Personally, I love Pachelbel's Canon in D. Even though I knew that it was terribly cliche, I had it played at my wedding anyway. Not everyone feels the same way, which I can certainly understand. I came upon this particular rant on You Tube today, and it's utterly hilarious. Perhaps some of you have seen this already since it seems to be rather popular, but I just discovered it today. Rob Paravonian is a genius!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Black and Gold
Once in a while I will check out the free singles on iTunes. Usually they don't offer anything remotely resembling good music, but I was pleasantly surprised with this week's selection. I listened to a sample of Sam Sparro's Black and Gold and immediately downloaded it. Now, maybe everyone else already knows about this song, but it was new to me. I usually try to listen to popular music since I teach middle school music and often need to know what they are listening to in order to know what they are talking about when they are making musical comparisons. However, I usually only listen to the radio when I'm driving, and I have been without a car for a couple of months. I tried listening to the radio when I got home from work, but I quickly realized that while I do have the patience to listen to such clever lyrics as Sexy can I hit it from the front, can I hit it from the back... while I am driving, I don't want that garbage in my home while I'm trying to relax. So anyway, if you haven't already heard the song and downloaded it for free on iTunes, I highly recommend it!
The lyrics are clever, and it's interesting how people are interpreting them differently. I think it's pretty clear that it's about wanting to believe in God and having a crisis of faith. He is wondering if evolution proves that there is no God but argues with himself that the truth is not necessarily something that can be seen. He feels that there is something beyond the black and gold of night sky, but he's not sure. Does anyone else have a different interpretation?
Once again, this song is free on iTunes this week!
The lyrics are clever, and it's interesting how people are interpreting them differently. I think it's pretty clear that it's about wanting to believe in God and having a crisis of faith. He is wondering if evolution proves that there is no God but argues with himself that the truth is not necessarily something that can be seen. He feels that there is something beyond the black and gold of night sky, but he's not sure. Does anyone else have a different interpretation?
Once again, this song is free on iTunes this week!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Re: Reader-Submitted Book
As most of you know, my terribly clever and funny sister-in-law has a blog, and her video post today made me chuckle. Apparently, one of her readers sent her a copy of a book written by a woman Megan criticizes on her blog, and she was wondering what she should do with it. This is what I see directly to the left of my computer:
It has been doing a great job of keeping air moving in my office, and it is certainly serving a greater purpose propping up my window than it ever did as good reading material. Megan, with the summer months ahead you might find that book to be quite useful!
It has been doing a great job of keeping air moving in my office, and it is certainly serving a greater purpose propping up my window than it ever did as good reading material. Megan, with the summer months ahead you might find that book to be quite useful!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
My One True Love
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.
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.
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!
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