tag them. They notice, or they don’t, I’ll tag them here. I like chocolate. Too much. Like …

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I Don’t Luv Bees

Alexis’ post about going to Girouxville “to visit a local apiary and watch honey extraction” brought back some funny memories for me. I don’t think I’ve ever posted about that job experience in its entirety, and it’s interesting in a number of ways. Mostly in terms of the things I learned: If you’re not sure whether you’re asthmatic, a week working as a fieldhand will confirm or falsify the diagnosis. I was playing saxophone a lot then, and using my inaler not so often, so i didn’t consider my asthma so severe. But the first week on the job — …

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What Brings You Here?

Right, so I’m doing the obligatory “what search keywords brought people here” list. Some of them are really pretty damned funny. The first list are understandable, even if they’re weird: korean dabang girls praying mantis eats hummingbird the punishment of plagiarism in government publication bulgogi seamus heaney viking dublin happy birthday song in korean words hwang sin hae band jjambbong gnome or ubuntu workout tracker tardigrade video altissimo register fingering chart for alto saxophone noh mu-hyun anti chrisian in korea canadian teachers in korea www.gordsellar.com With the exception of the last search — I can understand why searching my URL …

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