Davey!

So the other night, I'm watching CollegeHumor when I should have been sleeping, and I happen upon an interesting thing. You see, CollegeHumor is a website that does scetch comedy, and they have this thing called the All Nighter in which they make videos over the course of one night, and they don't sleep. Anyway, I'm watching the All Nighter '09, and I get to the last video. And it is NOT scetch comedy. Before I get too upset, I read the caption: "We Did It! We were all too pooped to write another video, so for a finale we decided to join our co-worker, Davey, for an improvised dance blog."

Now let me tell you about this video. It's set in Union Square in New York City, and the whole thing shows a guy dancing. It was unlike anything I'd seen before; it was weird, and wacky, and aMAZing!!! I immediately went to daveydanceblog.com to watch more.

Moral of the story, Davey is wonderful. I love Davey. He chooses really good music and travels around the world to different famous monuments and does improvised dances. Sometimes there are other people, and sometimes he's alone, but always he's interesting. Here's the Union Square video:

DaveyDanceBlog -64- NYC Union Square from Pheasant Plucker on Vimeo.

The Hood

Allow me to introduce you all to a friend of mine. He's an amazing fellow with a big heart and a good cause (not to mention a dreamy smile). Ladies and gentlemen, although I think all but one of you are ladies, meet Robin Hood (played by Jonas Armstrong, far left).

Now this isn't your typical legendary hero. Nor is it the typical telling of such an epic and fascinating tale. This is the story of a young man who is struggling with losing everything he has and seeing the people he cares about hurt, as told by the BBC.

Please, friends. I implore you to watch this wonderful work of television. These are some of the best scenes from the first episode:

Soft Revolution by Stars

The Revolution wasn't bad,
We hit the streets with all we had.
A tape recording of the sounds,
Of The Velvet Underground.
Our K-Way jacket torn to shreds,
And a dream inside our heads.
And after changing everything,
They couldn't tell, we couldn't sing.
After changing everything,
They couldn't tell, we couldn't sing.
They couldn't tell, we couldn't sing,

And that changes everything.

Smallville

I know I've been a little overzealous about this show, but I'm very interested in something. I've decided to make a list of people who have been on Smallville and gone on to be in other really good (or a little good) TV shows.

Sean Faris
Adam Brody
Maggie Lawson a.k.a. Jules from Psych
Emmanuelle Vaugier a.k.a. Nicki from One Tree Hill
Marguerite Moreau a.k.a. Ms. Young from Life As We Know It

There are more to come, no worries. That was just the first season :).
Anyway, I believe now you realize exactly how much of a life I am lacking.

I Got In!!

Some of you may remember a post a while back about the audition tape I made for a piano camp. You may remember my post about how I had been practicing so much it hurt. Well, I just thought I'd tell you, I GOT IN!

I GOT IN! I GOT IN! I GOT IN!

I Am Extremely Angry at the Weather!

I suffer some seasonal depression. You'd know after reading this even if I hadn't told you.

Sorrow's Brow

Let me rest on Sorrow's brow
I know the sun will come to shine
And summer's bright eyes will open wide
Soon enough the snow will melt
And rock hard lake, rock hard unfelt
But till the horse frost dissipates
Till water soaks through softened slate
I know my heart will sink down low
So let me rest on Sorrow's brow

Furrowed deep within his troubles
Nestled warm in worry lines
I'll count my blessings by the doubles
And count with each five sorry lines

My warmth will prosper, sprung from cold
My comfort strong, from stronger pain
I'll count my loved ones young and old
And count with each a dying claim

For they let me sleep on Sorrow's brow
Though I know the sun will come to shine
They let me close my eyes to light
While summer's bright eyes open wide
And soon when snow begins to melt
my heart will stay unmelted
And when the rock hard lake goes soft
I'll feel myself grow harder
When horse frost starts to dissipate
When water soaks through softened slate
I know my heart will sink down low
For they let me rest on Sorrow's brow

Rockville, CA

In case you haven't noticed, I added a widget for this online show called Rockville, CA. I read about this show in the paper, and it basically sounded like the best show ever, apart from the fact that each episode is only about 7 minutes long.

Let me tell you about this show. It was created by Josh Schwartz (The O.C., Chuck, and Gossip Girl), who's written some of the best television of my life. And the actual show is about a club in LA called Rockville, CA. This show is basically a cross between a music showcase and a melodrama. One good indie band performs in each episode while witty plot lines about lovable characters unfold.

The music is chosen by this woman Alexandra Patsavas who's considered to be one of the best talent scouts in the business. She was the music consultant for The O.C. and Gossip Girl. She made bands like Snow Patrol and The Fray famous when she put them on Grey's Anatomy. In my book, this woman basically has the best taste in music in the world.

So in a nutshell, this show is the best of both worlds. It was practically written for me. If you want to check it out, it's on TheWB.com. I've seen a couple of episodes, and I highly recommend it. :)