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Each Day is Valentine’s Day

Published on February 13, 2007 in Movie, Music, School, T-Shirts and Video. 7 Comments Tags: .

So I thought it’d be fun to do a recording of My Funny Valentine, since it’s a pretty cool song and it’s also almost Valentine’s Day. Not that I particularly like the holiday, being single and all… I like the song because it’s got weird mixed signals. Like the lyrics are somewhat upbeat, but the music itself is so freakin’ sad!

Anyway, here’s me playing My Funny Valentine along with a cool dude named Jamey Aebersold. I recorded it using the iSight from my Macbook, and the built in mic, so the sound quality isn’t the best. Also, I screwed up a few times, but hey, the song itself is about an ideal non-ideal valentine, so my solo doesn’t have to be perfect!

And here’s the lyrics in case you don’t believe me:

My Funny Valentine

My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart

Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you’re my favorite work of art

Is your figure less than Greek?
Is you mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak?

Are you smart?

But don’t change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay, little valentine, stay
Each day is valentine’s day

New Mexico Snow Rescue!

Published on January 1, 2007 in Movie and Video. 0 Comments

It’s been snowing a hella lot these past few days in New Mexico. On the worst day, we got like, more than 10 inches of snow! My brother was at work and couldn’t get his Miata out of the snow, so we had to go rescue him.

I recently got a Macbook as a graduation gift, so I decided to take some video and make a movie. I present to you, NM Snow Rescue!

New Camera: Casio Exilim EX-Z70

Published on December 15, 2006 in Gadgets and Video. 1 Comment

I got a new camera: the Casio Exilim EX-Z70. It was only $150 at Best Buy, which was a pretty good bargain. Since I was over at UNM yesterday, I decided to take a few test shots. They’re mostly okay, but somewhat grainy when seen at full resolution. This should probably be a 6 megapixel camera, not a 7.2…

Anyway, the video quality is fairly good. Better than my old Canon S50, at least.

Youtube video quality kinda sucks, so here it is in lower compression:


David Hasselhoff – Hooked on a Feelin’

Published on February 12, 2006 in Music and Video. 0 Comments

While browsing my earlier posts, I came across this one that linked to David Hasselhoff’s masterpiece of a music video, Hooked on a Feelin’. Unfortunately, for some reason David has taken the video off of his website. Perhaps he wanted to protect his career? Anyway, I found the video on YouTube, and after all these years, it’s still a great watch:

My favorite parts:

  • David flying out of a dinner party and into the African Savanna
  • David hopping up and down with Africans
  • Stupid CG tricks involving a 3D cube
  • David flapping his arms and flying with a bunch of birds
  • David looking at the side of the boat repeatedly, checking for assassins
  • David standing on a motorcycle, and then realizing he doesn’t need one, BECAUSE HE CAN FLY!
  • Savanna David singing a duet with flying David
  • Eskimo snowboarding David catching a fish and biting into it
  • Crazy dance immediately following the fish catch

There’s also bad lip syncing everywhere and some strange puppet thing makes an appearance a few times. Hooked on a Feelin’ has got to be one of my favorite music videos ever. I’m glad that I can once again bring this video to you, my loyal reader(s?).

Hooked on a Feelin’

Published on December 2, 2002 in Music and Video. 0 Comments

People,
If you do not already know about this, please point your browser either here if you’ve got a fast connection, or here if you don’t. This is probably the best music video I have ever seen in my entire life. If you die before seeing this, I shall pity you beyond mortal comprehension. So go look at it now!

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