Tuesday, July 27, 2010

My Life In A Day. New York City, Jersey Boys, Russian Samovar, Blok and ...


I have just submitted that video to the http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday project...

That was a one famely vacation day when my wife, me and my son spent in New York city.  We live in Richmond VA (Russian immigrants living in USA since 1999 - see my blog for details - itrubin.blogspot.com) , but that day we arrived (we drove there from Richmond) in a hotel in Manhattan, then walked to Broadway, bought tickets to "Jersey Boys" show, enjoed that show and then had dinner in "Russian Samovar".  Then walked back to hotel via Times Sqare declamating and singing Russian classical poetry (Blok, Pushkin, Lermontov and Okudjava) ...

Friday, July 23, 2010

Inception movie is amassing, but idea is stolen from S. Lem

Inception movie is amassing!  The movie idea is to steal ideas via dream sequence. Actual this idea was stolen from S. Lem: http://www.transparencynow.com/introlem2.htm  
 Similar idea is in Russian book: http://books.rusf.ru/unzip/add-on/xussr_gk/jitina27.htm?1/11

"А.Н.Житинский
                                  СНЮСЬ
                                  Повесть

   Я снюсь. Теперь это стало моим основным занятием. Дело дошло до того,
что меня так и называют - Снюсь. Я - Снюсь....."