There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

[katster]

Okay.

Ambition is to think big, right?

So. I'm going to sing the entirety of Tom Lehrer's Element Song sans reference at SCon 2. That is the goal I have in mind.

I expect you all to hold me to this, and mock me horribly if I should fail.

Comments

[joshbrown.livejournal.com]

Actually, I have a friend who can do it, and has on several occasions.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I've never tried to learn it, but can do about half of it. I get a little mixed up in the middle, of course, but I suspect that all I'd need to do to learn it would be to listen to it on infinite repeat for about a week.

[jaeai.livejournal.com]

YOU'RE THE MAN! ...wait...

um...

YO DA WOMAN!!

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

o~/These are the only one of which the news has come to Harvard... And there may be many others, but they haven't been disCAAAHHvored! o/~

Get a friend to hold up flashcards of the unnamed elements while you sing that line, and you'll match that YouTube movie!

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

Backwards! In Hebrew!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

good on you!! i've always meant to do that but never had the perseverance.

[madforry.livejournal.com]

I've never even heard of this song (what can I say? I'm an Aussie :P)

Anyway, give it your best shot Katya!