Date: February 26, 2008

Hari Senin kmrn boleh dibilang hari yang cukup berkesan buat gue. Salah satu hari yang tidak akan terlupakan.
Soalnya dulu pas zaman sekolah dari SD ampe SMA gue suka ama Backstreet Boys, dan akhirnya sekarang kesampean juga ketemu mereka.

Berawal dari postingan yang didapat dari Sony BMG kalo bisa ikut kuis meet ‘n greet with Backstreet Boys, gue nyoba ikutan. Meski gak terlalu ngarep menang, apalagi tau kuis itu udah pas hari2 terakhir menjelang kedatangan mereka ke Indo, dan soalnya yang ikutan pasti banyak, jawabannya juga pasti bagus2, dan kalo gue menang, apa boleh gue ke Jakarta?

Tapi tanpa disangka, Jumat siang mengirim, malamnya langsung ditelepon, katanya gue bisa ketemu BSB. Wuihh.. seneng donk pastinya. Yang selama ini cuma bisa dengerin lagu2 mereka ato nonton di TV/VCD, skrg bisa liat langsung. Kelar interview sebentar dan saat gue blm confirm kalo gue bisa dateng, gue tanya apa boleh bawa temen. Trs katanya boleh.
Selesai ditelpon, langsung gue ajak temen2 gue yang gue tau mereka suka ama BSB juga. Wah, mereka girang banget..
Mulai deh mikirin soal nyari travel bareng buat ke Jakartanya. Sedikit harus cepat juga krn acaranya hari Senin.
Krn sudah malam, obrolan pun akan dilanjutkan bsk.

Minggu-nya, gue confirm ke orang Sony BMG kalo gue bisa dateng, sekaligus nanya lagi bener gak kalo boleh bawa temen. Tapi ternyata oh ternyata, tidak boleh. Gue sempet DEG! untuk sepersekian detik, kaget! Apalagi udah ngajak bbrp temen gue.
Dgn berat hati gue bilang ke temen gue kalo ternyata mereka gak boleh ikut. Tp syukurlah ortu gue sendiri mau nganterin ke Jakarta. Thank you so much!

Senin-nya, dr pagi langsung ke Jakarta. Jujur, baru sekali ini gue pergi ke Jakarta pagi2 jam 7 lewat jalan tol, macetnya minta ampun! Kalo biasa 2 jam udah nyampe. Skrg ampe 3 jam.
Jalan2 ke Senayan City dan Plasa Senayan, ngabisin waktu sebelum ke JCC jam 4.30.

The concert ticket that I got

Waktupun tiba, gue sampe di JCC. Ternyata sudah banyak yg ngantri, mau dapet first row. Calo juga banyak, yg jualan tiket maupun kaos BSB.
Gue ketemu ama orang Sony BMG, Mas Nabil. Syukurlah, semuanya berjalan lancar.
Gue kenalan ama bbrp orang disana, dan seneng juga bisa ketemu teman di radio OZ yg dulu sering kirim2an imel, Claudia Lengkey.

Nunggu ampe jam 5, kita disuruh ngantri dan dibagi ke bbrp grup. Maklum, yg bisa meet ‘n greet banyak banget. Ada sekitar 40-an orang lebih gitu.. Dr berbagai kota, radio2, pihak label, dll. Lalu masuklah kita ke dalam. Dan oh! Akhirnya, ngeliat juga Backstreet Boys asli dgn mata kepala sendiri. Senangnya. Buru2 ngeluarin kamera. Meski katanya gak boleh motret, tp karena ngeliat yg laen pada motret2, ya udah gue ikutan aja.

Awal2nya, kita asyik2an ngeliatin mereka lagi breafing, rehearsing, dan ada yg teriak2 manggil nama2 mereka.
Terus mereka nyapa kita,”Hello, Jakarta!”. Dan mulai nanya, mau nyanyiin lagu apa. Kontan saja, kita pada teriak2 nyebutin judul2 lagu BSB. Gue gak ngerti kenapa kok gue malah sekenceng2nya nyebut Backstreet’s Back. Gak mungkin gitu mereka mau nyanyi lagu itu. Harusnya lagu2 baru dr album baru mereka. Mereka sempet nyanyi 2-3 baris dr 1-2 lagu, More Than That gitu? Ama I Still. Langsung deh semuanya pada bersorak-sorai. Terus mereka mulai nyanyi lagu full ‘Helpless When She Smiles’. Langsung deh kita semua pada teriak2 gak jelas. Hahaha… Kedengerannya mungkin katro emang. Tp itu bener2 refleks abis. Begitu juga pas mereka nyanyi ‘Incomplete’ dan ‘Inconsolable’, wah langsung deh pada nyanyi bareng2 semua.

Doing the rehearsal

Yang paling banyak gaya itu Nick Carter, mike-nya dijadiin gitar dan pas nyanyi terakhir, suaranya digetarin entah bagaimana dan melengking, lama banget, ampe Howie nyamperin dan narik kulit tenggorokannya sambil ketawa. Mungkin maksudnya biar berenti dan menjaga suara. Gawat donk kalo ampe suaranya abis (meski rasanya gak mungkin) gara2 nyanyi kayak gitu.

Sementara yang paling down to earth itu Brian. Soalnya di paling rajin nyapa kita2 dan pasang sejuta senyum. Asli deh, ramah banget!

Selesai nyanyi2, masuk ke sesi tanya jawab fans. Yg pertama Brian. Ada yg nanya gimana mereka bisa bertahan dan apa dia punya album solo. Lalu dijawab Brian.
Yg kedua ada yg nanya ke Nick Carter. Gue lupa pertanyaannya apa. Apa menyangkut solo album juga ya? *lupa* Lalu dijawab.
Yg ketiga, gue beruntung bisa dapet giliran, tp pas dapetnya Howie. Sempet bingung juga krn gue gak siap2 mau nanya apa.

Akhirnya, tadinya gue mau nanya, karena Brian dan Nick udah punya album solo, bagaimana dgn Howie dan AJ selama masa itu? Maen film ato tetep berkarier dlm musik ato apa..
Tp gue gak tau knp, yg keluar dr mulut gue malah,”After Brian and Nick record eh, released a solo album, what about Howie and AJ do?” (atau kurang lebih seperti itu). Alhasil mereka jadinya salah nangkep.
Brian langsung nyeletuk,”Wow, that’s a tough question”, sambil gue dlm hati mikir, tough dr mananya?
Terus Nick ikutan nyeletuk,”It seems that you want all of us to have a solo album.”
Gue mau ngoreksi pertanyaan, tp mike-nya udah keburu diambil ama manager-nya BSB ato entah siapa yg cewek itu.

Lalu Howie pun menjawab pertanyaan panjang lebar yg lagi2 hanya tertangkap oleh gue, dia sedang berencana bikin album solo dgn tipe2 Spanish-English. Lalu gue tanya soal MySpace (yg pertama dia kira “my son”), trs gue koreksi maksudnya apa dia naro di MySpace, lalu dia menjawab entah apa, hahaha… Asli da… gue gak tau apa kemampuan bahasa Inggris gue yg menurun apa suara mereka yg kecil dlm menjawab pertanyaan sehingga gue gak ngerti yg dia omongin, blm lagi ditambah teriakan orang2 di blkg,”Friendster, Friendster, jangan MySpace.”
Kelar Howie ngejawab, diikuti dgn Nick Carter yg untuk kesekian kalinya gue gak ngerti sepatah katapun yg dia ucapkan, juga dgn sikapnya yg…. maaf, songong… (semoga gue cuma salah sangka saja)
Yah, akhirnya dia ngomong apa, gue cuma bisa senyum2 kaku. Gak ada yg bisa nerjemahin buat gue.
Lepas dr itu pertanyaan buat AJ. Tp krn jauh, gue gak merhatiin.

Selesai sesi tanya jawab, ceritanya masuklah ke yg namanya beneran meet ‘n greet. Tapi apa yang terjadi?
Ternyata gak ada yg namanya ketemuan perorangan dan tidak ada pembagian tanda tangan. Fotopun harus dari kamera merekanya, dilarang dr kamera kita sendiri. Langsung deh ada yg nyeletuk,”Pelit ah.” “Sombong”. Dan laen sebagainya.
Biarpun begitu, seneng gak seneng, tetep dijalanin. So, kita ngantri buat difoto per grup saja kayak ngantri sembako.

Brian, the friendliest one!

Giliran gue tiba dan gue salamin mereka satu persatu. Jadi rasanya seperti bukan meet ‘n greet, tp kayak “meet ‘n shake hand” aja. Pertama ama AJ yg nanyain How are you dgn ramahnya. Ternyata dia baek juga ya.. Hahahahaha… Dan kalo diliat dr deket, wuiiihhhh… cakkeepp.. Hahaha.. Mulai deh..
Udah gitu Nick Carter yg cuma “Hi” doank. Berhubung gue terlanjur ‘ilfil’, jadi males juga, hehe.
Trs ke Howie, yg sama2 nanyain How are you-nya dgn senyumnya yg manis.
Dan terakhir Brian yg arrgghh… bikin hati meleleh
Krn barisan sudah penuh, gue cuma bisa foto di dpn. Gak tau hrs ngadep kamera yg mana krn banyak. Ya sudah, liat aja deh.. Dan cuma sekali lagi motretnya. Menyedihkan sekali. Selesai itu, kita disuruh pergi. Gue nyalamin Brian lagi sambil bilang “good luck for the concert”. Dengan senyuman super ramahnya, dia bilang “Thank you. Nice to meet you.”
Man, he’s like an angel! Kebanyakan pada setuju, Brian-lah yang paling ramah, tidak sombong, dan paling baik, dan selalu memasang jurus senyumnya. Always stay the same, Brian!

Selesai juga meet ‘n shake hand-nya. Sempet nyesel karena gak ngobrol dikit ama mereka krn terpaku pada aturan. Blm lagi, kalo denger2 cerita temen2 yang ketemu mereka yang ampe bisa ngobrol dan gak sekedar hanya salaman, wuihh.. sedih rasanya.. Tp apa mau dikata, nasi sudah menjadi bubur.
Apalagi gue gak bisa nonton konser mereka krn malam banget. Jam 8. Wuihh… Harus balik ke Bandung secepatnya.
They say, at least you meet them, right? Ya.. bener juga.

