Plans for the future

It is again that time of the year. It's time to reflect on the past year. Check the balance of the year and all that shit. Did you achieve your goals and were the things you did positive or negative. What would you like from the next year. How would you like to develop as a person. All this is crap that does not have any meaning. Things will go as they go and I do not think we have much control over our lives. We just drive on autopilot guided by our sub conciousness. But still we need the illusion of being in control.

Anyhow there are couple of things I'd like see happen this year.

1. I'd like be less tired than the previous year. (13h work days and 2 jobs tend to get to you)
2. Find something to study or work place or both
3. Become a bit nicer person
4. Lead a healthier life
5. Blog more

Yep, no I've done everything I say I hate and do not believe in. Sweet.

Bono is a boner

I just read at the news that Bono has written in his blog at the New York Times that ISPs have to stop internet users from illegally downloading content from the internet. Yes I agree, illegal downloads are a problem and probably something should be done about it, but what this douche tells us as an example of good restricting of illegal internet traffic is China (along with the US anti-child porn campaign, which is totally the right thing to do, but probably not that effective).

What the hell is this guy thinking! China of all countries has the least free internet and the basic right for free expression of opinion is severely limited. We should not give any praise for this violation of basic human rights.

Does Bono mean that we should also turn our internet like it is going to be in Belarus, that each and every internet user needs to register in order to to be able to access the internet.

These restrictions to internet traffic that Bono is suggesting are like giving your little finger to the devil and if we start going down that road we will be living in our own Democratic Peoples Republic.

Internet has it's problems but lets not even talk about restricting it like in China.

Avatar

Yesterday I went to the movies to see Avatar and boy was it good. The movie was totally awesome amazing. It really felt like that Pandora and it's ecosystem was real. All the weird animals and plants were really something different.

I was so happy that the movie did not explain too much. It just gave you the story and did not resort on explaining every little detail about the technology and why people acted the way they did.

Granted the story is not that revolutionary, but it makes many good points that we as humans should be thinking every once in a while.

The 3-D effects were not that impressive but I think they were a great supplement in creating a great setting for a great movie. I guess that how you should use 3-D effects, as supplement, not as the main attraction.

I must say that I really liked this movie. At one point I was really feeling bad for the na'vi and was a bit teary eyed for a moment. Go and see this extremely beatiful movie.

What Do You Think About Raditude?

Weezer released its new album a couple of weeks ago. It is called Raditude. It has a really stupid cover and it is their seventh album. At the moment I kinda have mixed feelings about the album. I am not sure if it is totally awesome or the most mediocre album in the world.

The album statrs with one of the most catchy tunes I have heard lately. Somehow "(If you're wondering) I want you to" sounded like the best song ever when I first heard it. The next two songs do not have anything that important to say. The mood in them is quite alright and when you are listening the album they do not catch your attention in any particular way. They are fillers.

The fourth song is "Can't Stop Partying" featuring Little Wayne and it is something we have not heard from Weezer. The song is very trippy, but somehow very cool. The next song is a bit traditional Weezer song with really emo lyrics. The song flows nicely and has nice rising intensity. There just is no reason to start inventing the wheel once again.

Songs from six to ten are not as good as songs from one to five, but they are still quite ok and that is probably the problem since there are four truly brilliant songs in the album. Out of the last five songs I'd like rise up "Let It All Hang Out", it has a killer guitar intro. The album ends with slower song "I Don't Want To Let You Go".

As fan of Weezer I liked "Raditude" quite a bit, but I do not think the album is such an great listening experience to those who have never listened to Weezer. When you listen to the objectively it lacks some coherence. The flow from song to song good be better. Clearly the quality of the material is not that even, but at least the mood in the songs is similar or what I mean they form a unified album.

If you are not a Weezer fan "Raditude" probably does not offer you anything special, but as a fan I would go even as far as saying that this album is way better than their previous album or "Make Believe" ('05).

Songs you should check out:

"(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To"
"Can't Stop Partying" (featuring Lil Wayne)
"Put Me Back Together"
"Let It All Hang Out"

New Raditude!

They called me from the record shop. Raditude is here. Will post my opinion after I have listened it for couple of days.

We are living exciting times!

Muse

I bought the new album by Muse the other day and I like it. I've never cared for progressive music are complicated moledies. So as the songs on the new album are much poppier and straight forward than on the previous albums it makes it much more easy to approach the Muse's new album. Some songs even sound like Queen (U.S.E.A.) which is not a bad thing. The album is a very tight package and songs flow quite nicely.

Me like Muse.

Name Your Poison

Because it is Friday I'd like to give a tip on what to drink. Couple of weeks ago I felt like I was about to get ill, my throat was sore and I had no energy. Everyone knows that you can try and stop the early signs of flu by drinking some hot drink with alcohol (rum), so I went and bought a bottle of Rhum Pecoul. After two cups tea with healthy pours of Rhum Pecoul and good night sleep I felt a lot better. So I highly recommend this for anyone who feels that they might have caught a cold.

My recipe for mixing Rhum Pecoul was the following:

- hot water
- tea bag
- sugar
- 5 - 10 cl Rhum Pecoul (according to taste)(don't go over 1 dl, this stuff is really potent stuff, 54%)

Mix this all together and enjoy!