As I mentioned in my previous post, Sailor Boy and I just gained a large art piece for our living room. The canvas came without any hanging hardware, so of course, I took to the internet to figure out how to install some in order to hang the art on our wall.
This is what I found:
There are several of these that have been uploaded, each funnier than the last. I honestly don’t know what to make of them. Are they skits from some sort of Kiwi Saturday Night Live-type show? This might be my favorite (skip to 2:45 to get to the truly funny bit):
But don’t worry. He fixes it:
Okay, I think it’s a joke, but the art school is serious?
It’s so hard to tell these days. Earnestness has gone so far one way and satire so far the other that they’ve circled back around and met in the middle. Reminds me of when I was posting joke covers for Rampant, and got calls from friends and family thinking I was serious about some of them.
(Though no one thought I was serious about this one.)
(I hope.)
April 12th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
My dad posted a song on YouTube insulting his friend as a joke (rhyming lines like “you look like a buffalo and you smell like a sow / oh we could patch things over but I don’t know how”) and got a call from my grandmother asking what had gone wrong. And non-facetious commenters talking about how songs from the heart are the best. (video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSWga7j1u_Y)
People take things way too seriously.
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April 13th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
I love that cover….here is one for you I made off of that funny conversation they were having on goodreads.
I was bored.
http://emiliaargon.deviantart.com/gallery/28373184#/d39mw6x
I even threw in the Tammy Pierce quote.
PS I read your blog almost everyday now, and I really enjoy how you are keeping with your promise to blog more.
PSS You’re awesome
Thanks, I have to go, my dog is trying to eat my cupcakes
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