Mini-blogs and Attitude

Hello readers! Ahhh it's been a long time since the last post. Well, now, I won't write about Adam Lambert again, I know you start getting sick with such topic haha.

So, what actually makes BLOG become not so popular compared to yesterdays is...please welcome: MINI-BLOG! We maybe are more used to call it TWITTER or PLURK or...is there any other mini-blog websites? You can tell me if you find some.

Nowadays, I found how Twitter becomes so popular more than Plurk. The reason might be (or I can say MUST BE) so many celebrities are using Twitter. They share their minds and activities with fans and some celeb fellows. They gain sooo many followers while they don't have to follow them back. The more popular they are, the more followers they'll get.

Plurk, in the other hand, is also unique and interesting. That is why Plurk still has its faithful users haha, including me. While in Twitter we can only tweet and pushed to make our own emoticon, Plurk has provided cute and unique emoticons for the users. Furthermore, Plurk has born long before Twitter was.

In Plurk, attitude problem is never a real center of attention, unlike in Twitter. Why? Errr I don't really know why, but looks like Plurk user has better attitude. Maybe because we can skip or not-reading other user's Plurk, so that everything's okay. But in Twitter, everything comes to our timeline.

The attitude problem comes when a Tweep (yes this is how Twitter users are usually called) don't seem to know the differences between REPLY and RETWEET. When it happens, a Tweep can fill our timeline with his/her own REPLIES using RETWEET. Say, who cares about what they're talking with their friends?! They can use REPLY so that the conversation won't appear to followers' timeline. if they were afraid friends might forget what the conversation is about, they can use RE. Like:
@fitriaridzikita @adamlambert oh yeah, you're gonna make the tour likewise. Re: Glampy Tour.
See? very easy! Unless you think that your conversation is important for your followers, you can Retweet. But make sure that your Retweet is really IMPORTANT.

Next, what I'd so like to say is the complicity of Plurkies' or Tweeps' mind. Here, when they hate or dislike other people's plurks/tweets, they yell, moan, whine, and doing anything like Psychopath during their plurking/tweeting time. But they never said it to the people they pointed at! They yell and moan as if the people never realized of what they grumbled there. They even harshly insulted with inappropriate uneducated words. Oh geez, I think it's an open-minded era, why should acting like turtle in a cave? If you don't like it, just MUTE or UNFOLLOW it! Don't make things become more complicated. Life alone has been too complicated.

Well, whether you can apply the rules or not, it all comes back to you.

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Adam Lambert: Whole in One Package and Special Treatments

Ahem. well, again, this post is about that adorable amazing musician, Adam Lambert.

what makes me fall so deep for him is not because I watched every week of American Idol season 8 last year, since I had no cable TV yet last year. instead, I first listened to his voice in the coronation song, No Boundaries. right when I listened and compared it to Kris Allen's version, I have known who should have won that contest. No Boundaries is an awesome track with cool music and deep lyrics. Kris made it easy-listening, good one. but Adam put the soul into the track, so that I (and probably some listeners somewhere) can feel what the composer wants to say through that song.

that day, I knew a star has been born.

as time passed by, I see how Adam is not only a new star-born. he got experience since he was so young, he even ever made an album before came to Idol. ah, but, that recording was not that good, at least in my opinion, it was not like Adam singing those songs because the songs are plain, there are no difficulties singing them, there are no high notes nor complicated arrangement. too easy for an Adam Lambert, I guess.

I also see how Adam has a lot of genius fans (including me LOL). the genius fans who never cared of his sexuality, his too-edgy appearance, his controversial performances, and whatever people hates about him. the genius fans are focusing only to his style and talent. to his music. to his voice. isn't it sweet? Adam's so very lucky to have such fans. and he didn't make fans that way, instead he's done a hard work during the Idol and previously gained stage and singing experiences through those opera shows.

well, let's stop the compliments about him, I bet I'll take everyday to give him compliments and praises, like what I do on Twitter lately LOL. what I really, really mind about him is the special treatments and rights he got after the Idol.

what special rights? oh don't tell me you don't know. every Glambert must knows No Boundaries were recorded for Adam and Kris. No Boundaries is a coronation song which should have been the winner's, and only the winner's.

I want to give an example about this coronation song stuff. American Idol season 7 had David Cook as the winner, and David Archuleta as the runner-up. the coronation song was The Time of My Life, which was sang by two of them before the winner was announced. it means there were also 2 versions of the song. but when I search everywhere, I never ever found The Time of My Life in Archuleta's version. I only and always found Cook's, whether it is the studio version or the stage version. seems like no one is allowed to upload the Archie's version because the song has legally become Cookie's. and that way, The Time of My Life is David Cook's song.

correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the winner of Idol season 8 Kris Allen? it should have made No Boundaries legally his, no? while in reality, I don't know the consideration but Adam also recorded No Boundaries. and those two versions are available in an album: The American Idol Season 8. furthermore, in that album, every contestant should have recorded only one song, right? there might be special treatment for the winner, okay, he/she is allowed to record more than a song.

it was not happening to that compilation album. what happened was: Adam and Kris recorded No Boundaries in their own version, Kris recorded She Works Hard for The Money, Adam recorded Mad World.

what happen to the label actually? they let the runner-up do the same exact things with the winner. they give Adam the same right with Kris. they got the same treatment, while people knows exactly that the winner is Kris and the runner-up is Adam. name those special rights now: (1) coronation song, (2) more than one recording in compilation album.

and the newest special right is (3) the Idol mentoring. for the first time in history, an Idol alumni becomes the guest mentor for current Idol contestants. say, I don't have to tell you that (again and again) Adam has been chosen to mentor the Idol season 9's contestants.

this number (3) right is, I think, too much. now Adam got another special right more than every Idol winner ever had. it was okay that he was the first performer in VH1 Unplugged, since it was all about his own album. but now, he is the first Idol guest-mentor from Idol alumni? honestly, really, I'm thinking as deep as I can think about this matter. is it now still about Adam's talent? he might recorded 2 songs, including the coronation track, because he's talented and wanted and it was too bad if he only recorded a song in that album. but, first Idol guest-mentor? hello?

I'm a Glambert, one of those genius fans, and I deeply love Adam. I think of him and listen to his songs 24/7. but in this case, I must see things objectively. this is not fair. I'm sorry, Glamberts, but this is not fair. Adam is a runner-up from season 8. he only had passed a year after his season. his singles and album might be sold out and reach high position in charts everywhere, but he's still so very new to showbiz world. I can't disagree of what some people say, that some former Idols deserve this right more than Adam. they can give this opportunity to Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, or maybe to David Cook. somehow, Adam's still too fresh for this job.

ah but at least I find this condition better than before, when they invited Miley Cyrus as guest mentor LOL.

I'm thinking and thinking. the more I think the more I worry and am terrified of what happens to Adam this far. I remember how some old teenagers made breakthrough in music-biz and now they are nowhere. they're still known, but their songs are no more hits. their albums are no more sold-out. name some of them: Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Hanson, and those girl and boy bands. they're known, still, but their songs are not the upper-hits anymore.

that's what I don't want to happen to Adam. he's way too good to be in such condition. he got style and talent in one package. it's a precious thing not every artist/performer can have. showbiz, music-biz, whatever entertainment world would lose a real entertainer if it happened to Adam. that is why I don't really like that he got too much special rights and treatments this soon.

but oh well, despite all those worries and probability, I still think, consider, make some discussions, watch Idol this season, and many things. in the end, I guess I realize that Adam deserves to be a guest mentor in Idol this season. because he might be the one and only contestant who has style, talent, and identity. what I say identity is the character of his voice. no matter what genre he brings, we can still recognize and say: oh, this is Adam Lambert! and he sings in his own way, no matter what the genre is.

stage performance : checked. studio recording: checked. voice range: checked. voice character: checked. fashion style: checked. attitude: checked. professionalism: checked. genius fans: checked.

well Adam, I think you now perfectly harvest what you have planted since long ago.

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More Important than Winning

In this life, people must face competition all the time. we fight, we struggle, we try hard, work like we're dying just to win the competition. we do, we give anything, the best of us, to become the winner. because no one of us would want to be the loser. (ehm, if there's anyone who wants to be a loser, that's none of my business LOL)

but, in some kind of competitions, not winning doesn't mean lose. loser is not appropriate to call a person who doesn't win the competition. furthermore, in any competitions, this 'loser' word is so very inappropriate. why? because people who don't win had made a start with all their strength and bravery. they had done their very best, they had worked so very hard to win. they gave everything, even sacrificed some most important things in their life, just to win. so, people who don't win actually are same skilled, trained, and capable as the winner.

or, they might be more.

why more? because the winner sometimes is not a person that this world really needs. even in this century, some evil and jerky people are used to play money politics to make them win. then the paid judges or audiences choose them as the winner for the money they accepted before. yuck, this situation is so very disgusting and gross, and anyone who won competitions by this dirty way are all cursed. especially people who don't really have skills and never ever try hard. yuck yuck yuck!

okay let's just forget about that money politics. let's just be focus to the winning-losing talks. in a competition, people are trying so very hard and sometimes overworking. there are also some people who had trained themselves since they were very young. and don't forget about natural talent that some people might have. these things can really influence appearance and performance of those people who compete. especially when they are asked to always be themselves all the time during the competition. they show whatever they are with all their skills, talents, and training results.

