Some people appear to be complex, and some people appear to be simple, but I think most people are complex. We can think we know all about a person but we don't know their inner thoughts and desires and what they have experienced. Busyness or having a variety of divergent interests may make a person seem complex (or interesting), but the iconic beach bum (or basement dwelling nerd) sitting by a boat that will never sail can be just as complex. Why are they here? What are they thinking about? Where have they come from? Well, I don't know if you are pretending to be cute, and you don't know that I get one of my D&D groups to call me Noona (older sister) which is a word I learnt because I like K-pop (well, you know now). It's hard to appreciate each other when we have such a shallow understanding of each other. Maybe that is why we like our friends so much. Friends understand and appreciate us, and we try to understand and appreciate them too. It is a great blessing to have friends and friendship.
That was a mind meandering, so please don't critic it too hard. It's not a solid idea yet and is rather poorly written. Today's "feel-good music video of the day" is Replay (Noona is so Pretty) by SHINee of SMENT. SHINee is made up of guys who are too young for me, so I don't appreciate them as much as I should. They are all so fresh faced. This particular video has a parody where they are trying to convince their noona to date them. The term noona literally means 'older sister', but is used by all younger males to refer to females older than themselves whom they are friends with. The parody is very entertaining. I encourage parody watching when the parody is appropriate.
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Tuesday 30 August 2011
Day 28: Super Junior Day
...I was lying about Super Junior Day. I would like to note though, that I was reading Life Is Too Short to Learn German, the blog, and what videos did the broken youtube connection have but a Music Core (a South Korean show) clip with Super Junior in it and Super Junior's Mr. Simple. And it wasn't Youtube recognizing my ISP either. I hope this indicates that Super Junior is getting more popular, especially since Heechul is expected to join the army in September, and Leeteuk is expected to join next year. I want them to stick around even though they are loosing members like a sieve leaks water. On the bright side, Kangin will be back within the year with his smooth voice. Since I'm gushing over Super Junior anyway, I'll give my own summary of who the members are, trying to do it from oldest to youngest, because I know that sort of thing.
Leeteuk - Not his real name, but it sort of has become it. According to tv, he likes a woman 7 years his junior and no one finds this creepy. Apparently I don't either, because it didn't affect his spot as my 2nd favourite.
Heechul - The one we make fun of for being girly. At one point he was my 3rd favourite.
Hankyung - My favourite. He left the group just as I was discovering them. His handsomeness and calmness shine most when he is surrounded by attractive men, and I don't know why that is.
Yesung - Also not his real name. Yesung means good singer, and that is accurate. Yesung also composes music and he used to be really cute at around age 20 when he wore hipster dufus glasses.
Sungmin - The guy who looks like everybody else. He seems like a sweat heart.
Shindong - The chubbiest member. Has received a lot of flak for that, which is too bad because he is a really good dancer, is funny, and seems really nice. He also has a longtime girlfriend and thus has real relationship skills. I really appreciate that he is in Super Junior, because no other K-pop group has anyone even near his girth (or mine of 36 inches), and it is good for the people to be represented.
Kangin - He got sent to the army early. He has a pleasing voice and is the reason for the parody line "I just look fat because I am filled with awesome."
Eunhyuk - My 3rd favourite member. He is a great dancer, and used to be really cutesy. He is also what I would consider to be the main rapper.
Donghae - My cousin's favourite member because he looked like Kamenashi Kazuya. I would say that Donghae in general is very popular.
Siwon - He is called the horse of the group because he works out and is muscular. He acted in Oh! My Lady.
Ryeowook - Teeniest member with the highest voice. He just recently got a lot manlier then he used to be. Like a lot.
Kyuhyun - My least favourite member, a lot due to his great popularity and the fact that he is younger than myself. He was a math olympian, and likes video games. I think we'd get along well in real life.
Kibum - Looks kind of like Donghae, but with a smoother and cuter face. Actor.
Henry - Not a member of Super Junior, but of Super Junior M. He can in theory speak four or five different languages, play several instruments, mix music, dance, and sing. He would defeat Justin Bieber in a competition between popstars who are Canadian (or who started that way anyway).
Zhoumi - I'm not sure where he goes in the list. He is the current leader of Super Junior M, as Hankyung is gone. He is 6'2" and very trim so he looks super tall. He seems like a nice guy.
Today's video is of course Super Junior. I choose Superman since it is the most recent one out. However, it starts with a picture of Siwon in his underpants, something I had never wanted to see. Why SMENT, why? It is also a clips movie. A better one is One Love, since it has cosplay and all 13 members.
Leeteuk - Not his real name, but it sort of has become it. According to tv, he likes a woman 7 years his junior and no one finds this creepy. Apparently I don't either, because it didn't affect his spot as my 2nd favourite.
Heechul - The one we make fun of for being girly. At one point he was my 3rd favourite.
Hankyung - My favourite. He left the group just as I was discovering them. His handsomeness and calmness shine most when he is surrounded by attractive men, and I don't know why that is.
Yesung - Also not his real name. Yesung means good singer, and that is accurate. Yesung also composes music and he used to be really cute at around age 20 when he wore hipster dufus glasses.
Sungmin - The guy who looks like everybody else. He seems like a sweat heart.
Shindong - The chubbiest member. Has received a lot of flak for that, which is too bad because he is a really good dancer, is funny, and seems really nice. He also has a longtime girlfriend and thus has real relationship skills. I really appreciate that he is in Super Junior, because no other K-pop group has anyone even near his girth (or mine of 36 inches), and it is good for the people to be represented.
Kangin - He got sent to the army early. He has a pleasing voice and is the reason for the parody line "I just look fat because I am filled with awesome."
Eunhyuk - My 3rd favourite member. He is a great dancer, and used to be really cutesy. He is also what I would consider to be the main rapper.
Donghae - My cousin's favourite member because he looked like Kamenashi Kazuya. I would say that Donghae in general is very popular.
Siwon - He is called the horse of the group because he works out and is muscular. He acted in Oh! My Lady.
Ryeowook - Teeniest member with the highest voice. He just recently got a lot manlier then he used to be. Like a lot.
Kyuhyun - My least favourite member, a lot due to his great popularity and the fact that he is younger than myself. He was a math olympian, and likes video games. I think we'd get along well in real life.
Kibum - Looks kind of like Donghae, but with a smoother and cuter face. Actor.
Henry - Not a member of Super Junior, but of Super Junior M. He can in theory speak four or five different languages, play several instruments, mix music, dance, and sing. He would defeat Justin Bieber in a competition between popstars who are Canadian (or who started that way anyway).
Zhoumi - I'm not sure where he goes in the list. He is the current leader of Super Junior M, as Hankyung is gone. He is 6'2" and very trim so he looks super tall. He seems like a nice guy.
Today's video is of course Super Junior. I choose Superman since it is the most recent one out. However, it starts with a picture of Siwon in his underpants, something I had never wanted to see. Why SMENT, why? It is also a clips movie. A better one is One Love, since it has cosplay and all 13 members.
Monday 29 August 2011
Day 27: Text Review
If the medium is the message, does dance count as a text that can be read? I don't think that matters, but here is a dance video you should watch.
I like dancing, and just this year starting going to social swing dance nights. There we have learned Jive and Lindy Hop. This video is Max and Annie doing Tango and Lindy Hop. They are professionals, so it is only natural that at 2:28 Max should be wearing the hat and at 2:30 after doing an aerial, Annie is wearing the hat, which she grabbed during the aerial. They are professionals, so it is also natural that most people could never do what they do. Someday, I want to go see cool stuff like this live.
I would also like to see this live. And yes the team in purple and black are Max and Annie.
Yesterday, Adele won some MTV awards for her music video Rolling in the Deep. The newspaper said so, so I looked it up on Youtube. She has over 118 million views for that particular video. That's 11 times David Bisbal's Youtube hits for Ave Maria. Her music video was pretty strong, with effective lighting, interesting features, a dancing ninja, and Adele - who is not your typical popstar. It also disappointed me a little that she never stood up. She only had one sitting position the entire time. On the positive side, the smashing plates reminded me of Silencio by David Bisbal, and the ninja stabbing the ground reminded me of Digale by David Bisbal. I give the music video a 3.5 out of 5, because while it was solid, it wasn't terribly interesting and I am kind of sick of that song. Here it is.
I like dancing, and just this year starting going to social swing dance nights. There we have learned Jive and Lindy Hop. This video is Max and Annie doing Tango and Lindy Hop. They are professionals, so it is only natural that at 2:28 Max should be wearing the hat and at 2:30 after doing an aerial, Annie is wearing the hat, which she grabbed during the aerial. They are professionals, so it is also natural that most people could never do what they do. Someday, I want to go see cool stuff like this live.
I would also like to see this live. And yes the team in purple and black are Max and Annie.
Yesterday, Adele won some MTV awards for her music video Rolling in the Deep. The newspaper said so, so I looked it up on Youtube. She has over 118 million views for that particular video. That's 11 times David Bisbal's Youtube hits for Ave Maria. Her music video was pretty strong, with effective lighting, interesting features, a dancing ninja, and Adele - who is not your typical popstar. It also disappointed me a little that she never stood up. She only had one sitting position the entire time. On the positive side, the smashing plates reminded me of Silencio by David Bisbal, and the ninja stabbing the ground reminded me of Digale by David Bisbal. I give the music video a 3.5 out of 5, because while it was solid, it wasn't terribly interesting and I am kind of sick of that song. Here it is.
Sunday 28 August 2011
Day 26: How to Be Prententious Part 2B
Today's lesson in pretentiousness is in who you know. Pretentious people always know someone famous, or someone who is a genius, or someone who is rich. You can know these people too. Think of the most classy people you know. They are now either a lady or a gentleman (or other describing word that sounds hoity toity like "doctor", "genius", "seminarian", etc.). Example, "I cannot wait until lady Shannon invites me over for tea again." Using such formal names will probably lead to questions, so you should practice your aversion tactics. One could try; "Oh, you know, lady Shannon.", "You don't KNOW lady Shannon???", "Anyone who is anyone knows lady Shannon. Can it be that you do not? How embarrassing.", or "I met her during schooling". You can use one of these or make up your own. Be creative.
Today's hoity toity artsy movie is Silencio by David Bisbal of Vale Music. David Bisbal is not hoity toity, so the attempt kind of fails, but it does make one pine for his dancing days. Those heady hip thrusting, knee kicking, 360 degree turning dancing days. I was at his concert once, and he only did 1 1/2 twirls. He does however, actually play air guitarre, just like in Silencio. That's legit. Pretty much all his Silencio moves are real ones that he will do in concerts. Forget the Ave Maria moves of the past, this is now, and now is air guitarre.
Today's hoity toity artsy movie is Silencio by David Bisbal of Vale Music. David Bisbal is not hoity toity, so the attempt kind of fails, but it does make one pine for his dancing days. Those heady hip thrusting, knee kicking, 360 degree turning dancing days. I was at his concert once, and he only did 1 1/2 twirls. He does however, actually play air guitarre, just like in Silencio. That's legit. Pretty much all his Silencio moves are real ones that he will do in concerts. Forget the Ave Maria moves of the past, this is now, and now is air guitarre.
Saturday 27 August 2011
Day 25: Measuring Distance in Canada
First, apologies because my brain is muddled from the summer heat.
Measuring distance in Canada is like a rat trying to figure out banking. Officially, distance is measured in kilometres. How many Canadians actually think in kilometres though? I would say none in my area, where all roads are divided into miles. So it is 2 miles to my friend's house, according to the mile road. How many kilometres? Well, that requires a mathematical equation. The real answer is five minutes, because in reality distance is measured in time. If you tell a Canadian how far something is in kilometres, expect this reaction: "but how far is it?". The answer they want is time -- how long will it take? And then expect the second question. "How fast?"
So how far is it to the nearest town? 15 minutes at speed limit. That's distance for you.
Today's music video is Mirotic by TVXQ/DBSK. This music video involves some lady torturing our poor heroes.
Measuring distance in Canada is like a rat trying to figure out banking. Officially, distance is measured in kilometres. How many Canadians actually think in kilometres though? I would say none in my area, where all roads are divided into miles. So it is 2 miles to my friend's house, according to the mile road. How many kilometres? Well, that requires a mathematical equation. The real answer is five minutes, because in reality distance is measured in time. If you tell a Canadian how far something is in kilometres, expect this reaction: "but how far is it?". The answer they want is time -- how long will it take? And then expect the second question. "How fast?"
So how far is it to the nearest town? 15 minutes at speed limit. That's distance for you.
Today's music video is Mirotic by TVXQ/DBSK. This music video involves some lady torturing our poor heroes.
Friday 26 August 2011
Day 24: Coolness Points Countdown
I wrote the coolness points yesterday. Today what I have to say is that I realllllly appreciate that no member of Super Junior resembles in any way either G-Dragon or T.O.P. from Big Bang. I say this because I just watched a music video by yet another boyband where one or more member looks like G-Dragon or T.O.P. That makes the list U-Kiss, ZE:A, Beast/B2ST, and probably some other ones. I know they have pretty faces, but when five popstars have similar faces, that face is no longer unique.
For those of us, like myself, that often feel like failures, today is a think about stuff you can do day. Since we all have our cool points, today is the coolness points countdown. You get points for every impressive, cool, or interesting thing you do. Here's my list. Feel free to add to it.
And now the list. You get points if you...
Today's "music video" was going to be BOA's Did Ya (fan made), but instead the more cheerful La la la by Big Bang of YG Entertainment it will be. Apparently they have two songs called La la la because the one I was thinking of was more romantic, kind of a "I want you back" song. Well, whatever. This gives you a chance to see G-Dragon and T.O.P. as young people.
For those of us, like myself, that often feel like failures, today is a think about stuff you can do day. Since we all have our cool points, today is the coolness points countdown. You get points for every impressive, cool, or interesting thing you do. Here's my list. Feel free to add to it.
And now the list. You get points if you...
- Have a cool or impressive job (or you just love it) (5 pts)
- Speak a different language (5 pts per language)
- Have travelled (1 pt per state/province/county in country. 5 pts per country out of country)
- Have learned how to dance (4 pts per dance)
- Have a productive hobby (5 pts per hobby)
- Volunteer (5 pts per place)
- Don't care what others think of your taste in music (5 pts)
- Have fixed something mechanical (5 pts)
- Like both fashion and other things (5 pts)
- Read for fun (5 pts)
- Have achieved something you previously thought impossible (10 pts)
- Make friends where ever you go (5pts)
- Can cook (10 pts)
- Think that you look good (3 pts)
- Have learned things from television (3 pts)
- Have gone to another country to see your favourite singer perform (5 pts)
- Still use snail mail (3 pts)
- Dress in a confident way (3 pts)
- Are kind and considerate to others (15 pts)
- Use French cooking terms correctly (5 pts)
- Have a medieval outfit in your closet (3 pts)
Today's "music video" was going to be BOA's Did Ya (fan made), but instead the more cheerful La la la by Big Bang of YG Entertainment it will be. Apparently they have two songs called La la la because the one I was thinking of was more romantic, kind of a "I want you back" song. Well, whatever. This gives you a chance to see G-Dragon and T.O.P. as young people.
Thursday 25 August 2011
Day 23: Mm-Bop
Why does it feel like the only good ideas for blogging come after you have blogged? It's like you are supposed to wait until a particular brilliant idea hits and then you are supposed to leap onto the computer and jot it all down while you feel intelligent and witty.
Well I don't work like that. There is limited time when both the computers are free and I am not busy.
The "feel-good music video of the day" is Shady by Sistar of Starship Entertainment. The first reason this is a good music video is that the record company is named after starships. ...I'm kidding. My actual first reason to like this video is that Heechul of Super Junior is Sistar's communal boyfriend. He is super cute at 0:36-37. I originally saw this with english subs too, and the meaning is really cute. They act cute/scared/drunk/wear high heels because they like him (and want him to like them) and that somehow makes them shady girls. Personally, I think everybody tries to act well for the person they like.
Side Note: In South Korea right now, super short skirts and shorts are modest. It is cleavage and shoulders that are immodest. That's why you see so many sleeved mini dresses there.
Well I don't work like that. There is limited time when both the computers are free and I am not busy.
The "feel-good music video of the day" is Shady by Sistar of Starship Entertainment. The first reason this is a good music video is that the record company is named after starships. ...I'm kidding. My actual first reason to like this video is that Heechul of Super Junior is Sistar's communal boyfriend. He is super cute at 0:36-37. I originally saw this with english subs too, and the meaning is really cute. They act cute/scared/drunk/wear high heels because they like him (and want him to like them) and that somehow makes them shady girls. Personally, I think everybody tries to act well for the person they like.
Side Note: In South Korea right now, super short skirts and shorts are modest. It is cleavage and shoulders that are immodest. That's why you see so many sleeved mini dresses there.
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Day 22: Grumble Grumble Grumble
AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Ahem. Argh.
That's better. Well, I had just finished writing a post about being satisfied in small things, like good food and international viewers, which included a nice synopsis of Super Junior M (SJM), when I tried to post. Fail. It turns out that whenever you do things on other google owned properties, say, in a different account, they automatically change your account on blogger, so you cannot post. Whether it be signing out in a different page or signing on with a different account on a different site changing the Blogger account, I think that is pushing the limits of interaction a little too far. I don't want what I am doing on Youtube to affect what I am doing on Blogger or Gmail or any other thing. Youtube is Youtube and Blogger is Blogger, and they are different things.
