She's actually from Moldova (used to be part of Romania). The Moldovans speak sort of medieval Romanian with some slavic accent and words. Maybe that is why you can't figure out what she's saying. The lyrics are ironical. She sings about Ghita, her probably "boyfriend" who is gone after food and he's not coming back and he seems to be some sort of trouble maker character anyways. However she still loves him and waits for him to come back and she's looking for him. That in a nutshell.
The coat is inside out,
There is no sun above
Nothing is going good
Since I think of Ghita.
But Ghita’s not in town
I asked why he’s not around
It seems to me he’s gone
He’s gone abroad
Hard, I think it’s very hard
Want, I don’t know what I want
I know that you like me too
Ghita, what is up with you?
Young, come on in or go
Young, tell me yes or no
Ghita,
please don´t anger me
Tell me how your life will be
Ghita,
Tonight I’m waiting at the wicket
Me at the station I bought a ticket
Come to,
But don’t come as you did before
As usually with empty hands…
Who else
Will wait and sing for you as I do
Entire evening just getting there
Ghita,
Show me a girl who’s found of you
That loves you more as much as I do…
Ghita,
te-astept diseara la portita
Langa portita de la scoala
Vino da numa nu vini cum vii tu
De obicei cu mana goala
Cine te mai asteapta ca si mine
O seara intreaga numai pe tine.
Ghita,
arata-mi tu o fata care
Sa te iubeasca asa de tare!
(the last part translated from google)
Ghita, I expect tonight to port
The docks at school
Vino da vini not only how you live
Usually with empty hands
Who do you expect me
A whole evening just for you.
Ghita,
show me a girl who's found of you
That loves you more as much as I do...
There is a new way to rip people off out there that isn't new at all. I've been telling people for years about the scam of putting up a fake ATM where people put their card in and punch in their PIN, but just get an error screen. The machine just records your card info and PIN in the computer and the fraudster picks it up later. Well, there is another type of credit card fraud that happens even more regularly because it is so much easier to commit. I give you Credit Card Skimming.
Basically a device is placed on an ATM that records your card information at the same time the ATM records it. There is also a small camera placed nearby that records you typing in your PIN. This information is then coded onto fake cards and your accounts are cleaned out. Pretty scary, huh? The scariest thing is that anybody can buy what they need to pull this scam off. It isn't like the technology to read and write on magnetic strips is controlled or something. How do you think membership cards with magnetic stripes are coded? This stuff is available to anyone with a couple hundred bucks and a desire to rip you off. I'm just putting it out there so you are aware and check out the ATMs you use before you use them. Personally I don't use ATMs partially for this very reason. In fact, if I can demagnetize my credit cards so they don't work on those at all, then I do it. I've got a 16 lb speaker magnet that works great for stuff like that.
Ok, I don't get to get out much to watch movies. If I get to see one or two a year then that is a pretty darn good year. So this year we went out to see Knowing because Jennifer and I are Nicolas Cage fans. Not huge fans or anything, but he has done thing we have liked in the past. He has also done stuff that I really hated in the past, so this was kind of his last change for me. If this movie sucked then I wasn't ever going to put any stock in a movie just because it has him in it. That includes any National Treasure sequels that are still in the pipeline.
If you liked Final Destination, then Knowing is your kind of flick. ...at least, it is your kind of flick till the very end. Think about the latest Indiana Jones movie and how the ending turned out for you there. That is kind of along the same lines with this movie. It was going fine until right at the very end. Like in the last 20 minutes or so. I guess if I really think long and hard about it then I can force myself to make some sense out of it, but I go to movies to be entertained and not to have thoughts provoked. There were just some things that didn't make sense.
Spoiler Alert! I'm going to talk specifics now, so if you haven't seen it yet and you plan to, move on. Considering the movie is probably out on DVD and has been shown on network television by the time anyone reads this, I doubt you are really in any danger.
Here are my problems... Near the end the boy starts making a list of numbers. Why is that? If the world is fixing to end, then what else is there really to predict? What were the numbers for and what was the purpose?
Next problem: Why did the aliens wait till the very last second before taking the chosen ones away? Why not just take them 50 years ago? What was the purpose of warning us if we weren't going to find out till the last week anyway? Just take the chosen and leave. Duh!
And the next problem: What was the point of even putting life on this planet if the aliens knew that it would be destroyed by a massive solar flare anyway? Seems like kind of a poor choice when you think about it.
There are a lot of things that clash with the concept of this movie. Why isn't there a cult of people who believe we were placed here by aliens? There are all these scriptures that claim a divine purpose and past of creation, but where is the truth about being planted here by an alien race? That doesn't make sense to me. Surely the new Adam and Eve of each world would have told their children about where they came from. It doesn't make sense that the religions we have today would have sprouted out of being planted by aliens.
