2 forme de arta contemporana

Ezekiel 25:17

If I consider you my friend, that means you’ve been through more shit in life than most people can imagine. It means that you’re a crazy motherfucker. I appreciate you and I love you. Peace.

P.S. Maybe one day I’ll consider publishing my friends list.

P.P.S. This is one of the three videos that always makes me cry. I could write pages on it, but it’s too brilliant.

The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club

And now I’m breaking it.

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Daca saptamana asta am fost liber (cu de la mine putere) si n-am prea iesit din casa, m-am uitat la filme. Ma apuca rar. In general daca sunt obosit, gandul de a nu face altceva doua ore decat sa ma uit la un film ma oboseste si mai tare. Plus ca daca ma uit, imi place sa fiu concentrat 100% la acel film; daca nu pot, n-are rost.

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Wanted

Prin perspectiva mea, de acum, this movie was the prequel. A few days ago, this was life-changing. Still is. Loved the idea, loved how the little SF elements are incorporated into the movie, and most of all loved the ending. Discursul de la final. Poate cliseic. Dar pe mine m-a lovit frontal. Iar ultima scena, cu James McAvoy staring me in the face and saying, dead serious – “What the fuck have you done lately ?” made me shudder. Am pus-o la status si mi-am repetat-o in fiecare zi, dimineata la pranz si seara, iar raspunsul de fiecare data era tangential cu “nothing”. It was a wake-up call, perfect timing for a person who needed a wake-up call.

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The proposal

Very nice movie Sandra Bullock is perfect for the role. Interesting idea, deschide drumul pentru o tona de posibile faze haioase – si adevarul e ca razi non-stop. Classic happy heart-warming end, but it’s the kind of movie where I actually wanted it.

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The Dark Knight

L-am amanat de ceva vreme, as usual. Nu pot sa zic decat ca ma bucur mult ca de la niste clasice Batman comics s-a ajuns la asa ceva. Sarind peste efectele speciale care erau de asteptat, the psychology incorporated in the movie amazed me. I wasn’t expecting a Batamn movie to be this deep, digging into the human psyche. Si da, of course, toata lumea a zis-o si o confirm si eu, Heath Ledger face un rol bestial as The Joker. Si de ce e atat de genial rolul – pentru ca e natural. If you think how the Joker, the character, the “mad-man” would act, then watch the movie, you get exactly what you imagined. This isn’t a “role” anymore, you act for a role, Heath Ledger doesn’t give the impression that he’s acting. Loved it.

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Havana Nights

Ah, the sequel to Dirty Dancing. Cu ceva mai multe elemente de politica si aducere de Cuba in prim plan in plus fata de primul, dar in esenta the same shit, nice girl, pretty & dangerous boy, serious parents, dance training. big ending. Still loved it The cuban music and the dance scenes are just great, pustii se descurca excelent. Makes you wanna learn to dance like them

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Dogma

Il aveam downloadat de multa vreme pe comp, la sugestia lui W cred. Si nush cum ma impiedic azi de el. O comedie absolut bestiala, cu o tona de personaje cunoscute, din lumea stand-up-ului ii avem pe George Carlin, Chris Rock si Janeane Garofalo , iar din lumea actorilor consacrati nume ca Ben Affleck, Matt Damon si Linda Fiorentino – cu Alanis Morisette pe post de cireasa de pe tort Ideea filmului in sine da nastere la tot felul de combinatii care mai de care mai creative si mai funny (intentionat sunt vag, ca nu vreau sa stric surprizele celor care n-au vazut filmul ). Bineinteles ca imi place si pentru ca ataca unul din subiectele mele preferate – religia – dar o face intr-un mod foarte interesant, inteligent si amuzant. A must see for the smart people.

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Fight Club

N-as sti cu ce sa incep. Prima ora din film am petrecut-o repetand la fiecare 30 de secunde “this is so fucked up…” si intrebandu-l pe frate-meu de trei ori “but it’s all gonna make sense eventually, right ?” Apoi o scurta perioada de “interesant”, urmata de inca o juma de ora de “this is so fucked up…” Ultima jumatate de ora evident tinut in priza, iar momentul in care m-am prins care e treaba de fapt am ramas fara aer vreo trei secunde. Pana nu uit : this is the second best thing that speaks about religions, ever, the first being Dune. This was a movie I needed. It was the last straw, the last drop in the glass, the wake-up call. I truly believe this is a movie every person must see and then re-see, maybe after a while. E genul de film atat de genial incat n-are rost sa comentezi prea mult pe marginea lui… because the gifted people WILL get it, and the others WON’T.

