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Monday, December 31, 2012

"2012: What Brought Us Together" A compilation video by Jean-Louis Nguyen




A video by Jean-Louis Nguyen



Rundown of all the scenes:
TimeTitle / DescriptionLink to original clip
0:00
New Year’s Eve in Londonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1yLRK2M8YQ
0:10
Sandy Hook Elementary Schoolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epJo_ic_wds
0:14
Christian Bale visits Aurora COhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyB9rjIRx4k
0:17
Hurricane Sandy hits East Coasthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeutC1WN6dc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyohW9rYEKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhMaMczd1qQ
0:29
Floods in Manilahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2JiJ5AQIc
0:34
Syria violence raw videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGmcfro1wrQ
0:38
Tear gas fired at Egyptian protestershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-ZFGrskFg
0:42
Kony 2012 Part IIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Ue6REkeTA
0:45
Sinking of Costa Concordia in Italyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydKlChe6jjo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QInuFYRZwPw
0:49
Gay marine homecoming kiss goes viral (Sgt Morgan)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t2AVHSYj9s
0:53
Suicide of Amanda Todd
Teens react to bullying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7afkypUsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6cmddWOgU
1:02
Anti-bullying,, CBS news anchor
Norwich Free Academy R-Word
Cypress Ranch Anti-bullying lip dub
Anti-bullying flash mob (Richmond)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUOpqd0rQSo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ5oIdSduh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waAqJ6727Hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiixPxVq_uc
1:16
YouTube as a resource (footage)
audio from Ellen DeGeneres show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6RDpOGqeCg
1:20
Shaun Wilson-Miller’s goodbye message (chronic heart disease)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAaEw_EB7Ws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLeFN9E-wMc
1:30
We Won’t Be Defeated (Jen Burgess Thompson, cancer survivor)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVcImSOztw
1:32
Sunset (from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s The Most Astounding Fact)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU
1:36
Felix Baumgartner’s space jumphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtvDA0W34I
1:38
Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls, Ontariohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_oW62-zrc
1:40
Stephanie Decker lost legs saving her kids during Indiana tornado; takes first stepshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-olwtu4w9k
1:43
6 year old boy with cerebral palsy surprises returning US Marine dad by walking; first time seeing his son walkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqPlBy2-abA
1:47
Big brother and returning Marine Bailey Leonard surprises Meyers Leonard at basketball practicehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiFh9DJJpPM
1:50
Marines carry 11 year old Ben (with prosthetic leg) across triathlon finish line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UQWh-xXlOs
1:53
Marine proposes upon homecominghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUanCKvZ_rY
1:54
Proposal (Brad & Emily lip dub)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz_s8ThT6oc
1:55
Surprise flash mob proposal in Bryant Parkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uCP1bkpe9o
1:57
Proposal in Singapore (Naresh & Clement)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_QIiAvO5TI
1:58
Proposal on a plane (Ryan Thompson)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxTAjVGN4CE
1:59
Flash mob proposal in Las Vegashttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C-lstrggoQ
2:00
Same as 1:55 (dancing part)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uCP1bkpe9o
2:01
Proposal (Isaac’s lip dub)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7QrIW0zY
2:03
Proposal (Venice Italy)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy-md08UUlk
2:06
John Unger carries his sick dog of 19 years in Lake Superior to ease arthritic painhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
2:08
Baby elephant is saved and reunited with motherhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOHw7lX3Gu4
2:14
Mars Curiosity Rover leaves Earthhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4YqNoLkmxE
2:18
Higgs Boson discovery (CERN)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHbGHsj2SWc
2:22
London 2012 Opening/Closing Ceremonieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
2:27
Marathon near Big Ben (London 2012)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
2:30
Michael Phelps wins most Olympic medals in historyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJmxIXij-8
2:31
Oscar Pistorius, first double amputee Olympianhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaXwioLpXcc
2:34
BBC staff cheers for Mo Farah in 10,000m eventhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7J4J4Bh5I
2:35
Ussain Bolt (Jamaica) and Mo Farrah (UK) trade poses on the final day of athletics in London 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5P4ZQCCHN8
2:37
Ellie Simmonds (UK) at the Paralympicshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
2:38
Blind Paralympic runner Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil wins the Women’s 100m T11 final in Londonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvwuAGHJP24
2:40
Impaired UK table tennis player William Bayley cries after losing in London 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
2:41
Oscar Pistorius hugs Jonnie Peacock who won gold in T44 100mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3fiyqEGddk
2:42
London 2012 Closing Ceremonieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
2:46
Spain wins Euro 2012 Cuphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv-fwz89yGo
2:49
Aung San Suu Kyi hosts Barack Obama at her home in Burmahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ai6AZfUcSM
2:50
Tourist gives his shoes to homeless girl in Rio de Janeirohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
2:50
NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo buys a pair of new shoes for homelesshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
2:51
Meghan Vogel helps opponent runner cross the finish line in Ohiohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
2:52
The hugging cathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6g_Io4DltE
2:53
Drunk guy serenades his cat with rendition of Kiss From A Rosehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scczP4z9xr4
2:53
Guy lip syncs Black Hole holding cathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8ew2v2zrw
2:54
Henri the sad black cat (won best cat internet video award)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiYUzYozsAQ
2:55
Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That memehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFEoMO0pc7k
2:55
Gotye cover by Walk off the Earth (Somebody That I Used To Know)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M
2:56
Gangnam Style (Psy)
Minecraft Style
Nelly Furtado
Novak Djokovic
Daily Grace (Youtuber)
Army (West Point)
Farmer style
NASA Johnson Style
Asian mom and son: Mike Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9emjalsOsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmYhbNZ5Zac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmYhbNZ5Zac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFkXT49dKz0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa4RLoG9234
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX153eYcVrY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sar5WT76kE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDJXgiUe_EM
3:02
Boy escapes problems and clears mind by dancing
Short Film “With a Piece of Chalk”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBZAFJ-Q6Mw
3:03
2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team
(Call Me Maybe parody)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPIA7mpm1wU
3:04
Twin babies dance to dad’s guitarhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7uIG8KYhg
3:05
Project Glass demo with baby in Hangout (Bebe Gayno)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZDirHMEmXk
3:05
Catch the ice dudehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7c5tQCs1I
3:06
Color Me Rad (fundraising race)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHR3XwIZS_o
3:06
Footballers carrying victim
(TNT: A Dramatic Surprise on A Quiet Square)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw
3:07
Disabled Gulf War veteran Arthur runs again (Arthur’s transformation)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448
3:08
Mom who survived ovarian cancer runs with 2 sons (Jen Burgess)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVcImSOztw
3:09
Paralympic runners at the 100m T44 T43 final in London (Jonnie Peacock won gold for UK)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3fiyqEGddk
3:09
Children running (from Winston Fiore’s walk across Southeast Asia)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbvnml6Z1H0
3:10
Crowd runs towards camera (Kony 2012)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
3:11
Glee flash mob proposal (Seattle)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZqsVk4XYKk
3:12
Blind man, Steve Mahan, rides the Google self-driving carhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgQpa1pUUE
3:13
Felix Baumgartner jumps from podhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtvDA0W34I
3:17
NASA reacts to Curiosity landinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUJdzMHwmM
3:27
1969 footage from Moon landinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4
3:31
IN MEMORIAM
Neil Armstrong - astronaut
Whitney Houston - singer/actor
Michael Clarke Duncan - actor
Dick Clark - TV personality
Gore Vidal - author
Donna Summer - singer
Andy Griffith - actor/producer
Andy Williams - singer (Moon River)
Sally Ride - first US women in space
Mike Wallace - TV personality
Sarah Burke - Canadian freestyle skier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkqxfpc_Ido
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MetAxxA1H6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqPO5gMU1hA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWODMla3IWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cPIT_T3mYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjfIn_7erK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi0UUP7g-0M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK6H3SE0pl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hX9UpCuTvo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7AbA3NmPc
3:59
Sarah Burke on ski coursehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7AbA3NmPc
4:00
Sky divers footage (3 clips)http://vimeo.com/44658040
4:03
Sky-divers wearing Google Glass jump towards conference center in San Franciscohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TB8b2t3QE
4:04
Project Glass concept videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4
4:05
Space Shuttle Endeavour in the streets of LAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdqZyACCYZc
4:06
Celebrations in Egypt as Morsi declared winner of electionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWGPvdf3ufQ
4:07
Preacher Phil Snider stuns a city council with gay rights speechhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8JsRx2lois
4:08
Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard addresses end of the worldhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtj3gDaE64
4:09
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, chatting on Google+http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtj3gDaE64
4:10
Pussy Riot controversy in Russiahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCasuaAczKY
4:11
Sebastian Vettel is F1 Championhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWQeHz_moQ
4:12
Bradley Wigging wins the Tour de France for UKhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpSuw95_r_8
4:13
Tearful Andy Murray after losing Wimbledon against Roger Federerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le0o3BYK6uc
4:14
Obama tearfully addresses his staff after campaignhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBK2rfZt32g
4:15
Diana Nyad attempts to swim from Cuba to Floridahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4cbZOSv7-c
4:16
Tom Daley (UK Olympic diver)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lDfCSO_nGQ
4:18
Rescues of Hurricane Sandy victimshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZCTYLCYZ9Y
4:19
Bullied bus monitor, Karen Kleinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l93wAqnPQwk
4:20
Blind vietnamese contestant Christine Ha wins MasterChefhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7gxiKeOAss
4:21
Ross Cappioni survives gang shooting at 17, tells storyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KAkAgNb-R8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KAkAgNb-R8
4:22
Malala Yousufzai, 14, survives Taliban assassination attempt in Pakistan, country rallies for herhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5yeW6XFZk
4:23
Caine’s Arcade: 9 year old uses cardboard to build his own arcade in his dad’s used auto parts storehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U
4:24
Marine reunites with dog after 7 months deployedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOibiisqdQ
4:25
Two Norwegian guys rescue a baby lamb drowning in oceanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
4:26
Raden Soemawinata rescues Bibi the dog, blown into water by force winds in Melbournehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
4:27
Parkdale firefighter rescues cat from a house fire (2009 but re-surfaced in 2012)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
4:28
Firefighter rescues unconscious cat, who is later revivedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
4:29
Pat the cathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fwXeBCMrT4
4:30
The original Grumpy cathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INscMGmhmX4
4:31
Girls dancing with boy:
Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen) parody by MattyBRaps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM7nlIsBLoc
4:32
YouTube Rewind (RPG, zebra, etc)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCkYw3cRwLo
4:33
Dragon Babyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY
4:35
Why You Asking All Them Questions (SpokenReasons)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwUX4cSwrRk
4:35
Breaking up with overly attached girlfriend (Life According to Jimmy)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg6iMDfOl9E
4:37
End of the World (Ryan Higa)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4QQfK6Q4UQ
4:39
Cinnamon challenge (Glozell)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyk7utV_D2I
4:39
2 billion views (Ray William Johnson)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f-z_hFpwQk
4:40
Philip DeFranco (sxephil)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmQjdsHiKp8
4:41
Cooper River Bridge Run’s Ridiculously Photogenic Guyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVezRCVuEsE
4:42
Mohawk guy (NASA)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32p02ckfwA
4:43
McKayla Maroney is not impressedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twBq1KiCX9M
4:44
Spice Girls reunite at London 2012 Closinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiY4LE4Z6M
4:45
Ball drop in Time Square (starting 2012)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XplfOVLv_gk
4:46
400 million Android activationshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UhGM2us8eA
4:47
Real life Nyan Cathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82GvW2bm6Nc
4:48
Death of Marty, the real cat who inspired Nyan Cathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GNepioKxM
4:49
Cinematic Homage to the Twinkiehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bVtmtq1O9M
4:50
Trololo Man 37 years later (died in 2012)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6ANfJskbmY
4:51
Call Me Maybe parody (by gloveandboots)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hX7g91s2jY
4:52
Vancouver Canucks player Kevin Bieksa attacked by cute kidshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omAuumMgcYg
4:53
The Athlete Machine - Red Bullhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0jmSsQ5ptw
4:54
Niantic Project (Ingress), augmented reality gamehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Vaor0PZYg
4:55
Underwater Google+ Hangout with the Catlin Seaview Surveyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwLud5QpfRs
4:57
Call Me Maybe (Chatroulette version) by Steve Kardynalhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQhG59zqZc
4:59
Beach proposal (video message)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz_s8ThT6oc
5:00
Singer Daria Musk gives a live concert in a Google+ Hangouthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blN7M39yh0I
5:01
Major websites participate in Stop-SOPA movement
(Black out day: January 18, 2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCimMmuYTnc
5:02
Google+ button counthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCimMmuYTnc
5:03
IPv6 launch across the worldhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uwjt32NvVA
5:04
Stephen Hawking appears at London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremonyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmmA7rfliw
5:05
Peace March in Ugandahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
5:06
Peace crowd at San Diego campus (Kony)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
5:07
Tibetan brothershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU
5:08
Former US Marine Winston Fiore’s ‘Smile Trek’, 5000 miles across Southeast Asia for children living with cleftshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbvnml6Z1H0
5:09
Kids show peace sign in Libyahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXTHm_7Nfjw
5:11
Women celebrate first vote in Egypthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-pZIEYGp0
5:11
Spoken Word (Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IAhDGYlpqY
5:13
Terminally ill man receives letter from all over the webhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hYNRpdU2No
5:13
Spain team comes home from Euro 2012 victoryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKIzCh3L_E
5:15
Dad holds girl on beach (after proposing to mom)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0WrPy_cSn4
5:16
Stop cancerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVcImSOztw
5:17
First man cured of HIV, Timothy Brownhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xdK-00aVss
5:18
Disabled athletes from Rio de Janeiro celebrate at London 2012 Paralympic Closing Ceremonyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
5:19
Injured soldier reunited with familyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6bCaWb053k
5:20
Dad makes ice cream truck Halloween costume for son in wheelchairhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwSZHmzHElM
5:21
Alessandro Zanardi, former Formula One driver who lost his legs in 2001, wins paracycling gold for Italy at London 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
5:22
Paralympian swimmer shows heart sign (London 2012)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
5:23
Young Guatemalan girl gives flower bouquet to a tourist she just methttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4g2nnuD1E
5:24
Proposal kiss (Glee flash mob)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZqsVk4XYKk
5:25
Proposal kiss (Bruno Mars lip dub)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7QrIW0zY
5:26
Som Sabadell flash mob orchestra (Beethoven’s Ode to Joy)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBaHPND2QJg
5:27
Star Wars flash mob in Cologne Germanyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTHXIzHPyqE
5:28
Cast of Big Bang Theory does Call Me Maybe flash mob http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dql26ssMcVI
5:29
One Direction flash mob in Sydneyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1xxiOT27ds
5:30
Cornell University does Gangnam Style flash mob on campushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWetGqX9uFc
5:31
Friends sing for couple about to proposehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz_s8ThT6oc
5:32
Sunset flash mob in Perthhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRJs7zY7gzQ
5:33
Color Me Rad (fundraising race)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHR3XwIZS_o
5:34
New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydneyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-qgkiqiGkE
5:36
Eiffel Tower fireworks on July 14 (Bastille Day)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXsbxWa8gEw
5:37
Fireworks shot (person in foreground)http://vimeo.com/44658040
5:38
Disabled pilot flies over London at 20:12 local time to start the Paralympic Opening Ceremonyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBoI08tSMU
5:42
Freedom Tower becomes highest building in NYC / WTC commemorative time lapsehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5_oQfhHLYY
5:44
Launch of SpaceX CRS-1 (first civilian spacecraft commissioned by NASA)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgpMKdQDjw4
5:46
China’s first female astronaut leaves Earth aboard Shenzhou 9http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf48i8GcEiI
5:49
Space Shuttle Endeavour, last flyover in San Franciscohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7wpiKz5cD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edX3FkQrSCk
5:53
Felix Baumgartner lands back on Earthhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtvDA0W34I
5:56
Curiosity Rover starts its mission on Marshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4YqNoLkmxE
5:59
Chinese lanterns released into sky Grand Rapids, Michiganhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y4fPIYlMMo
6:03
Earth from space (International Space Station)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEhIGoq9tow



Sunday, December 30, 2012

"He Needs It Bad" by Christopher Fox Graham

This is a very old poem from my first chapbook, which I was able to recover.
It's not deep by any means, and it's just a list of punchlines, but it a funny poem when targeting someone in the audience.
I originally wrote if for John Kofonow, then applied it to Josh Fleming, and then used it in the 2002 Mesa Grand Poetry Slam against Corbet Dean, who took it a little too personally, but have since applied it Josh Wiss, Ryan Brown and John Q,


"He Needs It Bad"


My friend [first name], [full name], needs it bad

he needs the kind of sex that makes paint peel, stars supernova, and changes your neighbor's religion

he needs the kind of physical lovin' every sexual fantasy promises but reality can't deliver

he needs the kind of freaky-freaky that brings empires to their knees, time to a halt, and the cops to the front door with the suspicion that “Shit! Someone is getting murdered in there!"

he needs the kind of sweet love-fest that's better than immortality, better than nirvana, Better Than Ezra, and better than a jumbo-size chocolate fudge sundae with sprinkles and side of, "oh, God … oh, God … oh, God ….

he needs the kind of orgasmic ecstasy that makes a 14-hour three-way with Lindsay Lohan, and 18-year-old Catholic school girl with no inhibitions, and a double-jointed Italian prostitute with great person hygiene, a killer body, and no gag reflex seem as boring as visiting your grandmother in a coma

he needs the kind wild monkey lovin' to rock his world, alter his destiny, save his soul, restore his faith, blow his … mind

he needs the kind of body-rockin' that's illegal in 44 states and the District of Columbia because it's just too damn good

he needs the kind of horizontal mambo that makes tantric sex laughable in comparison and would make the writers of the Kama Sutra blush

he needs the kind of white-knuckle, teeth-gnashing, back-scratching, tongue-twisting, earth-shattering, soul-cleansing, hair-splitting, brain-altering, mind-erasing, headboard-shattering, heart-stopping, atom-smashing, idiot-proof sex that we all say our exes had with us

he needs the kind of erotic free-for-all every love poem desires, every religion secretly promises and every girlfriend has had with me

he needs it for one simple reason: because I'm sick and tired of hearing him bitch and moan about being single, because dammit, when I'm drunk at after a slam with a glass of beer in my hand, all I want to think about is being drunk at after a slam with a glass of beer in my hand

so please, for the love of Pete, if you know what this shit is like, please talk to the man over there, take him home, rock his world, make him yours and get him to stop whining. his phone number is [target’s phone number] because if I have to listen to his sex poetry anymore I'm going to have to fuck him myself



Copyright 2001 © Christopher Fox Graham