Out of Tune - The 13th Chair
The first question one must consider is, “Precisely who is Cotton Eyed Joe?”
The answer is obvious.
I am Cotton Eyed Joe.
You are Cotton Eyed Joe.
We are all Cotton Eyed Joe.
Cotton Eyed Joe came from ashes, and he went to ashes, a glorious phoenix of humanity’s triumphs and trials. Immortalized in the great ballad of our time, Cotton Eyed Joe represents the fleetingness of the human spirit. Here today and gone tomorrow, in light of the vastness of the universe, is the individual. But Cotton Eyed Joe is eternal; as the song says, he comes, then he goes, but always, always he comes once more, returning to his previous state.
In short, Cotton Eyed Joe is a response to the stark reality of our own mortality. Though we might wither away and crumble to dust, quickly scattered by the wind, Cotton Eyed Joe remains always, ever watchful, ever vigilant, a silent testament to the endurance of the human will.
I thought I would only find this funny when I wrote it at one in the morning, but I just reread it and nope, it’s certifiably hilarious.
Juliet was so close to being with her true love
Still gets me right in the heart, even after 2 years…
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OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
today a guy confirmed that at boy sleepovers they do in fact talk about girls and who they like a good majority of the time i just thought this would be useful information
Why does this have so many notes? What did you think we do at sleepovers? Meth? Animal sacrifice?Well thats what girls do
NO, MALFOY. BROADWAY. BROADWAY.
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ishipitlikeups asked:
If any of my posts have ever deserved to go viral, it's the Cotton Eyed Joe one. I'm trying not to reblog stuff besides my queue so it stays on my blog's front page and people see it. My fingers are crossed~EVERYONE GO REBLOG THIS POST RIGHT NOW
reminder that this is the actual greatest youtube video of all time
the preview image is the girls about to kiss and it doesn’t display the title until you click play so i really didn’t know what to expect
BUT THE COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO OMG
The first question one must consider is, “Precisely who is Cotton Eyed Joe?”
The answer is obvious.
I am Cotton Eyed Joe.
You are Cotton Eyed Joe.
We are all Cotton Eyed Joe.
Cotton Eyed Joe came from ashes, and he went to ashes, a glorious phoenix of humanity’s triumphs and trials. Immortalized in the great ballad of our time, Cotton Eyed Joe represents the fleetingness of the human spirit. Here today and gone tomorrow, in light of the vastness of the universe, is the individual. But Cotton Eyed Joe is eternal; as the song says, he comes, then he goes, but always, always he comes once more, returning to his previous state.
In short, Cotton Eyed Joe is a response to the stark reality of our own mortality. Though we might wither away and crumble to dust, quickly scattered by the wind, Cotton Eyed Joe remains always, ever watchful, ever vigilant, a silent testament to the endurance of the human will.
