Timpul pentru o schimbare? September 29, 2010
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Reciteam vechile articole de pe blog și realizam, pe măsură ce citeam, că gândesc altfel acum față de momentul în care am publicat textele respective. Nu complet diferit, dar nu mai sunt 100% de acord cu persoana care eram în perioada aia. Nu știu dacă e un semn de maturizare, dar simt nevoia să schimb ceva în stilul meu de blogging (în mod deosebit cel în limba română).
Timp de doi ani de când am blogul am scris ca o studentă. Acum parcă e timpul să scriu ca o absolventă care are alte perspective. *Încerc din răsputeri să evit folosirea lui “nu” la fiecare început de propoziție, dar mi-e greu să afirm fără negație*. Pe perioada facultății încă îmi permiteam să visez la ce o să fac când o să fiu mare. Acum sunt mare și fără șansa de a pune în aplicare ce am vrut să fac în facultate. Trecerea asta de la student la om mare a fost mult prea rapidă și prea bruscă. M-am trezit adult în căutare de responsabilități. Vreau și eu un job, o casă și o familie, dar, din păcate, drumul la visele astea nu e pavat și tot eu trebuie să torn beton. Ghinionul meu, că n-am fonduri pentru ciment.
Căutam zilele trecute un articol serios pe blog pentru a-l trimite la un potențial angajator. Cu articolele în limba engleză stăteam bine, dar cu greu am găsit unul în română care să nu conțină cuvintele “căcat” sau “pizdă proastă”. Recunosc, sunt modurile mele de exprimare, dar sunt momente în care aș vrea ca lumea să mă ia în serios. Îmi place să scriu într-un mod mai miștocar, dar am nevoie de materiale care să mă recomande la unele reviste sau ziare care se adresează și unor oameni care nu au simțul ironiei. Cred că e timpul să mă maturizez puțin și din punctul de vedere al scriiturii. E pentru prima oară când pun maturizarea și persoana mea în aceeași propoziție. De obicei, îi lăsam pe părinți și bunici să facă asta. E cam ciudat când trebuie să realizez eu că nu mai pot fi copil. Nu de alta, dar cum dau primele riduri, trebuie să scapi de păpuși.
Toată ziua m-am gândit la un subiect despre care să scriu (la un mod mai serios), dar am avut un lapsus intelectual. Nimic serios nu-mi apărea în vizor. Aveam de gând să mă iau urât de Inna, marea noastră “mândrie” muzicală, dar chiar nu aveam suficientă ură de vărsat pe blog. Poate după ce mă mai cert cu unii din fanii ei iliterați pe youtube. Asta e altă poveste pe care o voi aborda (sau nu) pe viitor pe blog.
Eu însămi sunt curioasă de ce-mi va făta mintea în materie de articole noi pe blog. Rog productivitatea să revină din concediu!
SuperBlog 2010-de ce nu eu? September 24, 2010
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Tare îmi era dor de un concurs adresat bloggerilor. L-am căutat, l-am găsit! E vorba de SuperBlog 2010. M-am înscris și-mi țin singură pumnii să câștig!
N-am să scriu o postare despre cât de mult îmi doresc să câștig, pentru că va trebui să demonstrez asta la probele următoare, dacă voi fi selectată!
Baftă mie!
Best voices on Youtube September 20, 2010
Posted by Anca in Songs.Tags: Avery, best voices, biggest passion, Cameron Marion, David Choi, dreams, Esmee Denters, Hope, Justin Bieber, Kurt Schneider, music, Sam Tsui, youtube
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I’m on youtube every day and I’m subscribed to 128 channels: comedy, news, vlogs, skits and much more. One particular type of channels I can’t live without are the musicians. I’ve discovered many amazing voices through youtube and I instantly became a fan of their music. I can’t believe many of these musicians are not signed and don’t have an album out yet. Here is a list of my favourite youtube musicians that fill my ears with melodic delight.
I discovered Cameron trough Stirfry TV. Her voice and music video for “Save us” was jaw dropping! I instantly fell in love with her music and you can bet that song was on repeat the whole week! I wanted to tell more people about this amazing performer, so I posted the video on my Facebook wall so other people could get to know her greatness! It was a shocker for me to see how professional her video looked and only had 2000 views at the time I discovered her. Such talent needs promoting! I love Country music and I would most certainly put Cameron Marion next to Carrie Underwood, Sugarland and The Dixie Chicks in my Top Country Music Preferences. What I love about Cameron, besides her awesome music, is that she is down to earth, nice, and actually replied to me on twitter. That was very nice of her! I consider her a celebrity already and I am most flattered that a celebrity replied to me and also retweeted what I said!
Cameron is a star in the making and I am hoping for someone to make her more mainstream. She is worth it. Such voice and talent shouldn’t be limited just to youtube! Producers, forget about voice-less wannabes! Cameron is your girl! Here’s her video for “Save us”, if anyone needs to understand why I love her music so much!
On her channel, Cameron has some awesome covers too! Go show the girl some love!
Annanarieee22, by her youtube username, was brought to my attention by the same people that showcased Cameron Marion: Stirfry TV. Avery is a 15 year old girl with a killer voice that made me subscribe to her channel before “Love me or let me go” got to the chours! People say she’s a lot like Avril Lavigne, judging by her style, but I believe Avery has her own personality and we should remember: it’s Avery, not Avril! Another down to earth person, Avery was nice enough to reply to me on twitter aswell. I really apreciate when musicians take time out of their day to talk to fans. In case you didn’t understand until now, Avery, I am a fan!
Her covers of hip pop music have a personal touch and that’s where we get to apreciate her voice even more. Hell, she sings Justin Bieber songs even better that the Biebz himself! Hands down, Avery rocks! She already has two original songs: “Love me or let me go” and “Sick of hating your guts” along with covers of Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber songs. And so on and so forth. Check out her channel for more.
This is her her original music video for “Love me or let me go”. Love it! You can’t help but not to!
When Glee started I looked for “Don’t stop believing” on youtube and I saw a video with over 7 million views. It wasn’t the Glee cast performing, but four guys that looked the same. Actually it was one multiplied Sam Tsui that amplified his great voice by 400%. Such an amazing voice deserves a standing ovation! Great job, Sam! But…great job, Kurt, aswell! Kurt Hugo Schneider is Sam’s producer on youtube, his best friend and Yale colleague. These boys are talented, great musicians and they don’t neglect education, taking into consideration that they attend one of the world’s best colleges!
Besides amazing covers like “Don’t stop believing” by Journey or “Unwell” by Matchbox 20, Sam and Kurt sang and produced their own amazing pieces of work. They made a 4 episode web series called “College Musical” that had great success, so College Musical The Movie is in the works. If you ask me, they totally kicked High School Musical’s ass with this!
“Don’t want an ending” is an amazing song, completed by a perfect video that praise Sam’s voice and acting skills and Kurt producing, directing and editing skills. Should I add that this song is also addictive?
One of youtube’s oldies but goldies, David Choi claims: “I am an unsigned singer/songwriter/producer. I make these videos to inspire, entertain, educate, and inform”. And he does a great job, if I do say so myself! David has been on youtube since 2006 and he’s one of the most respected musicians on the site. He started by alternating original songs and covers on his channel. In 2007 he released the song “That Girl” that finally got it’s own music video in May of 2010. I guess it was worth the wait, because the video looks amazing, and I guess he has the boys from WongFuProductions to thank for that.
David has an amazing voice and he already released two albums: “Only You”, in October 2008 and “By My Side”, released on May 18, 2010. For one man to single-handedly write, sing and produce his own music, two albums in two years is an amazing acheivement.
Here is “That Girl” from mid 2010, an amazing song and video that define David Choi as the great artist that he is:
Youtube is a great place for talent to make its first steps. Someone is bound to discover youtube musicians and turn them into superstars. Two simple examples of such cases are Justin Bieber and Esmee Denters. I wish for more musicians on youtube to get their big break and pursue their dream of singing for a living!
Why I hate Facebook September 18, 2010
Posted by Anca in Uncategorized.Tags: attention whore, căcat, din astea, Facebook, friends, nu
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This may come off as weird because I have a Facebook account and I check it on a regular basis, but I have my reasons for hating the site.
First of all, I hate it when Facebook suggest who I should be friends with. What the hell? I don’t care if we have 50 mutual friends and we both like Hannah Montana! I still don’t know you and I don’t want to add you as my friend. A few weeks ago I had the dean of my former college suggested as a friend. I understood where that was coming from, but I still don’t want to be friends with him! Also, Facebooks recommends a lot of pages I “might” like. I admit, some of them are according to my tastes, but others are just plain ridiculous!
Another thing I hate about Facebook is that it gives some people the opportunity to brag. People brag their asses off on Facebook and they love it! I wonder if they would do that in real life and shouting it out to their 467 friends. Just immagine someone preparing their microphone and yelling “Attention friends, I want each and every one of you to know that I just got back from downtown New York and it was awesome!”(this being applied to those people who don’t normally live in New York). For those third world friends in your list that have never been outside Europe or their shitty country, that’s the kind of bragging they don’t need to hear. They might feel bad enough that they are stuck in their crappy country with no money to take a vacantation far west. I’m not telling you not to share any news at all, but when you know others aren’t as fortunate as you, try and keep it on the low. Call me crazy, but I hate it when my Facebook updates are full of bragging news.
Another part of bragging on Facebook is when people make special albums of awesome places they’ve visited. For me, it’s painful to browse through those photos because I’m one of those third world kind of friends. I know this is an envy overloaded paragraph, but I believe a lot of people can relate to this. If not, feel free to delete me as a friend. You’d be doing both of us a favour! Don’t get me wrong, albums and status updates are a great way to express your personality. You can update people on important stuff or share your thoughts through a status update, but don’t brag about shit that might make other people feel bad. Also, an album or a few photos are a good way to remind your friends how you look, considering the fact that you don’t get to see them as often as you would want to. And maybe one of the reasons is because those friends are too busy. Well they don’t seem too busy to facebook. Why not meet up, instead of commenting on a status update or an album.
Speaking of meetings, I’m sure everyone gets those invites to events that aren’t even in your area. I, for one, am tired of RSPV-ing as Not Attending every time I get an invite. Some of the invites are useless. I once got an invite for the year 2013. I don’t think I need to be invited to a new year. Everyone’s invited and the new year will come either we like it or not. I won’t even begin to rant about the stupid invitations to events that people don’t gove a crap about.
Relationship status changes on Facebook are like an online love story that everyone can watch. The most dramatic changes are the one from “Married” to “Single” or, even worse, “Widowed”. God forbid the last one! What I don’t understand about relationship statuses on Facebook is the “It’s Complicated” one. What’s so complicated about that relationship? You like him, but you don’t know if he likes you back? Are you just fuck buddies? Do you fight all the time and you want people on Facebook to know about that? Are you in an on and off relationship? What makes some relationships complicated on Facebook? I’d love to get an answer to that one day. Another funny thing I found on Facebook is when people have their relationship status “It’s complicated with…”. So I guess the other person knows that your relatonship is complicated. Maybe you’re both complicated, or baybe just one of you. But why do people express their complicated status on the internet? Do they think that their Facebook friends are going to solve their problem and their status will not be that complicated anymore? Many questions that need answering. I sure hope someone will take some time out of their day to answer at least one of them.
That’s my two cents for now on why I hate Facebook. Don’t get me wrong now. I like updating my profile with the stuff I wrote on my blog or a new drawing on Deviant Art. I like keeping in touch with friends and sharing funny or interesting videos on my wall, but those above were the stuff I hate on Facebook.
Web Inspiration #3: Shane Dawson September 16, 2010
Posted by Anca in Uncategorized.Tags: dreams, funny, Hope, inspiration, Lady Gaga, Michael Buckley, Miley Cyrus, Mister Youtube, music, Shane Dawson, Songs, youtube
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What does peeing in your mouth, hitting Miley Cyrus with a car and imitating a getto accent perfectly have in common? Nothing, unless you know who Shane Dawson is. Anybody who’s ever been on youtube more than two weeks should have heard of Shane. He now stands at number 4 most subscribed of all time and I strongly believe he deserves more than that.
I first discovered Shane when another Web Inspiration of mine, Michael Buckley, announced the nominees for Mister Youtube. He then stated that Shane was the next best thing on youtube and that he would get 1,000,000 subscribers until the end of 2009. Buck was on to something because now Shane has over 1,930,000 subscribers and still growing. Shane has been a youtuber since summer of 2008 and I’m sorry I didn’t discover him sooner. He now administrates 3 youtube channels: ShaneDawsonTv (that ranks in number 4 most subscribed of all time), ShaneDawsonTv2 (number 6 most subscribed) and shane (his Iphone channel that ranks in 49th most subscribed and still growing).
Shane makes all kinds of videos: from vlogs, to skits and videos where he answers questions from his fans. He also plays many characters he made up, but his most popular one is Shanaynay, a getto girl with an extra eyebrow. Shane seems to treat youtube as his life and his job. He shares everything with his fans. We’ve learned that he had weight problems when he was in high school ( Shane who once weighed 340 pounds, lost 150 pounds in nine months). Also, he made it clear that he is annoyed by the Twilight series, but loves to make fun of the plots and characters, even if some people accuse him of going too far. Other subjects that he loves to touch on and make fun of are Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Snooki from Jersey Shore and fellow youtuber, Fred. The list may continue…
Here’s an idea of who Shane is, as he stated in the video:
Shane Dawson once stated that he is an innocent guy with a dirty mouth. He claims never having sex, consuming drugs or alchool. While most parents believe these are the atributes of a role model, his videos get negative reactions from people who are way past their 30s. It seems that Shane’s humour appeals to kids, teenagers and young adults. He often talks about masturbation, anal sex, blow jobs, but most people forget to see the essence: IRONY and HUMOUR! After all, as Woody Allan said: “Don’t knock on masturbation. It’s sex with someone you love!”. Shannaynay, one of his characters is a former drug addict prostitute with STDs who lives in the gettos. Shane’s imagination seems to never be on a break. He created many other characters such as: Aunt Hilda, Ned the Nerd, S-Deezy and many spoofs of celebreties such as Miley, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Snooki from Jersey shore and so on and so forth.
Shane is well known for his music parodies. He made spoofs on songs such as “Bad Romance” and “Telephone” by Lady Gaga, “Don’t trust me” by 3OH!3 or “Blah Blah Blah” by Ke$ha. Here is one of his spoofs featuring the hilarious carachter, Ned the nerd:
Forbes magazine named him their 25th most famous web celebrity and he is known to have earned over 315.000 $ in the past year (according to indyposted.com). It’s great to see that a person my age (actually 6 days younger) is doing what he loves and getting paid for it. Tthe topics Shane talks about are very relatable, and being able to turn your passion into your job is a dream I also want to acheive. He never took his youtube succes for granted and he always reminds his fans and supporters how much he loves them. When he reached 1,000, 000 subscirbers on his main channel, he started crying tears of joy and made me feel good that I was one of the subscribers that changed his life.
Shane is a web inspiration with an award that proves it! He was nominated for a Teen Choice Award this year for Choice Web Star. The nominees for that category included fellow YouTubers iJustine, Charles Trippy, Lucas Cruikshank, best known for his Fred character, and singer Greyson Chance.
Speaking of iJustine, Shane invented the funniest game on the web, called the iJustine game. Basically, you play one of iJustine’s videos on mute and you put the dirtiest rap song you can find. Here’s Shane demonstrating just that:
Hands down! This man is too funny for this century!
Shane has other characters he features on his youtube channel and those are his pets: Miley (bitch-female dog), Charlie (dog), Muffins and Snoop (cats). I loved that he named his dog Miley based on the comments of his viewers. It would have been a cute name even if it wasn’t based on Miley Cyrus’ first name. Here is the naming of Shane’s dog:
Shane works his but off to give us a funny video every Saturday, an Ask Shane on monday and random funny videos throughout the week. That takes time and dedication and judging by the high quality of the videos we should be glad that subscribing is free. Shane Dawson’s dream is to have his own TV show. With the success of his three youtube channels, he shouldn’t worry about that. I just hope that after he gets his big break on TV, he won’t forget where he came from: a little place called ShaneDawsonTV.
Shane Dawson is my inspiration because he knows how to treat every little bad thing with humour. More people should be able to do that and that’s why Shane is the best innocent-dirty mouth-sensitive role model! You rock, Mister Youtube!
Gaga Music Awards recap.Girl power FTW! September 13, 2010
Posted by Anca in Songs, Uncategorized.Tags: 2010, awards, B.O.B., Bad romance, buck, Chelsea Handler, Eminem, Glee, Jersey Shore, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Mike The Situation, Rihanna, Snooki, Songs, Taylor Swift, Usher, vma, you
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Even though Eminem was the opening act of the show, girl power dominated this year’s MTV Video Music awards. Maybe that’s why Eminem had to sing and leave. He knew that it was ladies’ night at the VMAs. His duet with Rihanna was great. They look good together on stage. I’m loving RiRi’s new hair! Girl power FTW!
Chelsea Handler hosted this year’s show and she was hilarious! It was the first time in 16 years when a woman hosted the VMAs. Before getting on stage, the comedian had her ass slapped by a lot of men and…Lindsay Lohan. I know! Who? Linds told her to watch her drinking. Yeah, that is a cameo we would all love to forget. Chelsea made an entrance that was inspired by Lady Gaga, but the gig didn’t go past the Ra-Ra-Ra from “Bad Romance”, because that’s all they got to in reherlals. This year’s VMA host paid a tribute, more or less, to Lady Gaga by dressing up as crazy as she could. She had a house on her head and a dove flying out of her crotch. I thought it was Lady Gaga herself the whole performance, but the house’s garage door made things clear for everyone.
What post 2009 VMA show would be complete without a Kanye West refferal? Chelsea gave a random person the “My award-My choice” as a demonstration to what artists accepting the VMAs should do if someone would interrupt their speech. And on with the show…
Ellen DeGeneres gave a funny mini-speech before announcing the nominees for Best Female Video. It’s like she had to remind everyone of how awesome she is! Lady Gaga won the first award of the night for Best Female Video for “Bad Romance”. In her acceptance speech she told her fans that they were “the cool kids at the party”. The Monster Mommy was wearing Alexander McQueen, to pay a tribute to the deceased designer. Lady Gaga’s speech was nice, but I could’t help but noticing the look on Katy Perry’s face when she lost an award to one of her rivals. Her expression was like “You may have won this one, bitch, but the rest are mine!”. If Katy only knew…
Justin Bieber’s performance was announced by one of his biggest fans, Kim Kardashian, who remembered she had a restraining order to keep away from him. Her passion for him is creepy, because what straigh woman would go for a 28 year old lesbian? Justin first performed “Baby”, followed by a lip sync fail to “Somebody to love”. Now that’s the moment he should have said “Pink elephant, pink elephant” and nobody would have noticed the boo boo. He then went at the drums and another boo boo was around the corner: he dropped a drumb stick, but not much people seemed to have noticed that.
Justin’s menthor, Usher, had a pink elephant fail during his performance and everyone saw the obvious lip sync and the tired dancing. We gotta give Usher a break, the man is getting old and can’t sing and dance like back in the days when everyone was screaming “Yeah!”.
The cast of Glee presented the nominees for Best Pop Video and I loved it when Jane Lynch said Keisha instead of Ke$ha. It’s the girl’s fault for having a misleading name. That’s why she should call herself Ke-dollar sign-HA. Props to Michael Buckley for that idea! Lady Gaga won the award for “Bad Romance”. Katy Perry looked pissed again and she seemed to have told the person next to her “That Gaga bitch beat me again! She needs to die!”. Relax, Katy! You didn’t get a moon man this year, but you met your dream man last year. It’s a win-win situation for both of you gals!
One of the most anticipated performances of the evening, Taylor Swift sang a song about the Kanye incident from last year, “I guess you really did it this time”: “Lost your balance on the tight rope/it’s never too late to get it back… Today is never too late to be brand new… Every one of us has messed up too. I hope you remember today’s never too late…to be friends with you….You’re still an innocent.” A whole song dedicated to an idiot that did something bad to you? Come on, Taylor, you can do better than that! Actually, no, because that’s your whole song writing purpose: to sing about men that did you wrong. This performance was too deep for the VMAs. We should all forgive and forget. It’s been a year already! Get over it, Taylor!
In the skit for Best New Artist In a Video, Chelsea Handler chases Justin Bieber for his hair, thinking it’s a wig and he’s like “Weren’t you my baby sitter?”. Justin is hilarious! He thinks that every 30+ year old woman was his baby sitter once.
The douchebags from The Jersey Shore were on stage in a hot tub and Snooki dared Chelsea to join them by calling her “Bitch”. Very classy of our Snooks, for sure! The moment Chelsea got in the tub, The Situation made one of his mind blowing remarqes: “We got a Situation!”. It’s like that’s the most interesting thing he can say. It’s gotta be sad to be so limited. The funny part was when Chelsea got out of the hot tub with a big fake belly, suggesting she was pregnant. Again, “We got a Situation!”…It was annoying 5 minutes ago! Now someone has to shoot this guy!
B.O.B. had a great performance with Haley Williams and Bruno Mars and Haley sang “Only Exception”. I loved how one song went into the other. Pefect mash-up! It was a shame they didn’t win anything, hence the many nominations.
The winner for Best New Artist in a Video went to Justin Bieber who couldn’t find the stage and he looked like my cat when I hide his toy frog! Justin Bieber has comedy potential so, Disney, hit him up! Nobody threw a water bottle…boring!
Cher announced the winner for Video of The Year in her “If I could turn back time” outfit that now seems ok for MTV. Back when she was young, she was like the Lady Gaga of the MTV stone age. Speaking of Lady Gaga, she won the award for her “Bad Romance” video. She accepted her award wearing a meat dress that PETA isn’t going to be too happy about and asking Cher to hold her meat purse. Indeed, that is an odd request. Lady Gaga said that she was nervous that she would let her fans down if she didn’t win. She revealed the name of her new up-coming record called “Born this way” and immediately bursted into tune “I’m beautiful in my way ’cause God makes no mistakes…”. The acceptance speech was beautiful and she started crying and reminded the fans how much she loves them.
