HansonFan

If you're shocked, it's just the fault of faulty manufacturing.

Can you tell me if this is not the most awesome cover of it you've ever heard? Maybe not literally, but it's really good, don't you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G7FUP3iVmk

And Soulshine by the Allman Brothers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIfblMXPwIc

You've got to admit these guys are SOULFUL.

I know this isn't really the right section, but I have no where else to put this question...

I have to write a 250 word essay for a scholarship for which I'm applying, but there isn't a prompt of any sort! I know in this case I should write about a passion I have or something very important to me, but I'm having trouble coming up with topics.

I'm really passionate about some of the issues surrounding AIDS and poverty Africa (South Africa, specifically), but I have yet to take any sort of action, so I don't think that would be a very good topic to write about... or is it? Would it be bad to write an essay about my passion and how I hope to take action soon?

I also really love music (and I play it, too), but I can't think of a topic that would make it sound like a meaningful interest. It's one of those things that's kind of "in my soul" but I don't have an interest in pursuing it later in life, so, once again, I have no idea what to do.

Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated!!

What's the funniest made-up word you've ever said or heard? I say stupid things all the time by accident... mixing words together, mispronouncing them... it can be quite embarrassing, actually :D

The best I've heard so far is in my favorite documentary. Taylor Hanson makes up the word "antithedoxy". It goes something like this:

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We study the antithedoxy of music. That's antithesis and orthodoxy... mixed. Get it? Antithedoxy.

THAT'S THE ALBUM COVER RIGHT THERE! Forget "The Walk"!!!

"HANSON: ANTITHEDOXY."

...slash hotdog-flavored water.

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Poll: What's YOUR favorite made-up/mixed up mess? What's the story behind it?

(Quote taken from "Taking The Walk" Docu-Series Podcast, Episode Two. SWEET.)

I love them... saw them in concert this summer in fact. But that's not important.

I found this a cappella cover of "Fix You" on youtube. It's ALL voices. No instruments. Crazy good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4GUizpgJ6I

Poll: What's your favorite Coldplay music video?

(Mine is actually Fix You... ironic, I guess.)

Does money still get donated from iTunes if you make a GoodShop/iTunes Music Store purchase using an iTunes gift card? I'm having trouble finding this information, and since it takes a week or more for GoodShop "earnings" to show up, I really have no idea. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

For those of you who HAVEN'T heard of GoodSearch or GoodShop, you're missing out! GoodSearch is a Yahoo!-powered search engine that, for every time you search, donates about a penny to the charity of your choice. You have to be careful, though, because if they detect fraudulent searches (as in you just keep searching over and over to earn money), they'll delete the charity you're raising money for. GoodShop is awesome, too. Tons of store like iTunes and amazon.com and 1-800-FLOWERS and so many more have teamed up so that for every purchase you make through them, they'll donate to your charity as well. All you have to do is click on the link through GoodShop (they redirect you) and then all the shopping you do in that bit of time counts!

Definitely check it out:

http://www.goodsearch.com/

http://www.goodshop.com/

(And may I recommend choosing "Friends of TOMS - TOMS Shoes(Santa Monica CA)" as your charity? Go to http://www.tomsshoes.com/ to see how awesome it is.)

I just felt like writing the other night before bed, so I wrote this poem. It's not done, but tell me what you think. I'd like honest reactions here, but please no rude comments. If there is something you don't like, I'd appreciate constructive criticism instead of trite answers.

If all the holes in his heart

Could be patched by a seamstress or two;

If the things that keep them apart

Could unite and become something new;

If the lies that she told disappeared

And the rage in her soul went away;

They'd become that one thing they both fear:

A love they could never betray.

Some days tears will roll down her cheeks

Even though she won't want them to come.

Tension mounts as the words that she speaks

Tell the takes of the damages done.

He can't bear one more word so he leaves

But his heartstrings will tug when she says

"Your love is just robbers and thieves

Who break me and leave me for dead."

hanson's christmas cd "snowed in" from 1997?

i did, and then i lost it, so i borrowed it from the library for the holiday season :D right now i'm listening to "little saint nick" hehe. i'm such a dork.

troll Y!A?

i was just looking through some questions i answered a while ago and somebody called me a troll (which i'm totally not) and said they wanted to kick my teeth in, i think. i didn't report them because i actually think it's hilarious :D i have no idea why they think i'm a troll...

POLL: without being graphic or offensive, what is the worst name you have been called?

A Hanson CD?

Be honest, now... nobody here will judge you for it. Okay, yes, they will. But I won't, I promise :D

So fess up... which one(s)?

And I can't find my copy of "Snowed In" with the holiday season fast approaching!!! What am I going to do?

iTunes is on shuffle, and five MR. A-Z songs have popped up in a row! Why no "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things."??

POLL: Besides I'm Yours, because I know that's what you'll all say, what's your favorite Mraz song?

PEOPLE TYPE IN ALL CAPS?

are they too lazy to turn off caps lock or what? i just don't get it, and it pisses me off :D

in their answer, do you ever look at it?

Not like a youtube link or something that answers the question or a link to their own question, but just a random link. I tend to put takethewalk.net or tomsshoes.com at the bottom of a lot of my answers in the hopes that somebody might be curious and go to those sites, but I don't know if it's a waste.

Do you ever follow random links for the heck of it?

Links, please!

Here's one of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blaFZ5xLjs0

I don't know if I think it's so funny because I'm a huge fan of theirs or if it's actually funny :D

Do you automatically think, "Oh, man, those girls? They SUCK!" when somebody (like myself) mentions Hanson? Do you think you hate them because of MmmBop eleven years ago? Have you heard any of their recent music or about the actions they are taking against poverty and AIDS in Africa or the fact that they've teamed up with TOMS shoes?

I suggest becoming more open-minded :D

"I'm not broke, I'm just a broken hearted [wo]man..."

The Script, anyone? It's a great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6F_g3upKA

Poll: What is the largest amount of money you've found lying on the ground at once? I found three dollars in the hall on Friday :D

Any other awkward words you'd care to share before I hit the hay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BrYVMOtH_E&feature...

and did you get chills?

and are you surprised to lean the band still exists?

takethewalk.net

hanson.net

tomsshoes.com

(this is just for you... you know who you are XD)