Now for a recap. The "feel-good music video of the day" is Perfection/Too Perfect by SJM of S.M. Entertainment (now referred to as SMENT). SJM is a subgroup of Super Junior (Suju) that until lovely Hankyung left had seven members. Now they have 8 because it took two guys to replace Hankyung. SJM targets the Chinese market, singing in both Mandarin and Korean. Non-Suju members are Zhoumi and Henry. Henry is Chinese-Canadian, plays violin (almost became pro), can dance while playing the violin, mixes music, can speak French, etc. etc. is amazing. Fun parts of this music video are fur hats, some lame dance moves, and a bad english rap where Henry shows off his North American accent. There is also a parody of it in cyberspace where one member says "I think I look good as an 1800's Englishman." That parody by chance, agrees with me like a cherry cheese danish.
Ahem. Argh.
That's better. Well, I had just finished writing a post about being satisfied in small things, like good food and international viewers, which included a nice synopsis of Super Junior M (SJM), when I tried to post. Fail. It turns out that whenever you do things on other google owned properties, say, in a different account, they automatically change your account on blogger, so you cannot post. Whether it be signing out in a different page or signing on with a different account on a different site changing the Blogger account, I think that is pushing the limits of interaction a little too far. I don't want what I am doing on Youtube to affect what I am doing on Blogger or Gmail or any other thing. Youtube is Youtube and Blogger is Blogger, and they are different things.
Now for a recap. The "feel-good music video of the day" is Perfection/Too Perfect by SJM of S.M. Entertainment (now referred to as SMENT). SJM is a subgroup of Super Junior (Suju) that until lovely Hankyung left had seven members. Now they have 8 because it took two guys to replace Hankyung. SJM targets the Chinese market, singing in both Mandarin and Korean. Non-Suju members are Zhoumi and Henry. Henry is Chinese-Canadian, plays violin (almost became pro), can dance while playing the violin, mixes music, can speak French, etc. etc. is amazing. Fun parts of this music video are fur hats, some lame dance moves, and a bad english rap where Henry shows off his North American accent. There is also a parody of it in cyberspace where one member says "I think I look good as an 1800's Englishman." That parody by chance, agrees with me like a cherry cheese danish.
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Day 21: Music Video Comparison
Thanks to posting an NSYNC music video yesterday, I decided to pull out one of my NSYNC cds and listen to it in the car. Wow it was good. After listening to K-pop for so long, it was nice to be able to sing along to the whole song. It was also nostalgic since I liked them so much as a tween (what an unattractive word tween is though). I thought to myself that I should compare NSYNC and a K-pop group. Of course, the number of members has to be similar, so this disqualifies Super Junior (13 members) and ZE:A (9 members) right off the hop from being compared. The genre and how much I listen to them also has to be similar. Thus, MBLAQ was chosen. The music videos are Cry by MBLAQ and Tearin' Up My Heart by NSYNC.
Outfits: NYSNC -- White shirts and jeans. Very 90's. Still makes me laugh.
MBLAQ -- Suit jackety things with jewelry and eye makeup. Looks sillier but doesn't make me giggle.
Dance: NSYNC -- 90's boy band syncronized. That means the W (3 in back, 2 in front) formation. Big moves that are family friendly.
MBLAQ -- Several different takes on the W formation. Some sexy moves. Very serious and crisp.
Random: NSYNC -- Boxing, JC transforming into Justin and back, overalls, random leaps, pizza party
MBLAQ -- Acrobatic swimming, kicking and stomping and punching water
Other: NSYNC -- It is awkward when young Justin Timberlake is on the bed, in theory trying to look sexy or cute. Towards the end, Christ kind of looks like he has indigestion.
MBLAQ -- There is more dancing and close ups in general in the music video.Towards the end, one member looks like he has painful makeup in his eye.
Song: NSYNC -- Your basic "I love you" song. Nice melody.
MBLAQ -- The "don't leave me" song?. Very serious and catchy, even though it's hard to sing along to if you don't speak Korean.
Unfortunately, I think this is a draw. NSYNC has all that wonderful retro cheese appeal (and overalls), but MBLAQ is crisp and catchy and doesn't have creepy shots of Justin Timerlake shaking on a bed. If you demanded that someone win, I'd give MBLAQ slightly more vote, but mostly because I could watch their video more often. NSYNC really is all that and a box of kleenex.
Outfits: NYSNC -- White shirts and jeans. Very 90's. Still makes me laugh.
MBLAQ -- Suit jackety things with jewelry and eye makeup. Looks sillier but doesn't make me giggle.
Dance: NSYNC -- 90's boy band syncronized. That means the W (3 in back, 2 in front) formation. Big moves that are family friendly.
MBLAQ -- Several different takes on the W formation. Some sexy moves. Very serious and crisp.
Random: NSYNC -- Boxing, JC transforming into Justin and back, overalls, random leaps, pizza party
MBLAQ -- Acrobatic swimming, kicking and stomping and punching water
Other: NSYNC -- It is awkward when young Justin Timberlake is on the bed, in theory trying to look sexy or cute. Towards the end, Christ kind of looks like he has indigestion.
MBLAQ -- There is more dancing and close ups in general in the music video.Towards the end, one member looks like he has painful makeup in his eye.
Song: NSYNC -- Your basic "I love you" song. Nice melody.
MBLAQ -- The "don't leave me" song?. Very serious and catchy, even though it's hard to sing along to if you don't speak Korean.
Unfortunately, I think this is a draw. NSYNC has all that wonderful retro cheese appeal (and overalls), but MBLAQ is crisp and catchy and doesn't have creepy shots of Justin Timerlake shaking on a bed. If you demanded that someone win, I'd give MBLAQ slightly more vote, but mostly because I could watch their video more often. NSYNC really is all that and a box of kleenex.
Monday 22 August 2011
Day 20: The Trustache is Gone
I woke up this morning to a text from someone with red hair. It went something like "Did you know that Jack Layton died?". I of course, had just woken up so no I didn't know. You may or may not have known either. Who, you may ask, is Jack Layton? Well, he is the Canadian celebrity of the hour, a politician and leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He left on a hiatus type leave for medical reasons, and yesterday night/ this morning died. I think we will best remember him for his trustache, the mustache that you could trust. Also, he lead the NDP to their first and most historical victory yet, actually becoming the official opposition party in parliament. Before this, the NDP had the most house (House of Commons?) seats the year they were invented, which was about 80 years ago. Now, their interim leader is a former Bloc party member. The Bloc, by chance, was Canada's seperatist party before they got demolished by the NDP. Interesting political times are ahead, and they're party due to the trustache going away. Bye trustache.
Because it is a farwell, today's music video will relate...in name only. The "feel-good music video of the day" is Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC, those 90's superstars. I think their company is Zomba Records.
Because it is a farwell, today's music video will relate...in name only. The "feel-good music video of the day" is Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC, those 90's superstars. I think their company is Zomba Records.
Sunday 21 August 2011
Day 19: How to be Pretentious
Today's blog is in two sections. How to be Pretentious, and some serious thoughts.
Serious Thought
Today I was thinking about my lack of spirituality. If I really loved Jesus, I would talk about him all the time, right? Because what you care about and like is naturally what you talk about. Therefore, if I were really spiritual, I would be like those people who I find kind of irritating (either because I don't think they're being real, or they're just too good/perfect), who talk about Jesus all the time. Then I realized that looking at them as examples meant that I am not looking at the good things that are happening in my spiritual life. I just feel like a loser all the time then. It is good to have a goal to attain to, but thinking about the things we are good at helps keep up motivated and keeps the road clear to work on what can be improved. I want to improve spiritually, but I don't think a ridiculous goal will help that happen, so maybe I'll just relax about it more and work on it as it happens.
And, now that I have spouted that, I can now fear about being a good proper example. Sorry if/when I fail you. Now onto the next subject, which is how to be pretentious, and therefore totally different and unrelated as a subject.
How to be Pretentious
Pretentious people only drink hoity toity beverages. This is fact. I know more about tea, so it will serve as the example. Let us say that you are at a restaurant.
When ordering beverages, ask the server "Is your tea made with boiling water?". All tea snobs know that the proper way to make most tea is with boiling water, not that hot water that comes out of a tap. When your server replies no, look like they're done something distasteful (sorry servers). Sigh, and say "Very well, I'll get it anyway." You may also choose to order a different beverage at this point, but you will have proved your tea snobbery either way. Remember to make scornful remarks about your below bar tea. This will reinforce your point.
If they bring up tea, remember that you "only" drink loose leaf. You should also choose a colour of tea that is your favourite and make up a reason that it is so. For example, red tea (roibos(sic)), because it is healthy, or green tea because it is healthy. Black tea because it tastes good and has such good blends. White tea because it sounds hoity toity, etc. Just remember that herbal tea is not real tea. Herbal teas are fruit infusions.
