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spooky5384
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Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 5/3/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: Piano, video games, X-FILES, sleeping during class, drawing, and Saint Seiya the Classic Anime
Expertise: Harriet the Spy is my name, stalking people is my game. No just kidding. or AM I?
Besides that, I'm also deadly with a slinky.
Occupation: Engineering
Industry: Computers (Software)
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Member Since:
10/28/2003
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| In an ongoing effort to revive my blog, here is the random topic of the day that I decided to yak on.
Celebrity baby pictures.
Most recent offender: Brad and Angelina's "Twins of Destiny" or whatever they call them these days. Supposedly People magazine snapped up the rights to the pictures for $14 million.
...for baby pictures???
Let me start off by saying that I don't get the obsession with celebrity baby pictures. I mean, does People magazine really expect to sell enough copies to make back their $14 million? If they do, who are these people that are buying the magazines? Why is the public so greatly fascinated by pictures of babies from people they don't know at all? And why do you even need to buy the magazine after you glance at the picture of the baby on the cover? And don't all babies look the same anyway? (There I said it, I have no maternal instinct.)
That led me to start thinking about whether celebrities should sell their baby pictures at all. I applaud Brad and Angelina for donating their baby picture money to charity. It's not like People magazine will voluntarily give up $14 million to help feed the poor, so good for them for putting it to better use. But on the other hand, shouldn't parents be more responsible for their children and not subject them to the limelight so soon? Also, there is something iffy (that's a technical term, btw) about making money off of your child.
I suppose practically speaking there is no harm at all. It's just a photo, after all. If you don't give it up voluntarily, the nutty paparazzis will hunt you for it anyway. Might as well make it easy on you and your family and make some moolah off of it along the way. It just seems rather disturbing to me that our culture has become so obsessed with fame that obtaining celebrity photos has become almost a badge of honor for tabloids. They're still just people. They walk and talk like us. Does it matter who they date and what they wear?
(Ok maybe what they wear matter a little. I'm a sucker for Christian Louboutins.)
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| *spoilers ahead*
Saw the Dark Knight last night. It was long and dark and depressing but it was also amazing. It's the next day and I'm still thinking about it. Definitely will see it again sometime!
Random comments:
1) Heath Ledger is worth the hype. His joker is creepy as hell. The way he slumps around kind of tilted. The way he talks. The way he kept on licking his lips like a lizard. My favorite scene was when he was in the interrogation room and he talked about how people are most real right before they die. His eyes kind of bore into you and it's chilling.
What I loved most about the Joker is that he has no deeper motive. He's just there to create chaos because he wants to, and he's got no boundaries. He's so terrifying because he knows how to mess with your head and forces you to make decisions you normally would not have to make, and in the process brings out sides of you that you do not want to admit you had. Strongly reminds me of John Doe from Se7en, another extremely dark but well-made movie.
2) Two-Face's make up. Yuck! When he was lying on the hospital bed and they only showed the good side of his face, I was getting increasingly uneasy about what he's going to look like when he turns around. Towards the end I wish he would just do it so the anticipation will stop T_T
I'm glad they chose to explore Two-Face as a transformation of character, rather than the split-personality explanation as portrayed in the comics. In many ways I feel for Harvey Dent, to the point where I can almost sympathize with how he feels. Sometimes it does feel like there is no more justice and fairness in the world, when things are out of your control. Not that I would resort to using a coin to decide my future, but I can certainly understand why that would appeal to him.
