So, I know we’ve been talking mainly about the 52 half marathons and such, wrapping all that up in a nice little bow. However, I must take a break from that to tell you about the most wonderful thing!
Pharrell made this wonderful thing called “24 hours of Happy.” In fact, that’s exactly where you can find it – 24HoursOfHappy.com. It’s touted as the world’s first 24-hour music video.
My curiosity was definitely piqued. “A 24-hour music video? What in the world is this?” Well, the song plays over and over and over for 24 hours with different people doing a take on it each time.
This may sound a little monotonous when explained in words. But, being that the song is incredibly catchy and some of the takes on it are really fun, I would say it’s actually quite cool. I saw on twitter that some people are actually trying to watch all 24-hours… I’m not sure I’d necessarily want to do that. Although, the people who watch the whole thing will certainly find things (probably some great things) I didn’t.
When you open the video, it starts for you at whatever time of day it is. But, you can actually move a dial to get to whatever time of day you want. And thanks to twitter (quite possibly the greatest thing in the universe), I believe I’ve found the very best part of the video.
I saw in a tweet that at 5:36am during the Happy video, Magic Johnson dances around his trophy room!
It. is. awesome.
First off, I feel like Magic Johnson has this positive attitude that totally exudes off him. His happiness is contagious. I want to be his friend.
Secondly, his trophy room is probably the coolest place in all of Los Angeles. Here’s my favorite part: he has a room full of his jerseys from each team he’s been on. And he has drawings on the floor of mascots and things that correspond with where the jerseys are on the wall.
So, if you look down from his Laker jersey to a corresponding spot on the floor, it has the official lettering of the Los Angles Lakers and lists the years they won the championships (while he was on the team). He has the for the Olympics and it says “gold medalist.”
But get this. He also has one for college that says “National Champions” (and gives the year). He has one for high school that says “State Champions.” And this is the best part… He has one from middle school that says “City Champs.”
I found that to be unbelievably, exceptionally cute. It said to me not only does he care about his biggest successes that he’s most known for. He doesn’t purely care about being famous or the end result of his hard work… He cares about basketball – really, really cares.
I understand that he was a pro, so of course he cares about basketball. But I feel like it might be easy to get caught up in the fame and all that and forget about the love for the game. But I don’t think he has. That makes me love him.
His trophy room is incredible and as this title asked, I wonder how much time he spends in there. I feel like I’d go in and just revel in my life at least once a week. Right? Would you?