And now that I have verbal diarrhea'd enough, Go For a Soda by Kim Mitchell, as way for an apology for yesterday's music video by Kim Mitchell. Go For a Soda totally rocks, unlike Patio Lanterns. Please please watch it, especially since you probably haven't watched any of my other suggested videos. Please watch it.
Serious Thought
Today I was thinking about my lack of spirituality. If I really loved Jesus, I would talk about him all the time, right? Because what you care about and like is naturally what you talk about. Therefore, if I were really spiritual, I would be like those people who I find kind of irritating (either because I don't think they're being real, or they're just too good/perfect), who talk about Jesus all the time. Then I realized that looking at them as examples meant that I am not looking at the good things that are happening in my spiritual life. I just feel like a loser all the time then. It is good to have a goal to attain to, but thinking about the things we are good at helps keep up motivated and keeps the road clear to work on what can be improved. I want to improve spiritually, but I don't think a ridiculous goal will help that happen, so maybe I'll just relax about it more and work on it as it happens.
And, now that I have spouted that, I can now fear about being a good proper example. Sorry if/when I fail you. Now onto the next subject, which is how to be pretentious, and therefore totally different and unrelated as a subject.
How to be Pretentious
Pretentious people only drink hoity toity beverages. This is fact. I know more about tea, so it will serve as the example. Let us say that you are at a restaurant.
When ordering beverages, ask the server "Is your tea made with boiling water?". All tea snobs know that the proper way to make most tea is with boiling water, not that hot water that comes out of a tap. When your server replies no, look like they're done something distasteful (sorry servers). Sigh, and say "Very well, I'll get it anyway." You may also choose to order a different beverage at this point, but you will have proved your tea snobbery either way. Remember to make scornful remarks about your below bar tea. This will reinforce your point.
If they bring up tea, remember that you "only" drink loose leaf. You should also choose a colour of tea that is your favourite and make up a reason that it is so. For example, red tea (roibos(sic)), because it is healthy, or green tea because it is healthy. Black tea because it tastes good and has such good blends. White tea because it sounds hoity toity, etc. Just remember that herbal tea is not real tea. Herbal teas are fruit infusions.
And now that I have verbal diarrhea'd enough, Go For a Soda by Kim Mitchell, as way for an apology for yesterday's music video by Kim Mitchell. Go For a Soda totally rocks, unlike Patio Lanterns. Please please watch it, especially since you probably haven't watched any of my other suggested videos. Please watch it.
Saturday 20 August 2011
Day 18: What Great Big Eyes You Have
Hey there,
Today, there is no chosen topic, so I will refer to my suggestion list. Yes, I did write out a suggestion list for myself. I'm a nerd like that. While looking for my list though, I had to replace it as a bookmark, and what did I use as a replacement? Canadian Tire money.
For reference, Canadian Tire is a big box car/garden/sport/home improvement type store. When you buy something there, they give you fake money which is redeemable only at their stores. I think that Canadian Tire money makes great bookmarks. It's thin, it feels luxurious because you are wasting "money" by using it as a bookmark, and it's roughly the right shape (rectangular). I also think it's more interesting than complaining about cutting a 2 metre by 90 inch (2 1/2 metre?) piece of fabric into 6 1/2 inch (25 cm?) strips.
In honour of Canadian Tire, I looked for a ballad about them. There wasn't one, so I found the next best thing. Kim Mitchell's Patio Lanterns. Apparently most Canadians know it, even if they don't think they do. Note: this song is from the 80's.
Today, there is no chosen topic, so I will refer to my suggestion list. Yes, I did write out a suggestion list for myself. I'm a nerd like that. While looking for my list though, I had to replace it as a bookmark, and what did I use as a replacement? Canadian Tire money.
For reference, Canadian Tire is a big box car/garden/sport/home improvement type store. When you buy something there, they give you fake money which is redeemable only at their stores. I think that Canadian Tire money makes great bookmarks. It's thin, it feels luxurious because you are wasting "money" by using it as a bookmark, and it's roughly the right shape (rectangular). I also think it's more interesting than complaining about cutting a 2 metre by 90 inch (2 1/2 metre?) piece of fabric into 6 1/2 inch (25 cm?) strips.
In honour of Canadian Tire, I looked for a ballad about them. There wasn't one, so I found the next best thing. Kim Mitchell's Patio Lanterns. Apparently most Canadians know it, even if they don't think they do. Note: this song is from the 80's.
Friday 19 August 2011
Day 17: Argh!
Hey All,
I have learned recently that all my good ideas for blogging come at night. However, at that point, I couldn't be bothered to go online and write them up, so I sit and hope that I remember them the next day. This failing due to forgetfulness, or the idea not seeming as cool, you are sitting there suffering because my schedules don't fit. Apologies. Apologies. I did read something interesting the other day though. The particular article I read was "If Male Superheroes Posed Like Wonder Woman" on Mommyish, but the original concept came from Bleeding Cool. I think the pictures are pretty entertaining, and the article interesting. The original picture that is being talked about is pretty conservative for comics though, especially compared to manga.
In honour of cartoons everywhere, the music video for today is Hate You by 2NE1 of YG Entertainment. I think it's a little slack, and they should have kicked more butt, but I like that the entire music video is animated.
I have learned recently that all my good ideas for blogging come at night. However, at that point, I couldn't be bothered to go online and write them up, so I sit and hope that I remember them the next day. This failing due to forgetfulness, or the idea not seeming as cool, you are sitting there suffering because my schedules don't fit. Apologies. Apologies. I did read something interesting the other day though. The particular article I read was "If Male Superheroes Posed Like Wonder Woman" on Mommyish, but the original concept came from Bleeding Cool. I think the pictures are pretty entertaining, and the article interesting. The original picture that is being talked about is pretty conservative for comics though, especially compared to manga.
In honour of cartoons everywhere, the music video for today is Hate You by 2NE1 of YG Entertainment. I think it's a little slack, and they should have kicked more butt, but I like that the entire music video is animated.
Thursday 18 August 2011
Day 16: Complaining about movies
Hello again,
I recently watched The Proposal, the one with Sandra Bullock in it. I enjoyed the slow and calm humour, the growth of the relationship, and Betty White's "Baby Maker" blanket. What annoyed me though was that the premise of the movie, that Sandra (Margaret) was Canadian and was being deported, was totally and completely unbelievable. I know that Canadian and American culture is very similar. We watch their shows and their movies and they steal our pop stars/any celebrities that will defect. However, there are some very real differences no matter how subtle they are.
First off, Canadians love hockey. Love. I mean it. I don't like hockey too much but you know I cared (and felt strangely patriotic) when we won two hockey golds in the 2010 olypmics. And gold and silver the olympics before that...and two golds the olympics before that. Tangent over, some of that hockey love culture should have shown itself in Sandra's representation of Margaret.
Second, we use different lingo. It is subtle, kind of like the difference between our accents, but it is there (Cultery vs. Silverware, soda vs pop, chocolate bar vs candy bar). Throwing in some Canadian words would have made the perfomance more believable.
Third, Canada is a rural country. We're the second largest country landmass wise, and 25% of our population live in two cities. Do city people never leave the city and therefore not know how to handle being rural/in nature? Have they never seen a cow before (this question is unrelated)? It is Margaret's (Sandra's) duty as a Canadian to pretend that she is okay with outdoors stuff, but they tried to make it funny instead.
Lastely, Canadian and American cultures are different in surprising ways. Canadians like to believe that we're polite. We also have a great sense of guilt, we try to be politically correct, and like to think that we're open minded. I didn't see any of that. I think that Sandra and the script writers should have put more effort into making her believably Canadian, because, since she doesn't seem Canadian, why should they deport her? And if there is no point in deporting her, why are they trying to hard to fake a relationship? Without a believable Canadian Margaret, the movie crumbles. Like crumbly bread, it still tastes good, it just falls apart easily.
The music video for today is Wrong Number by DBSK/TVXQ when all five members were with S.M. Entertainment. It requires little explanation other than there is a robot dog somewhere in the video.
I recently watched The Proposal, the one with Sandra Bullock in it. I enjoyed the slow and calm humour, the growth of the relationship, and Betty White's "Baby Maker" blanket. What annoyed me though was that the premise of the movie, that Sandra (Margaret) was Canadian and was being deported, was totally and completely unbelievable. I know that Canadian and American culture is very similar. We watch their shows and their movies and they steal our pop stars/any celebrities that will defect. However, there are some very real differences no matter how subtle they are.
First off, Canadians love hockey. Love. I mean it. I don't like hockey too much but you know I cared (and felt strangely patriotic) when we won two hockey golds in the 2010 olypmics. And gold and silver the olympics before that...and two golds the olympics before that. Tangent over, some of that hockey love culture should have shown itself in Sandra's representation of Margaret.
Second, we use different lingo. It is subtle, kind of like the difference between our accents, but it is there (Cultery vs. Silverware, soda vs pop, chocolate bar vs candy bar). Throwing in some Canadian words would have made the perfomance more believable.