Ca nuca in perete ? Nah, chestia asta se potriveste perfect :

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P.S. Orice comentariu tangential cu “de-abia ACUM ai vazut Fight Club ?!?” va fi automat sters. Nothing you can throw at me hasn’t already been thrown at me by my brother. So you would just be redundant.

Memories

(Prinse pe VH1 Classic)

That was the shit. That was the music.

Thank you guys for a great night out. Talked a lot about music and shit, pus tara la cale, had fun, took some pictures, it was great…

Then at home with a beer and VH1 Classic and mom telling me stories from so long ago…

Happy b-day bro Love ya you phat kyky white skinny dwarf you…

Addictions

Just a few samples, they’re too many to count.

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New addiction
Stratovarius – Will my soul ever rest in peace

Old addiction
The Corrs – Spancil Hill

Very old addiction
Skin-Do – Highlands Hymn

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Special mention

Discovered it in a porn movie. The porn sucked, but it was worth it for the song.
Richie Kotzen – You can’t save me

4:10

Am fost acuzat ca am lasat blogul in paragina. True, n-am mai scris de trei luni aproape. So what ? It’s my fucking blog. I write whenever I want, whatever I want. The truth is I’ve had a few very busy months with doing lotsa shit and lotsa shit happening, a lot of changes… didn’t have time nor the right state of mind for writing. When so many things happen to a person, you’d spend the same amount of time writing about it as you do experiencing it.
Tin jurnal de cand eram in clasa a patra. Am scris in agende multi ani de zile ; apoi weblog, pe vremea cand inca nu fusese prescurtat la “blog” si nu era decat un topic pe un forum. Jurnale tinute pe comp, in notepad sau word… apoi 360, in fine wordpress. Ma lasa rece blogosfera si expansiunea bigbangistica a conceptului de blog, toata lumea are acum blog, toata lumea are ceva de zis, toata lumea are un blogroll de treizeci de bloguri pe putin pe care ma indoiesc amarnic ca si le verifica zilnic. Eu scriu pentru mine, scriu ce mi se intampla si ce traiesc si ce descopar si ce simt ca sa nu uit, pentru ca uit. Peste luni si ani imi recitesc vechile scrieri si redescopar lucruri pe care uitasem ca le-am trait sau ca le-am gandit. The public blog is for the world to read, dar nu sunt precum dono (sau atatia altii, te simti X?) sa mor daca trec doua zile fara sa scriu ceva nou sau daca nu raspund la commenturi ; I can’t go theatrical, I don’t want legions of screaming fans. Daca maine decid sa nu mai scriu niciodata in blog, e treaba mea.
At night is when I am most creative I never was a morning person, nor a day-time worker. I would love to sleep all day and live all night, but apparently the rest of the world is the other way around
 

Somn usor

!@Work

Luni mi-am depus preavizul.

Sefului nu-i vine sa creada. Mai trist e ca nu intelege de ce.

S-a umplut paharul, asta e tot. Multe, multe chestii mici (si mari). Am asteptat prea mult sa se schimbe ceva, sa se intample ceva, am vazut potentialul… din pacate n-am vazut si realitatea decat cam prea tarziu. Trebuia sa plec de mai de mult. All the effort in vain, all the under-apreciated work, even the pay (care pentru bransa noastra kinda sucks).  Nu mai zic de conditiile de lucru… in fine.

Numar fiecare zi care trece pana se implinesc doua saptamani. I’m so looking forward to being free again, I’m so looking forward to a well-deserved vacation/me time. Toata lumea, prima intrebare : “ti-ai gasit altceva ?” Nu. Nici nu-mi caut deocamdata. Nu-mi fac probleme ca nu-mi gasesc. In ultimul an si jumatate am primit in jur de douazeci de oferte din toate partile (ca le-am refuzat pe toate ca prostu e partea a doua ). Slava domnului nu mor de foame. I really need this, I really need a break and I really need and want something new

Sorry boss. If there’s a god, he’s witness that I tried my best to make it work. But you didn’t.

To all of you who work at least fourty hours of week, who feel un(der)appreciated, who work in a small confined space, who feel that it sucks, who have stupid/annoying/stupid&annoying coworkers, who want to strangle your boss, who don’t get a raise and who don’t get a break :

 

P.S. Din punct de vedere muzical, varianta lui Marylin imi place cel mai putin; prefer oricand Green Day sau originala John Lennon. Mergea la fel de bine si Clasa muncitoare de la Cargo. Dar clipul mi s-a parut atat de genial, se potrivesc atat de bine scenele din Modern Times cu mesajul melodiei, incat this was the clip of my choice.

VMA la cald

Just got around to watching this year’s VMAs. Haven’t done it in a while. I kinda drifted away (to the point of staying away) from mainstream music, so, yeah, so I didn’t know who Taylor Swift was or shit like that. Anyway.

VMAs have always been about the show, the spectacle, the entertainment value. Each year, bigger than last year, louder, more glamorous, more flamboyant, more flashy, more outrageous. If you want a show, this is the show to see. Nu ma omor dupa partea cu premiile, nu stiu pe ce criterii sunt facute nomalizarile sau cine castiga, dar spectacolul in sine merita vazut. I loved the performances by Muse (they did Uprising ), Green Day and…

Well, I like when I’m proven wrong. As I was saying, I always assume that MTV overnight stars have no actual talent/skills and are just fabricated pop products. Fara sa stiu prea multe despre ea, m-am tot luat de Lady Gaga, saying she’s ugly and shit (indeed am vazut niste poze cu ea nemachiata si nearanajata, i still say she looked like crap) dar cand e super-aranjata, you know, the kind only Hollywood can provide, she can be cute. (Ok, she’s cute, she just ain’t my kind of cute, ca sa zic asa.) Dar asta nu anuleaza restul… her perfomance at the VMAs this year was amazing. The whole chandelier falling on her, the bleeding, the hanging in the air by hear hand… cand incepe sangerarea she actually looks demented, zici ca a intrat in sevraj. She’s outrageous, she’s over the top, she’s crazy, I like her And the coreography fits perfectly with the song, which is written from the perspective of an OCD stalker As far as performances go, this particular performance seriously rased the bar for spectacle period. (Btw, I read that she also does serious songwriting, so apparently she’s not 100% mainstream pop product.)  Here’s the clip :

P.S. Alicia Keys still rules. They saved her for last so they saved the best for last. Bate la fund toate gagicile care au urcat pe scena la orice capitol, looks, beauty, voice, playing skills, you name it.

Uprising

Ma bucur sa remarc ca au inceput si dintre vedete sa rasara cateva care vorbesc impotriva sistemului. First there was Charlie Sheen, with his “Twenty Minutes With The President” message to Obama regarding 9/11. I love what he’s done, I love the fact that the whole thing is very well documented, I love the courage to stand up and stand out (and I love the fact that he’s still hilarious in Two and a Half Men – season 7 just started! ). Now I find Jim Corr with this delightful interview on (and against) The Lisbon Treaty. And btw, KUDOS to the Irish for still fighting against it. Don’t give up.
 

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious!

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I mean, isn’t it odd—how you can buy a lap dance,
phone sex, or blowjob in a snap, but can’t

pay a person a dollar to just sit next to you
on a park bench and simply hold your hand?

Jeffrey McDaniel

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The human psyche never ceases to amaze me. People that seem so strong, yet are so vulnerable. Impenetrable gods dethroned in one swift second of utter collapse. A few days ago I have lost my third ever (and I plan to be final) idol. Ah, the everclassic mistake of forgetting that people are human. New facets of people, previously undiscovered, complete the picture. Make it 3D, 4D.

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Actually I believe in original sin myself. Some of my ’sins’ have been very original. If you are going to sin, make it original, that’s what I say.

David Icke

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It’s a neverending uphill struggle. Not battle, struggle. Wouldn’t it be amazing to be able to encompass Everything. 24 hours a day are just not enough anymore.

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Am primit o leapsa de la X acum vreo luna. http://xelomon.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/leapsa-scop-in-viata-steve-pavlina/ – furati-o cu incredere.

N-am amanat-o, doar refuz sa raspund la ea. Unu, nu-mi plac lepsele (asta o fi pluralul ? o fi avand macar plural ?) pentru ca le percep ca pe un fel de obligatie. Doi, interesanta ideea, dar superficiala pentru mine. Pleaca de la premiza incompleta ca as avea un singur scop unic si absolut in viata. Pleaca de la premiza gresita ca m-am nascut cu el si ca e nemodificabil in timp. Pleaca de la premiza gresita ca pot plange. Pot, dar nu de la asa ceva.  Acum nu vreau sa ma concentrez la a pune in cuvinte scopul meu in viata, ci doar asupra drumului nesfarsit inspre el. Poate sa raspund la leapsa pe patul de moarte – atunci voi avea si detalii despre ce misto a fost. Dar sa insir sute de expresii pentru a gasi “formularea ideala” a scopului ? Prefer sa traiesc.

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