The world actually is awesome

[misscam]

So, on a more cheerful note than most of this weekend, I bring you:

The Commercial of Awesome, particulary if you're a Discovery Channel fan. (Which I am.)

For all the gloom, the world actually is damn awesome. So, I give you Ten Reasons the World is Awesome (for Me Right Now):

1. It's spring. The trees and grass are green, birds have started mating rituals, my cat has started tanning his fur, the sun is warmer and life feels all the more precious for starting anew.
2. Battlestar Galactica is shiny and awesome and new to me, and has spurred urges to write again. Also gave me new ships (Roslin/Adama, Helo/Sharon, Galactica/the TARDIS, pretty people/orgies) and reminded me why fandom is also awesome.
3. The Norwegian state is giving me back about 2500 USD in overpayed taxes. Whoo.
4. Football. It's a silly game, but I don't give a toss. Go Tromsø! Go Bodø-Glimt! Go Euro and give me lots of awesome, exciting games! Go hot males so I may ogle!
5. Svalbard used to have dinosaurs. This is nothing but awesome.
6. Bananas exist.
7. People of awesome are in my life. My family, my friends, my flist, my work colleagues, the guy at the train that makes funny jokes during delays, my guild, the strangers that pass by my life but still leave little joys.
8. People like my writing enough to say nice things about it.
9. It's almost Eurosong time. You know what that means - crack, horrible costumes, bad singing, biased voting, silly dancing, BBC snark and Very Bad Hosts with Very Bad Jokes. It's awesome!
10. The summer forcast promises a lovely, warm summer for Norway and I am having falena84 over.

Give me ten reasons of yours, I dare you. (Or as many or few as you can think of.) They can be as silly as you like - but hey, you might find some people share them ;)

Comments

[moyawyvern.livejournal.com]

That commercial is most definitely made of awesome. I have been showing it to everyone, and they all say that if all commercials were like that one, they might not switch the channel or fast forward through all of them. Beware, though, the song will get stuck in your head.

Love the icon, by the way.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

There are worse songs to get stuck in your head, so I'll dare it ;) And yeah, it's a ncie change from the gazillion shampoo ad with some celebrity who probably never uses it and has people to look after her hair for her.

:) They're my new strangely aww-cute-yet-also-scary-and-fucked-up pairing of choice. And they're having a cuddle, because life is awesome.

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

1. Going to San Fransisco on Thursday. :-D I have almost three days just to see the city.
2. Going to San Fransisco for a conference that starts Friday. w00t for networking and learning more about running a wiki.
3. Fan History will likely crack the top 100,000 traffic wise according to Quantcast later this week if current traffic keeps up. :-D
4. The Chicago Cubs. I love them, and love to ride the emotional train of losses and wins and home town spirit and distractions that the Cubs provide.
5. The Chicago area in the summer. It is lovely. And entertaining.
6. Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Yum. Yum. Also, yummy! yum!
7. Yesterday, my house was clean. That was all exciting because I function so much better in clean.
8. Rumors of CSI finale including Jorja Fox. I live off hope, even if it isn't likely.
9. I have some truly awesome friends who put up with numerous neurotic e-mails and IMs.
10. Clothes. Also clothes. I really love my wardrobe. And my shoes. Getting dressed every day in a nice outfit goes a long way towards keeping up my mood. :-D

[moyawyvern.livejournal.com]

There certainly are, and I am sure I have had them stuck at one time or another, usually only the one line you remember that repeats until you are mad.

They are an adorable couple. The ep that your icon came from is just full of great shippy moments for them. I have your fics with them bookmarked, just waiting for me to finish my catch up of DW.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Damn, you made me hungry :P

And also reminded me the world is awesome because ice cream exists in summer. I'm so gonna get one after work.

Half the fun of winning in sport is having stuck around for the losing too. *nods sagely*

[ligaras.livejournal.com]

I can't get youtube at work, but if it's the one with all the hosts joining in song for the awesome planet we live on, then I'm with you - awesome indeed! It just always makes me think, and makes me kinda proud too actually, heh.

Yay for tax refunds and sunny weather and everything else good :)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I hated myself so much when I had that umbrella song in my head. ARGH WHY.

There are certainly more fans of them on my flist than I expected, heh. And yeah, that's a great episode for them. They've had some really nice moments in season four as well, though I am worried BSG is going to break my heart...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

That's the one! It's so loving of our planet and reminds me we are actually very lucky to live on it.

Science fills me with so much love for life :D

How's life across the pond, BTW? Missing Norway?

[moyawyvern.livejournal.com]

They've had some really nice moments in season four as well, though I am worried BSG is going to break my heart...

Unfortunately, with this show, that is almost a guarantee. Won't stop me from watching it, though.

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

Half the fun of winning in sport is having stuck around for the losing too. *nods sagely*

When your team's nickname is the Lovable Losers, half the fun is wallowing in your inability to win. :)

Icecream rocks.

[longtimegone]

I'l be back later to fill in 10 reasons, but I just wanted to thank you for that link! It totally brightened my morning. <3

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Ouuuch. But yeah, i think even that fact about the Cubs have filtered back to here, probably through American shows.

Been some time since my team did great, but I live in hope and will settle for not sucking for now :D

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. Rather used to my pairings ending not so well by now, so I'll just endure it.

The ride can still be worth it.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

:D It cheers me up every time I see it as well.

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

Another thank you from me for the youtube link of awesome. I will share the love on my LJ too ;-)

And yes, Roslin/Adama make sense in a very frakked up universe, and BSG continues to stun me every episode I watch.

Okay = my list of Ten Reasons the World is Awesome (for Me Right Now):

#1 - I'm enjoying a long weekend as today is a public holiday.
#2 - This means that I don't have to teach 2 nightmare classes this week.
#3 - UNIT are shiny again and THE BRIG IS STILL ALIVE
#4 - I've almost finished my first original story which is also my first full length novel
#5 - I've just got a whole new DVD box set of Mythbusters to watch (Collection 3)
#6 - I've just finished reading the first collected Sandman volume and it is awesome. I have discovered a wonderful new graphic novel world to enjoy.
#7 - Our laundry pile is virtually non existent. This is a rare and precious thing.
#8 - There's a Time Team special on Channel 4 tonight that I haven't seen: 90 minutes of Tony, Phil & co digging up cool stuff
#9 - I'm going to give myself a couple of hours to paint and listen to old Sherlock Holmes plays later today
#10 - My hubby is (as always) absolutely brilliant.

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

The Cubs thing has become sort of a popular cultural joke in the USA which values winning above all else. (Which makes the Chicago Cubs sort of weird in that we live on the hope that they win. If they don't, no big deal.)

Is Norway's Eurovision entry likely to be filled with suck? :) What other teams do you cheer for?

[peridot-lines.livejournal.com]

9. It's almost Eurosong time. You know what that means - crack, horrible costumes, bad singing, biased voting, silly dancing, BBC snark and Very Bad Hosts with Very Bad Jokes. It's awesome!

I work with a guy from Ireland who picked this as one of the things that he misses most from home. He showed us a video of one of the songs from... Ukraine I think, and wow... just wow. I wonder what it would be like to do something like that here.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

It's an awesome that should be spread. So's BSG, with its various wins.

Also, damn, I should totally get me some Mythbusters on DVD as well. Then again, if I started getting Discovery DVDs, I might never stop.

Sir Brig. Hehehe.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Erm, ours this years is... Tolerable. The artist annoys me a bit, but the song is inoffensive pop. I've heard good stories about other countries bringing the suck, though. Hurrah! It's not Eurosong without the suck.

My teams are all Norwegian - Tromsø, Bodø-Glimt, Tromsdalen, Norway's national team, sometimes a bit Blackburn and Aston Villa and also Scotland's second worst team.

I also watch Australia in the World Cup and Denmark. Denmark plays football of love - too bad they failed to qualify for the Euro.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Eurosong is just total crack that is hard to explain for people unaware of it. It has a seriously long tradition and in-jokes and Cyprus always gives Greece twelve points and it's just... It could never have worked now if it wasn't tradition, somehow.

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

But wouldn't it be Brigadier Sir AGLS?

