Why does he always look like he wants to kill himself? "I need water" he proclaims in a gravely voice. After much effort to get to the inside of the coconut, he discovers that the sucker coconut has solidified inside. Just oily coconut mush - he eats it and goes in a fake voice: Wow. And I don't even like coconuts.
"I'm exhausted. I'm hurt. I don't know where I'm going. Big chance of hypothermia." the time he doesn't spend to actually experiencing it, he talks about the impending dangers.
Survivor man drinks from the conchshell, gets bitten by bugs, eats bugs...I would not say that he's emotional man. He doesn't show much emotion, so this isn't an Emmy material, only his sad eyes reveal how really pissed he is. There are sharks, jellyfish, there's real effort and struggle for survival going on, and guess what...it's not fun! The man is not doing it for fun; just to survive, which makes it kind of depressing. Steve Irvin had fun, I've felt the passion he felt; I got excited about the animals he interacted with, even the most dangerous ones. When he got bit, he didn't show it. If he acted afraid, and went: "This crocodile looks like a real danger. That's not good.I better get away from this bastard asap" the show would not be a great show that it was....There's no humor, not even a hint of humor in Survivorman. His life is hard, he is not enjoying it, and I am not enjoying watching it. If he loved it, maybe. Otherwise, it leaves you wondering, why the hell IS he doing it???
Commonsense answers this way: "Families can discuss survival tactics. How can you get by for a week with no food or water? What about shelter? How do seemingly safe trips -- like camping or river rafting -- turn dangerous? Has there ever been a situation you wondered how you'd get out of? What did you do? Have you taken any training to prepare for dangerous situations (first aid, self-defense, wilderness training)? Would you like to? What would you do if you found yourself in one of the situations featured on the show?"
Another fear factor driven marketing. Let's imagine all bad scenarios possible and plot out our way out of it. Haven't we learned already, that every action driven by fear alone, are ways to drive us towards these very scenarios?
Your focus becomes you. I constantly feel sorry for Survivorman. He can come to my house and rest from surviving. I will provide an effortless, bug free meal, and a heavenly peaceful shelter.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Book Review The Resurrection and the Life by Brian Keene
The leather clad book filled with mystisizm before you even read it..."The Resurrection and the Life is a must read for anyone who enjoyed The Rising and City of the Dead', writes Horror World Reviews.
Well I haven't read The Rising or City of the dead yet, so I am off to a good start - beginning at the beginning. The book itself is only 47 pages long; the edition of The Resurrection is limited to 250 numbered copies and a special edition of 52 lettered copies(guess which one I've got?), all signed by the Author, Brian Keene, the artist, George Walker, and the OB himself -- that's right, there's a bloody fingerprint (or should I say "clawprint") of Ob at the very bottom of the page! You can order your copy through bitingdogpress.com.
First of all it reads very easily, you are virtually gliding through each page, and it feels like you are there at ancient times. The writing is not pretentious or overly descriptive; rather it's written in a voice of a witness, "this is how it happened".
Since I am religious I was wary to read something fictional about Jesus; I was ready for the usual exploits: a joke, a shock, the graphic violence of it, something about Mary Magdalene or unheard children. I was relieved to find nothing of the sort - in fact, Keene doesn't change the story of what I already know, that he loved Lazarus, Mary and Martha, that he knew of his fate and prayed before meeting it...And then the unquestionable fact that he resurrected Lazarus and how he did it. It just somehow makes sense that the living trying to mess with the world of dead end up in a mess...Am I making sense? When Jesus does this holy act he entrusts this act unto God; but how did it really happened? Did God speak to people back then? And other, very interesting, mind and soul tickling questions we find answered in this book, and end up with a longing to learn more...A sort of a book that any book should be: inspiring and calling...Dangling palpitating mystery like an anglerfish before my hungry mind: Like why did Judas really betray Jesus? Not just for 33 silver cents of course, but there must have been something more to it...And I am not buying the story they threw at us on TV that Jesus simply asked him to be betrayed...It had to be something deeper, a real reason, for I believe that Judas must have loved his teacher wholeheartedly...Was he secretly gay? Did he have life insurance on him? Then - what? In this book, an answer is simple and logic and obvious...
That's why this book is such a deliciously taunting treat.
