A pocketful of air

Wide Awake

2009-01-27T02:00:00.000-08:00

During my time being a member of the ever-expanding Twilight fandom, I have noticed one common denomiator in every situation that has occured in which backlash and outrage (or even just a massive explosion of universal emotion) has featured--obsession. I would like to say, right now, that I've noticed the Twilight fandom can and will get obsessed to the point of insanity about anything. Be it casting for New Moon, Rob's hair, comparisons with True Blood...

Here's one of the newest ones: Wide Awake.

What is Wide Awake?

Well... if you have to ask that question, it's clear you're neither a) an obsessed Twilight fan, or b) involved with the Twilight fanfic community. The answer for the uninitiated is: Wide Awake is a very long, WIP fanfic written by author AngstGoddess003. It revolves around a very different Edward and Bella--characters who avoid sleep in order to avoid reliving incredibly traumatic events of their past.

I held off for as long as I could. I saw it mentioned, referenced, raved about a bajillion times before I finally started to read it. You know what got me? When it became a thread on IMBd, a site for the movie. Yeah, that's when. And by doing so, I became exposed to the incredible obsession so many fans seem to have formed for this fanfiction.

I'm only on chapter five, and although what I've read is quite good, I am yet to see what the fuss is about. I started reading it the other day, and I'm determined not to get sucked in as hard as I did with another recent discovery of mine, Innocent, Vigilant and Ordinary. That one caused me to deflect sleep just so I could finish it. Not good for the bags under my eyes, at any rate.

There's already multiple fan-video-trailers for this fanfic on youtube, a livejournal community and a crazy fan following. This fic is about as big as it can get, and I can't see it waning just yet.

...Unless, of course, a new obsession is created. Like when New Moon starts filming.

Hana Pestle

2009-01-11T22:59:00.000-08:00

What can I say? For once self-promotion on Myspace actually worked with me.

Usually, I get added by bands slash events slash people in general, hoping to promote their music slash event slash product. And whatever. I add them, and I never follow through. Heartless? Not really. I just presume that I was one of thousands added, and it'll work with SOMEONE, that someone not being me.

But, for some reason, I looked into this one.

And, boy am I thankful.

Hana Pestle. Where do I begin? From my random googling, she's apparently a singer/songwriter in her late teens, who is pushing to get her song "Need" on the New Moon Motion Picture Soundtrack. I figured she was just one of many, but then I gave the song a listen.

Picture a voice that sounds eerily similar to Amy Lee (i'm sure, a consequence of the producer being Ben Moody, who did his thing with Evanescence) and an intricate, haunting piano in the background, and you have yourself a perfect New Moon song. Seriously, I think this one has what it takes.

Check out her myspace, or click here to download "Need", and tell me what you think.

Twilight Soundtrack Update

2008-11-17T03:53:00.000-08:00

November 22nd is the day I’ll be able to get my hands on it, finally, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t heard pretty much every song on the whole thing anyway.
Since I last wrote about this, the last few songs have been released:

MuteMath – Spotlight (Twilight Mix)

Quoting that Crystal Waters song, Pure Love. On my first listen, I was HOOKED. I downloaded a few of their songs prior to hearing this one, and this song just cemented my belief that they are like America’s answer to Taxiride.

My prediction –this song will be used in EITHER:

a) Bella at school after she’s just started dating Edward. I can just imaging the beginning of the song underlying Bella looking all forlorn/worshipful at Edward after realising she’ll be the centre of attention, again, for an entirely new reason.

b) The baseball scene. It’s upbeat, and rocking. Nuff said.

Perry Farrell – Go All The Way (Into The Twilight)

My train of thought on this song is thus follows:
On first listen: WTF?
Second listen: Um…
Third listen: Alexandra Patsavas, what the F where you thinking, allowing this to go onto the soundtrack?
Twentieth listen: Fine. Whatever. I’m resigned. It get’s stuck in your head, and just. won’t. leave.

My opinion? I expected a lot more. I mean, when I heard the lead from Nine Inch Nails was collaborating on it, I thought, “Heck yes! A song worthy of Twilight!”. I thought it would be gritty and rocky.

Erm. No. In fact, the girl sounds like she’s pinching her nose, and the guy sounds like his things are getting squeezed, admidst all the “Lightning strikes! Let’s gooooooo, into the twilight!”

I’m not even KIDDING. Lightning strikes? What’s next, thunder crashes? Sailor Jupiter comes running in with her arms over her head, calling upon her powers?

Okay, yes, kind of dramatic, but honestly, I couldn’t believe it. I don’t really like the song, but like I said on the twentieth listen, it’s catchy. It gets in your head. But god forbid it get radio play.
My prediction – considering the (coughcheesyandcompletelyunrelated) lyrics:

The bedroom scene. No doubt about it. They will ruin a steamy, tension-filled scene with ‘LIGHTNING STRIIIIIIIIIIIKES in the twilighhhhhhhhhhhht!’ I am currently crying. Can you tell?

Paramore – I Caught Myself

Another good Paramore song, although I have to admit RIGHT NOW I am a member of the Decode-was-better movement. Because… Decode WAS better.

Some people say that they prefer this song, purely because it goes back to Paramore’s roots. I swear I read at some point that “Decode was too emotional for Paramore” I’m trying to find the positive in that. After my whole life of music, I figured emotion was one of the main parts of it. Maybe I was wrong.

My prediction – it’ll be used in the beginning of the movie as either Emo-Edward’s or Insecure-Bella’s anthem. It works either way. But probably Edward. And probably as he’s watching her.

As Edward does.

And just on a side note—Decode’s been officially released, video and all, for a while now. The video keeps in the Twilight theme without rubbing the I’M-ON-THE-TWILIGHT-SOUNDTRACK-AND-THIS-SONG-WILL-BE-IN-THE-MOVIE-AND-DID-I-MENTION-IT’S-RELATED-TO-TWILIGHT??? label in your face (not mentioning names, Farrell). In fact, I heard it on Nova 106.9 the other day and fangirl squealed, jumping around my room like the teenager I am.

The Loss of the Spanner

2008-11-16T03:19:00.000-08:00

Currently listening to: “Trouble Trouble” by The Potbelleez.

I admit, I usually avoid the show Australian Idol at all costs. Period. The show is lame, lame, lame, and the winners never get ANYWHERE. If I rack my brains hard enough, I can only just remember the last few winners… Natalie Gouchie (sp?)… some Irish guy… nothing.

Sure, when it first came out, I was all Guy vs Shannon too. I loved the first season. And guess what? Obviously a lot of people did too, because you still hear from Guy, and I own Shannon’s albums. The guy rocks my unsocked feet, which is weird because I usually avoid country music in the same respect as Australian Idol. The guy has such a typical Aussie voice though, so all is forgiven.
Anyway, it was by pure chance that I caught last weeks performance of a man called Mark Spano, aka “Spannerman”, with the gravelly voice and scars that have you begging to ask how he got them. The guys got the whole sexy-and-dangerous thing down. Pat.

So, naturally, he got booted off tonight.

Honestly, he was the only reason why I tuned in this week. I don’t think I was alone in melting at his rendition of Chris Issak’s “Bad Bad Thing” last week. I mean, he OWNED that song. Even Issak himself (who, conveniently, was on the judging panel) said that, if he could go back, that was how he should have recorded the song. But whatever.

My point is, my heart is now bleeding. Here I was thinking, “Finally! We have a man who can out-sing the lead singer of Kings of Leon at his own song!”. But no. Gone, baby, gone.

Halloween

2008-11-14T02:41:00.000-08:00

Currently listening to: "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun.

I embraced it and I feared it this year. I mean, I live in Australia. Halloween is usually just another night, sometimes acknowledged and treated with the same amount of wariness as Friday the 13th, but nevertheless unimportant.

Until this year.

Heck, what happened this year? As far back as I care to remember, this year went off like nobody's business. And it was surreal.

My first tip-off was the Halloween merch sales at job number one. Usually each year we get heaps of the stuff, we have nowhere to put it, it becomes something of an eyesore, and is eagerly stashed into toys once November 1 rolls around. This year, however, we couldn’t replenish the stock fast enough. So much so, in fact, that our dearest manager, Dolly, allowed us to dress up and listen to something other than the regulatory music our store is forced to endure. Yep, you guessed it. Thrillers all around.

…Of course I got stuck with making the music (naturally).

It was actually fairly easy, once I decided to embrace the stereotypical Halloween songs. At first I’m all, “There is NO WAY we’re listening to the Time Warp. Nope. Nada.” Then, after my alternate songs ran dry—I managed to find a Prodigy remix of “Ghost Town” and Siobhan’s “Ghosts”—I just gave into the Mash. The Monster Mash.

…You may or may not find me guilty of also slipping in a little “Talk Like That” by The Presets. My argument (apart from the fact that, as a piece of seriously awesome Aussie music that deserves to be flaunted wherever possible) was that it sounded so stereotypically retro, so why not, right? Even if the lyrics has nothing to do with the big H, per se.

Embracing our inner demons, with blood on our necks--AmEx, Dolly (top) and Peggy and me (bottom).

My turn to rock the meat cleaver. Oh yeah.

Anyways, it was totally worth it. We ended up making double what we usually do, so everybody wins. When I told my boss at job number two about it, he just looked at me and said, “Don’t expect that here.”

Being my usual nosy-journalist-in-training self, I ask “Why?”

“Because it’s a stupid American tradition and it makes me sick. If any kids come to my door and ask for a freaking trick or treat, I tell them ‘GO TO FREAKING AMERICA IF YOU WANT A FREAKING TREAT! GET AWAY FROM MY HOUSE!’”

