Okay, so I know you gave up TV for Lent. But you need to see this clip from Glee last night. They were challenged to write their own songs for regionals, and this is Santana’s contribution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tizlKcSH1A. It’s dedicated to Sam, and it’s called “Trouty Mouth”. I laughed heartily for a good few minutes. I love the comedy about his big lips.
I’m amused. My friend wrote on my wall asking for my number because he lost all his contacts when he smashed his phone with a hammer. Typical. Do you know how many times I’ve wanted to destroy a piece of technology? Too many to count. I have daydreams about it. They’ve included the following means of destruction:
- a 2-3 story fall
- stomping on it
- fire
- shovel
- acid
- various beasts of burden
- combinations of all of the above
I hope you don’t think me too volatile.
I was feeling bold last night, so I painted my nails bright, bright red. Firecracker red, if you will. I just really appreciate the color red.
Yesterday, Danli and I googled the most watched television shows in world/American history. Do you know what the top 10-15 are in our country? Do you? ALL VARIOUS SEASONS OF AMERICAN IDOL AND SURVIVOR. That says a lot about our culture, I believe. Dancing with the Stars was up there, too. That says even more.
I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer last night. It was so beloved by so many people back in the day that I thought I would give it a shot. I wanted a new show to follow. Wowwwwww was it hilarious. So 90s… so fake… so great. At one point Buffy (who names their child Buffy?) was wearing a midriff-bearing shirt. My initial thought was, “ohhhh that is SO 1999”…. then I remembered I saw someone wearing one two days ago.
Speaking of ridiculous names, the other day I heard someone propose the name “Staccatomamba”. You can use it, it’s ok. I’ll let you have it.
It’s Fallas in Valencia right now. WHY. AM. I. NOT. THERE. Fallas is the BIGGEST festival in Spain. Ok, maybe it’s tied with San Fermin (running of the bulls) and La Tomatina (tomato fight). But that’s saying a lot because there is a festival every day somewhere in Spain. All year long, the festival circuit loops around the country because every town has a patron saint, and they celebrate said saint with an awesome festival! Valencia’s is Joseph. It started with all the carpenters in the city, who would build these shelters to do their carpentry when it started getting dark early in the winter. Then, when spring came, they would burn them down. Kind of like a new birth, a spring renewal. So during Fallas, every neighborhood builds two fallas, a big and a small, which are statue-ish things mocking things in our culture, and at the end of the week, they burn them all to symbolize purifying the world. (Well, they spare the best two). And everyone goes crrrrrrazy!!! Here are some pics of Fallas! Let’s celebrate.
IMISSSPAIN. I was there for las fallas in 08 and it ROCKED. omg let's go next year. PLEASE!!!!
Becca :)
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