Five awesome foreign language versions of songs

5. Be prepared, German

So...I'm part German, but I'm more Polish-Jew, and boy this sounds evil. The Nazi imagery seems much more clear cut...

4. Defying Gravity, Japanese

It's no secret that Wicked is my favorite musical. And this version is just beautiful.

3. Kiss the Girl, Spanish

The translation is hilarious at the start, but the song sounds great as well.

2. Dentist, French

I have no idea, it just cracks me up.

1. I'll Make a Man Out of You, Chinese (sung by Jackie Chan!)

In case you didn't know, Jackie Chan is an opera-trained singer, who lent his voice to the Chinese dub of Mulan. This video will attest to his sheer singing prowess.

Happy new year!

What I did in 2014

Toting up a list of accomplishments, because why not.

• Got Married.
• Learned to make new desserts.
• Watched all of Fraiser. Again.
• Started watching American Horror Story, Parks and Rec, Soul Eater, Sailor Moon Crystal, and too many more to list.
• Watched Avatar the Last Airbender.
• Didn't watch The Last Airbender.
• Wrote a blog for every weekday.
• Got new job.
• Quit job because of abusive boss.
• Got another new job.
• Continued editing manuscript.
• Cataloged DVD collection.
• Saw The Wizard of Oz at a movie theater.
• Recognized issues ensuing from most people not willing to go with me to something that important to me.
• Performed in some amazing theater.
• Saw some amazing theater.
• Hugged my nieces and nephew.
• Didn't get pregnant on the wedding night.
• Got my Mother-In-Law's credit card flagged for purchases she made in conjunction with said night.
• Got more into feminism.
• Laughed at feminazis.

All in all...a good year.

Things I have recently learned from the internet. With links!

• The DO still make caffeine free coke. It's primary markets are Mormons, people who are allergic to caffeine, and people who like decaf stuff.

• Tila Tequila likes Hitler 

• There is a worse movie than Santa Clause and the Ice Cream Bunny; Magic Christmas Tree. Fear it.

AHHHHHHHHHH

So, yesterday I wrestled a large dog onto the X-Ray table. Today I woke with pain so bad I could barely get out of bed.

Accurate!

Thanks to a light workday, Motrin, and a heating pad, I'm still at work and 90% pain free. We even had a delicious chicken lunch dropped off as a holiday thank-you from one of the pet rescues we work with.

Love only makes it taste better

In other news, our car is in the shop because of brake pad issues, and it'll either be $350 or $620 to fix. At least I've already bought the Christmas presents (and by the time this goes up Christmas will be over). Yaaaaaay. 

Just another day in the life of a normal American. There's good, bad, unexpected surprises, gains, and losses. This started as a post about pain but the other things that happened before I could finish writing changed it. A moment is all that is needed for a bad day to become good, or a good day to even out. That's pretty cool.

But here's a pain that's always with me: