I feel pretty and witty and gay...

[elisi]

What with June being LGBT month in the US, thanks to Obama (pretty words good, but hopefully he'll actually *do* something soon), and so forth, I thought this video would be a nice tribute. It's clips from the peaceful march in San Diego on 26th of May 09, set to Adam Lambert's 'Mad World'. (Does anyone have an mp3 of that btw? I can suddenly see what all the fuss was about.)

Otherwise I have achieved a MIRACLE in the girls' bedroom (not done, but OMG so much better), since m-i-l was so kind as to let them all sleep over last night giving me lots of time. ALSO, Darcy and I went to the cinema and finally saw Star Trek!!!!! (I have no thoughts. I was never a Trek fan, but it was hugely enjoyable and I'd love to see it again. Will probably end up getting the DVD.)

Oh - and I never mentioned that whilst away last week [in Scotland, staying with s-i-l & her family] we went to the beach & Darcy totally lived up to his name, deciding that he needed a swim, but failed to remove his jeans first... (He did take off his shirt though. Still - very pretty and swoon-worthy, although what I said was : "Why did you do that, you idiot?" Thankfully it was so warm & sunny that he was half-dry by the time we went home...)

ETA: I posted Chapter 12 of My Immortal last week, in case someone missed it?

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

My goodness, that is a stunning version of that song! Mike is a major Tears fan and also like Jules' version of the song but I can't wait for him to hear this. I'd like to know where a copy's available too. I don't watch AI so I hadn't heard any of the songs done on it this season, but NPR ran a segment on the outcome and I found the bits they did of Lambert just arresting.

Congrats on the girls' room!

[elisi]

My goodness, that is a stunning version of that song!
Isn't it just? I'm enchanted.

Mike is a major Tears fan and also like Jules' version of the song
I like both of those too (very much so), but this one's just blown me away all over again. I've really *not* been following AI (haven't followed 'Pop Idol' - the original version from over here - since the first series), but did hear about the outcry when Lambert only came second. (Have never heard the winner though, so can't make an informed choice, but Lambert is certainly quite something.)

Congrats on the girls' room!
Thank you! (Now for *keeping* it tidy...)

[yourlibrarian]

The NPR story had very complimentary things to say about Lambert, finding him a potentially innovative change agent like Bowie. They ran a clip of the winner saying that he was talented but very MOR.

Now for *keeping* it tidy.

Ha! Yes, that's always the challenge *eyes dishes*

[elisi]

finding him a potentially innovative change agent like Bowie.
Yes, I can see that. I founds his audition of youtube, and thought it was interesting that he'd never gone on AI before - there's too many 17 y.o.'s who think they're god's gift.

They ran a clip of the winner saying that he was talented but very MOR.
Well I wish them both well! :)

Ha! Yes, that's always the challenge
Indeed. And having been hopelessly messy myself when I was little, it's a bit tricky to complain too much.