A parody of “Somebody That I Used To Know”, called “Somebody WHO I Used To Know”, about a grammar nazi who is perpetually single because all of his/her potential partners have poor grammar skills.
Make it happen internet, I can’t sing.
Somebody please please please please PLEASE do this.
I’m talking to someone now about helping me record the vocals for it. =)
I love this idea, but actually it should be “whom.” You can tell because if you rephrase it as a question, you get “I used to know whom?” and as “whom” is the object of the verb “know” it is “whom” and not “who” (“who” is only for the subject, not the object).
Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano has created a visual re-imagination of historic nude paintings, had the subjects conformed their bodies to what the 21st century considers an ideal of beauty. The results are revealing—and quite shocking in what they say about the modern attitude toward women’s bodies.
So in film history class today we were discussing the very, very first motion pictures: a man sneezing on repeat, a dancer twirling her skirt on repeat, and so on:
And I went on tumblr and realized things have come full circle:
“AIA is about this girl names Anna (who narrates the story) and her one-eyed mom, who is a professional gardener obsessed with tulips…” (Green 48)
Tulips are mentioned in a couple other sections of the book, and in this particular circumstance of Anna’s mother (and by extension in Hazel’s mind, her own mother) being obsessed with tulips. The vlogbrothers video above discusses how the most beautiful and prized tulip above all others was also carried the disease which made it beautiful. This parallels the idea in TFIOS of beauty in disease that began with Thoreau’s quote on consumption and the hectic glow. Anna’s mother being obsessed with tulips appears to be not just a horticultural disposition, but a mother’s own obsession with her beautiful and sick child.
God I love this blog. It’s like the nicest blog ever to happen to a writer ever, because s/he reads with such clarity and care and thoughtfulness. It’s obscenely flattering.
I’m going to watch my words to be as nonspoilery as possible, but this is really interesting considering the beauty found in and as the consequence of the effects of illness in TFIOS. Just like how the tulips are beautiful because of the virus.
When I was a carnivore I’d look at vegetarians and say, “I respect them, but I don’t understand it. How can they give up meat! And seafood!”
But then I became a vegetarian and now I look back and think how did I ever eat meat?
When I was a more sedentary person I’d look at people going to the…
This inspired me to go running this morning. Especially since I felt the same way about vegetarians before I became one. I’d love to someday be able to say the same about running.
I think the internet needs some watercolored Bald John Green/ Other John Green slash pictures!
