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I don't know how well known this youtube video is outside of New Orleans.

It was doing the rounds here about a year ago because we have all shopped at that Walmart (it's the Tchoupitoulas street if anyone cares).

Anyway, my co-historic analyst likes to look at the NOPD crime reports during lunch. Today they reported that the "singer" in that video was in a multi-hour standoff with the police yesterday after threatening to kill his neighbor. That lead us of a youtube search to see if he had any other songs which ultimately resulted in this, an acoustic version of Wally World. We we cracking up for a good 10 minutes.

I can even.

Wuthering Heights - There are all sorts of reasons I should like it. It's from my favorite time period. The setting has some gothic sensibilities - which I tend to love. I am all about Charlotte Bronte's works (had I not picked Letter From New York yesterday I would have picked Jane Eyre and I like Villette almost as much) and people tend to act like her sister is similar. But I don't like it. Not even a little bit. I feel like all the characters in it are such vile humans that I spend the entire novel wanting to slap some sense into people (and I rarely say that I want to hit people even in jest). Ugh. Really, the only reason that I have read all of this book is that it was the only thing I brought will me on a plane trip to Europe. I literally had nothing else to do if I put it down. Grumble.

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Why does everyone I know hate on my favourite book, yo? All of the characters ARE vile (except maybe Hareton and little Cathy), but honest in their vileness. I love the book, and have read it multiple times, and still don't warm to many of them (though I do love Heathcliff, he's not "misunderstood", he's a dick, but I still love him?), but I just....love it. I feel like everyone involved is just SO unlucky in their fortunes, but out of all of the bitterness and hate, comes a kind relationship.

If it helps everyone I work with hates Jane Eyre and thinks it is the worst book ever, so I sort of know the experience of everyone hating a book you love. I also will admit that I read Wuthering Heights right after I graduated from high school, so it might benefit from a re-read and older viewpoint. On the other hand, I still think I need someone to be redeemable.

Well they're fools, Jane Eyre is wonderful. I just re-read a week ago, and it's still brilliant.

I will say the first time I read WH I hated it, but then on a re-read, I couldn't stop.

I know and love the Walmart song. It amuses me that this acoustic cover exists. You made my day, Allison. Thanks!

You're welcome ;-)

That song is all sorts of special :) but in the best of ways

IKR? I love the random other customers who clearly have no idea what is going on.

Ha! Wuthering Heights is a bit miserable. It's been a long time since I've read it though so I'm not sure if I agree with your character analysis or not. That said, I have no idea how books with unlikable characters are so popular. I had to stop reading Chuck Palaniuk's Diary because of this same issue! I guess some people find it easier to forge a connection? This is my only guess!

Yeah, it's actually been a pretty time since I've read it too, so a re-read might improve my opinion -- who knows?

I don't know either. I guess not everyone finds relating important.

I've never seen either of these videos, but omg.

Also, THEY SAID "MAKING GROCERIES!" One of my linguistics professors claimed "people around here" often say that, but I was very skeptical. I've lived "around here" my whole life, and never once have I heard a fool say "making groceries." Until today.

But anyway, Lafayette =/= New Orleans, so I'm still calling bullshit on his claim.