So here’s what I learned about today:
You know how sometimes you play car karaoke with yourself, and rock out to some song in your car and you just really let it go. You throw back your head, belt it out, maybe even do some head bobbing, or a little hand gesture or two so you can hit the high notes. Then you pull up to a stop light and happen to glance to your left and you see someone staring at you, perhaps a bit of a smirk, and you then you feel like a big goofball and you count the seconds until the light turns green. It’s even worse if the windows are down and the music is say, some cheesy Celine Dion song that you were totally feeling and belting out at the top of your lungs.
So our kids, they are doing that, but basically live, for everyone to see. Apparently completely unabashed too. I’m sure you’ve heard of the app Musical.ly that they are all using. I’m sure you’ve heard of it, but have you actually SEEN it and really looked at it? I’m the first to admit, I knew all three of my girls were playing on it, and I knew that it involved music and recording and singing, but beyond that I hadn’t really looked at it closely. It’s been a central part of many sleep overs, and the annoying tunes are etched in my head (and I realize how old I sound hating on the youngin’s music….but let’s face it, most of it isn’t Rolling Stones or Prince caliber). What I DID NOT realize, is that musical.ly is lip synching, to music that they ruin a lot of them by speeding it up and putting it into high pitch voices that rival Alvin and the Chipmunk’s pitch. Then the entire point is to “act out” the song, while staying in the view of the camera, and then this gets streamed to your “followers”. So then someone (your friends and other random followers) essentially watch you “ass out” to bad music. You aren’t actually singing, you aren’t dancing, it’s like playing football on the Wii—totally fake, but apparently, very addicting and very popular because pretty much anyone can do it.
Doing it might even get you MILLIONS of followers, and apparently you get paid (or so Ava said, I’m a little skeptical but I guess if you have millions of people looking at anything there is a monetary value). Ava was showing me some videos last night done by kids in their early teens who literally have millions of followers (one guy had 5, one gal had 20)….20 MILLION people tuned in to watch this girl lip-synch and basically invent a weird music sign language that consists of her hands sort of gyrating and making hearts and pointing fingers---acting out the basic lyrics of the song. It’s a forum where the art of the seductive hair toss, lip smacking, and sexy head shakes are key, because you are trying to work it to songs that contain lyrics like, “lay your body on me.”
I was laughing hysterically….it’s worth checking out if you haven’t. One really popular one was an awkward 15 year old boy with mild acne and a big trucker hat that had 5 million viewers and I’m telling you, that kid is going to be WAY embarrassed when he pulls up those videos someday in the future that are now permanently etched in the internet. It’s like if someone had snapped 1000’s of pictures of you during your acid wash, just got a perm, and pre-tetracycline days. OH GOD. One year book picture was bad enough, no thank you. He has 5 million viewers and hundreds of videos. No joke. He's going to be haunted by himself forever.
On a totally different note, we got in new Hard Tail tees today and I’m so excited because I’m hopelessly addicted to them. I sometimes “think” I’m sick of them and I go out and buy something else….I cheat on my Hard Tail tees. They never make the grade though and don't really ever satisfy in the same way. I use them to work out in, I use them to sleep in (I buy them two sizes larger which makes them perfect), I cut the length and wear them with jeans, and I layer them under stuff. I beat them up too, and I love that they never get holes. I’m a huge fan of the lightweight slub cottons, but you have to be more careful with them, they do get holes easier, and they look much better when you wash them properly. I don’t wash my Hard Tail tees properly AT ALL. I throw them in on hot, I use bleach on the colors by accident (I’m not a careful laundry person). I’ve washed them with fuzzy towels. Still look perfect every time, and they last longer than I can stand to look at them. Plus for me they have the perfect cotton/lycra balance. They don’t stretch out, which is something I hate. I buy oversized tees all the time, but if I buy something more body conscious, I want it to NOT stretch out . This surf color to the right makes me happy just to look at;
I am not sure what little gift I’m going to do for a friend today. I’m still pondering it, but what I do know is that there are few things that make someone’s day more fabulous than an unexpected gift of any kind. We are so programmed to think about birthdays, the holidays etc., (and those seems so numerous and overwhelming) that no one really remembers to just give a gift for no reason other than to make someone unexpectedly happy. I know I’m guilty of it, I often will save something for a birthday, or another holiday vs. giving it immediately when really, the unexpected gift is so much MORE enjoyable. So try and find time today to find some little something for a person you care about. Doesn’t really matter what, just something to unexpectedly remind your person that someone thought of them. It will bring a LOT of joy.
Signed, ME {lv}
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