Saturday, February 14

I did it ! ...but not what you might think...

...yes, the "Great Blog Transfer Project of February 2009" continues, but tonight I needed something not involving CSS/HTML/whatever.

So why, dear readers, did I choose to succumb the the Facebook 25 Random Things meme?

Well partly because I was kinda-sorta-indirectly challenged by Jenni to turn it into a song after her highly entertaining video version.

And partly, as a fun way to start Valentine's Day, Diane and I decided we'd better respond to the tagging together (though Diane did hers in the more conventional manner).

The MP3 is a bit long, a bit "midnight-recording-whispery", a bit crap really, but I think fitting it all into a 4 minute "song" (I use the word loosely) is somewhat impressive. Though not near as impressive as the one take vocals the whole way through...there's clearly no mistakes in there...oh no...

I'm also fairly sure I don't want to use this as my February entry for Our Creative Community...but let's see how the month pans out :)



And since the likelihood you can hear what I'm singing is small, here's the things :

1. I’ve only ever broken bones doing wimpy things, like playing handball.
2. One of my front teeth is fake.
3. It’s fake because it got smashed out by a flying metal ruler.
4. Toilet paper must be over, not under. I will fix it if it’s not.
5. The consequences of my nut allergy are a refreshing change to choking to death.
6. Depending what theatre production I’m in, I’m either God, Satan or Fagin.
7. The first time I used a non-electric razor and shaving cream to shave was when I was 24.
8. The first word I knew how to read was ‘Niacin’. Thank you Cornflakes.
9. I’m only 72% of the man I used to be.
10. I never bothered crawling.
11. The first song I ever wrote was called ‘Rock-a-Bye-Bra’ when I was 4.
12. It was full of nonsense words.
13. It shall never be spoken of again.
14. I usually change my hairstyle at least every two years.
15. The fact my dad says ‘prorably’ for ‘probably’ only stopped annoying me when I was 27.
16. I dance in the car.
17. I wrote an album of songs about being jilted. And called it ‘Catharsis’.
18. None of my real life friends Twitter.
19. None of my real life friends blog.
20. I once played Dead Or Alive’s ‘Brand New Lover’ fifty times in one day. I still love that song.
21. The sourer the sweet/candy/lolly, the better.
22. The most fun thing we ever did in Barbershop Quartet was sing Motley Crue’s ‘Kickstart My Heart’ or 'Dr Feelgood'
23. The second most fun thing we ever did in Barbershop Quartet was hide from our bass, usually in cupboards. Sometimes for up to an hour. In one cupboard.
24. I was upgraded to business class on my first international flight, but I was 15 and too young to appreciate it.
25. I think ‘inconsiderate interlocutor’ is the best phrase I’ve heard all day.

7 comments:

Kris Sorensen said...

Very entertaining & informative. You just can't beat a song that makes you smile and informs at the same time. =)

Anonymous said...

HAHA! Yes!

I love it!

I've got my entry for the week up over at russhutto.com!

Jenni Clayville said...

DUDE!!!

You just rocked my face off!!! Seriously. I laughed through the whole thing, but I kept hitting myself cuz I wanted to hear it. I played it 3 times. It was quite a battle with myself.

You are BRILLIANT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT!!!

btw... #8 is my fav! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Jenni Clayville said...

ok... i just listened to it again... and seriously, David, you're stupid talented. SICK!

#4 - me too

#9 - more info please

#16 - me too

#5, #11, #15, #23 - still laughing!!!

Anonymous said...

This was hilarious. So glad @jclayville tweeted this post. Laughed very heartily.

Anonymous said...

Ok this is just impressive...I will be honest... you blew Jenni's out of the water :)


And you went up a few notches in my blog world when i saw that you have cake wrecks as one of your space shapers...that blog is hilarious...

David said...

Glad this is fun for everyone. I will admit, listening to it now that I'm less tired, I'm finding it funnier too :)

@Jenni - in answer to your information request
#9 - I lost a lot of weight, the % seemed more amusing than the specifics...