{"id":119,"date":"2015-10-25T20:19:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2022-02-17T11:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:46:29","slug":"last-friday-night-is-a-blacked-out-blur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/last-friday-night-is-a-blacked-out-blur\/","title":{"rendered":"last friday night is a blacked out blur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>katy perry\u00a0<\/strong>did not perform her big hit <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">last friday night<\/span><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0during her spectacular and memorable super bowl xlix halftime show. could it be that the nfl  the\u00a0 attitude\u00a0that the song describes?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (Official Music Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KlyXNRrsk4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>at 1:15 in the video u can hear the lyric<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>pictures of last night <em>ended up<\/em> on line, i&#8217;m <em>screwed<\/em>. o well.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>it&#8217;s a <em>blacked out<\/em> <em>blur<\/em> but i&#8217;m <em>pretty sure it ruled.<\/em> damn.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p> indicates<em>\u00a0an unexpected result.\u00a0<strong>screwed<\/strong><\/em> means <em>in trouble<\/em>, she has problems. <em>screw<\/em> is generally a softer way to say <em>fuck<\/em>. katy could also say <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em>i&#8217;m fucked<\/em><\/span>, but\u00a0<em>screwed<\/em> is a much safer option especially considering her young fan base. <em><strong>pretty<\/strong><\/em> means <em>more than a little<\/em>, <em>relatively<\/em>. <strong><em>rule<\/em><\/strong> means <em>it was great<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>a vid on my\u00a0youtube channel\u00a0offers more background on the expressions <em><strong>blacked out<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>blur<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"blacked out blur\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0xXQaryfWRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>katy\u00a0doesn&#8217;t remember everything that happened last friday night (<strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">blacked out<\/span><\/em><\/strong>) and what she does remember is not clear (<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>blur<\/em><\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blurry-eye-chart.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/blurry-eye-chart.jpg\" alt=\"a blurry eye chart\" width=\"217\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><em>when u take an eye test, if\u00a0the eye chart looks all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blurry<\/span> like this, u might need glasses.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>two\u00a0other useful observations:<\/p>\n<p>**the song is called <strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">last friday night<\/span> <\/strong>not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THE<\/span> last friday night, which is a common spanglish error.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/katy_perry_last_friday_night_tgif_png_1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/katy_perry_last_friday_night_tgif_png_1-178x300.png\" alt=\"katy perry partying last friday night\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><em>katy perry drinking a lot last friday night<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>**expressions in the richyrocks youtube\u00a0video like <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em>she was partying <strong>very hard<\/strong><\/em><\/span> (:12), <strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em>a significant quantity<\/em><\/span><\/strong> (:30) and <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>a bunch<\/strong> of alcohol<\/em> <\/span>(:40) indicate that katy was <em>partying intensely, consuming <\/em><em>a large amount<\/em> of <em>alcohol<\/em>. in spanish\u00a0 &#x1f449;&#x1f3fd;<em>mucho<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hangover-stu-last-friday-night.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1988\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hangover-stu-last-friday-night-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hangover stu last friday night\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hangover-stu-last-friday-night-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hangover-stu-last-friday-night.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>when drinking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a lot<\/span> becomes drinking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">too much<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>but <em><strong>too<\/strong><\/em>, as in <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>too<\/strong> much alcohol<\/em> <\/span>(:35) and <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em>she drank <strong>too<\/strong> much<\/em> <\/span>(1:19), gives the idea that she <em>passed a limit<\/em> or <em>crossed a line<\/em> ; 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