...paint the sky...

Flashmob Iasi ;;) MJ - “Beat it”

the evening star — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:39:48 +0000

Just Beat it!!!

In my dreams I have always seen a rainbow across the sky…

the evening star — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:06:46 +0000

This is such a lovely day! The sun is shining and there is no sign of rain! I makes you fell all warm and cozy on the inside!

Just seen last night the movie “Tess” - by Roman Polansky - after the novel by Thomas Hardy - with Nastassia Kinsky as Tess d’Uberville. It was so interesting! I had read the book but the movies are always different! And I do recommend you to see this version. Roman worked really hard for this - almost 8 months - and had to film in different location. He did a great job! Plus, Nastassia was only 17-18 years old back then and she managed to do this movie so pro!

Anyway, I wanted to tell you also that soon… this week ! there will be a flashmob in Iasi! stay tuned!

Have a lovely warm day!

I’m back again! And ready to rule the world ;)

the evening star — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:22:23 +0000

Hungry Eyes - Dirty Dancing ( this is for the perfect dancer: Patrick Swayze)

It feels weird to be back home again, after 2 gorgeous weeks in sunny Greece Here is not that warm and I was beginning to get used to the sun. But I am happy I get to see my friends again now, that school is up and running again… Soon things will fall into place, I hope.

While I was in “Heavenly Greece” - as I call it for 4 years now - I saw one night (in the same night, but different channel) the movies: “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost”, with gorgeous actor Patrick Swayze.

It was only last week, when I came back home, that my mother told me he was dead, and maybe, that night is why they were running his movies…

I was so sad to hear this, but now I hope he is in a better place.

May he rest in peace! (I adored you :*) Rest in Peace Sir Patrick Swayze!

By CHRISTY LEMIRE, AP Movie Writer Christy Lemire, Ap Movie Writer – Tue Sep 15, 7:28 am ET

LOS ANGELES – Patrick Swayze personified a particular kind of masculine grace both on and off screen, from his roles in films like “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” to the way he carried himself in his long fight with pancreatic cancer. Swayze died from the illness on Monday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 57.

“Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” Annett Wolf said in a statement Monday evening. She declined to give details.

Fans of the actor were saddened to learn in March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from an especially deadly form of cancer. He continued working despite the diagnosis, putting together a memoir with his wife and shooting “The Beast,” an A&E drama series for which he had already made the pilot.

Swayze said he chose not to use painkillers while making “The Beast” because they would have taken the edge off his performance. The show drew a respectable 1.3 million viewers when the 13 episodes ran this year, but A&E said it reluctantly decided not to renew it for a second season.

When he first went public with the illness, some reports gave him only weeks to live, but his doctor said his situation was “considerably more optimistic” than that. Swayze acknowledged that time might be running out given the grim nature of the disease.

“I’d say five years is pretty wishful thinking,” Swayze told ABC’s Barbara Walters in early 2009. “Two years seems likely if you’re going to believe statistics. I want to last until they find a cure, which means I’d better get a fire under it.”

And that’s exactly what he did. In February, Swayze wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post titled, “I’m Battling Cancer. How About Some Help, Congress?” in which he urged senators and representatives to vote for the maximum funding for the National Institutes of Health to fight cancer as part of the economic stimulus package.

He also appeared in the September 2008 live television event “Stand Up to Cancer,” where he pleaded: “I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, a life not lived in the shadow of cancer, but in the light. … I dream that the word `cure’ will no longer be followed by the words `is impossible.’”

Celebrities and fans inspired by Swayze’s struggle poured out their condolences, including C. Thomas Howell, who costarred with Swayze in “The Outsiders,” “Grandview U.S.A.” and “Red Dawn.”

“I have always had a special place in my heart for Patrick,” he said. “While I was fortunate enough to work with him in three films, it was our passion for horses that forged a friendship between us that I treasure to this day.”

Others used Twitter to express their sadness, and “Dirty Dancing” was a top trending topic Monday night, trailed by other Swayze films.

Demi Moore, who played Swayze’s fiancee in “Ghost,” wrote: “Patrick you are loved by so many and your light will forever shine in all of our lives.” Moore’s husband, Ashton Kutcher, tweeted: “RIP P Swayze” and linked to a YouTube clip of the actor poking fun at himself in a classic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, in which he played a wannabe Chippendales dancer alongside the corpulent — and frighteningly shirtless — Chris Farley.

