David Hewlett: almost as surprisingly sexy as Mitch Pileggi.

Also, strangely hot. Yes, I'm obsessed with David Hewlett, who plays McKay. Apparently, he's making an indie film with some of the other cast and crew of both shows, called "A Dog's Breakfast." He's been making films since he was a kid, so it may be worth a look if/when it ever gets a distribution deal. Still, I'm not that much of a freak for Hewlett: at least I didn't create a fanlisting for his hands, although I totally concur with the one for Joe Flanigan's hair, "Intergalactic Bedhead."

Actually, Atlantis is really kicking ass and taking names from Stargate this season. I like both shows, but I *lurve* Atlantis currently because they're still on the backside of the story curve – they're developing new plots and gaining momentum and in the sweet spot of having a lot of possibilities open to them.

Stargate is not exactly declining in its tenth year, but it suffers from the absence of O'Neill, although Mitchell is starting to come on a little stronger and they're getting new plots spun out of his character's experiences. It'll be better when Vala comes back, though.

We rewatched the episode today where she was introduced, which includes my favorite Stargate line ever: "…OW?" I can watch that scene where Daniel gets smacked around and then smooched over and over again. It's a fangirl's dream come true. Yeah, I'm a bit of a Daniel freak, too.

On the musical front, somehow months after first seeing it mentioned online (I think it was on Boing Boing), I've become somewhat beguiled by the Numa Numa guy. There's just something so loveably happy about Gary's little chair dance. He looks like a doughy kid who might not get a lot of notice from "the ladies." Or "the dudes," if he's that way inclined. He starts out being sort of self-conscious, but then the chorus kicks in and you can see he's just completely into the song and the weirdly happy feeling you get from it.

He's apparently mortified at all the attention he got over it (it made a fairly big media splash a while back) and refused an interview with the New York Times, which didn't "get" him, but the community on the Internets did. He's trying to get over the accident of his fame, but I hope he realizes that he completely wins over people with that video. They may start out laughing at him, but by the third repeat of the chorus, they're waving their arms above their heads and trying to sing along, and wishing they had the words down cold like he does.

So many other people have fully embraced their joy. Gary led the way.

Like Cumberland-Perry Vocational Technical School. You guys rock!

So do the kids in this computer lab.

Gary's on to something there… all the girls are totally into his moves, and not a few of the guys. The song itself is the Avian Flu of mind virii. Called "Dragostea Din Tei," it's incredibly catchy. And it makes you feel… just damn happy to be alive. There's two competing versions, and there's confusion on the Net as to who originally wrote it. The Romanian band O-Zone does the version on Gary's "Numa Numa" video, but the Italian band Haiducci does the version on this bizarre Japanese animated video. Apparently the dancing shrimp and squid and what-not are visual puns on sound-alike words in the lyrics.

Later, after Gary did his version, other people cut pictures of themselves into it, and added puns of their own. Such as a shot of "feta cheese," since the lyric has the word "ferucia (fair-oo-chee-ya)" at that point. It's all incomprehensible good fun. To assist you in making your own version, many sites have the lyrics cut in to the video, so you can sing the actual words. It's especially incomprehensible when it gets cut into a Spanish-language trailer for Walt Disney's "Chicken Little." That won't stay up for long. And yet, it's still funny. And of course, that song.

You can actually see the real dance in this video, which features the O-zone boys doing a kind of disco folk dance. Other obsessions are on hold – TAR will premiere Season 9 late in February – and thank GOD they're going back to the regular format. I've been listening to iTunes a lot… not quite obsession level yet, but still tinkering around with playlists. At some point I'll probably start blogging that, too. Inevitably. I'm pretty obsessed with my Flickr page still – this ebbs and flows depending on whether we're just back from a trip and have a buttload of photos to upload. And of course, there's my continuing obsession with Maui. More on that later. 😉

[tags]David Hewlett, Numa Numa, viral video[/tags]