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Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowystingrayYou guys might want to step a few feet safely back to avoid catching my germs because I think I'm officially sick. Hacking cough? Check. Perpetual sniffles? Check. Zero desire to get out of bed and go to class? Well... that's probably business as usual. But I think I have finally succumbed to the recent chill hanging in the air. (Seriously, what is this nonsense? 60F? And it's barely October? I thought I stayed in-state for school to avoid this sort of thing. North Florida, you're fired!)
(At least it gives me a proper excuse to finally use this icon -- which I've been waiting to do since I made it over a year ago. VICTORY AT LAST! Going through a six-icon rotation unfortunately requires an occasionally stifling amount of pragmatism. But sometimes your soul just needs to cry out "ANTIBODIES!!", you know? More personal trivia: "The Immunity Syndrome" was actually the first TOS episode I sat down and watched straight through, start to finish, back during my freshman year; and it will thus always hold a very special place in my heart for sparking a glorious love affair. It's probably also responsible for ingraining in me from the get-go a preference for Spock/McCoy, ha.)
I don't know about you guys, but being sick often induces a certain amount of regression to childhood. I want snuggly nap time; I want my mommy to feed me hot soup; I want to stay home from school and curl up on the couch watching cartoons all day. This time around, though, it's manifested itself in an entirely different way: pop music! Those of you who watch![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
cap_it may have noticed a brief flurry of Britney Spears music video caps the other day. Instead of thinking, "Grooooan enough with the cap!spam, already!" my reaction was more along the lines of, "OH MY GOD REMEMBER HOW AWESOME THESE USED TO BE??!" followed by a hurried scramble to go rewatch them all on YouTube.
And. And. Ahahaaahaha oh goodness. I know I've revealed before my deep dark secret of how much I used to fangirl Britney back in the day; and, well, old loves never die, I suppose. I didn't know it was possible to derive such delight from three minute snippets of overused visual effects, group choreography, and disturbingly catchy songs. I'M SO IN LOVE.
Crazy! All of the enticing midriff close-ups, heeee! And Melissa Joan Hart! I have quite vivid memories of reenacting this song at my friend's twelfth birthday part.
Oops! ...I Did It Again! One word: EPIC.
Lucky! Her cellphone in the backstage interlude is probably my favourite part. Well, that and the glitter throwing. She's like a sparkling fairy of happiness! Too bad the video ends on a gloomy note -- but it's so appropriately old Hollywood. Gasp! Did I just accidentally discover thematic consistency in a Britney Spears music video concept? *head explodes*
Stronger! I... actually have no idea what is going on here.
I think the saddest part is that I distinctly remember watching every single one of these on "Making the Video."
Then through the addictive glory that is YouTube's "Related Videos" list, I ended up indulging in a bit of an NSYNC retrospective, too. I was never into them as much as I was with Britney, buuut that doesn't mean I enjoyed these any less. These guys have some of the most consistently cracked out video concepts ever, and it. is. glorious.
I Drive Myself Crazy! So many silky jammies, so little time. More cellphone LOLs. Also, man, this video takes quite a vindictive turn for a love song...
Bye Bye Bye! The sensation! Again with watching too much "Making the Video," but I remember all the hype about this and we were all totally excited for it to come out and went home after school and watched the woooorld premieeeere on MTV...! And then we were gossiping about it at swim practice afterward and one of the girls was so disappointed because her mom said she wasn't allowed to watch it -- too much pelvic thrusting! Ahahahaha. My sympathies, friend.
It's Gonna Be Me! This totally used to be my favourite. Why? I have no clue. For a while it replaced, "Guess what?" "Chicken butt!" though, with a rousing chorus of, "Guess what?" "IT'S GONNA BE ME!" on the school bus.
Pop! I wish there was a better quality version of this up... And, really, I think this might be one of the few where the song probably cracks me up even more than the video. That said, the "...I'm tired of singin'!" sequence is... oh God... hahaha brilliant.
Well, sick or not, it is probably time for me to get ready to go to class anyway, but if you feel like indulging in your own tragic bubblegum pop past feel free to share more in the comments.
(At least it gives me a proper excuse to finally use this icon -- which I've been waiting to do since I made it over a year ago. VICTORY AT LAST! Going through a six-icon rotation unfortunately requires an occasionally stifling amount of pragmatism. But sometimes your soul just needs to cry out "ANTIBODIES!!", you know? More personal trivia: "The Immunity Syndrome" was actually the first TOS episode I sat down and watched straight through, start to finish, back during my freshman year; and it will thus always hold a very special place in my heart for sparking a glorious love affair. It's probably also responsible for ingraining in me from the get-go a preference for Spock/McCoy, ha.)
I don't know about you guys, but being sick often induces a certain amount of regression to childhood. I want snuggly nap time; I want my mommy to feed me hot soup; I want to stay home from school and curl up on the couch watching cartoons all day. This time around, though, it's manifested itself in an entirely different way: pop music! Those of you who watch
cap_it may have noticed a brief flurry of Britney Spears music video caps the other day. Instead of thinking, "Grooooan enough with the cap!spam, already!" my reaction was more along the lines of, "OH MY GOD REMEMBER HOW AWESOME THESE USED TO BE??!" followed by a hurried scramble to go rewatch them all on YouTube.And. And. Ahahaaahaha oh goodness. I know I've revealed before my deep dark secret of how much I used to fangirl Britney back in the day; and, well, old loves never die, I suppose. I didn't know it was possible to derive such delight from three minute snippets of overused visual effects, group choreography, and disturbingly catchy songs. I'M SO IN LOVE.
Crazy! All of the enticing midriff close-ups, heeee! And Melissa Joan Hart! I have quite vivid memories of reenacting this song at my friend's twelfth birthday part.
Oops! ...I Did It Again! One word: EPIC.
Lucky! Her cellphone in the backstage interlude is probably my favourite part. Well, that and the glitter throwing. She's like a sparkling fairy of happiness! Too bad the video ends on a gloomy note -- but it's so appropriately old Hollywood. Gasp! Did I just accidentally discover thematic consistency in a Britney Spears music video concept? *head explodes*
Stronger! I... actually have no idea what is going on here.
I think the saddest part is that I distinctly remember watching every single one of these on "Making the Video."
Then through the addictive glory that is YouTube's "Related Videos" list, I ended up indulging in a bit of an NSYNC retrospective, too. I was never into them as much as I was with Britney, buuut that doesn't mean I enjoyed these any less. These guys have some of the most consistently cracked out video concepts ever, and it. is. glorious.
I Drive Myself Crazy! So many silky jammies, so little time. More cellphone LOLs. Also, man, this video takes quite a vindictive turn for a love song...
Bye Bye Bye! The sensation! Again with watching too much "Making the Video," but I remember all the hype about this and we were all totally excited for it to come out and went home after school and watched the woooorld premieeeere on MTV...! And then we were gossiping about it at swim practice afterward and one of the girls was so disappointed because her mom said she wasn't allowed to watch it -- too much pelvic thrusting! Ahahahaha. My sympathies, friend.
It's Gonna Be Me! This totally used to be my favourite. Why? I have no clue. For a while it replaced, "Guess what?" "Chicken butt!" though, with a rousing chorus of, "Guess what?" "IT'S GONNA BE ME!" on the school bus.
Pop! I wish there was a better quality version of this up... And, really, I think this might be one of the few where the song probably cracks me up even more than the video. That said, the "...I'm tired of singin'!" sequence is... oh God... hahaha brilliant.
Well, sick or not, it is probably time for me to get ready to go to class anyway, but if you feel like indulging in your own tragic bubblegum pop past feel free to share more in the comments.
