So what now?

I just realized that I suck at blogging. Besides not posting as often as I should, my posts are lazy and sometimes they are of topics that have been regurgitated a number of times. It's true that one's blog is what you make of it. It may also be a reflection of where you stand in life, which might be a bit of a stretch, but in my case, very true. My blog = all over; me = total scatterbrain. I feel that I have a lot of things that I want to write about: last night's ride on BART, the whole story of my sofa purchase, the awesome feeling I got after killing Gretel on Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ game on DS... you know, stuff like these. But for whatever reason, I end up not writing about it. There have been days when I start writing an entry and delete it altogether before posting it. I feel that the writing isn't good enough, or that it's not an interesting enough read. These are things that hold me back but now I realize, who gives a rat's ass? I shouldn't be so self-conscious of my writing when I am not really here to prove anything (other than maybe, I can construct several coherent sentences in English).

To mark the new year (Lunar, that is), I will be less critical of my own blogging abilities. IF KANYE CAN DO IT ON HIS MACBOOK AIR (sorry, pretty dated reference), I CAN DO IT TOO! AND YES, I AM SCREAMING AT YOU RIGHT NOW!

Kthxbai

A Trimester's Gone By...

It has been a while since I last posted. I'm happy to share to my reader(s) --- myself, that I am still around and able to write. So what's happened in the last three months?

- I've started my third term in my graduate (but not-quite graduate) program
- Summer's over!
- TV's fall season has started: The Office is back!
- The beast, that is, the credit collapse, has reared its ugly head
- The US is $700B poorer
- Tina Fey was the break-out star of the presidential campaign
- We've elected Barack Obama as the 44th Prez (yay!)
- Prop 8 passed (Hwaaah!)

I've also seen a couple of movies, finished anime a couple of anime series along the way. Saw a band play in Napa. Signed up in Facebook (I don't know why)... and many more that are probably not-so interesting. Anyway, I'm back. Just thought I should pop in and say hello.

Movie Review (DVD): Eastern Promises

I love movies. I think I've mentioned that a couple of times but I just realized that I've never really done any thorough review of movies (or films, if your one of those types) that I have seen (and I have seen quite a few). The reason is this: I don't know how. I mean, maybe I do, but I do not know how to go about doing it. I'm not a thinking-type, I'm more of the "take-it-as-I-see-it" type. I know it's good when I think it's good (i.e. "think" used here very loosely). So, for my first-ever movie review, I'll keep it simple. OK, here it goes... (the following may contain spoilers)

I like Eastern Promises. Good acting all-around. If not for Naomi Watt's and her mom's (in the movie) English accents, I wouldn't have known that they were in London, which was great because it gives us a London that is seldomly seen. Despite the tatoos and the awful hair (which was researched), Viggo Mortensen is still hot. Favorite scene: the bathhouse scene! I had to laugh at myself for being such a juvenile, but every time some bits of Viggo was shown on-screen, I just had to stiffle a giggle --- I guess I'm no different from those pre-pubescent kids who saw their first boobies in American Pie. Also, it reminded me of my childhood in that scene in Blue Lagoon where the guy (all grown up) was swimming and you could see the shadow of his bits in the water --- but I was actually a kid when I saw that, so that's my excuse for giggling back then. Back to the movie, from the very start, it gave you the feeling that Viggo was a nice guy and he was different from all the other vors. As it turns out, he was working undercover. My issue with the movie is the ending was that it was sort of abrupt. That was it??? The baby (the evidence, pretty much) was saved, Semyon got charged for rape and went to prison, Nikolai took over everything (like he knew he would) since Kirill is a big buffoon... and it was an ending worthy of a "happily ever after"? I wanted more.

So yeah, good movie. Saw the special features and apparently David Cronenberg is into existensialism and other philosophical stuff. He's a "deep" person, that's probably why I didn't get the ending.