At the risk of soiling my reputation (what exactly my reputation is I do not know) can I just say that this picture of Rob Pattinson just made my ovaries go “hoooooooozzzaaaaaah”. Granted that this is just the side of his face and he’s not shimmering so I guess this shouldn’t damage my rep as much as I feared it would the first time I saw this picture.

Please ignore KStew and her cellulite free thighs.

this angle suits him. half-face makes him good looking.

Yesterday (July 30) was my last day at IG and it was sad and exhilirating at the same time. Everything felt right and I was laughing and grinning and screaming and jumping –and I’ve never had that much fun since Hong Kong?

Before I left, my Smart Team family surprised me with flowers and love letters. :) It was the first time I’ve actually gotten a bouquet. So I guess it’s ok to get a bouquets of flowers as long as they’re from friends. I still think they’re too cheesy. hehe. But I love them to bits  (the bouquet that my team mates gave me – not bouquets in general).

then I went to watch the Coheed and Cambria concert at A.Venue. It was absofuckinglutely amazing! My legs hurt from all the jumping and my throat was scratchy from all the screaming and shouting out lyrics to the songs I knew the words to. And after the concert my ears were ringing. We were so close! I could almost feel Claudio’s hair haha. And it was a good thing we were really close to the stage because I don’t think my phone’s camera wouldn’t have been able to take these pretty decent pictures had we been a little bit farther back.

and concerts like this should always be seen with friends :) cheers to my best girl, loren. haha kawawa ang mga probinsyanong/chicano sa atin. buti nalang magkasama tayo forever and ever amen :). and to weak who protected us from sweaty boys pero natalo ng girl with awesome cleavage. and to ting who “englished” away jejemons. and to don who knew the words to nearly all the songs on coheed and cambria’s set list. haha.

excuse our ugly mugs. we were just really happy to be there. haha

i wish eumir went with us. he would have really enjoyed it. we (loren and i) miss you smuemir! pinagpalit mo na ba kami sa lovelife mo? hahaha

and you want to know the pefect cap to that already awesome evening? we saw Ramon Bautista at David’s Tea House right after the concert. haha of course we (loren and i) were ridiculously giggly fangirls the whole time.

of course we had to have our picture taken with him. ugly mugs and all. haha

“we” likes this. hehe

so that my friends was my perfect friday. :) what a way to end my stay at IG and my work week.

John Mayer is coming to Manila this week!!

It’s too late for us to sponsor the concert so I’ll just put the poster here and cross my fingers that a miracle will happen and I get to watch it for free.

(qc comic today)

think i’m going for a walk now
i feel a little unsteady
i don’t want nobody to follow me
‘cept maybe you
i could make you happy you know
if you weren’t already
i could do a lot of things
and i do

tell you the truth i prefer
the worst of you
too bad you had to have a better half
she’s not really my type
but i think you two are forever
and i hate to say it but
you’re perfect together

so fuck you
and your untouchable face
and fuck you
for existing in the first place
and who am i
that i should be vying for your touch
and who am i
i bet you can’t even tell me that much

two-thirty in the morning
and my gas tank will be empty soon
neon sign on the horizon
rubbing elbows with the moon
a safe haven of sleepless
where the deep fryer’s always on
radio is counting down
the top 20 country songs
and out on the porch the fly strip is
waving like a flag in the wind
y’know, i don’t look forward
to seeing you again soon
you’ll look like a photograph of yourself
taken from far far away
and i won’t know what to do
and i won’t know what to say

except fuck you…

i see you and i’m so perplexed
what was i thinking
what will i think of next
where can i hide
in the back room there’s a lamp
that hangs over the pool table
and when the fan is on it swings
gently side to side
there’s a changing constellation
of balls as we are playing
i see orion and say nothing
the only thing i can think of saying

is fuck you…

- i can’t stop singing this song. now if only i had ani di franco’s voice, i think i’m all set. hahaha

Last night, we had a premiere for NEW MOON (yes, the movie), and I’d love to post my review for it, but right now I’m still at a lost for words. IT WAS THAT BAD! Everybody seemed plagued with the HORATIO virus – staring off into a space mid-sentence with a pained look that never seems to go away. All I can come up with right now is that: IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN TWILIGHT (the movie) ! So while I try to muster up the courage to write about it and face the wrath of the TWIHARD fans, I’ll leave you with this video.

ALWAYS (Universal Motion Dancers Wannabe on Youtube)

While we wait for me to get around to having my films developed and scanned, I leave you with quotes that hit you in the right spots from a movie that broke my heart into 20 million little pieces.

SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL

Keith Nelson: You can’t tell a book by its cover.
Watts: No, but you can tell how much it’s gonna cost you.
Keith Nelson: Wow, I never knew you were so deep.
Watts: You want shallow, call Amanda Jones.

Keith Nelson: I’m sorry. I’m sorry I was so hard on you.
Watts: Me too.
Keith Nelson: You always hurt the ones you love.
Watts: So when are you going to beat the shit out of Amanda Jones?

Watts: You break his heart, I break your face.

Watts: Because I’m driving you crazy and you’re driving me crazy and I’d rather not see you and have you think good things about me than have you see me and hate me. ‘Cause I can’t afford to have you hate me, Keith. The only things I care about in this goddamn life are me and my drums and you.

Watts: [putting on Keith's diamond earrings] What do you think?
Keith: You look good wearing my future.

And that last line up there, my friends, is when the fauces just couldn’t stop leaking. To all the WATTS in the world, A TOAST TO ALL OF YOU! You guys are my hero. :)

After seeing that movie, I went home to watch She’s All That.

Hehe.

I think I may have forgotten what it’s like just to hang out with friends. Being sick, socially inept and broke – have all done wonders to my already fragile social life.

Although finally owning this sure beats the blues (even if only a little). This book burned a right big hole in both my pockets, but I have to say that it’s worth every centavo.

Blankets, by Craig Thompson.

Now if only somebody would buy Goodbye Chunky Rice for me.

7 Reasons To Go See ‘Where The Wild Things Are’

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on October 12, 2009

Where the Wild Things Are is note after note a love song to childhood – and every facet of that world that we live in when we’re not quite a part of this concrete world, where we can see beyond what things really are to what they might be, when we still feel like kings of the universe even when we’re scared and alone. I realize that you’ve probably already figured out whether you want to see it or not, but I loved this film so much that I felt the need to nail down exactly what I loved about it.

For the cynical – my usual disclaimer that this isn’t paid for by the movie or the studio or that trippy girl wearing a wolf costume to the screening I was at. At FSR, we believe in the magic of movies we love and feel comfortable shouting from the rooftops about them.

And I flat out loved this movie.

Here’s why:

1. A Time Machine To Ten Years Old

From the opening scenes, the movie is completely from Max’s young perspective. Spike Jonze has done a great job of making a hole in some snow look like an ice fortress to the audience. The camera angles are low which helps getting back down to that level, but over all the feel of the film is an excuse to remember things how you used to remember them. To see a toy boat as an adventure on the high seas, and to see a pile of clothes and cardboard boxes as the rocketship that it really is.

2. It’s Darker Than You Think

I feel like most of the reasons I give should come with the disclaimer that the film isn’t all that perfect for children, but I don’t pretend to be an expert on that sort of thing. I’d probably be surprised by what most kids can handle, but suffice it to say that this flick isn’t all bluebirds singing songs about how fun working all day in the forest is. Reverting to childhood means reverting to a time where everything is bigger than you, you don’t understand most of what’s going on around you, and things are genuinely scary. The film essentially mirrors the darker tone of the book where the absence of a father looms large over everything, a family doesn’t always act like you want it to, and the seas are choppy. At the heart is an emotional truth that it’s tough being a family, and Where the Wild Things Are doesn’t pull back from how hard that can really be. Even if your family includes a giant goat-monster. Fortunately as a balance, it also populates the world with great bits of humor and life that come from left field or from the strong characters that have been created on screen.

3. The World is Breathtaking

At first, the sweeping landscapes occupied with strange, wonderful beasts will seem ethereal, but I started to realize that everything in the film essentially exists within our world. It’s just the best-looking stuff from it. Wild forests, warm deserts, and crashing sea shores all captured by beautiful cinematography combine to make the film a postcard tour of a place from our imaginations that’s reachable in real life. The look of the Wild Things is perfect, and the giant fort they make is also a sight to see stemming straight from the sketchbook of my childhood.

4. Max

My usual hatred of children in film should make this point even stronger. The actor they got to play Max – Max Records – is perfect. He’s fun to watch and manages to be (for lack of a better word) an every-kid who fills his day and his mother’s ears with stories. His character is stuck at an age where he’s starting to think and ask questions, but he’s not quite old enough to be told or understand the answers. Records is fantastic at characterizing that and pulling every bit of sympathy or joy out of a scene. He’s also joined by good performances from Catherine Keener and great voice performances from James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Chris Cooper and Lauren Ambrose.

5. The Music

This may be a splitting point for some, but the soundtrack is tailor-made for any indie kid sensibility. Using simple instruments or the convenient sound of a toy xylophone or children’s choir, Karen O and the Kids have created something that balances between film score and playroom symphony. It’s subtle, but it always elevates what’s happening on screen, especially since a lot of the film is a slow-burn with minimal dialog.

6. It’s Challenging But Fair

It would have been all too easy to create another children’s escapism movie where the parents are cruel, the big sisters are cruel, and a fantasy land of no worries awaits us all. Where the Wild Things Are has its fair share, but it’s more rounded than that. Catherine Keener’s character is a mother trying to make life work who clearly loves her son and sweetly dotes on him but doesn’t understand what to do when his built-up frustration is unleashed. What’s created is a realistic-looking family which helps paint a better picture of childhood, family, and gives the flow of the story (and where it ends up) a natural, understated feel. Simply put, there’s not an insincere bone in this movie’s body, but that doesn’t make it easier to swallow. It makes it much harder. Plus, instead of following a standard story arc where things are great, things get tough, and a solution lets everyone sail off into the sunset – it’s a film where a kid gets a chance to solve things his way. And since a child doesn’t always know how to make sense of the world or how to fix things, it takes the story in some very challenging directions.

7. Kid Logic

One of my favorite things in life is the completely accurate, yet completely wrong logic of children. They see the world in a different way, and have a lot to teach those of us who have forgotten how to look at a tree and see the crow’s nest of a pirate ship. It’s a difficult task to capture that point of view, and beyond Records playing his character well, the writing from Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers nails down the world from the view of someone who’s 4-feet, 4-inches tall with incredible accuracy. The way Max sees the world makes logical sense, but is usually wrong, and since we’re already seeing the world his way, we have to go on the journey and learn the lessons along with him. Get ready, for better or for worse, to revert back to your childhood.

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