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somebody that i used to know

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY] Now and then I think of when we were together Like when you said you felt so happy you could die I told myself that you were right for me But felt so lonely in your company But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kinda sadness Like resignation to the end, always the end So when we found that we could not make sense Well you said that we would still be friends But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger And that feels so rough

No, you didn't have to stoop so low Have your friends collect your records And then change your number Guess that I don't need that though Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over But had me believin it was always something that I'd done

But I don't wanna live that way Reading into every word you say You said that you could let it go And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know-oh-oh

But you didn't have cut me off Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing (oh) I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough

(oh)

No, you didn't have to stoop so low Have your friends collect you records And then change your number (oh) Guess that I don't need that though Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Somebody that I used to know Somebody (now your just somebody that I used to know) That I used to know Somebody that I used to know Somebody (somebody) (now your just somebody that I used to know) That I used to know

I used to know That I used to know I used to know Somebody

"Somebody That I Used to know" by Gotye (featuring Kimbra)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Vivien Chin and filed under pop culture, video media and tagged music music videos song lyrics.

white rabbit_jefferson airplane

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0]

One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the call To call Alice, when she was just small

When the men on the chessboard get up And tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving low Go ask Alice, I think she'll know

When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead And the white knight is talking backwards And the red queen's off with her head Remember what the dormouse said Feed your head, feed your head

("White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Vivien Chin and filed under pop culture, video media and tagged jefferson airplane music music videos song lyrics white rabbit.

bulletproof

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYVUWUySTSo] Escher stairs of piano keys, grid it up, Mondrian-esque lines and colors, tetrahedron, falling polyhedrons, florescent colors light tubes...lovin' the chaos in this video.

"Bulletproof" by La Roux

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Vivien Chin and filed under etc-, video media and tagged bulletproof la roux music videos.

marcel the shell

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TL3oaHKCko] This is seriously soo funny.  I'm pretty sure i watched it atleast 20 times already.  Best video ever.

My fave lines:

"my name is marcel and i'm partially a shell" "one time i nibbled on a piece of cheese and my cholesterol went to 900" "guess what i do for adventure? i hangglide with a dorito" "one time i looked at a diamond and it gave me a sunburn" "well you know what they say, lint is a shell's best friend" "come here, come here, commmme heeerrree....errr....ILOVE YOU...come heere ah"

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Vivien Chin and filed under video media and tagged marcel the shell video.

dancing elves update

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvw3H3LUQwQ]

Thought of these elves randomly when I was looking down at Union Square today and decided to figure out why they were here back then. (pic is from the earlier post I had on the dancing elves to jog your memories).  I had heard a rumor that it was for an Office Max commercial at that time, but never saw them on TV or anything.  Turns out it was for Office Max and the promotion of the website, Elfyourself.com.  The video of the routine is above.

Too funny...haha...props to whoever it was for organizing that many people in elf suits and getting them to dance at the same time!

(image by: vivien chin)

(video from youtube)

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Vivien Chin and filed under desk views, etc-, pop culture, video media and tagged dancing elves desk views union square video.

tim burton exhibit_moma_ny

Went to check out the Tim Burton Exhibit at the MOMA last weekend and it was pretty awesome.  Only pic I really got was one of the entry (above) before I was told there were no pics allowed.  The entry is definitely a good taste of the craziness inside.  My favorite character was Stainboy (below) with his superhero S on his chest and little cape.  My favorite chapter/episode of Stainboy was the one with where he wards off the toxic boy with a pine tree air freshener (video included below, keep scrolling).  All of the chapters are played on screens as you walk down a dark, black and white striped hallway leading to the rest of the exhibit. 

Lots of sketches and watercolors. Notes to people like Johnny Depp during filming.  Costumes and props as well, including the Edward Scissorhands costume, Batman masks, Catwoman suit, Angora sweater from the movie Ed Wood, etc.  Lots of figures from movies like, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,  Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice.  Some video media spread throughout.  Really good collection of work from Tim Burton not from his famous movies--sketches and watercolors of crazy creatures and characters he created in his spare time.  Good mix of stuff people/fans are familiar with and plenty of new stuff most have probably never seen. 

On show at the MOMA in nyc until April 26,2010.  Well worth it! 

(just fyi, I think you need to purchase tickets ahead of time for a particular time slot the day you wish to go because of it's popularity.  If you have a membership card to the MOMA, you can just walk right in)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_W_u1D8lVM]

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Vivien Chin and filed under art & architecture, pop culture, video media and tagged art cartoon moma stainboy tim burton.

dragostea din tei

Nooma Nooma! This is a result of our doorman at work playing his ringtone...I get this song stuck in my head and end up watching these videos... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRx5PrAlUdY] The original version by O-Zone. Notice the cheezy boyband attire and dance moves. Hilarious...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8xvK-tD8Jg] The fat guy singing in his webcam version...hahahhahaha .

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Vivien Chin and filed under video media and tagged dragonstea din tei lip syncing music videos o-zone.