Rock on

Last night I was on my first live concert. And what a concert I picked: SCORPIONS in Toronto!!
Now I know that people 27 and younger have no idea probably who Scorpions are. You have to tell them about the song with the whistle (Wind of change) or Hurricane and maybe will ring a bell to them. But for me, they are one of the favorite bands that have contributed on my growth as a person. Can't say I know all of their songs. I am mostly into ballads and they do have some really nice ones.
So last night they sang some of their new songs and to tell the truth I did like "Humanity". Pretty impressive to like a song that you hear for the first time on a noisy live concert. I guess if I hear it from a studio recording I will like it a lot. And here and there they had some of their classic songs. There were people that didn't sit for a second (unfortunately the ones ahead of me so I had to stand up all the time as well) and they sang all the time because they knew every word of every song!!! Pretty amazing considering that they had the biker looking with a big bier belly!!
It was a lot of nostalgia in their old songs for me. I remember, during my first year of high school, there was this guy that finally took the courage to tell me he loved me (the first time someone told he loved me face to face) and because I was so naive and scared like a mouse I told him not to talk to me anymore. Like a gentleman, up to this day he hasn't spoken a word to me! But he was friend with my friends. I used to exchange a lot of books with my friends and one day I found at the end of one book two songs of Scorpions, written by hand, very nicely. Was "Holiday" and "Still loving you". None of my friends knew English that well or had any interest on writing the lyrics of these songs to my book, so I have a very good feeling was him! To be honest, he touched my heart in a secret place with that! My friends tell me that he has become kind of weird but in my books he is fine. If I have a chance to talk to him again, I would say "Sorry for any pain I have ever caused you! I didn't mean it, just was scared and didn't know better!"
Just in time for this exiting first concert, BlogSpot has introduced this new feature to add personal videos. I am adding this very bad quality of video I got from the concert with my cell phone (no cameras allowed). Those guys can still sing and rock the stage! The drummer was really awesome and he kept the show for about 10 minutes with some drum tricks! The only disappointment was that they didn't sing "Woman", maybe my personal favorite song. My ears still beep, I guess I have damaged them for good! My throat is itchy and my legs hurt... Oh well, was all worth it :)

300 and some

So I made it watch the movie "300".At the beginning I didn't want to as I was told there would be disturbing scenes with children being sacrificed and lots of people being killed. But then I took the courage and I watch it from beginning to end. And it is a disturbing movie, lots of killing, blood, angry men and some almost to very naked women. I was comparing it with "Passion of Christ" and I think this one brings the bar higher. There were a lot of discussions when that movie came out but nothing about this one. Is our sensitivity changed so much that we accept anything shown on TV, any shade of blood sprayed right on the camera, any head cut flying in the air and anything someone called director and photographer decide to put on our face?
What was wrong with the old war movies, where there was a lot more than just the killing in the 120 minutes of the picture? It used to be a lot more attention to the story and the message and some combat for action. Now the attention is to the combat and in between, while they eat an apple for snack, there are some words just to connect the battle that just finished with the next one.
Gerard Butler is a dreamy guy! I really liked him at "Dear Franky". He is hot here as well, also in a good physic (so were the other 299 guys behind him) but the old Greek hair style is just ridiculous on him. In this movie he shows it almost all, except his "package". I guess that is the thing that makes the girls watch this movie when dragged by thier men to the theater or rent it to Blockbuster.
In all I was not very impressed and I don't think I will watch it again, once is enough. Also, I think, for the next year pride parade, there will be a lot of guys dressed up like the big Persian guy that was under the impression he was God. He was a perfect Drag Queen.

Liveaboard

This marine flag means:

L - you should stop, I have something important to communicate

My manager of 1 year just quit yesterday for one of the best top 5 reasons to quit: He has decided to take a 2 year trip on Central America's waters on a boat with his wife!

P - the Blue Peter - all aboard, vessel is about to proceed sea. (At sea) your lights are out or burning badly

He has been a lot around, traveled in all the possible ways (airplane, car, bicycle, rock mounting, boat) and he is an inspiration for life enjoyment. He is the kind of guy that has done well on carrier, has a wife that loves him and he is in love with, has taken all the chances life has given to him, doesn't follow rules out of his own and he doesn't have children. For 2 years before becoming my boss, he has been representing the company in our office in India, managing a group of developers. Then that office closed and he came back to Toronto to spend one cold winter, just like before. That made him think that "It doesn't have to be like this!"

D - keep clear of me, I am manoevering with difficulty

He had a really hard time with the cold while all the time he was talking about the hot weather of India. And then in February he took a trip down on Mexico to visit some uncle of his wife that lived there and seems like that was the trip that changed his mind for good.

S - my engines are going full speed astern

He sold his house for more than he was expecting and instead of buying a new one, he will sell his old boat and buy a new one of those! His wife and him are planning to go to Florida, the best market for boats, and buy a boat there. Florida is the best market for boats because a lot of people start their trips up north and by the time they arrive to Florida, their wives have given them 2 options: "The boat or Me!", so they sell the boats.... or their wives, whichever makes a better deal.

X - stop carrying out your intentions and watch for my signals



I am really jealous! I am really jealous!

W - I require medical assistance

I really need to find the reason why I do not do things like that in my life?! I like adventures, I like traveling, I do not like Toronto's winter and I do like to learn Spanish in Cuba. So I do like to do all these things and I'm not. Trying to find whom to blame....

B - I am taking on or discharging explosives

The biggest adventure I have done in my life is to leave home and move to Toronto at 27. I loved it and I think I did a good thing to move here. But why did I get married here? I shouldn't have gotten married, I should have continued to follow adventures that my heart would have told me to. And not just that, but I married also someone that doesn't like adventures ... I mean the kind that I like because, believe you me, he does like some other kinds! And then there was the kid, don't get me wrong, I love my kid to death, but I think it is hard to take adventures of any kind with a kid that is still on diapers. So it seems like I have made all the possible choices to disable myself from taking adventures and live on the edge. I guess I am the one to blame.

I - I am altering my course to port


Well, I am sorry he is leaving as he was a good boss, a nice guy and things were going fine since he took this job. I wish him all the fun and hope he doesn't meet any pirates out there. As per us here, we will have to find a nice gift for him so he can remember us in the middle of the blue, and a new boss as good as him.

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