Nonsensical Mutterings

(from Wondermark.)

An Irish ad in favor of same-sex marriage, which I very much liked.

Lately, I've had a mysterious inclination toward the music from Bugsy Malone. Some of it is impressively catchy, even though it's a bizarre premise -- gangsters, speakeasies, chorus girls... and they're all played by children! But of course! (I was in the show when I was in seventh grade.)



A few more, because I can:

"Down and Out." Ever so catchy.

"My Name is Tallulah", with a minuscule Jodie Foster. I find this one of the most incongruous numbers in the film, what with the discordance between sterilized themes and the reality they're based in. Here you have child actors sultrily singing (er, lipsynching), "Lonely, you don't have to be lonely. Come and see Tallulah, we can chase your troubles away." So - 'tis very odd, but not a horrific song despite that.

"So You Wanna Be A Boxer." Also very catchy. Also peculiar to see it acted by children.

I shall stop now, and go hum to myself.

This is quite possibly the dorkiest video ever.

Last night, I saw Cheryl Wheeler at the Freight & Salvage. She was, as usual, fantastic. Here's a video I took of her song/rant about the radical religious right (pick a sect), "Your God":



( Lyrics under here. )

One of my favorite flashmob efforts in quite a while:



And a caption that makes me exceedingly happy:



That's all.

(As an aside, it is impossible for me to hear or read the phrase "that's all" without hearing it in the dismissive voice that Meryl Streep uses in The Devil Wears Prada. Just so you know.)

This is rather cute. Mal makes a serviceable Rick Astley.

World of Warcraft as everyday life in China. Cleverly made, and rather amusing.
(via BoingBoing.)

This makes me so many kinds of happy. It even includes a bit of linguistics!

Partly unsafe for work, due to language and innuendo. But nothing too horrific.

(From Buttersafe.)

(This is blatantly lifted from an email my mother sent me, because she is classy, and I was amused.)

• 15:57 Re-reading 'Jane Eyre' for ENL class. In middle school, I counted it as one of my favorite books; curious to see if I still enjoy it so.
• 23:53 "To love, is a woman's duty - to be beloved, is her reward." Ahh, 19th-century ideologies.

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• 11:50 is.gd/ad0n. This is why I'm a cat person (among other reasons).

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• 16:20 RT @neilhimself: Lovely, simple and straightforward what is twitter and how to do it at bit.ly/12c626.
• 23:31 Am now officially back to the grind; I'm even taking an early class this quarter (gasp). With that, I'm going to bed earlyish to read.

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• 11:32 Undead wedding cakes: is.gd/pxpy. Mostly quite appetizing, and even attractive... hm, cake would be a sensible lunch, wouldn't it?
• 23:15 To the newest Dollhouse, I say only: jeeshm'farble! is.gd/jvkz.

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• 21:43 Assholes in WoW: because you don't get enough of that in real life. This is fun, right?

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• 10:52 Finished uploading my photos from Anza Borrego: is.gd/p6G3 They are, indubitably, photo-like.

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• 22:04 Out of the desert (which was absolutely wonderful). In Half Moon Bay for the night, and then going fully back into civilization.
• 23:00 RT @o0obanana has new doodle comic: tiny.cc/k62dr
• 00:50 Evocative & gorgeously made; go see! 'Pintando una Canción': is.gd/ooIo (Large load; click the play-arrow once it comes up.)

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• 18:39 I have inexplicably found an Internet connection. I do not want it. I'm going to do some photo-catching-up, and then flee it again.

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