The USAF Band - 2014 Holiday Flash Mob

5ish hours of sleep.

LOOK neighbors: I really really prefer NOT to move people's laundry out of a washer or a dryer, but for cripes sake please DO NOT leave your laundry unattended. Or if you do leave it unattended, PLEASE COME BACK FOR IT before the cycle ends. One of my neighbors had his entire load stolen out of the washer. Last night, I was probably WAY too kind to someone who did not come back for two full hours while I dried my wash in one machine to avoid moving his. Boo! Hiss.

Then I forgot to send a reminder email because I would not have gotten up for a 9 am cross country zoom if my mentee had told me today is not going to work.

Other than that, this week YouTube is serving me lots of volcanoes and flash mobs in between the domestic dumpster fire and the weaponry marketing and war crime horrors and regional geopolitics that is the Russian sphere of influence right now.

Possibly I should save this one for Christmas. There is so much to unpack. The Prince of Peace. The machinery of war. The rituals of performance. Does it even count as a flash mob if it's completely orchestrated?


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