You see
They told me
You would be the center of my universe
I would die for you
No hesitation
It would be the greatest
Every second
Aveuglement
Jusqu’au souffle dernier
They confused me
If one item is missing, is it not real
Not it
Made a mistake
Cause or consequence
They confused me
Then they changed
New they
New ideas
Revolution
They said
We can’t own people
Anywhere the wind blows
Come and go, and that’s fine
Not a big deal
You can think about something else
Someone else
Do someone else
You should
And I knew
They are right
But I have already learned
Carefully
From the others
And I couldn’t follow all those new they
I tried
I will
And then there
Will be new they
New
Revolution
Ideas
They’ll look at me
I’m doing it all wrong
They’ll say something
I’ll listen
But it won’t help
I still was
Still am
Still will be
Waiting for some words
From you
As if my life depended on them
They told me
You would be the center of my universe
I would die for you
No hesitation
It would be the greatest
Every second
Aveuglement
Jusqu’au souffle dernier
They confused me
If one item is missing, is it not real
Not it
Made a mistake
Cause or consequence
They confused me
Then they changed
New they
New ideas
Revolution
They said
We can’t own people
Anywhere the wind blows
Come and go, and that’s fine
Not a big deal
You can think about something else
Someone else
Do someone else
You should
And I knew
They are right
But I have already learned
Carefully
From the others
And I couldn’t follow all those new they
I tried
I will
And then there
Will be new they
New
Revolution
Ideas
They’ll look at me
I’m doing it all wrong
They’ll say something
I’ll listen
But it won’t help
I still was
Still am
Still will be
Waiting for some words
From you
As if my life depended on them
So, let me tell you: when the character you can identify the most with is presented as a "psycho" and all those ways in which you are alike are used to amplify the weirdness, the perversity and the derangement - that's how you know the world loves and accepts you.
Some background: it's the British "Skins", the second season. Yes, I know open-mindedness is a lot to ask of a series where the sole gay (male) character only gets personal episodes when joint with another character (the straight ones are entitled to their own personal episodes).
Don't look for a "Maxxie" episode, it's "Maxxie & Anwar" (yeah, let's pair up the Muslim and the gay; neither of them deserve our full focus, really) or "Tony & Maxxie". Well, this season another queer character is introduced, her name is Sketch (a wonderful name, don't you think?). She falls in love with Maxxie, the gay boy, and stalks him. Oh, and did I forget to mention she binds her chest? Ugh! That's a sure sign she's fucked up. Why would any female person want to bind their chest? Further - it's a single-parent household, and the parent is disabled - in a wheelchair. Another hint; disabled parents are bad parents who can't raise children (therefore, their children grown up to be some lying, scheming, gender-nonconforming creeps). Oh, and, if I'm not mistaken, Sketch is the only female character who we see masturbating in the whole series (a boy is shown jerking off pretty regularly)... but she's wearing Maxxie's clothes at that moment, so I suppose her manliness allows her to be able to please herself. All the other girls, the real ones, obviously need a dick for that. But Sketch is twisted, so she masturbates.
Another interesting part of the story is the drama teacher. The guy's an asshole who kisses the girl with the leading role in the play against her will "to show the way to do it", who touches her ass when she walks by, who basically harasses her sexually.
Sketch asks him to give her the lead role instead (the lead boy is Maxxie), and when he refuses, tells the principle that the teacher harassed her. The teacher is fired, I think arrested, too. His life is ruined by the lies of that cunning Sketch. The fact that he literally got what he deserved is completely jammed out. The girl who he was harassing didn't say a word; it's not her business, right? Nobody needs to know. Sketch speaking out is presented as abnormal. Even the mere fact she falls for a gay boy is supposed to convince us that's she's crazy.
And - of course - Sketch is not conventionally pretty. Because we all know ugly people are evil.
Sketch does a lot of wrong things: stalks Maxxie, breaks into his apartment, touches his stuff, gives vomit-inducing pills to the lead girl to take her place in the play. I agree that's fucked up. But all the background: the genderqueering, the desire for someone of a different sexual orientation, the desire to please oneself, the single disabled parent... That is not, in any way, wrong. That is not, in any way, shameful. And that does not add up to Sketch's weirdness in any. fucking. way.
I'm done here.
Some background: it's the British "Skins", the second season. Yes, I know open-mindedness is a lot to ask of a series where the sole gay (male) character only gets personal episodes when joint with another character (the straight ones are entitled to their own personal episodes).
Don't look for a "Maxxie" episode, it's "Maxxie & Anwar" (yeah, let's pair up the Muslim and the gay; neither of them deserve our full focus, really) or "Tony & Maxxie". Well, this season another queer character is introduced, her name is Sketch (a wonderful name, don't you think?). She falls in love with Maxxie, the gay boy, and stalks him. Oh, and did I forget to mention she binds her chest? Ugh! That's a sure sign she's fucked up. Why would any female person want to bind their chest? Further - it's a single-parent household, and the parent is disabled - in a wheelchair. Another hint; disabled parents are bad parents who can't raise children (therefore, their children grown up to be some lying, scheming, gender-nonconforming creeps). Oh, and, if I'm not mistaken, Sketch is the only female character who we see masturbating in the whole series (a boy is shown jerking off pretty regularly)... but she's wearing Maxxie's clothes at that moment, so I suppose her manliness allows her to be able to please herself. All the other girls, the real ones, obviously need a dick for that. But Sketch is twisted, so she masturbates.
Another interesting part of the story is the drama teacher. The guy's an asshole who kisses the girl with the leading role in the play against her will "to show the way to do it", who touches her ass when she walks by, who basically harasses her sexually.
Sketch asks him to give her the lead role instead (the lead boy is Maxxie), and when he refuses, tells the principle that the teacher harassed her. The teacher is fired, I think arrested, too. His life is ruined by the lies of that cunning Sketch. The fact that he literally got what he deserved is completely jammed out. The girl who he was harassing didn't say a word; it's not her business, right? Nobody needs to know. Sketch speaking out is presented as abnormal. Even the mere fact she falls for a gay boy is supposed to convince us that's she's crazy.
And - of course - Sketch is not conventionally pretty. Because we all know ugly people are evil.
Sketch does a lot of wrong things: stalks Maxxie, breaks into his apartment, touches his stuff, gives vomit-inducing pills to the lead girl to take her place in the play. I agree that's fucked up. But all the background: the genderqueering, the desire for someone of a different sexual orientation, the desire to please oneself, the single disabled parent... That is not, in any way, wrong. That is not, in any way, shameful. And that does not add up to Sketch's weirdness in any. fucking. way.
I'm done here.
Nemesis has left SG. I can't say I'm surprised, but it's still incredibly sad. I'm half glad there was no good-bye note, because I'm sure I would just stare at my keyboard for 10 minutes, knowing that it would be impossible to fit all my respect, admiration and fascination I feel for this wonderful person in two sentences of wishing luck and promising of being missed.
As Joe Dassin would have said, son adieu, je n'y crois pas du tout, c'est un au-revoir, presque un rendez-vous.
As Joe Dassin would have said, son adieu, je n'y crois pas du tout, c'est un au-revoir, presque un rendez-vous.
Video party time!
1. I am one of those people who like Angelina Jolie. She's not my favourite actress, and probably even not one of them. I won't buy a magazine just because she's on the cover. I don't think she is THE most beautiful woman in the world.
I just like her. She is wonderful in many ways, but what fascinates me the most is the way she talks. I don't know how to describe it. To provide an example is easier.
I think I don't even care what she says. I mean, I care, but it would be just as hypnotizing if she was, say, talking about weather forecasts and not her life. In case of a world-wide disaster, she should be the one to tell everyone to keep calm. Because then I sure will.
2. If you haven't seen Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris", please do. Then go to Paris, wait for the rain and when it starts falling, turn this music on. What you will get is called magic.
I know what I'm talking about. I waited for about a month for it to rain in Paris after I has seen the film to do this. I haven't regretted it.
3. I have never been to Iceland before, but after watching this, I decided to adore that country. I mean, it's not just another funny politician, he is the mayor of the capital!
Epic, isn't it?
4. BONUS! For Russian-speakers (and listeners).
"Поэт и гражданин" - один из самых интересных оппозиционных проектов в последнее время.
"Poet and citizen" - one of the most interesting recent opposition projects.
Image bonus!
I figured, as I started the post with Angelina Jolie, I might as well end it with Brad Pitt. There should be harmony in the world.
Besides, it makes me laugh every time I see it.
1. I am one of those people who like Angelina Jolie. She's not my favourite actress, and probably even not one of them. I won't buy a magazine just because she's on the cover. I don't think she is THE most beautiful woman in the world.
I just like her. She is wonderful in many ways, but what fascinates me the most is the way she talks. I don't know how to describe it. To provide an example is easier.
I think I don't even care what she says. I mean, I care, but it would be just as hypnotizing if she was, say, talking about weather forecasts and not her life. In case of a world-wide disaster, she should be the one to tell everyone to keep calm. Because then I sure will.
2. If you haven't seen Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris", please do. Then go to Paris, wait for the rain and when it starts falling, turn this music on. What you will get is called magic.
I know what I'm talking about. I waited for about a month for it to rain in Paris after I has seen the film to do this. I haven't regretted it.
3. I have never been to Iceland before, but after watching this, I decided to adore that country. I mean, it's not just another funny politician, he is the mayor of the capital!
Epic, isn't it?
4. BONUS! For Russian-speakers (and listeners).
"Поэт и гражданин" - один из самых интересных оппозиционных проектов в последнее время.
"Poet and citizen" - one of the most interesting recent opposition projects.
Image bonus!
I figured, as I started the post with Angelina Jolie, I might as well end it with Brad Pitt. There should be harmony in the world.
Besides, it makes me laugh every time I see it.
I saw "X-men: First Class" yesterday. Of course, as a huge X-men fan (even though I only knew them by cartoons - comics were rather rare in late 90's Russia), I am nowhere near being an unbiased viewer. Still, I though that the film was pretty well-made, like all X-men films, by the way (I'm talking to you, Spiderman movies - all being utter disasters).
What I find amazing about the X-men universe (not the whole Marvel universe) is the fact that awesomeness just seems to be floating in the air. I mean, stories evolving around one superhero are fine too, but I love that there so many mutants that are equally important to the plot, and they're (almost) all insanely cool (and so are their powers, which look especially impressive on the big screen). I think that in the real life, I don't meet too many people that feel and/or position themselves as "different" from the rest of the society, so that's another thing that pleases me in the X-men world.
At first, I was a little frustrated that they chose Michael Fassbender to portray Magneto. I guess, after Ian McKellen, any choice would be a bit upsetting.
To my own surprise, as soon as the film started, I suddenly felt a lot better about Fassbender being Magneto. Somehow, it came rather naturally to him. I also wish Rebecca Romjin stayed as Mistique, but well... It's not that important. And she appeared as a cameo. So did High Jackman! It was just one line, but I still loved it. One can never get tired of Wolverine telling everyone to go fuck themselves.
And, the last, but not the least, the always-present (b)romance between Magneto and Professor X was present, as always. I thank everyone (and my imagination) for that.
P.S. Nicholas Hoult was ok as Hank, but when he became Beast, he looked absolutely ridiculous. Really. Just look at this. The make-up is like Michael Jackson's in "Thriller".
P.P.S. And that was no secret scene after the credits! What the hell?!
P.P.P.S. I'm sorry for using so many brackets (I just love them that much).
What I find amazing about the X-men universe (not the whole Marvel universe) is the fact that awesomeness just seems to be floating in the air. I mean, stories evolving around one superhero are fine too, but I love that there so many mutants that are equally important to the plot, and they're (almost) all insanely cool (and so are their powers, which look especially impressive on the big screen). I think that in the real life, I don't meet too many people that feel and/or position themselves as "different" from the rest of the society, so that's another thing that pleases me in the X-men world.
At first, I was a little frustrated that they chose Michael Fassbender to portray Magneto. I guess, after Ian McKellen, any choice would be a bit upsetting.
To my own surprise, as soon as the film started, I suddenly felt a lot better about Fassbender being Magneto. Somehow, it came rather naturally to him. I also wish Rebecca Romjin stayed as Mistique, but well... It's not that important. And she appeared as a cameo. So did High Jackman! It was just one line, but I still loved it. One can never get tired of Wolverine telling everyone to go fuck themselves.
And, the last, but not the least, the always-present (b)romance between Magneto and Professor X was present, as always. I thank everyone (and my imagination) for that.
P.S. Nicholas Hoult was ok as Hank, but when he became Beast, he looked absolutely ridiculous. Really. Just look at this. The make-up is like Michael Jackson's in "Thriller".
P.P.S. And that was no secret scene after the credits! What the hell?!
P.P.P.S. I'm sorry for using so many brackets (I just love them that much).
It has been too long since I had a blog. It wasn't even called "blog" at the time. At least, it wasn't in Russia.
I am so used to be the only person to read what I write that I don't even know what to say here. It's as if I were on a stage with the audience minding their own business, chatting, checking e-mails on their Blackberries and maybe even sleeping. Nobody probably knows I'm on the stage. Nobody will unless I say something to them. The question is: Am I ready?
Are you ready?
I am so used to be the only person to read what I write that I don't even know what to say here. It's as if I were on a stage with the audience minding their own business, chatting, checking e-mails on their Blackberries and maybe even sleeping. Nobody probably knows I'm on the stage. Nobody will unless I say something to them. The question is: Am I ready?
Are you ready?