that is why, in such competition (or we are used to call it 'contest'), there are used to be some interesting, typical, and unique contestants. they naturally show who they are with no fear nor shame. and in this kinda contest too, we will often find some better contestants than the winner.

why is it so? there are so many factors depend on the judging system. but in the end, who will matter it? the world knows what it needs, what it really wants. no matter who the winner is, the better contestants are the ones who become the real stars.

so, is it now really important to be a winner? I don't think so. what we must do is just try hard to win the competition for sure, but more important for us to shine brighter than anyone with our own lights during the competition. then if we don't win the competition, the world will always remember us, remember what we've done during the competition. and remember, losing a competition is NOT that we are losers, because losers are people who never dare to make a start, always afraid to try and feeling incapable all the time, or they who play money-politics behind.

we are all stars, and we are twinkling with our own special lights.

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Crushophobia

What is crushophobia? Ahem...since this word is originally made by me, so I must be responsible to give the best definition about this new kind of phobia. LOL

Crushophobia: a weird fear of falling in love with uncertain person, and the phobiac is used to want to stop everyone who is in love in uncertainty (from @fitriaridzikita, my twitter account). in Bahasa Indonesia, I translate it as: ketakutan yang aneh terhadap perasaan cinta kepada orang yang tidak bersikap jelas, dan penderita cenderung memiliki keinginan untuk menghentikan setiap orang yang jatuh cinta dalam ketidakjelasan.

actually, there is no such phobia in the world, everything just came out from my insane mind LOL. based on the condition and feelings that happen to me, that new kind of phobia appeared in my mind.

before everyone misunderstands this negative phobia, I want to confirm some things as follows:
1. Crushophobiac is not afraid to fall in love. she/he is just trying hard to prevent her/himself from falling in love too deep before everything is certain and clear.
2. Crushophobiac is very logical. she/he always tell people to stop falling in love deeply when everything is yet uncertain.
3. Crushophobiac prefers to fall in unrequited love forever to an/some impossible man/woman, like idols, public figures, or whatever role models, instead of falling in love uncertainly with man/woman around. of course she/he wants to fall in love with ordinary people, but it's not deeply unless it's been certain.
4. Crushophobiac is caused by a dark and gloomy past, when she/he was falling in love too deep with an uncertain person, and in the end it was still unrequited.

for your info, uncertain person here means: a man/woman, used to be an enough-close friend to the crushophobiac, whom the phobiac loved so much. this uncertain person acted uncertainly, sometimes she/he looked so in love and care about the phobiac (even doing special sweet things), but another time she/he acted like nothing ever happened. she/he made some conditions that made the phobiac flew so high with big hopes, but in the end she/he told the phobiac that 'everything was because we are just friends.'

oh well, I don't think I'll translate about uncertain person to Bahasa Indonesia. I'm afraid I'll add some yells to it LOL.

But anyway, crushophobiac is not a real bad thing. this can happen to anyone who experienced dark love past. crushophobiac only needs a little time to think of how beautiful falling in love is, even when it's uncertain.

uh, but I still prefer to be logical and crushophobiac until I meet the one. LOL

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Rival, Enemy, Friend

Human is a creature made with heart. by the heart, she/he can feel anything to anything and anyone. one feeling I notice here is hatred. we used to hate some people by some reasons. maybe they don't speak politely, maybe they're liars, maybe they whine too much, maybe they act real bad and hurt people we love, and still there are many reasons of hatred.

one reason I notice about this hatred is: because they do what we do, they love what we love, they can even do it better so that they conquer us.

yeah, we used to hate people because they have the same interest with us. and we'll hate them more when they take away something/someone we love, leave us alone with an unrequited feeling. we'll hate them more when they do things we do in some better ways. we'll hate them more when they feel what we feel in some more sincere ways.

in such condition, we might say that: "how come they get it? I am the one who deserves it more! they are not even qualified enough to have it!" but in the end we know we have to take things sincerely, and tell ourselves that 'something/someone' we love before might not be the best for us. might not be what we need, so that we didn't have it.

and then time goes by. things change. there comes a condition where our rival has lost that precious thing they had taken from us long ago. we might be surprised, or whatever, but eventually we will open the gate. we will throw away whatever distance between us and our rival. we will start talking to them, no matter how awkward it is. then we found out...we and our rival have lots of similarity. which had made us love and do the same thing in the old times.

we and our (ex) rival might spend some times together, talking, sharing about many things. maybe not about our competition in the past, but anything worth a lot more than that. even if it's about our competition, we'll just laugh about it, remind each other of how stupid we were, how silly things have been all the time.

the more we share, the more we might discover...that we and our rival are understanding each other so very well.

that is why, I think the statement on my favorite manga, Glass no Kamen, was right. it was said there that: my one and only rival is the one and only closest person to my heart.

really, I think it's truly true.

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