Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: For those who are not aware of this artist, you are probably just unaware that you are aware of him. Anyone who watched commercials or movies in the 90's knows he sings the "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" ukulele rendition. You know what I'm talking about. He is Hawaiian, 789 pounds, gemini (classic gemini, sometimes fat, but always loveable) and unfortunately, dead. He died in '97. RIP.
That being said, consider the following conversation I overheard at the gym today.
(Kamakawiwo'ole's "rainbow" playing over the loud speakers)
small girl (talking to remotely attractive, but unfortunately short boy): Oh my gosh, I love this song. It's one of my favorites
small boy: What? Oh, yeah, this is a good one.
small girl: I love this guy who sings this. He was on American Idol last night, did you see it? He sang this song.
small boy: No, I guess I missed it.
small girl: Yeah, it was really good, what is his name? (I'm being serious...) It's something simple... Michael Johnson, Mike Jones... (It was George Michael, I saw the episode, I knew enough about this conversation to know that everything this girl was saying was wrong.)
This conversation taught me two things: 1. Small people may be more attractive, but not necessarily more intelligent, and 2. Don't ever claim anything is your favorite unless you know at least enough about it to know if it is dead or not.
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