So those are the real quandaries I have. If they would have created an alternate preset where cults did exist that claimed some of the things that happened in the end, then maybe the ending wouldn't have come out of left field so much. Instead you are left in the theater scratching your head over why this sudden change of pace. It is like an M. Night Shyamalan movie without the M. Night Shyamalan. Very odd...
The special effects were terrific though. If you ever wonder what it would be like to be at ground zero of a plane crash and what that would sound like, then now you'll have an idea. If you ever wondered what it would be like if a subway car jumped the track at full speed in New York City, then now you'll have an idea. It is a fairly intense movie that only got a PG-13 rating because I don't recall any swearing or sex. If it would have had so much as a 'damn' in there, then I'm sure they would have given it an R. It is very intense and I don't know that 13 year olds are prepared to see people running out of a crashed plane on fire.
That's another thing... When he was pulling people out of the plane and the rescue workers arrived on the scene, they just sort of pushed him out of the way. Why wouldn't they have thought he was one of the survivors? After an event like that I think you would have instantly forgotten anybody who had been in your field of vision a moment before. I don't recall him actually speaking to any of the rescue workers before the plane crashed, so why didn't they assume he was one of the victims? They may have seen him out of his truck, but there is no way they would have been that clear headed to recognize him from a distance. That was a flaw.
So between that, the numbers the boy had to write, and the whole alien theme... I don't know if I liked this movie or not. It seems like it should have been a really cool flick, but somehow I can't see myself telling that to others. You'll just have to go watch it and see for yourself. Jennifer said it sucked, but that is only because she doesn't like those kinds of movies. For the type of movie it was supposed to be, I'd say it was pretty good. The only thing I would have changed would be the aliens, but then it would have really sucked. It would have been a movie about some predictions that were decoded and unable to be stopped. In the end the planet was destroyed and everybody died, so you would have been left asking yourself what the point was. Personally, I like movies where everybody dies and there is no hero, but I'm sick that way. The way they got around this for this flick was to have the aliens save the 'chosen ones' and start over. They could have just as easily been members of that cult I said should have been established, so maybe there will be an alternate ending release on DVD or something.
So there you have it. The first movie I have ever in my life tried to review. Call it what you want. Nobody asked you to read my blog anyway. ;)
I can just see way too many uses for this. Too bad not everybody has a TabletPC like me. :) Drawing online is so much easier when I can just put my pen to the screen and draw. You should all get one.
Funny Happy Birthday Song
I thought it was funny anyway. Annoying? Yeah, maybe a little, but isn't that the point of this fine day?
I tell ya, what an April first. I woke up to like five inches of snow and am now ending the day without a spec of white to be seen. This state SUCKS!! Or have I mentioned that? I thought I might have, but let me reiterate... I really hate this stupid climate! Give me nice normal NO SNOW IN SPRING any day of the week. I'm not saying that I'd take 120 degree summers just to get out of winter, but it feels like I've been cold for six months and I just want to get warm again. I'm tired of winter...
Right now I'm sitting in sunny Mesa, Arizona. Last week I was holding my head in my hands wondering where I was going to find another job and today I'm in meetings with executives and multi-millionaires talking about my plans for the customer service call center that I'll be managing. :)
It is funny how things work sometimes... I don't want to say that you are blessed for breaking the rules or that the "plan" that God has for us involves carefully placed mistakes or anything, the fact remains that we would all still be waiting to be born if Eve hadn't eaten the forbidden fruit. So I can't help but think that some of our mistakes are just destined to happen for a better purpose. At the time the mistake happens it is very difficult to see the forest through the trees, but when you are able to look back on it with different eyes, it is amazing how blessed you can feel after something terrible like losing your job in this economy can make you feel. I really hope the next lesson that I'm meant to learn doesn't involve going to jail or something after what a roller coaster this has been. I tell ya... March has been one of the hardest months of my entire life. And that is even considering that not all that much has really hit the fan. It has just been big stuff that hit and that always makes a big difference.
Still... I'm glad that I have the support that I have. I know none of the people who support me ever read this blog, but thank you to them anyway. I can't afford to go much crazier than I already am, so the words of comfort have helped. Its nice to know that while you can feel so alone in one respect, you can still feel like you are surrounded in another. Such a strange month and yet I know it is one that I'll never ever forget. After all, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I for one don't ever want to repeat the last 30 days. No siree bob.
Check out my boy and his awesome putting skills.
Is that skill or what?! I'm so proud... I can't wait till this spring when I can start getting him some golf lessons. He has a real knack for it. You should see some of the drives he has hit in the back yard. I'll never find some of those balls he has hit.
