MOVED!

The rose Tinted View can now be found at

www.rosetintedview.wordpress.com

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The Missing Sandwich - Found?

Kottu is probably the biggerst Sri Lankan Blogroll. The other day i was with my work friend at her place. She lives with this guy called Jehan who always has a woman in his room and another mysterious girl who i've never met. So there we were drinking and talking about everything from fuck buddies to Maggi (which was the purpose of the meeting). Then her phone rings and there is this girl outside who joined us. She had with her a lot of interesting books such as LOTR that i liked. After pouring a drink and lighting a cigarette the conversation continued. I was blogging at the moment and then she looked and said "Do you blog?". I replied with a lousy "yeah".
"Well, Im The missing Sandwich"
My reaction was; Wow this is a small kottu.

No Strings Attatched

While watching VH1 the other day i realized that there are many bands whose guitarist or drummer or someone of the other is the main attraction of the band and not the lead singer itself or whoever leads the band. These musicians i find out stand out on their own.

The following are :

Slash - Lead Guitarist from popular rock band "Guns N Roses".
I don't normally focus on Axel Rose when hes on stage, fine hes screaming and singing and rolling around with his hair but theres something about Slash that makes the crowd just follow him around stage. With a unique style of the crazy hair and the top hat plus the full black clothing made him one smooth cat. In the video for November Rain he really steals the show when he walks out of the church and starts playing the guitar solo but thats not as good as his solo on top of the piano. He left Guns N Roses to form Velvet Revolver which he is also the lead guitarist. There is something mysterious about him that makes him stand on his own level of "cool"




Wes Borland - Lead Guitarist of Limp Bizkit a rap metal band that is currently disband. Wes like Slash has his own style. On stage he wears large amounts of face make up and black contact lenses along with full black clothing, leather preferably. His crazy moves on stage are quite the eye catcher not to mention his costume. His guitar talents are not as good as slash but its not really need in the band genre of music. He left Limp Bizkit to join another band.





Travis Barker - Drummer of Blink 182. People know this band after he joined. His Mohawk and tendency to drum bare bodied with his totally tattooed body showing really caught a few looks. His name is googled and you-tubed more than the other band members. He was playing the drums since he was 4 and that was all he wanted to do. He started playing for the school band squad and was kinda a band geek. When he finally did join a band called the 'Aquabats'. While on tour with the original blink182 he was asked to fill in for their just fired drummer. He had to learn 20 sets in 2 hours which he did. Then he joined Blink182 and has been with them till they broke up. The break up was caused apparently by Tom calling him a session drummer. Now he produces, writes songs, drums and is on celebrity TV. He also owns LaSalle Records, Famous Stars and Stripes and Wahoo's Fish Taco Restaurant.

These 3 are some well acclaimed musicians who've gotten quite far on their own and even if they haven't they stood out in their band. Any more musicians? Tell me!

Chasing

It powers your enthusiasm,
Lightens your spirit.
Gets you elated blurs your decisions,
What is it?

It may give you the rose tinted view,
Or paranoia.
Make the world go round and round,
A one time experience is good enough for you!

Your heart rate increases,
Your arm goes numb.
No wonder since you've been sticking needles in again,
Like a homeless bum.

You go some where boxed,
spray it as you stand.
you keep breathing until you pass out,
its not even considered contraband!


Ok lets see whos been chasing enough to know which drug each verse is. :)

Immortality

There are some out there,
who don't feel the wounds of time.
I know I know its not fair,
Be with them once, and your forever theirs.

A never ending life line,
A never ending life time.
Age doesn't leave a mark,
Yesterdays will always be the past.

Bullets don't leave any holes,
Blades leave no scars.
Blood flows for eternity,
Its the greatest curse; Immortality

What the - ?

I realized that normal words are now taken into the category of slang. So many words now have double meanings when used as verbs. I came across this when watching 'Chris Browns Super Sweet 18th Birthday!" One of the girls on it said "Wow this party is so dope!" my mother who was passing by thought that the people at the party were doing dope and if they're doing dope it appears that im doing dope and so it took alot of explaining to calm my mother down.

Dope is a word used for marijuana which came from the 'dopey' feeling one gets after inhaling it. But since weed gives such a good feeling people have decided to apply it to everyday life and compare normal clean things to such a feeling (mentioned above) the girl who said the party was dope definitely looked like she'd had it.
Common examples : This party is dope; That car is dope; You look so dope; This dope is dope

Sick is another word i will never understand. Made popular probably by punk rockers and emo weirdos. This is definitely backwards because 'sick' is a negative feeling where one feels 'sick' or unhealthy. But nope people still use it to compliment and so take it.
Common examples : That ride is sick; That trick was sick; That guy is sick (well duh since he did puke all day and is in bed)

Sexy - The only word that makes sense but at times can be used wrongly. Sexy is used to describe beauty, women, and anything related to making that part in your brain go ting! When a person sees a nice pair of shoes he/she could say "hey that would look sexy on me" or if they say "wow you look sexy" those are acceptable examples, but quotes like "This burger was the sexiest thing ive eaten" that is just downright wrong. How can dead cow and cheese be "sexy?"
Common examples : You look sexy; that car is sexy; That sex was sexy.

Words nowadays are evolving. What was good is bad and what is bad is good. If someone calls you unhealthy embrace it thats probably the best compliment your gonna get. I fear for the future generation as always. They're gonna have one sick life. As in sick sick.

So tell me what you think? Is this life dope?

Happy?

I was tagged by St Fallen to type 10 things that makes me happy. well here goes in no particular orde

1. Good Music : Anything that im in the mood for. It'll make me happy and it will uplift whatever mood i have on me

2. Good Food : Good Food is appreciated anytime. Always makes me happy and also fills my stomach

3. Going out with Friends : I always like going with the right crowd somewhere where it is to eat or club with the right set of friends the night will be legendary.

4. Taking a good picture. Im very serious about my photography and it really makes me happy when i take a good picture that others appreciate

5. Gaming : Any game if im good at it or bad i enjoy it and it makes me happier if i win :)

6. Wikipedia : hmm something so popular its not on the dictionary. but i like to read up on anything from historic figures, to bands, to comic book characters

7. Writing : When ever i get the impulse to write i write and the end result always makes me happy

8. Talking : A good conversation with an interesting person is always welcome. If you bore me then ur not making me happy

9. Travelling : i love going to new places and witnessing culture

10. Being alone at the right time : Im able to release my thoughts and realize interesting facts. I think and i sort of "shuffle" through my memories and i find things ive forgotten or like to remember.

Video killed the Radio Star, Cable owned them all

After years and years of petitioning for cable we finally got it. Im not much of a TV fan i download and watch stuff online. But now my computer hard drive is full and i cant be pissed re formating it. So the story goes...

The cable people arrive on a Sunday and with it they bring the box of doom. After a lot of drilling and hammering they finally fixed it. On top of the TV it stood 75 channels jam packed into that little thing even tho i only watch around 8 channels. The first few days was normal nothing out of the ordinary then things started to change. I noticed that the family gatherings were in the TV room and not in the living room downstairs. No more after dinner talks in the living room, straight up to watch TV and maybe discuss something in between adds. If there were no adds dinner was missed or bought up. Bringing dinner up has been forbidden since the house was built but my parents are the ones doing it.

Im sure Cable TV was invented by a woman. It is a box and when "oned" it makes all men inefficient and couch potatoes. Cable has brainwashed my father, his favourite actress is "that blond girl from friends" meaning Jennifer Aniston and actor is Doctor House. My father has watched movies from Clue to The Break Up. He now skips meals and even doesnt panic when he runs out of cigarettes as long as a good movie is on. His favourite new singers are Nelly Furtado, The White Stripes and Knarles Barkley. He is also a follower of American Politics and Tennis matches. His favourite TV shoes are currently Friends, Seinfeld, Pimp my Ride, Gods of Guitar, Specials on Living, Dr House and others im not really sure about. Worlds most Amazing and Daring videos have made him look at both sides of the road twice before crossing.
Before TV was about putting it on and if anything is good just watch it. Now he reminds me when to watch TV!

Thats enough ranting about Cable TV im missing Seinfeld.

What happend to cartoons?

While flicking through cartoon network on cable i realized that there was a minimum collection of "good" cartoons. Good cartoons are cartoons that are genuinely funny. Not stupid funny where you laugh at when the colorful characters trip and fall and hurt themselves. Some cartoons are newer versions of older good cartoons. The newer versions normally created to suit the "new generation of cartoon watchers" are a disgrace compared to the old versions. Most cartoons dont even have anymore airplay but can be found on the internet...rarely.
These are my favourite cartoons new and old which i find "good" :

Tom and Jerry - A timeless classic which still has a little airplay on Cartoon Network. but i guess thats because we like watching animals maim, crush, beat, near kill each other

X-Men - The original version not the evolution rubbish where some characters are actually younger than the original. Although i do watch it it has its limits and is cast under a great shadow

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - I cant remember the last time i watched an episode of this shell kicking series... in English. Its so old now and out of demand they have sold the tapes sadly to our local tv stations that dubbed them. In sinhala their Italian names are hilariously slandered their appetite for pizza, no sorry rotti still hasn't changed.

Johnny Bravo - Hilarious guys the emphasis on sound and action is the topping on this macho sundae. If you know anyone who acts like this please contact me :)

Transformers - Not as cool as the movie but it was good until they changed it.

Speed Racer - The movie sucked. Cartoon show was good :)

Dragon Ball Z - Not much of a big fan but i find it quite interesting. The whole "team" thing and "fight to die" intrigues me

Yu-Gi-Oh - Warning only watch if interested in card game. Can easily grow out of it.

Silver Hawks - My first taste of space and its inhabitants. Although its light years ahead of us i will always remember the guy whos guitar solo knocked people out cold.

Thundercats - Awesome action, the bad guy was scary, good animation for its time, a 10!

Hey Arnold! - Nice story lines but it gets a bit laggy with the morals.

Pokemon - Its just fun to watch tho a bit old i still appear to find it fun to watch :S

These were all cartoons that i watch and will always remember. I worry for the current generation of cartoon watchers. They have to watch things such as SpongeBob who promotes gayness - hes single, lives in a pineapple under the sea, only female companion is a squirrel. With all of that adding up hes prohibited in several countries. Or Ben10 a human boy with a kick ass G-Shock watch that transforms him into cereal box gifts! sorry alien thingys. Lets not forget that sheep thing i come across every time i surf past Nickelodeon. I really dont see anything funny or even moral about a sheep, it probablys a digestion awareness based cartoon. Pogo i see is not a healthy channel as it promotes tv addiction at a young age as it shows only below 3 cartoons. The brand new scooby doo show has scarred the memory of scooby forever. The new scooby looks like a poorly drawn Snickers bar and shaggy looks like a unshaven drunk.

As days go by cartoons get worse and worse .I guess my kids will never know what real cartoons will be. Shame.
Now im off to tape whatever "good" cartoons that remain.

The Room with no lights

In this room, a room with no lights
I seek refuge after every fight
Its close cornered walls and darkness
reminds me for the reason of my punishment
Its too short bed
Replays all the words that've been said
Adding insult to injury, wounds and salt
Shows all my weaknesses, my fears, my faults
My soul heart, verbal marks left red
My anger and hate have been fed
Scars reopen at my latest visit
The rose tinted view cannot trick it
And here I am seeking refuge after another fight
In the Room With No Lights

The Dynamism of love

Love is blind, Love is right
Love is right, Love brings fights
Love brings fights, Love creates life
Love creates life, Love spawns spite
Love is blind, Love is right

Heading inspired by an inspiration :)

Burger King

This is not exactly the original burger king you find in the states. This is the Slave Island Burger King that is run by 5 men. Yes it may be a cart but the food is amazing.
Founded in 2000 by a friend who had the idea of selling cheap good quality food to passers by. Located in the Slave Island Junction ( the one closest to Trans Asia). They started out with burgers and then moved onto making submarines and shawarma's. A meal at burger king would cost you only around 200-300 Sri Lankan Rupees. There is always 1 man who manages the meat spikes of chicken and beef, another for the main cart, the boss handles the chips (why do bosses always handle the chips?) and the last man takes the orders of parked cars and those who are sitting on the plastic chairs.
Prices : Shawarma's - Rs 120- 30, Burgers -90, Subs Rs 145 (and they are huge) other stuff like Hot Dogs and Mini Subs can also be found
A Beef Shawarma a must and also the fried chicken chili shawarma.

Smoking Love

A guy once asked a girl : Do you Smoke?
Yes i do
How many a day?
Alot
Well, whatever you smoke, ill smoke half of it.
What? Why?
Since i smoke half the pain is divided between the two of us. The more we live together the longer each of us live and the more chances we have of dying together.

The Rose Tinted View?

The Rose Tinted View means only looking at the good side of life.
How does the Rose Tinted glasses thingy apply to me? Well i wear glasses that have a rose tint. Courtesy Sally, i now have this name.
This blog will be of my view to life and of my writings.