cute video + noriko's dinner table

a cute little short film/love story i happened upon today.



And going in a totally different direction ...

Last night I watched Noriko's Dinner Table. It's sort of a sequel sort of a prequel to Suicide Club/Circle. I liked Suicide Club, but it was maybe a little too fucked up for my taste. Despite the gore being over the top almost funny and really unrealistic, it grossed me out and was hard to watch a lot of the parts.

However, Noriko's Dinner Table was a lot less gory and a lot more touching. I liked it a lot. I think it more obviously illustrates the theme of being connected to yourself and to other people (specifically in an age where technological communication ironically disconnects people), but I think they're both about that. And both about alienated youth bla bla bla. Suicide Club left me feeling mostly confused. The trailer isn't very good, but it gives you a little preview of it. Has anyone else seen either Suicide Club or Noriko's Dinner Table.



And the trailer for Suicide Club if you haven't seen the movie yet:

Adventures in Centralia

Michael and I saw "17 Again" last night. I thought it was going to be completely awful. However I loved it! It was so good and I can honestly say I liked it as much as I liked Twilight (read: a LOT).

Anyone familiar with Daniela Sea? She was in the L Word which I was obsessed with a few months ago and she played a transgendered Max. Anyway, Zac Efron looks like her. I highly recommend seeing "17 Again" especially if you like ridiculous movies.


Daniela


Zac

Also, I gave Michael his birthday surprise which was not that Hello Kitty vomit clutch. It was this owl wall hanging! Also I made him a mix cd which was strange to make since I lost all my files recently and the mix is made up of songs I had downloaded in the last 48 hours. Here's the owl and the playlist:





1. Birthday - The Beatles
2. Santana DVX - The Lonely Island
3. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode (Boys Noize remix)
4. Fish in a Womb - The Faint
5. Ringa Ringa - A R Rahman ft. Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun
6. I Love You - Esser
7. Sexual Eruption - Snoop Dogg (Boys Noize remix)
8. Bring It On - Leon Jean Marie
9. The Kids Don't Stand a Chance - Vampire Weekend
10. The Passives - The Faint (Boys Noize remix)
11. Summer of 98 - The Secret Handshake
12. Coffee Houses - Television Room
13. Belshazzar - Johnny Cash (Machine Drum remix)
14. Your Visits Are Getting Shorter - Bloc Party
15. Ma Baker - Boney M
16. Mary's Boy Child - Boney M
17. Bonus Happy Birthday track

Today Michael and I drove around Centralia stopping at thrift stores and taking pictures of eachother in front of prominent Centralia/Chehalis landmarks. I'll post more when he's loaded them from his phone to flickr. [edit: photo not worky, post later when actually show up]

Where have I been???

Stephanie asked me where I disappeared to. Thanks for missing me! Haha. My computer had been slowly dying; running slower, showing all kinds of symptoms of being hella virus-ridden until it crashed completely last night/this morning. I thought I would have to get back together with my Microsoft/SDET ex bf in order to get my computer back up and running. Fortunately though, my amazing dad reformatted it for me today. Which is nice because I don't have to do something dumb like move to Utah to get my computer fixed.

That was a joke anyway. I'm sure he would have helped me with my computer anyway, he's a nice guy. Despite the fact that every night before I fall asleep I have a quick flashback of him, leaving my apartment two years ago, to move to Japan ... I still have mostly fond feelings toward him. I think. Maybe.

I am re-installing/re-downloading all kinds of shit because I lost EVERYTHING. If anyone has any music suggestions for me to download I'd appreciate your input! I had amassed a decent collection of pirated movies and music and starting over is frustrating but kinda feels nice and fresh I guess too. :P

Wolverine leaked, Watchmen=meh, excited for Star Trek

So, apparently the new "X Men Origins: Wolverine" which doesn't come out until May 1 has been leaked. It's a big deal and Fox is panicking and bla bla bla. Maybe it will hurt the box office, but I'm pretty sure fans of the X Men series are still going to see it regardless of if they previewed a pirated incomplete version of it at home. It's fun seeing movies in theaters. It's just not the same at home. Unless you have a giant ass screening room. Then I guess it might be more fun at home.

What do you guys think about pirated movies/music/other media?

Last night, one of my friends convinced me to get out of the house, which was a good thing. We went to see "Watchmen" last night. We were the only people in the theater. I've never had that happen before, and honestly I was a bit bummed out it wasn't a date that I could've made out with, because the movie was long. Really, really long. I wasn't familiar with the storyline and therefore can't really criticize how close the movie stuck with the original, but it was kind of "meh." The second Silk Spectre who I kept thinking looked like Xena (yeah, the warrior princess) was sexy though. Malin Åkerman wears latex very well. And doesn't she kind of look like Xena???



And I got to see the Star Trek trailer. I am a bit out of touch with pop culture, so I didn't even know this was in the making til I saw the trailer, but it looks pretty good:



Yeah, I'm kind of a nerd.

oh, and to finish nerding out, you may enjoy knowing that I am now going to watch Highlander on hulu. Hope y'all are doing something cooler on your Friday nights than I am! Haha (: