lmfao
I know the Superbowl was nearly a week ago, but after much consideration and consulting of the AdBlitz channel on YouTube, I can now announce my favorite commercial to be… I think it’s the “wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah” that gets me! Also, is that Bebe Neuwirth voicing the brown M&M? My other LMFAO-related [...]
pathos, nostalgia, and don draper
My latest post on the Rhetorical Theory Course Blog: You will hear more about Aristotle’s appeals in future chapters, but if you notice I’ve uploaded a document in D2L that outlines the three nicely. Regarding pathos, or the appeal to our emotions, it states, Language choice affects the audience’s emotional response, and emotional appeal can [...]
I’ll tumble for ya
As predicted, now that school has started, the gym is even more packed. That leads to hotter and sweatier group fitness classes and, if a certain fan isn’t on, very slippery floors. The past two classes I’ve taken I’ve ended up in my sock feet…but it’s always fun and I love shaking it to various [...]
Downton Abbeyoncé
This week, between workouts and the return to teaching, I have been drafting a post about my newly founded obsession with tumblr. I should get to publish that later this evening, but I wanted to quickly point out the site inspired me to create my tumblr account in the first place: Downton Abbeyoncé. I’ve been a [...]
my new year’s resolution
I MUST BLOG MORE! When I was leaving the gym yesterday I overheard an instructor saying how packed the classes will be once all the students come back to town. We were already a group of 50 but the number is bound to rise since we get two waves of new years’ resolution-ers here due [...]
the king’s speech
While reading Kyle’s informative post on “What Beethoven Means for The King’s Speech,” I was reminded of the beautiful montage the Academy created of the Best Picture nominees: More on this, and my beloved Colin Firth, when the DVD comes out in a couple weeks, but I wanted to post this while I still could [...]
stephen and stephen
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c March to Keep Fear Alive After the PBS showing of Stephen Sondheim’s birthday concert I began composing an “open letter” to this great man, brilliant lyricist, and musical genius. I’m still writing that and will share soon, but until then, enjoy this interview with him on [...]
bloggers on wheels
Rollerskates, to be precise! In a world where all things are converging, this pic [from left to right] features Kitty of Kitty’s Neverwear, me, and Fabulous Lorraine [FYI links lead to similar rollerskating-themed posts...great bloggers thing alike!]
Ultimate Pet Shop Boys
So not only do the Pet Shop Boys have a great new compilation out, with a fabulous single called “Together,” the video for it features everything I love: waltzing girls in petticoats, hip-hop dancing boys, folk-dancing moves in a club, and a rehearsal to performance motif! Not to mention a bench-sitting Chris and dog-on-leash standing [...]
podcast + wordle-like video = genius
I’ll try to give an update on my teaching, grant possibilities, and Dexter kitteh later, but I’m swamped with freshman papers to grade before I head to NOLA for a wedding this weekend. Til I do “get my blog on,” enjoy the brilliance that is Stephen Fry. While my “Good Morning, Madam” alarm clock isn’t [...]
tv on DVD
A major benefit to being done with the dissertation is that I can pay more attention to pop culture. Otherwise stated, I don’t have to feel guilty for watching television. I’ve already mentioned my love of Don Draper and MadMen, but there are all sorts of shows that I’ve recently discovered. Thanks to DVDs and [...]
speaking of dance videos…
Why didn’t this kind of stuff happen when I lived in Boston? See here and here for additional examples of Sound of Music-related flash mobs. Even if Julie Andrews doesn’t know about this phenomenon, Mashable does! And, somehow, all of that reminds me of this from 2007, which Henry Jenkins eloquently discussed in his post, [...]
GAGA
From LADY GAGA I have had the great fortune to see Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball twice now. Once last December in NOLA and then this week in St. Paul. [Thanks again @fablor!] Both times were amazing and I truly love her music, but despite her appeals to her fans AKA little monsters to be themselves [...]