Greetings and Salutations,
I promised you a special video, "Next week I will give you the last song, which will have a special touch to it" forever ago and thought that as my Saturday post I'd actually do what I said I would. Gasp! Incredible! Anyways, Today I give you the final song video (so let me know in a comment down in the under-blog about which video/word you think is/was the best), so I am now accepting suggestions for either a different subject for the videos, or perhaps you would like me to continue doing music "videos." I do have quite a large retinue of good songs to give, but am also prepared for the other. So today's video comes from a fellow named Jonathan Davis, who occasionally gets around to writing music for the video games he develops. This is one of his first songs, named: "Anger Suite" for the in development game Renegades of Flame due to come out sometime within the next few years. Unfortunately, the music quality is not too high, the programs he works with are not the best for this style, and he's too poor to get the appropriate funding for that. So without further ado, here we go!
Well, nobody posted a word usage this week, so now what? do I continue with the original word until someone posts one following it? or do I give you a really easy one since maybe that was too hard for you, or, I know! I'll give you a ridiculously hard one to work with!
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
~An irrational fear of large words
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, and I shall see you next Wednesday.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Showing posts with label word of the week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label word of the week. Show all posts
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Video Games Have the Best Music
Greetings and Salutations,
Today I give you the first reader suggested song, and announce that the end is nigh. Next week I will give you the last song, which will have a special touch to it, but you'll have to see that later. After the song will be the time to vote so don't forget to do that. Also, before I get to the song I'd like to invite you to check out my new project over at The Land of Preenin, where I am building a new table top role playing game (ttrpg), I will occasionally cross post things over here, but they shall be to separate entities and trust me, I'm not abandoning this, it will continue going on hopefully better than usual. The song video of the day is called Godot's Theme, or The Fragrance of Dark Coffee. The song comes from the game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations which is part of the Ace Attorney series of legal system games. The song was originally written by Noriyuki Iwadare, and is included in the Ace Attorney Orchestrated Album, Attorney Meets Orchestra. I provide it to you today thanks to Xyrsk from youtube, and I hope you enjoy it.
We actually have two winners this week, Wayne for creativity in his speech, and The Professor from TBCRH for his use of both the main word and the secret word. I received a complaint that the word was too often used in a medical sense, so Wayne wins for his statement: "Mom palliated my indignation at the injustice of her decision with a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Mmmmmm...." And The Professor wins for his statement: "The leader only palliated the problem instead of removing it, which caused prolonged tribulation." Thanks to you both and many congratulations, now try this somewhat easier one on for size:
Renegade
~rebel, outlaw, having deserted a cause or principle, break with established customs.
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, and I shall see you next Wednesday.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Today I give you the first reader suggested song, and announce that the end is nigh. Next week I will give you the last song, which will have a special touch to it, but you'll have to see that later. After the song will be the time to vote so don't forget to do that. Also, before I get to the song I'd like to invite you to check out my new project over at The Land of Preenin, where I am building a new table top role playing game (ttrpg), I will occasionally cross post things over here, but they shall be to separate entities and trust me, I'm not abandoning this, it will continue going on hopefully better than usual. The song video of the day is called Godot's Theme, or The Fragrance of Dark Coffee. The song comes from the game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations which is part of the Ace Attorney series of legal system games. The song was originally written by Noriyuki Iwadare, and is included in the Ace Attorney Orchestrated Album, Attorney Meets Orchestra. I provide it to you today thanks to Xyrsk from youtube, and I hope you enjoy it.
We actually have two winners this week, Wayne for creativity in his speech, and The Professor from TBCRH for his use of both the main word and the secret word. I received a complaint that the word was too often used in a medical sense, so Wayne wins for his statement: "Mom palliated my indignation at the injustice of her decision with a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Mmmmmm...." And The Professor wins for his statement: "The leader only palliated the problem instead of removing it, which caused prolonged tribulation." Thanks to you both and many congratulations, now try this somewhat easier one on for size:
Renegade
~rebel, outlaw, having deserted a cause or principle, break with established customs.
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, and I shall see you next Wednesday.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Play it Like You Feel Their Pain
Greetings and Salutations,
Today I present to you a song that I myself have played: the magnificent Aria Di Chiesa, written by Alessandro Stradella a long long time ago back in what we music nerds call the Baroque Period of music. The version I am giving to you is a musical arrangement minus the vocals, which if you wish to find are quite easy to discover on YouTube. The reason they include the word aria after removing the singing is because for one it is a part of the original name of the song, and two it gives you a big clue to what type of song it will be. There are a couple different types of arias, one of them being the aria in a minor key, which is always the type of song that is low, saddening, for example I have lists of arias in a minor key that take place in an opera directly after betrayal, death of a loved one, heartbreak, and more. Today I give to you my saddest song, please tell me how it makes you feel, because everybody goes through different circumstances and that predisposes them to be affected by different things.
Tom Bombadil Memorizer has done it again, using words when nobody else does and nobody else is paying attention seems to be his/her strong point, and even though s/he posted it outside of the blog which I would prefer not to happen though nobody else reads this so I suppose it's fine, she wins by using this phrase and going above and beyond the requirements: "It's actually quite simple: everyone decided to remain quiescent last week." Congratulations on your commentification skills and word using powers, and now I challenge you to use this next word:
Palliate
~alleviate without removing the problem
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, and I shall see you next Wednesday.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Today I present to you a song that I myself have played: the magnificent Aria Di Chiesa, written by Alessandro Stradella a long long time ago back in what we music nerds call the Baroque Period of music. The version I am giving to you is a musical arrangement minus the vocals, which if you wish to find are quite easy to discover on YouTube. The reason they include the word aria after removing the singing is because for one it is a part of the original name of the song, and two it gives you a big clue to what type of song it will be. There are a couple different types of arias, one of them being the aria in a minor key, which is always the type of song that is low, saddening, for example I have lists of arias in a minor key that take place in an opera directly after betrayal, death of a loved one, heartbreak, and more. Today I give to you my saddest song, please tell me how it makes you feel, because everybody goes through different circumstances and that predisposes them to be affected by different things.
Tom Bombadil Memorizer has done it again, using words when nobody else does and nobody else is paying attention seems to be his/her strong point, and even though s/he posted it outside of the blog which I would prefer not to happen though nobody else reads this so I suppose it's fine, she wins by using this phrase and going above and beyond the requirements: "It's actually quite simple: everyone decided to remain quiescent last week." Congratulations on your commentification skills and word using powers, and now I challenge you to use this next word:
Palliate
~alleviate without removing the problem
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, and I shall see you next Wednesday.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Now Bleed With Me....
Greetings and Salutations,
Today's video is the Freedom theme from Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson and music written by James Horner. During the movie, this song plays during the execution of the star of the show, William Wallace, who gives up his life saving Scotland, for the freedom of his people. Immediately afterwards is the finale of the movie, as the Scottish regain their freedom in Wallace's name. It heavily features the bagpipes, as they are Scottish in origin. Here's the movie and please tell me what particular emotion this song evokes in you, how good you think it is, and perhaps any other tidbits of information your brain produces.
I received no word usages over the past interval of time, fail. It was an easy word too, for example: Today I had a quiescent day. This week's word will be easier then:
Simple
~Easy, not difficult
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, and I shall see you next Wednesday.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Today's video is the Freedom theme from Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson and music written by James Horner. During the movie, this song plays during the execution of the star of the show, William Wallace, who gives up his life saving Scotland, for the freedom of his people. Immediately afterwards is the finale of the movie, as the Scottish regain their freedom in Wallace's name. It heavily features the bagpipes, as they are Scottish in origin. Here's the movie and please tell me what particular emotion this song evokes in you, how good you think it is, and perhaps any other tidbits of information your brain produces.
I received no word usages over the past interval of time, fail. It was an easy word too, for example: Today I had a quiescent day. This week's word will be easier then:
Simple
~Easy, not difficult
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, and I shall see you next Wednesday.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Saturday, April 16, 2011
A Change of Plans
Greetings and Salutations,
I have decided to adjust how I have been doing these videos, they apparently are not very effective in their current state, and so I shall be doing them in a theme, hopefully more of you readers out there will gain enough courage to commentify below. The new theme for the new series starting today, yes this means that the previous two videos will not be voted on or included in this series, unless you send me videos arguing one way or another or giving me a vote, will be music. By music I don't mean hard rock etc. I mean moving pieces, music that all you have to do is listen to the melody and your soul takes over and you feel without even knowing all of the feelings the composer and/or musicians are feeling. Little warning, many of these songs may be sad, as unfortunately sadness is one of the only emotions which carries through any medium, from music to paintings and even dance. If you have any suggestions for good songs that you think are very emotional, whether positively or negatively, please feel free to post a link in a comment below, or send a link to me in an email.
Today's video is the main theme from the movie Schindler's List, by John Williams. The song is a sad one, and has at its back the story of a German who works with Jews during the holocaust in WWII. The video itself was made by "Stigno89", though the music as said before was composed and directed by John Williams and the violin melody is played by the world famous Itzhak Perlman. Here's the movie and please tell me what particular emotion this song evokes in you, how good you think it is, and perhaps any other tidbits of information your brain produces.
I only received one word usage suggestion for this past week again, so I suppose it is the winner, again, same person. Last week's winner is Tom Bombadil Memorizer with their statement "Unlike many other books I have had to read for school, "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens is not at all a soporific work." Congratulations for your commentification, and now for this week's word of the week:
Quiescent
~Quiet, Still, Inactive
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, I shall unfortunately not be able to post this Wednesday nor this upcoming Saturday due to me being out of town, though if I find a way I will certainly try to post.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
I have decided to adjust how I have been doing these videos, they apparently are not very effective in their current state, and so I shall be doing them in a theme, hopefully more of you readers out there will gain enough courage to commentify below. The new theme for the new series starting today, yes this means that the previous two videos will not be voted on or included in this series, unless you send me videos arguing one way or another or giving me a vote, will be music. By music I don't mean hard rock etc. I mean moving pieces, music that all you have to do is listen to the melody and your soul takes over and you feel without even knowing all of the feelings the composer and/or musicians are feeling. Little warning, many of these songs may be sad, as unfortunately sadness is one of the only emotions which carries through any medium, from music to paintings and even dance. If you have any suggestions for good songs that you think are very emotional, whether positively or negatively, please feel free to post a link in a comment below, or send a link to me in an email.
Today's video is the main theme from the movie Schindler's List, by John Williams. The song is a sad one, and has at its back the story of a German who works with Jews during the holocaust in WWII. The video itself was made by "Stigno89", though the music as said before was composed and directed by John Williams and the violin melody is played by the world famous Itzhak Perlman. Here's the movie and please tell me what particular emotion this song evokes in you, how good you think it is, and perhaps any other tidbits of information your brain produces.
I only received one word usage suggestion for this past week again, so I suppose it is the winner, again, same person. Last week's winner is Tom Bombadil Memorizer with their statement "Unlike many other books I have had to read for school, "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens is not at all a soporific work." Congratulations for your commentification, and now for this week's word of the week:
Quiescent
~Quiet, Still, Inactive
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, I shall unfortunately not be able to post this Wednesday nor this upcoming Saturday due to me being out of town, though if I find a way I will certainly try to post.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Press "Start"...... "A" Will Also Do
Greetings and Salutations,
My apologies for not posting recently, I was on restriction, but hopefully I will have no more of those. Random personal update, I have recently gained an automobile and thus have considerably more freedom. Having a car is very nice, if you don't have one you should get one, or get older so you can get one, or get a job so you can get one. On a completely different note, I will be doing the videos not on a six week series as previously stated, but on a six movie series, which will make a little bit more sense.
The video of this week is "Some Awesome Things", by Kladblog showing different actions humans can perform in order to inspire us to do all that we are capable of. The video itself was made by Enola Arvalap Nebork Capepro, or at least that is what the video says, the music is wonderful too. Commentify below if you see someone failing....
