“The number was not conceived out of some desire to cater to the so-bad-it’s-good tastes of the Western YouTube generation, but in fact was meant to please Soviet audiences, who were capable of placing this routine, this man, and this song into a familiar context.”. (Justin E.H. Smith)

Trololololololololololo. This should be the new Rick Roll.

Above: Eduard Hill* singing I am very glad because I’m finally back home (1976).

*Referred as: Edward, Eduard, Hill, Hil, Khil, Gil

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“For a long time, I always had at least two jobs, sometimes three.
I rented a cute cottage and enjoyed the little life that I had built for myself.
Life was good.

In July of 2008, my corporation had mass layoffs, and I was among them.

I have never been homeless before, but I plan to face this with humor and dignity.
I can be homeless and still clean, dry in the rain, and warm at night.”.

“You wouldn’t assume that I live in a parking lot.
I am just like you, except without the convenience of a permanent address.”.

“You are the most important resource that you’ve got.
As long as you’re alive and healthy and physically/mentally capable of coming up with a plan and executing it, you will be OK.
There is always another avenue, another option, another choice, another route, another door to pursue if one is closed off to you.”.

“Take care of yourself. Anything material that you have/had/lost? It can be replaced, or at least reasonably substituted. You cannot be.”.

(Brianna Karp)

The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness. A true story. By Brianna Karp.

“Keep Calm and Carry On was a motivational poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of World War II, but never used. In 2000, a copy of the poster was rediscovered in Barter Books. Since the image is now in the public domain, the store’s owners were able to reprint copies at customers’ requests, as did others.”. (from Wikipedia)

See also t-shirts, bags, mugs and more on keepcalmandcarryon.com.

“Samantha Chapman is an accomplished make-up artist. Along with her sister Nicola she runs fashionface.tv, a unique website which shows how to create fashion forward looks as well as vintage classics. To date the site and accompanying YouTube page has had over one million hits.”. (From samanthachapman.com)

Above: Nicola Chapman in Smokey Blue Eyes Tutorial.

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And now, a cup of Diet Coke + Mentos: AudioBody.
Listen : You Gotta Tap, Not Easy, Going to Michigan, Bass Aquatic, Fireflys.

Techno / Rock / Electronica.