hasaFETnyaaaaaaa, my daily companion
It's feast or famine here at Ganap! I'm committing some blog sin or other, not constantly posting and linking to a jillion things, in order to keep my meagre readership (or is it meager? I prefer meagre, like ogre. More British). Well, it will only serve to weed out the fair-weather blog friends.
We're listening to the same three songs from Classic Disney: Volume 1. A "friend" gave the CD to me after A was born, since she was cleaning out her CD collection and wanted to share the love. Thanks, Laura. You're a real pal. The Circle of Life, Hakuna Matata, and I Just Can't Wait to be King: you annoy the crap outta me!
When A wants to listen to these songs, he asks to hear "da Hasafetnya song," which refers to the very beginning of The Circle of Life:
"HAAAAAAAseFETnyAAAAAAA, com-e-ni-chi-owaaaaaaaa."
Good times.
During the day, A can be heard bellowing "HASAFETNYAAAA!" to his toys, food, and passers-by. And then the earworm starts (*earworm: the technical definition of the song or bit of song that gets stuck in your head allllll frigging daaaaaay lonnnng). I hear the rest of Circle of Life in my head, and then of course, it moves on to Hakuna Matata.
Hakuna Matata is probably my real reason for hating philosophy. Here these gasbag Brooklyn-accented African animals are telling an impressionable young cub to merely avoid all his responsibilities by saying the magical phrase, "Hakuna Matata." It is, after all, their problem-free philosophy. Meanwhile, the females of the pride are stuck with the consequences of Simba's happy-go-lucky grub-eating phase. Hyenas take over with Scar, the usurper, and all of the surrounding land is decimated. Good job, Simba. You go hang out in college a little while longer. Be sure to say hi to Nietzsche for me.
Yes, everything turns out all right in the end, which makes Lion King more than another piece of execrable Disney trash. Hearing it every day, though, is enough to make even the most patient person grind their teeth occasionally. And I'm not a patient person.
We're listening to the same three songs from Classic Disney: Volume 1. A "friend" gave the CD to me after A was born, since she was cleaning out her CD collection and wanted to share the love. Thanks, Laura. You're a real pal. The Circle of Life, Hakuna Matata, and I Just Can't Wait to be King: you annoy the crap outta me!
When A wants to listen to these songs, he asks to hear "da Hasafetnya song," which refers to the very beginning of The Circle of Life:
"HAAAAAAAseFETnyAAAAAAA, com-e-ni-chi-owaaaaaaaa."
Good times.
During the day, A can be heard bellowing "HASAFETNYAAAA!" to his toys, food, and passers-by. And then the earworm starts (*earworm: the technical definition of the song or bit of song that gets stuck in your head allllll frigging daaaaaay lonnnng). I hear the rest of Circle of Life in my head, and then of course, it moves on to Hakuna Matata.
Hakuna Matata is probably my real reason for hating philosophy. Here these gasbag Brooklyn-accented African animals are telling an impressionable young cub to merely avoid all his responsibilities by saying the magical phrase, "Hakuna Matata." It is, after all, their problem-free philosophy. Meanwhile, the females of the pride are stuck with the consequences of Simba's happy-go-lucky grub-eating phase. Hyenas take over with Scar, the usurper, and all of the surrounding land is decimated. Good job, Simba. You go hang out in college a little while longer. Be sure to say hi to Nietzsche for me.
Yes, everything turns out all right in the end, which makes Lion King more than another piece of execrable Disney trash. Hearing it every day, though, is enough to make even the most patient person grind their teeth occasionally. And I'm not a patient person.
3 Comments:
My A likes I Just Can't Wait to Be King as well. To mix it up, try Saturday Morning Cartoons, then you'll have to learn "go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer, GooooOOOOOooOOOo!" and of course, "Scooby Dooby Doo".
I use the word "PEEEENN-sil-VAY-nya!" for that particular ear worm.
nice! now it's back in my head... ;)
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