diana+

bleh.



this one's obviously taken by another person, my sister. the only picture that came out not entirely shitty.



on a happier note the (500) DAYS OF SUMMER soundtrack came in the mail today. :]




Oh, so I'm Nancy?

500 days of Summer

Hopeless romantics unite.

Because this is our movie.


Loved the truly, super uber, relatable story. Loved the fact it's set in LA. Loved Zooey Deschanel. Loved JGL. Loved the IKEA scenes. Loved the LA park scenes. Loved majority of the scenes. LOVED LOVED LOVED the soundtrack. LOVED the fact that this movie featured TWO Regina Spektor songs, not ONE but DOS. Loved the references to The Smiths. Loved the artistic cinematography. Loved the visuals. Loved the MOVIE.

movie brilliance: 9.5/10



I'm the hero of the story, don't need to be saved.

Regina. I love you

New album, Far, is quite beautiful I must say. If only I could meet someone like her in my life. Hmmmm...

ZOMBIELAND!!!

CAN'T WAIT!

the pains of being pure at heart

has potential to become one of my favorite bands....hmmmm




i adore this song.




now that you feel, you say its not real

Paper Heart :]

too cute

yann tiersen/asobi seksu @ the el rey

here's a winning formula:

a couple of joints + an asobi seksu show = win!


I am so happy.
i was able to meet Yuki Chikudate( !!!!!!!) She was amazingly adorable/beautiful in person. I got her to write my name on my Citrus copy. and I felt complete.


The one on the left was from the troubadour show and its already fcked up since it's a size too big plus there's a bleach stain. The one on the right is from yesterday night which is a perfect size and so far stain-free. win! I'm thinking of cutting out the print from the fcked up shirt and patching it on to a hoodie.


the Asobi Seksu set was amazing but i longed for more because they were only opening, while Yann Tiersen( the guy who created the music for the cute, French film Amelie ) was headlining.


Asobi played a decent amount of songs from their latest album, Hush, and from their previous album, Citrus. Like their last show, they weren't afraid to hold back and just went completely crazy as Yuki's hair swayed violently back and forth and back and forth to the roaring guitars and pounding drums. I, of course, got so lost and I felt "one with the music." Mmmmm. Greatest feeling in the entire world. It was awesome. Then of course, they ended with Yuki on the drums at the end of their song Red Sea. I believe it's a tradition for them. here's the clip.




Asobi Seksu set: 9/10

Yann Tiersen was very good. I'm definitely going to check more of his stuff out. I'm far too lazy and I don't really care too much about writing a lengthy description of his set so I'll just say I was pleased.

Yann Tiersen 8/10




thanks, vicky! :)


Whistle through your window, we act the same as you

i heart zooey

beautiful... @ 00:21 BANJO!!!! WIN!


july 17, 2009 couldn't be farther away.

poster frenzy

free movie posters = me collecting them. but only of the movies I like.

upcoming flicks i need to see.
















there's much more. i forget.

zombeh

we all know that anything zombie related usually = win. but that's not exactly the case for the movie Zombie Strippers! (starring the not-so-hot-as-she-used-to-be Jenna Jameson) In this case, it equals EPIC WIN!

let me elaborate on the complex calculations of the movie Zombie Strippers:

zombies=win
strippers=win

thus

zombies + strippers = double win

hence

Zombie Strippers! = EPIC WIN!

there's nothing like coming home from a long day of work and flipping the tube on to view a world broadcast premiere on SPIKE of the movie Zombie Strippers! Perfection.

The acting was actually decent. Most of the time, at least. The story itself wasn't exactly what you'd call profound or intellectual in any way, shape, or form. but it was compelling and very entertaining to watch. some of the special effects kinda sucked, and others looked pretty damn awesome.

there were a countless number of WTF scenes. such as the first time we see zombie Jenna Jameson performing on stage. but the scene that hands down takes the cake for being the WTF-iest of them all has to be the "shooting balls through vagina scene." Zombie Jenna literally stuffs billiard balls inside her dead vagina. Then she aims and shoots them out at a zombie stripper rival. hilarious.

anyway, its movie brilliance based on actual plot, cinematography, music, etc. is probably 4/10. but it's movie epicness is somewhere between a 8/10 and a 9/10.

check this out. from a comic called The Walking Dead which I failed to find in Barnes & Noble:

"Sometimes I wish the zombie apocalypse would happen because I think I could make it. And I think I could save you.
Maybe we could find a cure and save the world, or maybe we'd just fall in love."

i love it. :]


it fcking blows i'm spending 4/20 at school and then at work. lame.


it feels like snow and stars.

i just wanna feel infinite

I finished reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower yesterday. I loved it. I've always been partial to coming-of-age tales. Mainly because I can hugely relate to them. I love reading books like these because I always picture certain moments as scenes from a movie.

For example, here's a little excerpt from the book:

" After the dance, we left in Sam's pickup. Patrick was driving this time. As we were approaching the Fort Pitt Tunnel, Sam asked Patrick to pull to the side of the road. I didn't know what was going on. Sam climbed in the back of the pickup, wearing nothing but her dance dress. She told Patrick to drive, and he got this smile on his face. I guess they had done this before.
Anyway, Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel, Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vaccuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. A beautiful song called "Landslide." When we got out of the tunnel, Sam screamed this really fun scream, and there it was. Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing.
And in that moment, I swear we were infinite"


Good God, it just screams MOVIE MOMENT! Which, to be honest, I have not been getting enough of lately. Well, actually I have. But they'd be from very sad and lonely movies.

I mean this type of scenario is something that I always wanted to put in a movie. Girl on pickup truck with dress and hair blowing carelessly in the wind. Beautiful. It might have been done before, but I don't care. I love it.

Anyway, another reason why this book affected me so much was that MUSIC was incredibly significant in the story. great music too, I should add. Charlie, the narrator, made a mixed tape for his friend which I attempted to make into an iPod playlist.( I guess you can say, I'm modernizing it) This playlist is from the other side of the mixed tape which Charlie describes as "winter kind of songs."

Here they are:

Asleep by The Smiths
Vapour Trail by Ride
Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
Time of No Reply by Nick Drake
Dear Prudence by The Beatles
Gypsy by Suzanne Vega
Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues
Daydream by Smashing Pumpkins
Dusk by Genesis
MLK by U2
Blackbird by The Beatles
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Asleep by The Smiths


So far this has been my driving music. :]

quick update on my uneventful life: watched some movies, both DVDs and in Theaters.

Movie Brilliance:
-Vanilla Sky 8/10 (anything with penelope cruz I automatically like. she's a beaut. interesting)
-Driving Lessons 7.5/10 (rupert grint was great in this movie. a nice little coming of age flick)
-Observe and Report 5/10(thank god i didn't have to pay to watch this. had so many terrible moments)
-Adventureland 8.5/10(loved it. full review below vvvv)

occasionally hung out, toked up, worked quite a bit, and school stuff. boring. i know. i promised myself I'll try to make new friends. but it's just so damn hard. i'm terrible at this.



AUDIO:

These songs are all from The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

The Smiths- Asleep
I don't need to write anything about this song except a quote from the book "If you listen to the song “Asleep,” and you think about those pretty weather days that make you remember things, and you think about the prettiest eyes you’ve known, and you cry, and the person holds you back, then I think you will see the photograph."

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
I really like this song. Lyrics, vocals, melodies, everything. It's so perfect for a movie.


The Smashing Pumpkins - Daydream
This band is great. I've recently been trying to get into more of their stuff. Pretty. Superb driving song.


Thank you, Stephen Chbosky for writing such a great book. Although, I'm still not sure how to pronounce your last name.




"I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from breaking apart."

Adventureland

(trying to get this poster from work)

First of all, I'd have to say that the marketing for this film was all wrong. The trailers depict this film as a Superbad-esque type of film, which to be quite honest, is very far from it. This movie is not an hour and a half of hilarity, sexually crude humor, or constant slapsticks( although it's not entirely void of those qualities.) This is more of a coming-of-age film(despite the main cast being in their early twenties), which occasional moments of over the top comical scenes and subtle humor in the dialogue.


Now, if one were to see this movie with a mindset of it being a Superbad 2, then they'd probably be quite disappointed. On the other hand, if you go in expecting nothing more than an enjoyable movie, then you'd be quite satisfied. I, for one, enjoyed the movie very, very much.


Here's the story, James(played very naturally by Jesse Eisenberg) is a college graduate who needs a job to save up for school in New York (hmm, semi relatable-ish). So he gets a summer job at the only place he can, which is at Adventureland. Well, it's obviously not the greatest job for someone his age or for anyone not in high school either.( more relatable-ish) He goes in thinking it'll be hell, which it was. But he experiences some of the best times of his youthful life and meets some of the greatest people working at this craphole; particularly a girl named Em(played oh so hotly by Kristen Stewart. seriously, she was super hot in this movie. I think it was the careless hair + the i-don'tgive-afuck attitude= win!) Anyway, there's this whole love triangle that happens and other shit that life throws at you. Ultimately, it's a film about working at shitty places, smoking joints, eating pot cookies, and dorky kids making out with hot chicks( now that's a movie!) But on a more serious note, it really is a coming-of-age film that deals with the issues any young man faces in his life and how eventually learns and grows from it.


I really, thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I know some who don't. I've heard some hated it, labeling it "sucky." I don't give a shit. I like these type of movies. Like I said before, I'm a sucker for romances and the Em + James scenes were probably some of my favorites. Once scene in particular, which was probably my favorite, was the bumper cars scene. It was shot so beautifully and of course, backed with fantastic music; very much like the other scenes in this film.

why I loved it:
- great, simple, relatable plot
- good acting
- GREAT music
- set in 1987
- funny
- Kristen Stewart's sexiness
- coming of age flick

movie brilliance: 8.5/10

It's not quite a 9. but I want to give it a 9. but it's not quite a 9. but i still really liked it.


Trailer:


AUDIO:

Now I posted this song before, but I'll do it again since it played a significant part in the movie. Great, great song.

The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes






we are doing the work of pathetic, lazy morons

mamimi

the hottest anime chick ever to smoke a cigarette. & also the inspiration for one of my characters in a script I was working on. she's from one of the best(if not the best) short series anime called FLCL aka Fooly Cooly(2000). I watched it on Adult Swim many moons ago. And it stuck to me.

I love how "Never Knows Best" is written on her cigarettes. i think i need to meet a girl like her. lulz.

I'm not even a huge fan of animes. But seriously, this one takes the cake for being the most original, unique, and just the fcking coolest one ever. Beautiful clips:

listen to the things she says. and the perfect background music. grade A stuff. I love it


great visuals. great music.


watch this shit now




never knows best.

must watch!

I remember reading the book in elementary school. vaguely, but still.

poor possum

I almost felt like crying.

So I was driving home from work around midnight on Sherman Way and Oakdale. I noticed some sort of black figure in the middle of the road. I figured it couldn't be an animal since it wasn't moving. Then I slowed to a stop in front of it. Two words: disgustingly horrible. This poor possum had blood on the side of its head; possibly from a grazed ear or shattered skull. Whatever the injury, it obviously affected its brain since the possum was just crawling around in circles. Seriously, it was disgusting and incredibly heartbreaking at the same time. I wanted to help it. But I couldn't. :[



YES, I want to go to friendy fires show with you, sandy. if I don't work that day. I'll request it off.

I must watch

these movies:

I Love You, Man

Just for fun. seems entertaining enough. Plus, Paul Rudd is the coolest dude ever.

Adventureland

From the director of Superbad, so I might enjoy it. what can I say? it's cute, quirky, and looks highly enjoyable.

Sunshine Cleaning

I like Amy Adams. And I like these type of movies.

500 Days of SummerNow this one, I reeeaaaally can't wait to see. It's been out in Sundance festivals and stuff, but as for a wide release, it isn't coming out anytime soon( sometime in July, I believe) but seriously, I think this will be one of my next favorite flicks. The leads, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, are incredible actors and I like them. Can't wait. Here's the trailer.

I fcking love the fact that Regina Spektor's "Us" is in the trailer. God, this looks sooooooooooooo good.

mmmm

asobi seksu @ the troubadour

I didn't take this picture, but I might as well have.

This picture sums up the night. MMmmmm pure bliss of heavy walls of guitars and barely comprehensible sounds of soaring vocals. Being fully aware of the shoegaze( just wiki it) heaven Victoria and I were about to get ourselves into, it only seemed normal to be in the best state to fully appreciate the dream-like, trippy music. So yeah.

Opening bands:

Resplandor, from Peru, were clearly inspired by the early shoegazer bands, My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. I was digging them a lot, but I felt some of their songs dragged on for a little too long. Too much walls of guitar gets tiring. Their set 7/10

Then followed a band called Bell. The lead singer is freakin gorgeous. Some good songs but honestly, I just couldn't wait for Asobi Seksu to get on. Bell set 7/10

Yuki Chikudate = the most adorable thing to ever walk the planet. I love this band. Whooo. Good shtuff. There were several moments during the show where I just closed my eyes and lost myself in the euphoric waves of Yuki's vocals and the loud, dissosant sounds of the guitars. My ears kept ringing the entire night. The band busted out "Thursday" out of nowhere. Played one of my new favorite songs from their latest album, Hush, called "Transparence." And ended with "Red Sea" with my lover, Yuki, ending the epic night by taking over the drumset and becoming the sexiest drummer I've ever seen. She really, reeeally gets into it. And I f***ing love it. Asobi seksu set 10/10

I was officially half deaf walking out of the venue.

some creepy looking kids.


AUDIO:

Asobi Seksu - Transparance
It's a little too poppy in the beginning for my taste, but it seriously redeems itself at the 2 minute mark. Seriously, the last 2 minutes are the best 2 minutes of the album. kinda.

Asobi Seksu - Me and Mary
Good good good good. I just wish I knew the lyrics.





I need to buy another shirt. I already ruined mine.

starstruck

i ripped ray j's ticket. that is all...

blah blah blah

So I've finally seen both Superbad and Iron Man. I liked them both.

Superbad was very entertaining. I remember back in high school, everyone was always talking about that shit. And I just didn't get it. Well now I know it's only because I hadn't seen it yet. love the vulgarity. good stuff. I really liked Jules. she's like the ideal girlfriend. red heads ftw!




Iron Man was also very entertaining. I've always been partial to Gwyneth Paltrow.

Speaking of superhero movies, apparently many people disliked Watchmen. I've had complaints of naked blue guy and that the movie was too long(3hours) and that it had an excess amount of dialogue. I was told that this movie is not meant for stupid people. Sorry, mainstream America. I was also told to read the graphic novel first and then watch the movie. I think I'll buy it. Barnes & Noble is having a sale on it, so why not.

Movie Brilliance:
-Superbad 8/10
-Iron Man 8/10


No work today. whoohooo. blondie and I are going to eat at that vegan restaurant everybody's been raving about called Follow your Heart. Finally

excited.


AUDIO:

I will never forget the night I saw this band live. fat chick going berserk pulling out seizure-esque dance moves. The Rapture is such a good party band. This is the song that plays when Seth gets the period blood on his pants. lulz! That's gross.

The Rapture - Echoes




Momma's making a pubie salad, and she wants some Seth's own dressing.

