I have often wondered what English sounds like to foreigners

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Here's a music video of a song some Italian singer wrote in gibberish to demonstrate what English sounds like to non-native speakers. The dance moves are delightful. We sound like pop-music from the late-70's, apparently.

via Hermaunatic Circle via EC's Reluctant Habits

p.s. yes, this may be part of a holiday blog binge. the holidays send all my unhealthy behaviors raging to the surface. raging.

The half-bow with a broach! Gtfo, consider it done!

P, it's been a while and I'm pretty sure I've seen you bust a scarf muffler style, but back before the days of the obnoxiously ubiquitous kefiyeh I remember you wondering how to tie a scarf to make it look like a collar. I always end up just knotting and tucking things in all willy-nilly, but this video has some fun little ideas. I, obviously, like the half-bow, but there's a couple others that I'll be trying out. I got a scarf from my brother and his gf. It's a big square, and I wasn't sure how to wear it so I hit the interwebs. Not much help for the odd shape but whatever. The scarf's print is of a huge kitty-cat face! Love it! Don't so much love the mixed-animal-print border and the 80's color combos, but I'm not complaining. I like.

For my Potterhead friends: Dangerous Minds meets Harry Potter

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child exploitation &/or warm-fuzzies

I'm a sucker for a good fairy tale. Plus, just hearing her say the names of animals makes me smile (cheesy, but true, straight-up warm-fuzzies).

Naturally, I looked into it--Capucine's video popularity--and it's a bit unnerving, to most onlookers, myself included, there's a shadow of child exploitation, not unlike any other manifestation of child stardom (see Bruno). It just feels a little, aht, I don't know. Wrong? But maybe not. The thing is... they're now trying to raise money for Edurelief for children in Mongolia, so that counts for something. If you can put my debbie-downer-child-exploitation-thoughts behind you, then go ahead and watch the video below. It's following Capucine around Paris and captures some of that magical wonder of being a child, seeing things new. I want to say it seems very French, but I think what I would mean by that is it's reminiscent of the spirit of Amelie.

Week-end in Paris from Capucha on Vimeo.

The videos are part of her mom's Vimeo project, but the top one requires permission (hence it's YouTube'd) Go to her Vimeo page to see better quality and more videos and decide for yourself about the c.e.

I get high on baby hugs.

This one goes out to Matt Snelson. So you're part of a stay-at-home-couple but still...

A year-and-a-half to life, adventure, it's my new theme

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

-G.K. Chesterton

I'm trying to be brave.

This is eerily close to my experience last night at the gym

Imagine this taking place at the gym. She's on the elliptical...I didn't give him my number.

Zeroes aaaand Ones...Happy Birthday Barcode!

In honor of Google-says-barcodify-yourself-Day you might want to do a few things:

1) Listen to Rilo Kiley's "Science vs Romance" here (you'll be singing "zeroes aaaand ooones!" then........................................................................................................

2) Barcodify yourself. See your future name here. Science wins, duh.

open your arms, yeah it's gonna hurt you

So you turn another year
Talkin' about crucifying
You've been saving all your fear
Wanna put it on a fire
Let it burn to the sky, fly away
like little birds flying to the sun

Boy unconscious do
New York to Carolina,
You've been doing what you're doing
Would you wanna get higher
Let your heart grow and open your arms
like the rays of the sun

Nothing gonna hurt you, open your arms
Nothing gonna hurt you, be a fool
Nothing gonna hurt you

Step back, step back
What you're sayings not true
It's a cruel world
And it will hurt you
It will tear you down
and steal everything you ever try to do

I know that voice too
Too well it's true
And that's what people do
What are you gonna do?
You gonna live in fear
you gon' stand up and sing your truth

Yeah
Open your arms, yeah it's gonna hurt you
Open your arms, be a fool
Open your arms...

Open your arms, yeah it's gonna hurt you
Open your arms, be a fool
Open your arms

Wisdom, compassion
That snake is bound to bite ya
Wisdom, compassion
That snake is bound to bite ya
Wisdom, compassion
That snake is bound to bite ya
Wisdom, compassion
That snake is bound to bite ya

lyrics: Sean Hayes. song: Fool. album: Big Black Hole and the Little Baby Star.

If you haven't heard of Mr. Hayes, please enlighten yourself. You should hear the song, do justice to the words.

P.s. the music is folky, not emo, though I am emo, obviously.

There's gonna be tons of hype, so it will probably let us down, but the cast is unreal