My Life-Venture

One thirty-something gal's trip through time and space.

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I will never understand why this Christmas song goes so hard.

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OKAY MOTHERFUCKERS LISTEN UP

BECAUSE THIS SHIT IS NOT CAROL OF THE BELLS

IT IS CHRISTMAS EVE/SARAJEVO 12/24 AND IT IS SO MUCH FUCKING MORE THAN CAROL OF THE BELLS.

so during the bosnian war (which was this nasty-ass conflict in bosnia and herzgovina) there was this badass cello-playing motherfucker named vedran smailovic. He was from Sarajevo, was upset about all the shit and nastiness that came about through this war (this was full-on brother-killing-brother shit!) that he went around to bombed-out, blown up buildings and funderals––where he was at risk of FUCKING SNIPER FIRE––and playing the cello. This guy was so set on providing one tiny spot of beauty in a seriously nasty war he was risking being fucking SHOT OR BLOWN UP.

AND THIS IS THE GUY WHO INSPIRED THIS SONG.

He’s why there’s the calm cello part at the beginning before everything gets all violent-sounding. It’s THEMATIC.

THAT’S WHY THIS CHRISTMAS SONG GOES SO FUCKING HARD.

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WHY ISN’T MORE CHRISTMAS MUSIC LIKE THIS?????

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedran_Smailovi%C4%87

There’s the wikipedia article about him and yes…true story…

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It’s also important to understand that Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 was not originally a Trans Siberian Orchestra song. It was originally recorded by Savatage, a metal band, for their concept album “Dead Winter Dead,” and when some Savatage members formed TSO, they adopted that song as a TSO song because yeah it’s fucking amazing.

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Friendly reminder that this exists.

Friendly reminder that Vedran’s performances also included a pile of rubble that used to be a fountain IN THE CENTER OF A TOWN SQUARE WITH NO COVER.

When asked years later why he’d down something so apparently suicidal, he shrugged and replied that it was his way of proving that “the spirit of humanity was still alive in that place, despite all evidence to the contrary.”

May we all be as brave and stalwart in protesting violence and injustice as Vedran “The Most Bad-Ass Cellist Ever” Smailović.

Also, despite what some articles may say, Vedran was not an old man when this happened. He’s only in his early 60s today, which would have made him no older than 37 when he was playing in the ruins of Sarajevo. Never let anyone tell you it’s only old men who can make a difference.

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#CellistsAreBadass

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Love this.

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This will never not be funny

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😂

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GISHWHES was a hell of a week. I shall do a write up later. Until then, enjoy this picture of "some guy" and creepy lurker grandma back there. 😂

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Well hello there

Which of the Doctors is your favourite? If it's not 4 or 12, you're wrong. :p

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story time: i taught my little cousin her first longer word when she was very young. i taught her to say “tax benefits”. and to this day my aunt still doesn’t know where she got it from, but it was a hilarious sight to see a little toddler waddling around the house, wearing a big diaper, all the while yelling “TAX BENEFITS!!!!”

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My parents did this with me and “nuclear disarmament”.

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I taught my little brother to say “micro-surgical vasectomy reversal” (saw it on a billboard) on a road trip, and he didn’t stop saying it for literal years.

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My parents taught me to chant “Get your laws off our bodies!” for a pro-choice rally when I was like four and I went to preschool and taught all the other kids the chant and led them on a mini-parade around the playground and the teachers were like ?????????? ?????????? ????????????

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whenever my brother threw a tantrum as a baby my parents would chant “live free or die” until he calmed down it was fuckin weird

[onceiwashere]

when i was a kid whenever we got stuck in traffic my dad would say “what the fuck?!?” in a very comic voice and i would repeat it and then he would say it with a slightly different inflection and i would repeat that too and so forth and so basically my poor mother would be stuck in standstill traffic listening to her husband and 4 yr old daughter swearing at each other without end

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My cousin had a lisp, and when she was two she was in the car with our moms when a car cut them off. My cousin took her thumb out of her mouth and in her cute little lisp said “The son of a bitch must die.”

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When I was three there was a car that always parked in the same spot. One day we got home to find the car in a different spot, I just looked up and go “The car is not in its designated position” to which my dad turned to my mum and went “You’re not allowed to talk to the kids anymore”. For some reason he didn’t want his toddlers using big words (or he was just peeved because he didn’t know what designated meant).

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Find your REAL Angel name

• First two letters of your last name • First vowel of your first name • Third letter of your middle name (or parent’s first name if you don’t have a middle name • Last consonant of your last name • Add IEL or EL to the end!

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Grocriel… that’s hideous….

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Taicriel. Not sure which of us has the worse one

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Mate, mine’s Huoonel, I don’t think you need to worry.

[datasoong47]

Okay, you win the awful name contest

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Beattiel

It’s almost good

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Wiariel

I’ll take it.

[tinkdw]

Saaieh. It sounds like a sneeze.

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I got Chaesiel - not too bad

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Caarliel - Could be worse though it reads a little bumpkin-y to me. XD

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All systems are go

Couple updates.

First being I turned 30!

The sash says Birthday Princess, I borrowed it from a friend who was celebrating her b-day as well. This was at swing dancing so excuse the odd lighting, please. :)

What other news might there be?

This girl is going to the Steam Powered Giraffe concert in July.

Now, this will require a whole lot of driving (about 20 or so hours) but I'm sure it will totally be worth it (no pressure though ;) ).

So obviously I needed a new outfit which will consist of;

Which I'm adding a more glitzy version of Spine's spine to (there's an odd sentence)

Specifically this version.

With these stockings and then these shoes;

I'm still thinking about which bag to use/get.

Now to save up some fundage (this may shock you, but gas isn't cheap. Weird, I know).

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So I made this vid last year as a gifty for someone. I've only ever seen an ep here or there. I'm not really a fan of the show but I am a fan of the people (they seem like a really cool bunch of peoples) so I thought I'd give making a vid of a show I've never really watched a go, why not? :)

And kind of spoiler if you're not up to date on the show, this ends up looking in memoriam even though I made it long before.

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What is it!!!!

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Why does Tumblr hate meh?

I've noticed that my carefully thought out out layout posts are looking pretty craptastic on mobile devices. Some GIFs don't show up and in other places they're out of order. Why Tumblr? Why you gotta mess with my (not so)hard work?

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That'll be it for a while. Mainly because I'm pretty sure I've used most of them. Yeah, I got problems.

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What's this?

The internet has provided more GIFs (aka; I have run out of things to do while on a break from work).

This is a break from what I normally post so if I have any followers (*crickets chirp*) and you came here expecting more Noel Fielding goodness, uhm, I'm going to disappoint you. I'm sure I'll post more of him later but this blog thing is about my random interests/adventures so enjoy the ride. :)

 First, we have some automatons in their human form (that is how this works, right? Robot to human not vice versa?)

(Yeah, I knew it)

And would ya look at that, I found some more Hatchey GIFs. You want me to post them, right? No?

GIFs of dancing? Yep, got you covered.

And now I'll just throw everything up and see what sticks.

Aaaand I may have more but this is getting a bit long so, SNP.

See next post...

It does no good using initials if I have to explain it to you.

Ugh.

;)

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And there we go.

I'd post more with Hatchey but I just couldn't find any (not decent ones, anyway).

(I had a really cool one with Spine and Rabbit doing their handshake but for some reason it won't load properly)

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Guess I have more than will fit in one post. Who wants more GIFs? That's right, everybody. Because they're not boring.

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An Automatonic Introduction

So, last week Youtube recommended I might be interested in a video. The thumbnail was interesting (odd) so I clicked it.

This was that video:

And I've basically been hooked since then. Gotta say, loving this band is not an easy thing to do. Not because they aren't awesome (they are) but because just as I had found a bunch of songs with certain members I find that they've changed. A few times. So, this post is going to be about them, their spendeferousness, and it might get long (I have GIFS and a lot of them).

 You got your pork rinds and sandwiches, than we're good to go.

First things first, meet the band, Steam Powered Giraffe (except for Upgrade, we'll get back to her).

There was also Upgrade;

But she left;

And so it was just the three lads;

Now to introduce you to the fellas.

First we have The Spine;

Then there's The Jon;

But he's gone now too;

Last but most definitely not least, we've got Rabbit;

To replace The Jon they called in Hatchworth.

 (spoilers:played by their drummer ;) );

Things were going well;

Then Rabbit malfunctioned and schematics were found showing him to have originally been intended to be a female automaton (to coincide with the performer's real life transition).

This is our Rabbit now;

And then Hatchworth leaves;

Now we have the newest member, Zero;

Aaannd that's it. For now.

Soon to follow, a GIF drop of all the ones that didn't fit in here. You're welcome. :)

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❤

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Reblog to make this certificate valid.

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I'm actually kind of proud that I can. I'm a dork, I know.