Today's pretentious word from Webster's Third New International Dictionary and Seven Language Dictionary, Unabridged: Volume 2, H-R is 'pharmacopolist'.
Pharmacopolist: "One who sells drugs".
Using this word will most likely land you in trouble, as if you refer to the pharmacologist as a pharmacopolist, people will think you are stupid. You will have to explain your way out of sounding dumb, but if you are trying to sound pretentious, go for it!
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Friday, 30 December 2011
MVOTD: Month End Review (Day 126)
December was a month filled with wintery and Christmasy music. Here's the list.
Thanks to my many and sometimes weak excuses to include music videos as "wintery" or "Christmasy", many of the music videos for December were mediocre. Music that did rock, even though the music video didn't, included August Burns Red's Carol of the Bells and Whiteheart's The Little Drummer Boy. On the other hand, music videos that rocked were The Piano Guys' Cello Wars, Hit-5's Running (mostly thanks to my brother's comment on them, "We are here to seduce your teenage daughters"), SES's Just A Feeling (So 90's!), Donghae & Eunhyuk's Oppa Oppa, and David Bisbal's 24 Horas featuring Espinaz Paz. These music videos that were both fun to listen to and fun to watch are the finalists. The winner, thanks to my biases, is Donghae and Eunhyuk's Oppa Oppa. Go Suju!
| IU | You & I |
| 4 minute ft. Mario, Amen | Jingle Jingle |
| August Burns Red | Carol Of The Bells |
| B2ST/Beast | Let It Snow (teaser) |
| BOA & SES & Shinhwa | Waiting for White |
| David Bisbal | 24 Horas |
| DBSK/TVXQ | Step by Step |
| DBSK/TVXQ | My Little Princess |
| Donghae & Eunhyuk | Oppa Oppa |
| Girl's Generation | The Boys |
| Hit-5 | Running |
| JYP Nation | This Christmas |
| Katie Sheffers | Merry Christmas |
| Serge and Sarah | Happy Feet Choreography |
| SES | Just A Feeling |
| SHINee | Love Like Oxygen |
| Super Junior | Santa U Are The One |
| The Muppets | Ringing of the Bells |
| The Piano Guys | Cello Wars |
| Whiteheart | The Little Drummer Boy |
| ZE:A | My Only Wish |
Thanks to my many and sometimes weak excuses to include music videos as "wintery" or "Christmasy", many of the music videos for December were mediocre. Music that did rock, even though the music video didn't, included August Burns Red's Carol of the Bells and Whiteheart's The Little Drummer Boy. On the other hand, music videos that rocked were The Piano Guys' Cello Wars, Hit-5's Running (mostly thanks to my brother's comment on them, "We are here to seduce your teenage daughters"), SES's Just A Feeling (So 90's!), Donghae & Eunhyuk's Oppa Oppa, and David Bisbal's 24 Horas featuring Espinaz Paz. These music videos that were both fun to listen to and fun to watch are the finalists. The winner, thanks to my biases, is Donghae and Eunhyuk's Oppa Oppa. Go Suju!
MVOTD: Shinee (Day 125)
Today's winter theme music video is Shinee of SM Entertainment's Love Like Oxygen. It is winter themed because they dance in a white room. Here it is.
McMolberg's Magnetic Music Videos of "2011" (Day 125)
For many people, there are movies that hook them after one, two, or even three views. People can watch these compulsively. For myself, I also have movies that are like this. Movies that want to be watched repititiously. The following are the music videos that hooked me in this year, 2011, and just how many views it took to hook me.
Mazeltov -- ZE:A
Took two views. The ridiculousness, the camera shots, the funny way silver man's mouth looks when he says "oh". So good.
Paradise -- Infinite
One view or less. The 80's beats. Enough said.
Oops -- Super Junior featuring F(x)
Several views. This song requires two or more views with subs in order to understand how ridiculous the lyrics are.
Oppa Oppa -- Donghae & Eunhyuk
One view. Hooked. I like the intro, the wigs, the parts that I can sing along to, and the laughing that it induces.
Message -- MYNAME
One view. It's just so catchy. I show this one to everybody.
Say No -- B2ST/Beast
One view. This song sounds really nice and is interesting despite a large large lack of dancing.
Love Ya -- SS501
One view, about 25 seconds in. It was the jump move that got me. So stylish!
Mazeltov -- ZE:A
Took two views. The ridiculousness, the camera shots, the funny way silver man's mouth looks when he says "oh". So good.
Paradise -- Infinite
One view or less. The 80's beats. Enough said.
Oops -- Super Junior featuring F(x)
Several views. This song requires two or more views with subs in order to understand how ridiculous the lyrics are.
Oppa Oppa -- Donghae & Eunhyuk
One view. Hooked. I like the intro, the wigs, the parts that I can sing along to, and the laughing that it induces.
Message -- MYNAME
One view. It's just so catchy. I show this one to everybody.
Say No -- B2ST/Beast
One view. This song sounds really nice and is interesting despite a large large lack of dancing.
Love Ya -- SS501
One view, about 25 seconds in. It was the jump move that got me. So stylish!
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Skip Beat! Episode 2 Review (Day 124)
Episode 2
Episode 2 of Skip Beat! starts with a good start - Gong Xi coming to her senses and going straight to LME to become a celebrity. There, she insults the talent scout and is booted out for being a Dun He Lian/Tsugara Ren (Choi Siwon) fan trying to infiltrate the company in order to get access to him. Incensed, she stages a sit in knee in protest and stalks dogs the talent scout around town. Koala jokes are made. Dun He Lian’s manager endears himself to the audience. Gong Xi’s revenge angels help her annoy the talent scout into finally giving in and allowing her to audition at LME.
Gong Xi then promptly attends the audition, only to be yelled at by an unfriendly woman who reminds her of Bu Puo Shang (Lee Donghae). Revenge angels make her hair go round. Dun He Lian shows up to randomly shoot things to be interested in her progress…because he knows that she wants revenge. He talks to a mirror. The episode abruptly ends. What? There are all sorts of questions left now.
Questions like; "Does Lian have a magic mirror that he asks questions to?", "Could he be interested in Gong Xi?", "Will his manager be his cute wing-man?", and, "Will Shang show up to taunt our heroine?". Well, the fans certainly hope so on all accounts but the magic mirror one.
The one question I can answer is this, "Why does Dun He Lian have two names?". Answer: For most subbed shows, more than one person is translating. Each translator often chooses a different way to best represent the character's names for their audience. In this case, Tsugara Ren is the Japanese name from the manga/anime and Dun He Lian is the Mandarin name for the show.
Monday, 26 December 2011
Monday Review: Love You You (Day 123)
Love You You...
Mainland film. Aka, made in China.
Well done...except for the English name.
The movie begins with the normal plot - woman goes to exotic location to spy on attractive man for unknown corporation. The woman and the man of course do not get along. Sparks (of anger) fly until they find themselves convincing another couple to get married. Then they know that they have feelings for the other person. Man lets woman sleep in sea. She sees him looking at her passport and leaves, knowing that he just found out she was a spy. He's like "WHAT???! Just explain things." They long for each other. Stuff happens.
What I left out here were the fun details. The little things that made it worth watching. The things that make you smile, laugh, or cry(if you cry in movies), because Love You You had it all.
I give Love You You a 3.5 out of 5.
Also, to explain the plot point above, let it be known that she sleepwalks and he is in charge of making sure that she doesn't sleep in the sea. Shazaam!
Mainland film. Aka, made in China.
Well done...except for the English name.
The movie begins with the normal plot - woman goes to exotic location to spy on attractive man for unknown corporation. The woman and the man of course do not get along. Sparks (of anger) fly until they find themselves convincing another couple to get married. Then they know that they have feelings for the other person. Man lets woman sleep in sea. She sees him looking at her passport and leaves, knowing that he just found out she was a spy. He's like "WHAT???! Just explain things." They long for each other. Stuff happens.
What I left out here were the fun details. The little things that made it worth watching. The things that make you smile, laugh, or cry(if you cry in movies), because Love You You had it all.
I give Love You You a 3.5 out of 5.
Also, to explain the plot point above, let it be known that she sleepwalks and he is in charge of making sure that she doesn't sleep in the sea. Shazaam!
Saturday, 24 December 2011
MVOTD: Suju (Day 124)
This Christmas, SM Entertainment gave all the E.L.F.'s (Super Junior super fans) a truly wonderful present. And no, it wasn't Santa U Are The One by Super Junior. It was Donghae and Eunhyuk's song Oppa Oppa, done for their recent concert series Super Show 4. I don't think that I can say enough good things about this song. At first, I felt like it was the 90's or something. Then Donghae came out in his sleazy red suit and started singing some sweet pop tunes. Then Eunhyuk joined in. And then... then they sported giant afro wigs and acted like goof balls.
At first, what they were up to was just a little crazy, but when the afro's came out (in opposite colours of what their current hair colour is. Nice!) my "WHAAATTTT??"the meter went off the charts. They, Donghae and Eunhyuk, have more cheesetastic midichlorians than Master ZE:A! And they referenced ZE:A too. I couldn't take the grin off my face and I was tearing up from the shear funniness. So good. So good.
At first, what they were up to was just a little crazy, but when the afro's came out (in opposite colours of what their current hair colour is. Nice!) my "WHAAATTTT??"the meter went off the charts. They, Donghae and Eunhyuk, have more cheesetastic midichlorians than Master ZE:A! And they referenced ZE:A too. I couldn't take the grin off my face and I was tearing up from the shear funniness. So good. So good.
And here's their Christmas Eve performance of Oppa Oppa. I really like the way Eunhyuk does his 70's Oppa Oppa dance moves. So funny.
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