Happier things

Randomness instead of the rec post(s) I keep meaning to make.

first two are on youtube:
Cosplay Fever: Raise Your Glass - cheery, geeky, fun. Wonderful.

Avatar: Do You Like Waffles? - A:tla, random, wonderful crack.

Avatar Dance Mix by sholio - all the fun of A:tla, with both hilarious & touching moments.

SGA: Men of Devotion (also youtube link) - a vid by chayiana, who makes the bestest fun vids. The best assortment of funny John & Rodney faces. Awww. Download link from her vid page here, don't forget "I wanna be a Rockstar", "The Pinky and the Brain" (thanks, saphirablue) and "The Lost Button". "Liberatio" is also great, but less cheery.

SGA: Welcome by permetaform - the vid that showed me Elizabeth Weir as the soul of Atlantis. Perfect music.

SGA: Another Sunday by jescaflowne - the city SPARKLES!

Stargate: Cartoon Heroes by mamoru22 - they really, really are.

Sometime in the last few weeks/months I have come to love vids. Vids are wonderful, and perfect for cheering up. Vids can convey so much atmosphere and feeling and sometimes even story in three minutes, it's amazing.
The same feeling of immersion I often only achieve after half an hour of reading. I think it's because vids have an advantage in using both images and music, both of which connect to our hindbrain more easily than text where we have to imagine pictures and sounds ourselves. /speculation