Saturday, September 27, 2008

Sanjaya, the Walking Statue

What in gods name are they saying? I have no idea either, but lets see what I can do.



Two men are having a fight.

0:03 Soduku: You call that fighting? I can kick your yacktabe!

Yash is trying to run away. Sanjaya, the walking statue, attempts to stop him!

0:12 Sanjaya: HIYA! YA! POW!

Midjinta(the midget) trips Yash.

0:16 Yash: What are you doing?! You stupid child! You come with me!

Sanjaya has changed his pants to fight more comfortably. He begins to take on Orangishirty.

0:36 Sanjaya: What are you doing up there?!

0:37 Yash: I wanted to eat American Cookie! But he eat it!

Sanjaya comes up with a clever way to save Midjinta. One he would later call get-em-down-wit-a-buket.

0:45 Yash: *Insert swear word here*

0:47 Sanjaya: (Upon catching the falling midget) Buddy!

0:49 Sanjaya: Get down from there!

0:51 Yash: No way!

0:53 Sanjaya: Buddy, you think you can hit him?

Midjinta, the midget, manages to kick the bucket farther up than any body builder could ever throw, enough to knock Yash out of the tree. Yash falls and surprisingly can still lift his head up in time to yell:

1:03 Yash: Don't step on my crotch!

Sanjaya decides to spare his apples and steps on his knee...and arm.

1:09 Midjinta: In the face!

1:10 Yash: NOT IN THE FACE!

1:16 (In the hospital) Yash: My face is swollen! My hand is broken! My leg is hanging from a string! How much do you think the hospital will charge?

~54

Friday, September 19, 2008

Toucans, Jaguars, ocelots and the oh so wonderful Amazon Rainforest

Todays Guest: Mrs. Charalambous




Ah, finally! Getting away from those crazy students! 3 months and I can go wherever I want!
It was time to pick a vacation spot. So, after a while of thinking, I decided to fulfill my childhood fantasy and go to the Amazon Rainforest!

Knowing the Amazon, and my survivor skills, I made sure to only take what I needed in a back pack with the exception of, of course, my camera. I packed my flint, my compass, a sleeping bag, water, a medical kit, and my very trusty, pocket sized SAS Survival Guide book.

I flew off to Southern America and went into the Amazon Rainforest. The Adventure began!

There were toucans, jaguars, ocelots and even armadillos!!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a larger variety of animals in one place all at once!

I heard about a trail in the Amazon where every few trees there is a white arrow pointing to the direction you are meant to go so you won't get lost. I believe it was called the White Trail.
I was walking through the trail, looking for the next arrow when a toucan flew out and sat on the branch in front of me. Boy did it scare me! I managed to snap a shot of it:



Excited with the wonderful picture of the cute toucan I saw, I continued walking. I thought it would be smart to find a place to set up camp before the sun went down. I found a place that was high up from predators and floods and lit a fire. I snuggled into my sleeping bag and fell asleep.

The next morning I woke up noticing that my bag was gone! I looked to my left and saw that a jaguar had taken it and was now going through it! I wasn't about to let some jaguar go through my stuff like that, so I got out of my sleeping bag. I quietly started to approach the jaguar. It spotted me and jumped straight at me! I side stepped out of its way. Obviously that didn’t resolve the issue but I only knew one last thing to do…RUN!!!

Running wasn’t exactly the wisest choice because the darned jaguar caught up with me! I was thrown violently to the floor. Haha! The jaguar had no idea that I had taken my super duper vitamins that day! So I lifted the jaguar in the air and threw him in the opposite direction. It ran away in fear, so I stood there taking some time to congratulate myself. I began to make my way back to where I had left my bag but I couldn’t remember which way was the way to my bag! The only thing I had on me was my knife and my survival book.

So here I am, in the Amazon Rainforest, with no other supplies other than a book and a knife. Lost…Alone…in this jungle…having just fought off a jaguar.

Well I did know that moss grew on the North side of a tree so I frantically searched for moss on trees. Apparently in the Amazon, moss grows all around, on almost every tree!

I began walking. God knows what direction I was heading in, but there had to be an end…right?
I looked around for anything edible. I found a fruit, a very sweet looking fruit, but I was afraid it could be poisonous. I looked in my book. Oh good, they weren’t poisonous, just wild mulberries. I ate a few and stuffed as many as I could in my pockets, for later.
It began to get dark and I started getting worried about what I would do once it was pitch dark and I didn’t have a source of light. I heard a noise, and it came from somewhere behind me. I began to panic. Where was I going to go? What was I going to do!?! Should I run? Should I hide? My mind raced to find a way out. The best thing I could think of was to climb up the nearest tree and hope whatever it is doesn’t see me! As I sat in the tree, and looked down, I saw a man, walk by. Dark skin, strange ear rings and bands around his arms. I climbed down with caution and tried to tell him that I was lost and needed help. He seemed very excited and motioned me to follow him, so I did as he told me. The man took me to a tribe where they welcomed me and gave me food and water.
I was given my own hut and a band to put around my arm similar to the one the man was wearing. They taught me to hunt and survive in the Amazon. I spent almost 3 weeks with them, but I told them that I had to leave. They sent me off in the right direction and I was able to get back home safely, with some minor bruises and scratches, and the great memories of the Amazon and its people.

~54

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Band of the Bands

I have to say that one of my favorite bands is Panic! at the Disco. Their music is so different than others and even though their titles are strange, there's a link between the lyrics and the title. Their music videos are pretty awesome as well. I love the music video of "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (posted below). I looked around for a censored version, it was the best I could find. Since it's censored it really looks like the singer has serious Lip syncing problems.



They originated in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. So far they've only released two albums:
1. 2006: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
2. 2007-2008: Pretty. Odd.

They're style is quite un-usual. Their concert styles are very circus-type, like the image I've included.

Many have said that their music is "emo", but they say otherwise: "Emo is bull****. We want to be the new Radiohead."

Panic! at the Disco have gotten many awards for their amazing performances:
* MTV Video Music Awards:
- Video of the Year (2006) for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (Won)
- Best Group Video (2006) for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"(Nominated)
- Best Pop Video (2008) for "Nine in the Afternoon"(Nominated)
- Best Rock Video (2006) for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"(Nominated)
- Best New Artist in a Video (2006) for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (Nominated)
- Best Art Direction in a Video (2006) for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (Nominated)

- MTV Asia Awards 2008: edc Style Award (won)

- TMF Awards: Best Video International (2006) for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (won)

- Grammy Awards: Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package (Nominated)
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I just couldn't go on without mentioning Paramore! With no doubt one of the greatest bands ever made. The lead singer, Hayley Williams, has an amazing voice! The music is so amazing!

The official band members are Josh Farro, Zac Farro, Jeremy Davis, and Hayley Williams. Later on Jason Bynum was also added to the band.

The name Paramore came from the maiden name of one of the group's former bassists back when they were "still playing in the garage". Paramour means "secret lover". They decided to go with that name but using the spelling as Paramore.

Albums:
1. All We Know Is Falling (2005)
2. Riot! (2007)

Riot when platinum in the US and Gold in the UK and Ireland!

Grammy Awards (2008): Best New Artist (Nominated)

MTV Video Music Awards (2008): Best Rock Video for "crushcrushcrush" (Nominated)

NME Awards USA (2008): Best New American Alternative/Indie Band (Nominated)

Teen Choice Awards(2008): Choice Music: Rock Group (Nominated)

Choice Music: Breakout Group (Nominated)

Choice Music: Rock Track for "crushcrushcrush" (Nominated)


Below is a link to the Music Video "Crushcrushcrush"


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Another favorite Band would be Three Days Grace. They're more Rock than anything. They make amazing music and even my metal-head-music-specialist friend gives them a great review.
One of my favorite songs is "I Hate Everything About You", (sounds harsh, but it's got more meaning than just a rant). I couldn't Embed the video (it was disabled) on here so I'll give you a link to it and I'll just post the video of "Animal I Have Become", another great song.



Three Days Grace was originally created in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992.

They also have two albums out:
1. Three Days Grace (July 22, 2003)
2. One-X (June 13, 2006)
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One more band I really enjoy listening to is Escape the Fate. They're a rock-emo style band. They're music used to be a bit more screamo (which isn't what I like to hear) but then changed into more of a rock style.



(The actual music video has certain things that would definitely not be appropriate. Even so, the video, in my opinion, is horrible. It makes the band look like they're on Prozac.)

Escape the Fate, like Panic! at the Disco, originated in Nevada, but in Las Vegas.

They made three albums:
1. Formation and Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2005-2007)
2. Departure of Radke (2008)
3. This War Is Ours (2008-Present)
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I never mentioned how much I loved Tupac! Yes, it's not a band, but he's just so bloody amazing! And yes, he died, back in September 13, 1996. I can listen to his music all day.

Below is Changes:


He was even in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling hip hop artist, with over seventy five million albums sold worldwide, including over fifty million in the United States. He was a backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground.
Then on September 13, 1996 he was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, and died six days later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at the University Medical Center.

Not only has he rapped in his career but he's also gotten to play in a few movies.