Kanye West wraped up the night with his “Toast for the douchebags”. At first, I thought he was talking about himself, being the self absorbed ass hole that he is. But it seemed that the song was adressed to Taylor Swift. “You’ve been putting up with my s–t for way too long,” he sang to close out the night. “Let’s have a toast for the douchebags/ Let’s have a toast for the a-holes/ Let’s have a toast for the scumbags.” I guess they’re even!
The night had great performances from Eminem, Rihanna, B.O.B, Haley Williams, Bruno Mars, Drake and Mary J. Blige.
Here’s the complete list of winners for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards:
• Video of the Year: “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• Female Video: “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• Male Video: “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• Rock Video: “Kings and Queens,” 30 Seconds to Mars
• Pop Video: “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• Hip-Hop Video: “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• Collaboration: “Telephone,” Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé
• Dance Video: “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• Choreography: “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• Editing: “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• Direction: “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• Special Effects: “Uprising,” Muse
• Art Direction: “Dog Days Are Over,” Florence + the Machine
• Cinematography: “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
All in all, the award show should have been called The MTV Gaga Music Awards, because she was the centre of atention tonight! And congratulations to Chelsea Handler for hosting the show! She did a great job! Girl power FTW!
Să-mi pară rău că am o părere? În niciun caz! September 11, 2010
Posted by Anca in Uncategorized.Tags: blog, din astea, me, nu, prostie
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De când mult mai multă lume cunoscută (mie) îmi citește blogul, am început să primesc mai multe reproșuri decât încurajări. Sunt conștientă că nu pot mulțumi pe toată lumea, dar asta nu înseamnă că va trebui să scriu la comandă despre floricele pe câmpii și cât de frumoasă e România. Comunismul a murit, dar unii oameni încă se simt deranjați de mesaje ceva mai nonconformiste (da, ăsta era cuvântul! 10 minute am stat să mă gândesc la el). Nu pot spune că blogul meu e echivalent unui jurnal super intim.
După mine, blogul e cel mai ecologic, util și la îndemână loc unde pot însemna evenimente, gânduri sau idei importante (pentru mine) fără să adaug un penibil “Dragă jurnalule, azi mă simt de căcat pentru că am căzut în cap…”. Sunt multe lucruri pe care NU le împărtășesc pe blog, pentru că nu e aici locul lor. Pentru asta există relațiile interpersonale, comunicarea cu o ființă care are empatie…din astea.
Oamenii au continuat să judece, chiar dacă avem pretenția să ne numim democrați. Bătrânii noștri sunt oameni chinuiți, înțeleg și accept asta, dar din partea lor vin cele mai răutăcioase remarce (mersi, Dyna!). După părerea mea, bătrânii sunt cei mai buni editorialiști. Ei le-ar da câteva lecții bune jurnaliștilor care lucrează de ani buni în redacții. Dacă vrei un strop de culoare în editorialul tău, cere părerea unui bătrân supărat pe viață. Nu am vrut să fiu răutăcioasă, ci doar realistă. Unii bătrâni sunt chiar simpatici, dar îi văd rar și nu vorbesc mult cu ei. Cred că a fost mult mai sănătos așa.
Normal că nu mă simt bine când aud reproșuri, mai ales cele referitoare la ceea ce scriu. Comentariile negative mă deranjează, că doar nu-s de piatră. Încerc să nu le pun atât de tare la suflet, dar nu pot să le ignor. E enervant când cineva presupune că a scrie pe blog e egal cu a te expune. Nu prea o pot numi expunere. Aici nu am cele mai profunde gânduri și sentimente și nici poze indecente (cum au unii pe rețele sociale gen hi5, facebook, myspace). Cineva a sugerat că ăsta e un jurnal. Nu chiar! Cum am mai spus, e un loc unde îmi spun părerea despre diverse chestii. Deja devine obositor că trebuie să mă repet.
Exercițiu de imaginație: cum ar fi dacă mi-aș șterge blogul? I-ar păsa cuiva? Poate doar mie, pentru că e ceva ce mi-a aparținut cândva. Sunt prea lașă să încerc, deși la nervi, am avut tentativa asta. Bine că s-a găsit cineva să mă oprească.
Am bătut câmpii de câteva sute de cuvinte când tot ce vroiam să transmit era ceea ce am scris în titlu. Nu îmi pare rău că am o opinie, dar regret când văd unele reacții foarte dure la ceea ce scriu. Dragi oameni care nu înțeleg, ăsta nu e un jurnal. E doar un blog unde administratorul său (în cazul de față, eu) dezbate diverse teme și idei. Nu e un jurnal intim. E o diferență.
Știu că am bătut câmpii, dar simțeam nevoia de a scrie.
Lady Gaga wasn’t here before the world! Get over it! September 8, 2010
Posted by Anca in Ideas.Tags: attention whore, Christina Aguilera, copy cat, Grace Jones, Gwen Stefani, influence, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, music, SNL
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A while back I was stating that I was the biggest Lady Gaga fan out there. I liked the fact that she wasn’t afraid to take risks in music or fashion and she seemed original. After everyone became Gaga crazy, fans started to accuse a bunch of old school female singers that they were copying Lady Gaga.
Christina Aguilera
The former Mickey Mouse star grew up to become one of the most edgy pop stars out there. In 2002 she let out her Dirty side with the “Stripped” album. With less and less clothes on, the pop princess took the risk of being called an attention whore. She didn’t mind the bad press because she knew that she was being true to who she was. Christina claimed that she had always had a dirty side to her and the world had to see it sooner or later. When she launched the “Not Myself Tonight” music video in April 2010, people labelled her as a Lady Gaga wannabe. When did blonde hair and red lips become a Lady Gaga fashion statement? This combination was popular way before Gaga was even born! The first reference of this fashion that comes to my mind is Marilyn Monroe. And I believe that’s the original inspiration for all blonde pop stars after 1980.
Back to Christina: she tried all kinds of looks. Blonde hair, black hair, braids, perms…you name it! She had it all! So nobody could say that she tried to copy a certain celebrity. Like any other person, she must have looked for inspiration in the style of other icons such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Carole Lombard, Greta Garbo, Veronica Lake and the list may continue…
Christina Aguilera was never a copy cat. She was here before Lady Gaga and that says a lot. The fact that she chose to support blonde hair and red lips confirms that that’s the key of succes in music and acting and that you never go wrong with them! That doesn’t mean she is the only one who can wear this style.
Madonna
I never managed to say something concrete about Madonna, except for the fact that she is one of the biggest revolutions in music history. Her music, her hair, her fashion…she inspired many artists and some of them don’t mind admitting to that. Lady Gaga was one of them. In “Alejandro”, the similarities with Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and “Human Nature” are so obious, they could cut glass. A lot of people gave their two cents about this video comparing it to Madonna’s and I believe they said enough. I don’t believe Lady Gaga is trying to be Madonna. She may be one of her biggest fans and her music and look is a tribute to the Queen of Pop. I’m just guessing.
The two pop stars made a cameo on Saturday Night Live in October 2009. They simulated a cat fight to give the people what they wanted to see and put a stop to the rumours that the two were in some kind of a diva rivalry.
Gwen Stefani
1986 was the year No Doubt debuted on the music stage. Also, 1986 was the year Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga) was born. This is the first coincidence that caught my eye. The second is that Gwen’s last name, Stefani, coincides with Lady Gaga’s first name.
I was watching one of Gwen’s videos on youtube, and I noticed that people in the comment section were comparing Lady Gaga to her. Besides the blonde hair and red lips, I can’t see the similarities. Gwen was always fashionable in a good way, and Lady Gaga sometimes tends to go into the trashy side of fashionable. Of course, both of them have clothing lines. What celebrity these days doesn’t have at least a perfume, clothing line or something like that?
If I would have to chose between the two singers, I would go for Gwen Stefani without blinking. She is one of the coolest female artists in the industry, her voice is amazing, her performances are always awesome, she is creative without whoring out. Gwen Stefani was fashionable without being obnoxious. The most shocking thing about her was the pink hair in the ’90s and when she kissed a man in the “Cool” video (for the sake of art). On the other hand, Lady Gaga did everythig she could to get attention and it seems that people are already sick of it.
Lady Gaga might have had other inspirations (like Grace Jones that was too scary for me to review here), but I wanted to point out her main three. It’s annoying to see how people bicth about Christina Aguilera that she’s the copy cat when Gaga began her career in 2006. Not everyone is trying to be Lady Gaga. It seems like you can’t release a song or support a new look without being compared to her. I wish the stars would be treated as individuals before being judged by how much Lady Gaga-ness they have in them.
Să-mi trăiești, blogule!:) September 4, 2010
Posted by Anca in Passions.Tags: 2, back in time, beginning, biggest passion, blog, din astea, Happy Birthday, me, Savetheworld
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My Own Moon crește văzând cu ochii. Întâmplător am verificat de când am început să postez și am văzut “5 septembrie 2008″. Până acum nu am serbat ziua blogului și rău îmi pare. Îmi iau revanșa pe 5 septembrie 2010 când propria mea lună împlinește doi anișori. Sincer, nu știu când a trecut timpul. Mă simt ca un părinte care e mândru de copilul lui pentru că a realizat firescul: a strâns ceva ani la bord.
Când am început să scriu pe blog, nu prea vroiam ca multă lume să știe de el pentru că nu eram stăpână pe mine și pe ce postam aici. Inițial, vroiam să fie un blog în limba engleză și mă gândeam că nimeni nu se va prinde că sunt eu cea care postează. Mare prostie, pentru că oricum lumea mă știa fană Sailor Moon, lunatică și ca Miss Brightside, deci “secretul” meu era dat în vileag numai de numele blogului. Articolele mele de la început nu erau prea ample, ba aveam zile în care doar postam un filmuleț interesant de pe youtube. Alteori postam desene de-ale mele. Totuși ideea de blog nu era suficient de bine conturată pentru mine. La un moment dat, l-am făcut public. A fost ok pentru că lumea tot nu îl citea, dar nici eu nu prea postam.
Oana lansase o leapșă prin care să vorbim despre prietenele noastre și de ce le iubim. Fusese pentru prima dată când scriam în română și am primit feedback pozitiv. Țin minte că după ce am scris acea postare, am primit cele mai multe vizualizări, 92. Pentru mine era foarte mult pe vremea aia, în iunie 2009. După aceea, am continuat să scriu atât în engleză, cât și în română. Mă atașasem de lumea virtuală unde puteam vorbi fără să fiu întreruptă. Pentru mine conta treaba asta, deoarece oamenii au darul enervant de a mă întrerupe când povestesc ceva. Așadar, un blog mi-a venit mânușă! Știu, sunt o tristă din cauza asta, dar mai bine o tristă cu blog decât o tristă fără niciun refugiu!
În iulie 2009 am început să-mi încerc norocul la diverse concursuri care au avut loc în blogosferă. Unul din ele presupunea să vorbim despre desenul copilăriei noastre. Nu am câștigat concursul, dar am primit feedback pozitiv în urma publicării articolului despre Sailor Moon. Eroina mea a devenit lait-motivul blogului, într-un fel sau altul. Credeam că majoritatea articolelor publicate vor avea legătură cu Sailor Moon. Într-adevăr, multe au avut, dar majoritatea au fost frustrări post-adolescentine, desene, poze cu pisoi, recenzii de videoclipuri sau emisiuni tv preferate. Până la urmă, blogul nu a avut o temă anume. Era blogul meu unde eu scriam despre tot ce mă tăia capul. Un alt concurs la care am participat cu mare succes a fost “Artistul meu preferat”, organizat de hotcity.ro. Am scris un articol despre geniala Kelly Clarkson, articol care mi-a adus ca premiu cartea “Michael Jackson – Legend, Hero, Icon. A Tribute to the King of Pop”. Mulțumesc, HotCity!
Cine mă cunoaște de când vârsta mea începea cu cifra 1 știe că am un tic verbal când ceva mă enervează sau pur și simplu nu iese cum vreau eu. Acel tic e cuvântul “căcat”, care s-a regăsit și în tagurile din dreapta. Unele lucruri par să nu se schimbe niciodată; nici când se presupune că te maturizezi. Alte subiecte pe care ador să le abordez sunt ce prostii mai fac vedetele din afară sau din țară. Astfel, pasiunea mea pentru jurnalismul de entertainment s-a accentuat și mai mult și sper să am ocazia să îmi văd articolele în reviste de profil. Nu îmi place să scriu neapărat de rău de oameni. Sunt și unele ființe pe care le admir pentru ceea ce fac și acele persoane merită locul lor special în rubrica “Web Inspiration”. Acolo redactez articole în engleză despre oamenii de pe youtube, de regulă, care fac carieră din pasiunea lor. Într-o zi vreau să ajung și eu ca acești oameni. Nu îi numesc degeaba inspirații!
Blogul m-a ajutat să mă exprim mult mai ușor prin scris, mai ceva ca un jurnal. Deși nu împărtășesc idei/probleme/situații foarte intime, blogul e net superior jurnalului, cel puțin din perspectiva mea. Sună ciudat, dar simt că aici pot colora cum vreau situațiile și povestirile.
Cred că e suficientă retrospectivă după doi ani. Pentru alte detalii, citiți și restul articolelor!:) Vreau să le mulțumesc celor care mă citesc. Îmi dați senzația că nu vorbesc singură și că alocați câteva minute să lecturați gândurile mele transpuse aici. Mi-ar plăcea ca lumea să comenteze mai des. Un pic de feedback nu strică niciodată!
În concluzie…La mulți ani, blogule! Să-mi trăiești și să dea domnu să nu mă părăsească inspirația, că tare îmi place să scriu aici!:)
Dor de decada lui ’90 (Muzica) September 1, 2010
Posted by Anca in Songs.Tags: 90s, Andre, Aqua, Blink 182, Britney, childhood, Christina Aguilera, Garbage, Lady Gaga, music, No doubt, one hit wonders, Songs, youtube
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Deși eram doar un copil în acea decadă, am reușit să mă bucur de cele mai bune lucruri pe care le-a avut de oferit acea perioadă (în afară de nașterea lui frati-miu în martie 1990; aia e singura perioadă a anilor ’90 pe care o blestem). La începutul lui 2000, magia anilor ’90 a început să dispară treptat și am avut parte de foarte mari porcării în muzică și televiziune. Să nu zic ce epave sunt muzica și televiziunea lui 2010, atât în România cât și peste hotare…
În anii ’90 am avut parte de o explozie în lumea muzicală. Atunci s-au născut trupe memorabile, dar care, în prezent nu mai există. Până să învăț engleza suficient de bine ca să înțeleg despre ce cântă străinii, m-am delectat cu muzica autohtonă: 3 Sud-Est, Andre, Valahia, Genius, Gaz pe Foc și A.S.I.A sunt doar câteva exemple care îmi vin în minte în momentul ăsta. Cum am spus mai devreme, niciuna din aceste trupe nu mai există pe piață. Probabil pentru că a murit farmecul anilor ’90 care nu mai sunt la fel dacă sunt transpuși în prezent. Copil fiind, le-am ascultat și agreat muzica. Până când s-au despărțit și m-am maturizat și eu. Îmi aduc aminte un moment haios de prin ’98 au ’99 când tata ne-a dus la un concert de-ale trupei Andre. Tipele erau pe scenă agitându-și echipamentul și chinuindu-se să scoată un playback decent când tata îmi spune la ureche: “Știi că și ele fac caca?”. Evident, știam că și fetele de la Andre erau oameni, dar niciodată nu mi-am imaginat că vedetele au nevoi ca oamenii de rând. Țin să îi mulțumesc lui tata că m-a ajutat să văd viața mai realist. Ăsta a fost un prim pas spre a fi obiectiv și realist, bănuiesc. I-am amintit, de curând, lui tata de faza asta și a fost uimit că am avut o memorie așa bună. S-a amuzat și el de ce prostie putea să spună în mijlocul unui concert.
O altă dezamăgire, pe lângă faptul că am aflat că fetele de la Andre se cacă, a fost playback-ul. Nu îmi închipuiam că exista o alternativă pentru cântatul propriu-zis. De atunci, începusem să elimin din lista mea de preferințe “artiștii” care recurgeau la playback. Nu acceptam scuze, mai ales pentru că îmi dădeau impresia că oameni fără voce ca mine pot face o carieră din asta (probabil asta a fost și impresia INNEI). Oricum, muzica românească părea să nu mă mulțumească cu versurile sale cvasi-penibile și muzica prea computerizată, așa că mi-am îndreptat atenția spre trupele și cântăreții de peste hotare.