;-P

[canadian-kazz.livejournal.com]

1. I have a new favoutire youtube video thanks to you. ;) (Squee for Mythbusters!) Also, stand-up comedy and improv on youtube.

2. I have a boyfriend who loves me and I love him.

3. Adelaide in autumn is beautiful.

4. I have friends all over the world.

5. Doctor Who, Transformers, PotC and other fandoms to enjoy with friends.

6. My cat has adorable toes that twitch in her sleep.

7. I am free to express myself how I wish.

8. I am at the cusp of adult life, which can go in any direction.

9. I live closer to everything now, so less travel time to get to the city.

10. I have Doctor Who to look forward to each week for a while, and exciting movies are coming out next year that I can't wait to see.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I like Sir Brig better. Shh!

[evilstorm.livejournal.com]

That commercial is made of EPIC FUCKING WIN.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Cats in general are just another reason the world is awesome.

[ligaras.livejournal.com]

*Loves science*

Life across the pond is...busy! There's something about living/working in a tourist trap beach area that makes this time of year more stressful than usual - imagine that.

My horsie and kitties are all well and I love 'my' little house except the one acre yard that needs mowing weekly, did I mention I have a walk-behind mower??. Can't complain :)

And I'm driving to Canada this weekend - Niagara Falls and Toronto, yay! I'll send you a postcard.

-Oh, and 1/20/09 is coming up...no Bush means you can come visit.

;)

[phdelicious.livejournal.com]

Awesome commercial is awesome! Thanks for sharing the link. I hadn't actually seen that one yet. :D

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

1) YouTube, which has great songs, great vids, scenes from movies that I haven't seen yet (but now want to), stand-up comedy and Mystery Science Theater 3000.

2) Completely awesome friends.

3) Warm sunshine.

4) Spring after an icy winter.

5) Azalea bushes in blossom.

6) The Dresden Files, both bookverse and TV-verse, for its wonderful characters whom I adore, for beautifully convoluted yet believable plots. And for Jim Butcher, for combining urban fantasy, private eye noir, humor and plain old-fashioned heroism and making it work.

7) I have Doctor Who every week! (Well, for as long as Season Four lasts.)

8) Peapod, which delivers groceries right to my home. (Very good if you're handicapped and can't drive anywhere.)

9) The hand-carved carousel horses in Hartford.

10) The leaves turning in autumn in New England.

11) I think my writing is getting better.

12) My legs DEFINITELY are.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Given that Oslo gets its share too, I can imagine :P

And yeah, I said I'd come visit when Bush was President no longer, didn't I? Hmm. Well, the dollar is low and I have plenty of money saved up, so I could if I wanted. I would have to work out where to go and who to visit and what-not, of course.

[mingsmommy.livejournal.com]

I LOVE that commercial...saw it the other night and was just overcome with the awesomeness of it.

[ligaras.livejournal.com]

Well, the dollar is low
Ah yes, which reminds me - I *do* miss Norway, especially this time of year... But where I earn Dollars it is insanely expensive for me to go home, and don't even ask me about Lånekassen :(

-Planning on a Christmas visit though, it's been two years too long. My door's open anytime you want to make the trek!

[ilingeron.livejournal.com]

1. I just finished my no-good-horrible-rotten essay on Updike!
2. It's been consistently sunny for the first time since September, but not too hot.
3. Pancakes. Warm, fluffy, syrupy pancakes.
4. SciFi is finally airing Doctor Who over here.
5. And Battlestar Galactica is continuing with it's complete awesomeness.
6. I'm realizing that being young just means I have more time to enjoy life.
7. Seattle exists.
8. My friends are all over the country, now, but we keep in contact and I love them to death.
9. My family is healthy and getting along.
10. And I finally finished that essay!

[colorstoobright.livejournal.com]

I am also going to do my own list of Ten Reasons Why The World Is Awesome. Sounds awesome, tbh./

[colorstoobright.livejournal.com]

.... In a post, is what I meant to say. Yes. Okay. Carry on.

[rivrea.livejournal.com]

1) Same as yours. We're having the most wonderful weather over here, and squirrels are frolicking in the trees outside my window.

2) Rhododendron bushes. What? They are quite beautiful.

3) I'll probably gain money soonish.

