I first heard this song on So You Think You Can Dance… YA I’M A REALITY SHOW JUNKIE HAR HAR HAR - the dance by Wade Robson was pretty neat, definitely one of the most memorable performances from the first week of the competition… but it’s the song that stuck with me. So here it is x]
Just in case you haven’t seen the SYTYCD performance referenced, you can also watch it on YouTube here. It starts at about 1:57 into the video, and is pretty trippy; I recommend it
My record for finishing anime is really poor, given my habit of dropping and putting series on hold. Seirei no Moribito was one of those on-hold series, but I fully intended to loop back to it because of the compelling plot set-up and an even more compelling female main - probably one of the strongest female anime characters I’ve ever seen, actually, for all the right reasons. Since I finally finished Aria the Natural recently and felt like watching something completely different, I started up Seirei no Moribito again and was really glad I did, because it turned out to be one of the most enjoyable anime viewing experiences I had in recent years.
Co-worker linked me this site called Very Funny Ads… it’s fun. I can see this being good for hours of procrastination/brain-numbing purposes.
The first ad that I watched was this penguin one… as cute and chuckle-inducing as I found it, I’m not sure if it really made me want to take a bus. Like, if the real-life equivalent to a killer whale slammed into a bus, I don’t see how traveling in a group will really make you SAFER. Wouldn’t everyone just collectively get hurt or killed?
On the other hand if the killer whale is supposed to call to mind predators or criminals picking off lonely travelers or some similar scenario then this ad would make me want to take the bus more. I guess the bottom line is that context is everything
I’m a bit of an Idol junkie, for the drama and Simon and what-not. Who knew it (actually) could be a place to discover good songs too! Kris Allen for his top seven performance performed such a delicious song that I had to research up the original. I ended up falling insanely in love with the original song. Which judging from all the YouTube comments, got majorly re-thrust into the public limelight because of Kris’ performance. Most YouTube comments are such trash, but they’re so much fun to read sometimes xD
And don’t get me wrong. I like Kris Allen - although I like Adam Lambert more xD - but I just find the original dude’s voice more soulful. Sorry Kris. Thanks for bringing such a great song to my attention though I’ll have to check out the movie where this song came from too - “Once.”
The hiatus between Nodame Cantabile Lesson 126 and Lesson 127 felt like an eternity, because the story cut off right before an incredible high point - Nodame’s debut concerto. Needless to say as a rabid Nodame fan, I was in seventh heaven when Tomoko Ninomiya was able to return and start serializing again.
It’s been a while since I’ve settled down with a nice long shounen manga series. Not to say I’m a shounen n00bie - I followed most of the ongoing series featured in the Taiwanese equivalent of Shounen Jump back in middle/high. So I’ve had my dosages of Rurouni Kenshin (adored), Hunter x Hunter (ok until it turned really weird), Shaman King (ok until it turned utterly convoluted/uninteresting), etc. And then more recently D.Gray-man (dropped but will hopefully pick up again someday?)… I think it’s fair to say lately I only pick up shounen if I like the character design, or have seen many pretty scans floating around and really want to wall said scans. AKA I usually read shounen to satisfy my silly “no-walling-unless-read-or-watched” rule, less so because I’m dying of curiosity about the plot.
But then there was Bleach - undoubtedly the longest shounen series I’ve managed to stick out recently (I’m up to chapter 201 now! xD). While marathoning/slugging through the story I find myself constantly being reminded of all the things I both love and hate about shounen manga.
I’m definitely really getting into Bleach as the plot thickens and hints of conspiracy abound. Reading Bleach is great for random associations and (minor as of now) complaints in a similar vein as my Urahara rant I get the feeling I’ll have more Bleach ramblings as I blitz on, but anyways…
A co-worker tried to get me into Flight of the Conchords a while back but wasn’t tremendously successful… another co-worker found this song by them though yesterday and I watched it with him. It. Is. Fucking. Win. I’ve looped it quite a few times now and can’t stop laughing like a maniac every time I watch it.
(I would also recommend checking out the R Kelly ft Usher - Same Girl video either before or after the FOTC viewing. While this video is a bit of a pain to sit through - I think the song is tremendously stupid - it will make you appreciate the FOTC version all that much more :D)
I’ll have to check out the movie where this song came from too - “Once.”