TV Ironicness

So today, I'm catching up on Big Brother Canada 4, and Nikki and Joel are having a fake wedding - officiated by none other than Marsha the Moose, of course. As the nuptials begin, Marsha starts out with the classic "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today...". Meanwhile, I'm scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, and there's an article about Prince. The summary of the post started out with one of Prince's lyrics: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today". WHAT are the odds?!?!

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Music Ironicness

So last night on American Idol, they did songs from Sia's catalog. My favorite, Dalton, sang "Bird Set Free".

 

Today as I was listening to my Google Play random playlist, what song happens to play? Sia's "Bird Set Free".



Not only that, but they also sang American rock songs last night. La'Porsha sang Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive". At first I was thinking that the song was originally done by Blake Lewis on Season 6...but then remembered that his epic performance was of "You Give Love a Bad Name". So again today, another random song that played was...Blake Lewis's American Idol performance of "You Give Love a Bad Name".



So weird!

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Aladdin Lamp Sighting in The Walking Dead

Hey, looky there! I happened to notice an Aladdin lamp tonight on The Walking Dead! We didn't get a real good closeup, but the burner looks right, and that shade looks like an Aladdin shade. The lamp itself looks like a Lincoln Drape lamp.

I think there might actually be a matching lamp on the other night stand, just getting cut out of the picture.

Here's the lamp I think it is.

And here's the shade I think it is.

Update: It turns out we didn't sell the lamps to the production company directly, however, they were purchased through one of our wholesale dealers! Pretty cool!

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Pure. Creepy Ironicness!

Back to web proofing at work today. I've moved on to the Kitchen category and the Butchering sub-category. I have pulled up my next product to proof and compare the new and old sites. That product is the Single Hamburger Press. Andi comes over to ask me a question. She said she knows someone who wants to order our hamburger press, but a large quantity and was wondering if he would be able to get a discount. I stop in my tracks and ask her if she saw on our Google doc that that was the product I was working on. She said "no." I pointed to my computer screen and showed her what item I was working on. Our mouths both dropped in awe. We have 3600+ products pages on our website. How incredibly freaky that she would come up and ask me a totally random, and somewhat un-work related about the exact item out of 3600 that I'm working on. So weird!

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Music Ironicness

Yesterday, as I'm proofing web pages for the new Lehman's website, I'm getting frustrated because as always, it's taking forever to update and show my changes. So, I'm clicking Refresh over and over and over for what feels like forever. I utter under my breath "come on!"literally at the same time that the words are being sung in the song "Come On" by Green River Ordinance is playing in the background.

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Music Ironicness

Today, we had a very beautiful snowfall, which has been VERY rare this winter for us in Ohio. So naturally, it sparked a lot of conversation in the office. As everyone is talking about the snow, my random Google Play playlist of over 11,000 songs, begins playing Jordin Sparks's song "Walking on Snow". I think I only have one other song about snow in my collection, and that would be Shayne Ward's "Melt the Snow". Oops, just checked, and I do have another one: Keane's "Snowed Under". 3 "snow" songs out of 11,633. So either Google is just that smart to know that it's snowing outside, or it's just really ironic.

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Music Ironicness

I'm sitting there working away at web proofing, listening to my music. At the moment, it was Tyler Hilton's "Jenny". As I'm singing along (in my head), over my cubicle wall, I hear a co-worker asking another co-worker a question. That co-worker's name just happens to be Jenny. So, I'm singing "Jenny", and at the same time, I hear "Jenny, what category does this go in?" So weird!

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Music Ironicness and Twitter

I haven't had one of these in a long time! So, I'm at work, listening to my music on Google Play, like always. I saw that I had a notification on my phone, so I checked it to see what it was. It turns out I had a new Twitter follower: Gavin Mikhail! You probably don't know him, but I love his music. This really took me by surprise, because I haven't done much on Twitter for quite some time. I also don't follow Gavin. So this really was totally out of the blue.

What makes this more interesting is that, the next song (or maybe 2 songs later), as a song by Gavin! Out of the 11, 633 songs I have, just randomly minutes after he follows me, one of his songs plays!

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Seinfeld Reference #130

I was having an overly good day at work today, as I was told that I was the best and that I rock (by more than one person!). A co-worker told me I should leave before my head gets too big. I said I should leave on a high note like George. "That's it! I'm out!" Afterwards, I thought of another reference. If my head gets too big, I'll be like a walking candy apple! lol

And...as per usual, it just so happens that the episode Andea Doria - the one that features Elaine's big head - is on tonight! I don't know how that always seems to happen! So weird!

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My Aladdin Lamp Obsession, Pt. 2: Aladdins in Pop Culture

I have so much to say about Aladdins that I had to break my article into 2 parts! In case you missed Part 1, click here to check it out.

I've studied Aladdins so much, that now, whenever I'm watching TV and movies set in the past, I immediately look at the lighting just to see if I can tell what type of oil lamps are present. I am proud to say that I've now spotted Aladdin lamps twice! They don't seem to be that common in film, so it's always fun to spot them.

My first find was in the show Copper. It is one of my proudest Aladdin accomplishments to say that I found an anachronism! Someone in props didn't do their homework! The show is set in the 1860s. The first Aladdin was sold in 1909, so yeah, they are at least 40 years premature in featuring them in the show! Not only that, but these are clearly lox-on models (there are no raised prongs holding the chimney in place). Lox-on burners and chimneys were not introduced until 1928! Any prop directors wanting lamps for your set? Clearly I'm the one to ask :)

My next find was on Doctor Who. I was surprised to see the Doctor not only carrying the lamp around, but running with it! Those lamps are heavy, and fragile! It was dark, but the glow of the mantle and the up-close shots of the burner make the Aladdin super recognizable.

I wonder where they will turn up next, but I can't wait to find out!

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