Videos are the new pajamas

Because I cannot give you all Christmas Eve pajamas via my blog and my sister is forbidding me from posting the pic of my whole fam in our footie PJs from mom, I am posting the top three videos that got me through the semester.

The videos that kept my roommate running into my room to see what the fuss was about.

Yep, it's this one again... Yep, I'm lame... Yep, you're laughing at me... OK...


And like Christmas Eve pajamas, these should come as no surprise to loyal followers, as I've posted these before. But, to follow my first argument, they are funny enough to watch again. And again...

In no particular order, there was AUTOTUNED OBAMA:

TRACY (pronounced "Tray-say")

and...who needs Rosetta Stone when you have MIRANDA teaching you "pretty much a lot of the Mexican language?"

Haters back off!

So my roommate showed me this outrageous girl "MirandaSings08" on YouTube.

of course, because I am a pseudo-journalist, I had to find out WHO she really was...after a little clicking around turns out she's an actress in the L.A. Broadway community and 'Miranda' is her fabricated YouTube persona.

She basically rips off people who record themselves and think they're famous because of their homemade videos. Genius.


She Wolf. I watch this daily...judge me.




I told my roommate to consult this one for Spanish help...



And this is her in NYC. She explains how to hail a cab around 1:30...SO funny. haha!



I laugh out loud every time.

And here's her (Colleen Ballinger) singing for real.

Hilarious. Ok, I need to go do some sprints or something...I'm clearly crazy.

Plus none is the best number!

I don't know why I feel preempted to tell you to hang tight! a blog redesign is in the works! My previous template malfunctioned!...

but alas, here I am, in stark white 'Minima,' telling you.

(Amazing what self-restraint and also obligation I feel on this medium, despite it originally being my place to vent some more negative thoughts and ideas.)

Transitioning...


I need to get into Ugly Betty. I tried to one time, but it made me dizzy with all the sets constantly looking like pop-art, like an even more tricked out version of the spaceship in Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century ... (but maybe that was the time I was semi-addicted to narcotics. OK.)

Does anyone else remember this?! By far, my favorite Disney Channel Original Movie...



ALSO: "The Galaxy is Ours" from the Zequel ... YOU ARE WELCOME.


Anyway, Tara posted the following clip, and I think it is fabulously empowering and fit for yet another Monday. Cheers!

Mind blowing

Too often recently, I've gotten bogged down by how competitive our world has become.

Then at a family dinner this past weekend, words came out of my mouth from nowhere how excited I was at the unlimited possibilities in front of me.
(A lesson in attitude.)

The stream of facts in this video are mind blowing.
I know, I say a lot of things are 'mind-blowing' but seriously, this time I'm serious ;)

The future is overwhelming, but oh-so exciting!



Thanks to the cutest scientist in the world, Krystyna! xo


In other news, I received 2 blog awards from my new Provhoe girl crush, Meg.


I recall a post I read once (can't remember where! dang) that questioned where the H blog awards come from and what their purpose serves...
but you know what, it's still midterms time and I will take any positivity I can get! Thank you sweetheart!

So do I pass them off or something? Ok...

1) To Chelsea Talks Smack...because she's clever and angst-y, and I dig that.

2) To Turralurr...because Chipman Hall 3219 is where it was at 4 years ago. One of my first great memories was when she, an upstate NY native, properly stymied my excitement at the first snowfall of Fall 2005, as she fell over laughing at my "Is this a blizzard?!" query.

3) To Alli- my very first friend down when we lived at the beach...(I had a CHARMED childhood). When she was at NYU, she worked at a really swank hotel, once delivering a steak to Snoop Dogg's room at 3AM. Now she courageously chronicles her battle with cancer.
Please send her love and prayers.

4) To Courtney Elle...we were actually baptized together on the same day way back when (along with Kristen who is serving a mission in Mongolia)...and we're going to live in Hawaii together next year. Love her!!!

5) Paige. Because she's the definition of precious with her ample use of the word 'precious' and I feel terrible I haven't been to two of her parties this semester. AH.

6) Martha. We've kind of woven in and out of each others lives since fall of freshman year, when she was living with my beach volleyball buddy friend Tresa. I like her mind.

And all of my Comms friends (@courtney, @kate, @sponge, @mle, @rica, @yecart, @lumanizer, @siovhan, ETC), consider yourself also knighted.

Actually, everyone who is still reading this post, please feel free to take! I hate excluding people. XO

Another one for the Garden State!

Remember "Chandeleeeahhhs"??!!

Few things are more astonishing or more laughable than a nice thick Jersey accent.

Just about the cutest thing.

The last time math was fun was when my middle school algebra teacher did a "NEAR...FAR" Grover imitation (with hands flailing- he was hysterical) to better explain the concept of positive and negative numbers.

What's your favorite Sesame Street memory?

Shout out to Denmark

I know I know I'm not supposed to be blogging. It's one of the things I thought about in my hour spent in the fetal position.

Anyway,

So regardless of the fact I'm practically 20th generation American (one on the Mayflower even), half my ancestry is Danish.

I mean, how did you think one could be called "shorty/runt/petite" by family at 5-feet-11 & 3/4 inches?

(Precise fractionated height due to being measured at a morning doctor's appointment a couple days ago. Maybe I'm really 6' at high-noon? What is 1/4 inch anyway: the flattest of flats put me at 6')

So needless to say I've been obsessed with all the talented Miss Brittany has done in Copenhagen...like this post and her blog in general. ("Brilliant")

And watch for the Danish shout out in this hilarious new ad campaign.

I believe in Denmark...after all, it's why I'm standing here today: all 5' 11 & 3/4 inches.

My grandpa YouTubes

And emailed me this gem.



What's next, Facebook?

(Yes I'm back on it...I found relevancy. Woe is me.)

Prisoners on a pedestal

I personally believe the incarcerated shouldn't be placed on a pedestal, (and neither MJ, really)...

BUT this is mind-blowing.



A Philippino Re-Investment Act at work?

Thanks boo ;)

SoCal in a nutshell?

Saw this on dear cousin Marian's blog....




Hahaha...must be from Orange County...;)

Also, should I be proud or ashamed that I understand all the lingo he verbalizes? Thoughts? :)

Enough said.

To take our minds off the hour of sleep we will not 'retrieve again' until this coming autumnal season, let's watch some YouTube.

Thanks to sister for this one:




And to Kate for giving me a better picture of what my mom will be like reincarnated: