House Parade + 18th birthday

As I didn't want to spend my 18th birthday in my hometown - Bucharest - I decided to go to Ploiesti with some of my friends, where House Parade has taken place this year.



For me it was an amazing night, passing through a lot of different feelings. I was quite bored by Markuz Schultz's music, and by the festival in general being trance-focused, until I heard a remix of "Hey boy, hey girl" by Chemical Brothers and started dancing immediately!



Tocadisco was the one in charge of my happiness and as I just put my hands on his set from that night, I want to share it with you!


PS: Unfortunately, I have no idea how to upload that big of a file, but when I get the hang of it, I will.

PPS: One of the best day ever.

Words of Wisdom

Although George Constanza has always been thought as the goofy one, his words of wisdom are really... words of wisdom!

Check this out:

Animal Feature

No introduction needed.

Meet Jimmy! My father bought it as a gift for my 10th anniversary after my mother precisely said that it's not the right time for a dog :P. Thus he's 8 years old. He's a bishon maltez with shih tzu.

This was Ubuntu. Unfortunately he suffered an accident - don't ask - and it's not alive anymore. RIP Ubuntu.

This is Ebola also known as Lola. Xi hasn't decided yet. He and Ubuntu have had a rough relationship but I'm sure that 'she'* misses Ubuntu a lot. She's got a 3-floor suite all for herself. Heh. Life.

* I'm not sure about it's sex.

This is Viktor, our latest acquisition on account of hamsters. He's cute and small, and the way he drinks water is fantastic. He's staying in another place than Ebola, in a sort of acquarium. As Mike Skinner [The Streets] would say :

"We just sit in this hazy bubble with our quarters
Discussing how beautiful Gail Porter is.
MTV, BBc 2, Channel 4 is on until six in the morning,

Then at six in the morning the sun dawns and it's my bedtime."

And this skank is 13. Yup, Thirteen. Nope, not the movie! As Jip from Human Traffic would say "She's a pussycat." Lately he answers to Viktor's name so it's quite chaotic.

Anyway, it's interesting living here. Especially when my brother decides rearranging some stuff too...

LATER EDIT:

xi: bai

deea: da

xi: ai incurcat animalili din casa

deea: e na

xi: ubuntu = lola, ala mort

deea: ahhh

deea: pai ebola si lola suna mai a fata, nu ubuntu

xi: ebola = ubuntu 2 = ala viu

xi: lola = baiat

xi: ebola = fata

deea: OMG

xi: victor = baiat

deea: lola baiat?

deea: jesus

deea: m-ai incurcat de tot

xi: mdea, la momentul ala nu stiam ce sex are :))

cAe

As much as I wanted to hide my enthusiasm... I just couldn't :D

I knew I would have the lowest mark in speaking cause I'm quite shy and I completely freak out when supposed to talk in public.

Nonetheless, I took an A, so hooray :D

Birthdays

As I child I have always thought of birthdays as opportunities for parties, having all my friends in the same place at the same time and well, parties :D. Having grown, though my excitement for parties didn't change, I started hating birthdays!

I couldn't quite get why a lot of people hate their birthdays, but now, becoming 18 in 10 days made me understand exactly what they felt. I'll soon be allowed to drink, drive, smoke, all legally and this thought completely freaks me out.

However, I didn't want to talk only about the 18th birthdays - this is a special case, I wanted to talk about birthdays in general. I've reached that age - perhaps a bit early - when birthdays make you feel old in a bad way. As a child, having grown a year was like the 8th wonder of the world. You felt mature, and you wanted to become more mature. Afterwards, everyone wants to be a child.

Life's interesting.

Massive Attack in Romania

THEY WERE HERE. And I was there.

Amazing concert with incredible sounds and political messages personalized - in a way - for our country. I have no words to describe the amazing atmosphere created there.

The lead-singer's voice went directly to my soul and the melange of instruments was perfect! Listening to those songs live was an incredible opportunity and I suggest everyone to go to Massive Attack's concerts if they have the possibility because it's an ideal concert indeed and you can't really get it irrespective how well someone describes it for you unless you are there...

What was more incredible for me was the after party @ Fabrica. I was dancing on Gojira's music, and heard all sorts of rumours that the components of Massive Attack were going to be there. "Pfff", I was thinking, "right. Like they're really gonna come here.". BUT THEY HAVE!

Talking to Xi at one moment of the night, she suddenly stopped talking and was acting as if she couldn't breathe anymore when... I turned. To my surprise, Daddy G WAS THERE! At about 1 metre away from us! Unfortunately, he wasn't feeling so well so he left. But my brother, Vania, told us to come in the last room from Fabrica where the last of the members were there!! For about 3 hours we were in a dream. Talking to the lead singer about animals, music and common things was unreal... All the members were so sociable, and so detached, and so... no further comments. Not only do they have great talent and are so popular but acting so common was a real surprise! I know they're people but knowing all sorts of other artists... it was amazing!

They were also pleasantly surprised by the mass of romanian people who came to see them live. They didn't expect the concert to be such a succes. To finish up, they were pretty impressed by the people here compared to Britain.

Martina Topley Bird was also there, a really cute girl with a great voice. I didn't catch her whole show but I was impressed by her last 15 minutes. Great show and again... really sociable.

Actually, I don't know any other worldwide-known bands who would come to after parties in an ex-FACTORY.

All in all, it was an unreal night!

PS: If any of the photographers who were at the after party is reading this, do leave me a message cause I completely forgot to ask where I can get those photos :).

PPS: Sorry for the repeating of some words but I'm still too numb to think or react.

The War at Home

Another TV series I love and don't think gets the appreciation it deserves is The War at Home - actually it's not about the appreciation it gets, it's about the fact that it's not so known. I truly think that Rob Lotterstein illustrated perfectly the idea of A FAMILY. You could say this is a new Married with Children show.

The parents who are always fighting over small things, the smallest kid using this as a way to make his parents do what he wants, the middle child who is said to have problems, and the biggest one, the teenager girl who has emotional problems constantly, all mixed up with incredibly funny lines make up this can't-hate / must-love show.

Maybe not any family can see itself in this series as there are some far-fetched situations - such as parents smoking weed - or maybe those are quite common in other countries but not in Romania. Also, Michael Rapaport is acting quite weird for a dad, in my opinion. He is a bit unrealistic, but it's not that bad eventually.

It has 2 seasons and for Family Guy lovers, this series also features Seth MacFarlane in an episode, in a quite freaky role!

I could talk on and on about this show but I actually want to re-watch another episode and I suggest you all do the same!

Poll #1

Ok, so the poll has ended a while ago but I've been quite busy lately - CAE examination, playing DOTA, going to the seaside :P - so I've just got the time to write about it.'

South Park 18 (35%)
Seinfeld 17 (33%)
Friends 17 (33%)
Two and a Half Men 16 (31%)
Family Guy 13 (25%)
Joey 11 (21%)
The Simpsons 9 (17%)
Married with Children 8 (15%)
Everybody Loves Raymond 6 (11%)
War At Home 4 (7%)
American Dad 2 (3%)
The Office US 2 (3%)
Curb Your Enthusiasm 2 (3%)
The King of Queens 0 (0%)
The Office UK 0 (0%)
other 8 (15%)

I was amazed that more people like Two and a Half Men than Family Guy and Joey had more votes than Simpsons but mainly it was a decent result, in my opinion.

What i wanted to ask is all the people who voted "other" to send me a comment with the specific name of those comedy shows. Thanks :)

New poll coming soon.

Addicted To Games

Although i'm pretty sure no one will have the patience to read this whole post of mine - because it's gonna be long - i'm still gonna write it!

Tibi = my brother
Raluca = his girlfriend
Gemenii = my internet network

Having an older brother - 8 years older to be exact - had an impact on me in different areas. The one that i'm gonna talk about now is games. I like playing games from board and computer games to casino ones. Games, games, games!

1. I'll start with the computer ones.

Starcraft

If it weren't for Tibi, i wouldn't have started playing Starcraft at 8 or 9 years old in a thousand years - maybe because i would have been 1009 years old :)) . I saw him play and decided to try it too! I obviously started with the Original campaign, but haven't finished it. Why? Because my brother accidentally erased my saves after i had gone through a lot of difficulties trying to pass to the Protoss Campaign. What difficulties? Well, mostly emotional because i started crying each time i couldn't finish a mission. I remember going to my brother and asking him to help me but he always told me "No! You have to finish it yourself!" . Anyway, i also remember hating the missions in which you just had to walk and not die! Horrible. I usually lost.
Status: inactive - i would play it whenever but it doesn't work anymore

Quake

I didn't play it much, as I didn't and don't like shooters - except when you're playing with friends and not with bots - so i played it a bit by myself and one holiday, my brother moved my computer in his room to play it together on internet with other friends of him. I used to have a good time but after that holiday i completely forgot about it.
Status: inactive - if all the people played quake instead of cs, i would prefere playing quake

Diablo II

Haha. I still laugh when i remember how I started playing Diablo. My brother played it constantly for a while - well... as we all have - and i noticed. I was 12, I think, so I used to play Sims or Roller Coaster Tycoon in that period, but they weren't as entertaining as the game Tibi presented to me in the past - Starcraft - so I thought i could try this one too. Before the actual start of my playing, I used to sit by my brother while he played, and just click 1 2 3 4 for the potions when he needed them. When I think at it now, i find it really lame, but hey, I was quite small!

I also remember the first time my brother presented me the characters... "Here's the barbarian, the assasin, the druid - if you play with it, you'll be able to transform into a bear or a wolf at one point, the amazon, the paladin - my favourite char, the necromancer and the sorcerrer - but the last too are quite hard to play with at first". As in all games, I wanted to be a girl; the sorcerrer was too hard, I didn't like the amazon so I chose THE ASSASIN. I liked her introduction scene a lot, hehe. I think that's when my mother started telling me that I'm just like Tibi. I didn't finish the game either because I was very meticulous, not to lose any information, so 4 acts took a lot of time. I was so fond of this game, and so meticulous that I used to call Tibi, who was at te seaside, more than 10 times a day asking him if I had found an unique object that he didn't know about. Obviously I received only negative answers but didn't quite matter. I also remember reaching act 2 and being so scared by those spiders and maggots and swarms, brrr.

In the eighth grade, my network had a Diablo II server and we all played on it. I was finally able to meet and kill Baal, hehe. In the top, my brother was on the 1st and the 4th place with 2 characters while I was on the 10th. I was so proud :)). I played for quite a while, preferring obviously to play instead of learn. But soon I moved from an appartment where I had Internet and that network to a house where I didn't, and was able to concentrate on my exam - pff.

The third phase in which I was obsessed with Diablo II was in the 10th grade when Raluca, Tibi, some of his friends and myself bought the original Diablo II - not that me and my brother didn't have it before :P; the others didn't - and played on the Blizzard server. It was fun, but got bored when we all had to wait for Tibi to finish his trades - one or two hours each time we wanted to play.
Status: inactive - until the forth phase.

Diablo I

After phase 1 of Diablo II, my brother realised that I hadn't played Diablo I at all. He couldn't let that happen so he sort of obliged me to play it - not that I didn't want to play but I was sceptical about older games. However, the game got to me, and I almost finished it; I reached Diablo but couldn't kill him, damn it, although it wasn't half as scarry as THE BUTCHER! Tibi warned me that i'm gonna meet a really scarry guy and hard to kill. I was relaxed, what could possibly scare me that bad? When i reached him, though, I was terrified. Fresh Meat.

Couldn't find a Diablo I fight with the butcher but this is similar, because it's return to Diablo I from Diablo II.

Status: inactive

Heroes III

The same as in the case of Diablo II, I saw Tibi playing and didn't understand what was it with those hexagons so I started playing this game too. I played a bit of the campaign but didn't finish it. Dunno exactly why but I just didn't, although I like the game a lot. Maybe the problem is that it may take a lot of time.
Status: inactive - as in the case of Diablo II I have periods in which I play it a lot, and periods in which I don't

Warcraft III

Unfortunately, after I moved and after I entered highschool I sort of lost interest for playing games and especially for playing games by myself. I started in the 9th or 10th grade playing Warcraft, but only reached the undead campaign which I didn't finish. I still regret not finishing Warcraft but now I'm kind of busy with exams and stuff, plus, I like socialising a lot so woohoo for parties. But I promise I will one day finish it! I regret it mainly when I hear others talk about it, but if I had played Warcraft 3, I would have probably wanted to play WOW, which, although I believe it when people say that it's a great game, it's sort of life consuming :P and I do want to pass the BAC exam - except that Starcraft II is going to be released exactly when I'll be supposed to be studying for the exam so...
Status: inactive

Counter Strike

I couldn't understand at all why all the people were playing CS. I didn't like it at all, I used to find it really dull. I played a bit because everyone played it and I obviously wanted to see how it is but that was it. Until this year :)) when we all played and play it at informatics classes in school. I found it pretty fun, and soon I/we started playing it at home, with a Akype conference - if it weren't for the conference, the game would definitely lose its charm.
Status: active

Trackmania Nations (Forever)

As in the case of CS, I like to play it with friends.
Status: active


Other games

As I said earlier, I also played games such as Sims and Roller Coaster Tycoon and I presume there were more but I don't quite remember - that's the difference between a good game and a mediocre one.

I almost forgot about Supaplex, Mario and Mario Board Games, which are special games that I loved!


Games that I want/ed to play

Baldur's Gate - because my brother always praised it
Warcraft 3 - to finish it
Heroes 5 - to see the differences between H3 and H5
Final Fantasy (doesn't matter which one) - I'm really curious about it


2. Passing to a different way of playing, board and card games.

I don't think that each one needs it's own paragraph as they are already pretty known: Monopoly, Remy, Canasta, Chess, Table, Macao, Trombon, Machu Pichu, Whist, Rentz, Razboi, Septica, Popa Prostu, Toci (not a very known card game, I myself heard about it only in the 10th grade), etc.

In the summer of 2007 I played a lot of Whist, Rentz and Canasta, sometimes staying up until 10 o'clock in the morning. My mom didn't know what to do with me and my brother anymore, poor her.

I didn't quite like Chess, and I didn't play Table until the 10th grade. Don't know exactly how or why that happened. I still don't like Chess, but I'm pretty fond of Table - whatever its name in English is :P.

Status: obviously active


3. Thirdly, casino games.

Actually I'm talking more about Poker as Blackjack is only luck-based. Poker is not only a game of luck, because otherwise there wouldn't be a tourney, and there wouldn't be proffesional poker players. I started playing poker last year, when we got sooo bored of playing whist and rentz that we finally decided to buy a table and chips. At first, although I was enthusiastic about the idea of playing poker, I thought we'll never see a full, or a 4 of a kind, or a royal flush. But it got more and more interesting, and for a while we constantly played it until 4 or 5 in the morning. Lovely. We also started playing it on the internet, although it is not the same thing, as poker must be played so that you can see the opponent's face and decide whether he is bluffing or not. We also started watching poker-related shows! I know, addictive people.

Some interesting moments from the High Stakes Poker show:

A crazy hand:

Status: active


4. Games that require a table or smth: Biliards, Bowling, Hockey and Flipper - I love this game. Cool games!

Status: active


5. Games that you generally find at the seaside

The Horse Game - I don't think anyone knows what I'm talking about. You had to throw a ball into some holes and your horse was going further, the aim being winning the race :P. If you won, you had a free game, and I always used to won. My mother once got so bored that she didn't let me finish a race. I was playing for an hour and a half or so.

The Cars - the ones in which we bumped into each other.

Tir - first shooting experiences - for most of us :))

Status: inactive


All these being said... why the hell am I so bored all the time?!?




PS. I have written this post related to games because I've seen Raluca's post.

PPS. Today is my name day, cause I'm a flower, hihi.

Iata ca o doamna din Giurgiu a pregatit si-o melodie...

Desi am fost declarata an utoob freak, curios este ca pana acum pe blog am pus doar un filmulet. Pentru a remedia situatia, voi recupera astazi.

"Tram in Romania si asta de ocupa tot timpul" zice Mircea Badea, si multa dreptate mai are. In continuare voi pune cateva filmulete cu diverse curiozitati din Romania. Fun alert!

Voi incepe cu un filmulet pentru a putea intelege ce este cu titlul. Cum nu l-am gasit pe utoob - curios - am folosit 220.ro.

Urmatoarele filmulete sunt arhicunoscute printre cei care stau mult pe net dar as vrea sa fiu sigura ca toata lumea le stie:

Cateva mai putin cunoscute, dar de efect maxim:

Apoi, va prezint o stire senzationala - Pula se integreaza in curul cantaretilor spartani -

Taranii romani din filmul Borat:

Si pentru a continua cu amuzamentul va prezint 2 parti din emisiunea lui Mircea Badea, Din gura presei, dupa parerea mea, foarte foarte amuzante!

... Formidabil!

The Office

Although it is not really known in our country, "The Office" is a quite appreciated series in US and UK. This idea of a series taking place in an office was firstly done by UK - the series is quite wry and bitter as all the English are. Afterwards US tried to implement it and have done a better job that one might have excepted.

I would've compared and commented on these two versions of the show in detail but, personally, I couldn't watch any of the UK episodes as i couldn't understand a word they were saying, nevermind the jokes. If I had watched these episodes before the US series i might've given up, thinking that it is stupid and boring. However, I got familiar with the US "The Office" before knowing the UK version therefore I could enjoy it exhaustively without having any prejudices that it could be boring.

The two versions have the same mark on imdb, although the US one has thrice as many votes than the first - UK - one.


The Office US

The series is filmed as if it was a documentary thus it has an unique approach. "The Office" shows us real life, seen from the outside. In this way, we can see that everyone has its flaws and its follies and - maybe - we can even understand outselves and the people around us better.

All the characters have different personalities and most of them have serious problems, hence creating good laughs for the viewers. Considering the place where the action unfolds - a boring place where you go only because it's your duty - the show reveals some characters' desires to make it a funnier and a better place to work at, while the others only want to do their job.

Besides the real life facts, the show has a script and the lines are so amusing that i've laughed my head off at times. Only thing is that you have to know the movies, the actors, the songs, the historical facts, the news, etc, that they are referring to, in order to understand the jokes properly. I'm sure that I have missed some of the jokes just by not seeing a movie beforehand. For example, you can't understand Michael's impressions of Yoda and Chewbacca or the William Hung joke if you have no idea who they are.

There are, as in all series, some jokes that derive from the typologies that were created thoughout the episodes. For example, one of my favourite characters, the boss, lacks the appreciation of the people around him therefore he always tries to satisfy them all. As he can't manage to do that - being obviously impossible - he only makes the matters worse and that's why the others don't appreciate him. It's a cycle impossible not to laugh at, when outlined with good lines and great acting. This happens in almost all episodes, being molded with each episode's own story. Another character-drawing that was created is the girl that constantly tells you useless things in an incredibly loud voice, being very annoying. I find it really interesting and amusing seeing how people from the office cope with that.

PS. The boss i was talking about is Steve Carell, a comedian who can be seen playing in The 40 Year Old Virgin, Bewitched, Bruce Almighty, Little Miss Sunshine, Evan Almighty and Dan In Real Life - a movie i want to see for a while now, but don't quite find the time.

Most may find it too dry and hard to digest although it is neither boring nor difficult. Nonetheless, you can not catch the humour of a whole series by watching only one episode; you have to get used to their way of putting things and to enter the atmosphere.

Enough with the talking, you'll understand it better if you see for yourself!


PS: If you liked Office Space, you can't miss this series!

Ok Corral

Vania, Thornado si Midy au lansat noul proiect OK Corral cu ocazia lui Anakin EP, la groove++ recordings. Intre timp, proiectul OK Corral a intrat in familia Great Stuff Recordings / Craft Music / Kling Klong. Primul EP, Planetarium, va aparea pe 4 iunie la Craft Music. Mai multe informatii cat de curand pe pagina lor de myspace si pe viitorul website.

Formula de live-act/dj set OK Corral ii are ca membri doar pe Vania si Thornado. Cu ocazia venirii lui Gregor Tresher in Romania, cei doi au onoarea de a face un prim dj set OK Corral sub noua titulatura pentru foarte cunoscutul dj si producator german. Gregor Tresher este, de asemenea, in familia Great Stuff Recordings, cat si la Cocoon, fiind unul dintre principalii artistii produsi de Germania ultimilor ani. Piese ca noul remix pentru Saint Paul a lui Marco Bailey & Tom Hades sau A Thousand Nights, care da si numele petrecerii de pe 25 aprilie, i-au adus un renume mondial.

Va asteptam, deci, la petrecere si va promitem cat de curand si un live-act OK Corral.

In after hours va mixa Negru (FWD Agency) si 2door.


SEE YOU THERE!

sursa: fwdagency

Binaural Recording

Binaural recording is a type of recording using several microphones destined to replay the sounds as if you were in the middle of the action. The effect can be recognized using stereo speaker but it is more powerful when heard on headphones.

In order to understand it better, you should listen to Virtual Haircut .

Afterwards, you can enjoy the below recordings:

Matchbox
Falling Bells
Voice
The Beach

And the best of all, in my opinion: Theatre

PS: You have to download the first three of them to be able to listen but if you're more of a lazy one, just listen the last three ones. You'll get the picture. Or sound.

The Kiwi Bird

For those of you who don't know already, the Kiwi Bird is the bird that hasn't got wings.




