Sunday, December 28, 2003
Check out more of these demotivators at www.despair.com! I so love this site, and I love Serry for introducing it to me. It's so depressing it's hilarious!
| Went to Fans-tasia on Saturday. First time I've been to a cosplay thingy... looks like fun, but also looks like a lot of work. Now I know why Laire likes dressing up as a Nazgul... just black cloth, and make a sword. I liked the Samwise costume someone had (with pots and knapsack, the whole works!), and I saw about 3 Arwens I think... and some other LoTR characters. And some people wearing Hogwarts robes, a Quidditch!Draco, Sailor Moon, Angel Sanctury characters, and Mortal Kombat people, if I'm not mistaken... others I had no idea who they were supposed to be. Mae was asking me if I wanted to join in the next time, but considering how lazy I am and how much I hate sewing and all that troublesome makeup... maybe if I'm crazy enough.
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Friday, December 26, 2003
Am mildly annoyed by the way channel i censors off all the swear words though... it's so distracting! They did it with "Green Mile" too, the night before... like, would it kill them to not mutilate the movie? Maybe it wasn't a major plot point or anything, but for "Billy Elliot" I felt the swearing was part of the working class lingo, and leaving it out was like leaving out a chunk of the scenery.
And watching that movie makes me wish I lived anywhere but here, in boring ol' Singapore. Actually, watching almost any movie makes me wish I didn't live here. I mean, just look at this place... buildings, buildings, more buildings.... so depressing.
View From A Window(excerpt)
by Alfian bin Sa'at
looking out
at the next block
at the curtains on the next block
is to feel as if
one is viewing a wall
at a columbarium
at ghosts behind plaques
hunting for their souls
in drawers, in woks
in the television box
is to laugh, a little sadly,
because even gravestones
have names.
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Monday, December 22, 2003
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadow to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
The world behind, and home ahead,
We'll wander back home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
All shall fade, all shall fade.
And Pippin singing the above song is about the only thing in Return of The King that redeemed it from being one of the most boring movies I have ever sat through. Well, ok, that and all the slash. And I'm not just talking about Sam/Frodo and that whole hobbit orgy... I mean, just look at Legolas's Don't-Marry-Arwen-Marry-Me-Damnit gaze and Arwen's (in Aefallen's words) I'm-Carrying-This-Banner-Because-I-Cannot-Stand-To-See-The-Way-You-Look-At-Him. And the Gandalf/Pippin, Faramir/Pippin, Denethor/Pippin... slashiest movie ever. Even slashier than "Good Will Hunting", "Saving Private Ryan", or any other film about male bonding. But what I found amazing was that I found it even more boring than The Two Towers... the trailer was a lot more emotionally charged and intense than the movie, which is pretty pathetic really. The journey ends, and good riddance.
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Saturday, December 13, 2003
You are every goth-kids dream!
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Whatever.
| It's the a cappella version of Dahil Sa Iyo!.... very nice! Hear it here.
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Friday, December 12, 2003
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Geez... Verbal diarrhoea much? What rubbish have I been typing for the past 5 mins? *slinks off to reconfigure brain cells*
| Stupid NTU internet server... apparently it's something about the rain and that my hall is one of those ulu-ated blocks with numerous screw-ups. Anyway I'm only in my room to sleep, so... yeah, whatever. But it sure is a pain in the ass when you need to do research and keep up with the rest of the world that is not campus.
Whole week has been choir choir choir... And another 5 days seeing the choir ppl from morning to night, stuck on a foggy hill doing practically everything together... we're either going to bond really really well this year, or just get sick of seeing each other's faces ^^;;
Oh well. Tired. Brain dead. Am incapable of coherent thought. Have piano lesson at 11 am, and should sleep if I want to get there on time (2 hours commute again...ack).
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Thursday, December 11, 2003
This is a very tempting list to try out.... Ten Ways To Irritate LoTR Fans At The Movies:
1. Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, "Wait... where the hell is Harry Potter?"
2. Ask everyone around you if they think Gandalf went to Hogwarts.
3. Block the entrance to the theater while screaming: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
4. Point and laugh whenever someone dies.
5. Finish off every one of Elrond's lines with "Mr. Anderson."
6. When Aragorn is crowned king, stand up and at the top of your lungs sing, "And I did it.... MY way...!"
7. Wonder out loud if Aragorn is going to run for governor of California.
8. Imitate what you think a conversation between Gollum, Dobby and Yoda would be like.
9. Talk loudly about how you heard that there is a single frame of a nude Elf hidden somewhere in the movie.
10. In "The Two Towers" when the Ents decide to march to war, stand up and shout "RUN FOREST, RUN!"
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Monday, December 08, 2003
| Just finished registering subs... ack. Bing, it's not fun at all. But thank you for all the tips anyway, they did help and they made the experience a less traumatising one I think ^^
I got T3 instead of T1 (which I initially wanted) for Social Psych... wanted to change, but in the end was too lazy to and figured not having a morning class on Friday was probably a good thing. Doesn't make a difference unless I get Jap Lang actually, in which case I'll have to speak to Dr Gan about it... either move me to T1 or T2, or have me come in 10 mins late every time... and what I know of Dr Gan is that she's pretty flexible (and late for class herself... haha), so no worries there. Unless she resigns and we get a sucky lecturer, in which case I am completely screwed.
