Whilst marking time today during an ad break, I flicked across to one of the music channels and saw the music video to ‘Tragedy’ by Steps. Towards the end of the song I was struck by how the two guys rescue three brides and I asked myself why they would do something like that after all surely they only need one each?
I came up with three possible explanations…
The third had been “rescued” (and I use the term advisedly) in order to be married to Pete Waterman, who cameos in the video and was the man behind Steps’ success.
‘H’ didn’t stand for hyperactive as was commonly thought, it actually stood for horny - But they couldn’t admit that because of Steps’ wholesome image.
Somewhere up there there is a God and H and the other guy were kidnapping Lisa Scott Lee as a precursor to putting her in a time machine and sending her forward in time 10 years to me…
When I was at uni I suspect managed to wind up holding a record for bars stripped in at uni, however being a photographer has taught me the danger of over exposure and so despite hearing 3 of the 4 songs I have stripped to in the past at the Summer Longest Day I was able to restrain myself and so the only over exposure was on the photos.
I think it may mean that my camera is after almost 120,000 photos, finally borked. It seems to work fine without a flash, but I kind of always need the flash when working indoors at night - I did manage to compensate for it to a large degree, but I could only do so much so sorry if you photo wasn’t one I was able to save. The photos will be up here imminently and are already up onFacebookaswell.
However thanks to a Facebook application called Nations, which is a rip off of Nation States, (a site I used to have an account on several years ago) I am now the leader of the Dictatorship of Diktat which after my enacting of a few laws is summed up as:
The Dictatorship of Diktat is commanded by Commander David Hutchison. The electoral process relies mainly upon a single party system where any adversaries are dragged to the streets and shot. Technology is at the forefront of scientific research and the nation flourishes with superior communication and means of production. Advancement in medical practices has produced efficient health care practices, but only the privileged can afford the rising costs.
Most citizens follow a generic code of conduct which produces a somewhat safe environment, but personal safety is largely product of personal ability. This nation has a growing military force, though the majority of its ranks are devoted to a marching band which plays at civic and government functions. Citizens are allowed to privately practice any religion which is officially approved by the government. Education in Diktat is of great importance and vouchers are given to any student who cannot afford schooling.
This country is beginning to adopt many environmentally responsible practices, although any company with enough money can buy the right to disregard any practice they deem appropriate. This government allows each citizen the right to own a business, with the understanding that said business will be assigned to them through a lengthy application process, and freedom of speech has recently been allotted to the citizenship of Diktat, but consequences for what citizens freely say are still enforced.
Less you think I am an unjust man I wouldlik to bring your attention to the most recent laws I have passed to encourage the economy, protect the enviroment and ensure a culture superior to that found in a bottle of milk kept in a broken fridge, as I have:
Announced the date for the ground breaking of the first national school for the advancement of music and the arts.
Approved funding for devices which will greatly increase the reliability of communication, creating new jobs in the process.
Agreed to restrict the production of paper products in efforts to pursue a more responsible nation-wide recycling program.
*The law concerning slow walkers would be a three stikes and you are out principle - If you are too slow and I am behind you I will use a cattle prod on a low setting to encourage you to move your ass. The second strike would be if you don’t speed up or get out of the way a much larger shock, but not one large enough to actually incapacitate, after all the idea is to get people out of the way and not passed out unconcious blocking your way so that you have to step over them. This is where the third stike comes in a simple disintergration ray which provides a quick and painless death to the offender and yet speeds me on my way at the same time.
No reviews this Eurovision this year I am afraid, as unlike previousyears I wasn’t able to watch all of it - Although if for some reason it is avaliable on demand on the TV or I get bored enough to find all of the entries on YouTube I may still yet do a Eurovison round up.
That said I have to admit that I other than the fact we only got 14 points, we didn’t go too wrong this year with our entry. It’s certainly better than some of our other recent entries *cough*Gemini*cough*. It may not be a classic, but it’s catchy enough - The performance, was a bit static and maybe there should have been some dancers, but as everyone knows Eurovision IS about the music and not the dancers.
Now lets have a quick look at the Russian entry, an R’n'B song that sounds hell of a lot like another song which I can’t quite place at the moment. It might just be a sample, but it might just be a blatant rip off. As to the performance itself, it was a lot more dynamic with the ice skater showing off. Personally however I feel it deserved the 272 it accrued about as much as we deserved to score the meagre 14 points we got.
So what is my cunning plan to win Eurovision? It’s simple. All the UK has to do is break up and each county becomes it’s own country and then the Scotland will win Eurovision, as the former counties of England and Wales will vote for them to avoid having their oil supplies cut off.
In the absense of me having done anything interesting of late, or even taken many photos here is a YouTube video that appeals to my sense of humour - A mathematical parody of a popular song entitled, “I Will Derive”.
I myself have parodied I Will Survive, but my parody pertained to drag. I have however written mathematical parodies before as when in 6th Form at school I produced Mathematics Rhapsody out of sheer boredom in a maths lesson. Sadly a full copy of the original text does not exist, but if I get bored enough this week I will rederive* it and post the text with full notes later in the week. Hopefully though for your sakes I will not get that bored though.
Whilst ambling across the Internet today I stumbled across this YouTube video:
What caught my eye, or rather ear was the music that was being used for the video - It was rather enjoyable pop and so I decided to look up a little bit of information about the band and see if they had done anything else worth listening to. A quick Google search later and I’d found out that Tilly and the Wall, are from Nebraska, took their name from a children’s book and have a tap dancer instead of a drummer.
This last fact intrigued me greatly and so it was back to YouTube to find some more of their songs, as the song that had first caught my ear didn’t really hint at this peculiarity of theirs and I was curious to see how well it works having a Fred Astaire instead of a Phil Collins as a part of the band and I reckon that it works rather well:
