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Thursday, 02 October 2008

  • Juice


    I have been drinking a blend of baby carrots and apples for breakfast for the past few days.

    Just when I thought I got used to it, I realized something new:

    "There's a better way to shave this apple."

    I know people don't usually shave the skin off their apples. I shave the peel off because I got all paranoid when my aunt told me that any fruit coming from Chile is just a heap of preservative chemicals.

    But these apples tasted good. Real good.

    I don't know why I've been shaving these apples the way I have for so long. And I don't know why the epiphany came today, but it just did. I use a potato peeler. It makes so much more sense to shave the apple horizontally than vertically, grazing the peeler across the smooth and wider contours. The shape is supposed to dictate the way I shave it, but I didn't catch the clue. But it was there. For over a week. I've been shaving it up and down all along.







Monday, 22 September 2008

Sunday, 20 July 2008

  • 10 ways to make the dark knight cooler

    I thought it was worth the money, considering just how jammed it is with... stuff. But i left the theater with so many ideas which i thought would have made Nolan's The dark knight even better.

    1. Be consistent. If you set out to make a comic book adaptation as "real" as possible, then you might as well go all the way. One of the things that pissed me off about the movie was how it was trying to look and feel like a gritty, real crime noir but kept on going back to silly elements that were too easy to make fun of.

    2. Ditch the fancy suit. Morgan Freeman being a technical advisor was cool, but when he became the all around gadget guy who just so happened to get his hands on cool shit without the audience knowing how he got it/made it, it immediately got lame. I want Batman's suit to look crappy as hell; much more helter skelter and raw. The new suit looks way too over polished and rubbery. I'll let the pointy bat ears on his cowl stay, but the rest has to go.

    3. Don't be afraid of a camera shake. The world of the dark knight would have looked much more exciting and fast paced if the DP from Collateral or Bourne Ultimatum stepped in. Ditch the cranes and steadicams. They ruin everything. If you must use it, use it sparingly. I would prefer it to have looked more like an episode of "24" rather than what i've seen in theaters.

    4. You look dumb enough already. When Batman (Christian Bale) puts on his suit, he should not be able to speak. The raspy, lowered voice sounds silly. I'm not buying it. No one did. I hated the voice thing since 2005's batman begins, and I'm still hating it. Imagine how much better it would be if Batman just didn't speak once he has his gear on. He would only act out his intentions with quiet, brooding awesomeness and piercing eyes.

    5. When killing off a major character, make sure to make the mourning scene last longer than just 5 seconds.

    6. Heath ledger was good. Better than everyone else in the movie combined. So.... why not give him some more screen time? And since Nolan wants it to be grounded in reality, why not portray batman as a character who is just as crazy as the joker? Two freaks going at it would have made more sense, instead of the boring setup of good guy vs. bad guy.

    7. Gary Oldman is an amazing actor. Why not give him some more screen time too? Did you not see Leon the professional? He kicked ass in that movie and you know it.

    8. Aaron Eckhart was a great choice. But he got way much more screentime than he needed. Save it for Batman 3.

    9. Don't moralize. Whenever all hope seems lost, Batman always goes off on some pointless, corny rant as to how the human race still has hope of being good. He's wrong. We're all whores for money and we're going to hell for it. What Nolan thinks is an audience spirit-boosting line is actually a cause for me to cringe.

    10. Special effects ruin EVERYTHING. (except for that liquid metal badass from Terminator 2.)




Wednesday, 11 June 2008

  • Found this on "Best of Craigslist":



    Dear Star Wars ex-boyfriend, my vag is sore

    Date: 2008-01-25, 3:56AM EST


    "Dear Star Wars obsessed ex-boyfriend,

    A few things as of late have come to light. The fact that you had an entire room dedicated to Star Wars should have been enough to make any sane girl run in the opposite direction, I somehow found it endearing. The fact that you couldn’t string two thoughts together in order to form a cohesive sentence should have made me giggle in your face, instead I patiently waited as you tried to sound like your IQ was above 87. Your crazy mom that decided to “pop in” and vacuum at one in the morning should have definitely made leave, but I stuck by your side. Your sexual inadequacies should have made me run to seek orgasm from another penis, instead I quietly masturbated in the bathroom after your pathetic attempts at coitus.

    When you told me that you slept with someone else, I must admit that I was mildly relieved as at last this was my way out. But Star Wars obsessed ex- boyfriend, you just had to go and one-up yourself in stupidity. Just when I thought that your stupidity had reached its crescendo a perfect symphony of ignorance, you surprised me. You said something that will forever go down as the worst phrase to ever utter to a girlfriend.

    You said: “Yeah I slept with someone else, but I had to think about you to get off.” Seriously? Really? Am I supposed to be honored by this? Is this supposed to make me coo with girlish glee and then all can be forgiven? Let’s pretend for a moment that this statement is true. If you had to think about me when you had your heinous-uncircumcised-lion-seal looking penis in what I can only assume is a skanky disease ridden vagina, why did you simply not fuck me instead? God knows I was willing being that I was constantly unsatisfied and willing to give you another go.

    Well, Star Wars obsessed ex-boyfriend, let me tell you this. I won. First off, I am not going to let you ruin Star Wars for me. I will still giggle with delight at Chewbacca’s noises. I will still find humor in Jabba’s fat face.

    More importantly, I won because I used my inner rage to go out and fuck the ever living shit out of someone else. Seriously, it was amazing. Porn star status. He came on my face and it tasted like the sweet nectar of the gods. What's more, you ask? The guy is hung like a gorilla, or to put it in terms that you’d understand, he’s packing a light saber. I was walking funny for 4 days, no joke. And you know what Star Wars obsessed ex-boyfriend? I fucked this guy on real sheets. Sheets that didn’t have R2D2 and C3P0 and Tie fighters. Big boy sheets. When I arched my back and looked up I didn’t see any Sith infiltrators on the ceiling. No Death Star. For the first time in a long time I got off without feeling like I should be on “To Catch a Predator” because you, Star Wars obsessed ex-boyfriend, made me feel dirty for fucking in what looked like a little kid’s room.

    Moral of the story? You might want to put down the Obi Wan doll and pick up a book. That way, you might actually learn a few new words that exist outside of that epic film. Or better yet, next time you feel the urge to say something as dumb as what you said to me, pick up a .22 or if it makes you feel better we’ll call it an IG.22 and shoot yourself in the nut sack, that way we won’t have to worry about you breeding.

    Oh yeah, and plans are in the works for dressing up as Slave Leia next time.

    Best of luck to you in not winding up winning a Darwin award. "



Sunday, 23 March 2008

  • DRAAAAAAAIIINNNNAGGE.....



    "If I have a milkshake... and you have a milkshake... and my straw reaches acrosssss the room... and starts to drink your milkshake..... I. DRINK. YOUR. MILKSHAKE!"


    ... really enjoyed this movie. I began to wonder how different my feelings for No country would be, if i were to have seen it at a theater instead of on my macbook. Hope it didn't really hurt the experience, but can't stop feeling that it did.


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