A New Semester. (And I Love Norwegians.)

When you get to where you wanna go
And you know the things you wanna know
You’re smiling.(1)

Stacked.

That’s Wall-e, scratching his head, positioned in front of my stack of double-sided, approximately size 9 font readings for just one of my classes last semester. Admittedly, I didn’t read all of them–the key to excelling in any sort of reading-intensive course is to learn what to not read. Though, I guess you shouldn’t listen to me–it was also my lowest grade last semester.(2) Hmm… On second thought, read everything.

I LOVE NORWEGIANS.

On a side note, while looking for lyrics for this photo, I was looking up videos for Norwegian Recycling songs and (as often happens) I got distracted.

Here’s the lowdown. First, his name is Peter Bull. He does ridiculously amazing mashups. His YouTube channel is here. His Facebook page is here. His myspace is here. His homepage is here. He has all his albums up for free here, here, and here.

Now, I’ve always liked NR, but I’m becoming increasingly convinced that we would be good friends if we ever met. I have always said that I can tell how well I’ll get along with somebody by their iPod alone.(3) I am fully convinced that he and I would be great friends. He mashes 8 songs spanning 4 genres and it sounds amazing. It blows my mind. Plus, his song have really witty titles. And he gives away music for free–kinda like how I take music. So, Mr. Peter Bull, if you ever happen to read this and come to New York, let’s hang out.

Anyways, if you don’t listen to him, you should. It’s free. Seriously, what are you losing? Here’s a primer if you still need convincing.

8 Become 1.

1. Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love
2. Savage Garden – Crash And Burn
3. Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
4. James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
5. Atomic Kitten – It’s Ok!
6. U2 – With Or Without You
7. Billie The Vision & The Dancers – Summercat
8. Remy Zero – Fair

Footnotes:
  1. Robbie Williams mashed up in Norwegian Recycling – In This Velvet [↩]
  2. Which, btw, I find disturbing that professors don’t “bump” you up if you are .1 percentage points away from a higher grade. Especially if a large portion of their class is made up of participation points. 1/10 percentage points? And you won’t just give me the A? Seriously? You’re really going to give me an A- because I didn’t answer just one more question? I just don’t think my grade should reflect my adamant refusal to acknowledge or legitimize the the stupidity of my fellow classmates. It should reflect what I know, learned, and can apply. [↩]
  3. Now there are a few exceptions–some of my friends have terrible taste in music, but for the most part, that theory has been pretty darn accurate. [↩]