Nevertheless, by this time I’m blinking at him in shocked silence, mentally apologising to the trauma those poor kids must suffer ever October 31st. Instead, I just reply meekly:

“Um. Pretty sure Halloween is an Irish tradition.”

Someone must love me, otherwise I may have gotten fired at that moment.

Fast and the Furious Returns!

2008-10-13T01:52:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: "What Else Is There?" by Royksopp.

This is probably old news, but during my looks through the myspace trailer park I noticed this:

How awesome is that? I loved the first one out of all of them the best, so it'll be great to see the original cast back (in what should have been the sequel, in my opinion). I suddenly can't wait for 09...

It came, I saw, It conquered (my heart)

2008-10-12T02:57:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: "Doesn't Matter (Juan Maclean Remix)" by Kasper Bjorke.

It’s been just over 48 hours, but—if it’s possible, and I’m starting to believe it is—the Twilight phenomenon has GROWN, thanks to the release of the final theatrical trailer.

Just putting it out there, before I watched it I expected the worst. Well, okay, that’s a little exaggerated. I guess I didn’t expect it to be good.

I was wrong. It was made of AWESOME.

Unlike a lot of people, I don’t mind the changes they made for the movie. I guess I was conditioned early on with the Harry Potter movies to expect things to be different, so nothing really surprised me, not even the tree-climbing-fiasco people can’t seem to get over. It’s a movie. They need to amp things up otherwise it’ll be all definitions of dull. They need to emphasise the different aspects of the movie—the romance, the action, the supernatural side—to pull in different demographics.

My favourite parts:

- The music. A lot of people have commented on how it didn't suit, but I find it did--incredibly well. And the techno-ish transition? Kinda sounded reminiscent of the Prodigy's old sound in Fat of the Land (but slowed down).

- The diner scene at the very beginning – “You gotta give me some answers”. If I do say so myself, Robert is looking especially Edward-ian and HOT in this part. Not that he doesn’t look hot in the entire thing. But he especially pulls it off here.

- The Kiss. Yes. Capitalised, because of how good it was. It was… hot. If people doubted the chemistry before, it should have been snuffed at this part. I don’t think they could have casted it better, and I don’t think I could be more jealous of Kristen in this part. I would have died a happy woman if we could have swapped for that particular scene. And MTV Best Kiss Awards in 09, anyone?

- The homage they paid to the cover of the book in the form of Edward catching the apple. So well done, and probably so appreciated by the fans of the book, too.

- Alice, Jasper and Emmett leaping over the balcony all Matrix-like. Very, very cool.

My only issue with the trailer was they didn’t include the human kids enough—Mike, Angela, Eric, Jessica and Jacob. Especially considering Jacob plays such an important role in the upcoming books, I would have thought they’d have put him in. But oh well, beggars can’t be choosers, and this trailer blew me away. I think it blew away quite a few people—for once, I haven’t seen a slew of hate for it yet (coughBreakingDawncough).

And just for the record:

Aww. They are too cute.

My New Novella Obsession: The House of Night Series

2008-10-12T01:34:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: "Disturbia" by Rihanna.

(I may have a spoiler or two in this entry)

I have just recently discovered a brand new book series to sink my teeth into (painful pun intended). The House of Night series, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, is about a teenage girl who is Marked—practically ‘chosen’ to become a vampyre—and must move to the House of Night, a boarding school for teenagers who have been Marked, and try to live through the Change (the period of years in which the body slowly transforms from human to vampyre).

The only problem? Not everyone lives through the Change. Like some vaccinations for diseases, not everyone’s body accepts the metamorphosis. If the body rejects the Change, the person dies in a pretty gross way.

I’ve read the first three books in the series—Marked, Betrayed and Chosen—and so far like it a lot. It’s different from Twilight, but also the same: it takes previous Vampire lore, gives it a swift kick up the ass and presents us with something different. House of Night is slightly more stereotypical though—the students sleep through the day and wake when the sun goes down, are pale, have really long, thick hair and are usually superhumanly beautiful. A difference, though, is that changing into a vampyre is a slow process that ends with their Mark (the crescent moon tattoo between their eyes) being filled in and an intricate band of tattoos adorning their face and body, and of course developing the bloodlust and extreme power.

The main character, Zoey, is more of a Suze Simon than a Bella Swan, something I kinda appreciate, especially with a story like this one. The novels bring back memories of the Mediator series by Meg Cabot, my first love: Zoey is witty and kicks serious ass, but is still burdened by the everyday problems of being a teenager—such as dating three guys at once and her best friend (and roommate) rejecting the Change and dying in her arms. At times I felt like throwing the books across the room because of some of her decisions, but on the flip side it just goes to show how good the characterisation is—to merit such extreme emotions in me, they must be doing a pretty stellar job.

I checked out their site, and the yearbook is worth checking out--except for the guy they chose for Erik Night. Sooo not how I pictured him. But everyone else was gold.

The fourth, Untamed, is out in the US already, but I’m still waiting for it to come out over in Aussie Land. Hopefully it lives up to my expectations!

Hitler Wasn't Dazzled By Breaking Dawn

2008-10-08T19:32:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: "Full Moon" by the Black Ghosts.

It's controversial, it's exaggerated, it's completely, freaking HILARIOUS. For all those people who were just slightly scandalized by Breaking Dawn (not that I'm one of the haters, sorry!):

I especially heart the last bit about Midnight Sun *sob*. That was a sad day, it really was.

My Prediction

2008-10-08T09:28:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: "Ruby" by the Kaiser Chiefs.

Disclaimer: My opinion. If you don’t agree with it, I respect that.

I fully stand by my predictions—when I seriously bother to make them—and they usually turn out accurate. When I first borrowed out Twilight in 05, I knew the book would be the start of something beautiful. Like, no one at the time listened to me, sure, but now I have the right to smush it in their face with a massive “LOL at you!” When I heard the rights to Gossip Girl, a series of books I’ve loved since forever, had been sold early last year, I told anyone who would listen to watch out for it, because it’d be the next OC for sure. Again, no one cared at the time…

My current prediction? I’ll let you in on it.

It’s all about Katy Perry at the moment, right? She came out of freaking nowhere, almost, with a catchy song to boot, and now she’s all anyone cares about. For now. I’m officially adding Katy Perry to my list of blink-and-you’ll-miss them talents that I’ve seen over the past few years.

The definition of blink-and-you’ll-miss them’s: they are the SHIT while their songs are in the top 10; people get over their songs faster than they eat a block of chocolate, and they disappear forever, perhaps returning every now and again to pump out a song that is epic FAIL.

The first person on the BAYMT list is… Sandi Thom.

You don’t know who Sandi Thom is? Or, better yet, REMEMBER who she is? Well that, my friend, therein lies what I’m talking about. One or two years ago, she released a couple of hits – “I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)” and “What If I’m Right?” Everyone was hailing her as the next Missy Higgins, or whatever.

Yeah. I bet Missy took offence to that, too.

The second person on the BAYMT list is (not everyone will agree with this, but I’m sticking with their popularity in Australia so…) Lily Allen.

She came out with her infamous myspace popularity, a Kelly-Osbourne-approach to everyone and a witty song laced with her English accent – “Smile”. Instant success over here, and everyone freaking loved it. Then came a few others, including “LBD”, but now… nada. The only time I see her in tabloids anymore is to see that she’s gone from size twelve to size eight, seemingly with the aid of drugs.

Go figure.

So now, onward with Katy Perry! I’m guessing that her first album will be a chart success—no brains there—for around two or three months at best. The setback with instantly catchy songs is, well, they reach their use-by date so much quicker than others. Soon, if someone so much as quotes “I kissed a girl…and I liked it,” they’ll probably get a guitar pick shoved up their ass just for saying it, because it will be SO OVER. She’ll return in a little while with another album, only to have it do as well as those aforementioned.

But hey, that’s just me, and I’m on Bitching Madness Wednesday at the moment.

P.S: Back on the topic of Katy Perry… she DOES look like Zooey Deschanel, right???

The Official Twilight Soundtrack

2008-10-07T21:18:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: “That’s Not My Name” by The Ting Tings.

Dude, I’ve literally waited for this day for MONTHS. I’m something of a music nerd, so I was actually anticipating the music they were going to use more so than the actual movie. I’m a freak, I’m aware of it.

It was announced today the official tracklist, and apparently they’re ALL appearing in the movie:

1. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
2. Paramore – Decode
3. The Black Ghosts – Full Moon
4. Linkin Park – Leave Out All The Rest
5. MuteMath – Spotlight (Twilight Mix)
6. Perry Farrell – Going All The Way (Into The Twilight)
7. Collective Soul – Tremble For My Beloved
8. Paramore – I Caught Myself
9. Blue Foundation – Eyes On Fire
10. Rob Pattinson – Never Think
11. Iron and Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth
12. Carter Burwell – Bella’s Lullaby

I was already aware that Supermassive Black Hole was going to be on it, and I heard Decode when it was released a few days ago, but I was very surprised to see Tremble For My Beloved on the final list—for Stephenie Meyer used that song herself in the original Twilight playlist.