Tapi lepas dr kekecewaan yang didapat, tidak dapat dipungkiri kalau mereka punya karisma seorang bintang, yg meskipun kita2 dibuat kecewa oleh mereka, tapi kita tetep mengaguminya. Apalagi bila mengingat suara mereka yang ternyata memang TOP!
Selama ini terkadang kalo gue nonton live in concert mereka di TV, suaranya kok rasanya kurang bagus ya? Tp hari itu dengerin mereka nyanyi live, suara mereka bener2 bagus (semua personelnya, termasuk Howie yg boleh dikatakan jarang dapet giliran buat nyanyi dibandingkan Brian, Nick, dan AJ), dan berhasil membuat kita dgn refleksnya teriak2 krn saking kagumnya dan bertepuk tangan. Dan menyanyi bersama tanpa perlu disuruh. Pdhl itu cuma rehearsal, tp mereka tampil poll, sehingga kita menikmati performance mereka.

Gue berterima kasih banyak buat Sony BMG Indonesia atas kesempatannya dan hadiahnya dan Jesus for His blessing
Buat temen gue, Maya, yg udah ngebantu ngasih tau jalan ke JCC, thx juga.

久しぶりにavexのA.J.公式サイト見ました。なんかリニュしてました。意外とちゃんとやってくれてるのかなあ。それとも始めだけかな。そのうち放置プレイとかならないよね、ですよね、だってBackstreet Boysのメンバーですよ。マイナーからぶっこ抜いてきた若手アイドルじゃありませんからね。そこんとこヨロシクお願いしますね。
ジャケ写は横顔なのね。宣材写真のもかっこよかったんだけどなー。楽しみだなあ。

No makeup, og ekte Bushido Merch genser <3

Plutselig var jeg ikke fattig lengre, og om en time stikker meg og Line på Ikea! Ah, jeg gleder meg. Vet ikke lengre hva jeg vil ha nå..Hva skal jeg kjøpe? Øøøøøh. Uansett, nå er jeg bare litt hyper, bare litt. Skylder på eplejuicen, er jo allergisk mot den, kanskje den kicker inn andre steder og.

Anyway, når jeg jobber får jeg aldri tid til å blogge noe spesielt mye, pleier jo egentlig å blogge om kvelden, og siden jeg jobber kveldsvakter for det meste er jeg helt utkjørt og vil egentlig bare slappe av. I går var det bare meg og Line på jobb, Haha, huff. Uansett, så skulle jeg prøve å sitte opp et stand til julehefter som vi får hvert år, og jeg gav opp halveis etter at to jenter på 10 lo av meg Haha, de to jentene altså..De stikker innom av og til fordi de er utvist fra Kiwi butikken ovenfor oss (Hvem utviser to småjenter?!) fordi de er for hyper, og i går skulle de absolutt hjelpe meg da, haha.

Oh my god, om en uke og…to dager skal jeg se Backstreet Boys, herrejesus jeg gleeeeddeeeer meg!!! Nå må jeg nesten gjøre meg klar til ikea, som dere ser på bildet ser jeg ikke heelt oppegående ut.

As much as we all love going home (or to a friend’s home for those of who live a plane ride away) and eating Thanksgiving with our families, we must acknowledge that our friends at school are also a kind of family. What a better way to preface Thanksgiving than with a pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving with your closest college family. My roommates and I did this last year and it was such a success that we did it again this year with 50% more people. Last year’s “Pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving” brought 20 people to our small apartment, and this year we hosted at least 30 people. Here are some tips for throwing a huge Thanksgiving party for your friends with limited cooking supplies and space.

1. Start the bird early. My roommate, Kristin, woke up at 9:00AM to have the Turkey ready by 6. The general rule for turkey is a pound per person, but finding a 30-pound turkey is really difficult. We ended up buying a 21 pound bird and made it work. Do everything involving the turkey yourself (stuffing and gravy) so you can put the stuffing in the bird and use the drippings for the gravy. Also, yes, you should be the one doing the turkey if it’s at your apartment. Just think of the horrors of transporting a fully cooked turkey to someone else’s place. (See the end of this post for our turkey cooking recipe.)

2. Make it a potluck. This takes a lot of pressure off of you and lets guests have a personal stake in the meal. It’s really nice to taste what your guests have brought to the party because they bring their own family traditions. For your friends without a kitchen, there are always drinks that need bringing (soda’s, juices, etc…). Have some friends who are over 21 bring a few bottles of wine. Aparently Trader Joe’s has some decent bottles for about $10-$15 each. Also, paper plates and plastic cups are a must when you’re hosting a 30-person dinner (Sorry, environment, but I don’t own that many plates). Make sure that one or two guests are bringing those.

3. Have people sign up ahead of time for the items they’re bringing. You don’t want 6 green bean casseroles and no sweet potatoes. If people don’t have a specific request for what they want to make, assign them some of the basics (green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce). Call a day or two ahead to double check that everyone is still coming and still bringing their dishes. If someone bails, try to get someone else to make their necessary dish.

4. Warn people that it will be hot in your apartment. Having an oven on all day generates a lot of heat and some of it escapes. Tell people to dress in layers or there will be sweat! Open windows in bedrooms so people can escape the heat.

Kristin trying to cool off in front of a fan.

5. There will inevitably be people that want to use your kitchen for their dishes. Make a schedule (it may sound neurotic, but it works when you have a crowded apartment). The schedule doesn’t even have to be written down, but make a mental note of what needs to happen when. Assign burners to people so your stove doesn’t get too crowded. When the turkey comes out of the oven, put the other rack back in the oven immediately (if you had to take it out in the first place) and throw the stuffing in there. You should have everything ready to go in the oven as soon as the turkey comes out. Remember that the bird needs to rest for about 30 minutes after it comes out, so cook the stuffing as soon as it comes out. You can also use any extra space for re-warming other people’s dishes and puffing marshmallows on top of the sweet potatoes. After the stuffing comes out, throw in crescent rolls while carving the turkey and begin the meal as soon as the rolls and turkey are done. This brings me to the next tip.

6. Find someone who can carve a turkey. If no one has ever done it before (because hey, we’re in college and we usually let our parents do it) assign someone to learn how to carve a bird. I’ve found that over the past two years that they men are willing to prove themselves as manly men and want to carve the turkey. Make sure you have a sharp knife so they’re ready to go. It’s worth it to buy a nice knife if you don’t already have one.

7. Create general seating areas. You can open up bedrooms for seating if you throw an old sheet or tablecloth over the beds so your comforters don’t get destroyed. Set aside one bedroom for coats and bags, but open the others up to people. This gives people places to mingle especially when you don’t need any more bodies in an already frantic kitchen. Serve drinks before the meal starts so people don’t get antsy while waiting for the food to be served.

8. This is just a cute idea: Make a poster that says “We are thankful for” and keep markers next to it. It’s fun to read at the end of the night after everyone has gone home and it’s a nice reminder of how much your friends mean to you. Again, it gives people things to do while dinner is finishing in the oven. And as the night goes on and people get a little crazy, the comments descend into madness and you get things like “we are thankful for club sauce.” (Thank you, Arrested Development for that).

9. When it comes time to eat, you should probably have a system. Form a line starting with plates and utensils, then side dishes, then turkey, finishing with gravy and cranberry sauce so people can pour that over everything else if they so choose. This’ll help avoid chaos.

10. Everyone will be full after eating and they’ll want a break from food for awhile. Give them time to let their food-babies settle. Rejuvenate yourself for dessert by cleaning the kitchen. This is the perfect time to run the first load of dishes and throw away the trash. Maybe you’ll get lucky and find a few guests that are willing to help clean. It’ll also make dessert more appetizing when it’s not sitting next to turkey grease. Just sayin’.

Bonus Tip!! Above all else: remember this the day is about having fun with your friends! No matter what happens with the food, everyone will have enough to eat because it’s a potluck, you can clean up the mess after people go home, but make sure to enjoy yourself! Don’t stress! Talk with your friends and introduce people who would get along well. Enjoy yourself, please!

This is the way my roommate, Kristin, does the Turkey. We bought a fresh turkey the day before the party (so it would be sure to be defrosted by the next morning.) Pull out the guts of the bird and make sure that there are no organs left over. The turkey was not a Butterball so we buttered the skin (and for more flavor, you can lift the skin off the turkey starting at the butt and butter under the skin). Add salt and pepper to the buttered areas. Especially use salt and pepper in the cavity of the bird before adding the stuffing. Then stuff the bird. We used some fresh rosemary from our friend, Steve, and just set it on top of the bird. The rosemary helps hold up a tin-foil tent that we form over the bird.

To form such a tent, crunch the tin foil to the edges of the baking dish and use your hands on the inside to make sure that the tent hovers about 1 inch above the turkey. No need to baste!! Put it in an oven at 325°F. The general rule for cook time is 15 minutes per pound, so do the math and put that bird in the oven and leave it. In the last half hour of cooking time, take the tent off, and let the skin brown. Perfect Trukey!! (I won’t lie, it’s better than the turkey we have at home every year).

Currently Cooking To:

Backstreet Boys – I Want it that Way

Last year one of the things on our “We are thankful for” poster was “Everytime I come here there’s a sing-along.” Another was “Backstreet Boys.” You can figure out what happened, can’t you? That’s right: BACKSTREET BOYS SING ALONG! Led mostly by the men, which is what made it interesting. Yes, they knew all the words. ‘Nuff said.

Depuis le temps que je l’attendais ce concert.. Nos billets étaient réservés depuis début juillet !

17h20, on part de la maison. On arrive à sortir de Bruxelles ENFIN vers 18h15, direction l’autoroute d’Anvers. On aperçoit le Lotto Arena vers 18h50.
Des centaines de personnes font déjà la queue devant les portes, toutes abritées en-dessous de leur parapluie. On décide finalement de la jouer relax, on mange calmement dans la voiture avant de sortir vers 19h15 sous une drache nationale.
On se met dans la file, pour finalement se rendre compte que cette file est si longue car elle regroupe toutes celles qui ne veulent pas faire la queue sous la pluie et qui s’abritent sous le Lotto Arena. Finalement, on rejoint une file de 4-5 personnes, on passe les contrôles en 2 minutes montre en main, et on arrive enfin au sec dans la salle.

J’étais prête à me ruer dans la salle, à me battre pour arriver le plus près possible dans la fosse, comme le 4 mai dernier à Forest Nationale et au bout du compte.. Première grosse déception : les places sont assises et numérotées. Les gens sont tranquillement assis, tout calmes.
- “Heu.. on s’est gourrés de salle ? J’viens pas voir Gad Elmaleh moi hein ! C’est quoi tous ces gens assis ?”
- “Tu râles déjà ?”  *HAHA*

Bon, finalement on décide de rester debout en attendant le concert.
Vers 20h, quand le concert de chauffe commence avec un gros neuneu qui s’amuse sur ses platines à remixer du 50 cent, on décide d’aller s’installer sur des chaises dans la fosse, quitte à se faire évacuer par la suite. Les places sont extra, l’ambiance monte petit à petit, mais la salle se remplit et on finit par bouger de nous-même pour éviter de se faire éjecter de nos places qui en soit ne sont même pas les nôtres.
On se dirige finalement vers le côté droit de la salle, mais je râle.
- “C’est trop loin. C’est trop calme. Je vois rien. Prout quoi !”
*Merci d’ailleurs à MonN’amoureux qui m’a supportée sans rien dire pendant nos changements incessants de places ! <3 *
On s’installera finalement quelques sièges plus bas.

La grande question de ce début de soirée : qu’est-ce que les Boys nous ont préparé comme entrée sur scène cette fois-ci ?
La dernière fois à Forest Nationale, ils avaient fait leur entrée sur un terrain de boxe, en pleine action. MonChéri pensait à une entrée banale, mais ça ne leur ressemblait pas.
Et effectivement. Je n’ai pas du tout été déçue.
Super début de concert sur écran géant pour faire monter l’ambiance, puis arrivée des Boys à travers l’écran.
Petite vidéo pour illustrer tout ça, ça en vaut vraiment la peine :

Le concert commence, les chansons se succèdent.
Très bonne Playlist d’ailleurs. Ils nous ont offerts un mélange de chansons de tous leurs albums, du premier “Backstreet Boys” en 1995 au dernier “This Is Us” de 2009.

Le début de chaque chanson est chaque fois bien recherché, surtout pour Langer Than Life que j’ai particulièrement apprécié niveau chorégraphie et costumes, et pour Straight Through My Heart avec une intro à la James Bond, pour le plus grand plaisir de MonChéri.
J’ai trouvé les chorégraphies justement très bien travaillées, même si un peu trop de dance pour moi. Une chanson relax, où les Boys sont simplement assis ou occupés à marcher sur scène aurait été pas mal je trouve.
Niveau costumes, ils ont bien trouvé ça, avec de nouvelles fringues à chaque chanson, entre lesquelles ils faisaient patienter le public en diffusant une petite vidéo sur l’écran géant, les mettant en scène tous les 4 séparément.

Ces petits films sur écran géant d’ailleurs, bien qu’assez simplets, étaient pas mal du tout trouvés pour faire la transition entre les chansons.
Chaque Boys était intégré dans un film connu ( Howie dans Fast and Furious, AJ dans Fight Club, Brian dans Il était une fois et Nick dans Matrix) où l’histoire était remaniée pour parler des Boys. Seulement d’où on était, le son était complètement pourri et pas moyen de comprendre ce qu’ils racontaient dans le film. Les effets spéciaux pour les intégrer dans le film étaient faits de façon assez peu crédibles, mais après tout, on est à un concert, pas à une séance de cinéma !

De beaux moments aussi qui m’ont donné la chaire de poule.. Des chansons comme I Want It That Way.. Show Me The Meaning.. chantées en coeur par toute la salle. Des petits instants où les Boys nous laissaient chanter seuls ces chansons devenues de véritables hymnes.. Adoré !

Bref, concert de rêve avec eux encore une fois. En espérant qu’il y aura encore quelques tournées dans les années à venir… et merci à MonChéri de m’avoir accompagnée les voir pour la troisième fois de suite ces dernières années ! <3

მას შემდეგ, რაც გერმანია-თურქეთის ვოიაჟიდან დაბრუნებულს, საბოლოოდ მეღირსა ღვთისმშობლის წილხვედრი ქვეყნის მიწაზე ფეხის დადგმა, რამაც საბოლოო ჯამში, ჩემი, ადრე თუ გვიან, სახლში მისვლა განაპირობა, ვცდილობ შთაბეჭდილებების შესახებ პოსტის დაწერას.

არა იმიტომ, რომ გერმანიაში გამგზავრება აზერბაიჯანს და სომხეთს ჯობია; და არც იმიტომ, რომ ემ-ტი-ვის დაჯილდოებაზე მოხვედრა “მეგა”-ს დაჯილდოებაზე კაი პონტია და მე ამის მეამაყება ან /სიტყვა ”მარიაჟობის” ალტერნატივა ვერ ვიპოვე/. უბრალოდ, როგორც ყოველთვის დავიღალე ყველასთვის სათითაოდ იმის ახსნით, რომ კარგი იყო. თითქოსდა, თავად ვერ ხვდებოდნენ, რომ ცუდი, მოვლენათა განვითარების ვერცერთ ვარიანტში, ვერ იქნებოდა.

და ამ ყველაფრის გათვალისწინებით, კითხვაზე ”როგორ მოაირეთ?”, რაიმე ნეგატიური მუხტით დატვირთულ პასუხს: ა-ლა ”ვაიმე, გზაში საშინლად გავწვალდით” მხოლოდ და მხოლოდ იმიტომ ვერ მიიღეებენ, რომ ბერლინური გარემოებები და იქ განცდილი, ყველაფერი ცუდის კომპენსირებას ახდენდნენ და ყველაფერი კარგად რო იქნებოდა, ისედაც გასაგები უნდა ყოფილიყო. თუმცა, ამის შესახებ მხოლოდ მე ვიცი:)

ამიტომ, კითხვაზე ”გიგა, ჩამოხვედი?”–ზე დადებითი პასუხის მიღების შემდეგ (მით უფრო, როცა ფაქტი აშკარად სახეზეა და მათ წინაშე თბილისის რომელიმე ქუჩაზე ვდგავარ), შემდეგ კითხვას, რომელიც, როგორც წესი, „როგორი იყო?“-ს გულისხმობს, პასუხად „ციოდას“ ვპასუხობდი. არა იმიტომ, რომ ვცდილობდი ორიგინალური ვყოფილიყავი ან მათი კითხვები რამენაირად მაღიზიანებდეს (მივეჩვიე უკვე), არამედ იმიტომ, რომ ეს ერთადერთია, რამაც მთელი ამ მოგზაურობის მანძილზე, ყველაზე ძლიერი შთაბეჭდილება დატოვა.

ციოდა და წვიმდა თბილისში, როცა მივდიოდით; ციოდა, წვიმდა და თოვდა თურქეთის ტერიტორიაზე; ციოდა ბერლნშიც: სულ წვიმდა და ერთხელ მოთოვა. ციოდა ისე, რომ ბოლო სამი დღის განმავლობაში, გაციებული დიდ დროს ლოგინში ვატარებდი და ჩინურ რესტორანში წასულმა, რაც გეგმაში გაწერილი იყო, რაღაცეები ისე დავაგემოვნე, რომ ვერაფერი ვიგრძენი. ესეც დაუვიწყარი იყო:)

კიდევ, ბევრს ვფიქრობდი ღორის გრიპზე. არა მხოლოდ იმიტომ, რომ მე მჭირდა რაღაც გაურკვეველი, არამედ იმიტომ, რომ ბევრი ნიღბიანი ადამიანი მიმოიარებოდა აეროპორტებში, მედიაც სულ მასზე ლაპარაკობდა და მეც მქონდა რამდენიმე სიმპტომი. თუმცა, გამომდინარე იქიდან, რომ სიცხე არ მქონდა და ახლაც ცოცხალი ვარ, ღორის გრიპი გამოვრიცხე. თუმცა, აქ მხოლოდ თვითდიაგნოსტიკას აქვს ადგილი.

ბერლინის მონახულებას რამდენიმე დადებითი მხარეც ქონდა, რა თქმა უნდა. მე და გაგას მუზეუმების მონახულება გვინდოდა და თან, მარის და მარიამის სახლი, რომელშიც გავჩერდით, მუზეუმების კუნძულიდან (გერმ.: Museumsinsel) სულ რამდენიმე მეტრში მდებარეობდა. გავყევით კოტეს, ხელელოვნებათმცოდნეს, რომელიც ასევე მარებთან იყო სტუმრად. შევედით Pergamon Museum-ში, სადაც ბევრი ძველბერძნული ქანდაკება იყო. გარდა იმისა რომ მუზეუმებში შესვლა ჟურნალისტის მოწმობით უფასო ყოფილა გერმანიაში, ისიც შევიტყვე, რომ ყველა ამ ბერძნულ ქანდაკებებს კუტუები თავიდან ქონიათ მიმაგრებული (?). ბევრი ვიბოდიალეთ, ასე 1-2 საათი, შეიძლება მეტიც. სულ ცოტა დაგვრჩა სანახავი, მაგრამ უგიდო ტურის გაგრძელების თავი არცერთს აღარ გვქონდა. კოტე იმ საღამოსვე წავიდა, სადღაც შორს. არ მახსოვს. მე და გაგა კი მეორე დღეს ”ახალი მუზეუმის” მონახულებას ვაპირებდით, სადაც ნეფერტიტის ყველასათვის ცნობილი ბიუსტი ინახებოდა და საერთოდაც, ეგვიპტის თემატიკით იყო დატვირთული და გაცილებით უფრო საინტერესო იქნებოდა ჩემთვის. მარა არ წავედით. ალბათ იმიტომ რომ უფასო იყო:) ისევე, როგორც არ ვნახეთ ზოოპარკი და კიდევ რაღაც რაც უნდა გვენახა და არ მახსოვს.

სამაგიეროდ ვნახეთ ბიონსე:) /ქართველი დიზაინერის – დევიდ კომას კაბაში/, შაკირა ვნახეთ, ”გრინ დეი”, ”ფუ ფაიტერსი”, ”იუ თუ”, ჯულეეტ ლუისი და ასია არჯენტო, კეტი პერი, ბექთსთრით ბოისი და ლილ კიმი, გიორგი ქორქია და გეგა ფალავანდიშვილი. მაჯაზე SHOW VIP წარწერიანი ლენტები გვეკეთა, რიგში არ ვიდექით და ბევრი უფასო ალკოჰოლური სასმელი ვშთანთქეთ, რამაც გაგას დეივ გროლის ფეხებზე ”კონვერსის” კედები შეამჩნევინა, მე კიდევ ამა თუ იმ ნომინაციებში გამარჯვებულების წინასწარ გამოცნობისკენ მიბიძგა. ერთი სიტყვით, კარგი იყო. ინცინდენტიც კი მოყვა.

თუმცა, ყველაფერი კარგად დამთავრდა და facebook-ზე თუ სხვა სოციალურ სისტემებზე სურათის გამოცვლის საშუალება მომეცა.

Tocmai am vazut ultimul “hit” al baietilor din fundul strazii.

Cred ca este cel mai gay videoclip al lor pe care l-am vazut “ever”.

Cum poti sa canti asa o melodie unui asemenea public?

Cum poti sa asociezi o creatura a noptii de care se si explica la inceput ca vaneaza oameni inocenti pentru a-si satisface diverse pofte cu o melodie ca asta? I mean, that’s totally gay!!!

Odata ce si ei (baietii din “curul” strazii) erau vampiri de unde pana unde au luat-o pe tipa de pe motor si au dus-o sa o omoare fara pic de remuscare ei cantand despre iubire.

Daca aveti si alte pareri le astept.Si tineti cont de faptul ca, in trecut, si eu ii ascultam cu placere!

Estava eu assistindo TVZ e vi o novo clip dos Backstreet Boys!! E eles são vampiros no clip!! Mais uma vez essa onda está pegando mesmo, Vampire Diaries, Twilight, True Blood e agora dos BSB!! Engraçado!!!

Vejam o novo clip!! Para quem gosta deles é bem legal!!! Bem estilo backs msm, a música chama-se “Straight Through My Heart” e está no novo álbum da boy band This Is Us que foi lançado em outubro deste ano!!

While going through my lovely facebook news feed I stumbled across an article that intrigued me, Backstreet Boys was in the title, and I just couldn’t resist.  Now I was a secret fan when they were popular, one of those people who said they were a terrible band around my friends, but still knew all the words to “As Long as you Love Me.”

After clicking on the article and reading a few words, I immediately noticed they were making fun of my once beloved boy band.  Thinking they must be crazy I clicked on the video to watch their new music video for the song “Bigger,” I soon discovered they were in fact in a completely right state of mind when they chose to make fun of the song.  So much so I will not be posting the video because I just have no desire to look for the embed code because it is in fact THAT bad… But you can see the article and the video for yourself here.

Be warned… its not pretty…

♥Love this song♥

Incomplete-Backstreet Boys

Empty spaces fill me up with holes
Distant faces with no place left to go
Without you within me I can’t find no rest
Where I’m going is anybody’s guess

I tried to go on like I never knew you
I’m awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete

Voices tell me I should carry on
But I am swimming in an ocean all alone
Baby, my baby
It’s written on your face
You still wonder if we made a big mistake

I tried to go on like I never knew you
I’m awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete

I don’t mean to drag it on, but I can’t seem to let you go
I don’t wanna make you face this world alone
I wanna let you go (alone)

I tried to go on like I never knew you
I’m awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete

Incomplete

I want to be part of every note, every single moment going on in the studio. I want nothing forgotten, I want nothing missed. I’m a perfectionist. The producer should decide what kind of music is being made, what it’s going to sound like–all of it, the why, when and how.

It still amazes me he wrote all these songs

Okay it’s time to let loose tonight, I’ve been working my butt off these past two weeks, writing up a storm and I still have 2,000 more words to go.

I’m going to listen to some music to get my body feeling groovy, then I’ll tap into that imagination of mine and come up with an ending for my 50,000 word count novel for Nanowrimo called The Calamity Girl!

I’ve also created a separate website for The Calamity Girl on WordPress and two sites on Squidoo.

I’m having fun creating my new characters, plots and settings.

So I decided to play the music I used to dance to in the bars about 10 years ago, when I was single, a cougar and out on the prowl.

This will give me some inspiration to write my CHIC LIT.

Five brave workers decide to record themselves simoultaneously at their office doing something … unthinkable…

またまた久々にYTを漁ってたら、8日、BirminghamのSCにてHowieの息子James君登場！！！！！

今何ヶ月くらいだっけ？過去ログ探すのめんどいので（笑）多分半年くらい？小さい～～！何その着せられた感のあるダボダボパーカ！ぐお、可愛い！というかA.Jが同じような格好してJames君のお腹ツンツンしてるのが　もう　死　ぬww
Howieもすっごい幸せそう！可愛いですね～。しかしJames君ねむそーですね。ちょっと。そこ、お父さんに似るのかしら。お父さん、結構インタビュー中とかうっつらするし･･･常に寝てるイメージ（笑

ちょっと久々のブログ更新です。あまりこれといったネタがないので更新しませんでした。
とは言えBSBはツアー絶好調でして、色々YTとか漁ればオモシロ動画出てくるんでしょうけど、もー全部チェックしてるとキリないので動画はほぼノータッチ。待ってりゃ来年になって奴ら来るし、みたいな。なのでステージ演出とかもよく分かりませえん。

で　も　、LDで話題になってたビデオがあったのでこれだけチェック。

10日イギリスLondonのSCにて。
しょっぱなからテキトーに歌うBrian。あきらかに気分がのっていない模様。
そして最後にこう言います。
Nick/A.J「Brianはさ、この歌嫌いなんだよね！」
Brian「そう、みんな知らないだろうケド、俺嫌いなの。でもみんなが好きだからいいよ。」

ぐおおおおおおおおおおお!!!!
ぶ、ぶらいあん、すげえ！おっかっしいいいい！

Brianってさ、基本「イイ人」で「オチャメ」なんだけど、インロックのインタビューとかでよく描写されるように、誠実で真面目な分、結構我が強いというか、頑固な感じですよね。結構インロックのインタビューで「何か本人の意図しないマイナスな出来事があると不機嫌になる」描写があるので（まあそりゃ人間として当たり前なんだけど）、正直者ですよねえ！

確か去年？のMTV TRL最終回でも、カメラの回ってないとこでファンがSTIAKを歌って！ってリクエストしたところ「ええ～？やだあ、それきらい。」みたいに言ったというレポがあって、Brianおもろ！と。

すっげえ冷めた顔で歌ってるBrian!すごい！
んでもってNickかっこよすぎ、どーしよう、私A.JファンなんだけどA.J.が肥えていく反面Nickが痩せてどんどんファッショナブルになっていくのでちょっとNickが･･･うぐ。後頭部がちょっと寝癖っぽくピョン、となってるのが可愛いよー。Howieの優しいオーラがほんわか柔らかくでててなんか和んだ。さめざめBrianを見たから余計（爆

で、10日にLondonのO2アリーナで行われたライブはまたカメラ撮影がはいったようで、上手く行けばDVDとしてリリース予定があるんだとかなんとか。
マヂですかっ！それはぜひとも、ぜひとも･･･!!

Here we are, seven days
And seven nights of empty tries
It’s ritual, habitual
But it’s never gonna work this time

We’re to the point of no return
And along the way the only thing we’ve learned
Is how to hurt each other

I’m looking back and wondering why
It took so long to realize
That nothing’s changed, it never will
All these years of standing still
And still we stay in all this pain
And nothing’s gonna make it go away

I don’t wanna wait another minute
Put me out of my misery
I can read your mind baby you’re not in it
And we’re not what we used to be
No you wouldn’t have to lie to me
If you would only let me go
And I don’t wanna wait another minute to hear
Something that I already know
I know, I know, I know
Something that I already know
I know, I know, I know

So save your voice
Don’t waste your breath
Can’t you see we’re at the end
And this goodbye is permanent
So wish me well and try to forget

And all the fights
And all the ways
We almost made it
But we never did
And it’s finally come to this

I don’t wanna wait another minute
Put me out of my misery
I can read your mind baby you’re not in it
And we’re not what we used to be
No you wouldn’t have to lie to me
If you would only let me go
And I don’t wanna wait another minute to hear
Something that I already know
I know, I know, I know
Something that I already know
I know, I know, I know

We can not hide what we’ve become
So sick and tired of being numb
It’s done, it’s done
It’s done

I don’t wanna wait another minute
Put me out of my misery
I can read your mind baby you’re not in it
And we’re not what we used to be
No, you wouldn’t have to lie to me
If you would only let me go
And I don’t wanna wait another minute to hear
Something that I already know
I know, I know, I know
Something that I already know
I know, I know, I know
Something that I already know
I know, I know, I know
I know, ’cause I know

Noua melodie de la BSB ^^Ador acest cântec!

Straight Through My Heart Lyrics

-Brian-
Oooh woah woah
In the heart of the night when it’s dark in the lights,
I heard the loudest noise. a gunshot on the floor. Oh oh.

-Nick-
I look down, and my shirt is turnin red.
I’m spinnin round.
Felt her lips on my neck and her voice in my ear.
Like I missed you, want you tonight.

-Chorus-
Straight through my heart,
I single bullet got me
I can’t stop the bleeding. Oh.
Straight through my heart,
She aimed, and she shot me.

I just can’t believe it. Oh.
No I can’t resist, and I can’t be hit.
I just can’t escape this love.
Straight through my heart.
(Soldier Down)
My heart. (Soldier Down)
My heart. (Soldier Down)

-Howie-
Thought I moved more than on.
Thought I could fool her charm.
I really wanna go, but I can’t leave her alone. Oh oh.

-AJ-
Hear the sound of a love so loud
I just can’t,
I just can’t ignore this feeling.
She said she misses me, and she wants me.
Wants me to night.

-Chorus-
Straight through my heart,
A single bullet got me
I can’t stop the bleeding. Oh.
Straight through my heart,
She aimed, and she shot me.
I just can’t believe it. Oh.
No I can’t resist, and I can’t be hit.
I just can’t escape this love.
Straight through my heart.

(Soldier Down)
My heart. (Soldier Down)
My heart. (Soldier Down)

-Nick-
In the heart of the night when it’s dark in the lights
I heard the loudest noise- a gunshot on the floor. Oh oh.

-Chorus-
Straight through my heart,
A single bullet got me
I can’t stop the bleeding. Oh.
Straight through my heart, (Soldier down)
She aimed, and she shot me. (Soldier down)
I just can’t believe it. Oh.
No I can’t resist (I can’t resist), and I can’t be hit (No I can’t).
I just can’t escape this love.
Straight through my heart.
(Soldier Down)
My heart. (Soldier Down)
My heart. (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Straight through my heart.
Straight through my heart.
(Soldier Down)
My heart. (Soldier Down)
My heart. (My heart. My heart.)
Straight through my heart.
(Soldier Down)
My heart. (Soldier Down)
My heart. (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)

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