The Frames + Weekend Lazy

Froth

Fanboys all over the world are frothing in mouth waiting for animation turned live action movies to fail.

When I say that I can't wait to see the following movies, I mean it in a goddamn it when are the cookies/is the liempo/is the weekend kind of impatience. The kind of impatience that requires a serious shot of mescaline.

For those new to the GI Joe Universe, here's a starter link :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8oZ0npUy0

Also saw the trailer of Dragonball Evolution and X-Men Origins : Wolverine.

Mmm.Mmm.


The Frames

I have been downloading the Frames albums for the past few days.

Hours spent : 30 hours
Tracks downloaded : 13
Waiting to download: 10

Whilst waiting for sources to become available, the following songs were um, picked up :
1. Human Behaviour - Bjork
2. Debaser - The Pixies
3. You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You - Jamie Cullum
4. Round Midnight - Miles Davis/John Coltrane
5. Get To Me - Train
6. Like A Criminal - Sheila Divine
7. The Times Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
8. Violently Happy - Bjork

I heart the Frames and The Swell Season. Listening to them is akin to wrapping yourself in bubblewrap tinged with razors, scented with lemons and taking the option to leap into the raging sea.

After you emerge slightly unscathed, you leap again. Pretty much like falling in love but with more rythmn and less possibility of getting embarassed several times over or drunk in a local bar.

The sun is barely out right now and it seems apt to place these songs in a loop. I haven't stepped out of the house in two days and I am ready to hit the mall (fatwa'ing mallrat)

Been thinking about a lot of things , how somebody reminds me of a mean girl who just grew up, or a person whom you truly adore in public but yet cannot bear the idea of adding in your facebook, or just being completely on the edge, waiting for things to happen.

I can't wait for things to happen. I know, I know we're supposed to make things happen but what is wrong with waiting? There are things that I somewhat regret doing because I refused to wait, I wanted to know what the fuss is all about and now I could barely remember certain names.

Dreamt about this person a couple of times. The first one, he introduced me to his wife and the second time (approx. 5 hours ago) was him being back.

Holy snap! Twice in the span of two days! And here I am trying not think of the person! What is this portent?!

Continue flooding the old ipod!

Bakery Blindness + Resolutions

Went to a local bar last night with Luci. After bitching about the state of our worlds (I can just half imagine the Gods of Asgard and Olympus doing this, but with mead instead of Laiya sling) we made some resolutions that involve gripping life by the neck and shaking the schnitt out of it.

Me : "I resolve to stop liking men who are unavailable!" (shot)
Luci : " I resolve to start taking more risks!" (shot)
Me : "I resolve to drink less (shot) and take care of myself more (lights cigarette)

Took a semi long walk from the bar to Lopez. Along the way, we spotted this Korean Grocery.

Me: "I think it's red beans! (Asks Korean proprietor) Is this sweet?"
Korean Proprietor : "It's red beans! It's red beans!"
Luci : "Dude, all ice cream is sweet"

I have to go back to that store. For 35p, you get a cultural experience. Bought this green bean covered ice cream mini patties (I have no idea what the name is) which are really good. The sludge green sheet covering it does not exactly appeal to the sense but it's sweet without overwhelming the tastebuds.

So we walked.

Saw a local Pan de Manila and rushed inside. Went through another episode of Bakery Blindness -- every time I am lured into a bake shop, the next thing I know I am standing outside holding a plastic bag of different kinds of bread and no idea how I got them.

Latest Downloads :
1. Solace - Plumb
2. Tattva - Kula Shaker
3. Hush - Kula Shaker
4. 303 - Kula Shaker
5. World on Fire - Sarah McLachlan
6. I Fall In Love Too Easily - Miles Davis
7. Blue in Green - Miles Davis
8. Frontin' - Jamie Cullum
9. Yummy, yummy, yummy (i've got love in my tummy) - Ohio Express
10. Who Am I - Plumb

Time to get back to bed. Shift tonight and I know it's going to be a bitch.

Watchmen

Saw Watchmen yesterday. Had an episode of mad giggles as the look of the film was 88% similar to the novel.
Now let's discuss the remaining 12%.

The soundtrack lacked symmetry. The objective of a decent soundtrack is to add mood and irony to the scene that its layered with --- but the songs stood out in a crooked way, same as the bones that popped out after Miss Jupiter with Nite Owl beat the crap out of a topknot gang member.

The way it ended was seriously contrary to how it ended in the novel -- it was empty and it didn't twist the guts the way that it should have. Now I know that filming this story is nothing short of impossible --- the back story of Roscharch's shrink was not even discussed and so is the significance of the Frontiersman --- and the novel within the novel...alas it was missing.

Veidt's empty eyes was haunting but his back story was also sorely neglected. He wasn't as charming as he should have been. Instead, he felt as if he's some closeted bitch queen who is slightly ticked off at the world in general.

I heard Roscharch.

And damn it, it's blue! Everything is blue!

Broad...bad

Bought an aircard from Smart Bro. Was supposed to get one from Globe but the snotty lady behind the counter was insistent that it has to be used with a laptop and not a desktop. Threw a moderate hissy fit ( I am by nature, not hissy. I insult. Not throw tantrums) and went to the shop next door.

Not bad. It's actually pretty fast. Tests conducted were : 1. Opening redtube (ha haha) 2. Downloading liz phair, heather nova and mad season songs 3. Opening a website that is jpeg heavy as well as going through some social networking sites (yeah, I succumbed and signed up for facebook...and orkut. It's sibi's fault)

I will be watching Watchmen tonight...i get a flurry of happiness everytime I think about it.

And now I am hungry. Laters.