Larry King wrote: “Patrick Swayze was a wonderful actor & a terrific guy. He put his heart in everything. He was an extraordinary fighter in his battle w Cancer.” King added that he’d do a tribute to Swayze on his CNN program Tuesday night.

A three-time Golden Globe nominee, Swayze became a star with his performance as the misunderstood bad boy Johnny Castle in “Dirty Dancing.” As the son of a choreographer who began his career in musical theater, he seemed a natural to play the role.

A coming-of-age romance starring Jennifer Grey as an idealistic young woman on vacation with her family and Swayze as the Catskills resort’s sexy (and much older) dance instructor, the film made use of both his grace on his feet and his muscular physique.

It became an international phenomenon in the summer of 1987, spawning albums, an Oscar-winning hit song in “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life,” stage productions and a sequel, 2004’s “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights,” in which he made a cameo.

Swayze performed and co-wrote a song on the soundtrack, the ballad “She’s Like the Wind,” inspired by his wife, Lisa Niemi. The film also gave him the chance to utter the now-classic line, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”

Swayze followed up with the 1989 action flick “Road House,” in which he played a bouncer at a rowdy bar. But it was his performance in 1990’s “Ghost” that showed his vulnerable, sensitive side. He starred as a murdered man trying to communicate with his fiancee, with great frustration and longing, through a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg.

“Ghost” provided yet another indelible musical moment: Swayze and Moore sensually molding pottery together to the strains of the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody.” It also earned a best-picture nomination and a supporting-actress Oscar for Goldberg, who said she wouldn’t have won if it weren’t for Swayze.

“When I won my Academy Award, the only person I really thanked was Patrick,” Goldberg said in March 2008 on the ABC daytime talk show “The View.”

Swayze himself earned three Golden Globe nominations, for “Dirty Dancing,” “Ghost” and 1995’s “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” which allowed him to toy with his masculine image. The role called for him to play a drag queen on a cross-country road trip alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo.

His heartthrob status almost kept him from being considered for the role of Vida Boheme.

“I couldn’t get seen on it because everyone viewed me as terminally heterosexually masculine-macho,” he told The Associated Press then. But he transformed himself so completely that when his screen test was sent to Steven Spielberg, whose Amblin pictures produced “To Wong Foo,” the director didn’t recognize him.

Among his earlier films, Swayze was part of the star-studded lineup in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders,” alongside Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez and Diane Lane. Other ’80s films included “Red Dawn,” “Grandview U.S.A.” and “Youngblood,” once more with Lowe, as Canadian hockey teammates.

In the ’90s, he made such eclectic films as “Point Break” (1991) in which he played the leader of a band of bank-robbing surfers, and the family Western “Tall Tale” (1995) in which he starred as Pecos Bill. He appeared on the cover of People magazine as its “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1991, but his career tapered off toward the end of the 1990s, when he went to rehab for alcohol abuse. In 2001, he appeared in the cult favorite “Donnie Darko,” and in 2003 he returned to the New York stage with “Chicago”; 2006 found him in the musical “Guys and Dolls” in London.

Swayze was born in 1952 in Houston, the son of Jesse Swayze and choreographer Patsy Swayze, whose films include “Urban Cowboy.”

He played football but also was drawn to dance and theater, performing with the Feld, Joffrey and Harkness Ballets and appearing on Broadway as Danny Zuko in “Grease.” He turned to acting in 1978 after a series of injuries.

Within a couple years of moving to Los Angeles, he made his debut in the roller-disco movie “Skatetown, U.S.A.” The eclectic cast included Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormack and Billy Barty.

Off-screen, he was an avid conservationist who was moved by his time in Africa to shine a light on “man’s greed and absolute unwillingness to operate according to Mother Nature’s laws,” he told the AP in 2004.

Swayze was married since 1975 to Niemi, a fellow dancer who took lessons with his mother; they met when he was 19 and she was 15. A licensed pilot, Niemi would fly her husband from Los Angeles to Northern California for treatment at Stanford University Medical Center.

Why is this day so special? 09/09/09 …

the evening star — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:32:55 +0000

Have special plans this 09/09/09?

Everyone from brides and grooms to movie studio execs are celebrating the upcoming calendrical anomaly in their own way.

In Florida, at least one county clerk’s office is offering a one-day wedding special for $99.99. The rarity of this Sept. 9 hasn’t been lost on the creators of the iPod, who have moved their traditional Tuesday release day to Wednesday to take advantage of the special date. Focus Features is releasing their new film “9,” an animated tale about the apocalypse, on the 9th.

Not only does the date look good in marketing promotions, but it also represents the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we’ll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium (mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to count it.

Though technically there’s nothing special about the symmetrical date, some concerned with the history and meaning of numbers ascribe powerful significance to 09/09/09.

For cultures in which the number nine is lucky, Sept. 9 is anticipated - while others might see the date as an ominous warning.

Math magic

Modern numerologists - who operate outside the realm of real science - believe that mystical significance or vibrations can be assigned to each numeral one through nine, and different combinations of the digits produce tangible results in life depending on their application.

As the final numeral, the number nine holds special rank. It is associated with forgiveness, compassion and success on the positive side as well as arrogance and self-righteousness on the negative, according to numerologists.

Though usually discredited as bogus, numerologists do have a famous predecessor to look to. Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician and father of the famous theorem, is also credited with popularizing numerology in ancient times.

“Pythagoras most of all seems to have honored and advanced the study concerned with numbers, having taken it away from the use of merchants and likening all things to numbers,” wrote Aristoxenus, an ancient Greek historian, in the 4th century B.C.

As part of his obsession with numbers both mathematically and divine, and like many mathematicians before and since, Pythagoras noted that nine in particular had many unique properties.

Any grade-schooler could tell you, for example, that the sum of the two-digits resulting from nine multiplied by any other single-digit number will equal nine. So 9×3=27, and 2+7=9.

Multiply nine by any two, three or four-digit number and the sums of those will also break down to nine. For example: 9×62 = 558; 5+5+8=18; 1+8=9.

Sept. 9 also happens to be the 252nd day of the year (2 + 5 +2)…

Loving 9

Both China and Japan have strong feelings about the number nine. Those feelings just happen to be on opposite ends of the spectrum.

The Chinese pulled out all the stops to celebrate their lucky number eight during last year’s Summer Olympics, ringing the games in at 8 p.m. on 08/08/08. What many might not realize is that nine comes in second on their list of auspicious digits and is associated with long life, due to how similar its pronunciation is to the local word for long-lasting (eight sounds like wealth).

Historically, ancient Chinese emperors associated themselves closely with the number nine, which appeared prominently in architecture and royal dress, often in the form of nine fearsome dragons. The imperial dynasties were so convinced of the power of the number nine that the palace complex at Beijing’s Forbidden City is rumored to have been built with 9,999 rooms.

Japanese emperors would have never worn a robe with nine dragons, however.

In Japanese, the word for nine is a homophone for the word for suffering, so the number is considered highly unlucky - second only to four, which sounds like death.

Many Japanese will go so far as to avoid room numbers including nine at hotels or hospitals, if the building planners haven’t already eliminated them altogether.

What kind of brain do I have?

the evening star — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:30:41 +0000

Balanced Brain: 16 Left-Brain Responses/ 14 Right Responses

Of 30 questions, 16 of your responses indicate you are left brained dominant. 14 of your responses are indications of right brain dominance. These results indicate you have a balanced brain, with no tendency to think towards either side.

Those who are middle-brain dominant tend to be more flexible than either the left or the right-brain folks; however, you often vacillate between the two hemispheres when you make decisions. You sometimes get confused when decisions need to be made because, neurologically speaking, you could do most tasks through either a left-brain or a right-brain method!

A balanced score means you are able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres of your brain depending upon a given situation. This combination makes you a creative and flexible thinker.The down side to having a more “balanced brain” is that you may sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision when the two hemispheres of your brain are competing to solve a problem in their own unique ways. You may also find career choices difficult due to your proficiency in several different areas.

Lectii de viata…

the evening star — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:59:42 +0000

Daca am reduce populatia Pamantului la un satuc cu 100 oameni, pastrand proportiile reale, situatia ar arata astfel:

57 Asiatici	21 Europeni	14 Americani (din Nord si Sud)	8 Africani

52 femei	48 barbati

70 de alta rasa	30 albi

89 heterosexuali	11 homosexuali

6 persoane ar detine 59% din toata averea lumii si toti ar fi din USA
80 ar avea conditii proaste de viata
70 ar fi analfabeti
50 ar fi subnutriti
1 ar muri
2 s-ar naste
1 ar avea un computer
1 (unul singur) ar avea educatie superioara

Daca te vei uita astfel la lumea noastra, vei vedea ce mare nevoie avem de solidaritate, intelegere, rabdare, si educatie.

Gandeste-te la asta!

Daca azi de dimineata te-ai trezit sanatos, esti mai fericit decat 1 milion de oameni care nu o sa mai apuce saptamana urmatoare.

