Of Christmas Lunches, Smurfs and Memes
Managed to get to work today, even if it took me twice as long as usual. The snow is now sludge, dirty, wet and still bloody slippery. But - the Christmas lunch organised by co-worker B and myself was A Big Hit. I'd made a Youtube Playlist of Christmas classics accompanied by Christmassy images and that played on the big projector screen in the room where we had lunch. There was plenty of food, good company and lots of compliments.
Yay!
Now, MemeTime - I love memes... Gacked from fenjer .
1. Elaborate on your default icon. It suggests I type like a cat... which I don't... but in fact, I don't write this journal. Cat does.
2. What's your current relationship status? In a budding relationship.
3. Ever have a near-death experience? No.
4. Name an obvious quality you have. Being intelligent and quick on the uptake. And I have a gift for languages. And decorating. And I'm witty. See, I'm very modest, too.
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now? Santa Baby, as sung by Kylie Minogue (sorry about that).
6. Name a celebrity you would marry. James May. And John Barrowman, but that would be highly unlikely, for obvious reasons.
7. Who will cut and paste this first? eers .
8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity? Yes, Adele (from Chasing Pavements).
9. Do you wear a watch? What kind? Yes, I always wear my practical-yet-gorgous stainless steel Seiko with the lapis-lazuli-blue clock face. It was a birthday gift from my father and it's water resistant up to 10 bar (or should I say "down to" (a depth of) 10 bar? (I don't think I can take 10 bar, but it sounds cool if said about a watch.)
10. Do you have anything pierced? My ears, twice. Used to have my belly button pierced, but the piercing annoyed me so I took it out.
11. Do you have any tattoos? Yes, a bird on my right outer ankle, a butterfly on my left outer ankle, and a stylized lotus high up on my spine.
12. Do you like pain? No, but I can take a lot of it.
13. Do you like to shop? Yes! Books, shoes, clothes, books, and shoes. Oh, and books.
14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash? The pizza I just had delivered to my house.
15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card? I can't remember, but I will use it this week to PayPal the cost of the Julie Andrews O2 Arena tickets to imnotacommittee !
16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? Eh, the pizza guys. LOL. Before that, best friend M.
17. What is on your desktop background? Ocean underwater scene.
18. What is the background on your cell phone? A picture of text saying "I'm multi-talented: I can talk and annoy you at the same time."
19. Do you like redheads? I used to live with one, I used to have a ginger cat, I used to dye my hair red, one of my best friends is a redhead, I'm a fan of Julie Andrews and Gillian-Anderson-as-Scully. You decide if I like redheads...
20. Do you know any twins? Yes, four sets.
21. Do you have any weird relatives? Yes, my sister & her boyfriend.
22. What was the last movie you watched? Up! It made me cry and then it made me laugh.
23. If you had $100 to spare, who would you give it to? KWF Cancer research. All my friends have enough money to live, if not in luxury, then at least in comfort.
24. What was your favorite book as a child? There were many. Some by Dutch authors (Thea Beckman, Annie MG Schmidt) but also the Neverending Story (Michael Ende) and the books by Astrid Lindgren. My obsession with British literature came later, adding the Alice in Wonderland books and the Narnia books.
Also, I found out today that the song we're entering into next year's Eurovision Song Contest was written by Pierre Kartner, a.k.a. Vader Abraham (Father Abraham), who must be nearing 107, has a beard that makes him look like Santa Claus and who had his biggest (and only) hits in the '70s - not the decade remembered for its refined tastes, on hindsight. The network that has commissioned this display of idiocy claims they've taken the idea - asking a well-known composer to write a song - from the UK, who hired Andrew Lloyd Webber - Mr. Phantom Himself - last year to compose Britain's entry.
So... what they're doing is comparing the man who gave the world the magic and beauty of the Phantom of he Opera, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tell Me On A Sunday and Sunset Boulevard, to name but a few, to the old age pensioner who gave the world the Smurf Song.
I invite you to compare.
(I give you the English version of the Smurf Song, because it is - although you wouldn't believe it possible - even worse than the original Dutch version. This is so wrong in so many ways. Also, I don't necessarily think My Time is a fab song. But in this comparison, it is rather like a shiny diamond compared to pig droppings.We used to have at least 5 kinds of naughty lyrics to the smurf song when I was a kid.)
