Sorry About the Negativity

Just got kicked in the face, still trying to figure out what to do now. I really thought we were on the right track. Here's some links...

Avatar = Oz

Raptor Devours Cheerleader. Yum.

The Doctor and I by John Barrowman.

LOLCat Theology: Basement Cat Walks Among Us, And has Good Balance, And Comes For Your Soul, But Doesn't Like Your Haircut.

This Too Shall Pass

If you are one of the handful of people who haven't seen the new OK Go video, here it is:

There's a Reason I Don't Do Tech Support

Via Boing Boing, which has some pithy comments about the kind of person who pulls this on people who know a little tech.

Gjovaag Face Plant

On February 5th, Hubby-Eric called me from school to tell me that he'd been hurt in a "teaching accident". Well, no, actually it was in a pep rally adventure in which teachers and student did some kind of race.

When he got home, I found that his injuries consisted of two skinned knees, one skinned elbow, a bruised nose, a cut lower lip, and a badly wrenched shoulder that still hasn't fully healed.

A few days later we learned that a student had recorded the fall, and Eric asked if he could have a copy of the video. She asked if it would be ok to post it to YouTube, and he agreed. So, finally, here it is!

The fall happens about a minute in (56 seconds). Eric is the one in tan/grey in the farthest pair from the camera. Unfortunately, the video ends before all the students realize how hurt he is and start chanting his name as he's led out of the gym.

You'll have to ask Eric what he's doing in that first part of the video. Eating something while his partner in the game chugs a cola, I think.

New Doctor Who Trailer

My thoughts: Didn't like it. The trailer. Nothing wrong with the actors, but the trailer is clearly made to look good in 3D, and in normal view it just looks silly. As a trailer it tells us very little about what to expect and doesn't get me interested in what's going to happen at all. The SleestakSilurian at the end is just horrid-looking. I'm not even slightly impressed.

It's Not Where You're From, It's Where You're At...

I don't usually fall instantly in love with a song, but during these Olympics an ad has been playing that hit me in the gut and immediately had me Googling the lyrics to figure out what the song was, and as soon as I found out I went to iTunes and bought it. Which I *never* do. It was the first song I bought on iTunes.

The song is "Ali in the Jungle" by The Hours.

Chorus:
Like Ali in the jungle,
Like Nelson in jail,
Like Simpson on the mountain,
With odds like that, they were bound to fail!

Like Keller in the darkness,
Like Adams in the dock,
Like Ludwig Van, how I loved that man,
Well the guy went deaf and didn't give a ****, no...


Here's the ad ("Human Chain" by Nike):

Lyrics:
It's not how you start, it's how you finish,
And it's not where you're from, it's where you're at.

Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna' get up?
How quick are you gonna' get up?

Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna' get up?
Just how are you gonna' get up?

And here's the video for the full song:



Also check out The Hours Website which has another video that's much more interesting and involves skeletons:

th-aitj from David Fraser on Vimeo.

Simon's Cat: Snow Business (complete)