2012 Fall update

Hello.

I'll try to post stuff here more frequently.

I hope to do a Vlogbrother review and Channel review here... soon.

Other than that, Check out my other blogs

Main Blog for big projects
Korean Blog for Korean stuff

Thank and as an apology, here's me shaving.

It ain't easy being green...

(I'm sure someone done this before...)
It's not that easy being Green
Having to spend each day editing a video
When I think it could be nicer being Brown, Violet, or Grey
Or something much more wonderful like that

It's not that easy being green
But seems I blend with so many other ordinary things
And people seem to pass you over
Cause you're not standing out like boobs on the thumbnail
Or Stars on TV

But Green's color of spring
And Green can be cool and friendly-like
And Green can be big like giant pizza
Or important like running a show
Or tall like a tree

When Green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why
But why wonder, why wonder
I'm Green
And it'll do fine, it's beautiful
And I think it is what I want to be.

I'm reading Jane Eyre...

Today Chapter 25 and 26...

Chapter 25- story about a ghost or something...
Passage: 'Ghost are usually pale, Jane.'
     'This, sir, was purple: the lips were swelled and dark; the brow furrowed: the black eyebrows widely raised over the bloodshot eyes. Shall I tell you of what it remind me?'
     'You may.'
     'Of the foul German spectre-- the Vampyre.'

So Vampires are mentioned on Jane Eyre... interesting.

Chapter 26- Fascinating Chapter about Mr. Rochester having a wife who is still living...
Passage: 'No, by God! I took care that none should hear of it--or of her under that name.' He mused--for ten minutes he held counsel with himself: he formed his resolve and announced it.
     'Enough! All shall bolt out at once, like the bullet from the barrel. Wood, close your book and take off your surplice; John Green (to the clerk), leave the church: there will be no wedding today.' The man obeyed.

What? John Green is this novel? Someone should have tell me this! Why?

My WMG: Charlotte Bronte was visited by a nerdfighter who was there to capture some evil babies. After telling that her book is too short and she needs something to write more about Jane Eyre. The nerdfighter gives an idea to further the story by Mr. Rochester having an another wife and gratified, Jane Eyre says to mention the person's name in the scene. The nerdfighter, feeling humble, said 'John Green is my name' referencing the author and left to capture and raise more evil babies. 

Not for John and Hank: Cover!

I always intended this blog to expand beyond the vlogbrothers and this time feels like the best time to do it. So I start going back through old Charlie&Alex albums and found that lot of the song that are known for was cover of a older band. So I decided to listen to the old and see how the Charlie&Alex (and others) fare with the greats. Also it gives the fresh perspective as I only heard the Charlie&Alex Version and not the original.

#1: Lady Godiva- Peter&Gordon later covered by Alex Day.

The remix: The song is quite showy and over-the-top but with the storyline, I think Alex felt it need to be exposed. (See what I did there?)

Background: Peter and Gordon was a 60's hit group who got songs from McCarthy. They seems to have that 60's charm that every British idol had back then. I feel surprised how they sang this...

First Impression: I love how Broadway but with a sense of farm in there as well. They sound intellectual with saying Certificate X, not sarcastic like Alex.

Verdict: Peter&Gordon had more charm and wit. Old wins.
(Sidenote: The original peak at no. 16. Alex beat the originals...)

#2 This Kiss- Faith Hill later covered by Alex Day & Carrie Hope Fletcher

The remix: The duo grate each other sometimes but the chemistry is there with the pace. Superb work, seeing how many people seemed to know it.

Background: Faith Hill might be one of the most accomplished country singers in recent history, along her husband Gavin McGraw. This is one of her best-known songs, so here we go...

First Impression: To me, Country is like root beer. I drink it, but I have a dislike for the stuff. Too 'groundy'. So the original doesn't hit hard as ones with Country love, but I felt that the music sometimes overrides the singing and the words felt dropped rather than relished.

Verdict: Sorry,but Alex&Carrie was little bit fresher in my taste. New wins.

#3: Here Comes My Baby- Cat Stevens later covered by Sons of Admirals

The remix: As the four never really worked on group work, I'll give little more credit to their singing, but I felt it was little bit too pop-ish at some point?

Background: Cat Stevens, or Yusuf if you know it that way, is a phenomenal singer who over the decades never lost a beat. (Except for conversion, of course...) Known for his mellow style but this song is all before that. But still...

First Impression:  I can see homage with the glockenspiel... Anyway, it's different isn't it? I feel Cat was more reminiscing than pleading of Sons of Admirals. He knows it's past and it's over and he could dream about it but back to reality. Sons were like 'I have a chance, just come to me!' type of feel to the song.

Verdict: It was hard to figure out but the line 'And it comes as no surprise as me' made the decision. To Cat, it's like "I knew it! You are always such a rascal." He was talking about how he felt to her but now has no feeling to her. To Sons, the line felt like whining almost lamenting at most. I felt that they should step it up and be a man. Tell her! Or Something. So on that note, I felt the sounds and the lyric fit Cat more than Sons can adopt to. Old wins.

So seems like, the old win that one. But not to fear, they were expecting that and surprised that they ever got a win. In fact, this shows how musically intellectual they are and paved the way for new generation to listen to. So with that, the blog continues...

Stop the Nerdfighters! (Parody)

Well, I found some incriminating news of latest reach in the demonic possession of Nerdfighters. Somehow this bizarre Internet cult have take one of fine British Athletes and made her do this incriminating gang sign in the face of this world.

Readers, this bizarre cult has been around the medias, spawning in the BAFTA, British's Got Talent, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and now the Olympics.

This Abomination must be stopped. They take out their flesh and blood and turn into aw-e-so-me, which  might have links to hallucinatory drugs. This intellectual loners bury their time watching for symbols in Harry Potter and Star Trek, known for their demonic affiliations.

Along with a gang sign, they have a weird dance ritual, which shows the individual's faith in the cult leaders. They also wear red demonic shirts depicting their cult leader and a strange acronym, PIZZA. Our team of researchers have yet to find a meaning for this phrase, but is assumed to ancient demonic incantation.

They are also known shout this phrase DFTBA as their farewell statement which is purported to mean "Don't For-get to be Aw-e-so-me" which seems to refer to the conversion of flesh and blood to a-we-so-me.

If we're to found these hideous men/women, be prepared to shout Unicorn, their sworn enemy, or say that we're part of Transformer known as the Decepticon. Be sure to be ignorant of such demonic influences, like science, Young Adult literature, or YouTube as these are key gateway to becoming mindless Nerdfighters.

Stay safe. This monsters might be everywhere, hidden in plain sight. Be wary of your friends and family as they might be infected to the horrendous cult of Nerdfighters!

EDIT: We have found that the Nerdfighter gang sign comes from tombs of Jewish Rabbis. Is this lead our theory of Nerdfighter as a Jewish conspiracy threatening to take over the media to a new level? More stories  as we develop.

To the nerds

Who is a nerd? Could be a taunt, could be a deep, hidden question. Why we want to know who is a nerd? Is he a nerd? Is she a nerd? Same thing with gay; we just want to classify the person's identity. It's hardwired to our brains, it's what the brain is there to do (according to some studies that suggest our social behavior contributed to the growth of the brain). But why nerd? Why gay? Buchanan had a gay interest but they didn't care. They probably didn't think that gay affected their sexuality. They just kept it non-announced. They accepted the idea of the 'gay' and not made it a thing. They accepted as those thing were 'wrong' but people do anyway, like drinking or smoking. But back to the main point. Nerd seemed to grow a defense mechanism to deter newcomers, stemming from the fact that it might destroy the Nerd community. That it might taint or disrupt the purity that is the Nerd kingdom. In fact, this look like it stems from the ideas that they embrace. The underdog under constant auspicion of attacks, but beating the fear they embrace and taking a new world order for the better. But as the 'nerd' things have gone mainstream, they fear that they lost the disadvantage of being the minority. Nerd had become America. Or anyone else, in fact. I was going to say that Nerd is a modernist culture -- wants order, wants to progress -- but the postmodern idea made that pure thing tainted and mixed into to nothingness. Hipster might be a response to that. But no. This is something more fundamental. People always had the idea that they are the minority and that everyone else is there to attack us. It's something that's in us biologically; oxytocin gives sense of familiarity to those that are close to us but to the others, not so much. In fact, it's the opposite. This might have stemmed from the fact that in the early days people were isolated and constantly filled with dangers and other people, other than people close to you, were threats. They steal things. It's basically the breaking point. Our ideals and our desires are not working concurrently. What we desire is what it fuels the world, but our ideal contradict and even condemn our desires. Idea of repression seems harrowing to us, but sense of mindless violence is also frightening. What do we do? We, Nerds, can fix this. We're the rational ones, right? We can overcome our desire and... what make us Human? Is it our faults? Is it our irrational love of something on a paper. That never should affect our ways our life? We're at the crossroads. There's multiple ways. We have learned enough. But how do we use them? Will we ever move on? Thanks for reading.

Why Hitler?

John's latest video and continuing to talk about the Evil Baby Orphanage made me think about Hitler. Why Hitler? Why make a law for him denoting that after sometime that have to put him up as absolute evil? Why is he the No. 1 worst man in history, while what he done pales comparison to others? Why not Genghis Khan or Stalin or even Bin Laden? Why Hitler? Is it because of the propaganda? All of History Channel and Allied posters made him what he is? Or was it because he was the last baddie? We'll never have a mean person like him as our perception of the baddie has changed. Why did it change? Well, first of all, complex diplomatic affairs ,but there's more to that. Is because of what he did? Maybe. He did kill most people because of ideology, and subject of the genocide live quite close to us. But what really make him appalling is not just the action. But how he was just an abused boy who liked painting and they rejected him and he got angry and wanted to start a revolution in a beer pub but miserably failed and his book of rambling made best seller for no reason and now he controls Germany. There's something humane about how he came up to be bad. It wasn't just blown up version of what we did for centuries but something coming from our brains. Jew killing was just said by other people, and he just became a deranged puppet. There's something we can relate to, that we could be bad as them and nothing really to stop us from that. Best villains are not card carrying ones, but one that we relate to going mad. One who took a slightly different -- and deadly -- path. That realism is what make us scared. That they are one of us. Just with a different motivation. As we know about Osama, I think we could relate to this man more and be more thoughtful how he became bad. Just like Hitler. It's about becoming bad, not being bad that horrify us. Thank you.