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day 08 - a song that you know all the words to

2011-04-19T23:00:00.000-07:00

Well, I know a lot of songs...a lot of them. I will never forget driving with Paul, Drew, Steve, and Shawn to Magic Mountain a few years ago during December (yes, it was freeeeezing) and we listened to Christmas music the whole time. Paul turned to me and said, how to you know every single word to every single Christmas song??? It just sticks.

day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event

2011-04-19T12:26:00.000-07:00

This song reminds me of when I was living in Spain. I went into El Corte Ingles and I heard it over the speakers. I went up to an employee and asked, "Who is this? I want this album. Take me to it."

day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere

2011-04-19T00:21:00.001-07:00

I'm so behind - so I'm going to make a couple posts tonight.

This song reminds me of NYC - Harlem down in the subways. I'd listen to this song as much as possible - this is when I really fell in love with Eminem.

Day 5 - A Song That Reminds You of Someone

2011-04-15T10:17:00.000-07:00

Well, there are just so many! And I can't post all of the videos - too much space. So I am following Michelle's format and putting up one or two followed by a list (suddenly I am writing this like a work email).

Bart O - this is all you! This was the same time that I had just bought my first mac and I would wake up before the house, and quickly write a good morning song. So when Bart would walk out of his room I'd play the good morning song. lol. Oh those "i just graduated from college and I'm going to be fat" days.

Golden - oh those NYC days, you got me into this album when we had rented a car and we were driving in New Jersey. I can't remember where we were going (probably Boston) and from there, I would listen to this whole album on my commute on the subway and bus while I was at Martha Stewart. It is still so vivid to me.

And here's the rest...

my oldest sister - anything off of the Police Syncronicity album

2nd oldest sister - a lot of church music

my middle sister - ELO: Mr Blue Sky

the youngest sister - anything by 10000 Maniacs or Depeche Mode

Julie H - Alanis Morissette: Forgiven (you and Golden know why. hahahaha)

Lisa & Kate - NIN: Head Like a Hole (oh the days of us driving around in high school in the rain, and us pulling into a church parking lot and turning this song up and dancing. So fun!)

Kirsten - anything from Les Miserables. This was my first broadway show that I ever saw (granted it was a tour), but you introduced me to this way back in jr. high. We stood outside in the freezing Utah weather for 14 miserable hours to buy tickets. lol.

Keith W - really, there are three here that were all around the same time. Anything by Girl Talk (trying to get out of the crowd so we could breathe!), anything by Gnarls Barkley (sitting at the back of the field at Lolla, exhausted, and watching a guy - who was clearly stoned - standing there casually looking for friends. But he was only looking with his head. He kept moving forward, and away, and back to foward. He did this for about 50 minutes. It was hysterical. I wish I had it on film.

Mariana - Girl Talk. All of his stuff. I mean, we both held his hand when he was spinning at the Avalon - post "hobo" comment.

Michelle - various songs from the broadway version of American Idiot, a monumental trip that I don't think either of us will ever forget.

SB - Robyn: Hang With Me

And that is what I can think of right now. I know I will other thoughts later today, and I, no doubt, post them!

Day 4 - A Song That Makes You Sad

2011-04-14T00:08:00.000-07:00

So, this song just tugs at the feelings (and tugs and tugs - that is if you're listening). And I have to give a shout out to my friends who helped me actually make a spec video to this song in St. George (Paul, Carly, and Erin!) I'll have to post that video sometime...

Day 3 - A Song That Makes You Happy

2011-04-13T01:39:00.000-07:00

Song always makes me smile - even though it's about love.

Day 2 - Your Least Favorite Song

2011-04-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

Oh I hate this song. So bad. I want to stab my ears.

and since that is also Michelle's song, here's another one that makes me want to die too - DIE...this band just produces an awful sound.

Day 1 - Your Favorite Song (s)

2011-04-11T22:32:00.000-07:00

Oh boy!!!! This is not an easy decision...so I'm picking a few that have changed my life.

30 Day Song Challenge

2011-04-11T22:25:00.000-07:00

Thank you to my friend Michelle, I am taking this 30 day music whatever you want to call it. All in all, you will learn, or it will be confirmed, what my musical tastes are.

day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

American Gangster, Control, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead...

2007-11-07T23:59:00.000-08:00

American Gangster was good. It is a classic movie - it was 3 hours long, but it really never ever felt like it. Stylistically it is amazing. It is an amazing executed film. Both Denzel and Russell do an amazing job...and it will most likely get nominated for a bunch of Oscars. But I was sitting there thinking - is this film too mass for me? I think it is.

Control. I was into this film the entire time. The first hour was slow...but I could have been me and my impatience. But I loved it. Everything about it was beautiful.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. BRILLIANT. There is nothing wrong with this film - and if there was you really didn't care because the storytelling is so amazing. This will be nominated a ton - at least it better. And it should win best supporting actor and best director. Wow, this film was powerful.

My visit to NYC

2007-10-31T13:37:00.000-07:00

The List 10-21-07

2007-10-21T13:58:00.000-07:00

1. New York City
2. Having dinner with friends in NYC - karyn, paul, carlos, carly, nate, meredith, jen, joe
3. Nighmare Before Christmas in 3-D
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. iPod Shuffles
6. Converse by John Varvatos
7. staying up late and talking with Carly Jean
8. partying until 4 AM in NYC
9. making Paul and Carlos take me out every night
10. buying cool t-shirts

10 things - 10-1-07

2007-10-01T01:08:00.000-07:00

1. The Way I Are - Timbaland
2. thinking about how I liked Once (the movie) but how all the songs are in the same key
3. thinking about how Across The Universe (the movie) worked and didn't work
4. cleaning my room
5. going on vacation
6. free tickets
8. realizing that i do love Rolling Stone magazine
9. buckling down to write
10. abercrombie shorts for $20
11. wanting to disappear for a bit

things i hate
1. waiting for promotions
2. paying bills
3. sorting my laundry
4. breaking my hard drives
5. blockbuster limiting the number of times i can return my in-mail dvds for in-store dvds

pitures for San Diego - Labor Day

2007-09-09T12:26:00.000-07:00

2007-08-22T01:40:00.000-07:00

10 things 8-22-07

2007-08-22T01:36:00.000-07:00

1. Levis 501 jeans
2. beach volleyball
3. Silversun Pickups
4. Silversun Pickups song - Lazy Eye
5. eye doctors
6. 50" TV's
7. new couches
8. big mirrors
9. dj lights
10.karoke games

5 things that suck
1. house guests
2. working late
3. taking home work (its not as glamourous as it is in movies)
4. contacts that bug your eyes
5. scratches on your car

Ten things that rule

2007-07-07T13:12:00.000-07:00

1. gatsby magazine
2. live earth on bravo
3. getting your car fixed
4. bjork - volta
5. daniel craig in interview magazine
6. making fun of the nerdy crowd at live earth on bravo
7. beach volleyball
8. going back to work on thursday after having a holiday on wednesday
9. watching how high dave matthews is on tv during the live earth concert on bravo
10.throwing out extra crap/clutter in your room
11.iPhone!!!!!!!

5 things that suck
1. your external hard drive crashes
2. paying for your car repairs
3. drive in movies
4. fantastic 4 and the silver surfer
5. toe nails falling off

10 things that rule, and 5 things that suck 6-26-07

2007-06-26T23:52:00.000-07:00

Rule
1. Spring Awakening
2. The Police at Dodgers Stadium
3. The Police at the Staples Center
4. Flight of the Conchords on HBO
5. Monocle magazine
6. The Closer season premiere
7. Jonathan Groff in Spring Awakening
8. joox.net
9. Pei Wei
10.depression from Paris Hilton being released from jail

Suck
1. Big Love (it used to be so good!)
2. Entourage (it also used to be so good)
3. Dirty kitchens
4. Sony DVD burners
5. Panda Express

The Ten - 6/1/07

2007-06-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

1. Paris Je T'aime
2. Waitress
3. Tori Amos - American Doll Posse (yes, the whole album)
4. Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars from the album Release the Stars
5. 28 Weeks Later
6. Parker Posey on the cover of Paste Magazine
7. Chuck Liddell
8. The last episodes of The Sopranos
9. Ultimate Fighter Season 5
10.Guitar Hero!!!