I’ve given all the tracks—bar the ones that haven’t actually officially been released yet, such as the one by Perry Farrell and Robert Pattinson—a listen, and I like it. I don’t LOVE it, but I like it. The song by The Black Ghosts is easy listening and I love love the Blue Foundation song. I appreciate new music, and the music Alexandra Patsavas picked out suits the theme incredibly well…

I just—and I KNOW I’m not the only one out there—wish that Time Is Running Out by Muse, perhaps a little Why Does It Always Rain On Me by Travis… or even just a bit of In My Place by Coldplay, made it on. Because, to me, those three songs are just so purely Twilight. I’m just a little put out that, of all the songs Stephenie Meyer had put on the original playlist, they chose the one by Collective Soul. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good song, but they picked the one I liked least out of the playlist. I should probably just count my blessings, though. They could have included My Chemical Romance, after all.

Oh, and Blue October is missing—I thought for sure that it was a given, considering Justin toured with Stephenie for her Breaking Dawn tour. Obviously not.

I’ll still be buying it on November 4th, though. I can’t miss this CD, Coldplay or no Coldplay.

My two cents

2008-10-07T20:52:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: "Without It" by MuteMath

I decided to grace the world with my opinion on this atrocity:

Yes. The heel-less boots. The very ones that Victoria Beckham has been whoring around town lately—because boots with no heel are so comfortable, and versatile.

Right.

They look, in a word, STUPID. And they scream DAMAGE, too. You’re basically balancing on the balls of your feet. What a way to ruin your feet, right? At least they went out in style.

Or not.

I’ll bet my next lousy pay-check that she only wore them to get a rise out of everybody—not because she actually believes they’ll be in next season—because I bet there’s nothing more Posh Spice loves more than to be on the front cover of every tabloid.

Tekken Movie

2008-10-06T03:29:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to: "One Headlight" by Wallflowers

Obviously, I’ve been under a rock where this movie is concerned—the last time I wrote about this movie was way back in January, and apparently since then the entire thing has been CASTED and FILMED! Where have I been?

Wait. Don’t answer that. I know where I have been, and it definitely wasn’t anywhere near Tekken.

I blame:

Exactly. Now, moving on.

My opinion on the casting? I just watched this youtube video:

You know what? I don’t hate any of them. And, I’m happy to say, I fully approve of who they chose as Nina and Ling. I mean, in the game, Nina is supposed to be something of a skank. An assassin, sure, but a skank. The chick who’s playing her has already been and done the Maxim covers. So go figure, she’s already something of a sex symbol.

The only thing I’m kinda bummed about is the fact that they don’t have Michelle in it. Other than Nina and Ling, she’s also My Character. It said on Wiki that she’s being played by Holly Marie Combs (woo, go Piper!) but considering it’s not anywhere else, I doubt that’s true anymore. I know I should listen to my friend Minus-5 when she said I should believe everything I read on Wikipedia. But it’s just so… convenient! Information like THAT.

My opinion on the directing? Hmm… the only things I recognise that he’s directed is Prison Break, Bones and Free Willy. Just putting it out there, I haven’t seen the first or the last, and watched half an episode of Bones. So I won’t go there.
Overall, I’m excited. It’ll be interesting to see whether it’s any good, considering beat-em-up video games don’t exactly have a good history of being turned into movies…

It'll be the thing that saves the MTV Movie Awards this year...

2008-05-28T03:31:00.000-07:00

It may have been a long time ago, but oh man, I remember when the MTV movie awards used to be worth watching. The one liners were actually funny and the awards weren’t so practiced it was like a surgical procedure. It had some specialty to it, and not just for the fact that it got shitloads of celebrities under the same roof in one night. The last couple of years though, it’s gotten a tad sad. I watched it last year, and the year before, for the same reason I watch the ARIA’s and such… just to find out who was nominated, and who won, in my favourite categories.

BUT, lo and behold, while I’m trying to distract myself this morning – from what I considered my impending doom (my driving test… which I passed, thank goodness) – I read the entry for Twilight Tuesday on the Lexicon. Apparently, the awards show this Sunday is going to be shamelessly promoting three movies – Wanted, The Dark Knight and Twilight. Prior to the show, they’ll be showing a full scene from Twilight. They've kept mum about which scene it is exactly, but they did let it slip that the three stars attending the awards - Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Cam Gigandet (sp?) were the only three in the scene. Any Twilighter can instantly figure out it would be around the end, possibly the ballet scene. I hope it's a good one.

You don’t have to have a phD to figure out that at least MTV aren’t stupid. They are being smart this year in what kind of movies they’re promoting. They KNOW that the Twilight fan-base is like a bunch of rabid dogs (I’ll include myself in this generalisation), and the Dark Knight is an automatic hit (from both it’s pre-existing fan base and Heath Ledger’s role), so they’ll figure it’ll get at least some people watching.

Oh, who am I kidding? If I had cable, I would be glued to the show too.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

2008-05-21T02:45:00.000-07:00

*massive GUT-WRENCHING scream*

THIS cannot be happening! TELL ME IT'S NOT TRUE!!!

The site that broke my heart.

And the site that told me about it, before my heart was broken.

I so wish I hadn't seen that. I can barely wait the six months until it's released. But SEVEN?! FORGEDABOUTIT.

I'll just hope against hope that the hype will cause them to change their minds and release it earlier...

Sometimes I really hate living in down under. We get the CRAPPIEST movies the same time as America (cough Prom Night cough), but a movie that my life is ON HOLD for?

Don't worry about me. I'll just go lick my wounds.

A Twilight round-up

2008-05-21T02:16:00.000-07:00

First of all, I love hisgoldeneyes with a passion.

I do.

A couple of days ago, they were brilliant and told us the music that featured in the Twilight teaser trailer (it’s not up there anymore… maybe someone told them to take it down?). Apparently, it’s a little piece called “Red Mist” by a dude called Jim Dooley, whose past credits have Spiderman 3, among other things.

(Promotion? I don’t think so.)

Anyway, you’ll find the file here.

Listen to it. You won’t regret it. I love it, for a reason unknown (my love of Twilight aside). Don’t ask me in particular why, I just doooo.

*inserts random picture of RPatz just to satisfy the fangirl side I've embarrassingly acquired as of late*

Second, I love love love this fan-made video – another New Moon, Bella/Edward/Jacob thing. Like I said before, I wasn’t much of a fan of these videos previously, but I’ve lately converted due to the fact that actual footage from the movie is being used, making it a tad more realistic. And, also, I’m a massive fan of the song by Take That, so go figure:

“Patience” by Rubber Duck Inc.

Third, dabbling around on fanfiction.net does have its perks. I uncovered this story, and let’s just say, I’ll never look at a pair of socks the same way again. It’s totally simple, but totally funny:

Jacob Black buys a new pair of socks. No, really.

And fourth... I love these two. Can't wait to see them in the movie playing good old Rosalie and Emmett.

On an unrelated Twilight note, I really want to read some of Jane Austen’s stuff. I read a period-orientated piece of work on the weekend, and I’m hooked. Or maybe I should just rent out Pride and Prejudice again, among others…

Oh, Mr Darcy!

Feudalicious

2008-05-20T02:11:00.000-07:00

I wrote this song, at first, for inspiration in Ancient History last year in grade 12. It worked out so well, that I decided to study people cashing up (the Feudal system) than people dying left, right and centre (Black Death).

Here's the byproduct that accompanied my speech, to the beat of Fergie's "Fergalicious". Read it... if you dare...

FEUDALICIOUS

Now listen up y'all, coz this is it
the system that we working is feud-ali-cious

Feudalicious definition: make those peasants pay!
They want your treasure so they’ll get their pleasures from a tray
And you can see me, you can beat me
It is easy, it is peasy
I got reasons why I cash up
Money comes and goes with seasons

Feudalicious (Feudalicious)
But I aint too different coz
You put us all together
We're all sucked in right nether
We blow kisses
To all them kings up high, high
And they be looking down at me to make sure I follow their style (four, tres, two, uno)

It's feudalicious
My tax cut (is non existent)
I give them crops a chop-chop
It's feudalicious
They want the money that I got
It's feudalicious
T-t-t-t-t-tax, tax cut!

Feudalicious definition: make those peasants pay!
They always come a knocking we are bottom
Hence I say it is
T to the A, X, A T I O N, and
Aint nobody pays as harsh a price as me!

It's feudalicious (feudalicious)
The working is still vicious
I'll be down in the fields just
Punishing the heathens
God to witness…
I make those guys rock-rock and then
Suck up to the system so I don’t get my neck cut

It's feudalicious
My tax cut (is non existent)
I give them crops a chop-chop
It's feudalicious
They want the money that I got
It's feudalicious
H-h-h-h-hold up, check it out!

Baby, baby, baby
This my pick axe you see
Now you see how I work, all day
Ev-er-y day?
Oh the bread is tasty, it is laced with chutney
It's so tasty, tasty, the only thing we eat…

P, to the A, to the Y I N G, oh we’re paying, P, to the A, to Y I N G, where’s my plough, now
T, to the A to the X A T I O N, yes, to the T, to the A, to the…

It’s a sad day
When the tax man comes around looking at me up and down
And I’m like “ooooh”
I just wanna say that I’m not trying to round up drama I call it karma, my bread will return
And I know I’m coming off just a little bit whiny when I keep on repeating how the kings take from me
But I’m trying to say, the system sucks…
But look at those fields!
Hey, take the lot!

