winamp test

Alright... a few updates regarding this blog and the (3 or 4) readers of it (including myself)... From now on, I'm going to write only in English... that is because I will write in Romanian on another blog (to be disclosed at a future date). The posts will continue in the same random order and on the same random subjects.. no change there, eh? I encourage you to also comment in English, but that's really up to you... there's no international audience to be offended...

Without further ado... I was tagged by Erika in the Winamp Test, which involves me opening my Library in Winamp, setting it on shuffle and then giving the titles of the songs that come up (randomly!!) as answers to questions about, well.. me. It's a way of finding out what your music says about you.

Well, not really... but it should be fun, anyway...

The official rules:

1. Put your music player on shuffle.

2. Press forward for each question.

3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesnt make sense. NO CHEATING! (even if it's an unknown song - put a youtube link)

4. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

1.How are you feeling today?

Miro - Emotions of Paradise

Yeah.. that's a nice way of putting it... I fell pretty good, though... Does my Winamp really know me? We'll just see about that....

2.Will you get far in life? (a bit nervous about this one... what's with the big questions, eh?)

The Last Goodnight - Pictures of You

That's clearly a NO. Oh well.. you can't win them all.

3.How do your friends see you?

Gnarles Barkley - Smiley Faces

Any comments, guys?... I know this is not true on Mondays, but maybe for the rest of the week...

4.Will you get married?

Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

This means 'Yes, and it's gonna be fun..."

5.What is your best friend’s theme song?

dZihan and Kamien - Homebase

Interesting... :-?

6.What is the story of your life?

Eloy - The Midnight Fight/The Victory of Mental Force

Yeah.... as Yuri used to say (in that video game about his revenge), 'The mind is quicker than the eye.' It's a pretty cool song, though... I like where this list is going...

7.What was high school like?

Metallica - Phantom Lord

It wasn't so intense, really... But this song captures some of the days I enjoyed throughout high school..

8.How can you get ahead in life?

François K feat The Alchemist - On the Way

Just as long as you're on the way... you're good ;)

9.What is the best thing about your friends?

Ocean's Twelve OST - What R We Stealing

The best one yet!!! =))

10.What is in store for this weekend?

Sabres of Paradise - Smokeblech II

oooo... smooth... I like it! This weekend's going to be great. The next one, I mean... this one is already over. Come to think of it... I'm visiting my grandparents next weekend... it is going to be smooth, indeed...

11.What song describes you? (the one I've been waiting for...)

Piero Umiliani - Crepusculo sul Mare

Waaay too smooth to describe me....

12.To describe your grandparents?

Metallica -Sad but True

The title doesn't really fit, but the song... oh, yeah!! It's just so powerful however you look at it...

13.How is your life going?

Finley Quaye - Dice

It sometimes feels like a game of chance...

14.What song will they play at your funeral? (I really don't care, because I won't be able to listen to it, but let's see..)

Ich+Ich - Pflaster

they chose well.. it's all I'm going to say...

15.How does the world see you? (great! I've always wanted to know...)

Tom Petty - Square One

Really???? Oh, c'mmon!

this is such a disappointment...

16.Will you have a happy life?

Outkast - Ms. Jackson

=))... I guess this means 'Yes, but you're not going to get along with your mother-in-law'

17.What do your friends really think of you?

Metallica - The Prince

I really hope that's not true...

no way to find out the truth, though... unless I learn to read minds... I'll google it... :D

18.Do people secretly lust after you ?

Frank Sinatra - Pennies from Heaven

can this thing be more ambiguous???

19.How can I make myself happy? (don't even think about what I know you're going to think about!)

REM - Mad World

Mad people are sometimes happy... I don't know if that's the thing for me, though...

20.What should you do with your life? (this is the last one... phew... it took a while)

Metallica - The Unforgiven

:-<

So.. that's it... this was fun..

I have to tell you, though... I cheated just a little bit... I didn't use ALL the music I have on my computer. I left out jimi hendrix and jazz piano history, because I only listen to those on special occasions... I used the music I listen to most. It might have been interesting to stumble upon a song I never listened to, but it's too late now... this is how my Winamp test turned out...

Who wants to be tagged next?