Daca nu ai supravietuit unui razboi,
singuratatii dintr-o celula de inchisoare, agoniei torturii
foametei,

esti mai fericit decat 500 milioane de oameni din aceasta lume.

Daca poti intra sa te rogi intr-o biserica/ moschee fara teama de fi inchis sau ucis, esti mai fericit decat 3 miliarde de oameni din lume.

Daca ai mancare in frigider,
ai haine si incaltari,
ai un pat si un acoperis,
esti mai bogat decat 75% din oamenii acestei lumi.

Daca ai un cont in banca, bani in portofel si ceva monede in pusculita,
te numeri printre cei 8% oameni din lume care o duc bine.

Daca citesti acest text esti de doua ori mai norocos, deoarece:

1. cineva tocmai si-a amintit de tine
2. nu apartii celor 2 miliarde de oameni care nu pot citi.
si… Ai un computer!

Dupa cum spunea cineva intelept:

“- munceste ca si cum n-ai avea nevoie de bani,
- iubeste ca si cum nu te-ar rani nimeni niciodata,
- danseaza ca si cum nu te-ar vedea nimeni,
- canta, ca si cum nu te-ar auzi nimeni,
- traieste ca si cum Pamantul ar fi RAIUL.”

Ice Age 3 with chocolate on top ;))

the evening star — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:23:55 +0000

In curand vor aparea Kinder cu surprize de la Ice Age 3! Yeeeeeeeeey!!!

Great promo job cei mici vor fi fericiti ( si nu numai )

I am in a rock mood…

the evening star — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:59:00 +0000

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen tribute

Queen really knew how to rock and entertain! Freddie … rest in peace!

p.s. do try Calling all girls you will get your mind blown away ;))

SALUT, IASI !

the evening star — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:19:52 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlpVTFWzYfs

Te salut, oras romantic, plin de parcuri si de flori
Unde noaptea stau de vorba trubadurii visatori
Cu tacerea de pe uliti, cu trecutul si cu luna…
Te salut, oras istoric, oropsit ca-ntotdeauna,

Tu, oras de harnici dascali, de poeti si carturari,
Leaganul atitor ganduri si-al atitor fapte mari,
Care-ai adunat in juru-ti, ca un far incadescent,
Tot ce e inteligenta, suflet mare si talent.

Te salut, oras de basme, cu conturii iluzorii,
Strajuit de sapte dealuri incarcate de podgorii!
Te salut, oras gradina cu castanii tai feerici,
Si cu turnurile tale si cu cincizeci de biserici,

Blind oras de odinioara , melancolic si tacut,
Unde fiecare piatra ne vorbeste de trecut,
Unde vechea stralucire ingropata-n pergamente,
Se ridica mai curata din pioase monumente,

Ce-n sclipirea diminetii despre alte vremi vorbesc:
Cetatuia…Trei Ierarhi…Sfintul Neculai Domnesc…
Te salut, oras al pacii, al poesiei, si-al iubirii,
Unde se intrec in gratii fetele cu trandafirii,

Unde primavara cerul e albastru ca cicoarea
Si din fiece ograda liliacu’si ploua floarea
Peste ziduri invechite , peste garduri, la rascruci…
Tu, oras cu arzatoare si cu gingase duduci,

Care-au mostenit in zimbet ca si’n tremurul de gene
Frumusetea legendara a femeii moldovene!
Te salut, oras politic, unde vezi la Primarie
Un primar ce vrea sa plece, pe cind sapte vor sa vie!

Te salut, oras romantic, inzestrat cu’n Abator.
Cu o Baie comunala si…c’un Strand racoritor
Unde se prajeste’n soare, pe nisip intinsa-alene,
Frumusetea legendara a femeii moldovene!
Unde vine sa se scalde orice piele napirlita!
Unde poti vedea conturul unei doamne de elita
Cu tricou lipit de coapse si cu toate alea goale,
Ceia ce costa pe vremuri o multime de parale!

[…]
Te salut, oras poetic, plin de visuri si de soapte,
Unde seara ies pe strada pasarelele de noapte
Sa propage abstinenta si s-o raspindeasca’n tara,
Dupa cum le porunceste noua lege sanitara!

[…]
Te salut, oras arhaic, plin de suveniruri sfinte!
Te salut cu toata stima, te salut si …n’am cuvinte.

Beautiful tap dancing :)

the evening star — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:18:41 +0000

Riverdance \”Thunderstorm\”

A very young Michael Flatley!