Feudalicious (Feudalicious)
But I ain't too different coz
You put us all together
We're all sucked in right nether
We blow kisses
To all them kings up high, high
And they be looking down at me to make sure I follow their style
Four, tres, two, uno
The working is still vicious
I'll be down in the fields just
Punishing the heathens
God to witness
I make those guys rock-rock and then
Suck up to the system so I don’t get my neck cut (four, tres, two, uno)

So feudalicious (aye, aye, aye, aye)
So feudalicious (aye, aye, aye, aye)
So feudalicious (aye, aye, aye, aye)
It's feudalicious, t-t-t-t-tax, tax cut!
So feudalicious (aye, aye, aye, aye)
So feudalicious (aye, aye, aye, aye)
So feudalicious (aye, aye, aye, aye)

It's feudalicious, t-t-t-t-tax, tax cut!P, to the A, to the Y I N G, oh we’re paying, P, to the A, to Y I N G, here's my coins, now
T, to the A to the X A T I O N, to the T, to the A… etc

"Your daughter," I stated, "is an idiot."

2008-05-10T14:30:00.000-07:00

I said this after coming home from the movies tonight, sitting on the kitchen bench while sipping a coffee. My dad just looked at me in that way.

“Your daughter, who – somewhat belatedly – is paying five grand a year for her uni course, who suffered through twelve years of schooling, who claimed that English was her best subject and is planning on pursing a career that heavily involves such a subject... is a dumb shit.”

Again, he just looked at me in his way, waiting for me to make my point.
So I did.

“Your eldest daughter got to the shopping centre half an hour earlier today, and spent around seven dollars on a card for mum for tomorrow. She read absolutely everything on the card, but somehow missed the part where it says ‘Happy Birthday’.”

It was then that I held up said card with my fingertips, as if it contained leprosy. “Face it, I’m screwed.”

Actually, I’m not sure he heard that last sentence, considering he was laughing harder than I’ve seen him laugh for quite some time.

“So, pretty much I’ve butchered the card, cut out the offending words and kind of made it look stupid. But that’s what you get, right? I don’t have time to buy another one.” I said in conclusion, just so at least HE’D know that I don’t just pay seven dollars for a shit card. The card wouldn’t have been shit if not for the fact that it was for mother’s day, not her birthday (considering she’d celebrated the latter like five months ago).

He just continued laughing through all of this, before shaking his head. “Sometimes you can be so blonde, Sarah.”

Indeed.

Meg Cabot's trying to take over the world

2008-05-10T11:29:00.000-07:00

I'm totally sure this is her ultimate plan. First, the Princess Diaries. Then, the 1800-Missing series. Then, last thing I'd heard, All-American Girl and Teen Idol were in pre-production, Idol set to be released THIS YEAR.

I heard about it a little while ago, but I didn't decide to comment until there was more information:

Meg Cabot has sold the rights to "The Mediator" series. Apparently, the guy who bought them, and is currently optioning it, made Lemony Snickets Series of Unfortunate Events and newly released Spiderwick Chronicles.

My two cents? I don't mind this idea at all. In fact, it would be AMAZING to see Suze, Jesse, Cee-Cee, Adam and Paul come to life on the big screen. The only thing making me mildly nervous is - the history of the guy who bought the rights? Yeah. Erring a little on the average side.

I'll admit that's being slightly judgemental of me considering i've barely watched these movies, but popular opinion is reliable enough - apparently they weren't GOOD movies. And, even more worrying, they were movies aimed for the young (very young) adolescent market. Even though it would broaden the Mediator market, I would shudder to imagine it toned right down to a G or PG rating.

I won't freak out too spectacularly just yet, however... casting hasn't even begun, so nothing's set in concrete. And I find it a little comforting to know that Meg will be involved in producing it, and has already explained that Jesse's hotness is DETRIMENTAL to the story's plot. Now, it will be up to the casting team to actually find a guy who would be perfect to play Jesse, and can still act his way out of a paper bag.

Although I do find it particularly hilarious that someone started the rumour that Zac Efron was playing Jesse, something Meg quickly denied.

Oh, how I laugh.

People these days will believe that guy can play ANYTHING. Even the twilight podcasting team Phases had a good laugh at the idea that he'd play a good Edward.

Twilight will become a musical! Here are a few
cast members:
Edward Cullen...Zac Efron
Isabella Swan...Miley Cyrus
Charlie Swan...John Travolta
Laurent... Flavor Flave
Rosalie Hale...Kristen Bell
No doubt this will be a talented cast! I'm sure Andrew
is pleased with the choice for Edward Cullen!
Some Song Titles:
"I Really Wish she Stabbed him with a Pencil" preformed
by Mike Newton
"Blood: My Afrodisiac" preformed by Edward Cullen
"I Will Love You Forever...Literally" preformed by Esme
Cullen and Carlise Cullen
"Calm Down or I'll Make You"- preformed by Jasper
Hale
"LOL @ Bella" preformed by Emmett Cullen
"I'm too Sexy for Forks High" preformed by Rosalie
Hale

I do have one suggestion, for the character of Paul. I saw this guy in a Calvin ad, promptly TORE IT OUT of the magazine and stuck it to my door. He is DREAMY and, if only he had blue eyes (and was a little younger), would be perfect for Paul.

I am, of course, talking about Parker Gregory:

*swoons internally*

My most recent epiphany

2008-05-09T17:32:00.000-07:00

It occurred to me this morning, when i was watching Video Hits (for the first time in, I don't know, A CENTURY or something). I was sitting there, chilling, counting down the hours in dismay until I had to drag my sorry buttocks to job number two.

...I'll let you off the hook now, as i'm sure i've babbled enough now.

I watched Ashlee Simpson's "Outta My Head" video clip for the first time.

Actually, i've probably only really heard the song once or twice before on the rare times i'm listening to the radio (I love the little hole i've created myself, only listening to CD's and barely watching television...). I found it reminding me of something. A video clip I had seen, albeit a couple of years ago.

This one:

I found the themes very similar, not that I really mind. They're both catchy songs, and the film clips were pretty good. I just hope Gwen Stefani doesn't feel ripped off that someone is duplicating her style.

They thought this one out well

2008-05-08T00:57:00.000-07:00

I think i'm finally starting the uncover the brilliance of Summit Entertainment when it comes to marketing Twilight - seriously, I guess they knew we would all explode when they released a teaser trailer, but I didn't think they had it in them to release the TEASER teaser trailer that day, and then bombard us with the proper one tomorrow. Honestly, it's pure genius if you think about it.

Seriously, I thought the one I saw (and posted) on Tuesday was going to be it until like, July or something. Then I visit the official web page and I discover the countdown to the REAL teaser trailer (if they are indeed releasing a longer one like I think they are).

I guess you don't need to tell me that i'm excited for tomorrow...

EDIT: The Twilight Lexicon just cleared up that the "sneak peak" wasn't infact a teaser teaser trailer, as I believed. Nay for me and the rest of the twilight fandom :(. The countdown was merely for the teaser trailer to appear on the official website.

They did say that we may be seeing the trailer appear in other platforms from now on though - the Penelope DVD in June/July will contain more on all things Twilight.

Looks like Penelope's DVD sales and rentals are going to be of sky-high proportions.

New Moon Soundtrack

2008-05-08T00:41:00.000-07:00

Dang, i've done another one. Couldn't really help it this time. I find this playlist AWESOME if you want to get REALLY DEPRESSED. Almost as depressed as New Moon made you.

I said almost.

(Picture from the New Moon Soundtrack myspace)

As always, some I taxed off Stephenie Meyer's playlist, some were inspired by other blogs, but most are my own doing.

Vienna - The Fray
It's All Over But The Crying - Garbage
Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
Don't Forget Me - Way Out West
Stay With Me - Danity Kane
After All - Delerium
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - U2
Fix You - Coldplay
Heaven Forbid - The Fray
Near To You - A Fine Frenzy
Broken - Lifehouse
Better Off Alone - Grinspoon
The World I Know - Collective Soul
Make This Go On Forever - Snow Patrol
All Around Me - Flyleaf
Empty Room - Marjorie Fair
You're Not Alone - Saosin
All Fall Down - OneRepublic
The Scientist - Coldplay

(edited November 2008)

To see or not to see?

2008-05-07T18:41:00.001-07:00

It recently came to my attention that one of my besties, China, is dragging me to a viewing of Iron Man this Saturday. So, the question i'm asking here is... should I or shouldn't I? It could be good... and it could be awful. I usually get a gut instinct when I see previews (see: Speed Racer and the lameness i'm 100% SURE it will contain) on whether they'd be worth seeing, and Iron Man just didn't work it for me.

But China's being pretty persisitant, so I guess i'll be writing here on Sunday what I thought about it.

EDIT: Sunday 11/05/08. Put it simply, it was better than I expected, but not very good. The beginning half an hour was probably the best, and it proceeded to form a half-pipe shape interest. Wah-wah.

The trailer that launched a thousand heart attacks

2008-05-06T02:12:00.000-07:00

First, it was THIS picture:

And now it's THE TRAILER. I swear to frick, i've never felt my heart go that weird before. Perhaps this picture i got off photobucket isn't an exaggeration after all...

I feel like singing. I honestly feel like running around trees myself, shouting to anyone that will listen, "THE TRAILER IS OUT!".

I told my father this who, for lack of better words, has his head in the sand on the whole Twilight phenomenon. When i shouted this phrase in his face, he quickly ran to the garage to make sure the trailer - with all the camp equipment - was not, in fact, OUT.

*shakes head in shame*

Anyways, i've added it below. Feel free to watch it once, twice, ten times or more. I know I did...

Twilight in HD

TAKE THAT ROBERT HATERS! I bet y'all are PEEING yourselves now for being so judgemental about Robert being Edward.

I DARE you to identify yourselves...

The Host

2008-05-03T09:44:00.000-07:00

I did it. I bought The Host.

