There are also songs that make me think of childhood moments- I remember my mom singing Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” in our green Buick Skylark, I remember hearing “Horse with No Name” in the same car and really wondering what the hell that was all about.
Yesterday I heard Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” and was immediately transported back to my family’s living room circa the late 1970s. This video plays through my head every single time I hear this song. I kid you not.
So, how was your day? Feel free to discuss it, musical flashbacks or the Muppets as you see fit!
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Momentary rant St. Patrick’s Day-related rant: Nike, YOU SUCK EVEN MORE THAN I ALREADY THOUGHT YOU SUCKED
“Is there no one at Nike able to Google Black and Tan?”
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/8aced6bd-517f-4109-9d1d-50d3feb92139.aspx
Indeed. It’s like selling a lipstick called “Khmer Rouge” in Cambodia.
Wowww…the unintentional crappiness of that level of ignorance (A terrorist group! Releasing ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY) is astounding. Ugh.
Literally the first result when you google ‘black and tan’ is the wikipedia entry on the Black and Tans. Not the drink, and not the shoes. How lazy are their marketing department?? The St. Patrick’s Day thing is just an extra layer of slap in the face – Irish people drink! Irish people drink more on St. Patrick’s Day! Shoes for all!!! RARRRGHH.
I feel a little embarrassed that I hadn’t heard of this group before you mentioned it. I wonder if this is another piece of the US media’s failure to not only educate US citizens on things important in the rest of the world, but also to place any real non-sensationalized significance on the happenings in other countries (outside of, what does this mean for Amurrica??).
The fact that these are US companies doing this only further strengthens this idea in my mind. (Of course, the US isn’t the only country that is bad about it…but it is certainly pretty far down on the “global consideration scale”)
But, now I’m reading the Wikipedia entry, so thank you for bringing it up.
I also file the US’s glorification of St. Patrick’s Day under the Do Not Like folder.
No need to be embarrassed, I’m know there’s loads of other countries’ histories I don’t know. But not knowing and not even realising you might not know are two different things. And now they’ve apologised but haven’t said if they’re going to change the name or not.
This is definitely a good point. Especially if they don’t freaking change the name!
My mom used to sing me For What It’s Worth as a lullaby.
It’s really no wonder I turned out the way I did.
After two lovely sunny days, it’s all gray again over here. Meh. And I also have to refrain myself from Eating All The Things.
But I’m healthy and working at a steady pace and tonight we’re going to a restaurant so I’m going to grab positivity and wrestle it done for my own sake.
I’m sending extra rays of positivity your way! …You might want to open the door to let them in. :)
If you can send them a bit from the South? I prefer to have my balcony door open than my front.
It’s going to be 73 degrees today! Ahhhhh, perfect temperature.
Have a flower.
No, you
Daffodils are such happy flowers. They make me smile : )
The funny thing (for me) is that in Dutch they are called Narcis (narcissistic, anyone?) which is like the complete opposite because they’re so beaming and giving (and this is me reading too much into a flower).
In Irish it’s “lus an chromchinn” which is roughly “plant with the head hanging down”. I think I prefer “daffodil” or even “narcissus” (the Latin name).
They use that name all the time? Not shorten it to ‘lus’ ie: some lusses by the road side?
Nah, ‘lus’ means ‘plant/herb’ so it’s a bit nonspecific (not as bad as ‘oograh’, though:) ). Irish doesn’t have words for ‘yes’ or ‘no’, long phrases are no problem.
Hahahaha, oh dear.
Also, the words for ‘soup’ and ‘sauce’ are the same, too. Which is not the worst thing that could happen…
Really, there’s no “yes” or “no”? Whoa. What happens when someone asks, well, a yes-or-no question, i.e. Do you want a cookie?
You say “I do want” or “I don’t want” (or “sure” or “thanks” or whatever:) )
Q: Ar mhaith leat briosca? A: Ba mhaith liom/cinnte/go raibh maith agat .
I don’t think Irish is the only language that does this, either, I have Thai in my head as another example…
Huh. I had no idea!
Lovely!
I have today off. I’m going to do some spring cleaning (somehow sounds nicer than just “cleaning.”)
So much better than “cleaning”. It implies dancing around with a broom and open windows.
LOOK AT THIS DOG. How is it doing this?
http://animalsbeingdicks.com/post/14165453105/barkour
Holy fucking shit. That…is amazing.