Friday (cover by Stephen Colbert)

I was thinking two things recently: 1)I need to put more music on Vraie Fiction and 2)I need to find a way to celebrate Friday and the weekend, to start it the right way. Then I thought of this cover of Rebecca Black's Friday on the Jimmy Fallon show, with Stephen Colbert singing the lead. I don't care much about Fallon, I care even less about Rebecca Black and her music, but Colbert is a god of comedy and this is both hilarious and irresistibly upbeat. It just puts me in a good mood. Watch it and tell me how it makes you feel.

Cate Blanchett about the Swine

My wife got me this little bit of news. Not really a big thing in the great scheme of things, but it made me happy: in a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon, my favourite actress Cate Blanchett commented about the election of Donald Trump. She pretty much sums up what I think of the character, and in the only way one can describe: not by preaching, but using sarcasm and ridicule. She IS the greatest actress alive, she also has great comedic acumen. The POTUS better not tweet anything nasty to her. Anyway, since Cate Blanchett is half American from her dad (a Texan), she might be eligible to the presidency herself. So let me be the first to say it here: Cate Blanchett for president! And on a side note, for now on I will refrain from calling Trump by his Christian name. On this blog, he will be referred to as the Swine.