You see, already being a fan of Stephenie Meyer, this shouldn’t be at all the climactic and unexpected action it is. But I was fully prepared to let the hype pass me by. It was Sci-Fi; I don’t do Sci-Fi. And the whole body-snatcher-alien train of thought? I outgrew that in Animorphs some eight years ago.

I already knew that, in some massive mix-up with the UK publishers, The Host was released in some countries – Australia one of them – a full month before America (now THAT is unheard of). I knew it and yet, walking into the bookstore, my stomach disappeared – possibly evacuated my body – when I saw the book under the ‘just landed’ section. And then, somehow, I was transferring 30-something-bucks out of my account and purchasing the thing.

I couldn’t help it; the layout was so similar to the Twilight novels. I guess I bought it in a way to offset the pain of waiting for Breaking Dawn.

So far, I’ve read the first couple of chapters (even though I bought it Thursday – a record for me, I’m sure). At first I felt I was reading it under obligation – not just to my bank account, but to Meyer as well – kind of feeling detached over the whole thing, like I was watching a documentary in school again that is just dripping in apathy. But the last chapter I read saved it for me – it contained just enough intrigue to get my cogs working - only because the male lead has entered the scene, of course. What can I say? It’s a little bone given to the monster in me just waiting for Edward Cullen to appear in this story... laser beams or no laser beams.

Edward...

I’ll keep you all posted!

Movie Sequels

2008-05-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

I just finished watching Transformers, and it occurred to me that the sequel would be coming out next year. Which left me pondering, what exactly would it be about? You see, I’m quite excited for sequels usually, except there is also this fear inside that they’ll screw it up and tarnish my opinion of the series forevermore. But that’s just me here. I wasn’t even GOING to see Transformers at one point because I’m all “that’s so typical, they take a CHILDREN’S toy and turn it into an ADULT’S movie.” Well, they did, but I didn’t expect it to be done SO WELL.

So... 2009. We shall see, no?

Speaking of sequels, my co-worker (which I dub thee as January) are equally excited about the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2. It’ll probably pull more people in than the first, because of Blake Lively living it up on Gossip Girl these days...

New Twilight publicity photo

2008-05-02T18:34:00.000-07:00

I finally got my new laptop up, running and completely internet-friendly, and I christened it by checking in on the numerous twilight fansites, to discover that Summit’s FINALLY released an actual promo picture. Not the promo we recieved back in February where they didn’t have anything right (not hair, makeup... facial expressions...), but an ACTUAL promo that looks “vamp-tastic” as the Twilighters like to say. I especially love love Alice in the left, the actress has her character nailed perfectly!

Check it out:

Credit where credits due: Cinematical.

BANG! OOH! CAR!

2008-05-01T22:56:00.000-07:00

I’ve almost approached the weekly mark of my car accident! The insurance company still hasn’t rung me up to say when I can get it fixed, but I’m not really worrying all that much – turns out, my little Daewoo, Alexis, does great in a collision. She made utter scrap metal of the girl who ran into me, so much so that apparently her car got written off and I need a wee paint job.

I guess the karma thing is real... it IS only fair, considering I was the innocent learner in all of this. And I found out yesterday I’ll be going for my licence at the end of this month *silent squeeing*. I guess the dreading and the nervousness will come later...

Video Drop

2008-04-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

First of all, I just wanted to share my disgust over the whole NoMoreMarbles issue. Seriously, what is wrong with that part of the Twilight fanbase? What gives them the right to insult and threaten one of their own, purely because of her popularity amongst viewers?

Personally, I’m a fan of Bailey. I enjoy her videos – the way she handles the Twilight issues, and her opinions on them, are quite hilarious. I don’t understand why people can’t just leave her alone. If you don’t like the videos, DON’T WATCH THEM. It’s quite a simple concept, one that I pretty much got down pat in grade 5.

Her reaction to the hate:

Okay, rant over.

On a side note, SmokeyFizz have done it again with another brilliant video. I thought it was so well done I had to shove it on here – it’s Midnight Sun (Twilight in Edwards POV). Considering no one’s even thought of this before, I reckon they did a pretty good job:

Speed Racer and Twilight: how the two are REMOTELY connected

2008-04-28T18:50:00.000-07:00

Apart from the fact that the stars of each movie have previously worked together.

So, Speed Racer. It looked like a seriously lame movie. I could barely sit through the 3 minute preview I saw for it shortly before seeing Prom Night (and look how well THAT one turned out) and I thought to myself, I am not seeing it. I am NOT SEEING THIS. Even if it has the guy from Into The Wild. Even if the dudes from the Matrix produced it.

NOT SEEING IT.

And then I find out that the Twilight Teaser trailer is going to be shown before the movie. So… you guessed it. I’m paying $6.50 for a two-minute long trailer. I’ve really become pathetic, haven’t I?

It’ll probably make history, the first movie to be a box-office smash BECAUSE OF THE TRAILERS BEFOREHAND.

If you’re like me, and want to be prepared beforehand so you know it’s coming up (because I am one of the MOST UNOBSERVANT PEOPLE EVER) and will probably drop dead by the time you've figured it out and miss it anyway, a livejournal account has got the details.

EDIT: Apparently the last paragraph is not so anymore; the author took them down due to the controversy. But, if you managed to catch them beforehand, you'll know as well as I do that Kristen and Robert are looking HAWT these days...

I'm done

2008-04-27T20:42:00.000-07:00

My essay is complete. Oh yes… I’m celebrating by surfing the net, something I stopped myself from doing for the 5 hours I was writing my essay. But now, I’m FREE!

Anyways, a new blog has just come to my attention, and it has Stephenie Meyer’s seal of approval: Twilight Guy. Personally, as a writer myself, I find it fascinating looking at the story from a guys point of view. And watching him slowly get hooked on it. Quite hilarious too, at that. Check it out!

120 is the new 100

2008-04-27T18:00:00.000-07:00

I got a call from my dearest bestie China yesterday, saying that she got flashed by a speed camera doing, oh, you know, only 20 over the speed limit.

I tried to tell her, with quite an unconvincing voice, that she might NOTlose her license over it. But I think it’s pretty much a given. Whoops for her... at least I’ll be getting my license soon… chauffeur anyone?

Twilight Tuesdays

2008-04-25T13:13:00.000-07:00

I've known about it for a while, but seeing this video just made it all the more real. MTV have really hit the jackpot, and they're hitting it HARD. They've found a topic that will draw in hundreds of thousands of people to their site... but i'm not complaining, especially since i'm just as obsessed with this as the next person. So, every Tuesday, they'll be releasing some awesome stuff for us to look at.

Looks like I have a new favourite day of the week...

This just went up on YouTube:

Ogle at Edward. Go on. I know you want to.

Taxed from someone else

2008-04-25T12:47:00.000-07:00

RULES:1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, ETC on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Put this on your journal.
---
1.If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say?
"Beautiful Love” by The Afters
(make of THAT however you want)

2.How would you describe yourself?
”Butterfly” by Motor Ace
(I don’t mind this one)

3.What do you like in a guy?
”Rockstar” by Nickelback
(*snort*)

4.How do you feel today?
”From The Sea” by Eskimo Joe
(“the world repeats itself some how”. Oh yes. I like)

5.What is your life's purpose?
”In The Air Tonight” by Full Blown Rose

6.What is your motto?
”4 In The Morning” by Gwen Stefani
(always. *smacks head*)

7.What do your friends think of you?
”Nu Nu" by Fannypack
(hmm… the English language doesn’t have enough words to DESCRIBE the magnificence of ME)

8.What do you think of your parents?
”Empty Room” by Marjorie Fair
(haha. No seriously, I love my parentals)

9.What do you think about very often?
”No Sleep Tonight” by The Faders
(especially around exam time)

10.What is 2 + 2?
”Don’t Panic” by Coldplay
(coz we all know I failed year one math)

11.What do you think of your best friend?
”Deeper Water” by Deadstar

12.What do you think of the person you like?
”I see Girls” by Studio B
(the song LIES)

13.What is your life story?
”Stoned In Love” by Chicane
(nah, I gave up on love yonks ago)

14.What do you want to be when you grow up?
”Bubbly” by Colbie Caillat
(um…)

15.What do you think of when you see the person you like?
”In My Head” by Your Vegas
(considering…)

16.What will you dance to at your wedding?
”I’m Not The Only One” by Filter
(ooh, yeah. VERY appropriate. Nawt)

17.What will they play at your funeral?
”Stab My Back” by The All American Rejects
(*massive, earth-shattering snort*)

18.What is your hobby/interest?
”Get Ur Freak On” by Missy Elliot and Nelly Furtado.
(*silence*)

19.What is your biggest fear?
”Papercut” by Linken Park.
(oh yeah, those bitches HURT)

20.What is your biggest secret?
”Two Hearts” by Kylie Minogue
(are you scared of me yet?)

21.What do you think of your friends?”Run Baby Run” by Garbage
(*another earth-shattering snort* sorry guys!)

I should be...

2008-04-25T12:16:00.000-07:00

Working on my History essay, due Monday. I’m actually looking forward to Monday, in a sense that I’m dreading it. Before I confuse everyone royally, let me explain: I have a massive essay I’ve only half finished due in 3 days, but I know that once Monday arrives, it’ll be all over and I can relax. Whew. Go me.

So, naturally, I’m blogging. As you do.

…Can you even begin to entertain the idea that my sole New Year’s resolution was to stop procrastinating?

*snort*

That totally worked, I’m sure. A grand total of one hour or so.

