Totally beat yesterday. Went home and flopped straight on to bed. First day of sort-of work yesterday! It's not something I like straightaway, and I really hope I like it better as the days go by. Oh, and that the pay gets more substantial too! Plus longer hours.
Anyway, PATD's Abbey Road performance is goooooooood. Their cover of The Weight originally by The Band is the best I've heard so far. FFW to 4:16 min for the song, you don't need to hear yet another performance of I Write Sins Not Tragedies again.
Without a doubt, The Dark Knight is one of the best movies I've watched so far and it will most likely remain so for a long time to come.
Eunice, Sharlene and I caught TDK just this afternoon and I thought it was mindblowing. Shar and I kept giggling and saying things like "OMGGG!" and "SEXCITING!" and "WAH VISUAL ORGASM!". Then there's also "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee CHRISTIAN BALE!!!" and "HOMG GARY OLDMAN" and "I LIKE SAYING LUCIUS FOX, IT FEELS DELICIOUS ON MY TONGUE" and "ZOMGWTF IS THAT ALEX MAHONE FROM PRISON BREAK?!?! I LOVE HIM!!" but the latter two were mostly my own gasps and squeals. We probably irritated the crap out of the audience around us, including Eunice. (Sorry Eun00bs!) But the movie really is just so gawddamn magnificent and Shar totally echoes my sentiments. In fact, we're set to watch it again with other people in the cinemas pretty soon and if watching twice isn't enough for the both of us, we're gonna watch it for the third time together, haha.
All those hype surrounding Heath Ledger's outstanding performance as the Joker, which I thought praise that was too extravagant, were all not without cause. The Joker as portrayed by Ledger made me laugh and at the same time gave me the chills, he was that good. That said, the Joker did not completely steal the limelight from Batman or the other supporting characters. Christian Bale is superb in his rendition of the Batman and his alter ego, the affluent playboy Bruce Wayne. I gotta say, though, the actor who did the most with his lines is arguably Michael Caine as Alfred. His deadpan expression while delivering his lines is priceless.
Dialogues from The Dark Knight ahead! If you haven't watched TDK, you might want to skip... No, actually almost everyone should have watched TDK by now. Such a gem of a movie deserves being watched several times over.
Alfred: Will you be wanting the Batpod, sir? Bruce Wayne: In the middle of the day, Alfred? Not very subtle. Alfred: The Lamborghini, then. Much more subtle.
Bruce Wayne: People are dying. What would you have me do? Alfred Pennyworth: Endure. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point with Batman. He can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else will face - the right choice. Bruce Wayne: Well today I found out what Batman can't do. He can't endure this. Today, you get to say "I told you so." Alfred Pennyworth: Today, Master Wayne, I don't want to.[they walk to the elevator] But I did bloody tell you. I suppose they will lock me up to, as your accomplice. Bruce Wayne: Accomplice? I'm gonna tell them the whole thing was your idea.
Alfred's gold! I loved the part where he said "But I did bloody tell you".
After all that high from watching the movie, I got sorta moody towards the end cause there won't be another Joker like Ledger. No chillingly awesome performance to anticipate in the next Batman installment. What a pity :/ However, this spurred me to watch Ledger's earlier movies. HOMG he's so cute as a teenager in 10 Things I Hate About You.
Movies galore this past few days! Must really really REALLY get work soon :/
Speaking of movies, I sooo want to watch Twilight. And The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Should be splendid, with vampires and romance in the former, and Heath Ledger and Johnny Depp in the latter! Sexcitinggg.
Why haven't I gotten around to watching it earlier?
It's been 8 years since its release. That's a looooong time. Why didn't I watch this smashing movie earlier?
Still, better late than never. Christian Bale plays a downright jerk in the movie. He's self-absorbed, narcissistic, insensitive and simply despicable as Patrick Bateman. What sort of guy would pick on a homeless man and then murders him just because he has nothing better to do? What kind of man has an obvious affair with his colleague's girlfriend and doesn't give a hoot about it? (And by the way, that same colleague has the hots for him and makes it clear to him too)
Bateman's that type of person.
Anyway, favourite scene: I love the part where Bateman moonwalks moments before killing Allen (played by Jared Leto). Heck, I love the whole scene. It's incredibly hilarious.
Bateman: You like Huey Lewis and the News?
Paul Allen: They're OK.
Bateman: Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83,I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
Paul Allen: Hey Halberstram.
Bateman: Yes, Allen?
Paul Allen: Why are there copies of the Style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something?
Bateman: No, Allen.
Paul Allen: Is that a rain coat?
Bateman: Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. [raises axe above head] Hey Paul! [he bashes Allen in the head with the axe, and blood splatters over him]
Bateman: TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU, FUCKING BASTARD!
Bateman reminds me of someone I know, only this guy's way more inferior to Bateman. What an asshole.
No, seriously, I'm mega psyched about watching The Dark Knight. OMFG SHARLEEENEEEEE I THINK I CAN GO INSANEEEEEE.
Why so fanatic?
Moving on, finished reading 5 books in 2 days. That's how bored I am cooped up at home. I really need to land a job soon but my mum's too selective about the jobs I wouldn't mind taking up and to be frank, I'm not too thrilled about the process of job hunting either. UGHH JOBS. SO ANNOYING.
I digress. So anyway, some of the books I borrowed were particularly enjoying. They may not be Nobel Prize in Literature material, but they're good nonetheless.
Dante Valentine series by Lilith Saintcrow
Female necromancer / bounty hunter Dante Valentine is engaged by the Devil to find a demon who has escaped Hell with the Egg which, if broken, will unleash destruction and yada yada on Earth. She is assigned a familiar, who happens to be the Devil's right hand man, Japh. In their pursuit to find the escapee from Hell, there'll be romantic tensions between Valentine and her familiar, and while this isn't exactly the most original of plots, there's good action with a bit of mythology thrown in it and I have a bugging feeling that it'd make a decent summer blockbuster. If a movie adaptation is made out of it, fingers crossed Christian Bale gets the role of Japh, Rachel Weisz as Valentine (even though Weisz may be a little old for the role as a kickass tough bounty hunter) and David Bowie as the Prince of Hell. He rocks the androgynous look so he'd be well suited to play the Dark Prince.
Bowie singing one of my fave songs live. He's legendary.
Because Bowie was in Zoolander and besides, Lego's too cute to resist.
The Muse Aylum by David Czuchlewski
I know one shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but it was precisely because of its cover and title that I picked up this book. I'm a huge Muse fanatic, and so I just had to take the book and read the synopsis to see if it's any good. It's not just good, it's brilliant. The story features a reclusive author, Horace Jacob Little whose identity is a total enigma that even his literary agent communicates with him via post office. The story alternates between the viewpoints of two men: Jake Burnett (a reporter whose latest assignment for the paper is uncovering the identity of the author) and Andrew Wallace (who's a patient at an asylum for the artistically inclined). Both are fans of the author but the latter believes that there's a conspiracy regarding Little and that the author is out to get him. The journey of these two men to uncover the truth will lead to a most satisfying end and I think this would appeal greatly to Chuck Palahniuk fans. Definitely a book I'd keep in my personal library.
(Haha you so kental, you dunno about the hype surrounding Why So Serioussss, LOLOL)
Had the looooong overdue gathering with the PWC at Shar's house! *Inserts huge silly eatshit grin*
Omg there's so many things to talk about but it's too tiring to type it all out! We ate comfort food like chips, black pepper pasta (which I made myself, thank you very much ^___^) and chocolate cake (omg Eunice, please send my compliments to your mum, she makes delish cakes), played card games and watched a couple of TV shows and an anime movie.
While playing Snap!,
Hajar: Eh Indian Boy and Red Indian Girl cannot go together ah?
The game was put on hold for a good 10 minutes because the comment just took us off guard. We all laughed so hard, we doubled over and got stitches in our side.
Sharlene makes chipped nail polish vogue. And don't be deceived by Meena's calm composure, she's bloody good at Snap and grabs the cards like there's no tomorrow.
Hajar's praying for a win, Shar was principal card shuffler for the day and Eunice being malu2 kucing again.
SHARLENE OWNS THE E. GUITARRR. FEROSH!
Yes, I know I was being so goddamnfucking lame with my remarks. But you know I'm just kidding, Shar, you rocked! :D <3
That's pretty much about it. I'm sure there were other quoteworthy comments from those crazy girls but can't remember them now :/ Oh and on my way home, I lost my geek specs ))): I'm so gonna get a new pair of wayfarers with my next first paycheck. And ZOMGGGG I BADLY WANNA GO TO THE LOSTPROPHETS CONCERT CANNNN?!?! I hope to the power of infinity and beyond that I'll win a pair of free weekenders passes to Singfest!WO QIU QIU NI!
Well, really. Just when I'm up and about trying to secure a job of sorts, employment opportunities elude me instead. Bummer. I think I'm being picky but that's a good thing. Getting stuck in a job that sucks, pays peanuts and with colleagues / superiors who are total dicks isn't how I imagine spending the next few months. I scored 1/3 the last time and that was bad enough.
Moving on to better things, there's gonna be a family gathering this weekend! Can't wait, I'll finally get to see The Cuz again after YOINKS. It's been such a long time since we've caught up and talked properly. Online convos just aren't good enough, y'know? Speaking of which, though, she's so amusing.
Her:I know this is kinda early but... what are you gonna wear this Sat?
Haha ZOMG we're so cheesy. If we were a couple, we'd wear a matching set of outfits. That said, I still think those girls who wear the same tshirt when they go out as a group are super lamecore. Especially when they go out parading tshirts that say "BEST FRIENDS DON'T LET EACH OTHER DATE UGLY BOYS" or "I'M SINGLE, JUST DON'T TELL MY BOYFRIEND" Talk about asininity.
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Yesterday, Sharlene and I went over to Eunice's because we felt like it. We bought lunch and watched Incubus' Look Alive on DVD and played "Guess the Incubus Song?". I'm awful at it.
*The riff for Megalomania comes on* Me: OMG I know this one! I know I know! Sharlene: You should know this one!!! Eunice: Haha yeah! Me: Crap crap but I can't remember the title! I hear you on the radio... *The other 2 start singing a little* Me: OH I know! It's the Jesus song! Sharlene: What? Noooo! Wrong title! Eunice: Haha Jesus song.
Just before Brandon sings the chorus, I got it. Me: Hey.. Me-ga! Lo- ma- niac!
That's as far as we got to getting the Incubus songs right. Soon after that, Eunice's DVD player decided that the disc was being naughty and pronounced it a "Bad Disc". True story. So we watched Underworld instead, which the three of us have never ever watched, lol.
Things we found out from Underworld 1. Wenty's in it! 2. Wenty looks weird with hair, he'd do better being bald (according to Shar and Eunice) 3. Kraven's like Snape 4. Selene's hair makes us want to shampoo and comb it for her. 5. Wenty plays a doctor and looks gay sometimes. ):
While watching the movie, Eunice's brother came back and that idiot of a Sharlene kicked me or did whatever with her leg and that n00b of a Eunice smirked nonstop. What gives? Her brother makes you all act even sillier than usual ah?
And speaking of silly,
Sequins and Swarovski crystals on a man are silly. David Letterman is awesomeness.
I have a new favourite actor, and it's William Bradley Pitt. Shove over, James McAvoy! (But only temporarily. Come back in about a couple of weeks, okay?)
You see, I was watching Fight Club again. I'm in my Harry Potter phase, which made me think about Snape a lot more than usual, which led me to think that Trent Reznor looks mightily like Snape in the movies, which made me listen to more Nine Inch Nails on my Wowzer, which made me think of Fight Blub, which means I absolutely must watch Fight Club again.
I caught Fight Club on YouTube, and from there, I also watched an episode of Friends where he played a guest role as an extremely attrative man who was fat and unpopular back in high school. He was surprisingly pretty alright and funny enough on the show, contrary to what many others may think. Admittedly though, his performance seemed rather out of step towards the end of the episode but IMHO, his preppy look makes up for it. Haha!
Seriously, have a snippet.
The Bitchezzz Hairflip, executed so well by BP! Zomg, that automatically makes me admire him tons more.
So yeah. BP's major league awetastic. He should play a computer geek someday, just for the novelty of it. <3
//edit Alright, it's back to Monsieur Ulliel again. He's been featured in the latest Longchamp adverts here!
I cannot wait! This seems to be a promising and hilarious show.
It will be an internet miniseries event, where the different acts will be screened on different dates, namely July 15th, 17th and 19th respectively. Apparently, each act will only be 10 minutes long which is a bummer since I'm hoping for more NPH goodness to tide me over till the new season of How I Met Your Mother but I suppose this should suffice for now.
Anyway, the story is about a dweeb of a villain (Dr Horrible who's played by NPH! NPH! YAAAAAY NPH! GOOOOOO... NPH!) who keeps getting pwnd by the hero who's someone I've never seen nor heard of. This "bad guy" also has difficulties in interacting with his love interest, which should produce some funny scenes. The story looks good and I'm planning on catching it. OMG I hope it'll be available to non US viewers too.
Reasons to watch Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog
1. NPH. Like, duh. 2. It's free. 3. It features an anti-hero and anti-heroes are so vogue now.
4. The answer: Encourage y'all to watch this too, so watch! 5. NPH. I can never stress this enough.
Oh and lastly, I find his latest commercial extremely amusing.
"I used to be a doctor for pretend."
Oh yeah, I <3 computer nerds, especially if they're anything like Chuck Bartowski.
Hee, geek love. Oh Chuck Bartowski, with your curly hair and nerd charisma and winning grin, I ask you - Make an honest woman out of me! September can't come around fast enough. Hello season premieres.
Okay okay, really last one, promise.
Whoa, whozzat? I R in <3!!! He kinda has a resemblance to Gerard Way, IMO.
