Too much Victorian fiction...

One of my favorite things, lately, is reading books written in the Victorian era. The Invisible Man, The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, I love them all.

This leads to disturbing dreams, though. I had one a few nights ago where the Phantom, Javert (from Les Miserables), and this random Victorian diplomat guy, were all looking for love. I think it was a nice part of the dream, but I don't remember it well.

Then, somehow, I was with Edgar Allen Poe (who looked EXACTLY like L, from Deathnote), and he was extremely sad, and I was trying to cheer him up. It didn't work.

Finally, he turned into Lord Byron/Don Juan, and he and his black imp sidekick tried to kill me and ruin my house, until I stabbed the black imp and made it explode. Then I woke up (thank goodness).

Songs of the Week #25 and #26 and #27, while we're at it

Life is Beautiful - Sixx A.M.


There is an official video for this one, but it's rather disturbing. The rock stations I listen to play this song sometimes, and I've been falling steadily more in love with it.

4 Minutes - Madonna and Justin Timberlake


I was listening to this one, and going "This is really good!" and enjoying Madonna's singing. I then realized, later, that what I thought was Madonna singing was actually Justin Timberlake. I can't help it if he has such a high voice....

All Over You - The Spill Canvas


Lately, the current music stations haven't been playing much that I like. I don't like the new Colbie Caillat song (but then again, I never do), the new hip hop stuff is all sort of boring, and there's been more country songs, lately. I started wondering why I was even bothering to listen to these stations, until this song played. This made listening to all the boring stuff worthwhile.

Meme

Another one, yes. Hush.

What I was doing ten years ago:
Umm, I was six. I was probably listening to a book on tape, or playing with friends.

Five things on my To-Do list today:
1. Go to my Sports Doctor appiontment
2. Go to ballet
3. Start my MDI entries
4. Perhaps edit more of my NaNoWriMo Novel
5. Clean my room more

5 Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. Put enough money in the bank for my two brothers and my college tuition
2. Buy a car (even though I don't have my license, quite yet)
3. Go to Europe
4. Get a new dishwasher (this one is awful)
5. Find some sensible non profit organization, and donate lots and lots

Three of my bad habits:
1. Procrastinating (Yay, I spelled it right!)
2. Daydreaming
3. Obsessing over random things that make no sense

Five places I've lived:
1. Place number 1
2. Place number 2
3. place number 3
4. That's it
5. And you are not going to find out where I live

Five jobs I've had:

1. Odd jobs at the Department of Public Health
2. Pet sitting
3. That's it


Five books I've recently read:
1. The New World Order - Ben Jeapes (Historical science fiction! What could be better!)
2. The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde (Very good, of course, but creepy)
3. The Mediator series - Meg Cabot
4. Some random Star Wars book
5. Sandman - Neil Gaiman (Creepy, very creepy, but I love the main character)

Five people or communities I'm going to tag:
None, I'm lazy.

Songs of the Week #21, #22, #23, #24

It's been a long time since I've done any Songs of the Week, so I'm gonna do a bunch of them.

Die Another Day - Madonna


Oddly enough, I like her more recent songs better than her older songs. I really like her album "Confessions from the Dance Floor", and I'm obsessed with this song. I used a fan video because the real videos are really weird. Okay, so this video's weird, too, but it's still better than the originals.

Bond. James Bond - Moby James Bond Theme


I have no idea where this came from, but I really like it. I've been addicted to James Bond music, lately. Again, a fan video, since there appears to be no official video

If I'm Gonna Eat Somebody


I find this song extremely amusing. It also helps that I don't like the guy he's trying to eat. From Fern Gully

Simple and Clean Remix - Utade Hikaru


This is the theme song from Kingdom Hearts. It's originally slower, but I prefer the faster remix. Again, no official video.

KISS or KISS - Nana Kitade


I just found this one today, because someone I know was talking about it. I think it's an adorable song, and she's certainly very adorable.

Movie Quote Meme

Because you all know just how much I love memes.

It's simple, I post 15 quotes from movies, and you have to guess where they come from.

An easy one, first:

1."You may kiss - You may kiss - JUST KISS! "

2."Room filled with empty people."

3."The itsy bitsy spider caught a mouse in its web, the itsy bitsy spider bit off the mouse's head."

4."Make it ten. I'm only a poor corrupt official."

5."How to get the ruby off the fat guys head... How to get the ruby off the fat guys head..."

6."And right here, here is where it got hit by a magical flying MORON!"

7."After all, who'd pay any attention to a baritone and a detective?"

8."This is nothing compared to Niagara Falls!"

9."Oh, please, monsieur. It is a little game we play. They put it on the bill, I tear up the bill. It is very convenient."

10."Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain."

11."Can I have a biscuit?"

12."I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich."

13."If I'm gonna eat somebody, it might as well be you."

14."So, couldn't wait to get my shirt off again, huh?"

And the classic:

15."I'm gonna pass you."

And bonus points to whomever figures out which movie I repeated, and which actor has the most movies (and the most lines).

Dance videos

I know I haven't updated in awhile, but with getting a job, Easter, being sick, and beginning dance again, not to mention studying a lot more, I haven't really had the energy to update it.