On a side note, later today I’ll find out when my driving test is. I’m looking forward to it in the same perverse fashion as my history essay – the license will be EXTREME to have, but I’m looking forward to the test like a date with the firing squad. We’ll see… but I do feel a tad better after confiding my fears in one of my Uni friends. She pretty much said she got her license and she drove on the wrong side of the road. So maybe the test isn’t as hard as they make it out to be.

It could be all some conspiracy to make us invest large amounts of $50 notes in driving lessons.

And another Twilight-related note

2008-04-24T22:16:00.000-07:00

I recently discovered this fan-made video set in New Moon. It has got to be the best I’ve ever seen – although to be honest, I tend to avoid fan-made videos for fear the cheesiness will leak through the computer screen.

But, alas, SmokeyFizz have earned my love. It might have something to do with the way they layer the images, and use audio clips. Check it out:

And although I never imaged any techno songs to ever be related to the Twilight series, I have to say this song is pretty darn awesome.

Another week, another video to induce hyperventilating

2008-04-24T22:13:00.000-07:00

Yes, MTV did it again. I swear to frick, I love Larry Carroll, their journalist. He officially has THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. I want his job. When I graduate from uni with my Bachelor of Journalism, I will be TRACKING HIM DOWN.

Actually, if I can’t find Alexandra Patsavas and get her job first, then I’ll TRACK HIM DOWN. Alexandra is a music supervisor for so many popular TV shows and movies, and gets PAID to make soundtracks for them. Hmm… the worst job in the world, I’d imagine, getting paid to discover music.

Not that I’m endorsing them or anything. The love just runs deep, is all.

So, this movie was actually a dual production from Summit and MTV, so the awesomeness has been upped since the last video just by that factor alone. And, of course, the fact it was also narrated by Stephenie Meyer – just like NoMoreMarbles said in her reaction to the video – was AWESOME.

Here it is, in all its 4 minute glory:

Music Videos

MTV Shows

Entertainment News

I’m just going to officially make a few points.
One: I love Alice. Alice, already my favourite character, has been cast probably the best out of everyone. And Ashley Greene is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.

Two: I can’t believe the only clip they gave of Rob speaking in an American accent had the word ‘spidermonkey’ in it.
Third: I was only mildly drooling over James in the shirtless scene. Don’t hold it against me.
And finally: I totally experienced heart palpitations like never before when I saw that part with Edward and Bella in the hospital scene. I love Bella’s reaction, although I would have done more than inflate like a balloon while I was swooning. I probably would have… I dunno, dropped dead.

Mmm… James…

My sister made a good point last night when, after watching the video, whined, “Why can’t it come out NOW?!?!”

Indeed.

Prom Night – Mine was better than theirs, hands down.

2008-04-22T18:55:00.000-07:00

And I say that literally and… cinematically?

Now, I am a pretty tolerant person, and I’m not very critical when it comes to movies. The only time I become so is usually when I buy into the hype, and look forward to seeing said movie, only to be disappointed. Like, I-want-my-hour-and-a-half-BACK disappointed. The movie Prom Night was the second time this has ever happened.

The first time was The Covenant.

Pure hotness in a package of a dodgy script and even dodgier direction.

Well, okay. Maybe the only reason I was ever excited about these two movies was the hotness of the men involved.

I bought into Prom Night purely because of Kellan Lutz, of Stick It and Accepted fame (and soon to be Twilight, but I won’t get started… in THIS post, at least). At least his character didn’t die, although to die in a horror movie your character has to actually DO something, other than date the token bitch. Then again, maybe the moral of the story is: Date a Bitch, Live through the Sitch.

… Or not.

*cough*.

MOVING ON.

My point is, I can safely say that although my school didn’t have a Hollywood budget, we still had a good time. I didn’t exactly have a good time watching this movie.

In a nutshell, Prom Night definitely won’t be rented by me in the future. Or even bought from a $5 dollar throw-out bin.

On second thought… the little part Kellan played WAS probably worth $5…

Prom Night has been put in the “OH MY GOSH!” pile. The first, and only other movie to have been put there was Licensed to Wed. I didn’t even make it through to the end on that one.

The day the united front of Twilighters wet their pants

2008-04-14T20:37:00.000-07:00

Was of course, on Saturday. It was a particularly beautiful day; I had the whole day off, homework free (well, not really. I should probably change that to homework-i-needed-to-do-but-couldn’t-be-stuffed-free) and I was looking forward to a girls night out. AND THEN I log onto one of the various Twilight-related fan sites I obsessively check every day (okay, every 8 hours) for updates and I came across THE video. The video that made us Twilighters (or Twi-Hards) sit still, and click ‘replay’ as soon as it ended. I am, of course, talking about this one:

Music Videos

MTV Shows

Entertainment News

*insert loud fangirl squeal at the supreme HOTNESS of the Twilight men*

I tell you, I have never felt such happiness. Well, I may have. But I can’t really remember and considering my life is on hold until December 12 when the movie comes out – the day I will experience the TRUE MEANING OF HAPPINESS – I can’t really be bothered to walk down memory road.

My mother believes that I am doing such a thing – you know, concentrating almost obsessively on one topic – is a tactic to distract myself from the monotony of my life as of late. Maybe she’s right. But maybe I don’t care. Yeah. I don’t.

Whatever. If Twilight brings me happiness, then who should hold that against me? Besides, I can’t really be blamed. Ever since last Thursday, when ET released this behind-the-scenes video, my obsession just went into overdrive.

So, blame ET. Blame MTV. Heck, blame Stephenie Meyer for making me fall in love with (yet another) fictional character – Edward Cullen – and forever raise the standards of future boyfriends to unreachable heights.

I’ll sign off now (promptly before crying in a corner at my own supreme lameness) with a picture I made quickly after viewing the MTV video.

Oh yes. I went there.

Stephenie Meyer's Cameo

2008-04-05T08:22:00.000-07:00

I haven’t seen such an outburst since the days of this Kristen Stewart interview. Here I was, googling “Twilight Movie News”, hoping for something new to look at, and I stumble across an MTV blog not an hour old.

Pretty much, they spilled the beans on the Stephenie Meyer cameo in Twilight. Thinking they obviously had the authority to do such a thing, I flag it and send it to the Lexicon and a couple of other affiliated Twilight-news sites. Everyone would have find out by the next morning anyway.

I wake up this morning and there’s been this massive outrage against MTV. I almost feel sorry for the journalist who wrote it (and who probably just got handed the press release and told to write about it) and is now copping such extreme shit for it.

What I don’t get is why everyone is in such an outrage about it. Sure, it was probably Stephenie’s news to tell, and it was probably going to be a surprise, but what I don’t understand is how come no one realises that if the news is Twilight-related, it WON’T STAY A SECRET. In a way, I’m thankful they did the blog, because now I’ll know to look out for the author.

Ooh! My eyes!!

2008-04-05T05:51:00.000-07:00

I went to the optometrist yesterday to do my annual check up, and the guy poured these eye drops into my eyes and stained them a hideous fluorescent yellow colour (to check my eye pressure). OH! THE PAIN! You can also tell he wasn’t a doctor, because he didn’t even lie beforehand and say, “Oh, this will only feel like a little mosquito bite!” or something to that effect.
So… I officially had yellow eyes for like, five minutes. Fun stuff.

My Twilight Soundtrack

2008-04-04T07:52:00.000-07:00

I make soundtracks for pretty much anything. Movies, books, holidays, graduation, camp, road trips… you get the picture. In fact, if I knew at all how to crack it in the music supervisor biz, I’d be doing that instead of trying to get a journalism degree. Anyways, here is the list I’ve made for Stephenie Meyer’s book Twilight. I’ve borrowed some of the author’s original ideas, cut out the songs I didn’t like and added a few of my own:

(pic taken from Twilight Soundtrack myspace)

I either picked the song because of the music, or for the lyrics.

Why Does It Always Rain On Me? – Travis
Into The Fire - Thirteen Senses
When It Rains - Paramore
Different - Acceptance
Dark Blue - Jack's Mannequin
In My Place – Coldplay
Trouble Sleeping - The Perishers
Green – Alex Lloyd
A Bad Dream – Keane
Say What You Want - Texas
Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You) - Aqualung
So Contagious - Acceptance
Say (All I Need) - OneRepublic
Please Forgive Me - David Gray
Lion - Rebecca St. James
Time Is Running Out – Muse
With You [reanimation remix] - Linkin Park
Here With Me – Dido
Time of Dying - Three Days Grace
Sound of Pulling Heaven Down - Blue October

- edited November 08

Posh murdered the Spice Girls

2008-02-10T15:52:00.000-08:00

I’d heard about it a little while ago, but I hadn’t unleashed my full disgust on the matter until yesterday, when I was shopping with one of my best friends, Minus-5. We’d been happily singing along to ‘Wannabe’, when I told her what I thought she already knew, but obviously didn’t:

“I can’t believe the Spice Girls cancelled their tour!” I said.
She just stopped. “Whaaaaa?” was her only reply.

I explained that the SG’s had cancelled their tour in Oz, so those tickets she’d pre-ordered for us? Forget about it. She was so pissed off she almost spilt her strawberries and cream all over the 2 for $15 table at Jay Jays.

I found out this morning on my way to job number two that it was apparently all poshie’s fault. Her first priority was her fashion business and her kids. It was claimed that she only agreed to a reunion tour in the first place to show her kids that “mummy used to be a pop star”, and will never agree to another tour.

Apparently it's all one-lick-and-i'm-totally-full's fault.

So, in other words, for the other half of the world who were quite excited about seeing their childhood heroes live? Yeah, like, not happening. Just because we lucked out in the citizenship stakes, we miss out.

