MVOTD: Donghae & Eunhyuk (Day 129)

Donghae and Eunhyuk's song Oppa Oppa has been a minor source of contention this month. Some thought that the afro wigs in the official SMTOWN version were too much, and ruined Eunhyuk and Donghae's image. Others loved the wigs and thought they were a great addition. Mild arguments ensued. Despite all this both groups still appreciated the song.

Enter Shindong's video edit version of Oppa Oppa. It does what few other officially endorsed music videos do...have the stars dance in a parking lot. Oddly enough, it seems to have soothed the anti-wig faction. Whatever. Either way it's cute.

Reminising on German Class (Day 130)

Today, as I was chatting with my mom about songs from my elementary German class, I was reminded about a dear friend Poppinheimer. When I was young and thought that I was old and mature (about grade 6), my class would beg our German teacher to let us watch Poppinheimer videos...and then we would sing along to the theme song. We were soooo cool.

Now that you are wondering what Poppinheimer is, the answer. "Poppinheimer" was our name for German educational videos featuring an older man who lived in a winnibego. He would come out of his winnibego and sing a (bad) song while playing the piano attached to his winnibego door. After playing his song (which we all just sang along to) he would tell a story about his German family over in Germany, thus giving the viewer the chance to learn some German words and German culture. Basically it was a great cheesy educational show.

Now the issue. Mom doesn't know the Poppinheimer song. My little brother only recognizes it (apparently my class was the only one that liked to sing along). I thought I would show them it on Youtube. False. I can't find it. Poppenheimer is some German group I've never heard of, and there is not a peep about the educational show I watched as a child. Thus, my question is, what was the real name of the show (because it clearly wasn't Poppinheimer)? Please let me know if you recongize my description of it. The lyrics to the theme song are as such;

Have I got a story for you, my friend.
Have I got a story for you.
Well it might be a song we can just pretend.
But for you it can even come true.
Of people, and of places, and of reasons for things.
What they do, what they say, and of what each one sings.
Have I got a story for you, my friend?
Yes, I do, have story for you.
And especially, you! (the piano plunk goes at this point)

Monday Review: Thor (Day 129)

I recently had the good fortune to watch Thor, and the even better fortune to watch it with people who make fun of movies as much as I do. It was an enjoyable experience.

Best parts
Hitting Thor with a vehicle...twice, Thor's epic lines, Loki's costume, the gatekeeper.

Worst parts
Tedious backstory and all the Odin references. Examples: Odin-sleep.

Plot Summary
Natalie Portman is a hungry scientist type person looking for love wierd climate conditions. Thor is a bad boy who didn't listen to his father and so got sent through the super rainbow wormhole to earth, where he promptly got hit by a funny looking van. He says funnycrazy things. He is sent to, and escapes from a hospital, only to get hit by a vehicle...again. He tries to take the sword hammer from the stone, fails, and spend the rest of his time trying to figure out how to be a good guy. Fortunately for him, Natalie Portman shows him how to be a good guy, he gets the hammer back, and races off to Asgard to find out that his brother is an ice giant crazed with power. Epic fights ensue. Rainbow bridges are broken. People are sad. The end. The only question that remains is how he gets back to earth for the Avengers movie.

Some Assessment
Thor had a good start - all minute of it. The weather chasing scene was tense enough to create interest, and mysterious enough (because they hit a "mysterious" guy with their giant weather van) that it tided the viewer over the awkward/dull/tedious backstory. Mostly I didn't like it because Thor started off as such an unlikeable character. He was so high school. Returning to the story on Earth was a relief, but it was nice to return to Asgard (insert Stargate joke here) and it's rainbow bridge for the development of the plot arch. Maybe it's because costumes really make super hero movies. Best of all was Thor striding around Nowhere'sville like he owned the place. His one liners were epic, and turned the movie from a serious super hero flick into a super hero flick/comedy. I give Thor a 4 out of 5, because as super hero movies go, it was pretty good.

MVOTD: Martin (Day 128)

Before there was SHINee's Love Like Oxygen, there was Martin. His song Show The World is the same song, but in English. My favourite line is the one about, "I can feel sparkles inside". What does that even mean? I don't know, but it really makes the song.

 

Stuff (Day 128)

This week, while visiting my cousins, my uncle came into the dining room and said, very seriously, " Katelyn, I need you to clean the Batmobile."

Funny? Yes. Enough said.

MVOTD: Hello (Day 127)

What song is best for the first day of a new year? Why, "Hello" of course, by SHINee of SM Entertainment. What a happy and cheerful way to begin the year.

How To Be Pretentious: Another Idea (Day 127)

How To Be Pretentious: Dinner Parties

In the pursuit of warding off pretentious people, becoming pretentious yourself is one option. One way to do this is the dinner party. Step 1 is the dishes.

For hosting, it is important to be natural. Therefore, purge your cabinets of your normal microwavable plates and bowls. From now on you use china for everything. If possible, get two or more sets (with tea cups and saucers), so that you can use, "the less formal set". A good place to get china is thrift shops. Anything pretty that says "royal" on the bottom should be good. Once you have these, you should be ready to be a hoity toity host at a moments notice.