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| by Dan-ah Kim "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." |
In order to fully comprehend the silliness of this song, you have to know that it is a parody, and that all singers involved but Akon are actors from the cast of Saturday Night Live.
So, the SNL guys do this stunt regularly on the show, but it takes amazing proportions when you put them on a stage, live and singing it as seriously as if they were singing their national anthem in a r&b-techno style.
What I adore the most about these videos, are the seriousness with which they sing about the most ludicrous topics... and furthermost they slap us in the face with the knowledge that nowadays you don't need that much to create a successful catchy song, even if the lyrics mean nothing at all, because the masses will eat up almost anything as long as it is easy on the ears. The formula is basic and is all over the mass media... take a sweet melody, add a singer who doesn't need to be that skillful and then mix it up with intervals of a rapper doing his thing, et voilá! There you have it, music for the masses!
(Don't get me wrong, I have my own guilty pleasures, but things like the song "Friday" SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.. and I curse the people who let this be possible. Seriously. I'm scared of the type of culture my children will have to deal with in the future.)
But, whatever, enjoy the video, its intent is to make you laugh and I think it is successful at it.
OUTSTANDING!
“Drawingmachine is a construction involving two pendulums, each suspended from a tower construction and connected through “drawing arms” and moveable joints. A ballpoint pen resting on a drawing surface covered with paper is mounted at the point where the pendulums come together. The pendulums are set in motion by hand, and their movements are represented on the paper. The movements of the pendulums affect the entire room, and the experience engages the beholder’s body. While the rhythmic repetitions cause the beholder to pause, the drawing emerges on the paper.”
I've been waiting for this book since last sumer and at last it came out. Done reading the 9th book of The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series, Lover Unleashed ~ The story of Payne ~ and It was so worth the sleepless night! Is no secret I love me some Vamps and these are Fangtastic! True? True.
Even though all the books are not evenly in their level of quality, the world WARDen created as a whole is altogether very fascinating. The plot is well constructed and intricate, and there are so many specific details to it that the glossary of definitions in the beginning of each book make complete sense.
I'm confessing beforehand tough, I'm completely bias when it comes to regarding these books objectively, for verily I can not. Ha. At some point it might have looked bizarre to me that vampires listened to 2Pac and Scarface, particularly because RAP dosn't float my boat, yet the whole gansta swagger work for them and I do not care for questioning it anymore.
Not for the faint of heart nor for those underage.. I mean, this is not a blood fest in the sense that it is all about the carnage, but there's some freaky stuff going down in this stories: gut ripping, blood crying, scars, goth rituals, medieval recounts, murders, marred skin, beatings, bad mouthing, etc etc ETC and I'm sugar-coating it. And all of that interspersed with some very kinky, hum, lets call it love making at times. A lot of times. There's a lot of love to go around for everyone in these books, but just lets face it, these boys are no nancys... and I mean no disrespect, because there's even some slash lovin' too in there.
I guess, what I'm trying to say is, if you don't like vampires and a lil bit of gore, move along, these ain't for you... and lastly, I'm not even sure these books work beyond the realm of urban fantasy (read: female literature), because, yes there's a lot of butt kicking, weapon talk and spy-like scenarios but the essentials of the stories are primely female oriented.
But I digress, about Unleashed, I loved it, because it took us back to the excellent plot creating of the beginning of the series and to the values and guidelines that made this characters special to begin with. Of course that the tiding up of some stories and the prep for the next ones didn't hurt either.
All in all, I'm a happy reader after been done with the book and I can hardly wait for the 10th book or the outtakes she usually publishes between novels.
“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.”
| ~Pablo Picasso. |
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| Le Petit Prince (by Susannah B) |
“I am your truth, I am your destiny. I am desire and despair. I am your glow inside your beating heart. I am the love that leads you there. I am your soul. I am the darkness where you disappear. I am the light that leads you safe. I am the shepherd of your laughter and your tears. I am your pleasure and your pain. I am your soul. I am the faith that leaves your spirit strong. I am the sunlight in the rain. I am the universe inside your mind. I am your soul. I am the courage that inspires you. I am the knowledge that you gained. I am the people you will choose to be. I am your soul.”
— I am by Chakra (via bodymindandsoul)
"the word 'wanderlust' stands for a strong desire or impulse to travel far away and explore different places.hotel wanderlust, the newest development from boutique hotelier loh lik peng is set to draw madcap, curious voyagersinto the old ethnic enclave. made for guests with a sense of adventure, it invites visitors to walk the unconventional pathwhere a radical hotel experience awaits.
wanderlust is located in an old settlement where indian immigrants once reared cattle and livestock.the structure, whose history began in the 1920s as the hong wen school, still retains its original facade that gives the hotela sense of old-world charm. situated 10 minutes from the cosmopolitan stretches of orchard road and the central business district,wanderlust also offers door step access to a bustling, colorful street life.
commenting on the location, loh ilk peng says 'I choose little india as it is such and interesting and original area and has not garnered nearlythe attention it deserves. there are hardly any nice hotels or restaurants in the area and it is mostly overlooked by visitors to singapore.in fact many singaporeans also do not know little india well. I want to give them a really good reason to rediscover this little gem ofan enclave!'"
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| Liz (Elizabeth Taylor), 1963 |
Personally, If I could, I would have Morgan Freeman narrating some of my favorite books to me or as a voice-off to my life, or even as the speaker to my eulogy... I'm sure if at the end, it was anything great to say about me, he even would make it appear as if it was with that wonderful voice of his. And then... he is this wise...
Interviewer: Black history month you find…Morgan Freeman: Ridiculous.Interviewer: Why?Morgan Freeman: You’re going to relegate my history to a month?Interviewer: Oh, come on.Morgan Freeman: What do you do with yours? Which month is white history month?Interviewer: (pause) Well, I’m Jewish.Morgan Freeman: Okay. Which month is jewish history month?Interviewer: There isn’t one.Morgan Freeman: Oh, oh. Why not? Do you want one?Interviewer: No.Morgan Freeman: Right. I don’t either. I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.Interviewer: How are we going to get rid of racism?Morgan Freeman: Stop talking about it.
I don't know the original source of this article, but it aired circa 2005.
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| REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil(via heartisbreaking) |
People hold candles as they pray for Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims during a ceremony at Japan Avenue in Lima, Peru March 17, 2011.
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| little | prayer (by omar mokhtar) |
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