| a Firefox-themed fragment filk |
[Oct. 28th, 2006|09:37 pm] |
a Firefox-themed fragment filk
by Aleksej R. Serdyukov
v1.00, 2006-10-21 CE (3172-5-02)
Copyleft: this work of art is free, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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- Free Art License (http://artlibre.org)
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Have you seen Phoenix forgoing its feather
Just to replace it with fine shining fur?
To places it goes to it brings nice warm weather
And people's problems are calling onblur=
Looking at followers of the old Mammon,
It's counting the time till the day they are burnt
Some change to like it, ever and anon
You see their happiness 'bout what they've learnt.
PS: Feel free to add to it (or just comment).
PPS: When I were writing it, it was intended to be sung slowly. |
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| Black Sheep |
[Sep. 1st, 2006|09:04 pm] |
A THOUSAND SHEEP
v1.01, 2006-09-02 (3172-4-26)
Lyrics: Aleksej R. Serdyukov
TTTO "A Thousand Ships", a March 2001 song (<http://www.filk.de/katy/songs/ships.html>), for which:
lyrics: Juliane Honisch
music: Kerstin Droege
Inspired by the in-post-production movie "Black Sheep" (<href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/">its IMDB profile</a>)
Of course, I didn't see the movie yet. The song's plot is different from the movie's, but it fits the IMDB plot outline: "An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm."
On the papers that are not with me
is my work that changed a thousand sheep
and the smile that in the glass I see
stays hysteric'lly upon those lips.
And unlike my mirror image I
see the results of what should be a myth.
Perhaps tonight will be the night I'll die
munched on by those mighty little teeth.
Choice that's wrong for others, not for me.
I did always think it was my will.
A geneticist I came to be,
Criticized by Church, but faithful still.
Then an honoured guest did touch my soul
taught me smiles that duly reached my eyes.
But my sweet smiles were not all he stole,
He's replaced their sheepish genes with vice.
Naturally, me he did not ask
Whether I would want to start a war,
whether I would change my chosen task,
whether I did truly wish for more.
When the things I have to fight were young.
They were cute when I came them to feed.
But now the alarm had sudd'nly rung
Who will call them cute and cuddly, .ii?[1]
Battle drums I hear within my mind
Fire arrows pierce me to the core.
Everyone, because of fear, is blind,
hatred's growing just behind the door.
And the image in my mirror cries
Red-hot tears run down to wrinkling lips.
I've grown old while everybody dies,
For my work has changed a thousand sheep.
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[1]. ".ii" is a Lojban word that denotes fear. Pronunciation: IPA [ji], German "ji", English "yee".
PS: permanent link. |
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| Google weirdness |
[Aug. 10th, 2006|10:41 pm] |
| [ | mood |
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| [ | music |
| | The cat, suffering her heat :-X | ] |
Can anyone explain this to me?
If I search for "radia cat" at Google.ru, it also looks for "chat", as if it was a form of "cat";
but the same search at Google.com works as expected. |
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| кенгурятина в России |
[Jul. 12th, 2006|07:29 pm] |
Probably not worth for StumbleUpon, so I'll put it here:
A BBC article
"Kangaroo meat is popular in Germany, France and Belgium. Russians have a taste for sausages, but Australia's enthusiasm has always been lukewarm."
¿What? ¡¿Do we have kangaroo meat here in Russia?!
Googling for "сосиски+кенгуру" shows two articles:
An article in "Русский гастроном"
2 августа австралийское министерство торговли заявило, что Россия является для Австралии крупнейшим рынком сбыта мяса кенгуру.
Весь Дальний Восток и Север России завален кенгурятиной", - признался руководитель одного из подмосковных мясоперерабатывающих заводов.
An article in "Комсомольская правда"
Рады бы, но на дальневосточном рынке ее попросту нет. Полтора года назад москвичи все поставки перехватили. -- and some very different opinions.
So, if we are to believe this (the last one of the listed) yellow press article, kangaroo meat is used at the Far East of Russia, but nobody knows about that in Moscow.
There are more articles, but they all appear to be yellow_press-style forwards.
What we really should know is that sausages here are made mostly of soya and undetermined kinds of meat. Especially the ones called "сардельки" (ugh!).
PS: Don't tell me "сардельки" contain more meat than "сосиски" - that's not an excuse for the bad taste.
PPS: “кенгуру+колбаса” also shows an interesting article. |
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