Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister, James Moore, nominated to that position in the hopes of mending fences with Québec's cultural scene, among others, failed a pop quiz where he was asked to identify not only Québec cultural icons, some of them internationally known, but also famous Anglo-Canadian artists.
All of this puts a new spin on a funny video done by some Québec artists during the last federal elections, which I humbly contributed to spread among Anglo-Canadian medias by adding subtitles...
I don't consider myself particularly intelligent, so it emphasize how frustrating it is to have idiots run my country.
I am not superstitious. I laugh at people trying to bring luck on themselves and their endeavours, or at people that avoid places, situations or objects that could fuck their luck up.
But every time I get a zit on the right side of my nose, which is probably the only place where I get acn. It was also the source of important awkwardness back in my teenage years as it was the only place where it would reach such epic proportions. Back then, it seemed like it would always pop out when I'd be about to meet a cool girl, so, being a pavlovian creature, I ended up associating this particular skin defect with meeting the next girl of my life.
As I grew in confidence, if not in size, I came to accept such temporal skins imperfections. But everytime the zit would be back, I'd be convinced the next girlfriend was around the corner.
I thought I wasn't superstitious.
Today, the zit is back, and my first thought was of the girl I'll meet (probably this weekend, as I'm interviewing a bunch of university students for tree-planting jobs), but my second thought was to doubt the actual accuracy of my prophetical acne, for you see, I can't remember if it actually works or not. Seems like it did, but I can't put my finger on one encounter predicted by the magic zit. A little like when you have a feeling of déjà-vu, but you can't remember when it happened because, well, your mind plays tricks on you as it never occured!
So here's the little experiment, and the reason why I'm blogging about it. Recording my actual skin outbreak will allow me, in the future, to confirm or infirm the nose zit/girl theory and finally free myself from this rather ridiculous superstition.
And if it actually works, well, cool, but I'll have to test it again next time. In a world where such zits actually predict potential sexual/romantic encounters, I'd rather not think about the implications of a nose zit when I'll be married. Note to self, never allow future wife to read this blog.
"Yes your honor, I'm requesting a divorce as my husband cheats on me. Proof? he has a huge zit beside his nose!"
Now that I'm done with this experiment, let's remain on the teen theme. I'm not a fan of McDonald's, I eat there about once a year and I usually regret it soon after. But this McDonald's France advertisement does convey teenage awkwardness very well, and I find the girl's struggles to find her style rather cute, fitting with the French slogan, "Come as You Are". Oh and I love the song too (Time Machine, by Rinôçérôse)...
Yeah, it's weird, I know, but fuck it, the marketers got me this time! Here's the vid:
Arghhhh, shame, shame on me! I'm posting a multinational junk food chain ad here!!!
Time to go check my brain, then my zit, then my online dating account.
Below are a few videos I order you to watch, because I'm too lazy to post original content and also because I happen to like those shows and would like to share.
Heard about BSG and its goodies, but too lazy to go through a three-season marathon? Well, you miss quite a bliss. Meh, frak, here's a funny, very quick recap:
(click on image to watch)
And here's OSS 117, France's most mysoginist, racist, bigot, colonialist and dumbest spy. He's good though!
Probably one of the best French comedies of the last few years. The movie is more than a parody, it's an hommage to 1960's spy movies, up to the cinematography.
A must see. Here's a few clips with english subtitles (except for the last two ones, but they are hardly necessary)
All Tied Up: (click on image to watch)
Meeting Other Spies: (click on image to watch)
The Hookah: (click on image to watch)
Bambino: (click on image to watch)
Jack: (click on image to watch) (Translation of the few spoken words in the last clip) Scene 1: French Official: "Very sad news" OSS 117:"Jack! Jack..."
Scene 2: OSS 117:"Jack...Jack. Larmina:"What are you doing Lucien? OSS 117: "Huh?"
Scene 3: OSS 117:"Jack, my friend, my brother!" Jack: "My friend? It's not how I remember it." OSS 117: "Hahahahaha, 23-nothing! You're an amateur Jack, you don't know how to play, Jack! You suck!" OSS 117: "Hey, Jack!" Jack: "No, really not how I remember it!"
Did I say you guys need to go over the fact it's a foreign film with subtitles? It's simply hilarious!
Time to go watch my dreams, with subtitles (I swear it happened once)!
Good Old 1980's Advertisement Classic (and a parody)
Couldn't resist posting this.
Here's an old TV ad for Distribution Aux Consommateurs (Consumers Distributing), a company whose outlets would never have the inventory in stock, relying on catalogue orders, even in their stores. The concept failed and the company bankrupted, a few years short of the revolution brought by the "Information Highway" (internet).
The following videos are in french, but I posted a home-made english transcription:
English Translation:
It has to be worth my money. (chorus: "C'est DAC", the french initials of the company, also somewhat meaning "agreed"...) I'm working hard for my money. (chorus) It's worthy of my money. Consumers Distributing!
The "C'est DAC" Catalogue (chorus) The quality, the prices, we agree It's worthy of my money, Consumers Distributing!
Oh yes, we all agree, yeah, I do agree, agree! Consumers Distributing, "c'est DAC!"
And here's the parody's english translation: It's worthy of my money. (chorus: It Sucks!) I'm doing ads for the money. (chorus) Yeah it costs shitloads of money, Distributors Contributing!
The catalogue is poorly translated (Huge twit!) It's full of cheap shit, oh yeah! They are fucking ugly, Distributors Contributing!
Oh yes we all suck, yeah I do suck, suck Distributors Contributing, It Sucks!
