Thanks Rebecca Black, I had no idea Thursday came before Friday!!!
I am so behind the curve on the Rebecca Black phenomenon. Her name did pop up in my internet perusals yesterday, but I didn't think to click on any links or watch the video. Big mistake. Here it is for people who (like me) were completely out of it last week.
It's just so... indescribable! I don't know what to lambast first, the stilted "dance moves", the dead look in Rebecca Black's eyes, the fact that she says "fun" like other people say "colonoscopy". What's with the weird way she says "Friday"? She draws out the "i-eeeeeee" in it in this bizarre autotuned way.
I discussed it a bit with my friend Shira, and we decided that it really is the saddest thing we've seen for a while. However, the silver lining of youtube turds like "Friday" is that they lead to genius parodying gems like this...
and....
The truly awful thing is that the original song isn't a parody of terrible tweeny-bopper songs. It was made by a company called Ark Music Factory which specializes in churning out bad songs and music videos for kids who want to be famous. All for a fee, I'm sure. Capitalizing on the dreams of teenagers, stay classy America.
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Day 19 - Nicknames you have; why do you have them.
OK, so I already talked about doornob... Other nicknames I have are:
Click to viewIt's just so... indescribable! I don't know what to lambast first, the stilted "dance moves", the dead look in Rebecca Black's eyes, the fact that she says "fun" like other people say "colonoscopy". What's with the weird way she says "Friday"? She draws out the "i-eeeeeee" in it in this bizarre autotuned way.
I discussed it a bit with my friend Shira, and we decided that it really is the saddest thing we've seen for a while. However, the silver lining of youtube turds like "Friday" is that they lead to genius parodying gems like this...
and....
The truly awful thing is that the original song isn't a parody of terrible tweeny-bopper songs. It was made by a company called Ark Music Factory which specializes in churning out bad songs and music videos for kids who want to be famous. All for a fee, I'm sure. Capitalizing on the dreams of teenagers, stay classy America.
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Day 19 - Nicknames you have; why do you have them.
OK, so I already talked about doornob... Other nicknames I have are:
- 朵朵 (duo3duo1). This is the name my family (and family friends) call me. It derives from my given Chinese name, 王朵葭 (wang2duo3jia1) and is a tradition in Chinese families.
- Don-Don. I hate this one.
- Donna-bonna. My crazy friend in Cali gave me this one, out of nowhere.
- Twadada. My friend gave me this nickname in high school after mishearing me say my Chinese nickname.
- LivyLiu. Another high school nickname. Inspired by Orlando Bloom calling Liv Tyler "Livy-loo". It only seemed natural with my last name.
- Donnalicious. Part of a trend at my old job where we all called each other "name"-licious. It worked best with my friend Wendy.
- Donasty. I don't even know why. My best friend in college started calling me this, then it devolved into "Nasty", then "Nas", then "Na", and finally she'd just grunt "NNNN" and I'd know she was talking to me.