R

Facts vs. Fiction

'You never kill anyone that you want to kill in a war.' (Ernest Hemingway, 'For Whom the Bell Tools')

I was talking with a friend the other day... he said he didn't like horror movies mostly because they are so full of violence and well... the first thought that popped into my head was... 'don't read a history book, then!'. I touched on that thought (using other words, of course... [yes! I CAN be polite.. I don't have to say EVERYTHING that pops into my head just the way it does... I don't always have the energy to do so, but that's another matter entirely]) and as I was poking around the subject of violence in human history, he said that one day he was actually appalled by a documentary on national television... something about religious wars at the end of the Middle Ages... there! My theory has just been confirmed. Plain history can be just as horrifying as a horror movie. You just have to take a look at it.

Sometimes I just wonder what makes the concept of war so attractive to us... is it just because it's an excuse to unleash violence and then make of it an act of courage...? I think it just might... the only time people tend to agree that it might just be okay to kill another person is in war. That thought is so frightening to me I can barely stand it, but it is true.. I remember thinking at some point (I was 4 or 5) that a war wouldn't be such a bad thing... I mean... I could have the opportunity to kill someone and get away with it. I can't say it wasn't appealing in what is now to me in a very frightening way, but so it was. And it must be true for others... I remember the last line of 'The Hurt Locker'. It went something like 'Because war is a drug'. If it is, it has the ugliest side effects...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_7r6eALGyg [careful with the lyrics...]

R

P.S. As I was trying to put down a few thoughts on Hemingway's novel I came up with this:

Words drip out of a pen

Making an unbearable noise.

Writing with blood is the tool of my trade!

Does it make any sense?

adriana & the bear

Yeah... I got fed up with shooting myself, so I got Adriana and the bear to help... they're quite photogenic both of them.... I'm trying to find a name for the bear.... any suggestions are welcome..

R.

light-up yoyo

some yoyo shots from the last week shoot....

I've started to work on some looping tricks as well... I'll get the hang of it pretty soon...

R

Desktop fun

A few more shots from last night...

It's amazing how much fun you can have with a tripod, a few low-intensity light sources and something to bend the light.

R

Roadkill

Nu am mai iesit de multa vreme la o tura de poze doar ca sa ies la o tura de poze. Mai alaltaieri, insa, am facut un ocol destul de mare in drumul meu spre casa, doar ca sa mai fotografiez un subiect - doua. Am incercat si o metoda de "imbatranire" a imaginii cu ocazia asta. Nu mi se pare ca a iesit nu-stiu-ce, dar macar am mai pus mana pe aparat si cursorul pe healing brush.

Comentariu offtopic: Ma simt la fel ca porumbelul din imagine. Am prins o raceala acum vreo doua zile si buruiana afurisita nu vrea sa moara. Pe langa asta, s-a facut frumos dupa aproape o saptamana de ploaie si (cand toti prietenii mei au iesit la o rola, o bicicleta, o poza sau o bere) eu trebuie sa stau acasa si sa simt cum mi se desprinde calota craniana. Reality sucks!

Cam atat de data asta... Ma duc sa imi suflu nasul.

Bonus:

R

Eu cand vreau sa fluier... suflu si-n iaurt

Mbuun.... Am tot auzit de filmul asta... "Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" si ieri... am hotarat sa ies de sub piatra sub care am trait pana acum si sa merg sa il vad. Pentru a sprijini si eu putinul film romanesc care mai exista, am decis sa merg sa il vad la cinematograf. Am platit bilet si tot (foarte mandru de mine!). Am mai luat si cativa prieteni cu mine.. Nu de alta, dar asa ne mai putem da si noi rotunzi ca avem preocupari intr-o oarecare masura culturale.

Ca sa completez escapada culturala, voi face ce face omul modern cand vrea sa se dea cult pana la capat... voi scrie un entry pe blog. Frumoase lucruri blogurile... iti dau posibilitatea sa spui publicului larg ce gandesti, chiar daca unele lucruri nu prea merita gandite, ca sa nu mai spun spuse altora. Iti dau iluzia ca parerea ta conteaza si ca merita sa fie comentata de altii. Nu e intotdeauna cazul, dar asta e parte din distractie.

Inainte sa scriu asta, am mai google-it cate ceva despre film si despre piesa de teatru din care a fost inspirat scenariul si am gasit destul de multe pareri bine articulate, cum ar fi asta. Mai sunt o gramada de astfel de parareri pe internetul lung si lat. Am mai auzit si ca e amatoriceasca productia si bu-huuu, ca lipseste coloana sonora si lumina artificiala, lucruri care ii rapesc din stralucire filmului. Cred ca, daca as mai citi cateva postari, as gasi pe cineva care sa se planga ca nu are nici efecte speciale, ca niciunul dintre personaje nu este impuscat si ca niciuna dintre masini nu se transforma in robot.

