Movie Reviews

warning: some endings to these movies might be revealed.

a couple of movies i've watched for the past couple of weeks:

i) april 29th - Starsky and Hutch (TGV KLCC)

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. the most hillarious partnership in Hollywood other than Will Smith and Martin Lawrence of the Bad Boys fame? the chemistry between them was inevitable, ever since Meet the Parents (2000), Zoolander & Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and now as partners in Starsky and Hutch. in a predictable plot, David Starsky (Ben Stiller) and Ken Hutchinson (Owen Wilson) are the good guys, against a druglord with the name of Reese Feldman (Vince Vaughn). some cameo appearances by Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear stole the show entirely from Stiller and Wilson. if you're looking for some good laughs and typical Stiller-humor, i would recommend this movie for everyone, for real.

oh, can't wait for Meet The Parents' sequel, "Meet the Fockers", starring Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Greg's parents.

ii) may 7th - Van Helsing (GSC MidValley)

damn! not as good as i expected. i was initially attracted with the idea that some famous legends and monsters were combined in ONE single movie, including Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing, Count Vladislaus Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. even though it was almost entirely action-packed and nerve-wrecking in some scenes, the movie was dissapointing. i would actually go for Troy instead of this one.

but hey, watching Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale of Underworld fame..rrrr) in that tight outfit would be enough reason to go and see this adventure/horror/fantasy flick. hmm they shoould really make a sequel for Underworld, called "Underwear". i wouldn't mind watching that one. waaarrrrggghhhh hahahahaha...

iii) may 13th - Troy (TGV KLCC)

been waiting for this war epic for quite a while. the director, Wolfgang Petersen assembled one of the hottest properties in Hollywood, Brad Pitt and two emerging young "hunks", Eric Bana (of the Hulk fame) and Orlando Bloom (more known as Legolas Greenleaf of the Lord of The Rings fame). the story was pretty simple. Paris (Orlando Bloom), Prince of Troy, stole Menelaus' hot wife, Helen (Diana Kruger) and of course Menelaus got pissed like hell. he requested the help from his brother, Agamemnon (Brian Cox) to attack Troy, in what to be the biggest battle of all time. Achilles (Brad Pitt), the greatest warrior of that era refused to fight any more battles for the cowardly king, Agamemnon but changed his mind after being persuaded by Odysseus (Sean Bean or more known as Boromir of the Lord of The Rings of fame). interesting eh? two main characters from Lord of The Rings were cast in this war epic. prepared to defend Troy was none other than Paris' brother, Hector (Eric Bana) who seemed like the wisest warrior throughout the movie. in a battle scene between Hector and Achilles, i was secretly hoping that Hector would stop the battle and said, "don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when i'm angry", turned into a green monster and beat the shit out of Achilles..waarrrggghhh hahahahaha...

oh, that metrosexual Legolas was far than heroic in this one. he's notoriously known as the ladies man in Troy, clean-cut, sissy and what's worse, he's wearing a skirt..hehe. even in that skirt, Paris still carried the title of metrosexual in Troy, don't you think?

iv) may 16th - Secret Window (TGV Sunway Pyramid)

didn't know this movie was adapted from a Stephen King's novel, until i saw the opening credits. is it me or i just think the movie was too damn slow? the ending made me realized that some current movies are trying to follow the Fight Club's (starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton) formula. in the end, the main character suffered from multiple personality disorder, which explains everything; the confusion, the mystery, etc. i wouldn't recommend this to anybody, just wait for the DVDs to come out.
or maybe i was just too sleepy for this one.

yeap. i made crappy movie reviews. i should stick as just watchin'. i'm out. anybody figured out the riddle yet?

A slight Difference

Bill Gates in his book "The Road Ahead" says in future we might have to speak in order to change channels on TV instead of remembering channel numbers. I feel that in future we will have a remote which displays a list of channel names and all we have to do would be to select the channel on the remote touch screen.

Train Your Memory Skills With Furry Buzz game

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How to- Do card tricks, The black hole

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To the one who is out there

He is not perfect, but is such a well-rounded guy. He knows fairly much everything in this world; from political situations in countries to various celebrity gossips. He listens to fairly everything; from the ghetto hip hop, r&b, punk rock, & classical. He has self confidence to talk in front of people and defend himself from any disgrace, the skills to socialize (if not much, just enough to make his world filled with friends), a mature personality, the ability to play any sports, a poetic pair of hands to write beautiful stuff, a functional brain which produces logical thoughts, and a kind heart.

It doesnt matter if he is short, or skinny, or doesnt know how to dance, because he is such an amazing creation God has made.

Me? A jackass? No kidding.

Ok, I was going to let this go, but since I'm such an anal-retentive asshole I just couldn't help myself.

In the post below I received a comment from someone who stumbled in here either from BlogExplosion or from randomly browsing Blogger blogs. To show their cracking wit, they decided to leave their name as "Not You Thankfully". The comment is quite simple: "You're one hell of a jackass." No contact information left.

First thing's first, getting back to that anal-retentiveness - kudos on your spelling and punctuation, not many people bother any more. Although I probably would have chosen to use "You are" as opposed to "You're". I'm not sure which is proper in this instance, if either one actually is.

Moving on - yes, I am a jackass. I am an arrogant, narcissistic, petty, egotistical, conceited, selfish little human being.

I'm also a sensitive, kind, caring, compassionate, loving person. I can be the nicest guy in the world when I want to be.

Unfortunately for you, dear reader, this is not where I am nice. This is where I am sarcastic and mean to no one and everyone in particular.

That being said, "Not You Thankfully", a great big corkscrew up your ass.

Oh, and if you have a dog, I hate it.

Glad to be part of the team

I would just like to say thank you to Bassguy for giving me a shot at giving everybody my opinion. I'll probably do alot of game reviews and the like. Well I must go so I can get back to my KotoR 2 game.

ridiculous!!!!!!

smashing pumpkins - mayonaise (live)

WOW i haven't updated in a long time. i always think i did mentally but then i don't. i hate when people don't update and now i'm one of those people! i'm sorry dear readers. haha

ummmmm i never update cuz nothing really interesting happens. just school x5 and usually hanging out with jenn and people in some way over the weekend. i used to tlak about what i do during the weekends but if i go out every weekend QU'EST-CE QUE C'EST LE POINT?! besides nothing's that memorable ANYWAYS. what has been going on?

1ST SEMESTER (AND FINALS!) has come and gone. MOST (5 of 6) of my classes were NO PROBLEMO. but effing french. i can't believe i got a B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 89.4!!! it wasn't evne like ok you suck because before the final i had a 91.1 BUT her stuff doesnt even have a right/wrong answer. the grade i sjust whatever the hell she feelslike!!! participation?! TWO PAGE FRENCH ESSAYS?!?! (she gave me a Bminus cuz she said my interpretation was wRONG! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!) i got it from SPARKNOTES> those people went to HARVARD> DID SHE GO TO HARVARD? NO I THINK NOT. MAN like UGH so infuriating. the Bs i got in HISTORY were OK cuz i deservedthem! but this is RIDICULOUS! jacquot that whore. i was REALLY ReALLY horrified and crazed for a few days and now i'm ok just VERY VERY VERY BITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anywaaaaaaays i'll probably go back to crazed mode when i see my report card. and i'll burn it in some symbolic stance or smething HAHAH just kidding. or not. who knows. but now in french i don't participate at all. hahahah and i used to feel bad about yawning in front of her but now it's EXTRA BORING. all we do is talk about effing CANDIDE voltaire and the french revolution. like history doesnt make me fall asleep fast enough, let's DO IT IN FRENCH! it's sick and disgusting, def NOT intense.

2ND SEMESTER. NOT as fun as i thought i was supposed to be!!!!!!!!!!!! senior year really blows. even after college apps! and TA! and late start days! i don't even have that much hw but where the hell does all my time go?!?!?!?!?! i just wnat to get the hell out NOW! my senior year is, yes, RIDICULOUS!!! even during 4th period i FEEL stressed. so much stuff to worry about. even though i bum around and tlak to cathie HA whatever.

WINTER FORMAL. yES! i am going, no i don't have a date :( unless you count cathie and i must say to have her choose me out of everyone! what an honor ;D HAHAHA and if you read this of course i want to see your ugly face there :) i can't believe it's this saturday! crazy! but i'm excited!

FINANCIAL AID. wow what an effing MYSTERY! i alreayd missed like 3 deadlines and the effing FAFSA and CSS profile are CONFUSING! i think they make everything super secret and hard just so poor kids like me will miss deadlines and they can not give memoney! i want my effing moneY! and freaking college board. DONT WE PAY THEM ENOUGH ALREADY. how RIDICULOUS is it that you have to PAY to apply to FINANCIAL AID?!?!?!??!?! i'm ASKING FOR MONEY bitches, not giving it away!!! and they even had the nerve to have the site down last night. where are the billions of dollars going!!! WHERE!!! i want my money back!!!!!

PEP RALLY. was today. i didn't get to go to the last one (the doors were closed) but yes this one was FUN. i love the newspaper thing i'm glad we finally got to do it (AND WIN!). BUY A SENIOR SHIRT. i thought it would look better than it does BUT a lot of underclassmen like it so as long as the little people are envious then i guess our mission is COMPLETE. jsut don'twear it to OC i don't want you getting beat up HAHA.

SENIOR AD. what the HELL is wrong with our class!!!! we had to cut the yearbook down and pay $500 for a new coversssssss. oh well it's the ultimate punishment for those procrastinators. and andrews workload has been seriously diminished! yay more slacking off. BUT anyway! i'm getting a spread and it's going to be the best layout in the whole freaking yearbook. MUHAHA

speaking of YEARBOOK. still sucks! i don't like being under pressure i'm a HHORRIBLE leaderrrrrrr. oh well. LAST DEADLINE march 23rd thank GOD. then i can really haul ass and go home to SLEEP! but despite my shotty attitude the yearbook is beautiful so YES! ok!

AIM-FASTING. hm so i don't go online much but i actually still do sorta. on this SECRET SN!!!!! HAHAHAHA i'm actually just checking to see if it's safe to go online for a quickie butttt it's almost always never safe but i forget to sign off. cathie is the only one who talksto me htough hahaha. lksdjsokdgj ok. but yes i don't frekaing havetime for it anyway!

BALLY TOTAL FITNESS. unbelievable. so my mom finally got sick of me becoming a fatass and my brother AGREED (Bastard, he used to be fat too! hes supposed to feel my pain) anyWAYYYYYYYYy i am forced by my parents to go to the gym HAHA but jennifer signed up too so it's not as horrible as i thought and sometimes it's sort of fun. but i only go like 3-4 times a weeeeeek. i would go more if it werent for YEARBOOK! and school! and crap! ugh. i had no idea i was so out of shape. old men could easily kick my ass on the track. OH WELL. jennifer isnt on family plan so if you want to JOIN THE FUN please do so you can split it with her for cheaperrrrrrrrrr. :)

JOBS?! no. NO DAMN TIME! but i think in april i will go job hunting again. my mom will not accept minimum wage jobs and i do not have enough faith in myself to tutor other children nor do i know where to find the poor children i can torture. TRYING to find a graphic design job (yes having no life CAN come in handY!) but i still have yet to fix my resumeeee. ummmmmm right so

GAVIN DEGRAW CONCERT feb 17th. want to gooooo with me someoneeeeeeeeee? AND AND AND maroon five MARCH 3rd AND 5th? i think? NOT SURE. but YEAH want to go to that TOO!

speaking of which. i was listening to the jason mraz concert cddddd and my dad liked it so i gave him the dvd. and he like THOROUGHLY enjoyed it. which isn't all that weird but still funny. haha but it is a good dvd :)

ok i think my head is exhausted of topics. i think that EXTENSIVE entry should satiate for now!

OH YEAH. birthday in a fewwwwwww weeeeeeeeks :))))))))))) let's make everyone happy! and don't shop for me!!!!!!!! how about just straight out cash to go towards my IPOD FUND. :) please. HAHA OK

Cowboy's Honeymoon!

A cowboy and his wife had just got married and found a nice hotel for their wedding night.

The man approached the front desk and asked for a room.

He said, 'We're on our honeymoon and we need a nice room with a good strong bed.

The clerk winked, 'You want the 'Bridal'?'

The cowboy reflected on this for a moment and then replied,

Nope, I reckon not. I'll just hold onto her ears until she gets used to it.'

AIDS (NEW DELHI) (AP) — Indian scientists on Monday began the country's first human clinical trials of a vaccine designed to prevent AIDS.

The vaccine trials are part of an international partnership among the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and U.S.-based Targeted Genetics Corp., Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters in the western city of Pune.

"Doctors in Pune have today inoculated the first group of volunteers with the potential vaccine," Ramadoss said moments after the first subject was injected.

The testing involves 30 male and female volunteers between 18 and 45 years of age who are free of HIV/AIDS and other major illnesses, doctors involved in the trials said.

During the trials, which are expected to take about 15 months, the vaccine will be given to the volunteers to induce a response from their immune systems that may protect them against HIV infection, said N.K. Ganguly, director of the ICMR.

"The volunteers have been made aware of the risks involved, they have been counseled and their health status will be monitored all the time," Ganguly said.

Seth Berkley of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, speaking in a video conference call from New York, said the trials were part of a global drive to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic which has infected about 40 million people worldwide.

The New York-based IAVI has conducted trials of the vaccine at university clinics in Bonn and Hamburg, and also at Belgian hospitals in Brussels and Antwerp, Berkley said.

The first-phase testing which began a year ago in Germany and Belgium is aimed at determining the safety of the vaccine and whether it produces immune responses.

Known as tgAAC09, the vaccine targets HIV subtype C — prevalent in South Africa, India and China and responsible for a large part of the world's HIV infections. The vaccine was developed by Seattle-based Targeted Genetics Corp. and the Columbus Children's Research Institute.

"This is a marathon which requires the commitment of the world's political leaders to make the best science and the best facilities available," Berkley said.

India was "essential" to the global vaccine effort because of its advanced biomedical research facilities, and its strong pharmaceutical industry would be able to deliver a cheap and effective vaccine to the millions infected with HIV, Berkley said.

India has more than 5 million people living with HIV/AIDS, the world's second-highest number of infections after South Africa. Almost one-fourth of them are children and young people under the age of 25.

However, many experts have argued that the official estimate leaves out many people in the vast country of more than 1 billion who could be carrying the virus without knowing or reporting it.

"There are 68 new cases of HIV every hour," said S.Y. Qureshi, who heads India's National AIDS Control Organization, one of the partners in the vaccine project. "Those numbers alone should strengthen our resolve to press ahead with the vaccine project."

XXX Strawberry Soup

I made a refreshing triple-X strawberry soup with some leftover strawberries. A good shot of vodka makes this easy summer dessert triple-X. I also included some fresh basil while pureeing the berries. Basil is an excellent pairing with strawberries--it brings out the freshness of the berries. I decorated the dessert with some blueberries and a little bit of creme fraiche.

i hate everything about you

today it rained really hard. and i usually LOVE LOVE LOVE rainy days. but a lot of stupid shit happened today. i mean lots of little things but it's like a lot of things gather up really easily. anyway today it just got me thinking about how small things really show the big picture (wow i guess last years theme was very "true to life" huh?) so i won't go into details. but remember how my birthday was GREAT, then it SUCKED cuz i got violent and cried a lot too, and then it turned out to be an enraging YET also a very good experience? that's like the one moment that has summed up my entire 17th year. it all started with my birthday. i'm like an emotional roller coaster ride now. and even all the people surrounding me who "cared" but didn't really care? i mean yes, they cared but the ones standing outside with me (you know who you are) and the ones that were relentless in attempts to cheer me up? it's like mr holmes said--it's all a facade. only takes ONE MOMENT to see how people are. and i thought people COULD CHANGE. but i guess when it comes down to it, they just don't and won't, not for me at least. makes me want to spend my birthday with my family or alone or WHATEVER; either way i'm afraid of growing up and being INDEPENDENT, but at the same time i can not wait to get out of this HELL HOLE (if college indeed, is as great as everyone says it is). ok i sound really PSYCHO right now but i'll get over it. i'm not even exctly sure who still reads this. still seems too public to just PUT OUT THERE. i might have to change blog addresses.

trying to change. remember life before AIM? i spent hours on the phone (i still do i guess, but only with like ONE person). i hung out with people. you know, had REAL conversations. i guess it's a blessing in disguise that i've been reduced to hiding from a person online, really cuts down on the useless "conversations." i think i'll just try to stay away from AIM in general unless i desperately need to talk to someone. we're all seniors now, most of us can drive. you want to talk to me? call me or hang out with me. OR HELL email me cuz i check like once or twice a day. (suig3neris@yahoo.com!!!!!!) and of course. there's this wonderful journal. can't put down the internet still so :) man i hope i can stand strong and see this through.

Desicions

I thought about it and have decided to attend college full time--screw the unemployment, job search, rules and all the rest of the bullshit. I went to a new student orientation last Thursday, and whole system is geared toward full-time, 12-credit per semester (or more) students fresh out of high school. There were so many conflicts while trying to register online for a couple of night classes, that I couldn't even get six credits (two to three classes to be considered a part time student) to work out with the CIS program requirements. So, I'll be working out a complete schedule today.
Shout at the Wind

No wonder the U.S. education system is considered one of the worst in the world. If I were fresh out of high school and sitting in Thursday's orientation, I would have run screaming for the door. The orientation took three hours and I got absolutely nothing accomplished except to received reams of paperwork of information that doesn't pertain to me. The counselor, who looked like he'd already been through the wringer, started the meeting (about 35 students packed into a room meant for 20) by saying, "We're way behind, so we'll be convering this quickly." It went south from there, because everything was, again, geared toward first-time kids fresh out of high school.

Needless to say, I am not happy. I accomplished absolutely nothing in the orientation, rushed home to cram some food down my throat and ran off to one of my Summer night classes.
Change of Venue

I changed Shout at the Wind's description because 'Diary of a Mad, Displaced Worker' seems more on target for this rambling. Besides, that is how I am referred to lately in the unemployed circles. Not laid off or shit canned. I'm a displaced worker.

Oh, BTW. I did not get the position with Aurora Health. I drove for two hours (one way), was precise yet friendly, answered almost two hours worth of questions, and they gave it to someone else. That's what I get for not sucking up to the right people.