Featured Video: Vacuum Kitty

Guaranteed to be the greatest 38 seconds of your day.

Featured Video: One Woman A Capella Disney Medley (Part 2!) by Heather Traska

You might recall that one of my all-time favorite videos on YouTube is Heather Traska’s “One Woman A Capella Disney Medley.” It’s quite possibly the most intricate and well put together video I’ve ever seen.

And guess what? She just released her second one! It features a lot more villains, including a quick cameo of her as Hades. If you know anything about me, you’ll know my love for Disney’s Hercules has no bounds.

Check out part two right here!

 
Which was your favorite part?

Featured Video: Never Ending Sneezing Bear

Wednesday’s post was a bit heavy, and in the wake of everything, I think we all need a dose of cuteness, don’t you?

I literally can’t stop watching this video. And I can’t stop laughing. HE’S SO ADORABLE.

Featured Video: After Ever After

I just couldn’t help myself as soon as I saw this video. I had to share it with you guys.

Hilarious and obviously talented, this guy is spot on with the lyrics to these songs. I love the way he executed it too!

 

Which one was your favorite? I’m pretty particular to Pocahontas’. I hope he does a second one!

(P.S. This guy is really clever. Check out his YouTube channel.)

Featured Video: ‘To This Day’ by Shane Koyczan

My initial plan for today was to give you guys a run down on what I thought of The Host. However, that plan was quickly laid to rest when I found out we’re embargoed, even after being told something different at the event.

Bummer.

So, instead, I’ve got another featured video for you guys. I usually try not to do them back-to-back like this, but this one is so beautiful and powerful I couldn’t pass it up. I came across it thanks to the ever-fabulous Kait Nolan, who posted it on Friday.

This resonates with me, not as someone who got bullied, but as someone who was often neglected in school. I was always one step out of sync with everyone else, and although it usually didn’t bother me, I can’t say that I never wished, for once, that one of the popular kids would invite me to sit with them at lunch.

I’m much more confident today than I was back then, and that simply came from accepting I was different. From being proud that I wasn’t the same as everyone else. That I had higher aspirations and an outlook that meant I never quite saw things the same way as my peers.

I hope this poem and video helps other people realize they are who they are, and the sooner they accept that, the better off they’ll be.

Please share it with someone you think will appreciate it.

Featured Video: Girl plays three instruments at once (and puts us all to shame in the process)

What I wouldn’t give to play ONE of these instruments HALF as well as she does.

Do you ever feel like some people are just too talented for their own good?

Featured Video: An 11 year old poet from South Africa

“Every day we read stories about our troubled youth, and if you are our future, then what a glorious future South Africa has.”

It doesn’t matter if you are South African or not, this video is one of the most beautiful and touching things I’ve ever seen. If she is our future, then what a glorious future this world has.

 
Thanks to Michal for posting this to her Facebook page.

Featured Video: Spray Paint Street Art

I’m just going to let the video speak for itself:

 

As someone who struggles to make a decent stick figure, this blows my mind. HOW DOES HE DO THAT? A better question would be: how does he do that with a couple of cans of spray paint, an old lid, and some magazine pages?

Astonishing.

I’ve seen a few of these in action, and they’re captivating to watch. Have you seen any done live?

Featured Video: Alice’s Restaurant

It’s a little late (when am I ever on time with anything??), but I just had to share this song.

It’s a Thanksgiving tradition between me and my dad, and we can’t go a Thanksgiving without listening to it. I’m not sure how widely known the song is (I showed it to my boss who I felt SURE would have heard it before and hadn’t), so I figured I’d pass it along.

Also, my week is swamped, and I need an easy post to go up.

“Alice’s Restaurant” by Arlo Guthrie

(Warning: Yes, the song is nearly 20 minutes long.)

 

So, what do you think? Have you heard it before? If not, did you find it funny or just really, really long?

Featured Video: The Grumpy Guide to Art

A friend of mine from college (a fellow art history major) passed this video along to me and I just had to share it with you guys.

You know I’m an advocate for taking subjects that are normally very boring and turning them around so that they’re interesting. Art history can definitely be one of those stuffy topics that people usually steer clear from.

What’s great about the video below is that it teaches you how to sound like you know a lot about art. You can put in a minimal amount of effort and still sound like an art snob! How cool is that?

The video is about 30 minutes long, but it’s pretty funny. It’ll also give you some basics about Pre-Raphaelites and Surrealists, not to mention some modern works as well.

 
Did you make it through the whole thing? What did you think? Do you have a favorite line? (Mine is the one about the three nymphs, LOL.)