Vreau sa mentionez, inainte de a-mi spune parerea ca nu sunt un expert cand vine vorba de cinematografie (si, intre noi fie vorba, nici cand vine vorba de orice altceva), insa sunt un consumator de film si am dreptul sa imi spun parerea. Mai mult, am dreptul constitutional sa ma iau la harta cu oricine. (nu e formulat asa in Constitutie, dar e garantat)

"Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" este unul dintre cele mai bune filme (nu doar romanesti!) pe care le-am vazut de ceva vreme. A reusit sa ma tina lipit de scaun (nu unul foarte comod, as putea adauga) fara sa foloseasca esplozii sau efecte speciale sau softbox-uri sau Morgan Freemani. Mi-au placut momentele de tacere. Am inteles si eu in sfarsit ca personajele din filme se mai gandesc la ce vor face in continuare, ca isi infrunta demonii interiori din cand in cand. Mi-a placut ca nu am reusit sa prevad ce urma sa se intample. Mi-a placut ca nu eram foarte sigur de finalul filmului. Mi-a luat cateva secunde sa imi dau seama ca filmul s-a terminat acolo pentru ca de acolo era clar ce avea sa se intample. Nu mai avea cu ce sa surprinda. Ce rost are sa faci un film in care poti sa prevezi ce se va intampla in continuare, un film a carui actiune poate fi inteleasa direct din trailer? Asa ceva se intampla in Avatar... E o poveste care s-a repetat de nu stiu cate ori pe parcursul istoriei umane si care acum pur si simplu e repovestita in varianta cu oameni albastrii. Ceea ce iar nu e nimic nou pentru ca imi aduc aminte de un episod din South Park in care unul dintre personaje trece cu un buldozer peste satul strunfilor. Cred ca asta ar fi cea mai buna descriere pentru Avatar. Un sat de oameni albastrii e distrus pentru resursele care se gasesc in zona lor. A se adauga efecte speciale.

Apoi, cred ca folosirea luminii naturale a fost o decizie foarte buna. A facut totul sa para mult mai plauzibil. Adica serios... cate evenimente din viata de zi cu zi se petrec la lumina perfect echilibrata a softboxurilor cu lumina continua folosite in studiourile de stiri? Si nu e singurul film in care se intampla asa. Nici in The Hurt Locker nu se foloseste prea multa lumina si sunt destule secvente "shaky", filmate fara trepied (si chiar nu cred ca ar indrazni cineva sa numeasca The Hurt Locker un film prost). Montajul e "amatoricesc" nu pentru ca nu au avut buget suficient sa cumpere doua trepiede si un softbox, ci pentru ca acest montaj te face sa te apropii mai mult de actiune, sa simti mai acut tensiunea.

Aaa... si citeam pe un blog ca romanii sunt numiti tigani de catre francezi si nemti tocmai pentru ca in filmele romanesti apar multi actori de etnie rroma care interpreteaza personaje care fac numai tampenii. Sincer, eu nu prea vad cum ar putea fi facut un film despre un penitenciar de pe langa Dunare in care sunt inchisi doar intelectuali si aristocrati. Aia era Bastilia.

Una peste alta, filmul e bun, insa nu e pentru oricine. Poate fi considerat plictisitor de catre spectatorul care se asteapta la efecte speciale si la esplozii si oameni albastrii, dar pentru cineva care apreciaza ironia fina si povestile la care nu le poti ghici urmatorul capitol, ar putea fi cel mai bun lucru pe care l-a vazut de luni de zile.

Filmul ruleaza la Cinema Dacia de sambata. Nu stiu pana cand, dar sunt sigur ca cei care vor sa il vada au la dispozitie vreo doua saptamani. Cred ca Cinema Dacia e perfect pentru filmul asta. E vechi, construit pe vremea lui nea' Nicu', numai bun pentru un film cu productie (intentionat) "amatoriceasca".

E de notat faptul ca in film se injura de cateva ori, asa ca nu e, cu siguranta, un film pentru copii sau pentru cei sensibili.

Trailer & info: http://www.cinemarx.ro/filme/Eu-cand-vreau-sa-fluier-fluier-Eu-cand-vreau-sa-fluier-fluier-2416644.html

R