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Best voices on Youtube September 20, 2010

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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.

Cameron Marion

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!

Avery

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!

Sam Tsui and Kurt Schneider

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?

David Choi

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!

Web Inspiration #3: Shane Dawson September 16, 2010

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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!

Dor de decada lui ’90 (Muzica) September 1, 2010

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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.

Chris Brown traumatised Rihanna. You can feel it in the songs! August 15, 2010

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Ever since I heard the news that Chris Brown had beaten Rihanna in Febuary 2009, I wished for justice to be made. Justice was made, Chris did some time in the slammer, but he and Rihanna were still dating. In these moments you start wondering who’s the one with the problem. Why would anyone still date the one that hit them? RiRi needed help! Oprah told her that if he hit her once, he would hit her again. Rihanna should have listened to Oprah and give Brown the boot right away.

Oprah knows what she’s talking about because as a child she was abused by her father and brother. She couldn’t have given them the boot because they were living under the same roof, but RiRi wasn’t forced to remain in the same house as Chris. Rihanna actually had a choice! Oprah didn’t. Still, Rihanna forgave Chris but after some time they eventually split. Seems like it wasn’t a match made in heaven after all and they went on separate ways. I don’t understand why she didn’t dump him after the actual beating? Ass holes like Chris Brown don’t deserve a second chance. Whoever hits a girl should have his arms cut off. How are you going to hit her now, jerk?

I’ve a had some people tell me that some women beat men too, but everyone knows that those cases are rare. Besides, most women are not as strong as the average man. If a woman even slaps a man, he would punch her. Unless he’s well mannered and knows that YOU NEVER HIT A GIRL! Nowadays, especially in my post-comunist country, men hit women like there’s no tomorrow and act like it’s a normal thing. It’s like something that makes the women feel like they’re in a marriage. That’s just stupid and domestic violence must be stopped! The world needs education in that direction.

Back to Rihanna now! After Chris Brown beat her, her music really started to suck! I believe his behaviour actually had something to do with this. Remember how everyone loved the beautiful cover girl in “Umbrella” and how we couldn’t get enough of that song? Now we have songs like “Rude boy” that is succesful but the lyrics are terrible. Not to mention RiRi’s hair! What the hell happened to that awesome black bob? She rocked that look! Blonde hair doesn’t suit her at all! Also, the immage of a wannabe slut also kills the innocent easy breazy cover girl we all knew and loved.

The fact that Chris Brown hit her makes me feel bad for her. But how can she get over the trauma by making songs about ass holes that might need Viagra?

Come here, rude boy, boy; can you get it up?
Come here rude boy, boy; is you big enough?

I’m just sayin’! Maybe this is the new method of getting over an ex that beat you. Was this song a dedication to Chris Brown or do you actually need another ass hole rude boy? Was he in need of some blue pill or did you want to test out another bully’s “loving skills”? Even from the first lyric this song is confusing. We have no idea who she’s singing about. Maybe further on in the song we’ll get an idea or something…

Boy, I want, want, want whatchu want, want, want
Give it to me, baby like boom, boom, boom
What I want, want, want is what you want, want, want
Nah nah-ah

Now it seems that RiRi either wants sado-maso lovin’ or she actually wants to blow up. Or she wants more punches. Did that idiot traumatise her that bad in order for her to sing about bad guys and “boom boom boom” being given to her? Rihanna, it’s ok! Now you can sing about umbrellas again and you can forget everything about that crazy mofo of an ex-boyfriend. Please, don’t become addicted to bad guys!

So giddy-up; time to get it up: you say you a rude boy: show me what you got now

Seriously? You want a rude boy to show you what he’s got? You may not live to remember. Rude boys are known for punching the life out girls. You really want that to happen to you? Especially when you should be loved, not beaten to death in your bed! Trust me, you really don’t want to see what he’s got. A stronger hit, that’s what! And it may have your name on it! So run, RiRi, run! Run for your life!

Rihanna’s duet with Eminem for “Love the way you lie” also shows that RiRi didn’t recover from the abuse.

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that’s all right because I like the way it hurts

Again with the hurt and how she loves it! This is just not cool! The song is great, from an artistic angle, but she shouldn’t embrace all these negative emotions. Toxic relationships are not good for anyone and that’s what this song is about. People embrace the pain and start to love it. Maybe Rihanna’s subconscious still remembers what Chris Brown did and tries to transform the pain into love.

I feel sorry for her. She’s a nice a girl that deserves more and most of all, she deserves to move on and find a non-abusive guy that will love her unconditionally. Also, I wish she would go back to her Umbrella days. That was the rise of her career.

Good luck in love rehab, RiRi! And lay off the rude boys!

My favourite TV shows #1: Friends July 25, 2010

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Where do I even start? I love a lot of TV shows and each of them makes me chortle or cry, because I like extremes- both emotional and hilarious. Also, if a show has great music in it, consider me a fan already! This is the first episode of this series.

Friends

This show makes me laugh every time! Who can ever forget Joey’s “How you doin’?” catch phrase? I once saw a medley of him saying that and, boy, was it funny! Each Friends character is unique in its own way and they need one another to mentain the amuzing situations. Monica is obsessed with cleaning, Ross is known as the nerdy divorcer, Rachel is the spoiled popular girl, Pheobe is the psyhic musician, Joey the Casanova doofus and Chandler is the one who cracks jokes when he’s unconfortable.

Friends aired for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004 and it guarantees 20 to 22 minutes of laughter for every episode. The show isn’t only funny, but very relatable. If you’re in your 20s or 30s, there is certainly a Friends character you can see yourself in. I, for one, see myself as Chandler Bing, the one with a messed up family and a satirical sense of humour who makes jokes in akward situations. One of my best friends relates more to Joey Tribbiani, with her love for food, acting and the abuse of the “How you doin’?” line. In the show, Joey and Chandler were roomates and also best friends, so I can understand how she and I clicked.

There isn’t a Friends character I don’t love. I love Rachel Green for her her evolution throughout the show. In the beginning, she was the spoiled “daddy’s girl”, but till the end of the show she made a career in fashion, had a baby with Ross, the one she had an on/off relationship for the entire 10 seasons. Ross has had a crush on Rachel during her high school days, when he was in college and Rachel was Monica’s best friend. Ross was married to Carol, who turned out to be a lesbian. The two had a son named Ben. Ross never got over Rachel. Therefore, in season 4, Ross marries Emily, his British girlfriend.  At the ceremony, however, Ross says Rachel’s name instead of Emily’s during the vows. And there you have divorce number two! The third divorce occured after marying Rachel while both of them were drunk in Vegas.

Monica Geller is Ross’s little sister and Chandler’s wife as of season 7. Monica used to be overweight during her teenage years and she was constantly made fun of for that. She often felt neglected by her family. Her parents never thought she would end up getting married, so the “Monica Wedding Fund” was spent on the family beach house, even though her mother always nagged her about getting married. In the group, she is known as the Mother Hen and her apartment is one of the six friends’  main gathering places. Her husband-to-be suggested that she should become a chef, and that was her job until the season finale. Monica always wanted a family and children, but both her and Chandler were infertile so they decided to adopt. They eventually adopted twins- Erica and Jack Bing. The girl was named after the birth mother and the boy after Monica’s father.

One of the funnies moments of the pre-couple Monica and Chandler that made me chortle:

One of the sweetest people on this show was Pheobe. I say sweet because she seems to be like a kid that never wants to grow up, but she also has her moments of wisdom. She had a rough childhood and lived on the streets until the age of 13 when her mother had killed herself. Pheobe also has a twin sister, Ursula and a half brother, Frank. Her relationship with her twin sister was never really close. On the other hand, she gets to bond more with little brother Frank when she accepts to be the surrogate mother for his and his wife’s triplets: Chandler, Frank Jr Jr and Leslie. While pregnant, she enjoyed seeing people’s reactions after telling them, “I’m having my brother’s children”. Pheobe is a masseuse and a self taught musician. Her hit song on the show was “Smelly cat”, that becomes both a jingle for a kitty litter commercial (performed by another singer) and a serious commercial release (also not sung by her). Pheobe is a vegetarian and  does not eat “food with a face”. She is also against wearing fur coats, though she believes to look good in them. In season 10 she marries Mike Hannigan, whom she was introduced to by Joey in season 9.

Joey Tribbiani is a simple minded actor who played Dr. Drake Ramoray on Days of Our Lives and always reminded people about that role when he wanted to get noticed or impress someone. Joey comes fron an Italian American family of 8, of which he was the only male. Joey is a “stereotypical” actor: oversexed, under-educated and constantly looking for work. He was ordained as a minister in The One with the Truth About London, and officiated at both Monica and Chandler and Phoebe and Mike’s weddings. Joey was Chandler’s roomate until Chandler moved in with Monica. While living together, they bought a chick and a duck together, whom Chandler had named Yasmine and Dick, respectively. Joey had a one week fling with Rachel, but they decided to be just friends at the end. Joey’s famous pickup line was “How you doin’?” that worked almost every time on the ladies he was flirting with. Unfortunately, it didn’t work on Chandler:

He was the only one of the 6 friends that remained unmarried and he had his own show “Joey” where he pursues his acting career in Hollywood.

Now it’s time to talk in more detail about Chandler Bing, my personal favourite character of the show. I relate to him the most because I also try to make a joke when I’m unconfortable and I also hate social situations when I have nothing to say. Chandler comes from a disfunctional family. His dad was a transvestite who slept with a servant when Chandler was a kid. The fact that Charles Bing became gay led to Chandler’s parents divorcing. Chandler’s famous catchphrase is  “Could I be more…?” with emphasys on the “be”. Throughout the show, Chandler claims he started using humor as a defense mechanism when his parents broke up, and tends to make jokes when he is nervous. Chandler’s middle name is Muriel and he often got picked on because of it. He claimed it was a family name coming from his father’s part of the family.

This is one of the best Chandler Bing moments ever, in my opinion:

All in all, Friends is one of the best shows that had ever aired. It made me realize that humour is a great way to get trough life and that friends are the ones who make your life worth wile. I dedicate this post to all my real friends!

Web Inspiration #2: Michelle Phan July 17, 2010

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“Success comes in cans, not cant’s”  is what number 1 beauty guru Michelle Phan says on her youtube page. Maybe that was her motto when she started posting beauty tutorials, back in 2007.

Vietnamese-American make up artist  Michelle Phan is one of the most beautiful girls on the web and her dream is “to help women empower themselves with this art, makeup”. Another beautiful quote that Michelle shared on her page was “Are you chasing your dreams? Or are your dreams chasing you?”. Michelle started posting videos recorded by her MacBook three years ago and now one of her dreams of becoming a professional make up artist has come true. So her quote may have something to do with her career going through the roof. From posting low quality videos (and I’m not talking about the content quality) to becoming Lancôme’s first video make-up artist takes a lot of work and perseverce, and Michelle had it!

As a long time subscriber and supporter of her channel, I am very happy for her! Too bad other people trash her channel with comments like “You’ve changed, you are a sellout!” or “Lancôme is expensive and they test on animals!”. I know Michelle is a big animal lover and would never advertise for a brand that tests on animals, so people should really stop judging her choice to support this brand. It was her dream and no Internet bully should say what she would do or not! In her “My Exciting News!” video she seems so happy about her dream coming true and she explains what being the first Lancôme video make up artist implies. I’m happy if she’s happy! This is any young girl’s dream and she made it there! Good for her!

Michelle’s page has almost 200 milion upload views and she is the first most subscribed guru on youtube. With over 800.000 subscribers it’s clear that her dreams are starting to chase her. Michelle Phan doesn’t let all the fame get to her. She also has a charity channel where she posts bloopers from her tutorials and “Every month, a selected charity from the viewer’s request will receive all of the profit accumulated from this channel”. Not only beautiful, but also kind and generous! That’s the Michelle Phan youtube knows and loves!

Why is she my web inspiration? Because ever since I started doing my make up following her advice, I feel more confident and I don’t consider myself that ugly anymore. I was pleasently surprised when Michelle did a Sailor Moon tutorial. Sailor Moon is my childhood hero and I never thought you can recreate the manga look onto your own human face! Well here is where Michelle proved me wrong! I love the look and I hope I’ll get to try it once! The ending of the video is very inspirational. It made me cry, so prepare your tissues before viewing it!

Michelle has a potty trained bunny called Mr. Bun Bun that is just adorable! No wonder her other screen name is RiceBunny! The little rascal even sleeps besides her. I could only dream of such a pet! This picture is from Michelle’s twitpic. Prepare for ultimate cuteness:

Michelle Phan’s youtube channel has videos for every ocasion. You name it: prom, graduation, wedding, make up for glasses, smokey eyes and so on and so forth… She has already done it. And let’s not mention the amazing Lady Gaga inspired make up tutorials! One word: amazing! I can bearly wait for her next tutorial! Even though I believe she can’t be even more amazing than in her previous video, Michelle is there to prove me wrong once again! 101 videos posted in 3 years seems so few to us addicted viewers who want new looks and ideas from this amazing artist!

The ricebunny who is done chasing her dreams deserves her #1 place in the guru charts and I wish her all the best. And thank you, Michelle! Thank you for inspiring me to experiment with make up and believe that every girl can be beautiful! Never let the haters bring you down!

Web Inspiration #1: Michael Buckley June 29, 2010

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I’m trying to start a new blog series. I want to focus on the positive parts of life and write about people who inspire me and make me believe I can do more with my life. Of course I might mention a skank or two when they come to my attention, but now it’s time to showcase true talents and inspirations.

I’ve been browsing Youtube for as long as I can remember. I didn’t know that people made skits or actual shows there. I was looking up music videos or pieces of news about celebrities. While looking for some Miley Cyrus buzz, I came across a video with a photo of Miley as a thumbnail. The video was called “Hannah Montana Naughty Shower? Blame Demi Lovato & Selena Gomez!”. I admit it made me curious and I checked it out. I didn’t expect something in particular, but I was amazed at how funny and fast talking a person could be!

Michael Buckley had my attention from his show’s intro that goes like this: “Love you, bitch! I whip it out whenever I can. I don’t even know what that means. WHAT THE BUCK? I had to have it!”. That was hilarious and so original, even though he admitted the “I had to have it” part was from a comercial Sarah Jessica Parker did for a perfume. Still, he is awesome! WHAT THE BUCK SHOW is the most unconventional news show you’ve ever seen but you can’t help but laugh from the bottom of your heart! This 35-year-old entertainment journalist is originary from Conneticut, USA and has been posting Youtube videos since October 2006. First, he posted them on peron75 and from May 1st 2007, he started posting on WHATTHEBUCKSHOW in paralel.

Seeing how talented and funny Buck is, I said “I hade to have it!” and subscribed instantly! Everytime I see a new WHATTHEBUCK video in my subscription box, it’s like an important event which I must attend to! I enjoy his show and every Miley joke is like an early Christmas present! I also love Miley, but I love when I hear funny pieces of news about her! I learned the word “skank” from Buck and I use it with pride!

One of Buck’s best videos was “Lonelygirl15 is dead!”, commenting the fact that the character Bree was killed off in the season finale of the most popular web series back in 2007.

This man has the best lines ever! Some of my favourites include “Well you know how most people just don’t like me? Well I don’t like her! Her eyebrows are too big!”, “But she has a misterious secret: SHE HAS A PENIS!” and “I love you like I wanna take it up the but from you!”. I was speechless! His jokes have me in stiches every time! This man is too funny for Youtube! He should have his own website called Bucktube. That would be just awesome and I would be his number one fan! Not that I’m not that now…

Buck is not only funny, but also very empathic. He has another show on his vlog channel, peron75 that’s called “Dear Buck”. He answers his viewer’s questions and gives advice to those in need. With a Ph.D. in Degrassi, I’m sure he’s more than capable of giving great advice. Those Degrassi kids were really messed up!

Speaking of TV shows, thanks to Michael I started watching Glee, a TV show that made me remember how much I miss high school and how much I love musicals! Thank you, Buck! Glee was amazing! Can’t wait for the new season. I’m sure you’ll keep us posted. Thank you for replying to me on twitter about the show! That made me very happy!

Buck is always smiling and I can’t help but smile along. No matter how bad my day is, a WHATTHEBUCKSHOW episode always makes me forget about the bad things for a few minutes and that means a lot to me! I praise him for doing what he loves and living off this. That’s also my goal in life and I hope to achieve it!

My admiration for Michael Buckley is endless! He’s my source of entertainment and I love his videos! If I ever get the chance to get a career in entertainment journalism, I will always see him as an inspiration!

Pentru că orice prietenie începe cu o pizza June 8, 2010

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Azi a fost o zi lungă și obositoare, dar uite că în articolul ăsta nu îmi vine să mă plâng. Sigur, oameni de căcat sunt la tot pasul, dar fix ăia sunt cei care te ajută să îi apreciezi pe cei care îți aduc zâmbetul pe buze.

