Happy Thanksgivukkah! First time since 1888!

I saw a very sad story in the news the other day.  It was about twin brothers from Belgium who were deaf, and going blind.  The only way they communicated was through sign language, but the thought of not being able to see and communicate with each other any more after becoming blind was too much for them, so they decided to be euthanized together.  That is legal in Belgium.  If that happened to me, I would probably communicate by squeezing someone's hand.  One squeeze means "a."  Two squeezes means "b." Three squeezes means "c." Etc.  

I am really thankful for my health right now!  I hope everyone is as thankful this Thanksgiving as I am.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2262630/Brother-deaf-Belgian-twins-killed-euthanasia-describes-final-words-reveals-live-learning-going-blind.html

Also, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving are are at the same time this year (since Jewish Holidays go by a different calendar and fall on different American calendar days each year).  Now it is Thanksgivukkah.  

I just remember Hanukkah was about the presents when I was a kid, because I think my parents wanted to make us feel not jealous of everyone who was getting stuff for Christmas.  I remember I got really upset when I didn't get what I wanted, and now I am kind of looking back at that and saying "ugh, I was such a brat"  But hey, I was just a kid so I didn't know better.  I was really obsessed with Ninja Turtles action figures and I jumped for joy when I got my Ray Fillet action figure.  He was just the best thing ever.  I think we have a video of my reaction to getting Ray Fillet somewhere.

Now, I don't get presents for the holiday, so I guess I am more thoughtful about what the holiday is all about.

Also, I really do have to echo Morrissey's sentiments about how sad of a day it is for all the turkeys.  I'm not exactly sure why Obama's name even came up as an advocate for turkey killings or whatever, because so many people eat meat, but I agree that it is kind of sad to eat animals.  I really am still considering vegetarianism,  but we just always ate meat, and we still have that in the fridge, so it is kind of tough to send mother's cooking back.  In any case, I really like vegan/vegetarian dishes.  My favorite thing on Thanksgiving was always the stuffing, rather than the turkey.

Whenever these guys explain something, it is really funny.

So I finally found something about these crazy DIY videos starring these characters.

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/05/132653525/behind-rise-of-xtranormal-a-hilarious-diy-deadpan  

Highly anticipated stuff for me.

Next stages of training for my job start soon.  You'll probably see me blogging less.  Be good to one another and be good to yourself.  

Lily Allen is back.  I'm finding this to be a bit meh.  I get it.  There is sexism in the music industry.  But I get a bit scared when feminism borders on man-hating vitriol.  Not all men are sexist. 

 Also, it is just fantastic to know that Lilly Allen has a "baggy pussy." Never heard of it described that way before.  Thank you to this video for informing me about that.  See, I really am fluent in sarcasm!  So fluent that I am saying that sarcastically!  

I've kind of been posting a lot about this guy for a while.  Yet another video from a track off this album!  

Gorgeous video to go along with new stuff from Cate Le Bon.  Totally love this girl since I heard her on Neon Neon's "I Lust U" back in 2008.  Highly anticipated stuff, for me.  

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/my-bloody-valentine/2013/electric-factory-philadelphia-pa-73c4a2cd.html

I was lucky enough to attend this awesome, sold-out, My Bloody Valentine show.  Their first Philadelphia show in almost 20 years.  I ended up going solo, but I actually kind of like being alone sometimes, so it wasn't bad at all and I sold my other ticket that I won to someone who really wanted it and ended up making a profit.

I guess what I liked most about it was that they weren't really playing to please, but in doing that, they were totally pleasing. 

For the record, I wore earplugs and came out of there not feeling totally pulverized.  Swans were louder.

I am totally seeing My Bloody Valentine tomorrow.  Definitely something blog-worthy.  I always found them to be as soothing.  Obviously, really loud.

The "Meh" List, Dan Style
Not Hot, Not Not.  Just Meh.

1.  "I am fluent in sarcasm"
2.  Quoting song lyrics
3.  Spotify
4.  Daylight savings
5.  Talking about cream pies. 
6.  Jews for Jesus
7.  Keep Calm Posters
8.  Doppelgangers
9.  "You're finding yourself!"
10.  Ned Ryerson



More "Mehs":
"My tooshie just exploded."
The word "tooshie."
The word "selfies."
The expression: "I am looking for a partner in crime."

I had a little dilemma this week.  I won tickets to see Jessie Ware in Philadelphia, then my friend won tickets to see Passion Pit in Atlantic City for the same night.  I decided to let the contest coordinators give the Jessie Ware tickets to someone else.  

It is always tough to choose between two things you like. I absolutely adore Jessie Ware, but I wanted to hang out with my friend, and Passion Pit is good (and not just because of all the positive Pitchforkmedia coverage), so I guess I'll see Jessie Ware another time.  Anyway, Passion Pit sounded really good...especially those synths.  Here's the setlist:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/passion-pit/2013/house-of-blues-atlantic-city-nj-33c740cd.html

Interesting new stuff from Juana Molina.