I find the video below extremely sad, although...

... it dies happy.

Some people felt so bad for the poor kiwi bird that they made another ending, a more dear one, but which loses the whole point of the first movie. It's cute though.

This short animation makes me sad mainly because no one deserves to not be able to fullfil its dreams. We can find a similar story in Babel, a movie I've seen recently. It is not quite about fullfilling a dream; it's about a teenage japanese girl that can't hear, and the similarity I'm talking about is found in one powerful scene: she goes with some friends in a club, but can't really feel... anything. Exactly as the kiwi bird can't know how it is to fly. The girl sees people around her, having fun, dancing... she tries to dance but doesn't have rhythm, you can't dance without music, without having heard a sound before. However, she doesn't seem too upset in the movie, because she had taken an Ecstasy pill so she is quite amazed by what she can feel: the lights that surround her. But the way it was filmed and directed really makes you shiver.

Tot anii '80

Incearca la o petrecere de tineri din ziua de azi sa multumesti pe toata lumea. Unii vor dnb, altii vor hituri, unii vor techno, altii vor melodii lente, unii vor rock, altii vor nu stiu ce formatie dubioasa de care nu a auzit nimeni. Personal, chiar daca nu-mi plac anumite piese, inteleg ca mai sunt si alte persoane care vor sa asculte si ca nu sunt acasa, dar majoritatea nu pricep acest lucru si la fiecare petrecere exista cel putin o cearta pe tema muzicii.

Add a bit of '80s si totul dispare. Da. Am observat acest lucru. Toata lumea stie melodiile, sunt dansante, lumea uita de cum este categorisita, si incepe sa danseze. Add a bit - but just a bit - of alcohol si totul devine si mai frumos.

Pentru noi, cei nascuti in '90, merg si anii '90 din domeniul muzicii.

Madonna, Bonnie M, Rick James, Cardigans, Michael Jackson, Queen, Iggy Pop, New Order, Rolling Stones, Depeche Mode, Mc Hammer, Liquido, Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Manu Chao, Village People, Dead or Alive, Abba, s.a.m.d.

As scrie mai multe despre muzica buna de pus la petreceri cand exista multi nemultumiti dar ma cam doare capu de la acel "a bit of alcohol" de care vorbeam mai devreme.

Romania part 2

Din aceeasi categorie cu primul meu "articol", intamplari in transportul in comun, trebuie sa mentionez ca observ din ce in ce mai mult cum oamenii nu numai ca nu au pic de bun simt, dar nu au nici pic de logica.

De ce sa incerci sa urci intr-un tramvai sau autobuz cand lumea inca nu a coborat? De ce sa te bagi in fata pentru a cobori dar dupa ce cobori sa astepti in fata usii pe cineva care coboara pe la alta usa? De ce sa iti faci loc intr-un autobuz iar apoi sa te postezi in spatele cuiva care s-a chinuit sa-ti faca loc si care acum sta lipit de o bara? De ce sa te asezi pe scaun pentru mai putin de o statie? [exceptand cazurile speciale - oameni batrani, cu dizabilitati si alte asemenea] De ce cand tu nu te tii de bara si tramvaiul incepe sa mearga, cauzand astfel dezechilibrarea ta, sa incepi sa urli la sofer, punand sub semnul intrebarii capacitatile lui de a conduce un tramvai?!

De astfel de oameni dam zilnic dar inca nu pot sa inteleg lipsa aceasta de rationament. Nu trebuie sa stii integrale pentru a realiza ca intai lumea coboara, autobuzul nu pleaca nicaieri, si apoi te urci bine, frumos. M-am gandit ca poate vor oamenii locuri, deoarece in Romania se poate omori pentru un loc pe scaun [ca si pentru orice altceva] insa cand sunt atatia oameni care vor sa coboare este logic ca va fi mult mai liber dupa ce se intampla asta si nu daca te inghesui si tu in deja ultra-inghesuitul autobuz.

Nici nu-i de mirare ca toti psihologii si psihiatrii au probleme la capsor, cand dai de atatia oameni nebuni.

South Park

In caz ca nu stiati, au aparut deja 3 episoade din noul sezon South Park. Fiind o fana infocata a acestui tip de umor si deci a serialului, le-am luat repede, repede, imediat cum au aparut, pregatita de ras, gandindu-ma ce or mai fi nascocit Matt Stone si Trey Parker.

Din pacate, si nu ma asteptam sa zic asta vreodata, am fost dezamagita. Multi prieteni, de asemenea fani South Park mi-au spus inca din sezonul 11 ca si-au pierdut din stil si ironie insa nu am fost de acord. De ce? Deoarece sezonul 11, dupa mine, a fost foarte bun comparativ cu 12 si bun comparativ cu restul.

Sezonul 11 - Highlights

1104 - The Snuke - caterinca de serialul 24, care a innebunit intreaga lume. De inteles.
1105 - Fantastic Easter Special - Kyle, evreul, ajunge sa fie rugat de Iisus sa il omoare. Din nou. Ironic.
1106 - D-Yikes! - Mr. Garrison, profesorul homosexual, care si-a facut operatie de sex in episoadele precedente, ajunge sa aibe relatii cu femei, devenind astfel lesbiana, totul pe script a la 300.
1108 - Le Petit Tourette - Cartman gaseste o cale prin care poate spune orice fara a fi pedepsit. Funny.
1110 - Imagination Land 1, 2, 3 - De multumit creatorilor pentru adunatura de cartoons de care multa lume uitase.
1113 - Guitar Queer-o - Ironie la adresa obsedatilor de jocuri, care in loc sa invete sa cante la chitara pe bune, apasa pe niste butoane si incearca sa faca high score. Din pacate, de aici au cam inceput sa se repete, existand inca vreo 2-3 episoade in care este satirizata obsesia pentru Nintendo Wii si bineinteles pentru WOW.

Iar episodul in care m-am amuzat cel mai tare este 1107 - Night of the Living Homeless. Nu numai ca fac misto de multitudinea de filme cu zombie care ne-a acaparat dar replica urmatoare m-a facut sa rad incredibil de mult:

Evergreen Villager: The homeless first started arriving in Evergreen about 3 months ago. At first they were only a few of them, asking for change, sleeping in the parks. But then more showed up. And we realized there was something different about them. They fed off of our change to the point that they could actually start renting apartments. We knew it wouldn't be long before the homeless actually started buying homes. And then we'd had no idea who is homeless and who wasn't. People living in the house right next door to you could be homeless and you wouldn't even know. Nobody could trust anybody. Fights broke out, war! That's when I starting suspecting my own wife, who I'd be living with for 20 years, was actually homeless. So I had to burn her, in her bed, while she slept. After she died, I vowed I wouldn't let the homeless destroy our town. So we came up with a plan to get rid of them once and for all.
Kyle Broflovski: You son of a bitch! You didn't solve your homeless problem, you just sent all your homeless to South Park!
Evergreen Villager: That's right, yes.

Sezonul 12 - Lowlights :))

1201 - Tonsil Trouble - Destul de interesanta ideea, insa si-au pierdut din farmec iar finalul a fost dezastruos. Cum au ajuns ei la concluzia ca banii sunt the cure for AIDS? Poate e vreo faza anume, de care nu m-am prins, dar momentan, pana nu ma lamureste cineva, traiesc cu impresia ca pur si simplu nu mai aveau ce anume sa includa in episod si au apelat la an-tan-te. Mi-a placut ca au facut misto de faptul ca sida e mai putin cool decat cancer iar replica cu "Are you sure? I'm not sure, i'm HIV positive." este foarte ingenioasa doar ca este folosita in exces, cel mai probabil din lipsa de alte glume.

1202 - Britney's New Look - Eu inteleg ca Britney este intr-adevar un fenomen in media in ultima vreme, si cum isi au obiceiul, Matt si Trey satirizeaza lucrurile recente insa abia daca am schitat un zambet la acest episod. Au folosit-o in exces pe Britney cu jumatate de fata, imagine nu tocmai placuta. Si nu spun ca pana acum nu au avut imagini mult mai deranjante, insa lipsa de umor din acest episod, m-a facut sa nu suport nici imaginea. Mi-a placut faptul ca atunci cand Britney avea doar jumatate de fata ei o puneau sa cante si sa sustina concerte in continuare. Foarte satiric. Finalul, insa, iarasi dezastruos.