I unfortunately only received one word suggestion for this past week, so I suppose it is the winner, though I would like to state that from now on, unless it is either sent to ticnag@gmail.com or as a comment below, it does not count, this is mainly because there are some viewers who cannot see those posts, though if you would like to do that as well, please feel free. Last "week's" winner is Tom Bombadil Memorizer with their statement "That was indubitably a fantastic shot." Congratulations for your commentification, and now for this week's word of the week:
Soporific
~Causing or tending to cause sleep or a dulled awareness
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, I shall see you shortly, when wednesday comes around again.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
My apologies for not posting recently, I was on restriction, but hopefully I will have no more of those. Random personal update, I have recently gained an automobile and thus have considerably more freedom. Having a car is very nice, if you don't have one you should get one, or get older so you can get one, or get a job so you can get one. On a completely different note, I will be doing the videos not on a six week series as previously stated, but on a six movie series, which will make a little bit more sense.
The video of this week is "Some Awesome Things", by Kladblog showing different actions humans can perform in order to inspire us to do all that we are capable of. The video itself was made by Enola Arvalap Nebork Capepro, or at least that is what the video says, the music is wonderful too. Commentify below if you see someone failing....
I unfortunately only received one word suggestion for this past week, so I suppose it is the winner, though I would like to state that from now on, unless it is either sent to ticnag@gmail.com or as a comment below, it does not count, this is mainly because there are some viewers who cannot see those posts, though if you would like to do that as well, please feel free. Last "week's" winner is Tom Bombadil Memorizer with their statement "That was indubitably a fantastic shot." Congratulations for your commentification, and now for this week's word of the week:
Soporific
~Causing or tending to cause sleep or a dulled awareness
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, I shall see you shortly, when wednesday comes around again.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Warning! New Challenger Approaching....
Greetings and Salutations,
I will be starting a series of posts devoted to our wonderful video site, Youtube, so that you can experience it for yourselves, in each of these posts I will be giving a short synopsis, without giving anything away, and then post the video below so you can watch it. Once you have watched it, please feel free, in fact, I think it would be awesome if everyone rated the video in the comments below, I believe the usual rating system is a system of five stars.... Anyways, feel free to post about how much something failed or how much it was win, or just comments on the acting, or special effects etc. I'll post five videos, and then on the sixth day I will hold a contest between the five to see which one you liked best, so send me an email or comment below with your vote.
This week's video is the "World's Most Amazing Trick Shot!", a video by user363, about a billiard domino Rube Goldberg trick shot, unfortunately, what little dialog there is is in some unidentifiable language, comment below if you know what language it is!
Another thing I will be adding on Saturdays is the word of the week, read the word and it's definition and try to use it at least once this upcoming week. Please comment below on how you used it or send it in and we will vote at the end of five weeks for both the best word and for the best usage of the words.
The word of the week is:
Indubitably
~Too evident to be doubted
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, I shall see you shortly, when wednesday comes around again.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
I will be starting a series of posts devoted to our wonderful video site, Youtube, so that you can experience it for yourselves, in each of these posts I will be giving a short synopsis, without giving anything away, and then post the video below so you can watch it. Once you have watched it, please feel free, in fact, I think it would be awesome if everyone rated the video in the comments below, I believe the usual rating system is a system of five stars.... Anyways, feel free to post about how much something failed or how much it was win, or just comments on the acting, or special effects etc. I'll post five videos, and then on the sixth day I will hold a contest between the five to see which one you liked best, so send me an email or comment below with your vote.
This week's video is the "World's Most Amazing Trick Shot!", a video by user363, about a billiard domino Rube Goldberg trick shot, unfortunately, what little dialog there is is in some unidentifiable language, comment below if you know what language it is!
Another thing I will be adding on Saturdays is the word of the week, read the word and it's definition and try to use it at least once this upcoming week. Please comment below on how you used it or send it in and we will vote at the end of five weeks for both the best word and for the best usage of the words.
The word of the week is:
Indubitably
~Too evident to be doubted
Don't forget to comment below and rate the word and or video, I shall see you shortly, when wednesday comes around again.
Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis
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