Tuesday, March 31, 2020

BBC Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough 1/3: Builders

 

This is not the new documentary, it's from the 2015, but underwater environment somehow has the calming effect, that's why I decided to watch and post pictures of it.
In this episode we saw haw amazing mantis shrimp can be it not only dances to entice the female (I approve), but also it has 16 photo receptors. A human eye has 3. So imagine what kind of spectrum of the waves it perceives. I am instantly jealous.
Also, lots of colors here are SHINee color - so you know they reign superior.

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Saturday Poetry Corner 30: Dreams


Today - two little poems that hint at dreams. One is fairly explicit, one is a bit less. By Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Paul Laurence Dunbar [1872-1906] was the first African-American poet to garner national critical acclaim. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Dunbar penned a large body of dialect poems, standard English poems, essays, novels and short stories before he died at the age of 33. His work often addressed the difficulties encountered by members of his race and the efforts of African-Americans to achieve equality in America. He was praised both by the prominent literary critics of his time and his literary contemporaries. (after here)

Friday, March 27, 2020

[First Impression] Memorist


Oh, it has been a while I have seen a series with Yu Seungho, the last one being Imaginary Cat, but it was worth waiting for - judging from the first four episodes.
The fact I was on hiatus helped immensely, true.

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Wild Karnataka (2019)


Narrated by sir David Attenborough.
Karnataka is the most abundant in life place in India. There lives 10% of world population of tigers (est. 400 individuals) if you must know.
It will be picture heavy. Featuring: birds, snakes and kitties (like jackal cats).

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Saturday Poetry Corner 29: Spring Poems


Because yesterday was vernal equinox, today we're having poems about the Spring. Obviously featuring Wordsworth because he penned few poems about flowers and nature in general.


[Review] KBS Drama Special 2018 Full Season


Instead of creating a separate post for each of the 10 stories presented in the 2018 edition of KBS Drama Special - one collective of short, really short introductions into themes presented by these one-episode little gems.
They are presented in the chronological order.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Throwback Thursday Part 53


Today's Throwback Thursday is to the year 1980.
Because I say so.

Quarantine Drawing Challenge


Since, apparently, the lockdown will last longer than 2 weeks, I'm starting the drawing challenge today. Yes, I called it quarantine not lockdown because of pure sound.
I will be updating this post, not create a separate one for each day.


Sunday, March 15, 2020

BBC Animals Behaving Badly Series 3/3: Survival


In this last episode we had: hooligans, ravaging cities in search for some food, vandals - namely stone marten - that can cause 63 mln Euro car damages in Germany alone in a year!! Also, we had kidnappers and con artists - like a puff adder that can mask itself by not having any smell.


Saturday, March 14, 2020

Saturday Poetry Corner 28: I said I splendidly loved you; it's not true



 Today a little short poem by Rupert Brooke whose life was also short.

Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as "Chaucer;" 3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England.”
(from here)