Archive for June, 2008
A rare beach visit
I live close to the beach. But I don’t go very often. I don’t particularly like sand. When I say this, my friends and I become nerds and bring up the horrible quote from Star Wars Episode Two.
I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.
Worst line in the movie ever! I saw it when I was…what…middle school? And I thought it was corniest cheeziest line ever…not to mention horribly acted! It came out totally stiff. Anyway, when I bring up my hate for sand, this quote must ensue.
But I go for my friends and I tolerate it. Just not often. I wish I could go back to this state of….something.
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Look at all the seaweed!
The sun is so bright, but it was not hot. Very breezy.
This picture is a whole lot cooler sideways!
I noticed that taking pictures with the horizon in the back makes for weird crooked horizons?! Then again…maybe the person taking it was holding it weird.
Whoa this shirt makes me look big.
Happier times.
Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Same thing we do every night, Pinky, try and take over the world!
Giving back to the ocean.
Sex and the City
I’ve only see a couple episodes of the TV series, but I know enough to know who is who. I liked this movie but I have a feeling I would have loved it even more if I had watched every episode. You know when you get attached to characters enough to really feel for them?
For instance, if I watched a Naruto movie without watching and learning the in-depth character build-up of all the characters, I would probably think the movie was crap. Seriously…Naruto movies are pretty dull if you don’t know the characters or the backstory (what are those hand signs? what’s chakra? why does that Naruto kid turn red and look like a fox? what? this three-man team used to have a different kid in it?). This is kind of like that, except the movie was actually good enough that you didn’t need to know them that well and still enjoy it.
I wish I had friends like these that I could reeeeally be comfortable with. And I mean girl friends, because I do have guy friends that I’m comfortable with. It’s not that my girl friends are bad, because they aren’t. They would be totally open if I could just be open enough. So…it’s just my problem I guess. Hard for me to open up to girls. Can you blame me though? Most girls are vindictive, dramatic, calculating, manipulative, and can’t keep a secret. And I say that because I know I can like that too…and I’m a girl. I’m not like that…but I can feel the nature of it in me. I have the thought, but my personality lets it go.
This was supposed to be able the movie right? I’m having a spacey day today.
My favorite girl is Charlotte. She has a pretty perfect life and she probably lives vicariously through her friend’s wild stories. She’s also very cute (personality) and a great friends. The way she is with Carrie breaks my heart. I cried during that car/bouquet/hugging scene (see how I did that? you can’t really tell what I’m talking about if you didn’t watch it. No spoilers here!).
There is a wonderful montage in the film during New Year’s and this song plays in the background. It is absolutely lovely and Auld Lang Syne should always be sung this way from now on. Click to listen…I love it. I’m going to play it all year round.
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Wall-E
I saw this movie last Friday. It was amazingly great. I loved it! It’s almost as good as my Pixar favorite, Finding Nemo. Actually, there are so many good Pixar movies that it’s really hard to choose a favorite. I don’t really know why I choose Finding Nemo over the others. Maybe because it’s in the ocean and has a great soundtrack (but so does A Bug’s Life). I love the Finding Nemo ride at Disneyland too! Omg, best new ride Disneyland has had since Indiana Jones. No kid. None of those stupid new dark rides they have now with no ingenuity. If I want to ride a dark ride, I’ll go on a classic, not one about hollywood with cardboard cut-outs.
Anyhow…this wasn’t meant to be a rant about Disneyland. hehe.
This movie makes you love older technology and drool over new technology as well. Wall-E is a loveable machine that brings a new perspective about the things we take for granted around us. Wall-E’s love, EVE, is a spicy character, reminiscent of Angelina Jolie. The movie has a message, maybe two or three, about wastefulness, love, and the growing inability to tear our eyes away from our glowing lcd screens.
Oh, and this movie made me cry. You know a movie is good when it makes me cry!