10 things 3-10-07

2007-03-10T22:00:00.000-08:00

10 things im into this week

1. Zodiac - Fincher has done it again. Not as crazy paced as Fight Club and not as bizarre as Seven, but just as brilliant as both. It sure didn't feel like 3 hours. This is quite a story packed into less than 3 hours and it is told so well!
2. Yes, Anastasia by Tori Amos - this song is around 10 years old. I have been getting tired of my current playlist so I have gone back to some of my favorites. i had to listen to this song a few times in a row. It's quite a journey and story.
3. 13 Tzameti - one of the best french films i have ever seen.
4. Sweet Escape music video by Gwen Stefani
5. My new converse designed by John Varvatos
6. The Black Donnellys
7. Daydreaming about NYC
8. Sex and the City, Friends, and Will and Grace on TBS - all set in NYC
9. In-N-Out chocolate shakes
10.sleeping in 5 extra minutes

10 best things 3-4-07

2007-03-03T21:17:00.000-08:00

1. David Lynch films : Lost Highway, Mulholland Dr. ( i don't know why people get confused by these...i totally understand them)
2. Tostitos with a hint of lime
3. ROME on HBO
4. Blockbuster online - returning the dvds in store is brilliant. This way i get 12 DVDs a week instead of just 6.
5. Hepititus A - thank you Wolfgang Puck. (i don't have it, i already had my shots...but there was a break out at the Sports Illustrated party which caused everyone to get their shots)
6. Making fun of Lost. what was with the writing and acting this week?
7. Dr. Pepper
8. Borrowing screeners for Academy Award nominees
9. The return of RADAR magazine
10.Downloading Nine Inch Nails leaked songs from their upcoming album off the internet (there is a whole story to this...it's interesting.) http://www.ninwiki.com/Main_Page

movies i have seen lately

2007-02-17T23:08:00.000-08:00

Well I went to the queen in the theaters. Helen Mirren was great. It was like watching the queen herself. I also saw...

Half Nelson - what a great movie

Jackass 2 - so funny...the horse semen part almost made me vomit,

The Black Donnellys - a new show on NBC that you can rent the first episode from Netflix...its a show that is good, and will get better...pilots usually suck.

Running With Scissors - wow, the critics didn't like this film, yet it was marketed as such a huge and great movie. It was lame. No need to watch this one.

Hollywoodland - it was ok. i mean, it was good...worth seeing. but i see why it isn't nominated for awards, yeah know.

Crank - great action movie.

American Dreamz - umm..entertaining, pretty much. but nothing great. i mean, yeah, it exactly what i should be.

Down in the Valley - now i love Edward Norton and he doesn't disappoint thin this film. This was a great movie.

Sherrybaby - Maggie Gyllenhaal was good. But I didn't love the movie. there really isn't any b-story lines really, and it is just a long process. I have wanted to see this one since Sundance 2006.

Quinceanera - this was a great film, also coming from Sundance 2006. I really enjoyed it, in fact I watched it twice in a row.

Conversations with Other Women - interesting film, different concept, the split screen gets annoying but glad the filmmaker did it and kept his vision.

Best of 2006

2007-01-15T15:35:00.000-08:00

Top 10 Movies
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Casino Royale
3. The Science of Sleep
4. The Prestige
5. The Departed
6. Little Children
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Thank You For Smoking
9. The Descent
10. The Illusionist
11. Flags of our Fathers
12. Dreamgirls

Best Actor
1. Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed

Best Supporting Actor
1. Daniel Craig – Infamous
2. Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
3. Adam Beach – Flags of our Fathers
4. Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
5. Jack Nicholson – The Departed

Best Supporting Actress
1. Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
2. Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine

Best Actress
***I refuse to answer this – as I have not seen The Queen

Best Horror Film
1. The Descent

Worst Movies
1. Eragon
2. The Promise

Worst Lip-synching
1. Dreamgirls

Bad Movies I Didn't Even Want To See
1. Bobby
2. Click
3. All The King's Men

Overrated Movies
1. Borat

Underrated Films
1. Infamous

Too Bad The Movie Came Out After Someone's Else's Movie About The Same Subject
1. Infamous – great, great movie, and probably better than Capote
in many, many ways, but overlooked because it's a repeat.

Movies I Missed – It Kills Me That I Haven't Seen Them (but will see
them SHORTLY!)
1. A Guide to Recognizing You're Saints
2. Volver
3. Half Nelson
4. The Queen
5. United 93
6. Fur
7. Last King of Scotland
8. Letters From Iwo Jima
9. The Painted Veil

Movies I was Really Sad I Missed So I Rented It And It Was DUMB
1. Brothers of the Head

Movie That Had So Much Potential But Ended Up Being All Over The Place
1. Idlewild
2. Art School Confidential

Best of TV
1. The Office (USA of course)
2. Lost
3. 24
4. Big Love
5. Survivor
6. My Name Is Earl
7. The Simpsons
8. So You Think You Can Dance
9. The Sopranos
10. Masters of Horror (Showtime)
11. Family Guy
12. Curb Your Enthusiasm

Most Gruesome Torture Scene I've Ever Seen
1. Imprint – Masters of Horror (Showtime)
2. Casino Royale

TV I Used To Love But Got Dumb (and by the finale, it will be even
worse next season)
1. Nip/Tuck

Favorite New TV Habit
1. Watching TV online – ABC.com and CBS.com are Awesome

Best Magazines
1. Cargo
2. American Cinematographer
3. Swindle
4. Entertainment Weekly
5. Filter
6. The Fader
7. Movie Maker
8. Film Maker
9. YRB
10. Best Life

Top 10 Albums
1. Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
2. Beck – The Information
3. Keane – Under the Iron Sea
4. The Killers – Sam's Town
5. Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake
6. Broken Boy Soldier – The Raconteurs
7. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
8. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not – Arctic Monkeys

Best Songs
1. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
2. The Kill – 30 Seconds To Mars
3. Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake
4. The River Is Wild – The Killers
5. (tie) City of Delusion – Muse
Knights of Cydonia – Muse
Exo-Politics – Muse
Black Holes and Revelations – Muse
6. A Bad Dream – Keane
7. Nausea - Beck
8. Black Swan – Thom Yorke
9. Sally's Song (from Nightmare Before Christmas) – Fiona Apple
10. Broken Boy Soldier – The Raconteurs
11. Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake
12. Atlantic – Keane
13. Move Along – All American Rejects
14. World Wide Suicide – Pearl Jam
15. The Saints Are Coming – U2 and Green Day
16. Dance, Dance – Fall Out Boy
17. For Reasons Unknown – The Killers
18. Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
19. The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
20. Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
21. Starlight – Muse
22. Is It Any Wonder – Keane
23. Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado
24. SOS - Rihanna
25. Martyr – Depeche Mode
26. Irreplaceable - Beyonce
27. Flathead - Fratellis
28. Random – Lady Sovereign
29. A Black Horse And A Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
30. This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way) – DJ Shadow
31. Maneater – Nelly Furtado

Best Vocal Performance
1. And I Am Telling You – Jennifer Hudson

Best Case Of Selling Out And Making Really Good Music
1. Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado
2. Maneater – Nelly Furtado

Best Song Once You Get Past The First 1:34 Of Song
1. The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

Guilty Pleasure – Music
1. Daughtry

Weirdest Comeback – Music
1. Ricky Martin – Unplugged

Album You Want To Be Good But It's Not
1. Light Grenades – Incubus

Albums I didn't like at first, but grew on me and now I love em
1. The Killers – Sam's Town
2. Gwen Stefani – Sweet Escape

People I Am Tired Of Hearing/Reading About
1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Paris Hilton
3. Britney Spears
4. Nicole Ritchy
5. Mary Kate and Ashley
6. Katherine McPhee

Infamous, the Departed, and more of DVD party

2006-10-28T02:29:00.000-07:00

so, Infamous took a slow start, but I really enjoyed it. Now, I also really enjoyed Capote - there are some things that seperate the two, even though it does follow the same story line. Infamous really goes into the relationship of Truman and these inmates while Capote touched on it a few times, I mean it did more than touch on it, but in Infamous they really dig deep.

The Departed was good. Scorsese can make a good movie. He can also make a bad movie - Gangs of New York. There were some continuity problems...such as Leo is drinking water in one shot but then in the next shot he isn't holding the glass, than in the next shot the glass reappears in his hands - hmmmm. bad editing just like the Aviator (yeah, it won the academy award for editing - which makes you ask, did these people even watch the movie??? i mean it was 3 hours.) but yeah, had major editing problems just like the Aviator, but that just shows ya people don't care about it. which is sad.

On DVD I just finished Friends With Money. More like a bad episode of Desperate Housewives. This movie was dumb. Had no purpose. Great talent but bad movie. So stupid. I don't even know what they got the title from. Ugh. So dumb.

I also watched the Plague - not a bad zombie movie. not the greatest, but ok. And than I watched a movie about some rape and murder in LA, and it was so stupid. Who is making these movies? and where are they getting their money? geez.

I actually interviewed to work on a film, Filet of Soul Productions. (what kind of name is that? stupid) and the producer and director were 2 of the biggest jerks i have ever met in my life. there are a few of them in Hollywood, as you can guess, but it was a misrable experience. Their jokes were really bad and really old, jokes we've all heard, but they like to say them over again because it reminds them of when they could actually get it up...like, oh, you're from utah, how many wives do you have? ha ha. yeah, that's funny. anyways, these are the kind of guys that make these bad movies and think they are actually doing something good.

but really they are lame.

Marie A, the Prestige, Flags...and a few DVD's

2006-10-25T17:22:00.000-07:00

I have really caught up with some films the past few days. First I saw Marie Antoinette. Visually it is beautiful. And overall it is a great film. But it's not amazing. I don't know why. Coppola is so good at this art form and it comes out gorgeous...but yeah, it wasn't amazing.

The Prestige was amazing. Christopher Nolan has become the important American Filmmaker that we all thought we would be when we witnessed Memento at Sundance back in 2001. I loved this movie.

Flags of our Fathers is also an amazing film. Eastwood is so good. I love that man and I've never even seen him. (how strange is that?) But it is so well done...and yes, I did cry.

Than it was DVD fest at my house. I watched The Cavern, The Dark, The New Kids, Deuce Bigalow European Gigalo...and they were all pretty dumb dumb dumb. Than I watched surrender, Dorothy...and the writing had some problems. But ok movie, but dumb. If Diane Keaton weren't in it I wouldn't have finished it. Now I'm watching Cache and I like it. Sometimes I am in the mood to watch a slow French movie, where the camera just sits there and doesn't move. It's a cold, rainy day here in LA so it feels perfect.

Now I need to see Infamous, Running with Scissors, and the Departed all before this weekend when Babel comes out.

(I am just glad that finally there are real movies in the theaters!)

Movies on my list

2006-09-25T23:59:00.000-07:00

Ok, so the box office has been very funny the past 3 weeks. Movies are tanking and it kinda makes me laugh because Hollywood doesn't get it. Anyways, despite all that, and bad reviews, i have a list of film i want to see, and films you should see - and maybe even films you shouldn't see.

THE BLACK DAHLIA - ok, bad reviews, but I still want to see it. What can I say, I love Hilary Swank.
FEARLESS - Jet Li is amazing, and I always love a good fight movie.
JACKASS 2 - The first one killed me. Johnny makes me laugh.
THE LAST KISS - I'm interested.
HOLLYWOODLAND - Also interested, but will probably be a rental.
CRANK - rental, although I would like to see it - maybe it's a sneek into movie.
BROTHERS OF THE HEAD - really mad i missed this one the week it was in theaters here in LA. So rental, but very excited to see it.
SHERRYBABY - in theaters now, but i think it's a rental.

movies you should see
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP - I love it. It was my number 2 movie at Sundance 2006
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - laughed and laughed. my number 1 movie at Sundance 2006
FLY BOYS - this movie has a very sweet love story, and the film is very family friendly, no language or nudity, little violence.

movies i'm excited for
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS - something i didn't get to see at Sundance 2006, but really really wanted to.
AMERICAN HARDCORE - another film i really wanted to see but didn't get to at Sundance 2006.

So, after making this list, there are only a few films that i am actually really excited to see, and the both come out this weekend. anyways, there are my thoughts.

Friday

2006-09-22T15:40:00.000-07:00

So it's friday - and not a lot happened this week. Went to a premiere, that was fun. Had great conversation afterwards with the writer. I really enjoyed that. Other than that I've been pretty down.

I have been watching Sex and the City on HBO On Demand, and the series just wrapped up. It was sad. Why do I love Carrie Bradshaw? I don't know. I can't figure it out. And the show's been over for a few years now. Strange. I guess that shows it is good writing.

Nip/Tuck has not disappointed. I watched the beginning of 6 Degrees. I couldn't get into it, so I changed the channel. I have a lot of respect for JJ Abrahms, so I was sad I didn't get into the show. And do I belive we are all really only 6 Degrees away from each other? Some people yes. It depends on how far you want to stretch one of those degrees - as in you lived on the same block, or same building - doesn't mean we talked to each other or we even knew each other's names.

I'm going to see the Psychodelic Furs tomorrow night. I'm very excited. I've never seen them.

It's interesting that I keep this blog up when noone reads it. Oh well. I will keep it up.

the new fall season

2006-09-17T00:25:00.000-07:00

so, prison break is already in it's 5th episode, and i've seen only one - yeah, i'm quite disappointed in myself as well. Lost doesn't begin until October, and The OC doesn't begin until November. Ahhh - and then we have 24 in January. I can't handle the wait.

Survivor has begun and it was quite an issue to get through the episode. I had it recorded on my DVD-RW, but the DVD was crappy and didn't record it. So I had to buy it off iTunes. And then my computer lagged so it was jumpy. ugh....so I just took a nap.

This week we have Amazing Race - yeah!!! - and ...Old Christine, The Class, The Office, Earl, and a few others. ABC's site is ridiculous. It won't tell you the dates of when the season premiers are on. I hate them. So I have no idea when Desperate Housewives premieres. I hate that ABC site.

Idlewild, Paris, and Fergie.

2006-09-07T18:18:00.000-07:00

ok, so I went and saw Idlewild yesterday. I downloaded 2 songs from the album before and fell in love with them - Call the Law, and PJ and Rooster - great songs. Anyways, the first wasn't in the movie, and the second was a pathetic wanna be show tune performance during the credits. Granted the production design for this number was awesome, had a lot of potential as a show piece, but fell very flat - Andre was doing everything he could to keep it together -but where was his support???!!! His backup dancers, etc, were all lame. Anyways, the film is fun. It's entertaining and enjoyable. Has some great laughs and some great dance numbers. And some of the moments - musically - are fantastic. (did i just say fantastic?) When Andre Benjamin wakes up and sings with his clocks - you just want to scream out - YES!

Paris Hilton - not a fan at all. But i was watching this documentary on her about her new album...and the producers of the album went on and on at how hard Paris worked on it. Granted, how hard is it to really sit in a studio and work on an album? Yes it's hard, I've done it twice, but it's fun. It's something I like to do. So it really doesn't make it work. It's not like she was doing the accounting. Anyways, there is a song on her album, I Want You, and I do like it. I think it's a fun song. So, there's my Paris.

Fergie - gag. give it up. London Bridge??? Uhhhh, did you listen to Hollahback Girl? Because is sure sounds like it. Gwen was at least original. Who are you Fergie? Following in footsteps that are still fresh. Do your own thing. You drive me nuts - you just wanna be Gwen - you dress like her and than copy her music. And on that note, Beyonce has 2 songs that sound like Hollahback Girl. What's up with that?

Finally the fall TV season

2006-09-02T19:31:00.000-07:00

This summer TV has sucked. There's no other way to put it. I did get into So You Think You Can Dance, the choreographers they on there were amazing...so it's always great to see a good dance number. But other than that, TV sucked. I had high hopes for Big Brother - as I was a huge fan during the 4th and 5th season. But was very let down to see who actually was put on the show - guess there weren't enough past house guests that wanted to do it again. And all the talent searches - America's Got Talent, The One, Rock Star, all fell flat to me - Rock Star was at least watchable.

But I was very happy for Prison Break to start. Fox has also started a few other shows - none of which I could sit through. And I know Nip/Tuck begins this coming week...so...good stuff is coming and it's about time.

