Music #16

And we continue with The Aquabats, and one of my favourite songs from this awesome band...
The calm sly relaxing tune contrasts with the lyrics and makes it even more ironic.

THE AQUABATS - Chemical Bomb

I was at the supermarket
Watching people cut in line
I started thinking about human nature
What would you do
if there was no more food?

My mind began to wander
About greed and hunger
And just how many other countries
Are getting ready for another war

But the sun was shining
And everything seemed fine
So count me in
I'll see you on the other side

Chemical bomb
Chemical bomb
Eyes melt, Skin explodes
Everybody's dead
It won't be long
It won't be long
People gonna run around
Losing their heads
A river of blood
Who's gonna live?
The earth is tired of human kind
And I think this world
Is gonna wash up in Hell

La la la la la
La la la la la
La lala la la la la

Then I had another vision
In the crowded grocery store
I saw the Pale Rider on his horse
Decapitating people in the parking lot
And all the shoppers were beasts
What could I do to hide?
Back in this world of humankind
I think we've already lost our minds

But the sun was shining
And everything seemed fine
So count me in
I'll see you on the other side

Chemical bomb
Chemical bomb
Eyes melt, Skin explodes
Everybody's dead
It won't be long
It won't be long
People gonna run around
Losing their heads
A river of blood
Who's gonna live?
The earth is tired of human kind
And I think this world
Is gonna wash up in Hell

La la la la la
La la la la la
La lala la la la la
maybe.... maybe... maybe...

Happy Birthday to ME... again!

Today, 21 February 2007, I turn 21.
Now I'm of the full legal age even in the US.
So... hehe, Happy Birthday and May the Force be with Me!

Some very important cult events happened exactly on my birthday!

The Legend of Zelda - released by Nintendo the very day I was born, 21 February 1986

Army of Darkness (aka Evil Dead III) - released to theaters in 1992

Star Wars EPISODE V - The Empire Strikes Back - the Special Edition was released to theaters on 21 February 1997 as part of 20th Anniversary

So, who else was born today?

Alan Rickman (born 1946) - Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series, other movies - "Die Hard", "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", "Galaxy Quest", "Love Actually"

Ann Sheridan (born 1915)


Martha Hackett (born 1961) - Seska from "Star Trek: Voyager" and also numerous Star Trek voices and appearances, Miss Kroghe from "Carnosaur"


Kelsey Grammer (born 1955) - The voice of Sideshow Bob from "The Simpsons" and Dr. Hank McCoy aka Beast in "X-Men: The Last Stand"


Gary Lockwood (born 1937) - Dr. Frank Poole in "2001: A Space Odyssey", Appearances in Star Trek, Mission Impossible, Charlie's Angels, McGuyver...



Flashback - check out last year's issue ;)
http://nsg1138.blogspot.com/2006/02/happy-birthday-to-me.html
http://nsg1138.blogspot.com/2006/02/on-this-day-are-born-also.html

Краят на сесията

Как може да се промени настоението на човек само за няколко часа...
Сутринта с мъка се измъкнах от топлите завивки, недоспал... (че как да си си доспал в 7.20 ам, като си си легнал към 3? Ама какво съм виновен аз, че Inch High Private Eye го дават по Boomerang само в 2 сутринта?) От леглото право на РС-то, да видим как върви download-а, какво се е дръпнало докато съм спал, да refresh-на torrent-ите и да видя какво ново се е появило... После наминах към банята, а от там в кухнатя да си сръбна чаша топло мляко с какао. До тук звучи почти като идилия, и може би наистина би било, ако от 11.00 не бях на изпит по СБЕ в университета. Отворих учебника отново за финално четене. Какво ти финално, до сега само бях отварял учебника. А между "отварял" и "чел" има известна разлика. Имаше около стотина страници, които май изобщо не бях разгръщал. То че няма начин да си го налея в главата беше повече от ясно. Не ми оставаше друго освен да разчитам на общата си култура... и на Силата.
Засичам пред ректората Андрей и Стан и щурмуваме първа ауднитория. (Да, първа АУДИТОРИЯ този път. Понеже на миналия изпит аз отидох в нея, ама заварих вътре някакви непознати хорица, друг курс... И се оказа, че трябвало да ида в първа АУЛА, която не е в ректората, ами в нова сграда, на края на града... но това е друга история) След някаква безумна рокада се оказвам от благодатното място сред начетени колежки на първия ред. Раздават темите. До мене е Мимето. Тя знаеше темата дето на мене се падна. Аз не знаех нито моята, нито нейната, та викам си поне един от двама ни да мине, и си трампих листчето с нейното. Я да видим сега... 2 часа изпит. Написах разни неща, не знам колко са верни. Мисля, че има достатъчно за тройка. Надявам се да има достатъчно за тройка!
Накрая предадох листа... КРАЙ!!! SESIA IS NO MORE!!!
От ректората направо към "Воеводите", редовното кръчме. Пилешка супичка, чесново хлебче и студен Beck's. Идилия!
Вече предвкусвам уикенда... Време е за Star Wars маратон!

About Freedom

So simple. So true.

Kim Possible - Love

It's Valentine's Day, so... I decided to post this video instead of a greeting card. (And yes! The love of my life, Kim Possible is back, season 4 baby!)

The Aquabats in COLOR!

This was a demo the aquabats made in 1999 to pitch to networks to try and get funding for a pilot. There was no real episode ever filmed but they've made it look like there was a whole season's worth of stuff.

Music #15

Nostalgic and sincere ska about the childhood days slipping through our fingers, how 'bout that? Well... If you want to know abut the Aquabats go to their website - http://www.theaquabats.com/ or read the Wiki article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aquabats

The Aquabats - Playdough
When I was a boy I used to live in corduroy
OP shirts and slip-on Vans.
My life was so simple
I had not one pimple,
My everyday was made up of these plans:
To ride my bike to Thrifty's,
Run past the balls and ice cream and
find the Star Wars figurines.
Thinking of my action men,
Kung-Fu grip and all,
What happened to them all?

[Chorus]

Running through my old life
Looking for my lost toys
Where has all my fun gone?
Now that we're all older
Before we grow much colder
Let's all look forward to the new dawn
An anthem for all lost toys
Now that we're all big boys
We'll stand together and sing this song
We'll sing this song
It's not too long
So everybody sing along

When I was a little man
Playdough came in a little can
I was Star Wars' biggest fan
Now I'm stuck without a plan
GI Joe was an action man
Shaggy drove the mystery van
Devo was my favorite band
Take me back to my happy land

Now my brothers and sisters
I don't mean to make a scene
But I lost my action figures
and it makes me want to scream
Greedo, Chewbacca, Luke, R2, and Han,
3PO, Yoda, Bobafett, Obi Wan
Green Machine, Suckerman
Silly Putty, Lincoln Logs
Sitting in my Underoos
Reading christmas catalogs
What happened to my action men and all?
What happened to it all?

Running through my old life
Looking for my lost toys
Where has all my fun gone?
Now that we're all older
Before we grow much colder
Let's all look forward to the new dawn
An anthem for all lost toys
Now that we're all big boys
We'll stand together and sing this song
We'll sing this song
It's not too long
So everybody sing along

When I was a little man
Playdough came in a little can
I was Star Wars' biggest fan
Now I'm stuck without a plan
GI Joe was an action man
Shaggy drove the mystery van
Devo was my favorite band
Take me back to my happy land

Take me back to my happy land
Take me back to my happy land
Take me back to my happy land
Take me back to my happy land

Through the tunnel

05 August 2004

Plovdiv

I made this photo running through the tunnel more than two years ago. I enjoy the feeling of motion, the light and the speed it carries, and the strong perspective. It came put to be a good improvisation. No PhotoShop tweaks and no adjustments were made.