So, since I've gotten hooked on Your Mama Don't Dance, and since they did Hip Hop last week, I was inspired to put together a bunch of hip hop videos, with good dancing. I feel that hip hop gets a lot of bad press, and although I don't actually take it, I've tried it, and it's definitely a demanding dance form, and a legitimate one. I want to show some of the more interesting dances.

Some of these are very off-color, with either really risque dancing, or weird scantily clad people, so watch at your own discretion.

Do It Well - Jennifer Lopez


I hadn't seen anything with Jennifer Lopez in it before watching this video, but she certainly is a good dancer. One of the weird videos.

Hit Me Baby - Britney Spears


I know a lot of people hate her, but she was actually very talented, in the beginning of her career. The dance in this video is flawlessly executed, right in time to the music.

Cold Hearted Snake - Paula Abdul


Possible one of the best dance music videos ever. It's fast and furious, and just blows you away. I think it's sad that she's now best known for being an American Idol judge, since she's one of the most talented dancers and choreographers in MTVs history. Another weird video.

Like I Love You - Justin Timberlake


I don't really care for his music, but I can't deny that he's got talent, and the dance in here is no exception.

The Grammys

I taped the Grammy Awards on Sunday, and watched them yesterday and today. After watching a particularly boring Grammy a few years ago, and on finding out that they gave the Song of the Year Award to "My Humps" last year (who would do that? Who in their right mind would award that song??), I haven't been to thrilled with the Grammys.

I must say, though, that this years show was very good. I guess that since it's their 50th show, they had a lot of performances of older songs, and a lot of older performers singing, which was a lot of fun. Tina Turner and Beyonce performed "Proud Mary", which might have been my favorite part of the whole thing, and Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richy preformed, which was also fun. No Police, but since they performed last year, that's not surprising.

Amy Winehouse won a lot, which surprised me. I hadn't expected her to win much. Rihanna got an award (her acceptance speech was adorable), which made me happy, and Paramore didn't, which made me sad.

I actually enjoyed Alicia Keys performance of "No One", which is surprising, since I hate the song. I think it works better as a performance, when you can watch her sing.

I did not enjoy Brad Paisleys performance. I thought it was boring and skipped it.

Andrea Bocelli and Josh Grobans performance was gorgeous. Their voices sound wonderful together.


Although they didn't show it, Maroon 5 won Best Pop Performance by a group for their song "Makes Me Wonder", one of my favorite songs that came out last year, and Ne-yo also won for his new album. This makes me extremely pleased. The Foo Fighters also won a few awards, which made me happy.

So now I can't wait for next years show, which is unusual.

Favorite Harry Potter videos

There is no song of the week this week because I can't think of one. So instead I'm going to post my favorite Harry Potter videos, because I feel like it.

This one is one of the first ones I found, and it goes along with the words really well.

Snape: I'm too Sexy



This one is about the attractive, evil men of Slytherin.

Extra Smooth Slytherin


This one's just for fun.

Professional Pirate


This one's just sweet, and has one of my favorite couples set to one of my favorite songs.

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic



I heard this song recently, and it was a candidate for Song of the Week. However, the music video was to off color, so I found this instead. Unfortunately, it doesn't use all of the song.

Cold Hearted Snape



This one's just cute, although not very accurate. Hermione's much nicer than this.

She Bangs



I just found this one this morning. This song is one of my favorites at the moment (it's by Depeche Mode, surprise, surprise), and this video goes along with it perfectly.

People are People

Song of the Week #20, and The Argument Clinic

Since I started listening to the radio a year and a half ago, I've steadily been liking hip-hop more and more. I'll never like it as much as rock and broadway musicals, but there are some artists and songs that I really like. This was the first hip-hop song I really liked.
It is a hip-hop video, so there's a lot of slightly suggestive dancing, but nothing really off color.

Crazy in Love - Beyonce



What I love about hip-hop videos is that you get completely random things in them, like exploding cars, fur coats, and giant wind tunnels (if you want more random music videos, look no further then Britney Spears Toxic video, which is also very random).


And now for my favorite Monty Python sketch. It's not as well known as the Spam sketch, or the Spanish Inquisition sketch, but I like it more.

Argument Clinic



And here's a version of it set to Kingdom Hearts. You don't need to watch the whole thing, but you should watch the area around 3:22

Song of the Week #19 - Love Song

The last time I had a sleep over with my friends, they were both obsessed with some song they'd heard on the radio. I found it on youtube for them, and to my surprise, it was marvelous! I had expected a good song, but not one like this.

To my surprise and delight, the radio stations I listen to have started playing it, although not enough.

It's also one of the best music videos I've seen in awhile.

Love Song - Sara Bareilles
Video

Unfortunately, embedding is disabled, and there's only one music video loaded on youtube, so you'll just have to follow the link.

Song of the Week #18 - See You Again

I was listening to the radio, as usual, yesterday, and wondering what I was going to put up for song of the week. I've run out of new, unusual songs, since I've been listening to a lot of albums lately, not the radio as much.
So I had no idea of what I was going to do, and than this song came on. It's by Miley Cyrus, from Hannah Montana. I've heard another song by her, Best of Both Worlds, and it was good, but more country-ish than I wanted.
This song is more pop and rock than country, and I liked it immediately. Now I'll go look into the rest of this album.

See You Again - Miley Cyrus




And for a bonus song, a blend of two songs. I don't usually care for blends of songs, they normally just sounds weird, but this one's gorgeous.

Every Car You Chase - Snow Police