April 26, 2007
Am I Cool? Or Am I Nerd?****
(Sorry for the repeat info, Rosanne!)
So we had dinner out (in a real restaurant!) with some church folk today.
One of them was marveling over the stupid stuff at YouTube... apparently he’d just discovered it through some lazy coworkers who had the audacity to watch idiotic stuff while they were supposed to be working ...
So I proudly said, “I have something on YouTube!” and they asked, “What?!?!?!” and I said a short clip of Darth Vadar dancing*, and someone asked, “What’s he dancing to?” and I said, “Safety Dance” and someone around our age, who apparently has lived in a hole** all her life, said, “What’s Safety Dance?!?!?”
I had to say only the COOLEST song EVAH (next to anything Adam Ant did).***
They just didn’t get it.
(wanders away shaking head sadly)
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* You might have seen this before. And no, it's not new and improved.
Okay, in my defense, I didn't take the pictures, Gark did, so I only had a few images to work with. And the horrible quality is mostly YouTube's fault, it compressed it when I uploaded it. It looks really, uh, great here on my computer. Yeah. That's the ticket. On my computer? There's like costumes and a disco ball, too. No, really. And back-up singers.
** Um, no offense to anyone else who has also lived in a hole. I've heard they're nice.
*** Except that gorilla thing. Which is almost enough to make me crawl in a hole. We'll just pretend he's not related to his former self. 'Kay?
**** Uh, we better pretend that the subject is rhetorical, too, eh?
did you follow all those *'s ? A bit too many, I think. Even I got a little confused with the blog flow today. Consider it an exercise in creative mental path following. It's good for your brain. No, really.
What are the chances they drugged my beverage at the restaurant? The more I re-read my own entry, the more I'm thinking I'm on something.
Posted by Kim at April 26, 2007 10:54 PMomw... sammi and i were cracking up reading this post. especially your last sentence!
i remember safety dance!!
Posted by: staci at April 27, 2007 12:09 AMI remember the safety dance, too. Tee hee hee!
(((hugs))) have a wonderful Friday, dear Kim!
Posted by: Robin at April 27, 2007 12:21 AMI'm reading this pre-coffee and you lost me at Safety Dance! I'll be back later, when the wheels are actually turning, and follow your kindly-inserted links and also follow your funny, funny thoughts! ROFL! At least I know who Darth Vader is, even without coffee!
Posted by: Eowyn at April 27, 2007 7:38 AMHee. I followed it without a problem, which either means that the thoughts were flowing freely and logically and everything made perfect sense, or...not.
Posted by: Leigh at April 27, 2007 7:45 AMI have Safety Dance on my i-pod!! :)
I am continually amazed at how some people seem to miss whole chunks of pop culture...
You and I like a lot of the same things, so if you are a nerd, then I am too. Are you calling me a nerd???!!!??
J/K :)
PS: Hubby never knew anything about Adam Ant (or a lot of other cool music) so I fight the battle every day.... hee, hee
Posted by: Christina at April 27, 2007 7:45 AMOk, I couldn't wait for the coffee. Safety Dance is really funny, and Safety Darth is, too! NOW I remember the song, but must have been in a hole of my own making because I never watched the video. Also I am OLDER than you are! Anyway, way funny!
Posted by: Eowyn at April 27, 2007 7:46 AMWell, thankyouverymuch---now the RIMH is going crazy!!!!
Posted by: Becky at April 27, 2007 7:48 AMI can dance the Safety Dance! Weird Al's version "The Brady Bunch" is also classic. But, sorry, in a head-to-head death match, "Goody Two Shoes" wins every time.
Amazing how someone can be of the MTV generation and be clueless. Bet they've never heard of Buggles, either.
Posted by: Peggy at April 27, 2007 9:08 AMToo funny! I think you are definitely cool! I was able to follow all your *s...thanks for the brain workout!
Posted by: Mama Mia at April 27, 2007 10:09 AMLOL- how long will it take me to come up with a witty comment here....?
Long enough to let all the pictures you've posted in the last while load up onto my computer! Your vacation pics look great and now I can finally see the lockers.
*sigh* no witty comment...no appropriate lyrics....I must be losing my touch.
Posted by: Rosanne at April 27, 2007 10:20 AMhmmm I think this makes you both a nerd and cool, I totally missed out on the safety dance and after watching it I'm glad I did miss out :-)
Posted by: ethan at April 27, 2007 4:39 PMI remember Safety Dance but I don't think I ever saw that video. Must have been studying too much and not spending enough time watching MTV. I remember the Goody-Two shoes video though.
Posted by: karen at April 27, 2007 7:11 PMNerd! LOL!!! I remember safety dance! I lost touch with pop culture at the end of 1985. I got saved and felt convicted (music influenced me way more than it should have) so I gave it up. So I crawled into a hole for the remainder of the 80's.
I was just thinking recently that my kids (who listen to Christian music and radio exclusively) will not remember the secular songs of their generation. There are a few songs they know; the really popular ones that you can't help but know. But they'll remember the Christian music of their generation.
Oh, but they do know YouTube. And MySpace. (I'm hiding here). So they peak out of their holes once in a while.
P.S. I'm writing this tongue in cheek, so in your "feel guilty about everything" mind please don't think I took this the wrong way. :b
Re: Title of your post - YOU are so cool I can feeeeeeel the chill! ;)
Posted by: Eowyn at April 28, 2007 4:12 PMOkay ... I'm in the hole. THat song makes no sense to me ... and did people really do that dance? I've never seen that video. I guess I didn't watch enough MTV, or not in the right years. And I don't know Adam Ant, either. Maybe it's because I'm just a tiny bit younger than you are ... just a tiny bit, though. That was a weird video, but Safety Darth was cute.
Posted by: April at May 2, 2007 11:37 AM
