Yes, it's time for More Random Things You Probably Don't Care About!

[primroseburrows]

Yes, it's time for More Random Things You Probably Don't Care About!

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  I've been meaning to link this brilliant thing for days, but I keep forgetting to do it (moi? Forget something? How shocking!). See, this is why I could never live in Québec: I couldn't possibly live up to their motto. I'd be thrown out on my derriere.
  
  Anyway, here's the video. Hilarious and pathetically true:
  
  
  
  
  The guy who does the music is Eric Schwartz. I don't know anything about him, but the first thing read when I Googled him was "Eric Schwartz has morphed ADHD into Art", and that's all I really need to know. :D
  
  
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  This guy, I know. I grew up knowing him. Give up seven-ish minutes of your day to watch a real, old-school Democrat in action:
  
  
  
  
  Call it noblesse oblige if you must, but I don't see obligation, here, I see anger. Watching this makes my oft-flickering hope for America burn a bit brighter. Every time I turn around I'm more proud of my home state. Way to go, Senator.
  
  
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  [Poll #917984]
  
  
• and finally, a cool little meme:
  
  Reply to this and I will:
  1) Tell you why I friended you.
  2) Associate you with a song/movie.
  3) Tell a random fact about you.
  4) Tell my first memory of you.
  5) Associate you with an animal/fruit.
  6) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
  
  Reposting in your own LJ is encouraged, but not insisted upon. :)
  
  
• Okay, must go. Off to songdog's house!

Comments

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

I had trouble with the poll, because any number of things can "make" a song patriotic. It would have been easier to say what I like in a song, or what in a song can evoke patriotism for me.

But I'm feeling intellectually sluggish today, so I'm dodging the question.

I think my favorite US patriotic song would have to be "This Land Is Your Land", because of the lyrics, because of Woody Guthrie and all the things he stood for and fought for, because of my memories of singing it along with Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul, and Mary, and a lot more. It's not the prettiest, but it carries tremendous meaning for me on a lot of levels.

"Rant and Roar" might be my favorite patriotic song for another country, though it's entirely specific to Newfoundland rather than the entire nation of Canada. I love it because of what it means to the GBS boys, and what you can see on their faces and hear in their voices when they sing it.

Meme me?

Though I'll refrain from posting it in my own LJ, because the thought of potentially doing this for over 250 people freaks me right the hell out.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite US patriotic song would have to be "This Land Is Your Land", because of the lyrics, because of Woody Guthrie and all the things he stood for and fought for, because of my memories of singing it along with Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul, and Mary, and a lot more. It's not the prettiest, but it carries tremendous meaning for me on a lot of levels.

Yep. But only with all the verses. :)