I'm not posting my own list of all the best videos of the year.

I'm just posting one. Because there is only one.

Best. video. Of the year.

Shun the non-believer! Shuuuuuunnnnnn-ah.

Neil O'Fortune's big summer continues when I return this Saturday as the host of D20 Burlesque, for a night completely dedicated to Internet memes. It should be batshit insane, in a good way. And haven't you always wanted to hear my dramatic reading of Charlie the Unicorn? I know you have.


And then on Monday night I make my debut as the host of the long-running Original Cyn Burlesque in Brooklyn. It should be batshit insane, in a good way.

I de-friended someone yesterday because of their snarky response to this quote by another friend

From the Atlantic, a fascinating look at how a partially fake quote attributed to Martin Luther King disseminated across the entire Internet within 24 hours of Osama Bin Laden being shot. It certainly showed up on my wall about 50 times.

Why, yes I am done with work and killing some time until my Friday plans, why do you ask?

I actually love when I find something that isn't the newest meme everybody's posting thissecond on their Facebook wall and sharing it. Case in point, I came across this just now on Best Week Ever, it dates from several months back and it made me laugh out loud.

See also: the image above, courtesy of the blog Pop Suede. This is actually courtesy of my friend (and reliably hysterical FB poster) Creamy Stevens, and every time I see it I laugh. It's also an example of how things CAN get lost on the internet: Pop Suede appears to be having trouble with its URL and the internal links don't work, making it impossible to reach this and most of their content on the original site. You'll just have to bask in this single image in all its non sequiter glory right here.

Meta-Monday!

At my desk and Pandora just played Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap (on a Sleigh Bells channel. Not a bad choice, although I've noticed that Pandora is not nearly as far-ranging or interesting as it was, say, 6 months ago, right? More corporate? Fewer deep cuts or out-there connections? Still good because, you know, free, but much more repetitive and greatest-hits-ish.)

ANYWAY! I can't hear that song without thinking about this, and having to try not to laugh at my day job. It's so good because who remembers that scene, who makes the connection, it's just so good. Also: wow, now the OC and the SNL sketch that made this whole connection are starting to feel like relics of an ancient time called the middle-noughts or something, we are really running out of past and nostalgia is collapsing on itself. But this is still funny. Incidentally, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that Lindsay Robertson first brought my attention to this on the now largely abandoned Lindsayism.

ANYWAY! Here's the thing at Best Week Ever. You will have to search elsewhere for the actual SNL video, but you'll find it and it's worth it.

All the way across the sky, so intense.

Another nice slideshow in the Village Voice, featuring official burlesque star of Poundsign, Clams Casino, from last Saturday's presentation of Pinchbottom Burlesque at P.S. 122. It captures her most of-the-moment performance ever, dedicated to this WEEK's hot meme.

We'll do it live!

Last day in the office before Christmas vacation? Looking to kill some time? Here you go. The Urlie Awards for the best internet crap of 2008. Click on the winners to see all the nominees. Afternoon solved! You're welcome.