Well, I say….

PUCK YOU POSH!

Fire Study release

2008-02-09T16:53:00.000-08:00

I've gotten hooked on the Study series from Maria V Snyder, with the first two books in the series - Poison Study and Magic Study, going straight into my top 10 (and i've ensured it's gone into all of my book-loving friends' top 10's too...), and my trawling through the internet has paid off.

Snyder has said in an interview that Fire Study will be the last novel in the Yelena chronicles, however it won’t be the last Study book for sure.

“Fire Study wrapped up Yelena's adventures and her character development nicely and is why there is a new main protagonist in the next book. However, I won't say you'll never see Yelena again. Poison Study was supposed to be a stand alone novel and I ended up with three.”

It’s supposed to surface sometime this year, so here’s hoping it’s out soon!

Twilight News

2008-02-08T18:00:00.000-08:00

There’s excitement abound in the world of Stephenie Meyer, and for good reason. She announced yesterday that the official release date for Breaking Dawn is August 2, 2008! The countdown begins, I do believe…

Also, the Twilight movie has been set for a December 12 release this year in America, which means that us Aussies will only have to wait a few short weeks for our national release. I’m practically bouncing in my seat, I’m so excited. MTV has put a press release on their website too, covering an interview done with Kristen Stewart, who is playing Bella Swan:

MTV Movie Blog Page

I am just hoping upon hope that they don’t screw it up. Millions of us will want to kill them if they do, I’m sure.

Can't Wait

2008-02-05T19:32:00.000-08:00

I am totally excited about the new McConaughey/Hudson team-up, Fool’s Gold. I saw the extended preview for it when seeing Juno, and got totally hooked. It comes out on the 7th of Feb in Aussie-Land, so here’s hoping it lives up to the hype.

Nothing like a shirtless Matt and a bikini-clad Kate to get the audiences in.

Another movie I’m psyched over is Jumper. I don't have much of an idea concerning what it was about, since all I had to go on was the poster, which, if you ask me is only 4 dollars away from the Matrix:

But it has Rachel Bilson in it, who I have missed immensely since the OC, so it can’t be too bad.

Juno

2008-02-01T22:27:00.000-08:00

In A Nutshell:
Getting knocked up after your first time is not only awful, it’s practically a cliché. But this is the sad reality for Juno (Ellen Paige), who at 16 has just become impregnated by her best friend. Not being able to stomach the idea of abortion, she searches for the perfect family to raise her baby once it’s born.

What’s Good:
The movie starts off quirky and upbeat, and this remains a strong theme throughout. The music, like the movie, is of the indie variety, providing a very appropriate soundtrack. The script artistically implements humour without trying too hard, but hits the mark every time. The ending, while understandable, was not predictable.

What’s Bad:
It’s hard not to notice Juno’s somewhat apathetic approach to her pregnancy, and it can sometimes get in the way believing the situation. Her best friend also shares the same detached quality, although it would be almost automatic to expect the father to be a little more involved.

The added 2 cents:
Jennifer Garner stars as Vanessa, one half of the ‘perfect couple’ Juno seeks out to raise her child. It’s a different role for Garner, but she pulls it off well. This is shown especially in a particularly sentimental moment between her and Paige’s characters’ when she feels her future baby kick for the first time.

9/10

The Bible

2008-01-30T13:02:00.000-08:00

I have discovered the new bible for Atheists such as myself. Well, maybe not. But uni-bound-aspiring-journalists-with-male-problems such as myself.

Cents and Sensibility by Maggie Alderson.

Has there ever been a better chick lit than this one? Well, yes, there probably has been (and there's a few from Meg Cabot still in my top 10), but this one is UP there. It’s given me a little insight into the world of journalism and valuable lessons to learn about the scoundrels that all males are. I understand the total hype about this woman now, who is now my personal hero.

“Maggie Alderson, my hero”, I told my mother this afternoon, trying to dodge raindrops while walking to Woolworths. Alderson has written for every type of publication you can, and is now a renowned author. If my life turned out like hers, ever, life would be deemed AWESOME.

Another VG-turned-movie to add to the stack

2008-01-28T22:01:00.000-08:00

I found out recently that yet ANOTHER video game has been optioned for a movie – Tekken. Now, I’ve always been a fan of Tekken, even since I was a little girl. Sure, it wasn’t exactly an 8-year-old girl mould, liking a beat-em-up game, but hey, I wasn’t your average girl. So far there have been a few actors rumoured to be filling the roles, such as Sienna Guillory and Andy Serkis.

Sienna Guillory, who played Jill Valentine in another vg-to-movie, Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Perhaps she’ll play Anna Williams?

I just hope whoever they pick for Nina Williams doesn’t screw it up. She’s My Character. I never lose a match while I’m playing her.

Production is set to start early this year, which can also be said for Twilight, which has just done a casting call to find a boy to fill the role of Jacob Black. I was ever so sad to see my favourite Jacob-worth actor age way to fast - Steven Strait… he could have been perfect *sob*.

Friday night sights

2008-01-26T15:00:00.000-08:00

I finally caught up with around 20 people from the class of 07 that I haven’t seen since we pissed off outta high school last year. And it was awesome!

During the taking off this picture Bab’s vodka-and-red-bull aka. Pulse was spilling down the front of my NEW dress.

It’s really sad that I now understand what people mean by: when you finish High School, you barely see any of your classmates again. Then again, half of them I didn’t want to see again anyway, so there’s no love lost.

A ruined coffee

2008-01-23T17:11:00.000-08:00

It happened this morning. The conversation went like this:

One of my colleagues at job number two announced “Heath Ledger is dead.”
Me: “You lie.”
Her: “No, he IS dead; in fact people reckon he committed suicide.”
Me: “WHAAAAAA????”

…and ruined a customer’s latte that I was pouring milk into. I admit, I was shocked. I mean, the star of one of my favourites, 10 Things I Hate About You, cannot be DEAD. And also, he was one of the best Aussie actors we had!

After my short freak-out, I realised what I had done, and asked the woman meekly if she minded cappuccino over latte. She too, was a Ledger lover, so she understood and didn’t mind.

Thank goodness.

RIP Heath Ledger 22/01/08

Happiness Is...

2008-01-23T10:00:00.000-08:00

Today I was on the tail of my mother, following her from one shop to another while she hurries to get back-to-school books for my two younger sisters. Her brainwave in paying ultimately less by not buying the pre-made book packages has pretty much gone against her, considering everything was practically sold out. But anyway, I minced my way into a random bookshop (mincing on the account of having accumulated a blister on my feet, courtesy of my trusty havianas) and discovered a whole batch of Gossip Girl novels.

Happiness is finding Gossip Girl novels that you can buy. Seriously. Ever since the TV show came out on Foxtel, finding the novels in the local library is almost like an archaeological expedition. You can search and search, ultimately ending up with nothing – probably because someone got there first.

I’m happy that everyone likes it now. That Gossip Girl has now become fully-fledged mainstream material. I’m not one of those people who like the indie stuff until the indie stuff becomes mainstream. But it’s just so INCONVENIENT, that’s all.

But not anymore. I’ll be mincing my way back into that bookshop to purchase the lot.

As soon as payday rolls around.

Domino

2008-01-22T22:29:00.000-08:00

Going against the advice of one of my best friends “China”, I rented out Domino to watch (instead of sleeping like I should have been doing). And she was wrong on one count – it wasn’t AWFUL. At least, not really.

I’m sure a lot will disagree with me on this, but I found the first 40 minutes or so awesome. The movie was done in a different way, sure, but isn’t that sometimes a GOOD thing? The fact the director was a teensy bit creative pulled me into the beginning of the movie. I’ll admit that the constant replaying of some lines, like: “My name is Domino Harvey, and I’m a bounty hunter [pause]. My name is D-d-d-d-domino Harvey-y-y-y. I’m a bounty hunter-r-r-r-r… [pause]. My name is Domino Harvey, and I’m a bounty hunter” got a tad irritating at best, but I still found it watchable.

I really liked how Keira represented Domino. There wasn’t much in the way of character development, but she still managed to pull off what was remaining; the best parts I found were the times she was incredibly cynical. I found with the British accent it made it almost humourous. And also she should be commended for learning the whole deal with the num-chucks (if that indeed was her and not a stunt double).

To cut a long story short, I sat through the first hour, and fast-forwarded the rest. I had no idea what was happening by the end of it, but I’m content to take the movie for what it was in the first 40 minutes.

The last thing I like to point out? The funniest part was when Lateesha was on Jerry Springer. That scene alone would have done well. Check it out:

Expect the Unexpected

2008-01-21T19:55:00.000-08:00

It occurred to me one hour after I saw in the New Year that this year would be very different. I should expect the unexpected, per se.

This occurred to me the moment I discovered that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, my ex-boyfriend of approximately 3 days had already moved on… to his ex-girlfriend. It was actually his ex-girlfriend-now-girlfriend-again that told me they had been back together since Boxing Day. Oh, how cut I was, and what a nice thing to be told when you’re erring on the side of a drunken stupor.

My second indicator was the fact that I’ve enrolled into my university courses for this semester, but when I went back to check them with more depth I realised that the “Academic English Writing” was actually, when fully stretched out, the “Academic English Writing for Asian Speaking Students”. And didn’t that take a while to clean up, first dropping the course like a hot potato and enrolling in a different one, then fixing up the mess that was my timetable.

I guess the moral is, A) I should never trust men again and B) Read the fine print when subjecting yourself to an Asian-focused course. Well… maybe just B. I’m trying desperately hard not to be bitter about the first point.

27 Dresses

2008-01-20T22:48:00.000-08:00

In a Nutshell:
Jane (Katherine Heigl) has practically made a job out of attending weddings as a bridesmaid; she relishes the joy and romance of the celebration. When her little sister Tess (Malin Akerman) returns from overseas and woos the man Jane is secretly in love with, she rethinks her always-a-bridesmaid life. With reporter Kevin (James Marsden) who won’t take no for an answer and Tess who demands Jane plan her wedding, she starts to realise that she should change her overly-generous nature.

What’s Good:
The movie begins quite quickly with not much opening, which is a good way to start. The fast-paced nature of 27 Dresses ensures that you don’t get bored – unless romantic comedies aren’t your thing. Heigl, of course, is amazing and pulls off the plethora of hideous dresses with a style you have got to admire.

What’s Bad:
If you’re looking for a movie with unexpected twists and turns, I’d probably look elsewhere. It’s your typical romantic comedy, albeit done in the least painful manner. Marsden does a convincing job of a hard-hitting journalist, however his character lacks the depth we need to buy his role completely.

The added 2 cents:
Malin Akerman is bratty, self-absorbed, borderline-psychotic and downright irrepressible in her role as younger sister Tess, not unlike her role in The Heartbreak Kid (opposite Ben Stiller) where she is also bratty, self-absorbed and the rest. I guess if the phrase is anything to go by, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.

7/10

Twilight movie

2008-01-18T18:55:00.000-08:00

I was as excited as the next person when I found out that my favourite book of all time, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, was being turned into a movie. Of all the books they’ve turned into a movie, I thought to myself that it was about time Twilight had its turn. The protagonist Bella, and the much-loved Edward have already been chosen by Hollywood to be brought to life through Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson respectively.

Can I just say, I’ve noticed on the internet that A LOT of people have a problem with this? They think that these two which have been chosen don’t look the part, or match what they pictured in their head. I just wish they’d realise that just because they don’t match the PRECISE perception that every SINGLE person had of the main characters doesn’t mean that those chosen can’t ACT the part. They obviously got chosen for a reason, and I trust that the casting agents know what they’re doing.

Sure, I was a little cut for the selection. I was a supporter of the ‘Emily Browning as Bella movement’ but I’ve seen for a fact these guys selected can act – I remember Stewart distinctly as that kid opposite Jodie Foster in Panic Room, and obviously all who aren’t strangers to the Harry Potter phenomenon have seen Pattinson in Goblet of Fire.

I’m excited about who is going to get chosen for the remaining characters, especially Jacob Black, but I think it’s more important that they end up casting people that won’t completely ruin the movie. After all, choosing the most attractive people you can find to fill acting roles isn’t always going to get you a good movie – just watch the Covanent, and you’ll get what I’m aiming at. While all the guys were gorgeous, Caleb and Tyler in particular, the acting was terrible. The movie, which had quite a promising storyline, was brought down by the creators desire to appeal to an audience.

So, until the movie comes out, I think people should stop their whinging and complaining, and sit back and watch it unravel and THANK the fact that they’re making a movie at all.

Overdrawn

2008-01-17T14:25:00.000-08:00

I have developed a premature hatred of my bank. Premature, but deserved all the same. Usually, a 17-year-old shouldn’t have much reason to despise their bank, considering I’m not old enough to apply for a credit card and therefore cannot be screwed over when The Bill arrives at the end of every month. It’s hard to rip me off if I’m not of ‘age’. I thought.

The problem with my family is that around Christmas, we pack up and leave multiple times for things called ‘holidays’ and, while I’m totally cool with the whole seeing-the-sights-getting-a-tan-on-ze-beach kind of thing for weeks on end, my work suffers. Ultimately resulting in me being on the err side of BROKE. I haven’t had $20 bucks in my account for over a month now, which is not my fault. It’s not anyone’s, really. But my gym membership doesn’t account for holidays or broke-ness. It doesn’t account for much at all, I think, because they don’t even deduct payment from my account when I specify them too either. Turns out they tried to do just that about a week ago, and I got slapped with a $40 overdraw fine from the bank ONTOP of the $40 I owe to my gym.

WHICH I DON’T GO TO ANYWAY.

Obviously the universe – or just Bendigo Bank – doesn’t want me to get a new phone so I can stop using my replacement – the dreaded brick of a nokia 3315.

Scandal!

2008-01-16T20:18:00.000-08:00

We interrupt these messages for breaking news:

I am still increasingly cut that my father, who prizes technology in the first degree, who always likes having the latest software on the PC, has once again turned down my idea of cable television.

I approached him tonight during our nightly father-daughter bonding session (aka the washing and wiping up) and asked him (nay, BEGGED him) to have cable installed. When he asked “why” in that you-can’t-possibly-think-I’ll-say-yes-you-fool kind of way that he’s distinguished for, I let it loose. First, I fed him bullshit about how I’ll need the Discovery Channel for my university studies (before he knocked it down saying I was doing Journalism, not, like, animal husbandry). Then I was all for saying that, in terms of being globally-sound, an interest in politics and economics is one of which that will get you far in life. He, again, knocked that one back by pretty much saying that if it’s not on A Current Affair, it isn’t worth knowing. So I finally admitted that, if anything, could we please get Fox8 so I could indulge in the new TV series Gossip Girl which, although is not must-see television, is a guilty pleasure and, “hey, those two aren’t really mutually exclusive anymore anyway”. I mean, before it got taken off YouTube due to copyright infringement, I enjoyed the first three episodes of season one. And not just because it has striking similarities to the OC (even though that’s why I thought it’d be alright), I’d read the books and loved them. Not because they were academically enriching and educational, but because it was a little like The Sex and the City. Not exactly rocket science, but you loved it anyway because it was just so dishy.

Needless to say, he knocked it back. Not that I expected anything else, after he rejected my first two arguments, which probably would have appealed to him more so than high heels and scandal.

Oh well. Back to the drawing board.

Over and out!

antarctic chocolate

2008-01-15T19:59:00.000-08:00

I am broke. My phone has broke. And now my heart has broke.

My baby is not working. My dearest, sweetest Lanos vehicle that I love ever so much, fondly nicknamed “Sailor Mars”, is not working.

Never mind that my license is sadly non-existent, it is still my car and I love it so. I was left stranded today after I finished work at job number two, due to the fact my car (being driven by mother) wouldn’t switch into reverse properly. Usually, this may not always stop someone from picking you up, but in my case being able to reverse out of our property is like swimming in Antarctica and not expecting your health to pay the price. It’s not going to happen. So now there’s a nice dent in the front roller door due to the fact that mum forgot where the brake was the minute the clutch failed while she was driving up our steep driveway. I’d imagine the dent has been shared onto my baby, but the fact is I can’t (and kind of don’t want to) see what the damage is until father comes home from work and pulls it apart like a surgeon.

On the plus side (and only a very small plus side, in comparison) is that “Size Doesn’t Matter” by Meg Cabot is now officially in the library.

Now, if only that little twit that got to it first before me returns it, then I can read the feel-good novella which reminds you that if you are a US size 12 then it’s all good. Those unnaturally skinny people are only mean to you because they WISH they could eat the kit-kat you’re scoffing down in the mall. They’re jealous of you. They have a butt-load of envy that they can only express through demeaning and hurtful comments. At least, that’s what one of my friends tells me every time a said comment is aimed at her. And I totally understand her point of view. I mean, I was jealous of the fact she had a massive cookie the size of her head in her hands. But anyway, the third release in the Heather Wells mystery novels has me in high hopes that Cabot will follow on to release the second sequel to “Queen of Babble” another novel I highly relate to, if only for the fact the protagonist, Lizzie, can’t keep her mouth shut.

Over and out!

procrastinating. me? never.

2008-01-14T13:37:00.000-08:00

I never actually thought I’d be that girl – you know, the post-graduate, on-the-verge-of-entering-university girl. It sounds weird, but I always figured I’d be in high school forever. Even though I know what I want to do, I can’t imagine myself ever doing it.

Being the next Sandra Sully, for lack of better words.

It occurred to me today while I was working job number one, that I’d been a casual assistant at the local discount store for TWO YEARS. That is a really long time, if you think about it. But it hasn’t felt like a long time. I’ve been fixing up customer messes and scanning items that may possibly work (but more than likely won’t) for years, but it seems to fade in comparison to everything else. And I’m closing in on my one year anniversary at job number two, and I can safely say, I still don’t know how to froth the milk. Not that I’ve ever been given a chance to learn, but still. I can’t totally pronounce myself ‘Queen Barista’ if the only thing I know is that its 170 degrees for a cappuccino. The end.

Anyway, I received my package from the university yesterday, in its massive A4 glory. I hold it up like it’s the Holy Grail, and open it.

Needless to say, about halfway through the ‘how to enrol’ booklet, I feel slightly nauseated and quickly make myself some herbal honey and lemon tea before I vomit. So now, it’s sitting on the kitchen bench. “This is a form of procrastination”, I tell my mother matter-of-factly, after picking up the fruit bowl and putting the load underneath it. She reminds me that my new year’s resolution was that I would stop procrastinating. For one, I tried to ignore the fact she only seems to remember the kind of stuff I say, but never stick too. And secondly, I replied that it’s not true procrastination, as I’m not doing anything else to replace what I should be doing. I’m just avoiding it, anxiously looking at it when I go to grab a nectarine, like it’s a bomb about to go off. And it will go off on February 8, so I guess I should suck it in, and read the rest.

But I should watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy first.

Over and out!