1302 - Major Boobage - Ca si intr-un episod mai vechi fac caterinca de diverse metode folosite de adolescenti pentru a se droga. In episodul de care vorbesc, era vorba de pastile de tuse, insa de data aceasta au inventat un drog cu totul si cu totul original. E interesant cum foarte subtil incearca sa spuna ca drogurile trebuie legalizate si ca este doar vina oamenilor ca le folosesc [in exces sau pur si simplu]. Se folosesc pentru aceasta metafora de ceva inofensiv dar care dat pe mana unor oameni, aparent, devine periculos: o pisica. In orice caz, acest episod mi-a provocat mai multe zambete, si chiar rasete pe alocuri, decat episodul anterior.

Per total, dupa cum spunea cineva pe imdb, Matt si Trey ar trebui sa mai incerce putin din ce fumau acum cativa ani, cand s-au apucat de South Park, deoarece si-au pierdut din farmec.

NB. Am reusit sa gasesc subtitrari in romana si de asemenea am reusit sa o conving pe maicamea sa se uite cu mine la South Park deoarece ea traia cu impresia ca ei stiu doar sa injure si ca asta e tot rostul serialului. Dupa vreo 2 episoade, fiindca nu ii plac animatiile, mi-a spus ca intr-adevar au glume bune, insa limbajul lasa de dorit. Eh. Pentru noi, astia mai tineri si mai open-minded, limbajul e un plus.

PS. In cazul in care doriti sa vizionati South Park nu mai trebuie sa rugati prietenii sa vi le imprumute, sau sa cautati variante bune ci doar sa accesati linkul asta. South Park now free. Ma intreb de ce tocmai acum...

PPS. Pentru cei care sustin ca South Park este un serial de cacat, scuzati limbajul, trebuie sa realizeze totusi ca pentru a intelege glumele si pentru a prinde umorul, nu poti vedea doar un episod din sezonul 8 si gata: iti place bine, nu-ti place, aia e. Nu. Se creaza anumite tipologii, anumite glume care se repeta dar se muleaza pe subiectul fiecarui episod si asa mai departe, toate acestea contribuind la amuzamentul episoadelor. Si asta este valabil la orice serial.

Romania part 1

Incep prin a mentiona faptul ca oricat am uri noi aceasta tara, nu te plictisesti traind aici. Daca ai simtul umorului, poti depasi zilnic media de ras.

O zi oarecare, 7 dimineata, pornesc spre liceu. Astept ce astept in statie - nu prea mult, deoarece dimineata chiar se circula bine - dupa care vad tramvaiul. Ma urc si incep a-mi cauta un loc, somnoroasa fiind. Ajung in spate fiindca acolo imi place sa stau - da, inutila informatie, dar vreau sa cresc suspansul - si ma asez pe un scaun oarecare. In acest drum al meu, observ 2 barbati, nu romani dar nici straini - subtil, stiu - parca scosi din filmele de categoria B cu mafioti. Unul dintre ei purta o palarie Texas-like avand codite impletite pe ea, iar celalalt avea unghia de la degetul mic crescuta mai mult decat celelalte - sau mai bine zis taiata mai putin! Pareau foarte somnorosi, si in imaginatia mea de adolescenta obisnuita cu Godfather si filmele lui Tarantino, mi-am inchipuit ca tocmai comisesera o crima si erau relaxati ca au terminat cu bine si de aceasta data. Ce nu se potrivea cu imaginea era, insa, tramvaiul. Dupa o asemenea fapta se cuvenea sa circule si ei intr-o masina ultima clasa, ei jegosi, masina luna... Urat din partea lor pentru rusinea adusa stilului de viata. Ca sa fie totul si mai frumos si superb mirositor, cel mentionat mai devreme, va amintiti voi, cel cu unghiuta, si-a aprins fara nicio grija o tigara. In timp ce eu ma abtineam sa nu rad cumva mai tare, am privit in jur si am vazut fetele dizgratiate de aceasta fapta ale oamenilor. Eu nu inteleg, sincer, cum de nu se asteptau la asa ceva. Era urmarea fireasca a lucrurilor.

Nu ai cum sa schimbi asemenea oameni si atat timp cat se pot reproduce vom tot avea parte de asa ceva in Romania. Singurul lucru e ca trebuie sa stii cum sa te obisnuiesti, sa te feresti si sa te amuzi. Odata ce faci asta, esti asigurat.

Gandindu-ma la aceasta intamplare, sincer, imi pare foarte rau ca am ascultat muzica pe parcursul drumului si nu am auzit cuvintele magice ce ieseau din gurile lor. Dar a fost multumitor si asa, observandu-le gesturile. Daca aveam mai mult simt artistic, as fi putut face un film foarte interesant.