July 7th, 2009
June 26th, 2009
May 21st, 2009
New Sherlock Holmes movie is coming out, apprently not directly based on any Conan Doyle's fiction. It will feature Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson, in somewhat mystical, lovecraftesque plot. I am mildly curious...
May 17th, 2009
Okay, a little introduction who the people who live in a bunker: Susan Boyle is a contestant on "Britain got talent" IV show, who being 47 years old, can not be called "attractive" by most people's standards. After her appearance on the show she became a huge phenomenon, a "thing you totally must see" on youtube, and basically an ugly-betty-like celebrity. This is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4An
*Warning: Profanities Ahead*
Now, you know I don't write much here usually. It's just this show got me shocked to the extreme. Not by the woman's voice, not even by her appearance. By the fact, that MILLIONS of people still find it SURPRISING, that an unattractive person can have talent. It's not like this is unprecedented: one of the british most talented performers, Amy Winehouse, looks like a pissin crack whore. And even in America, one of the most important people in the country, Abraham Lincoln, looks like a miscarried monkey. Why, even after all those "blond" and "supermodel" jokes, most people still, almost INSTINCTIVELY assume that unattractive people must be stupid and wretched? You can speak about "primal instincts" and "social pressure" and all that stuff, but I can't stop thinking that the real reason behind this superficial phenomenon is that everybody is fucking dumb like fucking clay brick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4An
*Warning: Profanities Ahead*
Now, you know I don't write much here usually. It's just this show got me shocked to the extreme. Not by the woman's voice, not even by her appearance. By the fact, that MILLIONS of people still find it SURPRISING, that an unattractive person can have talent. It's not like this is unprecedented: one of the british most talented performers, Amy Winehouse, looks like a pissin crack whore. And even in America, one of the most important people in the country, Abraham Lincoln, looks like a miscarried monkey. Why, even after all those "blond" and "supermodel" jokes, most people still, almost INSTINCTIVELY assume that unattractive people must be stupid and wretched? You can speak about "primal instincts" and "social pressure" and all that stuff, but I can't stop thinking that the real reason behind this superficial phenomenon is that everybody is fucking dumb like fucking clay brick.
April 18th, 2009
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perelynn
Мои идеальные представления о такой штуке как:
Оружие. То, которым не нужно пользоваться. Как сказал какой-то чудак: "Я не знаю, какое оружие будет использовано в третьей мировой войне, но я уверен, что в четвертой мы будем сражаться камнями и палками".
Признание в любви. Как можно меньше слов. Слова хорошо передают мысли, но к сожалению не чувства. Вот это: http://xkcd.com/260/
Окончание настолки. Красавица спасена. Злодей побежден. Герои богаты и знамениты. Птички поют. Цветочки цветут. НО НЕ ТУТ-ТО БЫЛО!..
Страна. Все те, в которых я не жил. А если серьезно - Испания. Солнце, море, испанки... И в то же время Европа!
Подарок. Билет. На концерт, в театр, в кино, в Лас Вегас - не принципиально. События делают жизнь ярче и интереснее. А вещи - в кладовке пылятся.
Если кому охота поскладывать мозаику своего идеального мира - пишите сюда, я выдам наборы:)
perelynn Мои идеальные представления о такой штуке как:
Оружие. То, которым не нужно пользоваться. Как сказал какой-то чудак: "Я не знаю, какое оружие будет использовано в третьей мировой войне, но я уверен, что в четвертой мы будем сражаться камнями и палками".
Признание в любви. Как можно меньше слов. Слова хорошо передают мысли, но к сожалению не чувства. Вот это: http://xkcd.com/260/
Окончание настолки. Красавица спасена. Злодей побежден. Герои богаты и знамениты. Птички поют. Цветочки цветут. НО НЕ ТУТ-ТО БЫЛО!..
Страна. Все те, в которых я не жил. А если серьезно - Испания. Солнце, море, испанки... И в то же время Европа!
Подарок. Билет. На концерт, в театр, в кино, в Лас Вегас - не принципиально. События делают жизнь ярче и интереснее. А вещи - в кладовке пылятся.
Если кому охота поскладывать мозаику своего идеального мира - пишите сюда, я выдам наборы:)
March 11th, 2009
Empire: Total War is a GRAND game. The sheer scope of it is hard to describe.
As my brave soldiers battle their way against Ottoman turks all over Balkans, my feeble fleet has to protect my only naval access to the mediteranean - the Crimean peninsula. At the same time nobles in Saint Petersburg are unhappy about the increased taxation to fund war effort. Sweden in the north is rebuilding after a recent war, no doubt they will want to strike back and cut me out of Baltic sea, closing some of my most important trade routs. Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth is wary of my seemingly expansionist behaviour, so I have to play diplomacy to keep them happy and keep our alliance intact. Meanwhile I also have to pick a right person to replace my recently-deceased Minister of Justice and quell the religious unrests in a recently conquered Dagestan.
Empire: Total War is a GRAND game.
As my brave soldiers battle their way against Ottoman turks all over Balkans, my feeble fleet has to protect my only naval access to the mediteranean - the Crimean peninsula. At the same time nobles in Saint Petersburg are unhappy about the increased taxation to fund war effort. Sweden in the north is rebuilding after a recent war, no doubt they will want to strike back and cut me out of Baltic sea, closing some of my most important trade routs. Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth is wary of my seemingly expansionist behaviour, so I have to play diplomacy to keep them happy and keep our alliance intact. Meanwhile I also have to pick a right person to replace my recently-deceased Minister of Justice and quell the religious unrests in a recently conquered Dagestan.
