Youtube classic

Just in case you are wondering why I am posting this video, I had a flash back while searching Youtube for my Rudo y Cursi post. I found a video that I watched constantly when I first moved to Houston under Youtube's "Recommended For You" section. Which by the way is not near as accurate as Amazon's "Recommended For You."  Also, all of the tribute montages to celebrities on Youtube are creepy. See, when I first moved to Houston, I knew no one. It was bad, really bad for a few weeks. I was the youngest employee at my office by 25 years. (Note to current co-worker friends who think that I am exaggerating: Jack and April were on vacation. Jessica started 2 weeks after me.) I needed motivation to keep going and Lesley Gore's live performance of "You Don't Own Me" got me through. I have this song on iTunes, but the video worked best during the dark times. I just had to watch the clip again for old times sake. I mean look at her. Lesley is probably about 17 in this video. Her eyes are so sleepy, but you can see how happy she is. This is just how I like my feminist anthems - approachable and joyful.

If I am being honest, there was also an exploding whale video that helped keep my sprits up in Summer 2007.