Worm Hole

The internet is a worm hole of things that once you see  they can't be unseen.  I had dinner with Lizzy the other week and compared notes on things that were oddly fascinating on YouTube. We joked about making a list of things that can't be unseen and are oddly fascinating and possibly quite awesome in its own way.  One snow day later and I have spent way too much time on the internet. I have an off the cuff list of ten videos on YouTube that will lurk in your brain.

1. Bushes of Love - by Bad Lip Reading
2. Do You Want to Date My Avatar  - by The Guild
3. My Plastic Chair Collection Candid Interview - Brian Ropar's Plastic Chair World
4. True Facts About the Sea Pig- by Zefrank1
5. Monster Roll- Dir. Dan Blank
6. Ready to Monday by Band of the Bold (part2)
7. Slayer - Payback (Ukelele Cover with Sarah Longfield) - by Rob Scallon
8. Sheep In The Island - by Koreatastic
9. The Fabulous Ones 80's Music Video
10. Henri - by Will Braden

The more I think about it, there are probably a lot more videos out there that could probably be dropped onto this list, but for the sake of keeping it short, this is my top ten. What sort of clips have you seen that you can not unseen?

Side note:
I really wanted to include Teddy Bear Surgery, but I decided that it might be too mentally scaring. It take a special sort of person to get through Teddy Bear Surgery and it should probably saved for people who are not mentally fragile. I don't want to be responsible for someone  crawling under the desk and rocking back and forth marveling and mumbling about how the end is nigh. (I know that now that I have said this, someone is going to look it up, but just remember I warned you. It isn't for the faint of heart.)

KEDi

I am surprised that the internet did not break for just a moment when KEDi was released, because as we all know, the backbone to the internet is cat videos.  KEDi is a documentary on the lives of several wild cats in Istanbul. I had the pleasure of watching this limited release in my local independent theater and would recommend it to anyone that loves cats.

One of the things that I find remarkable about this film, is that not only how is shows the wide variety of personalities that cats can have, but it also shows you some of the best aspects of humanity. It doesn't matter what religion you are, if you are kind. There is no greater kindness than being kind to some one or something that is often over looked. I think that KEDi is a much needed reminder that there is some good in the world.

You Goat Mail!

Friends that have a sense of humor are the best.  My dear friend, Steph has one of the best twisted sense of humors that I have ever had the chance to encounter. Not too long ago it was my birthday (we are not talking about my age) and she mailed me a package that she was snickering over for days before it arrived.  Her snickering over it, is enough to cause me some alarm, because I know what sort of packages I send that I snicker over. (You can acquire some really weird stuff, thanks to the internet.)

With trepidation I carefully opened the package and then laughed.  I goat mail. Not just any goat, but the Nubian goat with posable limbs. It is pretty awesome.  He came with a small informational tag about his history as a goat and a willingness to be hugged.  The only thing left is to come up with a suitable name.

I am not the greatest at picking out stuffed animal names.  I just got a small stuffed monkey not too long ago and while I was planning on calling it Mr. Monkey, (totally original) my husband decided that it's name was Vegeta Jr and only refers to it as Vegeta Jr.  Now that we have a goat as part of our family, he has some helpful name ideas.  His suggestions at the moment are: Goatar, Mutton and Gnar. I am still looking for a name and welcoming suggestions.

Scooby Apocalypse

When I was a kid, one of my  I favorite cartoons was Scooby Doo. I distinctly recall waking up and watching a million episodes on Saturday morning and loving every bit of it.  If Scooby Doo or Gilligan's Island were on, I was one happy kid.  I loved the monster of the week feel to it, that always turned out not to be a monster. I found humor in the way that Shaggy and Scooby could out weight their fear in a situation by the rumble of their stomachs and how every bad guy would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddlesome kids.

I am an adult now and I still have a nostalgic love for Scooby Doo.  I loved the episode of Venture Bros that re-imagined  the gang in a much darker light. (Season 2 Episode 11 "Viva Los Muertos!").  I tend to like dark comedy and Venture Bros may be one of my favorite adult cartoons, so that only added to my amusement of that particular episode. It cracked me up to no end, because it shed that feel that nothing bad ever happened in the Mystery Machine and everything always turns out fine in the end.

I know that I am giving a lot of back story, and it is hard to see where I am going, but I felt it was important when I try to explain how excited I was discovering Scooby Apocalypse at my local comic shop.   Despite the huge stack of books and comics that I need to read and finish reading, I had to have Scooby Apocalypse.

I devoured it like Shaggy and his Scooby snacks.  I love the way that the characters were re-imagined. They were fleshed out in a way that was not accomplished in the horrible live action movies and brushed over in the television show.   The comic gives them a rounded character  with history and incorporates in some nostalgic touches, such as well used catch phrases.  (Do you know how weird people at work look at you if you use the word jinkies? Spell check doesn't even like the word, and keeps replacing it with kinkiest.)

I don't want to spoil the comic for anyone, because I think it deserves a spot on the book shelf, but I will say that it does hold true the cartoon in the way that the monsters are people. Of course there is a twist, but that is part of the fun in reading the comic.  I