sam sparro: black & gold
hellooooooo hello.
it’s friday, and man, have i got some faboo links for you guys. the internet could not CONTAIN itself today, and neither can i. especially cos i had a white chocolate peppermint mocha from starbucks. EEEEEEEEEEEE! p.s. please read to the end, cos i saved the best for last. you will NOT be sorry.
first, please watch this AMAZING news story about double dutch. yes, i mean jump roping. but when you think of jump roping, do you think of kids doing flips off of each other while a rope flies in their face? no. no you don’t. unless yr elementary school jump rope team repertoire consisted of more than jumping one hundred times in a row to a garth brooks song.
if you haven’t seen the newest snoop dogg video, um, you really, really should. especially if you’re into bed spaceships and 70s video effects –> aaaaaawesome. dear snoop, i think you just broke mtv.
thanks to hilary, i started reading a blog run by kirsten miller, who writes the kiki strike series. basically, it’s all about romantic mysteries, like cursed jewels and underground cities. check out this entry about the “connoisseurs of the parisian underworld,” who secretly restore architectural antiquities in the dead of night. my question: pardon moi, but are you guys accepting applications? CAN I PLEASE BE IN YR NOUVEAU HIP SECRET ART SOCIETY?
when BWE said this was the most terrifying PSA they had ever seen, i thought they were just being funny. and then i watched it. and then i screamed and almost died of a heart attack. which is really not good for my whole “act professional at work” thing. seriously, though. canadians do NOT mess around.
cuteness of the day: an endangered brazilian ocelot baby!!!!!!!
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOMGGGGGGGG
ok, you guys probably don’t watch the hills (i don’t either, really… ok does watching clips online count? it does, doesn’t it. SIGH OF SHAME), but this parody, featuring cutie mcgee james franco, is really really spot on. the way the girl widens her eyes is sooo audrina and… wow. i really have too much free time.
speaking of shame… um… so… i kind of like the new ashlee simpson song. I KNOW, I KNOW. YOU WILL NEVER TRUST MY TASTE IN MUSIC AGAIN. but seriously. it’s kinda good. it’s got this super 80s feel AND it was produced by timbaland. TIMBALAND. he’s got street cred, right? right? erm. well. just listen to the song, ok haters?
and finally, THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE SEEN IN FIFTY YEARS, a PSA about cooties. featuring kids. i would embed it, but i don’t know how (matt, heeeeeelp). please please please please just click on the link and watch it. because this is a serious health risk, and kids need to be informed. i’m talking especially to my doctor friends here. get the cooties shot… before… it’s… too… LAAAAAATE. p.s. the lunchables kid? TOTES ADORABLE.
That Canadian video is terrifying. It reminds me of this Scandinavian one I saw years ago, except that one was seven minutes long. It’s a long story, but basically Irish pubs show English soccer matches on Saturdays by tapping into Scandinavian satellite. So we don’t have any English, and this guy in a warehouse stabs himself with a nail, gets rolled over by a forklift, and inadvertently kills some other guy. It got funny eventually but it was a disturbing couple of minutes.
i might watch the hills too…but it’s not because i’m addicted to it…it’s a way for me to relate to my 13 year old female patients
Parisian Underworld: I read a story about this a few years ago. Aren’t there hundreds of tunnels all throughout the Paris underworld with skulls and stuff? Apparently, a few years ago, some group was breaking into the tunnels and watching films or something. I can’t remember if it was crime related, but it was all hush-hush weird.
PSA: Did they have to show her face at the end? That made it a thousand times worse than it already was. And it was bad.
The Hills: OK - so I watch it. Not regularly, but enough to know what’s going on. I pretty much waited the entire video for the Ex to fart or burp or something. I don’t believe he is real. I think he might be odd, but I firmly believe that no one is as messed up as that dude in real life. The producers HAVE to be telling him to be an idiot to that extreme.
Ashlee: Jennifer played it for me yesterday. She was all, “Guess who this is.” And I said, “I don’t know, The Bangles?” 80s comeback? I like it, too. Timbaland is gold. I didn’t listen to the whole thing, but did he mix in that guy who goes “Yeah” as in JT’s Sexy Back and Timbaland’s other song?
Cooties: The best was last. My favorite parts:
A. Random girl yelling, “COOTIES!”
B. [normal voice] “You may already have cooties . . . [whisper] . . . and not even know it”
I haven’t watched the cooties video yet, cause i’m in a cafe, but i will when I get home.
But the snoop vid I saw yesterday and it blew my mind. I knew he was capable of amazing things, but this, this is sooooooo perfect. It really took him to the level of hall of fame or whatever. SPACE!!!!
Randy, re: “Apparently, a few years ago, some group was breaking into the tunnels and watching films or something.”
Yup! They’re called the Mexican Perforation or the Perforating Mexicans. I love reading about them.
I will never work in a restaurant again! That PSA scarred the hell out of me!
OMG. The little blond boy was so adorable. Well, all the small people were, but especially him. “what do i do now?” Awww… I want to hug him. But the best line was “I just wanted to play tag on the playground; I didn’t know that I would be It.”
Ok I have to say that I am embarrassed that I watch The Hills, but that parody was damn funny. I hate Justin Bobby! I just want to hack all that nasty, greasy hair right off. I don’t understand why Audrina hasn’t punched him in the head yet. See, I know way too much about this show. And I usually love crappy pop music but the new Ashlee Simpson song is absolutely horrible. Bleh!
Re: The Ashlee Simpson song. I think it’s fitting how she is singing ‘get outta my head’ when you know that is how the song will end up.
Re: The Cooties. Excellent video. It’s almost disturbing since they are parodying STD ads with 12 year olds. Almost.