Yeah, I know... Journal's been so quiet since January, even the crickets had given up.
But...one thing's led to another and the urge to put something in here besides silence has reared its ugly head.
Besides, you can blame Rowan for the first inspiration for this.
Some while back, in talking about anime, "Princess Tutu" was brought up. Over the last couple months, I've watched the series on dvd and I'm in full agreement that this one's waaaaaay deeper than the cutesy characters would indicate.
One day, while roaming in the wastelands of youtube, I found this anime music video of the show.
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The song is by a Swedish singer named Nanne Grönvall, so that led me to see if I could find a video of her doing the song...
Warning...scary stuff ahead...
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"Hello...Hello? Sweden? Yeah, this is Germany....no, no...down further south...nope, bit to the east...yeah, that Germany. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a call and let you know something...The Eighties are over...Yeah, I know. Kinda shocked me, too. I mean...freaking England had to give me a call and, even then, I didn't find out until 2002!...yeah....yeah....it is a bit embarrassing, isn't it? Tell you what...you agree neither of us tells France or Italy, and this conversation never happened..."