3) While I understand what the moviemakers are trying to express, I felt the boat scene didn't really fit in with the gritty tone of the movie. There is no way in real life that there wouldn't be any riots breaking out on either of the ships. Sure, I believe that the prisoner who threw the detonator out the window could be real, but I don't trust everyone on the ship would feel that way. I also don't believe people would sit quietly and taking a vote while their lives are on the line. Too much cynicism? Perhaps. But it is kind of a cynical movie, which leads me to:
4) I loved that the movie explored the theme of duality of hero/villain. It added a certain depth to superheros that the many other movies didn't have. I didn't mind how dark the movie was because I felt it was realistic, which made the boat scene stick out even more as a misfit, in my opinion. I thought the real moment of hope wasn't that neither of the ships blew up, it was that Batman, troubled as he is, remains incorruptible, in contrast to Harvey Dent. Where many men would fail, Batman remains Gotham's hope, and he was able to make the tough decision that he needs to take the blame for the sake of city.
5) I also loved how relatable the Batman universe is, on par with the Spiderman series. Sure it is a fictional world, but the issues the movie tackles are very real. It's also great that Batman doesn't have any real superpowers, he's just a man who chose to become a hero. That in itself is inspiring.
6) The inclusion of the Reese character is great. I liked that the movie took the superhero identity issue seriously. (In comparison to like, Superman, where he puts on glasses and magically no one in Metropolis recognizes him. Wow, nice disguise, Clark Kent.)
7) Enough serious talk. Christian Bale is soooooo hot. OMG. *fans self*
8) Random scenes that I liked:
Joker: "I'm going to show you a magic trick and make this pencil disappear. BAM!"
Random thug: "He [Batman] missed!" Then the truck gets flipped over upside down.
Joker started clapping when Gordon was promoted to Commissioner.
Fox to Reese: "He's a billionaire who goes out at night and beats people up...and your solution is to blackmail him? Good luck."
Bruce Wayne's dumb, playboy alter ego. Esp that scene where he uses his Lamborghini to save Reese and then pretends he has no idea what's going on.
Two-Face: "Lie to your son, Gordon, lie to him!"
9) I hope there is a next installment. And soon. | | |
| ...yes I realize I'm like years behind on the times.
But I finally got a facebook account.
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| *squeal* That was such an awesome concert! Maroon 5 is great to see in person...they were really energetic and performed like they're rock stars, including many guitar solos and drum solos. Adam Levine...yummy goodness 
The opening acts were Phantom Planet and the Hives. We missed most of Phantom Planet's set except for the last song which is California (theme song from "the OC"). The Hives was some Swedish rock band. Their sound engineer oughta be fired. Their entire performance sounded like screeching and there were so much ringing. Urgh it was horrible. And then Maroon 5 came on...ahhhh balm to my ears.
Too bad I thought the HP Pavilion guards were going to search our bags like last time so I didn't bring a camera...but then they just let us in -_-"" So the best I could do...was to take with my cellphone camera, and this is the best picture I could find:
Yes, quite pitiful, I know But yea that shiny dot in the middle is Adam Levine with his guitar, in the intro to the song "Won't Go Home Without You". The stage is shaped like an "M" but you probably can't tell from the picture. Anyway, really fun night!
Looking forward to Wang Lee Hom's concert next!
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| [15:29] Me: LOL: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=631270
[15:29] Me: oh i love slick deals
[15:29] Beth: o_O
[15:30] Me: i think the brand name is awful for the product, lol
[15:30] Beth: hehe
[15:30] Me: you shouldnt' put "Monkey" and "Butt" in the same name
[15:30] Me: ever
[15:30] Me: at first i thought i twas a butt powder for monkeys
[15:31] Me: which would be even funnier
[15:31] Beth: lol
[15:31] Beth: better than bastard monkey
[15:31] Me: or a butt powder that repels monkeys
[15:31] Beth: or monkey rat
[15:31] Me: "anti-monkey"
[15:31] Beth: hehe
[15:32] Me: bastard monkey butt powder
[15:32] Me: you could make a fortune
[15:32] Me: just think of all the monkey you'll make from people buying your product to give as gag gifts
[15:32] Beth: lol
[15:32] Me: lol
[15:32] Me: money*
[15:32] Me: not monkey*
[15:32] Beth: all the monkey i'll make.......
[15:32] Me: bwahahhaha
[15:32] Me: lolol | | |
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