Silent Monks

If you haven't seen this, get ready. I was the 8,508,753rd viewer so perhaps you saw it before me. It's still worth another look to make you smile.

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Shamelessly stealing this from Michael J Malone at May Contain Nuts who shared the original yessterday. I'm just a cheap sap who found herself with hair raising shivers of enjoyment as I watched the T-Mobile ad taken at Heathrow - several times.



and below, the video of the making of the ad is priceless, with singing actors coming up to unsuspecting travelers. Don't you wish you'd been there?

GLEEEEE

With all the talk on Blame it on the Muse about music stirring the creative juices, I decided to sit down and update my ipod with my treadmill music. This song by Queen kept running through my head then I realized I'd watched the episode of Glee where they do a great rendition of Somebody to Love. So I got pulled into YouTube and found them performing it on Oprah.

Enjoy!

Bobble-heads unite!

I often listen to music to obtain a certain mood or inspiration for the scene I'm in. That's not why I posted these Paul Simon vids though. Nothing says joy like the Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo songs from his Graceland album. Enjoy, while I work out some worldbuilding details on Tempest Rising.

This one, You Can Call Me Al, has given me a pulled muscle twice on the treadmill. You might look like a bobble-head while you're listening but don't let it keep you from getting up and dancing.
Yeah!

I Know what I Know

Shades of Shakira!! I love African dance and choral music. So when I was looking for a video Michael Malone had posted, I found this:



I have to have one of those skirts. It makes the dance! At first I couldn't figure out how they move their feet and hips at the same time. Apparently, they 'shake it' so hard, they lift their feet off the ground. How fun. How many calories do you reckon they generate?

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo,  I Know What I Know.


I think I'll treat you and me both to a couple of these this week.

Joie de Vive

Michael Malone posted this video on his site and I think it qualifies for my Joie de Vive category. Gary Vaynerchuk is passionate about people doing what they love and taking responsibility for getting it done. No easy answers. Michael you may have created a monster, I took Friday and Saturday off...

Do yourself a favor watch this video a couple times a month, at least.

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Two videos to share with you this week to make you smile. If you watch this one without feeling happy, make an appointment with a professional.








I am in awe of this guy - for his singing talent and his expertise with video. Un-frickin believable! I want to hear you singing along.

Joie de Vive

Leah sent this to me and I've shamlessly put it on my blog because I want to always have a record of this wonderful group of people with their joie de vive.

If you don't wish you knew them or at least that you'd attended this event, you are dead. It's all over. Call the Undertaker!



Know any weddings better than that? These friends must love the bride and groom because I know at least one of those guys said, "Hey, what?! Not me." But did it anyway. What love.