A great Steve Irwin tribute after the jump:
I Won My First Tournament!
On It’s Your Turn:
Yes, that does say June 2005 and I faced 49 worthy opponents on the way to the crown.
If you think my head is getting too big, it’s my first championship in something like two dozen tourneys.
While I’m here doing my Happy Dance, do ya think I need to get out more? :-)
PCOTW - 09/24/2006
Continuing the tradition of the PostCard of the Week, courtesy of PostSecret:
Bad Music Video - 09/23/2006
If you watch enough movies and films over time, you like to think you can decipher the hidden messages behind the director’s symbology and use of sets and actors, but Men Without Hats stumped me on this 1982 video, their one claim to fame.
Maybe the problem starts with the song. Here’s the first set of lyrics:
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
‘Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance
Well they’re no friends of mine
I say, we can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind
And we can dance
How does that translate to a medieval theme in the video (and the dancing girl with weird eyes)? Besides, if I had friends, I’m pretty sure they don’t dance, either.
Somebody on Wikipedia wrote:
Though music fans have often interpreted the song as a metaphor of nuclear war, a call for safe sex, and even a protest against club slamdancing bans, group member Stefan Doroschuk said in an online interview that “The Safety Dance” is about nonconformism and everyone’s ability to leave their friends behind and strike out on their own. The music video showed the band orchestrating a Morris dance, in a scene reminiscent of The Wicker Man.
Yeah, right, whatever. I remember thinking at one time that the video looked a lot like this Ron Howard-directed movie from 1988, both of which feature a long-haired hero and his tiny sidekick.
In any case, if this entry seems all over the place, it’s only because the video is, too. Get ready to start bouncing.
Ladies and Gentlemen, after the jump, The Safety Dance