Happy Dorky Dancing & BDSM at work

[castalie]

Yesterday, Boss Man sent us all a mail that has nothing to do with work - it shocked us all, believe you me - with the link to a vid. I'm sharing here because I think it's the kind of video that could put a smile on your face and touch you in the process. Well, I thought it was a touching and beautiful vid, but then I'm sensitive like that ;-) Astronomy Picture of the Day aka Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth.

To imagine all the amazing places this guy has been, all those stunning things he's seen and all those people he's met... all embodied in some happy and dorky dancing around the world. I love easy and complex concept like that :-)

And, hey, so it'd seem '29 April' is International Dancing Day? My timing is so the best \o/ Speaking of, a Happy Birthday to you, turloughishere *hugs & kisses*

Still related to work though with a side of fannish: so being a fan of kink can be useful sometimes. I was 'grading' exams today - it was a multiple choice exam for an IT class - and going through one student's name after another. At one point, and after all the papers had been given away, someone mentioned one particular name. They were wondering whether the student had taken the exam. And I was like 'yes, I saw his name' and they were all 'don't you want to check in the database, are you sure? They were hundreds of names'. But, no, I didn't and, yes, I was sure. Why? Because the guy's name means 'slave' in Italian. Seriously, there's no way that name wouldn't have caught my attention :-)

Also, in the next few days I'm gonna send out some mails to a couple of lawyers - for a presentation they'll be giving - and it's gonna be pretty funny because I'll have to be all formal and call them by their titles, meaning I'm going to start the mails with 'Cher Maître' - which literally translates into 'Dear Master'. Hee, I cannot wait lol

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

Je commence à lire ton post et je m'imaginais que ton chef avait envoyé un lien vers une vidéo BDSM. Déception ! XDDD

"Esclave", je veux bien, mais "Cher Maître", jamais je n'aurais vu un truc louche là-dedans. ^^;;

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Lol Boss Man doit bien avoir quelques côté Dom vu qu'il arrive toujours à nous faire faire ce qu'il veut mais, non, désolée, pas de lien vers une vidéo BDSM. Peut-être une prochaine fois ? *fingers crossed*

[whitevanilla.livejournal.com]

That is a great video! I believe the guy's name is Matt and that's what he's paid to do: go around the world and dance. He's got a website and everything.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link! I checked out his blog and first entry I found was about the book he wrote; I had to pre-order it, of course, because how could I resist the lure of knowing what's hidden behind the video? The stories of how he made people dance and everything?

[greedy_dancer]

Heh, that video is sweet, I totally laughed my ass off the first time I saw it!

Alors on dit comment "slave" en italien? *g*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I might have gotten a little teary. I don't know, it's totally the kind of thing that really makes me feel, you know? The guy wrote a book about the whole thing, I pre-ordered it; should be fun to hear about his stories all around the world *g*

On dit 'schiavo' :-)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Love the video, and I love your post. It's so you <3

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video :-)

[epistrophia.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the video - it's fantastic and made me laugh (and tear up a little) all the way through.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome :-) And Matt Harding has a site, if you wanna check it out (http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/).

and tear up a little

Me too! I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one.

[witchy78.livejournal.com]

Our kinks can be so obsessing sometimes ;o)) vive ce fandom ;o))

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I love how it makes the most mundane things a lot of fun :-)

[nicelyobsessed.livejournal.com]

How lucky he is to travel all around the world!

Wonderful vid^^

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Imagine all the things he must have seen? *is a bit in awe*

Glad you liked it :-)

[lilisullivan.livejournal.com]

J'adore cette vidéo!!
Je l'avais posté sur Facebook, mais pas sur LJ.
Je la trouve géniale, c'est bête à dire, mais à un moment donné, j'en avais les larmes aux yeux. Je trouve que le message qu'il fait passer est fort, et c'est génial de voir tous ces gens, heureux d'être là, rassemblés autour d'une chanson et d'une danse, aux 4 coins de la planête. Franchement chapeau Matt Harding :)

Sinon, tu bosses pas à la Sorbonne? C'est quoi cette histoire d'avocats?

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Ecoute, je suis bien contente d'entendre que je ne suis pas la seule à avoir eu les larmes aux yeux ; je sais pas si c'est 'bête' mais en tout cas, je partage le sentiment :-)

Si, si. Enfin Paris 1, pour être exacte. Et les avocats c'est parce qu'on organise une formation présentielle pour le C2i "métiers du droit" et les intervenants sont des avocats et des juges. Voilà :-)

[turlough]

Thank you!! (I didn't my birthday was also International Dancing Day, that's so cool.)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. And that's pretty nice, yes *g*

[aswanargent.livejournal.com]

What a great video! The Los Angeles shot (with the ferris wheel)was the pier at Santa Monica, and "Alhambra, California" is a suburb of Los Angeles. I lived there for a couple of years as a child, and then again right before I started working. It's where my folks retired from. :-)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

So you recognised some places 'first hands'? Nice :-) And I absolutely love that video; glad you did too.