The Curious Observer: 2009

Sunday, December 27, 2009

My Memorable Movies of 2009

In no particular order

Inglourious Basterds

Pirate Radio

Brothers

(500) Days of Summer

Sin Nombre

Sherlock Holmes

Avatar

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States of America

"I swear upon the altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Monday, December 7, 2009

Inspired by Juan Mann's Free Hugs Campaign

Manila,Philippies :)
Barcelona, Spain :)
Delhi, India :)
Montreal, Canada :) at the TamTams, no less! How appropriate.

Friday, December 4, 2009

My Favourite CDs

Romeo+Juliet, OST

Tonight:Franz Ferdinand

Panic! At the Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Love: The Beatles, from Le Cirque du Soleil

Words of the Year, Over the Years

Published by the American Dialect Society

* 1990: bushlips (similar to "bullshit" – stemming from President George H. W. Bush's 1988 "Read my lips: no new taxes" broken promise)
* 1991: mother of all (as in Saddam Hussein's foretold "Mother of all battles")
* 1992: Not! (meaning "just kidding")
* 1993: information superhighway
* 1994: cyber, morph (to change form)
* 1995: web and (to) newt (to act aggressively as a newcomer, like Speaker Newt Gingrich during the Contract with America)
* 1996: mom (as in "soccer mom")
* 1997: millennium bug
* 1998: e- (as in "e-mail")
* 1999: Y2K

* 2000: chad (from the 2000 presidential election controversy in Florida)
* 2001: 9-11
* 2002: weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)
* 2003: metrosexual
* 2004: red state, blue state, purple state (from the United States presidential election, 2004)
* 2005 : truthiness (popularized on The Colbert Report)
* 2006: plutoed (demoted or devalued, as happened to the former planet Pluto)
* 2007: subprime (an adjective used to describe a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage, or investment)
* 2008: bailout (in the specific sense of the rescue by the government of companies on the brink of failure, including large players in the banking industry.)
* 2009: Unfriend (to remove someone as a "friend" on a social networking site such as Facebook.)

source: Wikipedia, recyclable fountain of the collective consciousness post-2000

Quotes by the Prophet Muhammad

"The Muslim has five rights over his fellow-Muslim: he should return his [greetings], visit him when he is sick, attend his funeral, accept his invitation, and pray for mercy for him when he sneezes."

"That person will not enter Paradise who hath one atom of pride in his heart."

"Heaven lies at the feet of mothers."

"Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.”

Thursday, December 3, 2009

CDs That I Want

1. Unplugged in New York by Nirvana

I'll take advantage while you hang me out to dry, but I can't see you every night.

2. In Rainbows by Radiohead

There is nothing to explain
Regard each other as you pass
She looks back, you look back
Not just once
Not just twice

3. The Bends by Radiohead

Hell, you do it to yourself, you do, you and no one else.

4. Pop by Yelle

A cause des garcons,on met des bas nylons, on se crepe le chignon. A cause des garcons, et du qu'en d'ira-t-on, on pleure sur tous les tons.

5. Name the Pet, self-titled

I hear your name in the background. I got a ticket and a song to sing. We got no conscience, no backbone. Cause we don't need it where we are going.. in the sunshine.

6. Lost in Translation, Original Soundtrack

and you, city girl, you're beautiful. I love you...

My First Post

hello future me

I created this blog primarily to post these photos that I've saved a while ago, just to lay them out side by side and enjoy their beauty. Plus the internet is a better saver of information than is my hard drive!

So here goes, my favourites of SS10 Fashion Week!! =D
*in alphabetical order

AF Vandevorst