"looking to make friends"

I don't know if it happens often, but this sure as hell never happened to me before. So I was working in the concession area(serving popcorn, making drinks, yada yada) and I get this one customer who writes something down on his receipt and hands it over to me then smiles.
He wrote his number, name, and, get this

"looking to make friends"

Maybe I'm just reading a little too much into this. But I thought it was slightly creepy. Oh, also, when I told him I spilled some of his icee he blurted out "Bad boy!"My coworker said I should definitely dial it. just for kicks. Maybe I will. Lulz.

As much as I want to move out. I don't think I'm ready yet. Nor am I financially prepared. But I am considering it. Ok, blondie?


AUDIO:

This song has been stuck in my head for days. I always dig Lily's vocals, but I especially dig the satirical lyrics. Sweet sweetness.




Only in retrospect do I realize how amazing The Cranberries really are. I watched Click and this song was Adam Sandler's first kiss song with the beautiful Kate Beckinsale. I forgot their characters' name. This song made the movie tolerable. Good stuff. The 90s were an amazing decade for music, no?




Let's be friends

my life is like a gif

it's an ongoing sequence of the same damn thing. but i've become quite fond of making them.



i made this because i thought the girl was cute. I also liked the way she sways back and forth. this is from Silversun Pickups' Lazy Eye video, btw.

this one is sexy...


now, this show I found by accident. kind of. I was looking for some Asobi Seksu videos and I was led to this British show called Skins. Apparently it's a television show about teens just being teens. you know, drugs, sex, rock and roll. ah, to be a teenager again. i watched half an episode and was slightly amused. but i don't see myself getting into it. even though there are some very hot british girls in that show.

i dig.

I have a couple more gifs I want to share. but i'll save them for later.

a quick update on my life: school, work, home, eBay. that's all. i can watch movies for free now. and i can bring one friend. who's down?

movie brilliance:
-derailed 7/10
-resident evil: apocalypse 6/10
-trainspotting 8/10


AUDIO:

a good driving song. i'm ashamed to admit it. lulz

martina in a leggy, leather getup = hotness



Boom

well deserved

Slumdog Millionaire for the win. Slumdog Millionaire got the win.

God, I love that movie. I'll try and get a movie poster of it from work.



I made that ^



p.s. kate winslet finally got her oscar. :]

lost and swirly

so i got a job at AMC theaters. I think they'll have me cleaning the toilets or sweeping the used condom-ridden theater floors for the first couple of weeks. I'm cool with it. As long as I'm bringing home some bacon.

I've come to a point in my life where I have decided to seek professional help in finding a career best-suited for someone like me. I talked to a career counselor(Roth: an incredibly down to earth and cool guy). I told him I was into stuff like writing, photography, film, and screenwriting. We covered some territory concerning which school I should eventually transfer to. He suggested CSUN, because there, I'd be able to fulfill all my artistic needs. I never considered transferring to Cal State Northridge. I could've just applied there in the first place.

this is how i feel on the inside:



I finally finished reading The Diving Bell and The Butterfly! Splending book!( Jean-Do, you are truly inspirational!)


I plan to catch up with comrades. And hopefully make new ones. So watch out for me. You'll be getting my call/text.


AUDIO:

I'm seriously fcking in love with this band.

random thoughts

random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2009. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.

I didn't write that ^

But I wish I did. It's just one of the many brilliant lines from my favorite movie Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. I'll make it a tradition to watch that movie every year on Valentine's day.


I spent V-day driving to the post office to mail a package and then to Target to buy some essential groceries. Then I went to McDonald's and ate a Mcflurry. Exciting, right?

I saw this about a year ago and I immediately loved it. It is very fitting to share it on this day.





If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman I don't know.

again, I didn't write that ^ either

movie brilliance
-Coraline 7/10
-Paprika 8/10


I admittedly declare this post as pathetic.

FECK YOU.

nor that ^

Films

school has begun and thus, blogging has plummeted to the near bottom of my priority list. but i always have time to daydream about my favorite flicks. here's at least some of them. I will try to continue adding more. if I can find a decent picture, that is.

(Because it's aesthetically pleasing, I tried to find shots with only two characters on screen)





and these other caps that were just too pretty to pass up: