Monday can seem busy after a weekend, and therefore stressful. So, here are two songs which I truly enjoy -- the music is relaxing and the videos are nice to watch.
And here's one that makes me laugh (if there are children reading this: kids, drugs are bad, don't do them!).
It happens: you see something, hear something, experience something, and then, there's this thing which is just not the same anymore.
It doesn't have to big, and it doesn't have to be serious. It can be a silly song by Lady Gaga, a song which makes you wonder just how drunk, stoned or whatever someone must be to think of it, and then to actually record it.
And now, whenever I think of Christmas, I can't help but think of that song too.
In case you haven't heard it yet, there it is -- I hope it will give you a laugh. Merry Christmas (I'm a bit early, I know)!
Snakes are adorable. Well, at least some of them. About two months ago, I had a chance to hold a snake for the very first time, and it was a great experience. You can see the snake -- it's a rainbow boa named Kali -- on the pictures. You can see me grinning like an idiot too. :) I was fascinated to find out that Kali needs to eat only once in two weeks, and could survive for an entire year without any food.
Kali is two, maybe two and a half years old, about a meter long, and pretty much used to people. She belongs to a friend, and the friend's six-year-old granddaughter simply adores Kali and loves holding her. Kali doesn't complain, either; as I said, she's used to people, and doesn't mind being held.
...and very much loving it.
For the end, there's some snake fun -- if you have kids, they might love this one.
Quite often, there are music videos I enjoy not because the music is great (although, the musicians are not tone-deaf), but because they make me laugh, for various reasons.
Here's one of them -- I guess it's pretty obvious from that one that I'm a geek.
Of course, there's always Weird Al when you need a laugh, and the next one is a wonderful play with stereotypes.
For the end, there's a really funny one, although one young woman complained it would give her nightmares, even though she almost fell from her chair laughing. Oh, and please, please don't eat or drink while watching the last one, I really don't want you to choke or to spill hot coffee all over yourselves.
It happens to all of us: a song gets into your head and refuses to get out. The main thing about that song is that it's catchy; you don't have to like it - and if you happen to hate that particular song, it's even more annoying if it keeps pestering you.
But it's not always something you hate. Sometimes it's smart and very amusing and yes, catchy, like this one:
I don't mind that one being in my head all the time. On the contrary; it keeps amusing me.
However, sometimes it's somewhat amusing, but not so much that I'd want to listen to it over and over again, like this one (and keep in mind that I do like Weird Al):
Now, what do you do when a song refuses to get out of your head? As a writer, I tend to use writing when something - anything - refuses to get out of my head. And, a few years ago, I wrote a story about a song refusing to get out of a young woman's head - a song which turned out to be a sort of a parasite, seeking to mate and to make a new song.
The story was entertaining, even if I say so. :) And it was a great fun writing it. But it didn't help; the unwanted song (I no longer remember which one it was) was still in my head. The writing, it turned out, wasn't a cure for everything.
The only cure I found for a song refusing to leave my head is listening to another song, just as catchy, but more powerful, and a beautiful one. Like this:
