By David Futrelle
Our long national nightmare is over: I’m back!
For the last week or so, as many of you know, I’ve been on a little quest to break the back of my perpetual rebound headaches by going cold turkey on the meds that were likely causing the rebounds. Which meant basically a week of raw, constant headaches which, at long last, seem to be easing. So I’m going to ease myself back into blogging again (and cross my fingers that there won’t be any big relapses).
Thank you all for your patience. And thanks to those who donated to the pledge drive in my absence! I will have a proper thank you post up shortly!
@John, you know the Logdriver’s Waltz?!
@John: !!! You are so welcome! Also, it’s really cool that you know that song!
What is this, there’s a french version???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuIguwykgo
I didn’t know this! Now I need to learn it so I can sing it in both languages. 😀
@Rhuu & Scildfreja
Log driving has always fascinated me <3
I pretty much grew up either climbing stuff or balancing on it, always near and often in the river. So, y’know.
The Logdriver’s Waltz is, like, the unofficial Canadian theme song. That little video was on TV for years and years, most Canadians know it back and front. It’s a horrible, horrible ear worm and I can’t get it out of my head.
It’s an incredibly Quebeçois song, all about lumberjacking. So yes, the french version was basically the original, and it’s so Canadian it hurts! It might as well be drenched in maple syrup and wrapped up in a toque and scarf.
David! You’re back! For your Welcoming gift(s) (plus distractions from Repub stupidity), I give you some new Fullmetal Alchemist live-action trailers:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/13/15966702/fullmetal-alchemist-trailer-homunculi-live-action
This is looking goooooood! 😀 Japanese release date is supposed to be December 1.
And yeah, there’s already cries of racism over some of the casting:
http://collider.com/fullmetal-alchemist-new-trailer-racism/#images-poster
@Redsilkphoenix: Jetpack Vixen, Agent of the FemiNest Collective; Keeper of a Hell Toupee, and all-around Intergalactic Meanie
At least it’s certainly better than how Ghost in the Shell handled it.
“Oh she is Asian, she’s just incased in a White Coded body.”
A bit of nerdery — though The Log Drivers’ Waltz sounds like a traditional folk song, it was actually written by an Ontarian named Wade Hemsworth in the 1970’s. The French version is a translation of the English version.
In New Hampshire, the log drivers’ were mostly of French-Canadian origin, and their agility was so legendary that the myth arose that they could throw a bar of soap in the river and prance across on the bubbles.
Welcome back, Dave! Hope you’re feeling better!
Welcome back,
KotterDavid. The migraine beat your brain, but you have beat it back ! Congratulations !I’m a bit late to the welcome party, but I’m glad you’re back and feeling better David!