Amedeus is an art nudes photographer in San Francisco Bay Area, California. "My thoughts on photography, art, technology, life and other worthy things."
Thanks to VickiCabrera for uploading this!
I saw you walk down the street
With some other girl
Always thought that I was the only one in your world
Baby can you tell me so
Out of sight out of mind ain't what love ought to be
And I hoped all the time that you'd be faithful to me
Faithful to me
All I'm asking you for when you walk out the door
Is to me my baby, baby
I just want to be sure
That forever and more
You would be my baby
Love is just like a flower baby it has to grow
And when you are away I'm even loving you more
I just have to let you know
One on one is the way and that's the way it should be
So if you're not gonna stay
Then don't be playing with me
You can set me free
All I'm asking you for when you walk out the door
Is to me my baby, baby
Because all this lovev is for you
And you know that I'm true
And I'll be your baby
All I'm asking you for when you walk out the door
Is to me my baby, baby
Because I knew from the start
That you were working my heart
Won't you be my baby
I remember our walk other saturday night
Sweet harmonies filled and floated through our minds
Never felt this way before
We were riding so high on love and understanding
So why go wasting your time when you have got such a find
That is everlasting
All I'm asking you for when you walk out the door
Is to me my baby, baby
I just want to be sure
That forever and more
You would be my baby
All I'm asking you for when you walk out the door
Is to me my baby, baby
Because all this love is for you
And you know that I'm true
And I'll be your baby
And I want you to love me baby
Another important thing about society's response to Twilight:
People keep saying how fragile young girls' self-esteem is, and the vital importance of creating an environment where they feel empowered, so they can grow up to be self-confident, assertive adults. That's why society resents the fashion industry, for instance, for holding up these impossible ideals of beauty that average teenagers can never hope to attain, almost assuring that they'll have problems with their self-image, and turn into anorexics, etc. This debate has been going on for years. But does society really feel that way? The Twilight saga has shown us what the truth is in that department.
You must agree the book industry can't hold a candle to the fashion, music or movie industry when it comes to promoting its products. A powerful movie company can place a truly lousy movie in almost every theater, and throw such an avalanche of publicity over the consumers that everyone shows up at the premiere, if for no other reason to see what the fuss is all about. A few weeks later the film is forgotten for all eternity. Yet wonderful books fall through the cracks every day, simply because they can never hope to get that kind of exposure to the public.
For a book to become successful, therefore, it must strike a chord with a considerable number of readers. The content has to have some kind of universal appeal. Word of mouth created the Harry Potter phenomenon, and the same goes for the Twilight series, which have also been turned into a movie version because the books were successful, not the other way around.
In short: Twilight is a hit because it got a genuine, heart-felt response from a certain audience -- very specifically, in this case, young teenage girls. Why? Because the books tell the story of a girl who falls in love with a magical, extraordinary human being, who loves her with a love that is noble and self-sacrificing; not because she is the school's most beautiful cheerleader -- he is an old soul, who is past caring about such superficial matters. He apreciates her for who she is inside. I can see why that would hold some appeal.
Society's disgusting response to this can be seen in just about every Twilight review ever written. The movie's premise was twisted and turned on its head (as I demonstrated in my previous post). An unashamedly condescending tone runs through them, a constant put-down of girls and all that they hold dear, a sadistic ritual of ridiculing and belittling their stupid little dreams.
I wonder if the same would have happened if these were books/movies hugely popular among young boys that we were talking about here. Would people also have said "Aren't boys stupid and idiotic for liking this?" In my experience, whatever boys like is usually considered inherently cool and hip, whereas whatever girls like just has to be air-headed and superficial. Whatever girls like is never just right and natural, it always has to be judged and criticized, and altered and tweaked, it can never be alright just the way it is. Pretty much like when it comes to women's bodies, now that I think of it. Why are women always so chronically insecure and lacking in self-confidence, I wonder?
I predict next parents will be buying their teenage daughters books where the protagonist's major interest in life is to shop and have her nails done. That's so much better, and doesn't get any funny ideas into their heads.
- (Via Memórias e Imagens blog) If you live in Lisbon, and you like painter Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) you can catch an exhibit of his work at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, until the 6th of September.
- Some wonderful photos of old movie stars at The Demarest! blog. Like this one of usually saintly Olivia De Havilland, looking very sultry here.
- 100 Horror movie posters. A bit of a download (they are 100 after all) but some are quite nice, or really ridiculous.
- Another one that's a bit of a heavy download: The Annotated Weekender, a blogspot by Joe List. "Doodling all over the guardians wekend magazine". Some of these drawings are magic.
- Interesting: a blog about The Golden Age of Chinese Language Cinema, "The sophistication, The Elegance, The Idealism, The Creativity and The estheticism of the Chinese cinema from 1905-1975".
Actress Ruan Lingyu emotes.
(This is a post for my Portuguese readers, about a campaign against poverty.)
Até Agosto de 2009, qualquer pessoa pode deslocar-se a qualquer Estação de Correios de Norte a Sul do Continente e Regiões Autónomas com um donativo de bens não líquidos. Uma vez na estação de correios, ser-lhe-á fornecida gratuitamente uma caixa de transporte em cartão, a Embalagem Solidária dos CTT, cujos portes de envio são totalmente gratuitos, no âmbito do seu Projecto de Luta Contra a Pobreza. O autor do donativo apenas terá de encher a caixa, selá-la, e escolher a instituição destinatária, entre as várias possíveis, sem precisar de indicar uma morada. Os Correios tratam do transporte e da entrega, de forma totalmente gratuita.
Tipo de donativos aceites: roupa para adulto e bebé, calçado, agasalhos, fraldas, toalhitas para bebé, outros artigos de higiene para adultos, livros para bibliotecas infantis, dicionários, material escolar, material didáctico, papas e leite em pó, alimentos enlatados, brinquedos, material de escritório, material informático, produtos de limpeza, lençóis, atoalhados e outra roupa de casa, pequenos electrodomésticos, entre outros.
Instituições que os recebem: Casa do Caminho, Acreditar, ADRA Portugal, Ajuda de Berço, Ajuda de Mãe, Aldeias SOS, Associação Sol, Casa do Gaiato, Fundação do Gil, Fundação da Juventude (Porto), Refúgio Aboim Ascensão, Liga Nacional Contra a Fome, Abraço, ACAPO, AMI, Associação Portuguesa de Surdos, Centro Hellen Keller, Comunidade Vida e Paz, Fenacerci, Fundação Pró-Diginitate, GIRA, Liga Portuguesa Contra a Sida, Médicos do Mundo Portugal, Cruz Vermelha e CDA - Casa do Aposentado dos Correios e Telecomunicações.
Dirigi-me hoje a uma estação de correios para, dentro do âmbito desta campanha, doar vários sacos de roupas. Foi muito fácil e rápido, sobretudo agora que Lisboa está às moscas e havia muito poucas pessoas para atender. Na caixa constam os nomes das instituições acima referidas, e é só fazer uma cruzinha na entidade da vossa escolha, tão simples como isto. A instituição que escolhi foi a Comunidade Vida e Paz.
A minha única crítica é não ter ouvido qualquer referência a esta campanha, nem nos orgãos de comunicação privados nem estatais, nem nos blogues -- nem mesmo nas próprias estações de correio se vê qualquer referência a esta iniciativa, à qual se devia ter dado, no mínimo, tanto relevo como ao banco alimentar contra a fome. Se considerarmos que, ao contrário do banco, esta campanha tem tempo limitado e vai acabar já em Agosto (porquê?) ainda mais razão havia para não deixar de a publicitar.
De qualquer forma, aqui fica a informação.
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