The Illusionist and parker posey

2006-09-01T01:50:00.000-07:00

This is the movie i saw today. I don't know how I felt about it. I loved the way it looked - i loved the old burnt exposed film look. There were a few shots i really enjoyed. Story wise, hmmm...i don't know how i feel. felt like it was formulaic. so yeah. that's how i felt. i was sad i didn't get to see it at sundance. now i don't know how it would have felt to see it at sundance.

also, the new parker posey/jimmy fallon pepsi commercial. just saw it -funny. i love parker posey. she can do anything and ill go see it. i think she is brilliant. 100% brilliant. give it to me parker.

the vma's 2006

2006-09-01T01:42:00.000-07:00

ok, so im watching them now - shakira's hips don't lie winning best choregraphy? gnarls barkley's crazy winning best direction? i don't know about giving it direction, maybe special effects. and video of the year going to panic on a dance floor? are you kidding? the clear winner of this should have been madonna's hung up. now, however you feel about madonna this video is amazing - it is a piece of art. it surpasses any video that was nominated on these artistic merits. The editing is pretty flawless. The choreography brings back memories of the 80's but it totally does the song justice. anyways, there's my 2 cents on that celebrity/sponsor orgy of an awards show.

Maria Sharipova commercial

2006-08-30T17:36:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have to say that I love it. ESPN said Maria looked to serious in the commercial, but I love it. I love her contrasting energy against everyone that she passes. And having the passer-bys singing the lines of "I Feel Pretty" is done very well, especially playing with the tone and quality of the different voices. But the killer for me, what really makes me love this commercial is the final shot of Maria, after the 200 mph return, the shot of her walking to the camera and taking her stance. I love this shot. I think it's gorgeous.

Daltry Calhoun - but was it really about Daltry?

2006-08-30T17:26:00.000-07:00

I don't know. I watched this film last night - and granted I didn't sit and watch it, but it was more about his daughter's life than his. Plus is was more of a serious film than what Mr. Jackass himself is known for. Now I like Jackass, and I like Knoxville...but was this film right for him? He did a fine job, it was good to see a different side of him...but it brings back memories of Jim Carrey. Daltry pulled in an estimated $12,400. I guess we'll see if Knoxville will be doing another serious film for awhile.

Shows I'm currently watching

2005-11-12T22:24:00.000-08:00

Rome
Prison Break
Desperate Housewives
My Name Is Earl
The Office (NBC)
Survivor
The Apprentice
Nip/Tuck
The OC
Amazing Race

Carnivale - 2nd Season

Saw 2 and The Legend of Zorro

2005-11-12T21:45:00.000-08:00

Another double feature this weekend at Downtown Disney. Ok, I was excited for Saw 2. I didn't love the first one, but for what is was, it was entertaining. The second, geez. Where did the saw come in? What was the motivation of these characters (do you really have to kill eachother to escape? just look at the back of eacherother heads - do you have to be dead to do that)? What was the purpose of the fast paced editing (besides them not being able to film FEAR - they had to edit it in)? And the ending was a total cop out. Not worth your money. Not a true horror film. More annoying than horrifying.

Zorro wasn't the greatest either, but wasn't the worst. It made me laugh out loud a few times - which is a good thing. I enjoyed the performances of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Antonio Banderas, and the actor who plays their son, Adrian Alonso. They were funny when they were supposed to be funny, and they weren't trying to be something they are not. It was entertaining - just a little too long in the end fighting scene - or i should say scenes!

Jarhead and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005-11-12T21:36:00.001-08:00

So, last weekend I did a double feature, Jarhead being the superior film. The first problem with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the narration - I'm not sure if the writer really wants you to be involved in the film. He keeps interrupting the film, pulling you away from these characters. So I never was connected to them - I didn't care what happened to them.

Jarhead was second. I had high hopes for this film and I wasn't disappointed. Now, I'm not saying this is going to be nominated for any Oscars, but I don't think it will hurt Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard on their road to the Oscars (Jake with very strong performances in Proof and the upcoming film Brokeback Mountain, and Peter in The Dying Gaul) I like Jake. I've liked Jake ever since I watched October Sky many many years ago. But what really made me a fan was when I saw Donnie Darko back at Sundance in 2001. That movie felt like the movie that I have always wanted to make. Anyways, I'm a fan of Jakes and always will be. And Jarhead was a good film.