Yesterday marked a year since I married the man of my dreams. Happy anniversary, darling! This song I'm posting is for my husband. I love the song, but the music video isn't so hot.
The following video compares clips from the video above and an Apple commercial. Both had the same director.
Pretty crazy, huh? I guess the guy didn't have too many different ideas.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
For All You Beatles Fans
My best friend has posted something utterly hilarious that I have to share with you.
http://downeastsfinest.blogspot.com/2008/03/cutest-little-thing-ever-ii.html
You won't be disappointed.
http://downeastsfinest.blogspot.com/2008/03/cutest-little-thing-ever-ii.html
You won't be disappointed.
It's So Unfair!
Alright, so I know that I haven't written in a while. My husband keeps bugging me about posting, but I have been pretty busy lately. I've actually been working for the past month for a change.
At last count, my town had received 140+ inches of snow. It was a pretty crazy winter. I meant to take a picture of the path leading up to our door, because I felt like I was walking through a snow tunnel. Unfortunately, my camera batteries died, and by the time I took care of the problem the snow had melted a bit. Ahh well.
In other news, I was invited to be a guest conductor at a music festival last week. I conducted the middle school chorus, which was pretty cool. My everyday students were totally pumped that I was going to be a guest conductor. It was an interesting experience. I don't think I've ever been so inarticulate in front of a microphone. Not my finest moment.
My birthday was on Monday, and since there was a school assembly that day, the entire school sang to me. My middle school students are very easily excited, which I love about them, so I heard the birthday song many times that day. I also received a blue rubber duck that actually squeaks. Good times.
I've actually been practicing the piano lately, so there should be a video blog coming up any day now. I also think it's about time for me to do another spoof video since the Hasselhoff one was so much fun. I think I'd make a great Michael Bolton, don't you?
At last count, my town had received 140+ inches of snow. It was a pretty crazy winter. I meant to take a picture of the path leading up to our door, because I felt like I was walking through a snow tunnel. Unfortunately, my camera batteries died, and by the time I took care of the problem the snow had melted a bit. Ahh well.
In other news, I was invited to be a guest conductor at a music festival last week. I conducted the middle school chorus, which was pretty cool. My everyday students were totally pumped that I was going to be a guest conductor. It was an interesting experience. I don't think I've ever been so inarticulate in front of a microphone. Not my finest moment.
My birthday was on Monday, and since there was a school assembly that day, the entire school sang to me. My middle school students are very easily excited, which I love about them, so I heard the birthday song many times that day. I also received a blue rubber duck that actually squeaks. Good times.
I've actually been practicing the piano lately, so there should be a video blog coming up any day now. I also think it's about time for me to do another spoof video since the Hasselhoff one was so much fun. I think I'd make a great Michael Bolton, don't you?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Six Days
Six. That is the number of days which I have worked in the month of February. The amount of snow we have had here is unbelievable, but it's not just snow days that are getting me down. No, we also have rain days, power outages, plain old icy road days, and oh, right, we're on vacation this week. Yeah... There was one day that I went to school, only to discover that school was cancelled. A bus had had an accident and the superintendent immediately sent the rest of the buses back home. I stayed at school and actually got some work done, but most of the other teachers went home. This weather is incredible, and it's driving me bonkers.
As you can imagine, no learning is really taking place at my school these days. The kids basically come on Monday's and Friday's. Well, we actually had 2 days of school in a row last week - that was interesting. The result is that my normally very sweet, kind, considerate middle school students have decided to send their unruly (and in some cases, downright evil) identical twins to school in their places. I can't get anything done, and I personally cannot wait for winter to be over. We haven't had a full week of school since early December!
I'm just glad that I am not the superintendent. None of this is her fault. She can't call delays in the morning because of a school district policy adopted years ago. Parents got upset because it was too difficult to find childcare for an hour or two in the morning with such short notice. In light of what has happened this year, the policy has been changed but won't take into effect until March 3rd. Until then, if roads are a little icy in the morning, the superintendent has to cancel school for the whole day. Her hands are tied.
Perhaps I should buy some fans for my classroom, because we're certainly not getting out before July!
As you can imagine, no learning is really taking place at my school these days. The kids basically come on Monday's and Friday's. Well, we actually had 2 days of school in a row last week - that was interesting. The result is that my normally very sweet, kind, considerate middle school students have decided to send their unruly (and in some cases, downright evil) identical twins to school in their places. I can't get anything done, and I personally cannot wait for winter to be over. We haven't had a full week of school since early December!
I'm just glad that I am not the superintendent. None of this is her fault. She can't call delays in the morning because of a school district policy adopted years ago. Parents got upset because it was too difficult to find childcare for an hour or two in the morning with such short notice. In light of what has happened this year, the policy has been changed but won't take into effect until March 3rd. Until then, if roads are a little icy in the morning, the superintendent has to cancel school for the whole day. Her hands are tied.
Perhaps I should buy some fans for my classroom, because we're certainly not getting out before July!
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Nicest Kids in Town
When my students recommended that I watch Hairspray, I was a little skeptical. I feared that it would be similar to the movie Rent, which I feel absolutely massacred the truly brilliant musical. I was pleasantly surprised after I finally rented and watched Hairspray, and I highly recommend it to others. It was cast really well (I know, I had my doubts about Zac Efron too), and once I got used to seeing John Travolta dressed up as a woman, even that worked pretty well.
My chorus is now working on "You Can't Stop the Beat", and they love it. One of my students said the other day, "You know, it's weird. For every concert we do, there is one song that everyone loves and gets really excited about!" I smiled and said, "You know I do that on purpose, right?" I'm glad it's working!
The entire song is about 10 minutes long, so this is the short version which is pretty close to the arrangement that my chorus is doing:
Oh, and I have a group of boys singing Queen Latifah's part who are beyond thrilled.
My chorus is now working on "You Can't Stop the Beat", and they love it. One of my students said the other day, "You know, it's weird. For every concert we do, there is one song that everyone loves and gets really excited about!" I smiled and said, "You know I do that on purpose, right?" I'm glad it's working!
The entire song is about 10 minutes long, so this is the short version which is pretty close to the arrangement that my chorus is doing:
Oh, and I have a group of boys singing Queen Latifah's part who are beyond thrilled.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Real David Hasselhoff
In case anyone was confused by my video, here is the real David Hasselhoff version:
Warning Warning Warning
The following video may be too hot to handle.
This is my official submission to the David Hasselhoff contest.
This is my official submission to the David Hasselhoff contest.
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