4) I bought a new summer dress today. Plus-size shops for the win!

5) I will be going to Oxford for a week.

6) I'm rereading Watership Down, and I'm enjoying it immensely.

7) I ♥ Donna on Doctor Who.

8) Meds that work.

9) Going through my old Asterix collection.

10) Apple cake. There can never be enough of it.

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

I can live with Sir Brig of UNIT, I have to admit ;-D

(Sort of like Princess Josephine of Tardis, ain't it!)

[redpistolet.livejournal.com]

Ooo I love that commercial.
I also love that Svalbard had dinosaurs. Nice one, Svalbard.

I want to go unearth one.

[falena]

Aaaawww. You made me sniffle, evil woman.

*hugs*

[chicklet73.livejournal.com]

Today? After seeing this?

1-10. I will get to see this man, in this costume, being this Hamlet, live and in the flesh, in only a couple of months.

*CARTWHEELS OF JOY*

11. (because if 10 is awesome, 11 is awesomer) I HAS MY LITTLE BALONEY DOG SCOOTER. Hooray! ♥

[robin-2370-hood.livejournal.com]

1. Instead of six finals in three days, I shall be taking three, with one on each day.
2. It's spring here, as well. I have allergies, but that won't stop me from admiring the pretty.
3. I recently purchased H.A.A.R.P. by Muse, so even though I haven't seen them live, I can still pretend.
4. I've been more creative as of late, which I always enjoy.
5. Shit has been going down, but I've been staying out of it and keeping my nose clean.
6. Did I mention that I'm totally only taking three finals? Because I'm really happy about that.
7. Even though I'm wait listed at the college I really want to go to, I know I'll be okay at my second choice.
8. The end of school means more time to read books, and to write.
9. I should be getting a new, and better computer soon.
10. Oreos, because chocolate cookie and vanilla frosting are the best combination, and endorse unity, which is always welcome.

[space-oddity-75.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, that Discovery Channel commercial is really made of awesome! I'll most definitely spread the love on my LJ. Thanks for posting it: it's just become my favourite YouTube video ever. :)

[everysecondtues.livejournal.com]

1. I still have an episode of Doctor Who to watch.
2. I'm going to see an Eddy Izzard show this Saturday!
3. I'm almost done with school and have a week break right now.
4. I have lots of games to play.
5. I have time to reread the Dresden Files.
6. I'm writing some fic and enjoying it.
7. Someone betaed one of my fic so I can work on it more now.
8. I have two episodes of BSG to watch.
9. My mom had dinner with me tonight.
10. I got to see my cat yesterday.

[katiegsr.livejournal.com]

9. It's almost Eurosong time. You know what that means - crack, horrible costumes, bad singing, biased voting, silly dancing, BBC snark and Very Bad Hosts with Very Bad Jokes. It's awesome!

I'm giddy with excitement because of this!

The List

[gabz33.livejournal.com]

1. Call me cheesy, but I have so many books that I have to read during summer vacation (that starts in a month ^^) and so many new things to learn. THAT is an awesome fact.
2. My country's having its 60th birthday tomorrow... -wipes away tear- Even though the government's f*cked up, I love this place.
3. I'm back in school with my friends.
4. I have 2 book reports to give in and 3 writing assgnments to give in as well.
5.The Eurovision contest. I bet on our contestant with my friend, and I'm hoping I win... but neither of us bet that he'd win first plce, so THAT's not a worry. We barely ever stay in the top 12, let alone recieve the full 12 points.
6. Me drink lots of water, and that makes me happy.
7. OMFG COLDPLAY'S NEW ALBUM. Which is coming out here on the 21st of June, which is my birthday. PWN.
8. Grey's Anatomy and the 'cheesy love/bizzare medical problems' combination that we all know and love.
9. Fanfiction, BETAs and the PPC: they are awesome to the nth degree.
10. And so is music. And chocolate. Preferably at the same time. =]
Bonus 11. We might have not won the prior World Series, you nasty Red Sox fans, but just remember who won 27 TIMES. HAHAHA.

(I think it was 27, I'm not sure. Correct me if I'm wrong, Yankee faithfuls!)

-Mackenzie