Ca să sar de la una la alta fără o logică prestabilită, sunt mare fan Friends. În ultima vreme vorbesc numai în citate din Friends și pe accente care mai de care mai variate. Persoana cu care vorbesc în astfel de citate e un wannabe Joey Tribianni care are cel mai haios “How you doin’?” de pe plaiurile mioritice! Am căzut de comun acord cu Măriuca să o trec Joey în agenda telefonului. Pentru că pur și simplu ascunde un pui de Tribianni în ea! Personajul din Friends cu care mă asemăn eu e Chandler, dar nu am să discut foarte mult despre asta pentru că articolul ăsta îi e dedicat Măriucăi și abilității ei excelente de a comanda pizza!

În drum spre casă:

Măriuca: Hai să comandăm pizza de acum!

Eu: Păi…

Măriuca: Ce e?

Eu: Nu…

Măriuca: Nu-ți știi adresa???

Eu: Hei! Abia m-am mutat, da? Știu că e în Sectorul 2 pe șoseaua Colentina. A, și în București!

Măriuca: Incredibil!

Detalii, detalii! Ajungem în fața blocului și facem poză la adresa de pe bloc ca să spunem celor de la pizza unde să vină. Măriuca sună să dea comanda.

Pizza Tei: Ați mai facut comandă la noi?
Mariuca: Nu..
Pizza Tei: Cum vă numiți?
Mariuca: Anca Petrescu
Pizza Tei: Numărul de telefon?
Mariuca: 0724.214….

La o adică, puteam să dau și eu comanda, dar cuiva îi place să se folosească de identitatea altora. O fi vreun vis ascuns de-al ei să aibă numele meu, sau cine știe care-i treaba?! În timpul în care comanda pizza pe numele meu, eu abia mă abțineam din râs.

Faza și mai haioasă a fost când a primit un telefon de la ăia cu pizza: “Doamna Anca Petrescu, v-a sosit comanda!”. Măriuca avea o privire de genul “cine dracului e Anca asta?”.

Revenind la paralela cu Joey și Chandler din Friends. Faptul că Măriuca s-a folosit de numele meu, mi-a adus aminte de ziua în care Joey și-a făcut programare la pensat pe numele lui Chandler. Totuși, nu a diminuat cu nimic penibilul situației. Auziși, Măriuco? Situația nu se poate plia pe cea din serial, dar înțelegi unde bat…

Haioasă zi! Mersi, “Joey”!:D

“You Tila, me Jane…you stupid, me fake!” June 5, 2010

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Tila Tequila needs a straight jacket! Wanting to be the center of attention all the time can make you do some crazy shit! Since her last appearence on the red carpet and at some parties, Tila Tequila hasn’t been getting as much press as she wanted. Today she took to her youtube page that her house had been broken into by Jane, who she claims is her other personality. The midget diva filmed the mess in her house emphasizing on her incredibly fake wounden and cut arm.

In these cases, the normal human being would call 911 or get some help. But no! She had to film everything, take pictures and add her watermark on the photo. Also she tweeted and blogged about it. You would need both your hands to tweet and blog and I can’t imagine a normal person doing that after being severly wounded. If what happened to you were real, you would have been in the hospital, not trying to prove to us that you’re hurt and your alterego has a whole conspiracy against you. Let’s be real! Oh, sorry, you can’t! Because you’re as fake as a bitch can get!

Tila Skankzilla posted an article and a photo of her alleged assault where she said she didn’t know how all this happened and that she dozed off and this Jane tried to kill her. After that she posted something about Eva Longoria Parker being sued by some club…her usual gossip crap. And then she must have remembered that her Jane prank had to continue so she posted the video on her blog aswell. In this post she assures her readers that it’s her, “the normal, sweet girl that cares about people” and not Jane. Oh, that made me ROFL, LMAO and LOL badly! What’s with all this crap? She must have planned this stunt for a long long time because it takes a lot of stupidity but also a lot of guts to put yourself out there like that.

She also reported to have locked the doors so Jane can’t come back to hurt her, but who knows when she’ll come back… Tila’s life is so sad it makes me chortle! I can’t figure out why someone would fuck up their own home to prove to someone they are sweet, innocent and real victims to the attacks of their alterego. This was, without a doubt, a publicity stunt to get even more attention, but it was also the biggest fail since her pregnancy and her boob job!

While I was watching the fake Jane attack I was eager to see her face and see her true reaction. If I would have seen some drama in her eyes, maybe I would have considered believing her. You can easily tell if she’s faking because she is the worse actress the world has ever seen.

Here’s the video. Try not to feel to sorry for her stupidity and have a good laugh. I know I did!

