Today’s been one of those days. It can best be summed up my the Norah Jones lyric
“If it were any other day,
This wouldn't get the best of me.”
Actually the whole song pretty much sums up my day
I listened to some music and watched some TV to get out of own head so I’m feeling a bit better. Today’s BEDA is going to be short but tomorrow will hopefully be a better day and a better BEDA.
30 Day Song Challenge
day 11 - a song from your favourite band
I tend to prefer single artists rather than bands. If I had to pick a favourite band I’d have to say ALL CAPS.
ALL CAPS – Summer of ‘09
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
I don’t really hate any bands but umm here’s some Nickelback
-If I try to get up after only 4 hours of sleep my head will feel like it’s going to explode.
-That I cannot draw a horse in MS Paint and when I try it looks like half great dame half horse crossbreeds.
-My computer hates Skype (or rather that Skype hates me since it would not work correctly on either computer).
-Skype calls where people can see and not hear you can get confusing fast.
-Catching up with old friends I great even if its right before they come home.
-Sometimes its better to not over think things. Sometimes people surprise you.
-That some people don’t want to go into space. These people are crazy.
-Some questions are better left unanswered.
-That my friend Swathi may be reading this blog now. Which I now realize is going to make that blog I planned to write about her awkward. (It was only good things I swear).
I was planning to write today’s BEDA about the English language leader’s debate that happened today in Canada but I’m finding I don’t have much to say. While I’m not sure what the actual ratings were for the debate in terms of number of viewers it was nice to see Canadians on twitter getting involved and paying attention. The hashtag #db8 was treading in Canada for the entire debate only behind the promoted trending topic. It was also trending worldwide for part of the debate.
Also kudos to CBC for making the debate as accessible as possible by also streaming it online and airing it on the radio.
Alright I’m going to keep this short because I have four questions to answer in the 30 day song challenge today since I forgot to do two yesterday. I may fail at 30 day challenges but I won’t fail at BEDA!
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
Angel by The Corrs reminds me of my friend Bethany who passed away a few years ago.
day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere
Closing Time by Semisonic reminds me of high school as it was one of our graduating songs.
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
The Middle by Jimmy Eat World reminds me of my stats final during my first year of university. Strange I know, but hear me out. I was very nervous about this exam like ridiculously nervous. I hadn’t been doing that well in the course all term but had managed to learn and study most of the concepts before the exam with the help of my dad (who teaches stats). I got there early for the exam and ridiculously nervous, the kind of nervous that makes you mess up even when you know the material. So instead of spending the last bit of time before the exam looking over my notes I put on my headphones and played this song on repeat for and listened to it for what must have been like 15 times before we were called into the room to write the exam. I ended up doing fairly well in the course considering and I partially have this song to thank.
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
I know the words to a lot of songs…like almost all the over 1500 songs in my library and more that have burrowed themselves into my head from overplay on the radio. What can I say I’m a big lyrics person and I love to sing along to music. So I decided to hit random on my ipod till I came across a song I know all the words to as predicted it didn’t take long. So you get to listen to Why Georgia by John Mayer.
2.I watched election coverage as a 3 year old, no really. I could not even pronounce Liberal* (I said Lib-lul) but I watched election coverage.
3.I follow politics like most people follow sports. The thing I was most excited about when I turned 18 was being able to vote.
4.I have a degree in economics. I don’t know if you’ve ever sat though an economics course it is really nerdy.
5.I went to grad school. My personal theory is that everyone who goes to grad school is a nerd.
6.I was in the school band for 6 years and I wasn’t even that good. My friends and I would say we were in band for the social benefits, yes the social benefits.
7.I own a lapel pin which is contains was made from the original copper roof of the Canadian Parliament Buildings. Whenever people compliment me on it I always excitedly tell how the pin is made from part of the Parliament Building then they look at me weirdly. (If you’re curious as to what it looks like it’s the one labelled F here http://www2.parl.gc.ca/sites/lop/boutique/Product-e.asp?ItemId=836&Catid=66)
8.Doctor Who is one of my favourite things in the world.
9.John Green is my hero.
10.Hoo Ha Nerdfighters
*Idea for this blog borrowed from/ blatantly stolen from allydances. Check her out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q4aBgsZgaA
**As in the Liberal Party of Canada for you Yanks
(Sorry again for the weird formatting Word 2007 and Blogger are still not playing nice with each other again)
Hello and welcome to this belated edition of BEDA.
I literally haven’t had time to write today till now and as I mentioned earlier since I’m going with the “if it’s posted before I go to sleep it still counts” rule that I made up so this post still counts.
Anyways, I watched Minority Report today. It was quite enjoyable. For those of you that haven’t seen it it’s a science fiction thriller set in the not too distance future in which there exists a Department of Pre-crime. The Pre-crime department is able to see crimes before they occur and work to prevent them from happening. I don’t want to say to much more and give it away but I’d definitely recommend seeing it. My only complaint was that given the technology in the film it didn’t seem like it was set far enough in the future. Overall I’d give it a 5/5.
On to the next installments of the 30 Day song challenge
day 03 - A song that makes you happy.
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
What can I say? This song just makes me want to dance every time I hear it! Side note it’s the only song I can play well on Rock Band drums.
day 04 - A song that makes you sad.
