this literally changed the trajectory of my life............
silly goofy mood hours/blogmas day 8
day 8 of blogmas was going to be an ode to the music i have loved and how/what music has played a part throughout each era of my life, with a huge emphasis on stephen sondheim….but it was brought to my attention once again that nicholas britell once performed at harvard as DJ EMT in THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROJECT…….. so, between that and in the middle of watching the princess switch trilogy, my brain is smooth and unable to perceive anything that is not vanessa hudgens describing her method acting process for playing each character. “this changed the trajectory of my life” is a hyperbolic meme but here are 13 things in pop culture that actually changed the trajectory of my life:
seldom a day passes that i do not think about this tweet. the content of the tweet but also that when it was originally tweeted, the pfp of the account was a picture of michael cera with sammi sweetheart and snooki from the jersey shore after they gave him a guido makeover. the guidofication of michael cera for youth in revolt promo did not change the trajectory of my life but it certainly left an impact!!!!!
larry king doing his impression of what he thinks sonic the hedgehog should sound like. rip legend
andy cohen finally doing something good for the world when he started his little xm radio channel six years ago. he had carol burnett (the only woman i love more than babs) on his show and i called in and MADE HER LAUGH by doing my best louis virtel impression and asking how it felt to beat judy garland when she won her first emmy! almost got bumped from the line because sjp herself did a surprise call in. which is why i will never be anything but team samantha. but the comedy and musical capability of carol burnett and her unbelievable star power/talent definitely shaped baby jordan’s sensibilities. watching tv land way past my bedtime…. we used to be a proper country!!!!
kanye west saying “george bush doesn’t care about black people” during the live telethon for victims of hurricane katrina relief. as someone who lived in louisiana through hurricane katrina and last year’s hurricane laura….kanye did not lie! george bush famously went on to say in his memoir that hearing kanye say that was the “worst moment of his presidency”. kanye had also mentioned the media’s portrayal of black families being looters; white families looking for food. as someone who grew up having a very strange obsession with dana carvey, it also is always nice to see mike meyers suffer, especially after all the pain he caused his sister. there are many god, i miss the old kanye….
michelle branch’s side project 2006 country album stand still and look pretty. she opened me to many vulnerable attacks of the lambert/pickler/swift variety and i did find myself seated for some cmt awards… dark but that is My Truth. leave the pieces is still a perfect song and michelle branch, the queen of my heart!!!
i will admit i kept up with the kardashians for far too long! the connections their family tree has is so insane; it is a pity they hate all of their half and/or former stepsiblings! mostly nothing but giant salad representation and making me fall in love with kourtney kardashian came from their show! and while the reba tweet gave birth to the person i am today, kim kardashian’s fiona shrek tweet was a true all star! during that period of twitter was chrissy teigen threatening the lives of young girls, posting song lyrics, ashton kutcher being the king of the website and charlie sheen drinking tiger blood memes, etc!!!! rip to the keek era of the now mostly plastic clout goblins ✌️❤️🔥✌️❤️🔥
when andrew garfield and stephen colbert kissed not once but twice on the late show. clips of the kiss have been going viral as we are in the middle of the renaissance of garfinkle and it is still just as powerful as it was five years ago. what a time to be alive.
“beyonce?!?!?! you know who you really look like? you fucking look like luther vandross.”
18 years ago, rugrats go wild movie released and scratch&sniff stickers were provided that had tiny pictures correlating to one that would flash on screen when it was time to activate that smell. between that and my time at mars 2112, i felt like i was the damn daughter of george jetson!
another hometown god tier moment for me was new orleans native god warrior herself on wife swap. perfect television. i still use the term “dark sided” to refer to things that frighten me like how leonardo dicaprio has had no light in his eyes for decades now or the wig they gave julia roberts in homecoming. a couple of years ago the woman behind (my would-be senior yearbook quote if i had not attended a private christian school) “gargoyles! psychics! everything is ungodly! dark sided! did you talk about astrology? did you get hypnotised by her?” recently went viral a couple of years ago after being spotted at pride. after the death of her daughter, she was uplifted by the girls and the gays and has since taken a “gay is ok” kacey musgraves approach to lgbts!!!!
"i was pretending like i was happy and i was okay. [the gay community] would not leave me alone. you couldn't help but talk to them and be okay with them. the people that write those little memes and do those little things, i love that. that’s what got me out of bed after ashley’s death."
I KNOW WHERE I WAS WHEN THAT DIGITAL DROPPED!!!!! will never forget my global social science class just convening to discuss the album! even the professor postponed her lesson plan because like HELLO!!?!?! seeing that tour live??? #feminist
being today years old when i learned that nicholas britell was the keyboardist in an EXPERIMENTAL HIP HOP band called “the witness protection program”. and he went by
squiggleDR ATM. only time will tell the deep impact of now knowing this will have on my life…
and the number one moment that changed the trajectory of my life was
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