Third, Canada is a rural country. We're the second largest country landmass wise, and 25% of our population live in two cities. Do city people never leave the city and therefore not know how to handle being rural/in nature? Have they never seen a cow before (this question is unrelated)? It is Margaret's (Sandra's) duty as a Canadian to pretend that she is okay with outdoors stuff, but they tried to make it funny instead.
Lastely, Canadian and American cultures are different in surprising ways. Canadians like to believe that we're polite. We also have a great sense of guilt, we try to be politically correct, and like to think that we're open minded. I didn't see any of that. I think that Sandra and the script writers should have put more effort into making her believably Canadian, because, since she doesn't seem Canadian, why should they deport her? And if there is no point in deporting her, why are they trying to hard to fake a relationship? Without a believable Canadian Margaret, the movie crumbles. Like crumbly bread, it still tastes good, it just falls apart easily.
The music video for today is Wrong Number by DBSK/TVXQ when all five members were with S.M. Entertainment. It requires little explanation other than there is a robot dog somewhere in the video.
Day 15: Catching Up
Since the original plan was to have one post per day, I am playing catch-up. Therefore, an abrieved (that's short for abreviated) post today. The "feel-good music video of the day" is... Don't Play Around by Chi Chi. I don't know who their recording company is, but I do know that this particular music video has some of the most unflattering outfits I've seen in current K-pop. They're pretty amazingly bad. You need to see how bad they are. I also know that I like this song. It's about how boys shouldn't be so pushy when hitting on girls.
Peace.
Peace.
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Day 14ish: Nerd Jargon
First off, thanks to that person in Germany who read this blog twice. Danke.
And speaking of German class, the geography we learn in Canadian schools is embarrassing. I learned more of the world map in German class than I ever did in geography. I did memorize the 50 US states and their capital cities though. Why? What use is that to me? The lack of world geography in schools is probably why one of my high school friends thought that Italy was a continent...and Deleware was a country in Scandinavia. Embarrassing.
Anyway, today is about Dungeons and Dragons. If you are someone who plays and enjoys D&D, you might come to say, a locked door. Being someone who plays and enjoys D&D, you would want to do a check (either you want to break said door, or pick the lock, and you need to check if you are able to do so). To check if you can break the lock (not in real life. Please don't do that in real life), you will need your d-20 (a 20 sided die. In D&D dice are always referred to by the number of sides they have, and have the cool code name "d".). You roll. You get a 10. You don't break through the door. Shucks. Your foray into D&D has failed. Better luck next time.
You have however, just learned the terms "check", and "d-20". These are important terms is you ever want to be a super nerd, a part of the elite of nerdom, a player of the epitomy of nerdiness - D&D. There's even songs about it. One I like is Tonight(D&D) by Allie Goertz(?). I think it captures the essence of D&D and those that love it.
And speaking of German class, the geography we learn in Canadian schools is embarrassing. I learned more of the world map in German class than I ever did in geography. I did memorize the 50 US states and their capital cities though. Why? What use is that to me? The lack of world geography in schools is probably why one of my high school friends thought that Italy was a continent...and Deleware was a country in Scandinavia. Embarrassing.
Anyway, today is about Dungeons and Dragons. If you are someone who plays and enjoys D&D, you might come to say, a locked door. Being someone who plays and enjoys D&D, you would want to do a check (either you want to break said door, or pick the lock, and you need to check if you are able to do so). To check if you can break the lock (not in real life. Please don't do that in real life), you will need your d-20 (a 20 sided die. In D&D dice are always referred to by the number of sides they have, and have the cool code name "d".). You roll. You get a 10. You don't break through the door. Shucks. Your foray into D&D has failed. Better luck next time.
You have however, just learned the terms "check", and "d-20". These are important terms is you ever want to be a super nerd, a part of the elite of nerdom, a player of the epitomy of nerdiness - D&D. There's even songs about it. One I like is Tonight(D&D) by Allie Goertz(?). I think it captures the essence of D&D and those that love it.
Monday 15 August 2011
Day 13: Um....
It's Monday. Monday is review day. Isn't it?
Unlike someone with red hair, I don't have witty insightful reviews. What I do have though, is an interest in juvenile movies. Movies whose plots include poop.
Today's review: Attack on the Pin-up Boys
Attack on the Pin-up Boys is the Super Junior movie, made sometime around 2007. Main characters are baby-faced Kibum, cool dancer-man Donghae, girly-man Heechul (who is great in this movie), judo-master Kangin, and the "nerd" Siwon. Siwon, by chance, looks rather more muscular than nerdy. Plot line: someone is attacking beautiful men with poop, and ironically increasing their coolness. Who could this poop thrower be?
I would say the biggest flaw in the movie was the way they built a movie around a boyband, which meant a weak plotline, potentially weak acting, and wierd gags (which are mostly satisfying). The second biggest flaw was that my favourite member (Hankyung) was in the movie for all of 15 seconds, probably owing to his bad Korean skills. Kyukyun is not in the movie at all due to a horrific car accident, but I don't care about that. His fangirls probably did though.
Attack on the Pin-up Boys had some positive aspects. It made fun of bishounens (pretty boys), involved people desiring poop to be thrown at them in order to increase their popularity, and had a giant pair of teeth in it. It also had a lot of inside jokes about Super Junior. Classy act there director. Classy act. I especially liked the part where Siwon has special powers, by which I mean the part where Heechul tries to take off his pants in order to become more cool. Those two scenes being totally unrelated, I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5. I have seen the movie three times and wouldn't mind if someone gifted it to me. However, if you don't like South Korean pop culture, or poop, don't bother watching it. You would probably be disappointed.
In order to relate to said movie, Attack on the Pin-up Boys, the "feel-good music video of the day" is Wonder Boy by Super Junior of S.M. Entertainment. At one point I heard that the movie was made to promote the song, and, I wouldn't be surprised. Many successful movies, movies more successful than Attack on the Pin-up Boys, were made to sell a product. Remember the cartoon Transformers, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to the surprise of its producers, did better than the Wonka Bars it was intended to sell. I think in this case, the product/well beloved group did better than the movie. Enjoy.
Unlike someone with red hair, I don't have witty insightful reviews. What I do have though, is an interest in juvenile movies. Movies whose plots include poop.
Today's review: Attack on the Pin-up Boys
Attack on the Pin-up Boys is the Super Junior movie, made sometime around 2007. Main characters are baby-faced Kibum, cool dancer-man Donghae, girly-man Heechul (who is great in this movie), judo-master Kangin, and the "nerd" Siwon. Siwon, by chance, looks rather more muscular than nerdy. Plot line: someone is attacking beautiful men with poop, and ironically increasing their coolness. Who could this poop thrower be?
I would say the biggest flaw in the movie was the way they built a movie around a boyband, which meant a weak plotline, potentially weak acting, and wierd gags (which are mostly satisfying). The second biggest flaw was that my favourite member (Hankyung) was in the movie for all of 15 seconds, probably owing to his bad Korean skills. Kyukyun is not in the movie at all due to a horrific car accident, but I don't care about that. His fangirls probably did though.
Attack on the Pin-up Boys had some positive aspects. It made fun of bishounens (pretty boys), involved people desiring poop to be thrown at them in order to increase their popularity, and had a giant pair of teeth in it. It also had a lot of inside jokes about Super Junior. Classy act there director. Classy act. I especially liked the part where Siwon has special powers, by which I mean the part where Heechul tries to take off his pants in order to become more cool. Those two scenes being totally unrelated, I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5. I have seen the movie three times and wouldn't mind if someone gifted it to me. However, if you don't like South Korean pop culture, or poop, don't bother watching it. You would probably be disappointed.
In order to relate to said movie, Attack on the Pin-up Boys, the "feel-good music video of the day" is Wonder Boy by Super Junior of S.M. Entertainment. At one point I heard that the movie was made to promote the song, and, I wouldn't be surprised. Many successful movies, movies more successful than Attack on the Pin-up Boys, were made to sell a product. Remember the cartoon Transformers, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to the surprise of its producers, did better than the Wonka Bars it was intended to sell. I think in this case, the product/well beloved group did better than the movie. Enjoy.
Sunday 14 August 2011
Day 12: How To...
How to be pretentious.
I only have five minutes so I have this to say. When people are talking about books, interject with "I only buy hardcover" with your snobbiest voice. This has to be supported by you having hardcover at home or people will laugh at you, but that's easy enough. The classics go on sale every couple months.
Video is Sorry Sorry Answer by Super Junior of S.M. Entertainment. It's the pretentious....no, the hoity toity version of Sorry Sorry. Somewhere out there is the self-made mockery of it. The group makes fun of themselves.
I only have five minutes so I have this to say. When people are talking about books, interject with "I only buy hardcover" with your snobbiest voice. This has to be supported by you having hardcover at home or people will laugh at you, but that's easy enough. The classics go on sale every couple months.
Video is Sorry Sorry Answer by Super Junior of S.M. Entertainment. It's the pretentious....no, the hoity toity version of Sorry Sorry. Somewhere out there is the self-made mockery of it. The group makes fun of themselves.
Saturday 13 August 2011
Day 11: David Bisbal is great
Greetings and Salutations,
David Bisbal is great. He spins. He kicks. He twirls. He air bands. I first learned about him in 2005, when a dorm mate introduced me to his Buleria album. We all thought that it was sexy music, but not too sexy. It was just good to listen to. Fast forward several years. Youtube was a big deal. I got on Youtube, and, for the first time, typed in David Bisbal. What met my eyes was a cornecopia of amazing cheese and wonder. Immediately I stopped taking David Bisbal seriously. I went over to my friend's house and showed her, and we embarked on the most crazy ride of David Bisbal Youtube videos ever seen, which includes the two where he and Bustamante wear gold lame(sic) dresses, and their epic Dimelo showdown.
Well, that time has passed. Heady days of laughing and smiling and watching David Bisbal. One thing remains. Ave Maria is our favourite feel-good music video by David Bisbal, and we dearly enjoy most of his other videos. However, Ave Maria is not today's "feel-good music video of the day". Today it is 24 Horas by David Bisbal featuring Espinoza Paz. The woman in it reminds me of Martha from Doctor Who, except that she is nothing like Martha from Doctor Who, and so should not remind me of anyone. Sigh. Well, enjoy.
David Bisbal is great. He spins. He kicks. He twirls. He air bands. I first learned about him in 2005, when a dorm mate introduced me to his Buleria album. We all thought that it was sexy music, but not too sexy. It was just good to listen to. Fast forward several years. Youtube was a big deal. I got on Youtube, and, for the first time, typed in David Bisbal. What met my eyes was a cornecopia of amazing cheese and wonder. Immediately I stopped taking David Bisbal seriously. I went over to my friend's house and showed her, and we embarked on the most crazy ride of David Bisbal Youtube videos ever seen, which includes the two where he and Bustamante wear gold lame(sic) dresses, and their epic Dimelo showdown.
Well, that time has passed. Heady days of laughing and smiling and watching David Bisbal. One thing remains. Ave Maria is our favourite feel-good music video by David Bisbal, and we dearly enjoy most of his other videos. However, Ave Maria is not today's "feel-good music video of the day". Today it is 24 Horas by David Bisbal featuring Espinoza Paz. The woman in it reminds me of Martha from Doctor Who, except that she is nothing like Martha from Doctor Who, and so should not remind me of anyone. Sigh. Well, enjoy.
Friday 12 August 2011
Day 10: I forgot what I was going to write about
Hello,
So I forgot my plan of what to write about. Today is going to be filled with cooking, eating, and D&D so there isn't really time to remember either. And, I wrote out something, only for it to not be saved and accidentally deleted. What madness! I was going to write out my celebrity stats. In South Korea, they include name, Chinese name, Japanese name?, English name, nicknames, date of birth, place of birth, siblings, height, weight, blood type, hobbies, education, and other. As a fan, I like to know these sorts of things, but as a Canadian, I feel like that is kind of an invasion of their privacy. Canada is all about privacy. Our politicians (celebrities) lead relatively quiet, private lives, and we don't dive into them, even if we know that they had a child with person X while cheating on their wife and followed that by leaving their wife for person X.
Having given an example, you can probably see how knowing such intimate details as weight would seem invasive to a Canadian. Celebrities are people too.
That tangent of a rabbit trail over, it's time for the "feel-good music video of the day". Today it is Digale by David Bisbal of ValeMusic. Digale is from David Bisbal's first album and includes such wonderful things as him randomly stabbing the ground with a sword, and, even better, and alternate ending included at the end. It's like a bad fantasy movie. While I personally enjoy David Bisbal very much, I don't really like this music video. I think there's too much romantic rolling on the ground, or not enough of a cogent storyline or somesuch. You may enjoy it though. It's twice as popular as Ave Maria which is my favourite.
So I forgot my plan of what to write about. Today is going to be filled with cooking, eating, and D&D so there isn't really time to remember either. And, I wrote out something, only for it to not be saved and accidentally deleted. What madness! I was going to write out my celebrity stats. In South Korea, they include name, Chinese name, Japanese name?, English name, nicknames, date of birth, place of birth, siblings, height, weight, blood type, hobbies, education, and other. As a fan, I like to know these sorts of things, but as a Canadian, I feel like that is kind of an invasion of their privacy. Canada is all about privacy. Our politicians (celebrities) lead relatively quiet, private lives, and we don't dive into them, even if we know that they had a child with person X while cheating on their wife and followed that by leaving their wife for person X.
Having given an example, you can probably see how knowing such intimate details as weight would seem invasive to a Canadian. Celebrities are people too.
That tangent of a rabbit trail over, it's time for the "feel-good music video of the day". Today it is Digale by David Bisbal of ValeMusic. Digale is from David Bisbal's first album and includes such wonderful things as him randomly stabbing the ground with a sword, and, even better, and alternate ending included at the end. It's like a bad fantasy movie. While I personally enjoy David Bisbal very much, I don't really like this music video. I think there's too much romantic rolling on the ground, or not enough of a cogent storyline or somesuch. You may enjoy it though. It's twice as popular as Ave Maria which is my favourite.
Thursday 11 August 2011
Day 9: It's Thursday
Hello,
As a reply to my "philosophical" meanderings on beauty, someone commented, "I think the moments when you truly experience beauty are the ones where you get caught up in the moment, and you experience something lovely, rather than searching for it". I think I rather agree. Happiness is a similar creature. If you are searching for happiness, you are worrying and stressing about being happy, so it is hard to loosen up and enjoy life. If you aren't thinking about it, it is easier to enjoy the moment. Maybe happiness will just happen. Maybe it won't. Maybe the secret is to focus on living well, and maybe it's one of those things we have to re-figure out once in awhile.
There went the comment section of today. Now for the "feel-good music video of the day". I think it's time for some more Super Junior. That will give me leave to describe the differences between them (nerds) and TVXQ (jocks) whom I posted about the other day. At one point, both groups were on a variety tv show. The groups competed against each other in various athletic competitions and TVXQ dominated. Then they were all asked what sport they did as children. The TVXQ members all had various sports that they had played in school and the Super Junior members were like..."I played the drum", "I collected bugs", "I was a math olympian". It made my heart go pitter patter. No wonder I like Super Junior more even though I think TVXQ is better at singing and dancing...and apparently sports.
Today's Super Junior video is No Other. Somewhere out there, there is a parody where the band is out to get revenge on a girl who cheated on all of them. It's too cute. "I know you hate children, so I bribed some to attack you, you know how vicious they can be". Or, as my cousins say, "No more diarrhea and soap." Enjoy.
As a reply to my "philosophical" meanderings on beauty, someone commented, "I think the moments when you truly experience beauty are the ones where you get caught up in the moment, and you experience something lovely, rather than searching for it". I think I rather agree. Happiness is a similar creature. If you are searching for happiness, you are worrying and stressing about being happy, so it is hard to loosen up and enjoy life. If you aren't thinking about it, it is easier to enjoy the moment. Maybe happiness will just happen. Maybe it won't. Maybe the secret is to focus on living well, and maybe it's one of those things we have to re-figure out once in awhile.
There went the comment section of today. Now for the "feel-good music video of the day". I think it's time for some more Super Junior. That will give me leave to describe the differences between them (nerds) and TVXQ (jocks) whom I posted about the other day. At one point, both groups were on a variety tv show. The groups competed against each other in various athletic competitions and TVXQ dominated. Then they were all asked what sport they did as children. The TVXQ members all had various sports that they had played in school and the Super Junior members were like..."I played the drum", "I collected bugs", "I was a math olympian". It made my heart go pitter patter. No wonder I like Super Junior more even though I think TVXQ is better at singing and dancing...and apparently sports.
Today's Super Junior video is No Other. Somewhere out there, there is a parody where the band is out to get revenge on a girl who cheated on all of them. It's too cute. "I know you hate children, so I bribed some to attack you, you know how vicious they can be". Or, as my cousins say, "No more diarrhea and soap." Enjoy.
Wednesday 10 August 2011
Day 8: Relax
Hello. Sorry that my titles are so unrelated to the actual topic. Also, sidenote, the blog Life Is Too Short to Learn German has a picture of my phone in it. My home phone!My exact phone that sits in my house and confuses people because it is push button and not rotary.
I was thinking of writing out my stats as if I were a celebrity, but instead, a diagram of how I have infected people. That's right, infected, not with illness, but with an affection for the boyband Super Junior. It all started when I watched a Korean Drama that made fun of their music video Sorry Sorry. Not believing that anyone would have song where a bunch of guys dance around apologizing for things they may or may not have down, I looked it up, got hooked, and have "accidentally" (sometimes) been infecting people ever since. Check out this nifty diagram I drew that describes the situation.
I was thinking of writing out my stats as if I were a celebrity, but instead, a diagram of how I have infected people. That's right, infected, not with illness, but with an affection for the boyband Super Junior. It all started when I watched a Korean Drama that made fun of their music video Sorry Sorry. Not believing that anyone would have song where a bunch of guys dance around apologizing for things they may or may not have down, I looked it up, got hooked, and have "accidentally" (sometimes) been infecting people ever since. Check out this nifty diagram I drew that describes the situation.
Most infectees were not sorry. Their relatives were. Apologies to their relatives. Today's music video is therefore Sorry Sorry by Super Junior of S.M. Entertainment. Sorry Sorry was one of the last music videos made with all 13 members, and is therefore a glorious feat. Apologizes because this one will probable get in your head.
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Day 7b: Waxing Philosophical
Greetings,
Today's topic is beauty. I was taking a walk today and thinking about how beauty is often experienced one dimensionally. You can see beauty in a field, but if you feel that field or walk in that field, it does not feel beautiful. You can hear beautiful music, but you can neither see nor feel it (although actually some people can see or smell music. I saw it on a documentary.). You cannot touch a person's inner beauty, and if you try to touch their outer beauty it doesn't feel the way it looks. They may also think you are a creeper and kick your butt. Thus it is that beauty is experienced in one dimension. Perhaps, I thought today, in heaven beauty will have multiple facets of experience. Maybe we will be able to experience all the aspects of beauty. Maybe the field will feel as beautiful as it looks.
Those are my serious thoughts. Now for frivolity.
The "feel-good music video of the day" is Balloons by TVXQ of S.M. Entertainment. It is supposed to be a happy, cute song. Plus, the members are in funny animal costumes. I, personally, choked on my laughter during the first 30 seconds. TVXQ is also known as DBSK, also known as toho shinki, also known and Dong Bang Shin Ki. TVXQ has had over 5 million pictures taken of them and their fan club has the most members of any fan club in the world. TVXQ used to have five members, but three of them left so now it's just U-know and Max. U-know (the one in the tiger costume) has the funniest popstar name of any of the K-pop groups I listen to. Enjoy.
Today's topic is beauty. I was taking a walk today and thinking about how beauty is often experienced one dimensionally. You can see beauty in a field, but if you feel that field or walk in that field, it does not feel beautiful. You can hear beautiful music, but you can neither see nor feel it (although actually some people can see or smell music. I saw it on a documentary.). You cannot touch a person's inner beauty, and if you try to touch their outer beauty it doesn't feel the way it looks. They may also think you are a creeper and kick your butt. Thus it is that beauty is experienced in one dimension. Perhaps, I thought today, in heaven beauty will have multiple facets of experience. Maybe we will be able to experience all the aspects of beauty. Maybe the field will feel as beautiful as it looks.
Those are my serious thoughts. Now for frivolity.
The "feel-good music video of the day" is Balloons by TVXQ of S.M. Entertainment. It is supposed to be a happy, cute song. Plus, the members are in funny animal costumes. I, personally, choked on my laughter during the first 30 seconds. TVXQ is also known as DBSK, also known as toho shinki, also known and Dong Bang Shin Ki. TVXQ has had over 5 million pictures taken of them and their fan club has the most members of any fan club in the world. TVXQ used to have five members, but three of them left so now it's just U-know and Max. U-know (the one in the tiger costume) has the funniest popstar name of any of the K-pop groups I listen to. Enjoy.
Monday 8 August 2011
Day 7: Review Day
Today is review day. Today's video is Here I Am by ZE:A. Apparently their parent company is not MNet, but that's okay. According to Here I Am though, they do have magical powers. Powers of drawing stuff that becomes real, and of freezing time. They are also creepers who spy on their sleeping sister-like-figure, and always know what she's up to.
You don't know that yet though. The music video opens up to some magical drawing and about half of ZE:A watching a young lady sleep on a platform. Then they point at the screen and say "You are just so beautiful". It is at this point that your creeper alert is going off. WeeOooWeeOoo. Then Doctor Who draws a window and makes the blind go up. That makes the situation okay, because the Doctor is adorable and definitely not a creeper. The woman wakes up. The men dance. She proves that she is both horrible at baking and a complete clutz. Then....freeze time. Three ZE:A men show up and finish the cake for her, proving that one can be both cutesy and rap at the same time. At this point, you still don't know that she is sister-like. Maybe they are helping her not botch their date. Unfreeze time. She awakens and the cake is perfect. "How did this happen?", she asks herself. Answer: it doesn't matter. She comes out dressed for her date with the cake but some unfortunate man who doesn't know how to ride a bicycle is about to crash into her! Freeze time. Dance around. Move bike man, steal someone elses flowers for her. Unfreeze time. Maybe they are still really keen on a good date with her? Nope. There she is staring at a pretty dress in a shop window. ZE:A man magically changes her outfit, points it out to other ZE:A man and they high five. She is so stoked for her date now that a bunch of randomly magic things have helped her out. She heads off to her date, but wait. She's too shy to ring the doorbell! Whatever will she do? Answer: A ZE:A man will magically appear to help push the door bell. The door opens and she is finally on her date, but who is it? Someone from ZE:A? Couldn't be, because they are all watching her from afar, celebrating that she got to the date on time. High fives and jumping all around. Turns out that they are not creepers, just wierd older brother types with magical powers.
Since this is a review, I give the music video four out of five stars for complete randomness. Also, they managed to make hip/pelvis swinging into a cute dance move. That in itself deserves a gold star. Gold Star!
You don't know that yet though. The music video opens up to some magical drawing and about half of ZE:A watching a young lady sleep on a platform. Then they point at the screen and say "You are just so beautiful". It is at this point that your creeper alert is going off. WeeOooWeeOoo. Then Doctor Who draws a window and makes the blind go up. That makes the situation okay, because the Doctor is adorable and definitely not a creeper. The woman wakes up. The men dance. She proves that she is both horrible at baking and a complete clutz. Then....freeze time. Three ZE:A men show up and finish the cake for her, proving that one can be both cutesy and rap at the same time. At this point, you still don't know that she is sister-like. Maybe they are helping her not botch their date. Unfreeze time. She awakens and the cake is perfect. "How did this happen?", she asks herself. Answer: it doesn't matter. She comes out dressed for her date with the cake but some unfortunate man who doesn't know how to ride a bicycle is about to crash into her! Freeze time. Dance around. Move bike man, steal someone elses flowers for her. Unfreeze time. Maybe they are still really keen on a good date with her? Nope. There she is staring at a pretty dress in a shop window. ZE:A man magically changes her outfit, points it out to other ZE:A man and they high five. She is so stoked for her date now that a bunch of randomly magic things have helped her out. She heads off to her date, but wait. She's too shy to ring the doorbell! Whatever will she do? Answer: A ZE:A man will magically appear to help push the door bell. The door opens and she is finally on her date, but who is it? Someone from ZE:A? Couldn't be, because they are all watching her from afar, celebrating that she got to the date on time. High fives and jumping all around. Turns out that they are not creepers, just wierd older brother types with magical powers.
Since this is a review, I give the music video four out of five stars for complete randomness. Also, they managed to make hip/pelvis swinging into a cute dance move. That in itself deserves a gold star. Gold Star!
Sunday 7 August 2011
Day 5: Enthusiasm for a new day
Hey hey hey,
Today is a Sunday. Sunday should be special, so on this blog, it will be the "how to" day. Today's "how to" is step one in being pretentious.
I think that in itself sounds pretentious. However, this is about protecting yourself from pretentious people. There are people who will talk down to you about, say, books. If said pretentious people are say, in your house, it would befit you to have some well used copies of classics around. These are available cheaply at used book shops. If you can't find them at used book shops, buy new ones, crack the spine, flip the pages, and place them in your water closet for a couple of weeks. This should age them appropriately. Remember, it's not about how many classics you've read. It's about how many you own. Well, in the case of visitors anyway.
...That was actually bad advice. Read your classics once you buy them. Just remember that you can "be reading" one for an extensive amount of time.
Now for a "feel-good music video of the day". Today's is Bad Girl by B2ST/BEAST of Cube Entertainment. The group has six members. They, of course, dance. The video has some ridiculous outfits. Imagine your man in one of these: funny looking harem pants, glitter, feathers, transluscent cloth, peaked shoulders, jewelry, and/or lipstick. Now imagine six guys wearing these things like they're cool. Enjoy.
Today is a Sunday. Sunday should be special, so on this blog, it will be the "how to" day. Today's "how to" is step one in being pretentious.
I think that in itself sounds pretentious. However, this is about protecting yourself from pretentious people. There are people who will talk down to you about, say, books. If said pretentious people are say, in your house, it would befit you to have some well used copies of classics around. These are available cheaply at used book shops. If you can't find them at used book shops, buy new ones, crack the spine, flip the pages, and place them in your water closet for a couple of weeks. This should age them appropriately. Remember, it's not about how many classics you've read. It's about how many you own. Well, in the case of visitors anyway.
...That was actually bad advice. Read your classics once you buy them. Just remember that you can "be reading" one for an extensive amount of time.
Now for a "feel-good music video of the day". Today's is Bad Girl by B2ST/BEAST of Cube Entertainment. The group has six members. They, of course, dance. The video has some ridiculous outfits. Imagine your man in one of these: funny looking harem pants, glitter, feathers, transluscent cloth, peaked shoulders, jewelry, and/or lipstick. Now imagine six guys wearing these things like they're cool. Enjoy.
Saturday 6 August 2011
Day 4: Trickery in the workforce
Hello all,
Today's topic is fake feminism. Fake feminism rears its odd head in pop culture all the time. Just remember Beyonce's (sic) Single Ladies, which is about how the way to keep a woman is to get married to her...or bribe her with jewelry? I can't be sure. What I can be sure of is that boybands are kings of fake feminism. They talk about how they want you so bad, they'll do anything. They serve largely female audiences, and are often willing to do some strange things (like take off their shirt, kiss each other, do drag) to entertain said female audiences. However, they use deeply anti-feminist names in their love songs. Names like "baby" and "girl". Since how we refer to other people is a reflection of how we think about them, these "terms of endearment" are actually insulting. By them we forget that the audience might be mature women, able to take care of themselves in the world. Also, babies don't listen to pop music. Babies cry and nap and drink milk.
And by the way, greetings and salutations to the person in Germany who read this blog the other day. I read my stats and was excited to see you there.
Now for the music video. Since I just had a short rant about boybands (which I actually do like), today's "feel-good music video of the day" was going to be Coupleskate by Joe Christmas of Tooth and Nail Records. However, they (Tooth and Nail) don't let certain people (non-Americans) see that content. Instead it will be I Don't Care by 2NE1 of YGEntertainment. I Don't Care is about pranking guys after they break up with you...or maybe acting like you don't care...or maybe both. Whatever. You decide. Enjoy.
Today's topic is fake feminism. Fake feminism rears its odd head in pop culture all the time. Just remember Beyonce's (sic) Single Ladies, which is about how the way to keep a woman is to get married to her...or bribe her with jewelry? I can't be sure. What I can be sure of is that boybands are kings of fake feminism. They talk about how they want you so bad, they'll do anything. They serve largely female audiences, and are often willing to do some strange things (like take off their shirt, kiss each other, do drag) to entertain said female audiences. However, they use deeply anti-feminist names in their love songs. Names like "baby" and "girl". Since how we refer to other people is a reflection of how we think about them, these "terms of endearment" are actually insulting. By them we forget that the audience might be mature women, able to take care of themselves in the world. Also, babies don't listen to pop music. Babies cry and nap and drink milk.
And by the way, greetings and salutations to the person in Germany who read this blog the other day. I read my stats and was excited to see you there.
Now for the music video. Since I just had a short rant about boybands (which I actually do like), today's "feel-good music video of the day" was going to be Coupleskate by Joe Christmas of Tooth and Nail Records. However, they (Tooth and Nail) don't let certain people (non-Americans) see that content. Instead it will be I Don't Care by 2NE1 of YGEntertainment. I Don't Care is about pranking guys after they break up with you...or maybe acting like you don't care...or maybe both. Whatever. You decide. Enjoy.
Friday 5 August 2011
Day 3: Youtube
Hey all,
Today I decided to watch a certain youtube video, Mr. Simple by Super Junior of S.M. Entertainment. It was whilst I was buffering it on my slow network that I discovered youtube's comment updater. It told me that 11 people had commented since I had started to "view", aka. buffer, my Super Junior video. Not 13 seconds later, 35 people had commented, and not soon after that, 43. It rose by lots. 51. 84. 105. By the time my video had completely buffered, over 240 people had commented on it. And what do I have to say about this?
Thank you Youtube, for letting me know how much time I waste buffering your videos.
There will be no feel-good music video today, but feel free to enjoy Super Junior. They are a 10 member boyband (previously 13 member boyband) from South Korea, and, of course, they dance, which is the most important aspect of a boyband.
Today I decided to watch a certain youtube video, Mr. Simple by Super Junior of S.M. Entertainment. It was whilst I was buffering it on my slow network that I discovered youtube's comment updater. It told me that 11 people had commented since I had started to "view", aka. buffer, my Super Junior video. Not 13 seconds later, 35 people had commented, and not soon after that, 43. It rose by lots. 51. 84. 105. By the time my video had completely buffered, over 240 people had commented on it. And what do I have to say about this?
Thank you Youtube, for letting me know how much time I waste buffering your videos.
There will be no feel-good music video today, but feel free to enjoy Super Junior. They are a 10 member boyband (previously 13 member boyband) from South Korea, and, of course, they dance, which is the most important aspect of a boyband.
Thursday 4 August 2011
Day 2: Where have all the good ideas gone?
Greetings, and, good day.
I couldn't think of an interesting topic today, so I will complain about nyan cat. First question: why is nyan cat popular? It is an 8-bit poptart cat that farts rainbows and moves to a repititious song. Second question: why do people like nyan cat? Repeat summar of nyan cat. Third question: why am I planning on making a nyan cat blanket (maybe because it will have a chance of selling for profit)? It will be so irritating with over 1200 1.5 inch squares (yes I just used a decimal with an imperial measure). What insanity is this? The only fun part will be the rainbow, as rainbows can hardly fail to be attractive. Well, as someone with red hair says, cest la vie.
Now for the "feel-good music video of the day". Today's is Mazeltov by ZE:A of MNet. Mazeltov is a fun fun music video because it "makes fun of" (but not really, as it was produced first), and is better than that Friday song that was so popular earlier this year. It also has nine men of above average attractiveness from South Korea dancing around. YES! They make me want to talk about the pop scene in South Korea. Hope you enjoy.
I couldn't think of an interesting topic today, so I will complain about nyan cat. First question: why is nyan cat popular? It is an 8-bit poptart cat that farts rainbows and moves to a repititious song. Second question: why do people like nyan cat? Repeat summar of nyan cat. Third question: why am I planning on making a nyan cat blanket (maybe because it will have a chance of selling for profit)? It will be so irritating with over 1200 1.5 inch squares (yes I just used a decimal with an imperial measure). What insanity is this? The only fun part will be the rainbow, as rainbows can hardly fail to be attractive. Well, as someone with red hair says, cest la vie.
Now for the "feel-good music video of the day". Today's is Mazeltov by ZE:A of MNet. Mazeltov is a fun fun music video because it "makes fun of" (but not really, as it was produced first), and is better than that Friday song that was so popular earlier this year. It also has nine men of above average attractiveness from South Korea dancing around. YES! They make me want to talk about the pop scene in South Korea. Hope you enjoy.
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Day 1: No Misnomers
Hello.
No, that's not very friendly. How's this.
GREETINGS!
A blog. A blog. My first blog. Originally, I had wanted to promote my amazing sewing skills, but I think this will turn into more of a hodgepodge of topics ranging from 'feel-good music video of the day', to discussions on how to act pretentious even though you really aren't. I apologize for the title not matching the actual topic.
Today, the first day, has a feel-good music video of the day. It is No Soy Un Superman by David Bustamante of Vale Music. I should probably explain that the narrative my friends and I have developed around David Bustamante is that he has scary eyebrows, is bad at dancing, and is creepy. We have also set him up as the arch-nemesis and ultimate loser to David Bisbal. Sorry Bustamante, but it is so. We enjoy Bustamante very much. No Soy Un Superman is an amazing video, complete with 90's-esq scene and a great add for Coca-cola. Please enjoy it as much as we do, and may it brighten your day.
No, that's not very friendly. How's this.
GREETINGS!
A blog. A blog. My first blog. Originally, I had wanted to promote my amazing sewing skills, but I think this will turn into more of a hodgepodge of topics ranging from 'feel-good music video of the day', to discussions on how to act pretentious even though you really aren't. I apologize for the title not matching the actual topic.
Today, the first day, has a feel-good music video of the day. It is No Soy Un Superman by David Bustamante of Vale Music. I should probably explain that the narrative my friends and I have developed around David Bustamante is that he has scary eyebrows, is bad at dancing, and is creepy. We have also set him up as the arch-nemesis and ultimate loser to David Bisbal. Sorry Bustamante, but it is so. We enjoy Bustamante very much. No Soy Un Superman is an amazing video, complete with 90's-esq scene and a great add for Coca-cola. Please enjoy it as much as we do, and may it brighten your day.
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