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Blues:

Harold Ramis died earlier this morning (Monday 24 Feb). According to CNN, cause of death was “complications related to autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a condition Ramis battled for four years, according to United Talent Agency, which represented Ramis for many years.”

Ramis was a well known actor and director. I’ve been a fan of his ever since his role as Russell Ziskey in Stripes:

stripes

Ramis (left)

Ramis also appeared and/or directed Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Animal House, Analyze This, Vacation, Meatballs, Heavy Metal, High Fidelity, and many, many more.

Ramis was 69-years old.

News:

Yearly war-games began in South & North Korea this week. The timing is unfortunate at the same time “Pyongyang allows wrenching reunions of elderly Koreans separated since the Korean War.”  North Korea continues to threaten the truce struck at the end of the Korean war.

Click here to view the embedded video.

 

 

Flotsam and Jetsam

As I started reading the book, I came across the part where Oliver and Ruth were talking about Flotsam and Jetsam.  I had no idea what that was, but I immediately remembered that those were the names of the two eels in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.  I’ve never heard those words except in The Little Mermaid, and when I read them, I heard them in Ursula’s voice.  I just thought it was funny connection and wanted to share it with you guys.

Rave culture in Olympia.

So, remember that friend from a post I made a while ago about when I was in the rave scene for a total of two seconds? Well I came across this image on my old friend’s facebook.

I just really wanted to point out how much I loved the essay about trance music in Dave’s book especially going side by side with the image I posted above.

A girl with her “third eye” chakra open, wearing a kimono with cupcakes and weed leaves on it. No. No. No. No.

Enter the Dragon/Games/Royale

On another note, I found it interesting to watch one of the characters ask Lee “What style?” and Lee refuses to show him. That reminded me of Black Kung Fu Experience. Williams, the only black character in the movie reminded me of the Black Kung Fu Experience because, not just because of his skin color, but also because it was the opposite of what all the characters in Black Kung Fu Experience said. Most of them did it for the art of it, where as Williams had claimed he’s in it for the win. I thought that was interesting to put that specific answer in the movie.

Also, I noticed that the island, or castle, was like an arena. It sort of reminded me of the Hunger Games in a way that they were all brought there to fight. It also reminded me of Battle Royale because of how they were all “students” still learning the way. Though they were not all there to fight each other one on one, they were there under an experiment to see if any of them would join Han.

February 20, 2014 Notes

-Put something in your lunchbox relating to what you learned this quarter
-Field trip to graves of Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee, and Jimi Hendrix still on quene
-November 27 is Bruce Lee’s and Jimi Hendrix’s birthday, but Sameer’s death date in My Name is Khan
-Africans came in the New World in the 16th century
+Culture there still continues to influence cultures in Africa
-Guitar from Europe, banjo from Africa

– From Simpsons

My friend showed me this movie from Simpsons. We can see a lot of Japanese something in this movie. (Especially after 15 mins) If you have time, please check this.

 http://www.hulu.com/watch/581871#i0,p4,d0

There were some scenes being able to connect with Japan not only after 15 mins scene but also the first scene which is the fight scene at nuclear facilities.

I assumed the nuclear facilities might be connecting with Fukushima Nuclear Facilities which was damaged by The Great East Japan Earthquake and still with many problems in Japan.

fukushimaThis is Fukushima Nuclear Facilities soon after happening the earthquake.

Jimi Hendrix

One does not simply grow up in the world without knowing who Jimi Hendrix is. He’s a household icon that often brings visions of a burning guitar upon hearing his name. No ‘great’ or ‘the’ has to be put in front o his name to realize how amazing he was. Simply put, Jimi Hendrix is enough.

Personally I’ve always liked Jimi Hendrix because he wasn’t the typical black guy. HE PLAYED GUITAR. And he played it like…really good, to say the least. Black people aren’t really in the rock n roll scene and that’s why I liked him so much. I related to him. When I started snowboarding in high school people told me that ‘black people don’t do that’. I did a lot of things that were more stereo typically ‘more white’. But then I discovered Jimi and I felt better.

I enjoyed reading about him mostly because I never really knew a lot about him. His guitar skills were enough to make me a fan for life. I didn’t know about his Cherokee heritage or that he was hesitant to join forces with the Black Panthers. But I mostly liked reading about he went about speaking out against the war. He wrote songs, he made music, he was peaceful about it. While discussing a recent artist, someone told me that one song wasn’t going to change anything. At the time I completely disagreed. After reading the Jimi Hendrix section in Kato I strongly disagree. I think the power of music is highly under rated. Music is such a universal thing that it’s impossible for it not to have an influence. A hundred years ago racist songs were spreading like wildfire and that was long before the technology of today or even the 60′s and 70′s. Jimi was a skillful artist who put meaning behind his words and spread a message the only way he knew how. And for that, I commend him.

The Culture Divide API’s in the news

It is difficult to fathom in our American culture what is so important to others is the care of the elders. In the following article it explains the difficulties in the US to balance culture,duty and living in the States.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/as-asian-americans-age-their-children-face-cultural-hurdles.html?ref=asianamericans&_r=0