And that’s what happens when you don’t have a job, too much imagination and a bottle of fake blood around!

Google nu-i pentru toată lumea! May 21, 2010

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Am strâns peste 50 de screencaps cu ce a mai căutat lumea pe google de a dat peste blogul meu. Îi invidiez sincer pe oamenii cu o imaginație atât de bogată. Nici prin gând nu mi-ar trece să caut asemenea tâmpenii. Probabil pentru că imaginația mea nu a atins asemenea cote.

Hai să vedem cu ce ne amuzăm și pe cine aplaudăm:

Scuzați-mă, dar nu era youtube locul unde cauți tot felul de filmulețe cu tâmpiți dansând pe “Single Ladies”? De ce ai căuta pe google ceva ce vrei să găsești pe hi5? Și de ce ai ajuns pe blogul meu? Nu știi că cele mai relevante rezultate sunt primele? Bine, dar având în vedere că ai tastat cu picioarele și fără creier, nu mă mir că ai ajuns în locul nepotrivit. Dar eu te primesc cu drag, timid utilizator al Google-ului!

Nu e niciun secret că internetul e plin de perverși care caută o largă varietate de filme porno. Dar pe mine mă minunează cum de ajung aici. N-am filme porno cu femei și câini. Scârbos! Din nou observăm cum entuziasmul de a găsi filmul porno dorit a atins cote maxime, utilizatorul Google e mult prea nerăbdător să vadă dacă a scris bine. Și nu e primul de genul ăsta! Aveți grijă să scrieți “porno” corect, că altfel ajungeți de râsul lumii. Nu de alta, dar eu n-am ce face și îmi place să mă iau de oameni proști.

Recunosc: am fobie de clovni și nu-mi place Harry Potter. Am văzut câteva fragmente din film acum câțiva ani și eram gen: “boooring!”. Nu îmi plac filmele de genul ăsta. Singurul film/desen animat cu puteri super wow care mi-a plăcut a fost și este Sailor Moon. Atât!

Măi, oameni buni, lăsați-o în pace pe Miley! Se aruncă constant cu căcat în ea. Are 18 ani, pentru numele lui Dumnezeu! Nu e o curvă. Curvă e Tila Tequila. Miley doar crește. Devine femeie. Asta nu o face curvă. Lăsați-o să trăiască! Ok, a avut pozele alea stupide ca de pițipoancă de pe la noi. Dar asta n-o face curvă. Adică nu merită să fie comparată cu Tila Tequila sau Kim Kardashian. Alea sunt curve. Măcar Miley nu a avut niciodată o casetă porno.

Dacă Lady Gaga ar arăta vreodată normal, nu ar mai fi Lady Gaga. Ar fi doar Stefani Germanotta. Și femeia asta răspunde la acest nume doar când e chemată la tribunal. Și probabil că doar acolo arată ca restul oamenilor. Lady Gaga nu a pozat nud explicit. Eu nu o văd pe coperta lui Playboy. Are mai mult stil. A pozat nud “ascuns” pentru OUT și Rolling Stones, dar nu o văd pe coperta Playboy în veci. Nu pare genul ei.

Utube l’obsession? Credeam că în țările francofone tot “Youtube” se zice. Și da, poți avea o obsesie cu youtube-ul. Eu dacă nu intru zilnic pe youtube, înnebunesc! Youtube e un loc genial unde poți găsi tot ce vrei (În afară de filme porno, mai ales regale…regale? Serios? Doamne!!!). Acolo nu trebuie să scrii “caut un videoclip în genul sailor moon”. Pur și simplu tastezi “sailor moon”. Simplu, nu?

Din nou cu vorbitul cu Miley. De data asta, pe google. Cum? Cum poți vorbi cu cineva pe google? Înțeleg că motorul ăsta de căutare te ajută să găsești anuminte informații, dar nu te ajută să vorbești pe bune cu cineva, fie om normal sau vedetă. Încearcă skype, messenger, facebook, msn…din astea…

Lady Gaga naked tocmai ți-am dat, dar ce ai cu Michelle Phan? Fata e super frumoasă, într-un mod angelic. Nu o văd pozând goală vreodată. Ea face ce știe cel mai bine, și anume tutoriale de make-up.

Ăsta e unul din preferatele mele:

Mai am o groază de screenshots cu ce a mai căutat lumea pe google, dar cred că vă ajung două pe postare.:)

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