Archive for October, 2007
Perfume
I watched this movie today…and in the beginning I was really creeped out by the guy because of his smelling obsession and his stalkerness. Seriously creepy. And in the middle it got better and more interesting…and the ending sucked to me. I think there are other ways the author (it was originally a book right? Though I don’t know how close the movie version is to the book) could have ended it. I love Alan Rickman though. And Dustin Hoffman was great in this as well.
I’ve been interested in perfuming in the last 2 months actually. I was browsing through some perfume website that talk about the lasted perfumes, and people refer to smells as “notes” and would discuss them intellectually (as intellectual as smells can get…). I learned that there are so many names and smells out there and people can actually detect. Too bad my nose isn’t that great <: /
Yesterday
Last night I got all dressed up ready to go out.
And then I didn’t.
I didn’t take pictures, sorry!
I’m feeling a little lethargic.
Today I went to eat Dim Sum with my aunt and uncle. Yum. My favorite is “sha tzan fun”…literally, Shrimp Long Powder….it’s the shrimp wrapped in a huge sheet of white noodle with the yummy black soy sauceish liquid over it.
Then we went to Nordstrom rack where I found L.A.M.B. Katella Woven Truffle
These for only 45ish bucks after sales. Originally they are 173. Yeah……but after considering it, I still didn’t get them even though I had been waiting and waiting for her shoes to get to a cheaper store. And even when it did, I still resisted it. That’s just how I am.
Generation O!
Here is a post about an underrated cartoon on the WB that ran for maybe half a season or something. Does anyone remember the cartoon Generation O!? It’s about a girl who sing in a band and she has an annoying brother and if I remember correctly, she had a really cool publicist or bodyguard…something. It’s blurry in my mind, but the part I liked about it was the weird and random music that she sang. She would sing stuff about getting pierced ears, or how embarrassed she was for wetting her bed. The singer that sang for her is actually the lead singer for the band, Letters to Cleo. You might remember them from some songs in the soundtrack for 10 Things I Hate About You.
Anyhow, I liked her songs because she sang them with so much vigor, and the singer’s voice is really unique…it’s totally like a kid, but better and not so sweet. Here is an example.
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Check out the short lyrics for this song, All Right:
Don’t want to be all sensitive
But I know more the more I live
Sometimes I don’t know where I stand
It takes an eagle eye and a steady hand
When even a stupid telephone commercial
Can give me a tear
What does that mean?
I have no idea
Alright Alright
It’s alright
The barks always worse than the bite
And there’s no need to be all uptight
When everythings gonna be, gonna be alright
I especially like the part where she cries for a telephone commercial, and then she’s like “What does that mean?!?! I have no idea”. So candid.
And yes, I know the cartoon sucked overall, but I miss hearing her little songs. Unfortunately, at the time, I was only able to download this one song and on the official site, the songs are all in real player format and I’m not motivated enough to convert them.