Ah. That's better. Anyway, as I was saying, it was a nice april night. We already had our term break. Now, we're back to school. Speaking of which, we already went through april fools.
What did I do for april fools?
To Everyone: Changed my b'day on facebook.
Family: Not much, aside from making killerjo my wallpaper.
My actual b'day last year fell on 3R, so not many people wished me a happy b'day. Hence, more people wished me a happy b'day this year. Believe it or not, I fooled 35 people. The joy of fooling people on april fools. Had april fools fell on a school day it would've been more fun.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 is coming next month, on 10, 12, and 14 may. I think. *checks wikipedia* Oh yes. That's right.
Anyway, since all the nations had picked their songs, I decided to set my 'votes'.
But before that, a quote:
There are only three things certain in life: Death, Taxes, and Greece and Cyprus exchanging maximum votes - Unknown
Anyway, here are my votes.
Armenia, 1 point.
Lithuania, 2 points.
Macedonia, 3 points.
Estonia, 4 points.
Germany, 5 points.
Finland, 6 points.
Serbia, 7 points.
Italy, 8 points.
Belgium, 10 points.
And finally, Turkey, 12 points!
Yup. A few countries are returning to that annual european song contest this year, they are Austria, Italy, San Marino, and Hungary, leaving only Andorra, the Czech Republic, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, and Luxembourg not returning, in addition to Liechtenstein and the Vatican which are yet to debut. Add Kazakhstan, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestine to that list too.
Now my opinion about the countries I 'awarded' 3-12 points. I don't really remember the songs that I awarded 1 and 2 points.
3 points. Macedonia: Rusinka - Vlatko Ilievski
It's kinda nice. It has that 'russian' theme ('Rusinka' means 'Russian girl') and also a touch of ekectric guitars. Cool.
4 points. Estonia: Rockefeller Street - Getter Jaani
Nica as well. The music is pretty good.
5 points. Germany: Taken by a Stranger - Lena
The winner shall defend her title this year. Hopefully she can. Based on the lyrics I think it's about a stranger who will take her chair. It's jazzy. But there's a more jazzy entry coming up. Also, it has that same 'touch' that was at last year's winning song, "Satellite", also sung by Lena (see first sentence).
6 points. Finland: Da Da Dam - Paradise Oskar
It turns out the lyrics are about a kid who wants to save the planet, but nobody listens to him. Nice lyrics. Nice guitar too. It turned out he sent the song for fun, but now he's gonna represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest.
7 points. Serbia: Čaroban - Nina
This would be popular if it was released in America in the 50s. I don't know what the lyrics are about, but it has a 'fun' style. Also 'happy'. Not your typical Eurovision Song Contest entry of the day.
8 points. Italy: Madness of Love - Raphael Gualazzi
Romantic. His piano skills. Awesome. Very jazzy. It would fit in perfectly in a pixar movie soundtrack. The saxophone (or was it a trumpet?) makes it better.
10 points. Belgium: With Love Baby - Witloof Bay
If you look closely, the group name is somehow similar to the song name. Anyway, this song was created ENTIRELY without any instruments, only, yes, ONLY the human voice. Lot's of beatboxing. It actually sounds as if there are instruments. The preview is divided into 2 parts, the first half is in black and white, but the second half is in color. I like the first half better because it gives that 'classy' feeling. The blonde girl's clothes seem awful in color. Anyway, very high-quality skill and effort needed for this song.
12 points. Turkey: Live It Up - Yüksek Sadakat
Very catchy. The preview is also humorous, at the beginning, it was supposed to be a classical music show watched by the elderly. Suddenly, the curtains open and reveal the band (Yüksek Sadakat is a band, at first I thought it was a person too, kinda like Bamses Venner). Then teens come in and dance. The elderly join. At the end the conductor was speechless (the orchestra members also played the song along with the band). Anyway, very, very catchy, great, amazing, and, personally, kinda like the jingle for "Fullo", a wafer cigar that is 'filled' or 'full' with chocolate (hence the name). The song is about living life. They sing that life is beautiful. It should deserve, at least, top 5.
Norway was also a fan favorite, but it's too Waka-Wakaish. Also, Portugal's song, although with a political message, was HORRIBLE.
0 POINTS TO PORTUGAL.
May the best song win.
Other than that, I found a web for making fuuuu comics. It's ragecomic.appspot.com and it's very addictive. But memebase bought it, and it only sends comics to memebase.
Also, here's the evolution of the word "Okay" in texts:
Okay
kay
ok
k
potassium
Why potassium? It's chemical letter is K.
Anyway, that is the April update so far. This blog post will be long. I'll update on the notable stuff about april.
See you later.
Hi. I'm back. Anyway, there are more events this April.
First of all, today was Kartini day (that's when you combine car-free day with a martini haha lql jk). There wasn't much Kartini spirit (otherwise known as female power) in it though. Tomorrow (or today, I'm blogging at 1 in the morning) is Friday, which is also Earth Day and Easter. It's Easter? Or is it Good Friday?
Aside from that, I'm making a movie on this year, I feel that it's memorable and, besides, I've clips of class this year and I don't want to make it useless.
BUT PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T TELL ANYBODY. IT'S ENOUGH FOR 7 PEOPLE TO KNOW. I WANNA KEEP IT A SECRET UNTIL IT'S OFFICIAL TRAILER IS RELEASED. PLEASE.
Thank You.
Anyway, on the 28th of April is Saddam Hussein's birthday. It's also Salazar's b'day. Yes, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. And it coincides with my friend Stella's b'day. It's awkward because the firs 2 people were dictators. Stella isn't. She's the center of the party. That's merely the same, but in a different way.
Well, I've nothing to say. Actually, I do. I uploaded my first Tumblr gif. I hope it works when I upload it here.
Test:
Ok. What else do I have to say? Not much. However I am excited for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2011 next month. We'll see who the winner is.