Empire: Total War is a GRAND game.
February 25th, 2009
February 13th, 2009
С удивлением узнал, что у меня на полке уже не первый год лежит диск оффициально-христианской группы. И я не первый год с удовольствием из слушаю. Я конечно не то чтобы не догадывался, но все равно после моего стеба с "христианских" лицензированных продуктов, ощущаю себя как-то странно.
Речь идет о P.O.D. =)
Речь идет о P.O.D. =)
February 12th, 2009
"Zack and Miri make a porno" is an awesome movie! Probably the best comedy I've seen in a while.
January 27th, 2009
January 20th, 2009
Ксения Собчак против Кати Гордон, 1:0, победа в пользу "Светской Львицы". Я люблю эту барышню, она мне явно импонирует.
January 14th, 2009
A really fun read, stumbled upon it accidentally. So true =)
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34
January 9th, 2009
Линк на новость: КОЛЛАЙДЕР НЕСЕТ СМЕРТЬ! (Картинка ядерного взрыва)
Заголовок новости: АДРОННЫЙ КОЛЛАЙДЕР УБИЛ РАБОЧЕГО!
Текст новости: В 2005 году при работе над постройкой большого адронного коллайдера погиб рабочий. Смерть наступила в результате нелепого несчастного случая - один из подъемных кранов случайно уронил груз.
Заголовок новости: АДРОННЫЙ КОЛЛАЙДЕР УБИЛ РАБОЧЕГО!
Текст новости: В 2005 году при работе над постройкой большого адронного коллайдера погиб рабочий. Смерть наступила в результате нелепого несчастного случая - один из подъемных кранов случайно уронил груз.
December 29th, 2008
2008 подходит к победному концу. И, о да, что за год это был!
Заснеженные улицы и парки уютного Гуелфа
Холодные пещеры Коллингвуда
Шумные ночные клубы Монреаля
Поющие часовни старого Мюнхена
Древние каналы Нюремберга
Холодный Рижский туман
И жаркое, сумасшедшее Одесское лето
Лазурные пляжи Барселоны
Монументальные Нью-Йоркские авенью
И снова покрытые снегом улочки Гуелфа
Спасибо всем, друзья и родные, девочки и мальчики! Увидимся в новом году, обязательно увидимся!
Заснеженные улицы и парки уютного Гуелфа
Холодные пещеры Коллингвуда
Шумные ночные клубы Монреаля
Поющие часовни старого Мюнхена
Древние каналы Нюремберга
Холодный Рижский туман
И жаркое, сумасшедшее Одесское лето
Лазурные пляжи Барселоны
Монументальные Нью-Йоркские авенью
И снова покрытые снегом улочки Гуелфа
Спасибо всем, друзья и родные, девочки и мальчики! Увидимся в новом году, обязательно увидимся!
December 5th, 2008
December 4th, 2008
A few days ago I talked about Amy Winehouse. I've been seing her appear in tabloids time to time, dismissing all the bad stuff as usual celebrity gossip. Unfortunately, her situation really seems to be pretty bad, she is drugging herself to death and might not last to make another album. It just seems like being f-ed up and being an artist go hand to hand. It made me wonder about the causality.
It seems like it's not being an artist that makes you a screw-up. It's true, fame can do that to people, but not all artists are famous (at least during their lifetimes) and definitely not all celebrities are half-decent artists. I think it's just that art is really an emotion expressed, and emotional people naturally tend towards expression, be it through writing, poetry, music or painting. But the same people also tend to act through emotion a lot, and emotion is most often contradictory to reason. They do stuff no reasonable person would ever do and that takes heavy toll on their lives.
It seems like it's not being an artist that makes you a screw-up. It's true, fame can do that to people, but not all artists are famous (at least during their lifetimes) and definitely not all celebrities are half-decent artists. I think it's just that art is really an emotion expressed, and emotional people naturally tend towards expression, be it through writing, poetry, music or painting. But the same people also tend to act through emotion a lot, and emotion is most often contradictory to reason. They do stuff no reasonable person would ever do and that takes heavy toll on their lives.
December 2nd, 2008
Amy Winehouse is a friggen discovery for me. Despite her ... STRANGE looks and ... EXTREME image, her music is really really good. The voice sounds annoying at first, but after you let it sink in, you see how it completes the misc to the point where you know it couldn't possibly work in any other way.
November 28th, 2008
Watching fractal art at 3.15 am while listening to Fleur is an out-of-this-world experience. It's like getting high of experiences rather than substances. You overload your sensory inputs with seemingly unconnected signals, each beautiful on it's own - and your exhausted brain adds them all up to something that is definitely more than just the summ of it's parts.
I reviewed a paper today, some guys had successfully grown a complete tooth out of dental pulp cell culture by seeding it onto a biodegradable scaffold and implanting the scaffold into a rat's belly.
I reviewed a paper today, some guys had successfully grown a complete tooth out of dental pulp cell culture by seeding it onto a biodegradable scaffold and implanting the scaffold into a rat's belly.
November 27th, 2008
Наверное да. По крайней мере не могу не хихикать, когда слышу "Hindu Commandos" в новостях. Почему-то возникают ассоциации с финскими гонщиками.