Christmas Shoes by Newsong
There seems to be a Christmas theme to my answers so far in this challenge haha. The reason I picked this one is that I can rarely ever make it though the song without crying.
So I put my ipod on shuffle and spend about three and a half hours straight cleaning everything in sight (well in sight inside my bedroom). Today's massive cleaning session confirmed that I'm a bit of a pack rat. Not in an "keeping old used pizza boxes" way but in an “I might need the notes from that one stats course I did in 2006.” I did, however, managed to purge most of my old notes. I also hold on to a lot of things for sentimental value, everything from old birthday cards and letters to old trinkets like the doll I made in 3rd grade. I am curious to know dear blog readers do you tend to hold on to things for too long like I do or are you a normal sane person?
On Noxy’s advice I’m going to do the 30 Day Song Challenge everyday for the rest of BEDA and double up on questions until I catch up so here we go.
1. Your favourite song.
One song? One favourite song? Getting me to just pick one is like making a parent pick their favourite child you know! Fine! if I had to pick I’d say Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan. I love the story telling aspect of the song and the lyrics are beautiful.
I could only find one version on youtube from a live performance. It’s not quite the same as the album version that I have. Some of the lyrics in this version are altered and he switches back and forth between 3rd and first person in this version (the album version is all first person). I’d still encourage you to listen to it though and get your hands on the album version if you can.
2. Your least favourite song.
This one was hard to come up with. I’m going to go with Last Christmas**.
I have been annoyed with this song since I was a kid. The lyrics make no sense
“Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special”
I remember as a child being like “dude I’m sure you thought the girl last Christmas was special too and that didn’t save you from tears then.” I’m not saying he should just be alone instead of trying to find someone else it’s just the way the lyrics are worded, they’re not particularly strong.
* If you haven’t heard of Hyperbole and a Half you should definitely check it out. It’s one of the funniest things on the internet. The image I used here is from one of my favourite post “This is Why I’ll Never Be An Adult”
** I only learned that thing song was originally by Wham while searching for a link. I always though it was just one of those songs like Santa Baby that’s been around forever.
I had a couple of good ideas for BEDA today but neither of them panned out. The first idea was along the lines of my “the story of how I broke my arm at camp and hid it” blog. The problem with this idea is that a) blogs of that nature tend to talk a fairly long amount of time to write and hone and it’s now ten to midnight and b) I haven’t quite figured out how to draw a horse in Paint yet. The second idea was to watch the original Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) and review it from the point of view of a science fiction fan who has never seen Star Wars. Unfortunately, Blockbuster didn’t have any copies of Episode IV on the self today so that idea will have to wait as well.
Christina in her BEDA post wanted to know how we felt about the new Youtube Live. I caught most of John’s* liveshow I have to say I was impressed with the quality both in terms of picture and sound. I did have a problem with the chat though. Unlike blogtv or Ustream the chat wasn’t broken into a main room and smaller rooms even though there were a large number of people watching. As a result the chat was scrolling far to fast for either the person doing the livestream or viewers to keep up with. As someone who met the a lot her nerdfighter friends in a livestream I prefer smaller rooms where you can chat and have an actual conversation with other viewer. Also as far as I could tell there are no mods for the Youtube Live chat which creates a problem of spam. However I should keep in mine that these are still early days for this new Youtube Live function. Hopefully they will address problems with the chat as time goes on.
Before BEDA started Noxy sent me a link with this 30 days song challenge suggesting we do it as a part of BEDA. When I saw the link and the questions I liked the idea but alas, as you may have figured out on your own by now, I am an idiot. I thought “hey that a good idea for one BEDA post”… as om one giant post where I would answer all 30 questions. Apparently I didn’t get the 30 day part of the 30 day challenge. Like I said, I’m an idiot. Anyways I clued in once I saw Noxy’s BEDA posts but I was still attached to the idea saying it for one BEDA post where I talked about nothing but that mostly because I am/was terrified of running out of BEDA idea. Now it occurs to me that that post would be rather long and uninformative as I would likely not go into detail about my answers if I had 30 questions to answer in one post. So I’m leaving it up to you guys. What would you rather see me start answer one question at the end of each BEDA post or read one massive post later in the month? The third option is that I break the post up into 3 or more posts allowing me to go into some detail about each answer. So let me know what you prefer in the comments. If you prefer I make my own damn decisions you can let me know that too.
Also, I have a correction to make to an earlier BEDA post. After going back and reviewing some old vlogbrothers videos I realized that the first video I saw was not John’s 2009 birthday video but in fact was the video right after in which John responds to his birthday video entitled The Gift of Gary Busey. Which when you think about it is a hilarious and poignant first video to watch. The initial reactions and first impression of nerdfighteria that I talk about in the original post are still accurate.
Alright that’s enough of a mish-mash of ideas to serve as a decently long BEDA post for today so I’m going to leave it there. I'll see** you folks tomorrow.
*Cause clearly we’re on a first name basis haha. but really you all know who I’m talking about here.
**Or as Hank would say I won’t see you and you won’t see me but you’ll read (?) me tomorrow…? Ok fine maybe that saying doesn’t work as well in blog form.
P.S. Sorry about the weird formatting in this post. I'm working off an older version of Word on someone else's computer and it's doesn't seem to want to play nice with blogger.
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