"We will all laugh at gilded butterflies", says Megan Fox

One of the most famous writers of all times, said it. And one of the hottest chicks of today, sports it. How's that for being a famous one liner? Could I swap places with these 50 characters?

But when William Shakespeare wrote it for King Lear, little would he have guessed the canvas it will be flaunted on. It adorns the, now obscenely famous, skin over the right shoulder of Megan Fox, the superstar from Transformers. Actually, I think she was the only reason the sequel was made (in my humble opinion) and absolutely the only reason to watch the sequel (which I have not, at least not yet).

So, Shakespeare wrote it as a dialog jesting a stint in the prison. The characters must have realized that all grapes are sour from within the stone walls, no matter how you look at it. So, they decided to laugh at the gilded butterflies because they know the truth.

Really? What about this world that we live in is true anymore? Isn't everything around us, merely a gilding over our vulnerable and naked skins? Want a Ferrari? How about a Tommy Hilfiger? Evian anyone? So, does that mean we ought to be laughing at each other from the moment we are born till we die? Actually, if you think about it, Shakespeare could have been laughing at the rest of us. Maybe he is rolling with laughter in his grave right now. May his soul rest in peace.

Maybe Megan sports it because she never wants to forget that the shimmer and glitter of Hollywood is only a gliding over the already beautiful inner self. Or maybe she has some issues with her self image and she got this tattooed on her skin so as to never lose her sense of grounding. Or simply because getting a tattoo is the 'in thing' and makes you doubly famous in Hollywood (remember Angelina Jolie and Lindsay Lohan?).

But all said and done, having a tattoo is cool and having it in plain English that anyone can read is pretty ballsy too. But then, that's Megan for you. Love it or leave it, just can't deny it.

By the way, here is the part from King Lear where the line appears. You can notice that the tattoo is not a word to word copy. Open to interpretation, like I said.

"We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage…
 so we'll live,
 And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
 At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues
 Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,
 Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out;
 And take upon 's the mystery of things,
 As if we were God's spies…"
                                                    --King Lear, Act V, Scene 3


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Myth or Reality Review: Michael Jackson mummified?

Just saw this picture of a 3000 year old egyptian bust that has an uncanny resemblance to the King of Pop right down to the disintegrated nose. This is not only a rare coincidence, but also pretty freaky. If there is a face in this world that is worth being legendary and remembered for many many years to come, it is Michael Jackson's. Of course, his first ,and might I add his only, call to fame is great music that divinely transcends all divides created by us mere humans. But the list of his call to infamy runs long, from the repeated plastic surgeries to the ever changing face and skin color to his tryst with the child molestation cases to over the top accessories and lifestyle. But if in death he gets another shot at being remembered, this man was born to be legendary. No questions asked.

I can imagine Michael Jackson now sitting with the Gods in heaven and singing and entertaining them. And watching the live telecast from earth and amusing himself at what a magical life he lived. Yes, as fellow humans we troubled him, we never let the spotlight off him for too long and we never understood his love for kids (at least the way he professed on an interview). But his life was magical and blessed for sure. And if a blessed soul comes on earth once an era, maybe they share a common face. Just a thought.

So, coming back to the bust in question (not the bust that I would like to be in question), is it possible that Michael Jackson modeled his face after this ancient relic? No one has an answer to that question to be honest. After all, how much about Michael do we know for sure? Not much, almost everything we have ever held him to has been speculation, including the reason for his death.

This bust can be found at the Field Museum at Chicago. A museum spokesperson agrees that the resemblance of the bust to Michael Jackson's face was quite astounding, but did not know if Michael had ever seen this bust. This bust has been identified to have come from the New Kingdom period (1550 B.C. to 1050 B.C.), the same time as Ramesses and King Tut.

Another thing that is striking is that Michael Jackson did the video for "Remember the time" with an Egyptian theme round about the time when his face was almost identical to the bust. And now, the nose of the bust is further disintegrating. Is there some connection between the disintegration of the bust's nose and Michael losing his nose? Though I think this last point is pushing it too far, the other things are pretty striking. Like the curator clarified that 95% of all Egyptian statues and busts were defiled (a.k.a. break the nose) by early Christians and Muslims because they were used for idolatry. Maybe Jackson did see this bust and wanted to be as pretty as it.

Unfortunately someone forgot to mention to him that this was the bust of a woman. Arrggghhhh.....

Here are some other blogs about this:
Did Michael Jackson model face after Egyptian bust? - By Micheal Sneed, Sun-times Columnist
Michael Jackson = Ancient Egyptian? - By Marcus Gilmer

Technorati Tags: Michael Jackson, Mummy, King Tut, Ramesses, King of Pop

Redefining HOT!!! - Davorka Tovilo - you got to see her to believe her

Saw this picture of Davorka Tovilo in the newspaper today and me liked it. So, I go to Google and do an innocent search. Mind you, my safe search is set to moderate and the set of images I get as a result for the simple name search of "Davorka Tovilo" is astounding. Me like it more.

And then I realized that she does not even have a Wikipedia page. Wikipedia does have a couple of her pictures in the creative commons media directory, but nothing written about her. The most I could gather is that she is Croatian born, 28 years old and an actress in German films and is living in Munich (mostly). And her picture gets splashed in an Indian newspaper halfway across the globe. My guess is her qualification were merely globular in nature that they travel the globe with such ease.

So, since me liked the whole Davorka Tovilo experience a lot, especially because of the inability of us mere mortals in hiding anything from Lord Google, and since Lord Google is so gracious to give us free access to all his visions (which include enough to make me sweat even with safe search set on moderate), here is a sample of what Davorka looks like (with very very little left to imagination).

I am trying to organize the pictures below in ascending order of sorts from what I think are lot left to imagination to a little left to imagination. So be warned that scrolling to the bottom of this page may not be appropriate for everyone. This post is almost like soft porn. Sorry! ;-) Who could have imagined an innocent encounter with a morning newspaper would lead to this?

























For more, click on the following links:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2495417/
http://www.zimbio.com/Davorka+Tovilo/pictures/pro
http://www.zimbio.com/Davorka+Tovilo/articles/2/Davorka+Tovil
http://www.platinum-celebs.com/models/davorka-tovilo