The total Lunar eclipse of June 15, 2011

So, the total lunar eclipse that took place on June 15, 2011 (as said in the title), and i could see it from the balcony of my house. So, here are the pictures I took. See them after the break.

Stamps Anyone?

For the International Year of Chemistry, IUPAC and UNESCO are holding a series of competitions, and one of them, titled 'Stamps Anyone?' is a global stamp competition, and requires participants to design stamps on the topic 'Chemistry as a Cultural Enterprise'. I have designed a stamp too, and submitted on the following link:
http://mtn.e2bn.net/satw_design_a_national_stamp/

 Please comment on it!!

More Links:

• http://www.chemistry2011.org/participate/activities/show?id=110
• http://www.chemistry2011.org/participate/featured-ideas/stamps-anyone/

Breaking Dawn Trailer

Hi guys,

The Breaking dawn Trailer is finally out and i think, despite that they have revealed too much of the plot, it was still able to excite people. I think, instead of showing some little part and keeping everything a secret, they decided to show a little clip of everything and now everyone (at least me) and jumpimg up and down, anxious to see more!

What do you all think about it? Lemme know in the comments.

Link to the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4233010457/

Fall of Giants Review

HI Guys, i just finished reading Fall of Giants by Ken Follett, and personally, i had been looking for a book like this one for a long time. Its very 'Fullmetal alchemist-ish' in a strange way. Not in terms of plot, but in terms of story-telling.

Though Fall of Giants seemed to me at first, for a book of 850 pages, a title that indicated that the story contained in the pages was going to be a heavy and forced combination of melodrama, fantasy and suspense. Another stereotyped book from another ‘sell-out’ author. But despite that, I got the book, sat down and read it. And it blew me away.

Green day simpsons cover

I have no idea why i am posting this.

MCR: Live in LA

My Chemical Romance - Live In LA: My Chemical Romance - MTV Shows

MCR's Danger days

Hi guys,

don't have much time but here are MCR's new videos (SING and NA NA NA (NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA)






-mystic

Pyaar ki yeh ek kahani review of the episodes so far

Hi guys, sorry about the slow blogging lately. But well, I'm online now.

Ekta Kapoor's twilight serial finally premiered two weeks back, after all the delays, and though so far, i think most people are watching it, the story is only very loosely related to twilight. (obviously). just the basic plot is similar. the indivisual scenes are a bit overdone, but as a whole, its quite entertaining.

i personally, dont feel like i would really sit down and punctually watch every episode of it (which i haven't for a week now) it is worth sitting back and watching.

I think eventually, it has the typical saas-bahu soap direction, but that doesn't seem very prominent.

good watching, to all who are courageous enough.

-mystic

Taylor Swift's Mean

Well, I heard the song and well, its good. More country than pop. It's a bit Kenny Roger-ish. I think its got a typical country kinda music.

That's all I have to say about  it.

And, yeah. In her lyrics, TS is obviously pointing at her critics so I think it'd be ironic when someone doesn't like the song and will lash it out in return.

Back to December still the best song on the album so far.
-mystic

LP Concept album v/s TS concept album Videos

This is just like sort of something random, but i feel strongly about.

The LP MVs from A Thousand Suns were kind of like abstract, where as Taylor Swift's Mine video was more of like a story and even though it is typical of Taylor Swift to have a storyline in her songs and videos. But still. Speak Now is a concept album and I think as much as a video should represent the idea of the song, it should also be in accordance with the rest of the album. And if its a concept album , the music videos should depict the story of the album.

So, inside my head, Taylor Swift Videos from Speak Now win from LP's videos from A Thousand Suns.

But as far as the songs go, the two are still competing, also considering the Speak Now hasn't released yet.

-mystic

Taylor Swift's Back to December

So I just heard Taylor Swift's Back to December and its actually is good. Its nothing I was thinking it was gonna be after I had heard Speak Now, and I was hoping for something pretty bad. Her vocals in the song are amazing and I just love the way the song's melancholy yet lively at the same time.

I'm just kinda happy that there is a good song on the album, even though I like Innocent and Mine.

-mystic
 p.s.- I sincerely hate her fringe in the pic though.



UPDATE- Its been floating around the net lately, so I'll put it up. Taylor Swift has allegedly written this song about Taylor Lautner.

RPattz GQ Outtakes.

Because I had nothing else to do.

LP's new MV

Hi


So, the new LP MV came out and it's like a sequel to the Catalyst MV. The Catalyst was smoky grey-green and this is starry blue. I just couldn't see the greatness or difference from, well, other MVs. But then, I guess, we all know how quickly my opnion might turn positive.

-mystic

Taylor Swift's Speak Now

So, just heard Taylor Swift's Speak Now, and, well, its a typical Taylor Swift Song. The lyrics are okay, nothing great. The song kind of lacks the rhythm 'Mine' had, just something kinda off hand. So far, both Mine and Speak Now have failed to achieve the new-ness, or the freshness I was expecting. I mean, you could listen to the songs, but might not really volunteer to.

Now, something about the lyrics. Like I said, they weren't anything great. This is how it goes:

I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

Don’t say yes, run away now
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the backdoor
Don’t wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out and they said speak now

Which, frankly, doesn't even rhyme. The song's a lot like Picture to burn. Something that you can sing along with but it doesn't really strike you as something you want to listen to.

Let's expect something better from the rest of the album. Speak Now releases 25 Oct. 2010.

-mystic

Song of the moment - 'Waiting for the end' by Linkin Park. (Yes, I have started liking the album)

Pyar ki yeh ek kahani

Now, Ekta Kapoor is maikng a serial on twilight. Yes, I thought we needed to stop her from doing this, and I was a bit sceptic but I have strated to like the look of it...though I could suggest improvements.






Only tym will tell how much ekta kapoor will ruin it.

-mystic

The Cullens

Beautiful.

That's it.

via Confessions of a Twicrack Addict.

To people who administer Mysticalchemist land

So its been raining all month in mysicalchemist land and it's not like we have frequent powercuts, just few prolonged ones. And so far only a foot bridge has collapsed. Yeah, right. Stadium roofs have also collapsed and the roads aren't there any longer. I think they have submerged under the flowing rivers flowing in place of the roads. Also, the remaining parts of roads that were still visible have hid under potholes and dug-up holes and manholes and all the other holes.

This is for all the people who responisible for or adminster all this or work in these deptts or can do something about this to kindly rescue the people who have been inflicted with all the rain induced infrastucture-less-ness of the mysticalchemist land and go do something about the power and the damn foot bridge.

-regards
people of mysticalchemist land.

ps- I think the rain has stopped but that is just one thing.

LP's Suns' Concept

All right, so five minutes after the previous post, I find this article on MTV. So apparently, there is no definite story in the album.

This is what Mike Shinoda is saying (after reading which I think that the whole concept-less concept album doesn't bug me so much):

"People asked us if it's a concept record, and in the middle of the process, we were contemplating whether or not that was what we wanted to do. And I think, as we finished it, it became clear that, usually the problem with concept records is, like, [the] term usually refers to things like [the Who's] Tommy or ... rock operas and stuff like than that has a narrative. And this doesn't have a narrative; it's more abstract that that. "

A Thousand Suns II

All right, so I am not a musical genius, but i did realise that Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns is a concept album. I have heard like two-three times by now, and frankly, where is the story?

I mean, out of the 15 tracks, I hav even started liking some more that I did the first time, but I can't figure out the concept of the album.

Its just this thing they are singing and A thousand Suns, I think, failed achieve the depth it could have. Just a bit of modifications, and this album could really have done well for me.

Anyways, I still think 'Wretches and Kings' is the best track so far.

-mystic

A Thousand Suns

Linkin Park's new album A Thousand Suns was released on September 14 and I was in high hopes that day about how great it was going to be and everything but now there is just one thing that keeps coming to mind.

I finally heard the album today and it completely stripped of Linkin park-ness. Hybrid Theory and Meteora but both amazing, Minutes to Midnights was still entertaining, but this album really did it.

It has like 15 songs out of which I think 3 are just famous-people-quotes, the opening song (The Requiem) Was Something like what Green Day did to 21st Century Breakdown's Song of the Century, but they (Green Day) did it much better. Even the lyrical style was different. Linkin Park was all about life and human perception (that's how i see it), but this album has just a hint of it with political and social opinions being more prominent. Frankly, I don't mind it one bit, if they would have done it in the same style.

Most of the songs simply didn't make it to the bar I had set. I think Wretches and Kings was the one song i actually liked, but the rest kinda hung between nu metal and rock. That Linkin Park thing was missing.

All in all, it was a big disappointment. Though the cover really got me. One word for it: Beau.ti.ful. Love the way its done and and the title interpreted.

Rating - 2.5/5

-mystic