Albums:
Studio albums

* 1991: 2Pacalypse Now
* 1993: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
* 1995: Me Against the World
* 1996: All Eyez on Me
* 1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Posthumous albums

* 1997: R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
* 1999: Still I Rise
* 2001: Until the End of Time
* 2002: Better Dayz
* 2004: Loyal to the Game
* 2006: Pac's Life

Collaboration albums

* 1994: Thug Life
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Yes, I know, it's all a weird combination of Rock, Rap and...not emo.
This would have been the space that would have included Eminem, but come on, the guy swears more than that crazy drunk guy that walks around at night time looking for Marilyn Monroe.



So Eminem was a no, no.
But I have to add another person to my list.

Avril Lavigne.
It took me a while until I could finally spell her name, but I always thought her music was awesome. I still remember how my dad used to go on all these business trips and he'd ask me what I'd like him to get me. Well that year I asked him to get me a CD, and guess what he brought me? Yes, you guess it, the Avril Lavigne "Let Go" album!!!

She's got an awesome voice and she writes her own songs. Sure sometimes her lyrics just get so WTF (what the flippetty! :D) but nonetheless her voice is amazing.

Her songs are so easy to relate to. One of my favorites is "Everything Back but You". I really wish I could post it but she does say, "And now you're somewhere out there with a b****, s***, psycho babe" (censored) so this was also a no, no.
Instead I'll post "He Wasn't" and allow it to crawl into your mind and never go away:



(Would you believe that none of the other Avril songs had the link to embed the video!!! They were apparently "Embedding disabled by request". Grrr!)

Apparently she not only can sing, but she also does fashion designing and acting!!! I did see her in the oh so very disturbing movie of "The Flock" but I didn't know she had done other appearances like:
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - Performed "Sk8er Boi"
Going the Distance - Performed "Losing Grip"
Fast Food Nation - Alice the College activist
Over the Hedge - The Voice of Heather
The Flock - Beatrice Bell the Suspects Girlfriend

She was born in Belleville, Ontario on September 27, 1984. Avril is French for "April", while la vigne means "the vineyard". She is French-Canadian and has an older brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle. At the age of 2, Lavigne began singing along with her mother on church songs...what were you doing when you were 2?

Avril Lavigne is now married to the lead singer/guitarist of Sum 41, Deryck Whibley.

Her Albums:
- Let Go (2002–2003)
- Under My Skin (2004–2006)
- The Best Damn Thing (2007)

Awards:
She got so many god darn awards that I'll have to link you to the site that lists them!
Clicky!

~54

Unique? Maybe so.


I'm different from others in so many ways. Favorite number? 54. Why? Well because it reminds me of one of the most important things to me, John Cena. He's my role model, the guy I look up to. You should see my usernames on different sites like YouTube or LiveWire. It's either john cena54, or John_Cena54 or even 54john54cena54 when john cena54 isn't available.

What's LiveWire? A forum that I consider my home away from home.

I love Jackie Gleason, even though most people my age have no idea who he is. In my opinion there has never been a better actor in the history of acting. He's so amazing! I still watch re-runs of the Honeymooners, and to be honest, I get chills every time (yes the picture you see is a picture of Jackie. Oh how sweet it is :) ).

I've always wanted to act. Heck, I've been acting all my life, just back then it was called pretend and it featured guns made out of air and walkie-talkies we bought from "Duty-free".

I absolutely love Friends! I still watch re-runs when I get bored and they still crack me up. Ah, I know what your thinking, who's my favorite character? A lot of people ask me that, and if I had to answer, it would with no doubt be Chandler.

Going to the beach is definitely something I enjoy doing, but it's fishing that I really love doing. It really depends who you go with, you can't go with the person that'll start complaining about how the bait seems to be moving, then screams when they find out it's real live worms. Although, I gotta admit, I've never gone fishing with worm as bait, you know, professional like. I tend to just go to places to find small fish, not those big fish that you can hang on the wall. What do I use for bait? Why bread of course! :D Sure, I have to make it into a more dough like form by wetting it a bit and then sculpting it into a ball that I can later put on the hook, but nonetheless I've gotten pretty awesome fish! :D

To be honest, I'm not big on fashion or make up. I'd rather just go camping or hiking for a week. Don't even ask me to go shopping; I'll just look at you like you're crazy. Yes, I'll go on the occasional shopping trip, but I won't like it if it lasts more than 30 minutes and it's boiling hot!

If I had a choice between spending a few days at the beach, or the mountains, I'd definitely go with the mountains. Nothing beats the morning smell of the mountains. It makes me feel better. Everything about it is so relaxing. I get to go there on certain occasions and stay at my cousins’ house up in Kiperounda. Harry, Kyriako and even little Anna and I go hiking up to the very top of the mountain, then stop and eat cookies while we look out into the view.

I guess I got a little carried away. Well, I'll see you guys around.



~54