Day 39: 'Skrillex' Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

Big hugs to my mate @DJDarren for pushing @Skrillex my way :)

Enjoy!

Day 38: One hungry kitty!

Day 37: 'Ghost Dances'

When I was a teen I was a massive fan of Christopher Bruce - choreographer for the Rambert Dance Company and one of his best peices of work was this - Ghost Dances. To read more about the background and political influences on this dance you can read about it here.

Day 36: Zombies in Plain English

The 'in plain English' series is very useful in my job - especially when explaining blogs/wikis/twitter to lecturers! The one below is quite entertaining!

Day 35: EYE OF THE STORM | Lovett

Stunning video that I found and shared with my good friend Clare - I hope you enjoy it x

Day 34: Trolololo chin

This is another take on the Trololololo song...

Day 33: Squirrel jump fail

Needs no introduction!

Day 32: Snatch Wars

Be warned - the language is very colourful! What a great mash-up of Star Wars and Snatch! Just genius:

Day 32: Charlie the Unicorn

I'll warn you now - do not watch this if you are a miserable wotsit!

'Shun the non-believer, shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun-a'



In case that wasn't enough...there's two and three!

Day 31: Light up the world!

This video was shared on an Archery forum - totally amazing!

Day 30: Aphex Twin - On

Stunning piece of music - great to teach dance to! It's so calming to listen to and the video suits it so well. I was gonna post his 'Window Licker' full length music video, but I was worried some people may take offence :(



I love and agree with the comments by the audience about Aphex Twin being the musical equivalent of Salvador Dali!

Day 29: Vegan Black Metal Chef

Great big thanks to one of my best friends, Hannah, for sharing this with me! Hannah is a vegan baker and owner of www.hannahbananabakery.co.uk (who also makes gluten free vegan goodies that can be mailed!).



You can find Hannah on Twitter: @HanBanBakery

Day 28: Wining - a Song by Charlie Sheen

Gotta love this 'Songify This' offering:

Day 27: Terry Tate - Office Linebacker

'The pain train is coming'....oh how I laffed at this video! I really wanted to use this video as part of an eLearning package but I was told that it probably wasn't suitable:


'And do I enjoy what I do? HELL YEAH!!!'

Day 26: Parrot Sings Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

I crack up everytime I hear this...'Let the bodies hit the FLOOOOOOOOOR!



I dedicate this one to my friends @_arien, @Lilly_Stardust and @nixsight ;)

Day 25: Daft Hands

This video is pure genius - almost what YouTube was made for:



The above video has inspired other versions of the song:

Day 24: Trolololol cat

This video started my obsession with YouTube and the animal vids on it:



Pure brilliance really! The original is below (which is also YouTube 'Gold'!

Day 23: The Impossible Hamster

Needs no introduction really!

Day 22: Wonders of the Stoner System

I love this man - as in I REALLY LOVE this man! Brian Cox can do no wrong in my book! I'd quite happily lay with him in a hammock with him repeatedly saying 'millions and billions of starrrrrrs! mmmm x

Professor Cox - I adore you!

Just for fun see Harry Hill's comments:

Day 21: Dancing In-Mates - 'Thriller'

I can't embed his video but below is the link to it with it's accompanying text:

http://youtu.be/hMnk7lh9M3o


Why "Thriller"

1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment!

WHY THRILLER?
What made me choose Michael Jackson's Thriller for the aerobics routine is that Michael Jackson was a convicted man to the eyes of those who hated him. He would have been in imprisoned had it not been for settlement arrangements, they would say. Still Michael Jackson's frailty as a human being makes him like one of us -- whether one is a prisoner or not.

I saw in the lyrics and video of Thriller much of what jail culture is like. Because of the hideous conditions in jails, prisons are like tombs and inmates are like ghoulish creatures. The only difference is that dancers in the MJ Thriller video come with make-up and costumes. The Dancing Inmates come as themselves. People perceived to be evil.

The message of the Thriller is a message for all of us. The funk of forty thousand years embedded in the cycle of sin and punishment is a legacy no mere mortal can resist or is capable of resisting. No prison wall can and will stop evil from lurking in the dark. No shackle can stop the beast about to strike. No punitive or brutal treatment is ever too strong to stop creatures crawling in search of blood. Unless we stop breeding demons in jails, gruesome ghouls from every tomb will seal the doom of nations and civilizations.

What I wanted inmates to do in dancing to the Thriller was for them to be convicted to sin. When I uploaded this on the YouTube, what I wanted viewers to see is how evil dances in our lives without knowing its deathly consequences.

But then the song and dance number is but a medium to the message. The message is, governments must stop looking at jails darkly. We have to stop being entertained and thrilled by the sting of sin. We have to look at prisons beyond the cycle of crime and punishment and certainly look inside underlying social, cultural and psychological implications of rehabilitation.

No matter how jails are called, prisons by any name are still hell -- the corpse's shell. It is a location in the map that governments would like to hide but cannot conceal. It's like the "horror looking right between the eyes, you're paralyzed." This paralyzing reality is such that if we make jails a living hell, we may be breeding the next generation demons or beast and we may be sending out devils once they are released and reintegrated to society.

Michael Jackson may have exposed the evils of this Earth in the Thriller but he had a strong message of saving humanity from doom in his "Heal the World" where he said "heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race." Michael Jackson's message was a message of salvation. "There are people dying if you care enough for the living, make it a better place for you and for me." We may have missed out what Michael was trying to say beyond the lyrics.


PEACE TO ALL MANKIND! Byron F. Garcia

Day 20: Baby dancing to Beyonce

When the baby starts shaking his leg...



Kids are so funny! I can't wait to have one ;)

Day 19: One Laptop per Child

I've just returned from a great conference in Leeds - ALT-C and was inspired by a project running in Uruguay where every child has been given a laptop with connection to the internet. It's an amazing thing - being as some schools don't have adequate facilities and some families now have more laptops than beds!



It was really heartwarming to see that the country are trying to eradicate the digital divide - where once a laptop was for the privileged - now it's a right!

Day 18: Big Spider Attacks Daddy

Oh the laffs! That kid is adorable!

*Shudders* I hate the bloody things!

Day 17: 'I'm Covered in Beeeeeeees!'

I'm a massive Eddie Izzard fan and this is quite possibly my favourite 'sketch'



This is especially for my friends Jo & Liz x

Day 16: Meet the sloths

This video was first brought to my attention by good friend Tom. It's so cute! Who'd have thunk it eh?

Day 15: Emjay School of Dance

I'm immensely proud of this! It's my dance school's show (Emjay School of Dance). Every two years we have a show at the end of term to showcase all of our dancers' talent and welcome back some of our ex-students who also perform. The video below was filmed at the Hub in Southampton by Southampton Solent students:


If you're local to Southampton and interested to know more about the school, the website is www.emjayschoolofdance.co.uk

Good luck to our 7 leavers: Sarah, Brooke, Beth, Jordan, Maddie, Rosie and Olivia x

Day 14: Jamie Woon - 'Night Air'

This is such a sexy tune! It also has a fantastic video to go with it. His voice just makes me melt:



Mmmmmm snuggles ;)

Day 13: Dramatic Bushbaby

Just because it makes me laff!



I have a fantastic T Shirt that was made and given to me for my 30th Birthday of my friends Bela & Mike:


I dedicate this video and post to them for being soooo awesome! x

Day 12: Play him off, keyboard cat

Ok - this is the first of the KeyBoard Cat videos I shall be sharing:



This is my favourite one (hence why it is first!)

Day 11: Baaa

Classic example of a 'Lol Wut?'



Plenty more coming up during the year! Below is a picture that can explain what a 'Lol Wut?' is...