Did you know that the massive, majestic toad whale could leap almost a mile in one jump before it went extinct? The toad whale ate eagles, ostriches, and other large birds, which it caught with it's long, sticky tongue. #TrueFact
Did you know that the bagpipes were invented as a form of psychological weaponry during the Great Haggis War? #TrueFact
Did you know that clouds happen when the birds are smoking? Someone should give them some anti-tobacco pamphlets. #TrueFact
Did you know that the iconic 1980's children's toys, the Troll Dolls, were based on real life creatures? Neon Apes are a subspecies of chimpanzee that are almost entirely hairless, except for a brilliant shock of neon hair on the top of their heads. #TrueFact
Did you know that white bread is a kind of sea sponge? Some members of the family Loavensponge, the scientific name for the species, can soak up 37 times their own weight in water. Somewhat unsettlingly, these creatures, as brainless as they are, are still alive until the moment they are eaten, and if left alone for extended periods of time, they will crawl away. #TrueFact
Did you know that McDonald’s restaurants in the Himalayas serves yak burgers with carbonated yak milk? #TrueFact Why did I write this?
Did you know that helicopters can be flown upside down to cut down trees? This is why they are called "Choppers." #TrueFact
Did you know that King Henry the 7th only ate lettuce biscuits? No one knows why. #TrueFact
Did you know that the "Birdie" in badminton used to be a real bird? PETA shut that nonsense down real quick. #TrueFact Did you know that in the olden days, tooth fairies used to take money and leave teeth? Eventually people got sick of this disturbing behavior, and local governments began issuing fairy bounties until the Grand High Council of the Fae decreed that their order of operations be completely reversed, hoping that the monetary incentive would appease humanity. It worked. #TrueFact
So, I've decided to retire my "Last Month Online" series. I've discovered with all the different things I have been doing online this past year, that unless I am only focusing on one thing, I function better, and am more productive without deadlines. If I have a lot of things to do, it is far less stressful to just not have them. I still want to share the best of the internet, but I don't want to force any arbitrary rules on myself.
So I'm starting a new iteration of my content sharing series, that I think I'm just going to call, "Watch This!" I will still try for one a month, but I will not sweat it if I miss one here and there. I am so busy with everything else I am doing online and in the real world, that I don't want to make myself dread making a post, and that's kind of how I felt last month. I have been so busy between my IRL job(s), and my YouTube channel, and getting ready for Christmas, that I haven't even wanted to think about my blog. It would nag at the back of my mind, but I didn't do anything about it, because it was lowest on my non-existent priority list. I thought about doing one last one, since I hadn't done one for November, but I didn't. I didn't even get a Christmas video post done, so I'm just moving on.
So, from now on, any videos I share will just be under the title of "Watch This!" And in future posts, I'll probably include the month of publication. This first post has just some random videos from the past few months, some Christmas stuff too, since there was some great stuff released that I thought deserved to be shared, but mostly just random videos that I liked. As usual.
I'm also going to use this series as an excuse to practice my graphic design skills, and experiment with Illustrator, and I am going to try to make a different logo for each post. Here is the first one.
We'll start this out with a new song from Tessa Violet. I could just listen to her voice/music on a never ending loop. I almost hate myself for what I'm about to say, but her music is, as the kids these days say, "A bop." Urgh. I feel so old using teen slang, but it's just so fitting in this case. :p
Lindsey Stirling released so many great Christmas songs this year, and I hate to skip any, but since the first draft of this post was inching toward 20 videos, I need to cut back to just a couple, so I'll start with this cinematic marvel for "I Wonder as I Wander."
And speaking of artists who put out a lot of content in the past few months, Peter Hollens did even more than Lindsey! I definitely can't include all of his, but I wanted to highlight his best, starting with this collab with his wife and Mike Tompkins.
If you need a little diversity in your holiday playlist, here's a Hanukkah song from Walk Off the Earth! :)
And, not to bring down the mood, but in case you were a fan of Walk Off the Earth, and you hadn't heard, they recently lost one of their members, Mike, affectionately known as Beard Guy. They released this video in tribute to him.
To bring things back up, I have something completely different. Gus Johnson is someone who came across my radar last year, and he is hilarious. His brand of comedy is not always 100% family friendly, but this one was so hilarious, I had to share it. I love a good subverted expectation, and he just nailed it with this one. :D
Next up is another song from Peter- I mean... Ashland!? Ashland Hollens! I remember when Peter and Evynne announced their first pregnancy, and now the kid is old enough to sing! And he's actually pretty great! He is of course joined by his parents, but he really holds his own!
Ugh... I just need a full LSD album already! Sia was already one of my favorite 'mainstream' singers, but this project with Labrinth and Diplo just adds something so different and catchy! I've loved just about everything they've released together so far!
One more Peter Hollens song, this time in collaboration with The Hound + The Fox, and it is amazing!
And one last Lindsey Stirling song to round this out, her original Christmas Song, Warmer in the Winter.