* we are doomed and will be rightfully banned from the Eurovision Song Contest for eternity *
Yay!
Now, MemeTime - I love memes... Gacked from fenjer .
1. Elaborate on your default icon. It suggests I type like a cat... which I don't... but in fact, I don't write this journal. Cat does.
2. What's your current relationship status? In a budding relationship.
3. Ever have a near-death experience? No.
4. Name an obvious quality you have. Being intelligent and quick on the uptake. And I have a gift for languages. And decorating. And I'm witty. See, I'm very modest, too.
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now? Santa Baby, as sung by Kylie Minogue (sorry about that).
6. Name a celebrity you would marry. James May. And John Barrowman, but that would be highly unlikely, for obvious reasons.
7. Who will cut and paste this first? eers .
8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity? Yes, Adele (from Chasing Pavements).
9. Do you wear a watch? What kind? Yes, I always wear my practical-yet-gorgous stainless steel Seiko with the lapis-lazuli-blue clock face. It was a birthday gift from my father and it's water resistant up to 10 bar (or should I say "down to" (a depth of) 10 bar? (I don't think I can take 10 bar, but it sounds cool if said about a watch.)
10. Do you have anything pierced? My ears, twice. Used to have my belly button pierced, but the piercing annoyed me so I took it out.
11. Do you have any tattoos? Yes, a bird on my right outer ankle, a butterfly on my left outer ankle, and a stylized lotus high up on my spine.
12. Do you like pain? No, but I can take a lot of it.
13. Do you like to shop? Yes! Books, shoes, clothes, books, and shoes. Oh, and books.
14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash? The pizza I just had delivered to my house.
15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card? I can't remember, but I will use it this week to PayPal the cost of the Julie Andrews O2 Arena tickets to imnotacommittee !
16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? Eh, the pizza guys. LOL. Before that, best friend M.
17. What is on your desktop background? Ocean underwater scene.
18. What is the background on your cell phone? A picture of text saying "I'm multi-talented: I can talk and annoy you at the same time."
19. Do you like redheads? I used to live with one, I used to have a ginger cat, I used to dye my hair red, one of my best friends is a redhead, I'm a fan of Julie Andrews and Gillian-Anderson-as-Scully. You decide if I like redheads...
20. Do you know any twins? Yes, four sets.
21. Do you have any weird relatives? Yes, my sister & her boyfriend.
22. What was the last movie you watched? Up! It made me cry and then it made me laugh.
23. If you had $100 to spare, who would you give it to? KWF Cancer research. All my friends have enough money to live, if not in luxury, then at least in comfort.
24. What was your favorite book as a child? There were many. Some by Dutch authors (Thea Beckman, Annie MG Schmidt) but also the Neverending Story (Michael Ende) and the books by Astrid Lindgren. My obsession with British literature came later, adding the Alice in Wonderland books and the Narnia books.
Also, I found out today that the song we're entering into next year's Eurovision Song Contest was written by Pierre Kartner, a.k.a. Vader Abraham (Father Abraham), who must be nearing 107, has a beard that makes him look like Santa Claus and who had his biggest (and only) hits in the '70s - not the decade remembered for its refined tastes, on hindsight. The network that has commissioned this display of idiocy claims they've taken the idea - asking a well-known composer to write a song - from the UK, who hired Andrew Lloyd Webber - Mr. Phantom Himself - last year to compose Britain's entry.
So... what they're doing is comparing the man who gave the world the magic and beauty of the Phantom of he Opera, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tell Me On A Sunday and Sunset Boulevard, to name but a few, to the old age pensioner who gave the world the Smurf Song.
I invite you to compare.
(I give you the English version of the Smurf Song, because it is - although you wouldn't believe it possible - even worse than the original Dutch version. This is so wrong in so many ways. Also, I don't necessarily think My Time is a fab song. But in this comparison, it is rather like a shiny diamond compared to pig droppings.We used to have at least 5 kinds of naughty lyrics to the smurf song when I was a kid.)
Click to view* we are doomed and will be rightfully banned from the Eurovision Song Contest for eternity *