I Love Lithuania!

May 21, 2006 16:27

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. I hate writing papers. So far I have 2,402 words of this piece of dreck--which, out of 3,500, isn't so bad, but it's painfully slow-going and I had to do a whole section on economics and just...yeah. Yuck. However, one of my main sources is named Daniel Snowman, so I get to write a lot of fun sentences that start, "According to ( Read more... )

ireland

Leave a comment

Comments 39

amezri May 21 2006, 15:35:20 UTC
I watched the Spain clip. And even though I was thinking, "interpretive dance tragedy," I just couldn't stop watching.

Finland? Can totally see why they won.

Reply

trinityofone May 21 2006, 15:48:10 UTC
even though I was thinking, "interpretive dance tragedy," I just couldn't stop watching.

That basically sums up the entire contest. With the added bonus of the fact that by the end of it, you're totally into it and screaming, "They gave 12 points to Russia? WHORES!"

It was awesome.

Reply


niennah May 21 2006, 15:39:37 UTC
I think the most famous person to perform a song in the Eurovision contest is Céline Dion--that pretty much sums it up right there.

There was ABBA with Waterloo way back whenever.

It was a fabulous show. And Wogan. Wogan cracks me up! Did you watch it on the BBC? Did you have Terry Wogan commentating? Just wonderful. *g*

Reply

trinityofone May 21 2006, 15:46:07 UTC
Oh, yes--Wogan love! "You look...menacing." It was especially awesome, as my only prior Wogan-exposure was the Franz Ferdinand song "The Dark of the Matinée."

Reply

toft_froggy May 21 2006, 20:04:23 UTC
And didn't Bucks Fizz win it one time?

Reply

jetspeaks May 21 2006, 22:18:47 UTC
Yup. :)

Reply


titc May 21 2006, 15:41:16 UTC
OMG
The Fissih look like a Klingon hard rock band!
KLINGONS!!

Reply

titc May 21 2006, 15:42:05 UTC
Finnish.
Not Fishy, Fissile, or whatever it is I typed before ;-)

Reply

trinityofone May 21 2006, 15:49:20 UTC
Actually, Fissih might be the name of their species! They certainly aren't from Earth...

Reply


shiny_starlight May 21 2006, 15:51:26 UTC
You're right. Ireland was utter cheese. Brian Kennedy should be shot. Preferably several times.

Reply


cathexys May 21 2006, 15:51:37 UTC
omg, i remember the travesty when i was a child...but lithuania definitely and truly rocked!! how utterly postmodern :-)

Reply


Leave a comment

Up