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Monday, June 1, 2015

"Moon River" (Cover)

I Have Yet To See...

"Breakfast At Tiffany's" but I love Audrey Hepburn and I love this song, so when summer comes it's going to be on the top of my list of things I have to do. =) I hope you enjoy. I had a lot of fun covering this and I would really appreciate it if you just listened, because it's only 1 minute and 22 seconds which won't hurt you at all to waste.



Here is Audrey Hepburn's version:



Just leaving this here:

"Kringle" by Jack Off Jill (Cover)

Just Cuz I LOVE JOJ...

This is one of those songs that immediately gets me happy when I listen to it, so I'd love to share it with my blog viewers. Hope I did good, because I want to do this song justice. ENJOY!~


The original song!~

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Multicultural 2015

Probably the Biggest Event At My School...

I participated this year (and I will be participating every year) singing "Porque te vas" by Jeanette. It was really cool and I guess I should have posted this a lot sooner, because this all happened last week on 5/22/15.

I have been getting a lot of comments. One of my friends who was also in the show said her aunt cried when I was singing, because of how passionate I was. My Spanish teacher said that I surprised her, because I was always so quiet in class. I'm really glad I did it. =)

Line up:

1st- Girl singing Ave Maria
2nd- Folkloric Dancing by 4 girls (these were freshmen)
3rd- Japanese Dancing to Senbon Zakura!!!
4th- More Folkloric Dancing by 4 girls (these were upperclassmen)
5th- ME SINGING IN SPANISH!!!
6th- Group of 6 dancing to "Waka Waka" by Shakira
7th- Group of 8 (includes one of my friends) dancing to 2 songs
8th- 2 girls singing with 1 on guitar
9th- 4 dances from the Philippines.
10th- Ethiopian Dancing
11th- Bollywood Dancing

And that was that. =) I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting something here, but...too bad...

Sunday, May 24, 2015

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Quite the movie...



The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is a 1920 German horror silent film. The film is about an insane hypnotist who uses a somnambulist (basically a sleep walker) to commit murders. There is not much to say about the story itself when that is really all of the basic plot. The movie is more of an art form as were most silent films at the time. Since there are no words except the occasional frames with dialogue in them, you can imagine that the acting was very passionate and had to speak for itself.
It's a horror film, yes, it is actually scary. It's not your "something popped out of the closet" kind of scary. It's a psychological kind of scary towards the end and a suspenseful scary in the beginning.


If you notice in silent films when the frames are edited you can see where somethings are cut out. It's kind of hard to explain, but if you understand what I mean then you'll know what I'm talking about. If you do get what I'm saying, then you'll know that the way the frames are edited (most likely NOT on purpose) adds to the creepiness.

I'd like to say that I wasn't going to watch the whole thing, because I thought it was going to be boring, but it was great. 4/5


If you do decide to watch this movie, you'll love the ending.

Also, the actress Lil Dagover is very pretty:



Here's the film. Hope you enjoy:


Saturday, May 23, 2015

Charlie Bartlett

WHO IS CHARLIE BARTLETT YOU ASK?!



An awesome guy with a knack for helping others...

Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 comedy about a boy who is kicked out of private school and goes to anew public school as the self-appointed psychiatrist of the student body. It's hard to give a summary of the plot, only because so much of it would spoil the movie. Basic things that happen though are he starts off a loser, gains popularity, helps out the students, and gets into some trouble. The outcome, well you'll find out if you watch.

The movie stars: 
Anton Yelchin as Charlie Bartlett
Hope Davis as Marilyn Bartlett
Kat Dennings as Susan Gardner
Robert Downey Jr. as Nathan Gardner

I do recommend watching this if you're a teenager though, because you will relate. If you're an adult, well you'll understand how they feel in the movie, but you will not relate as well, only because you're done experiencing it.

There are a lot of scenes in the movie that are just absolutely put together great and the acting that goes with is great, too.


Also, I think it's safe too add this is not just a comedy, but it has a great message for all ages. I think that's interpreted differently by each person who sees it, though.


I guess I would classify it as a coming-of-age kind of movie, but not necessarily, because as I said before all ages will understand the message from this movie.

The soundtrack looks promising as well, I think it'll be good from the songs that were played in the film. This video is to help you get a feel for what the movie is like while listening to a cool song. "Voodoo" performed by Spiral Beach.



There are many great quotes in the movie so here I'll leave the IMDb for you guys to read.

To me this movie was a 5 out of 5 but perhaps because I am a teen right now I'm looking at this movie with a different persepctive.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

"Song 2" - Blur (Cover)

This Is One of My Favorite Songs...

So I just had to cover it. Lol, I remember 6th grade, playing Lego Rock Band and hearing that song for the first time and just telling myself, "Wow, what is this?!" Well, enjoy!~


The music video, because the music video is awesome.

"Love Me Dead" by Ludo (Cover)

I Really Love This Song...

But I myself, feel I did not do such a great job on this cover. I can tell where all the flaws are and the bad thing about listening to the song while recording the song, is that I try to sound like whoever it is singing. Well, I would really appreciate some constructive criticism and also some praise for something I did good (if anything, come on I was not that bad, right?) The humming in the middle sucks though, lol. I hate having to hum during those awkward pauses...Well, enjoy. I think another cover will be posted today. Heck, if I can post a couple more, I'll be very happy. Maybe another facts about me post, because I love doing those, too. =)


Here's the lyrics video: