Let's Pretend I Have a Thesis. Pretend Lang...
December 18 , 2005
ayan, aalis na ako papuntang Davao. goodbye. good luck. good christmas. good new year. good whatever.
don't forget to greet me on my birthday: dec. 27!. pero kung hindi ako magreply, malamang ako ay: tulog, tinatamad o walang load. pero most likely tinatamad lang talaga ako.
kung wala rin kayong load, send me a greeting through email or kung gusto nyo, telepathically (shet, ang corny) hehe. joke lang. kung makalimutan nyo, okay lang. para namang naaalala ko rin pag birthday ninyo.
at isang warning, hindi rin ako nagsesend ng corny christmas and new year messages at di rin ako nagrereply sa mga nagsesend ng corny christmas at new year messages. kaya sasabihin ko na ang lahat dito:
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
ayan, mawawala na ako for the next few weeks. i'll be back in manila by jan. 1 (ang sad) anyway, for now, i'll leave you with:
my not-so-grownup christmas list
1. pera (also known as book money. pero kung gusto niyo...)
2. libro talaga (basta wag lang tagalog. hala. naalala ko may assignment nga pala ako sa pi100. anywayz...)
3. a semblance of a thesis (okay, meron na pala. therefore, a concrete thesis. sa words ni armando lao, hindi abstract.)
4. si *toot*! (joke lang. pero according to freud [or if not him, someone else] jokes are half-meant.)
5. world peace (joke lang ulit. pero totoong joke na 'to. di na half-meant. hindi naman sa ayaw ko ng world peace. pero as if.)
okay then, sasabihin ko ulit para maging redundant. wala lang.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
55 New Messages and The Golden Globes...
December 17 , 2005
Okay, so my blog-life (not to mention my whole online-life) has been kinda lost lately (see previous posts and take note of the dates) and I know that a lot has happened lately with the POV and the 20-days-till-i'm-20-arcade-celebration and the Cinema Yule Ball and the Lantern Parade/Miss Eng'g and the equally lostness of my thesis mode and the seeing of the ex-crush, etc...
but i find that i have nothing really interesting to say.
except this:
i'm 19 and almost 20. still single and living vicariously through the romantic attachments of other people. and hopefully will graduate soon if i can somehow get my act together... (but i exaggerate, i'm doing fine thesis-speaking, and academically speaking, and extra curricular activities aka organization speaking and friend speaking and all other types of speaking except the romantic-type which is overrated anyway and i'm not really making sense anymore.)
so there, now it's established that i'm fine (how are you, by the way?), here are the golden globe nominees for...
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Good Night, and Good Luck.
A History of Violence
Match Point
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice woohoo!
The Producers
The Squid and the Whale
Walk the Line
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Russell Crowe for Cinderella Man
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Maria Bello for A History of Violence
Felicity Huffman for Transamerica
Gwyneth Paltrow for Proof
Charlize Theron for North Country
Ziyi Zhang for Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Pierce Brosnan for The Matador
Jeff Daniels for The Squid and the Whale
Johnny Depp for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nathan Lane for The Producers
Cillian Murphy for Breakfast on Pluto
Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Judi Dench for Mrs. Henderson Presents
Keira Knightley for Pride & Prejudice
Laura Linney for The Squid and the Whale
Sarah Jessica Parker for The Family Stone
Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
George Clooney for Syriana
Matt Dillon for Crash
Will Ferrell for The Producers
Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man
Bob Hoskins for Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Scarlett Johansson for Match Point
Shirley MacLaine for In Her Shoes
Frances McDormand for North Country
Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain
Best Director - Motion Picture
Woody Allen for Match Point
George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck.
Peter Jackson for King Kong
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Fernando Meirelles for The Constant Gardener
Steven Spielberg for Munich
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Crash - Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Match Point - Woody Allen
Munich - Tony Kushner, Eric Roth
Lots more of this in imdb. Sadly, no King Kong nod for best picture (haven't watched it yet though it's showing in theaters now. hope its showing in davao since its cheaper to watch there. if not, video 48 here we go!). I'm also dying to watch Match Point and Brokeback Mountain and Breakfast on Pluto and The Producers (waah, not to mention Elizabethtown. video 48 here we go again!)
It think that Brokeback Mountain will get most awards though. I only hope P&P will get some too but i don't think so. though i like Johnny Depp, am rooting for Cillian Murphy to win best actor in a musica/comedy.
Let's go Oscars! (an labo)
Lost
December 16 , 2005
There are days when you can't help but wonder if you really know what you're doing.
This is one of those days.
Elizabeth
November 27, 2005
forgive me for excluding Elizabeth in my comparisons. But I have nothing really to say except Keira Knightley's Elizabeth is more tomboyish while Jennifer Ehle's Elizabeth is more mature, though still playful and Aishwarya Rai is, well, Indian.
the many faces of Elizabeth (Keira Knightley, Jennifer Ehle and Aishwarya Rai)
As I said, I'll post a better article someday, but for now, I've watched P&P about 5 times already so I think I'll give it a rest and wait for it to show in an actual theater. (But i'm dying to watch the trailer again. It's one of the best trailers I've ever seen in my life. The only other trailer that affected me like this was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.)
Anyway, I've been hanging out around imdb a lot and discovered that The Last Unicorn will be made into a live action film. Christopher Lee will play King Haggard while Jonathan Rhys Meyers will play Schmendrick the Magician. No news on who will play Lady Amalthea and Prince Lir. I wish a copy of the animated version will appear in the horizon someday soon.
Pride and Prejudice: The 5th Time Around
November 26, 2005
I've forgotten the exact date I first read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I remember reading about it and I remember finally reading it sometime in high school and enjoying it immensely and until now it's still in my favorite books list.
one day, i went to watch Bridget Jones's Diary with my friends and the first time I saw Colin Firth on screen, i thought to myself: this guy would make a perfect Darcy. after some research, I found out that he did play Mr. Darcy in BBCs adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Of course, it took a couple of years before I was able to find a copy of the TV miniseries and actually watch it and after watching it at least 4 times and watching other adaptations of P&P, my opinion has not changed. Colin Firth still is the perfect Darcy.
Not to say that Matthew MacFadyen doesn't make a great Mr. Darcy in the recent P&P adaptation. While Firth as Darcy is smouldering and sexual, MacFadyen is more tortured and romantic. And though I would love to insert some comparison with Laurence Olivier's Darcy, I can barely remember the 1940 P&P movie. Still, any of them is better than Martin Henderson's Darcy in Bride and Prejudice who was so bland i developed a crush on Aishwarya Rai's Elizabeth instead.
the many faces of Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen, Colin Firth, Laurence Olivier [right] and Martin Henderson [left])
I also think that Keira Knightley made a terrific Elizabeth. A bit too thin, though but lively and pleasant just the same.
The debate now is which one is the best adaptation. I love the BBC version because it is the one long enough to fit most of the story in. I find it a bit TV-ish though, especially when compared to the 2005 version's glorious cinematography. And I found the characters in the 2005 film more real in a sense that they are more modern compared to the more mannerly BBC version. The main difference is indeed that the BBC version was more of a comedy of manners about the society during their time while the 2005 version is more of a passionate romantic tale (or a historical rom-com film as my friends would put it.)
the lovers united (Keira Knigtley and Matthew MacFadyen, Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson)
But I guess any debate is useless. And I would like to post a more scholarly one in the future when I have copies of all films with me. But for now let me say that Pride and Prejudice, in whatever medium, country or time, is still one of the best love stories ever written and should be enjoyed no matter how or when or why.
some more comments:
Rosamund Pike who plays Elizabeth's older sister Jane has some percent of Filipino blood in her veins.
Orlando Bloom, is that you? well not really, but Rupert Friend who plays Wickham looks a lot like him, it's disturbing.
aren't they just gorgeous? bwahahahaha!
Bago Ako Bigyan ng Nag-Blog Ka Pa Award Ni Ms. Irene Ladignon...
November 17, 2005
ayan, maguupdate na ako. ano na nga ba nangyari sa buhay ko?
Nagsawa na ako sa paglaro ng Sims2. Na-discover ko na nagbebenta ang A Different Bookstore ng brand new pocketbooks sa presyong 185 pesos. Nagawan ko na ng special page si sara teasdale. Napalitan ang bwisit na sked at ngayon MWTh na lang ang klase ko. Nakapagsulat na rin ng lyrics ng bagong kanta na wala pang tono at nakapagcompose ng tono na wala pang lyrics. Nakabili ng mga bagong libro na hindi ko pa nababasa. Napanood ang Harry Potter sa lazyboy theater ng Gateway. Wala pa rin nagawa para sa thesis.
Hindi. Meron naman. Slight. Nakahiram ako ng apat na libro sa library tungkol sa cinematography pero hindi pa umabot ng isang chapter ang nabasa ko.
Ayan inaaligaga na ako ng aking allergy. Paalam.
A Note on Chickens*
November 1, 2005
why did the stupid chicken cross the road and get run over by a 10-wheeler truck?
i'll tell you why. because it was too busy looking at the chicken-of-his-dreams at the other side, that's why. too busy gazing at the other chicken's smile to pay attention to his brain or his peripheral vision. not to mention the other not-so-dreamy-but-nonetheless-cool chickens at his side of the road. no, the stupid chicken just had to make that attempt to cross the road to get to the other side.
all chickens are idiots. and going after one is suicide, not to mention even more idiotic. but what can we do if the nature of a chicken is indeed idiotic?
therefore, i will not be unos by a one-way chicken or a lack of chickens for that matter, one-way or other.
*for those who have suffered, are suffering, will suffer. you know who you are