Una din trupele străine care mi-a atras atenția în mod deosebit a fost No Doubt cu videoclipul “Ex Girlfriend”. Gwen Stefani mi se părea superbă în perioada aia. O admiram pentru curajul de a-și vopsi părul roz și în secret visam să ajung ca ea: frumoasă, de succes și membra celei mai tari trupe rock a momentului. După vizionarea acelui clip, am găsit alte melodii care mi-au atras atenția și care m-au făcut să pun trupa No Doubt în topul meu de “All Time Favourites”. Pentru mine, trupa No Doubt nu a fost niciodată destrămată. Având în vedere că Gwen era cea care ținea trupa pe picioare, faptul că ea a scos câteva albume solo a fost o emancipare pentru ea. Momentan, trupa e bine mersi și mă aștept să fie din ce în ce mai geniali!
Nici nu știu cum să încep a spune că ador trupa Garbage. Și nici nu-mi aduc aminte când a apărut pasiunea mea pentru trupa de origine scoțiană. “Only Happy When It Rains” a fost și este un imn pentru copilul depresat de vară și fericit când vine toamna. Acel copil sunt eu, evident. Shirley Manson e o altă femeie de pe scena rock-ului care e superbă fără a fi nevoie să se dezbrace pe scenă și să-și vândă sufletul diavolului. În 1998, trupa lansează melodia “Special”. De fiecare dată când aud o melodie pe nume “Special”, zâmbesc. Adoram cuvântul ăsta când eram mică, probabil pentru că era un atribut la care tindeam. Nu a fost melodie Garbage care să nu-mi placă. Trupa asta a fost una din preferatele mele, din anii ’90 până în prezent. Abia aștept noul album! Da, și trupa Garbage se ține bine!
Recunosc că la sfârșitul anilor ’90 mi-a plăcut mai mult de Christina Aguilera. Motivul era simplu: pentru că prea multă lume o adora pe Britney Spears și pentru că Aguilera chiar avea voce. “Hit me baby one more time” a fost un succes imens, dar “Gennie in a bottle” mi-a atras atenția mai mult. După ce am înțeles mai bine limba engleză, mi-am dat seama că versurile erau destul de scandaloase. Nu-i de mirare că ambele prințese ale muzicii pop au luat-o pe drumuri nu tocmai creștine. Britney s-a căsătorit cu un idiot, a făcut doi copii, s-a ales cu o reputație de mamă rea și acum așteaptă o relansare. Cu toate astea, prefer să îmi amintesc de ea ca prințesa pop a anilor ’90. Pe de altă parte, Christina Aguilera a declarat că ea oricum e mai curviștină de fel și astfel, în 2002 și-a dat arama pe față cu albumul “Stripped”.
Nu vreau să deviez prea mult de la subiect. Cert e că ambele mi-au marcat copilăria din anii ’90 când erau cât de cât inocente. Le știam versurile pe de rost și vroiam să merg în SUA la unul din concertele lor. Astea erau visele mele de copil din anii ’90 când venea vorba de trupele străine. Ca pe orice copilă, m-a atins și muzica celor de la Backstreet Boys și N*Sync, dar nu ca pe o fanatică descreierată. Am fost mai mare fan Blink 182 și al melodiei care ridiculiza pop-ul anilor ’90: “All the small things”. Un clasic pe care îl fredonez și acum cu mult drag.
I’m a blonde single girl in the fantasy world
Dress me up, take your time, I’m your dollie
You’re my doll, rock and roll, feel the glamour and pain
Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky
Mereu am crezut că versurile erau “I’m a blonde bimbo girl…” care, după părerea mea, se potriveau mult mai bine fetei portretizate în videoclipul “Barbie Girl” al trupei Aqua. În 1997, piesa asta făcea ravagii. I-a bușit imaginea păpușii Barbie, dar nu i-a mâncat din popularitate. I-a sporit-o ridiculizând-o în același timp. Versurile erau superficiale, dar melodia era foarte catchy și nu avea cum să nu te obsedeze! Alte melodii memorabile ale trupei erau “Dr Jones”, “My Oh My” sau “Cartoon Heroes”. Mi-au făcut copilăria mai colorată și m-am bucurat că am avut parte de muzică faină în anii ’90.
În anii ’90 am avut parte de cele mai multe “One hit wonders” în muzică. Cine nu-și aduce aminte de “Macarena” a celor de la Los del Rio? Nu au mai scos nimic memorabil de atunci, dar “Macarena” a avut un succes fulminant pe întreg mapamondul. Melodia celor de la Right Said Fred, “I’m too sexi” domină catwalk-urile și acum, dar trupa nu mai există. În ceea ce privește rap-ul, cred că toată lumea a auzit de scandaloasă piesă “Baby got back” de la Sir-mix-a-lot, care aducea un așa-zis omagiu femeilor cu rotunjimi.
Deep Blue Something au lansat în 1996 piesa “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” și de atunci…nimic notabil. Păcat! Promiteau. Și cum am putea uita de celebrul “Coco Jamboo” care ne râcâie pe creier și în 2010? În ultimul an al decadei auzeam de Eagle-Eye Cherry cu a lor “Save tonight” și îmi pare rău că a fost ultimul lor hit notabil. Anul 1999 s-a încheiat cu unul din cele mai cunoscute hituri ale decadei….unicul Lou Bega cu al său “Mambo Nr. 5″.
Mai mult ca sigur am ratat momente memorabile ale anilor ’90, dar e cam greu să acoperi 10 ani într-un singur articol. Dacă îmi amintesc de vreo trupă super pe parcurs, îi voi dedica un articol nou, cu siguranță!
Ceva îmi spune că trendul anilor ’90 revine în muzică. Lady Gaga îmi confirmă asta în “Alejandro”, care are influențe Ace of Base și Madonna.