Well I haven't read The Rising or City of the dead yet, so I am off to a good start - beginning at the beginning. The book itself is only 47 pages long; the edition of The Resurrection is limited to 250 numbered copies and a special edition of 52 lettered copies(guess which one I've got?), all signed by the Author, Brian Keene, the artist, George Walker, and the OB himself -- that's right, there's a bloody fingerprint (or should I say "clawprint") of Ob at the very bottom of the page! You can order your copy through bitingdogpress.com.
First of all it reads very easily, you are virtually gliding through each page, and it feels like you are there at ancient times. The writing is not pretentious or overly descriptive; rather it's written in a voice of a witness, "this is how it happened".
Since I am religious I was wary to read something fictional about Jesus; I was ready for the usual exploits: a joke, a shock, the graphic violence of it, something about Mary Magdalene or unheard children. I was relieved to find nothing of the sort - in fact, Keene doesn't change the story of what I already know, that he loved Lazarus, Mary and Martha, that he knew of his fate and prayed before meeting it...And then the unquestionable fact that he resurrected Lazarus and how he did it. It just somehow makes sense that the living trying to mess with the world of dead end up in a mess...Am I making sense? When Jesus does this holy act he entrusts this act unto God; but how did it really happened? Did God speak to people back then? And other, very interesting, mind and soul tickling questions we find answered in this book, and end up with a longing to learn more...A sort of a book that any book should be: inspiring and calling...Dangling palpitating mystery like an anglerfish before my hungry mind: Like why did Judas really betray Jesus? Not just for 33 silver cents of course, but there must have been something more to it...And I am not buying the story they threw at us on TV that Jesus simply asked him to be betrayed...It had to be something deeper, a real reason, for I believe that Judas must have loved his teacher wholeheartedly...Was he secretly gay? Did he have life insurance on him? Then - what? In this book, an answer is simple and logic and obvious...
That's why this book is such a deliciously taunting treat.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
New Manu Chao CD album
Entertrainment Magazine rated Manu Chao's new album "Radiolina" A, citing is as a "vivid, so gloriously provocative, the translation seems almost superfluous" L(He sings in French and Spansh) . Listen to some of his French/English tracks here http://www.last.fm/music/Manu+Chao/_/Welcome+to+Tijuana.
Quoted from Fanonite.org, who quotes from Observer: An excellent profile of one of the world’s greatest musicians, Manu Chao, a true heir to Marley and Lennon.
I really don't know about that. Only the tracks that are sang in English are actually "listenable" - others, Panik Panic and the rest on Radiolina seemed like a copy of each other, mostly reggae beats and very repetitive, almost unfinished(or...it could go on forever...until you go mad)
I did like his "King of the Bongo" and of the new album, the "Bleeding Clown" - short, but lovely tune, a little naive, simple song which I would not compare to Marley nor Lennon. Who knows? If Manu Chao sang in English, I might! Will he???
Quoted from Fanonite.org, who quotes from Observer: An excellent profile of one of the world’s greatest musicians, Manu Chao, a true heir to Marley and Lennon.
I really don't know about that. Only the tracks that are sang in English are actually "listenable" - others, Panik Panic and the rest on Radiolina seemed like a copy of each other, mostly reggae beats and very repetitive, almost unfinished(or...it could go on forever...until you go mad)
I did like his "King of the Bongo" and of the new album, the "Bleeding Clown" - short, but lovely tune, a little naive, simple song which I would not compare to Marley nor Lennon. Who knows? If Manu Chao sang in English, I might! Will he???
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Free shoes - giveaway. Hurry! Offer ends on 5/9/7
Free. SHOES. What else can sound sweeter? Oh, only chocolate. Which you can have after the gym. Which brings us back to the shoes, of course! To enter, you have to leave a comment on a site called I Should Be Folding The Loundry (It's not my site. I swear!) from a witty Mom in Indiana.
Details:
-The winner can choose ANY pair of shoes from the Ryka website.
-In order to win, please leave a comment on this post and please share the contest details on your blog. Don't keep
-The giveaway will end on Wednesday, September 5th at 9:00 pm. CST.
-If you end up not winning on my blog or my other blog, starting September 5th, Ryka is giving away 30 pairs of shoes a day until October 16th. That's 3000 pairs of shoes. Which officially equals shoe heaven.
Have fun and GOOD LUCK!
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