And my roomie totally ignored my warning that this stupid registration thing is like... war.... and she is registering her subs only now *sweatdrop* (it's 5 mins to 5 pm, btw) Just looking at her register makes me nervous. How can she be so calm and do everything in slow-motion like she's doing now? Most of the classes have like, zero vacancies left! Freaky freaky freaky.
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Sunday, December 07, 2003
Did you see Fann Wong's skirt? Mein Gott... looks like she cut a hole in her carpet and just put it on like that.
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Saturday, December 06, 2003
by Stevie Smith
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving, but drowning.
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way
They said.
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
| Interesting quiz thingy from Dhika's friendster bulletin:
Choose a band/musician and answer only in song titles by them: Third Eye Blind
Are you male or female?: New Girl
How old are you?: Graduate
Describe yourself: The Background, Invisible
How do some people feel about you?: God of Wine
How do you feel about yourself?: How's It Gonna Be
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend: Darkness
Describe your views on significant others and crushes: Never Let You Go, Blinded When I See You
Describe what you want: Semi-charmed Life, Tattoo of the Sun
Describe how you live: Narcolepsy
Describe how you love: I Want You, Deep Inside of You
Share a few words of wisdom: Good For You
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Friday, December 05, 2003
And today, we celebrate the "official" founding of the Be Evil To James Club. Everyone feel free to join! *smirk*
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Thursday, December 04, 2003
Random note: the field behind my block would be a great place to just lie down and look at the stars, if I had a canvas (or my poncho...hm...) to put on the grass in case it's muddy.
Watched Love Actually with the choir people today... pretty nice, not overly sweet and happy-ending-y. And Rataliens (especially Dreamcatcher you worry wart) I'm still watching it with you guys. I need Aefallen here with me so we can squeal properly over our beloved Potions Master *grin*
Have piano lesson tomorrow before this choir workshop thingy at NUS, and I am so dead. Was supposed to finish learning a Bach Prelude (half of my exam piece), and so obviously have not. Oh well... I'll just wing it, like I always do =P
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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Anyway. Have not properly blogged in a long while actually... just kind of busy lately with choir stuff, so much so that Dreamcatcher has declared her undying hatred for choir because I have less time to meet up with the Rataliens ^^|| Man, it's tough being popular =P
First sem of Uni finally over.... a kind of closure somehow missing. Getting back results feels like getting back a mid-year paper or something, not important (although of course it is if you're a crazy nut like me who wants to try and see if I can get first class honours). Results weren't that fantastic really, but at least my parents aren't going to drag my sorry ass out of choir, so that's a good thing. But all of it still seems so unreal... times like these, I get really annoyed with the internet and all it's pseudo-reality.
Wait, did I just say I was sick of the internet? Ye gods, the sky is fallin' down on our heads!
I think I've been staying in all day staring at the computer screen and now my brain has sunk into the depths of boredom and (temporary) depression, and now I'm just typing nonsense. Hopefully the weather will be nice to me and I'll be able to go swimming tomorrow before practice.
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Monday, December 01, 2003
Unsent
by Alanis Morissette
Dear Matthew I like you a lot
I realize you're in a relationship with someone right now and I respect that
I would like you to know that if you're ever single in the future
and want to come visit me in California
I would be open to spending time with you
and finding out how old you were when you wrote your first song
Dear Jonathan I liked you too much
I used to be attracted to boys who would lie to me and think solely about themselves
and you were plenty self-destructive for my taste at the time
I used to say the more tragic the better
the truth is whenever I think of the early 90's
you face comes up with a vengeance like it was yesterday
Dear Terrance I love you muchly
you've been nothing but open hearted and emotionally available and supportive
and nurturing and consummately there for me
I kept drawing you in and pushing you away
I remember how beautiful it was to
fall asleep on your couch and cry in front of you for the first time
you were the best platform from which to jump beyond myself
what was wrong with me
Dear Marcus You rocked my world
you had a charismatic way about you with the women
and you got me seriously thinking about spirituality
and you wouldn't let me get away with kicking me own ass
but I would never really feel relaxed and looked out for around you though
and that stopped us from going any further than we did
and it's kinda too bad because we could've had much more fun
Dear Lou We learned so much
I realize we won't be able to talk for some time
and I understand that as I do you
the long distance thing was the hardest and we did as well as we could
we were together during a very tumultuous time in our lives
I will always have your back and be curious about you
about your career your whereabouts
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