Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Music, music, music
I've been watching videos on YouTube for over an hour (thanks to an unprecedented good satellite Internet connection), mostly by Celtic Woman and Andrea Bocelli. Being the chick I am, I thought I'd share.
First, Signore Bocelli. This is the first song I ever heard him sing, and I've been a little in love with him ever since. Over the years, as well as his amazing solo career, he's had many notable partnerships, from Luciano Pavarotti and Sarah Brightman ("Con Te Partiro") to Celine Dion ("The Prayer") and Christina Aguilera ("Somos Novios"). However, this will always be my favorite. Even Elizabeth Taylor gets a look of pure joy listening to him sing. I always get goosebumps.
And then there's Celtic Woman. This is my absolute favorite song by them, and I always tear up. The second singer with long blonde hair and blue top (Chloe Agnew) was only about 15 at this performance.
And because I can't resist, my mom's favorite song since she got to see these ladies last November. It's even her ring tone.
First, Signore Bocelli. This is the first song I ever heard him sing, and I've been a little in love with him ever since. Over the years, as well as his amazing solo career, he's had many notable partnerships, from Luciano Pavarotti and Sarah Brightman ("Con Te Partiro") to Celine Dion ("The Prayer") and Christina Aguilera ("Somos Novios"). However, this will always be my favorite. Even Elizabeth Taylor gets a look of pure joy listening to him sing. I always get goosebumps.
And then there's Celtic Woman. This is my absolute favorite song by them, and I always tear up. The second singer with long blonde hair and blue top (Chloe Agnew) was only about 15 at this performance.
And because I can't resist, my mom's favorite song since she got to see these ladies last November. It's even her ring tone.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Birds
Apparently web users are all a-flutter (sorry, couldn't resist) over this flock of starlings in Denmark. I grew up in Kansas, so I've seen things like this dozens of times, albeit not for this length of time. It's pretty hypnotic.
What you don't get in this video, though, is the utter RACKET a flock of starlings can make. Or the mess. Those aren't so hypnotic.
What you don't get in this video, though, is the utter RACKET a flock of starlings can make. Or the mess. Those aren't so hypnotic.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Geeks with Cats
I found this to be incredibly amusing. And yes, my parents engage in corporal cuddling with their cats.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
The Right Place
We all get those days where we feel stressed, whiny, etc. We feel like we've lost touch with our dreams, that we'll never achieve them. Sometimes, what we need is a shift in perspective to get us thinking about those dreams and our happiness. I've had two today in the span of two and a half hours.
The first: An episode of Babylon 5 (did I mention I now have the complete series on DVD?). It was a science fiction series of course, but its creator/writer J. Michael Straczynski had some pretty profound things to say. Today, in the second season episode "A Distant Star," Captain Sheridan wonders if Earth President Clark made the right choice in naming him the new commander of B5. Delenn, ever the philosopher, remarks, "The Universe puts us in places where we can learn. They are never easy places, but they are right. Wherever we are is the right place at the right time. The pain that sometimes comes is part of the process of constantly being born." We are constantly changing -- as a species, as individuals -- constantly growing, constantly remodeling our goals, our needs, our beliefs. We are constantly being born. While it is difficult to comprehend why the Universe allows war and sickness and poverty and particularly gimpy days and delays in getting that computer and putting students in charge of things they have to rearrange their schedules for, it is comforting to know I am in the right place. The fact that I ultimately get back on that plane and return to New Orleans means I am in the right place. Sure, I don't have that thought in my head every moment of every day, but I do eventually remember it. Other days I rail against it, but I always come back to it and find some peace within it. I am in the right place.
The second: A modified, shorter version of Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch's "last lecture" (video below). The complete original lecture, with closed captioning, can be found here. The part that really resonated with me was when he said brick walls are put in our path for a reason -- to test how badly we want something. In everything that's happened in the last two and a half years, I'd lost sight of what was important to me.
At least, I thought I had.
Hurricane Katrina. Kidney stones. Acidosis. Numb bum. Another kidney stone. All Paul's illnesses. Blood clot. Depression. Paul's death. Dad's prostate cancer.
And yet, I kept coming back to New Orleans. I moved back after the hurricane. I returned after every trip home though 80% of me wanted to stay. I guess I hadn't forgotten what was important to me -- at least on the subconscious level.
I am in the right place, and I badly want this.
The first: An episode of Babylon 5 (did I mention I now have the complete series on DVD?). It was a science fiction series of course, but its creator/writer J. Michael Straczynski had some pretty profound things to say. Today, in the second season episode "A Distant Star," Captain Sheridan wonders if Earth President Clark made the right choice in naming him the new commander of B5. Delenn, ever the philosopher, remarks, "The Universe puts us in places where we can learn. They are never easy places, but they are right. Wherever we are is the right place at the right time. The pain that sometimes comes is part of the process of constantly being born." We are constantly changing -- as a species, as individuals -- constantly growing, constantly remodeling our goals, our needs, our beliefs. We are constantly being born. While it is difficult to comprehend why the Universe allows war and sickness and poverty and particularly gimpy days and delays in getting that computer and putting students in charge of things they have to rearrange their schedules for, it is comforting to know I am in the right place. The fact that I ultimately get back on that plane and return to New Orleans means I am in the right place. Sure, I don't have that thought in my head every moment of every day, but I do eventually remember it. Other days I rail against it, but I always come back to it and find some peace within it. I am in the right place.
The second: A modified, shorter version of Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch's "last lecture" (video below). The complete original lecture, with closed captioning, can be found here. The part that really resonated with me was when he said brick walls are put in our path for a reason -- to test how badly we want something. In everything that's happened in the last two and a half years, I'd lost sight of what was important to me.
At least, I thought I had.
Hurricane Katrina. Kidney stones. Acidosis. Numb bum. Another kidney stone. All Paul's illnesses. Blood clot. Depression. Paul's death. Dad's prostate cancer.
And yet, I kept coming back to New Orleans. I moved back after the hurricane. I returned after every trip home though 80% of me wanted to stay. I guess I hadn't forgotten what was important to me -- at least on the subconscious level.
I am in the right place, and I badly want this.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Groovy gimp videos
This first is thanks to my friend Kim. This one was posted by the same person.
Now if my apartment complex would learn a lesson from these. Maybe if I say the automated door is for enrichment?
Now if my apartment complex would learn a lesson from these. Maybe if I say the automated door is for enrichment?