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3/31/2007
Blogthings - What Color Flower Are You?
| You Are a Blue Flower |
 A blue flower tends to represent peace, openness, and balance. At times, you are very delicate like a cornflower. And at other times, you are wise like an iris. And more than you wish, you're a little cold, like a blue hydrangea. |
3/30/2007
What I do not give, you must never take by force'"
Curse of the Golden Flower
I highly recommend this movie , it was a visual feast for the eyes...
the fabrics OMG, the whole ambient sensuality of the palace...ever thing,, even down to the rouge on the eunuchs, was done quite well..the scenery was inspiring and absolute in it's stark grandeur always coated heavily in gold. I really don't care about the inaccuracies, it was great! ,
a good home movie to view on a Friday night:)
The title of the movie is taken from the last line of a Tang dynasty poem attributed to the rebel leader Huang Chao, "On the Chrysanthemum, after failing the Imperial Examination" or simply "Chrysanthemum":
“ At the day of the Double Ninth Festival in autumn/
"my flower [the chrysanthemum] will bloom and all the others die/
The sky-reaching fragrance [of the chrysanthemum] would fill the Chang'an City/
and the city would be clothed in golden armour ”
Due to the film's high profile while it was still in production, its title, which can be literally translated as "The Whole City Wearing Golden Armor", became a colorful metaphor for the spring 2006 sandstorms in Beijing and the term "golden armor" has since become a metaphor for sandstorms among the locals.-Wiki...
Plot:
The plot is based on Cao Yu's 1934 drama Thunderstorm (pinyin: Lei Yu), but is set in the imperial court of the Later Tang Dynasty in the year 928, which was during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. Emperor Ping is a man of humble origins and strong ambition, having risen to the throne from the lowly rank of captain. He abandoned his first wife to marry the Princess of Liang, who is now his Empress Phoenix. The Emperor does not love his second wife, and blames her sour mood on illness and has forced her to take medicine of his own concoction every two hours for the past ten years, but she was unknowingly drinking a poisoned medication in the past ten days. She and Crown Prince Wan, the Emperor's son from his previous wife, have engaged in an illicit affair for three years. Wan feels guilty about the affair and maintains a second secret relationship with Jiang Chan, the daughter of the Imperial Doctor. He desires to escape the palace, which he has never left, and see the real world with Chan.
Prince Jai, the middle son and eldest son of the Empress, has been leading the Emperor Ping's army at the kingdom's borders for three years. The palace has prepared a massive welcoming ceremony for the returning prince on the eve of the Chrysanthemum Festival, but the Emperor cancels them at the last moment to meet his son at a nearby inn where Jai has been instructed to wait. There, the Emperor duels his son as an act of dominance, after which he warns Jai never to repeat a previous, unspecified mistake, emphasizing that everything Jai receives comes by the will of the Emperor and attempting to take anything from the Emperor by force is doomed to failure.
When the Emperor returns to the palace, he learns that the Imperial Doctor has served the Empress a special poison along with her medicine for the last ten days, as per his orders. The poison will cause the Empress to lose her mind and die within a month. At a family gathering, the Emperor insists that the Empress finish the medicine that she had left earlier in the day. The Empress refuses until the Emperor forces his sons to beg her to take the medicine. Later on, a masked woman informs the Empress that the medicine does in fact contain poison, as she had come to suspect. The woman begins to leave, but becomes distracted by Wan, who has her seized and brought to the Emperor. The Emperor recognizes her as his first wife, who had escaped imprisonment and execution without his knowledge twenty-five years ago. She is now the wife of the Imperial Doctor and the mother of Chan, who does not know of her mother's past. The Emperor promotes the Doctor to governor to have him removed from the palace. En route to his new appointment, the Doctor stays at the same inn where Prince Jai awaited the Emperor's pleasure and Prince Wan rides out to be with Chan one last time. There, he discovers that the Empress has had her eunuch have embroidered and delivered ten thousand chrysanthemum scarves to General Wu of their own army. Wan immediately gets suspicious and rushes to return to the palace, causing himself to be discovered by Chan's mother, who demands vehemently and without explanation that Wan leave immediately which he does without a word. The Doctor then sits down for a heart-to-heart talk with his wife and Chan takes this opportunity to pursue Prince Wan whom she believes is riding into great danger.
In the meantime, the Empress tells Jai about the poison and asks his help in her plot against the Emperor. Jai hesitates, but eventually vows to help his mother. The Empress continues to feverishly embroider chrysanthemums for the upcoming Chrysanthemum Festival. On his return to the palace, Wan becomes suspicious over the Empress's intentions. Their relationship has already suffered from his guilt and her jealousy over Chan. After she embroiders a chrysanthemum on one of his robes, he demands to know if it is part of a plot. When she acknowledges the plot, he shrieks that the entire country would assume that he was the mastermind and regardless of the plot's outcome, he would be a dead man. The Empress then tells him that that was the plan all along. During a violent struggle, they rip apart the robe and Wan stabs himself, but survives with immediate medical attention of the court physicians. When he is visited by the Emperor, he divulges the Empress' plot to the Emperor.
Before the heart-to-heart talk can begin between the Doctor and his wife, the Emperor's black-clad assassins descend on the inn, armed with sickle-like swords and long ropes attached to grapples to slaughter all the occupants. They kill the Doctor, but red-clad soldiers loyal to the Empress hold them off and allow his wife to escape. She flees to the palace, where the Chrysanthemum Festival is about to begin. She is revealed to the royal family and Chan by the Empress as the Emperor's first wife and Wan's mother. Driven mad by her incestuous love for Wan, Chan flees into the courtyard with her mother in pursuit. The Emperor's assassins kill both women and are killed in turn by the Empress' red-clad guard. Later, a large army of gold-armored soldiers swarms into the palace, killing imperial bodyguards and courtiers as they approach. With Jai taking point, they descend on the palace with Chrysanthemums on their scarves.
In the palace, Yu, the youngest prince, stabs Wan in the back to the surprise of all. He screams that he has witnessed the plotting of his family and concluded that he must take the throne. Backed by several soldiers, he orders his father to abdicate. The Emperor's assassins kill the soldiers and then the Emperor pulverizes Yu with his heavy golden belt. Outside, an even larger army clad in silver fortify the palace with spears, bows, and a massive mobile wall. They slaughter all 10,000 golden soldiers, but spare Jai. He fights a determined, solitary battle against the entire army for some time, killing more than 50, before the teary-eyed Empress nods to him and he submits. Servants clear away the bodies and restore the decorations with mechanical precision. The festival begins as if nothing had happened.
The remaining family sits at the festival table. The Emperor reveals that he knew of the plot against him since Wan had informed him of it, and reminds Jai of his previous warning not to take what has not been given to him, thinking that Jai was making a bid for the throne. With that in mind, he also tells them that he had already decided to replace Wan with Jai as Crown Prince to emphasize the superfluous nature of Jai's act. Jai admits that he knew that his fight was futile, but he did it for his mother, not the throne. In response, the Emperor says that he will spare Jai the penalty for princely rebellion of being ripped apart by five horses if he will personally serve his mother her poisoned medicine from now on. Jai kneels before his mother and apologizes, then kills himself with a sword. Blood splatters the contents of the table as the Emperor bends to take a morsel of food. He pauses without expression. The Empress, truly driven mad now, flings the medicine cup into the center of the table and jumps off the celebration terrace as the movie ends.
3/28/2007
3/27/2007
SCORPIONS LYRICS - No One Like You Lyrics
Music :rudolf schenker
Lyrics:klaus meine
Girl, its been a long time that weve been apart
Much too long for a man who needs love
I miss you since Ive been away
Babe, it wasnt easy to leave you alone
Its getting harder each time that I go
If I had the choice, I would stay
Theres no one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
No one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
Girl, there are really no words strong enough
To describe all my longing for love
I dont want my feelings restrained
Ooh, babe, I just need you like never before
Just imagine youd come through this door
Youd take all my sorrow away
Theres no one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
No one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
No one like you"
Lyrics:klaus meine
Girl, its been a long time that weve been apart
Much too long for a man who needs love
I miss you since Ive been away
Babe, it wasnt easy to leave you alone
Its getting harder each time that I go
If I had the choice, I would stay
Theres no one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
No one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
Girl, there are really no words strong enough
To describe all my longing for love
I dont want my feelings restrained
Ooh, babe, I just need you like never before
Just imagine youd come through this door
Youd take all my sorrow away
Theres no one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
No one like you
I cant wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we do
I just wanna be loved by you
No one like you"
Lyrics- Don't Fear the Reaper
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain. we can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity...Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid
Come on baby...and she had no fear
And she ran to him...then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodbye...she had become like they are
She had taken his hand...she had become like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain. we can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity...Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid
Come on baby...and she had no fear
And she ran to him...then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodbye...she had become like they are
She had taken his hand...she had become like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
3/26/2007
Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses
Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know
'cause a bottle of vodka
Is still lodged in my head
And some blond gave me nightmares
I think she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
With an ironclad fist I wake up and
French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
Its own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love and the truth and
What you mean to me
And the truth is baby you're all that I need
I want to lay you on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the holy ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses
Well I'm so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper,
Baby blind love is true
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the holy ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses
The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died
When you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonite I won't be alone
But you know that don't
Mean I'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the holy ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses
3/25/2007
Sunday evening...
The Kids Are driving me to drink, I swear ,,,
today was chaos,
Just went and actually got some beer,
now that we don't smoke ,
I need something ,
so it's BEER...
Sitting here at computer w/beer,
and listening to SRV -Texas Flood,,,
:::deep Breath.....exhale......
ok I'm fine now.
..
3/23/2007
3/22/2007
Grizzly bears no longer threatened in famous US park - Yahoo! News
that is not good news at all...poor bears.
3/21/2007
3/19/2007
SOME WISDOM FROM LARRY THE CABLE GUY
1. A day without sunshine is like
night.
2. On the other hand, you have
different fingers.
3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are
made up on the spot.
4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest
a bad name .
5. Remember, half the people you know
are below average.
6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
7. Depression is merely anger without
enthusiasm.
8. The early bird may get the worm, but
the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
9. Support bacteria. They're the only
culture some people have.
10. A clear conscience is usually the
sign of a bad memory.
11. Change is inevitable, except from
vending machines.
12. If you think nobody cares, try
missing a couple of payments.
13. How many of you believe in
psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.
14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?
15. When everything is coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.
16. Hard work pays off in the future.
Laziness pays off now.
17. How much deeper would the ocean be
without sponges?
18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't
get sucked into jet engines
19. What happens if you get scared half
to death, twice?
20. Why do psychics have to ask you for
your name?
21. Inside every older person is a
younger person wondering,"What the hell happened?"
22. Just remember--if the world didn't
suck, we would all fall off.
23. Light travels faster than sound.
That's why some people appear bright until you hear them
speak.
24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates.
It's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow
3/15/2007
The real, the original, the authentic Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks, 1/2 pound) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated [white] sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups (12-ounce package) NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts
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COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE in preheated 375-degree [Fahrenheit] oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
PAN COOKIE VARIATION: PREPARE dough as above. Spread into greased 15"x10" jelly-roll pan. Bake in preheated 375-degree [Fahrenheit] oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack.
FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (>5,200 feet): INCREASE flour to 2 1/2 cups; add 2 teaspoonfuls water with flour; reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookies for 17 to 19 minutes.
3/13/2007
EVANESCENCE LYRICS - My Immortal
"My Immortal"
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
[Chorus:]
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
[Chorus]
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
[Chorus]
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
[Chorus:]
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
[Chorus]
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
[Chorus]
3/12/2007
A Long ,long Sleep
by Emily Dickinson
A long, long sleep, a famous sleep
That makes no show for dawn
By strech of limb or stir of lid, --
An independent one.
Was ever idleness like this?
Within a hut of stone
To bask the centuries away
Nor once look up for noon?
A long, long sleep, a famous sleep
That makes no show for dawn
By strech of limb or stir of lid, --
An independent one.
Was ever idleness like this?
Within a hut of stone
To bask the centuries away
Nor once look up for noon?
3/11/2007
Valeria
The actress from Conan the Barbarian, who played his love interest/partener...
""Do you want to live forever?"
"Kiss me,Kiss me, Hold me,Hold me, Let me breath my last breath in your mouth..."
3/09/2007
3/07/2007
3/06/2007
3/05/2007
Unexplained Mysteries :: Finding a way to 'see' extra dimensions
ooookkkkeeedoookkeee: time to take your meds ,dear.
3/04/2007
poetry time..obscure poet
Penetration
The razor touch of my teeth sliding,
Down your throat, feeling your pulse.
The silken caress of my mouth,
On your jaw, tasting your scent.
The slice of my nails as they move,
Down your chest, tracing ancient spells.
The satin fall of my hair,
Covering you, trapping you, Come into my parlour.
Lie back in my web, escape is futile,
The passion grows, hot sustenance.
The blood glows ruby red,
As for you the light grows dim,
Darling, Rest in my Embrace.
PRIMAL
Jaguar prowling,
A trace of desire on the night wind,
Wrapping subtle tendrils,
Around his senses.
Jaguar walking,
Moonlight leads him along the luminous path,
The other is known,
She is near.
Jaguar screaming,
Teeth bite, claws rake, shadows watch
Conquest.
The sleek black shape melts into the night,
Leaving him, sated and empty,
She smiles to the moon.
3/03/2007
Ancient History Sourcebook: Egyptian Love Poetry, c. 2000 - 1100 BCE
so old , yet so beautiful and timeless.
well worth a look
well worth a look
Geico's cavemen may get own TV series - Yahoo! News
too fracking funny I love this guy....always so pissed off...
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