07.19.16
July
19-20 Video commentaries
For
this Mid-latish July entry, I'll be going into lengthy commentaries
on the four videos titled below.
So
in this video we have an Aussie couple with a Dodge Journey that
they've had for a couple of years. The problem? It's been painfully
unreliable, which is unfortunately not surprising given that this is
a product from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The unreliability of their
Dodge Journey has been so bad, that they've had to try so many times
to try and get Fiat Chrysler Australia to fix the car, but never
received the proper help that they've needed. They often had to
resort to fixing it out of their own expenses. Eventually, they got
so frustrated that it led to the video you see in the link above:
tank
demolition!
They didn't want to trade it in or sell it, because they feared that
it would become another owner's problem, so they resorted to abusing
the car a bit before finally letting a military tank run over the
garbage. Wow! They really had it with that Dodge and wanted to bring
public awareness to Australia, that the country urgently needs to
introduce Lemon Law protections to avoid the dilemma that many
Australians go through when they purchase unreliable cars. It was
entertaining watching a vehicle being crushed, but based on the
nightmarish experiences the couple went through, it's also pretty
sad. Now just in case a Fiat Chrysler fan reading this wants to come
on and tell me or the couple off, don't.
All cars can have problems, but some brands have been proven to be
worse than others based on countless amounts of studies and owners
reports. Fiat Chrysler, unfortunately fairs pretty badly. Not all
owners have gone through hell with them, but many have. I personally
like the Ram 1500, Dodge Durango and Maserati Levante from their line
up, but I do hope that they work hard to improve their reliability
and quality record.
I've
been reading about commenters picking at Justin's “ums” for quite
a while now, but now there's actually a video about this? Wow. Just
Wow… While it's obvious that hes does say “um” and “uh” a
lot, it's a bit awkward to point it out to this level, but
nonetheless, this video was absolutely hilarious! The fact that they
were not only counting, but also adding um faces each and every time
he would say uh or um. He clocked in at 50 ums in under a minute and
a half during this short segment. Humour and jokes aside, he was
actually answering an important question in regards to the disastrous
fire that plagued Fort McMurray. The asker wanted to know what the
federals were going to about the situation, and he did the right
thing by answering it seriously and stating what he did, but due to
the intended nature of this particular video, it was borderline
impossible to keep a straight face while watching this video!
Seriously, who can keep their lips still to this? I left a comment
saying “Hey, at least he speaks two languages!” and received the
following response someone: “This IS NOT an example of speaking the
English language."
LOL! Wonder how he would've sounded in French or Mandarin??
Due
to the graphic, sensitive nature of this video, it could be pulled
down from YouTube any minute now.
Viewer
discretion is advised.
As you can see in the video, a woman decides one day to charge at her
boyfriend in a nice, red Ford Mustang because she found out that he
had the human immunodeficiency virus, better known as simply HIV.
Now, I can understand her being extremely upset, angry, frustrated,
used, disappointment and beyond, but this was certainly not the right
way to go about things! We are often taught that two wrongs doesn't
make a right, and that definitely applies here. It can be very hard
and embarrassing to mention to someone that you have HIV, because
you'll naturally be afraid of rejection and scandalous gossip, but
clearly, hiding it has proven to be a lose-lose situation for both of
them: the man got ran over and broke some bones, while the woman was
charged and jailed. It's been said a thousand times, but needs to be
said again: communication and honesty! It can sometimes be difficult
to practice these things, but it's important in order to try and keep
a healthy relationship. In this case, I think it's actually a legal
issue that potential sex partners are required to know whether you
have the disease or not, as are your health care providers. This is a
very deep, complex situation that could very well turn into a post
well exceeding a thousand words, but I'll just say that if this man
felt that the woman is a scandalizer who would hurt him by word of
mouth and ruin many things for him, then she may not have been worth
it. It's hard, risky and complicated, but if possible, let your
partners know as soon as possible if you feel they can handle it. If
not, speak to your health care providers and trusted experts; they're
there for a reason.
Ah,
now for some a little cheerier. So what makes this performance of
Vivaldi's Winter so special, that I had to talk about it? The lead
solo is a recorder! Yes, that's right. Those things that most people
often see as cheap elementary toys, even though they're not! This
man's speed, accuracy, articulation and just everything about the way
he was playing was just incredible! I'll be honest: due to the
recorder's small range of two octaves (and a third, fourth or even
fifth depending on the model and your level of virtuosity), I didn't
really think it was possible to do this, but he pulled it off like
the musical champion he is! One thing I did notice, is that he did
swap recorders a couple times throughout the piece, likely to get
around the range issue, or probably just to show off his mad skills,
or maybe just because some voices handled certain passages better?
Who knows. The man is just good! That's what I know for sure. So who
is he? I looked him up and apparently his name is Dan Laurin. “Dan
Laurin is an award-winning Swedish recorder player” Those are the
very words from his wiki page and it's spot on! I haven't really
listened to his other performances, but judging from this one, we can
certainly say that he's good.
