we love to hate everything in other people that we hate about ourselves

tiredsoles @ 2009-11-13T18:22:00

2009-11-09T03:24:15Z

Instead of writing another boring post about me bitching about college applications. I decided to switch it up a little. Instead I decided to do a post of all the fun things I get in mail from colleges and I am also making a fashion post, because nothing is better at calming me down than fashion. Speaking of which, I'm currently sketching and modifying clothing for my admissions project. I really feel like watching The Joy Luck Club again for some odd reason. I never saw it from the beginning.

This box was freaking me out because it was so heavy for a small box.

This thing weighs as much as one of my textbooks. Art schools are pretty awesome with their presentation of informational packets and whatnot.

Usually I'm not a big fan of knockoffs, but this is one of those times where I would I make a rare exception because I have no idea where I could find these Isabel Marant booties anyways. How would I even afford the with college applications and prom dresses? I could have sworn I saw a knockoff pair at Zara, but I'm not sure. I should have looked at the price too.'

I think I'm love with this girl and her amazing style/dress.

tiredsoles @ 2009-10-29T22:02:00

2009-10-30T03:18:35Z

I think I've got one college application completed, because this school doesn't require a personal statement or recommendation letters. All I have to do is send my transcript and my fee waiver in. That's one down and five more to go, plus scholarships. I think my biggest fear in not being able to get into college and if I do get in I hate the school or the major. Now I'm terrifed or more or less paralzed with fear. I've got to get over that because I'm in a bit of a time crunch to get all these personal statements, projects, and essays done.

Voting for Senior Notables are tomorrow and this is one of those times where I wish I was more popular, or more of a social butterfly. Shit, I should have gotten over this shyness in freshman year. At least that way I could get my picture in the yearbook more than once. That way I would at least have some pull over people, so I could get them to vote for me for something. I'm really ambivalent to the whole voting thing, so I guess I'll have someone tell me who to vote for, because I'm a bit on the eh...side. I've really got to finish the questionnaire for my consular, that way I can get my recommendation letter from her before it's too late..

I really hope I can get my French grade back up to a B, because it is an Honors class and I do get Honors credit for the C I have now, which makes it a B. But I really need to pull up that GPA to at least a 3.5. I have a quiz tomorrow, so I hope I don't do so bad on that one. Then I have an oral too, I don't even know what to write or say for that matter. This sucks when you're so used to having the same teacher teach you French, I'm so not used to a different teacher. Which I need to pick up my recommendation letter from. On an unrelated note, what's up with all these shorthand names like RPattz, ASkars, KStew, etc...? I'm going to start to get confused.

tiredsoles @ 2009-10-12T22:19:00

2009-10-13T03:38:00Z

I took a leap of faith and finally joined Facebook. I've been holding back on joining for so long, because I've been burned by social networking sites like that one before, and I was annoyed at all my friends asking me to join to it, so I just did it. I'm probably not going to be on it much though.

I finally worked on and finished my video for Film Studies, so I can work on college apps and whatnot. I hate doing all these essays and crap. Ugh along with balancing my social life and school work, it's really starting to get hectic. I just want it all to slow down and I want to stop spending so much money on things I don't necessarily need. I really need to focus on school, especially keeping my grades up, working on scholarships, like this one scholarship for FIDM, where I have to come up with a prom store, and getting all my applications finished. I think it's really starting to take a toll on me physically, because I'm always getting sick these days, plus my school is a breeding ground of viral bacteria. Sociology is officially the worst class I've ever taken, it's so dull for an offshoot of a psychology class. I blame the my teacher's lack of enthusiam, and being able to inject it into class, because I don't feel like I'm learning anything, all I'm doing is answering these stupid questions. I've got to shake this class up or something or I'll cry of boredom.

I finally watched "Towelhead" otherwise known as "Nothing is Private." It was an intriguing movie on teenage sexuality, but I thought the whole thing was slightly exaggerated. There were a lot of scenes where it was really hard to watch, almost uncomfortable. Overall I thought it was an okay movie. I just kept thinking about how much I wanted to hit the little girl in the movie, because some of the choices she made were so ridiculous. I keep thinking it's been a long time since I've watched a movie, but only a week or two, I saw Jennifer's Body and before that it was The September Issue.

tiredsoles @ 2009-10-06T18:15:00

2009-10-06T23:15:37Z

Man I've got to stop procrastinating, because it's starting to stress me out. I have to memorize a skit in French, and I keep forgetting stuff. I have to make an object that represents a culture, and I've got a paper to write, plus I have to ask for letters of recommendations and write essays for college apps, which are slowly coming along, but I need to get my transcripts sent. Which are going to cost me two dollars a piece, who charges for that stuff? Greedy schools do. I'm wondering if I should start my own fashion blog and put it on my resume, or become like seaofshoes or Tavi and get invited to shows and get free stuff.

Last Friday, the pep rally was insane. Kids started running/jay walking across the street to McDonalds, and the cops were called because they're a block away or pretty much right next to us. I was in the process of crossing the street to McDonalds to wait for my friends, when the whole thing started to explode and people were freaking out. It turns out that the kids were marching down the street because the pep rally was at the end of the day and instead of going home or doing something else, they decided to march down the street and freak people out. Kids were suspened and cars were bricked and covered with shaving cream. We're glad they didn't cancel Ocktoberfest, because we would be pissed, because it is a senior privilege.

"Eat it Twilight"

2009-09-25T02:20:40Z

I love you Dean Winchester. This show never fails to make me laugh. When is Dean going to get his damn necklace back? It's always been around his neck, unlike Eric with his disappearing/reappearing necklace. I love the banter between Castiel and Dean, especially the scene in the brothel.

Tomorrow I'm supposed to be going downtown to help a couple of friends of mine pick out dresses for homecoming. I haven't decided if I want to go yet. I know it's my last year, but I'm not sure if it's going to be any fun. The gym, the dance is being held in is pretty small. I've been keeping busy these past two weeks with a crap load of homework and I finished at least one college essay. I finished my Southern Vampire novels this week after finally deciding to read them. Hopefully I won't remember any of the plot lines by the time they end up being realized on True Blood, because there is such a large difference between the show and the books. It drives me crazy. I really should have been working on French homework instead, because this year is more difficult than the last. I'm constantly wondering why I took another year, especially since I don't need it anymore to graduate. I'm starting to talk to my former friend in that class, it's not as awkward as last week, but some of the things she's said to me is pissing me off like last time, and I remember why I stopped speaking to her. The problem is I won't say anything about it, I end up bottling everything up, I feel so passive-aggressive.

I have a project for Film Studies, I can either make a comic book, a poster, a film/music video, or write a review of a 1940s movie. I can't decide what to do because I am leaning towards a music video, but it's hard for me to even stick with one idea, because I have a crap load floating around in my head right now. I don't think most of them will ever be realized. At least I downloaded some new music this week, after a couple of months being stuck in a music dry spell.

Celebration

2009-09-15T03:09:39Z

I finally got my waiver today!!!! I can get my license in two weeks. No more stress over driving. Now the only thing I have to worry about is school. OMG seeing Natalia Vodianova on The Rachel Zoe Project was the highlight of my life. This only reaffirms my crazy dream of being a stylist. Now I have to think of ways to ask my teachers for recommendation letters. Let's not talk about last night's True Blood.

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tiredsoles @ 2009-09-01T14:16:00

2009-09-01T19:37:26Z

Yesterday was my quickstart. I can't believe I'm going to start school in a week, but the quickstart just made it quite clear that I'm going back to school in a week. I'm really nervous about the whole situation. I have a new French teacher after two years of having the same one, which is quite terrifying, I think I'm so used to my old one that I can't really deal with a new teacher. Great, the first week is going to be slightly hectic, because I have retake the ACT on Saturday. I'm really not too happy about that, at least there's True Blood the day after.

Which reminds me, why do I have to wait two stinking weeks for it? I'm too emotionally invested to have to wait two weeks. I guess I'll have somebody to talk to it about the day after, which is my stinking traffic. How can I focus on driving, when I'm thinking about True Blood? Maybe that is a better thing, because I'll be able to relax a little bit more. Speaking of which, I think I need new fandom icons, because I've haven't used fandom icons for a long time and I'm starting to get tired of my icons.

The joys of senior year have been clouded by my intense stress over college, scholarships, applications, and a general frenzy looming. You can't coast through senior year until you've gotten into school. I've been trying to work on my applications for the past summer, but I'm afraid that I haven't really gotten that far with them. I'm breaking out a lot more because of this crazy amount of stress. It's not helpful that my parents, mostly my mom yells at me everytime, we talk about college and me moving away. I'm starting to get really frustrated and a really afraid that I can't live by myself on my own away from my parents. My mom doesn't want to support me anymore if I leave Chicago. I'm fucking terrified that I can't do it on my own. I got to put myself on a shopping ban, because everytime I buy something, I get yelled at and there's no point, if I can't enjoy shopping.

tiredsoles @ 2009-08-24T10:51:00

2009-08-24T16:40:16Z

Going back to school always pisses me off, but I got to get over it, because I am a senior. This is my last stinking year, so I got to suck it up. My quickstart is next Monday, after True Blood. How am I supposed to concentrate on school, when True Blood was the night before. Back to school shopping even frustrates me, I need to start making my own clothes, because some of the crap that is being made sucks. It's terrible. Unless I start my own fashion blog and get free clothes from designers. I did manage to get Nylon on Saturday with Anna Paquin on the cover. The article didn't have many spoilers, or if there were they were minute.

Anyways, I'm starting to get really annoyed at these goddamn cliffhanger endings on True Blood. It's driving me nuts. I know they do this on purpose to keep viewers tuned in every week, but I'm thinking I should have waited until the season ended. I might have to start reading the books because I can read faster than wait a week for the next episode, but I probably won't. I'm doing this to Mad Men, because I don't want to follow week after week. I'm going back to school. I want to get these storylines over with, but knowing the writers, they'll cliff hang into another season. If this goes on for 6 years, I'll need a well-paying job to be able to afford HBO and cable or satellite. I don't even remember how I watched SATC for 6 years. I think True Blood should do what Greek does, because Greek only has 10 episodes a season and they manage to crank out two seasons a year. They have one in fall and spring. Then again that would require all the actors to clear their schedules and work on this show for most of the year.

I really liked this week's episode. I thought it was really entertaining and quite funny. This was one of the funniest episodes out of the series. I actually liked Jason in this episode, especially the part with smiting Sam. Those zombies must be super gullible to believe that he was their God, with the branches for horns.

I wonder if we're going to have a dream sequence involving Sookie/Eric every episode? If this happens for fuck's sake, I will ship Eric/Sookie. These dream sequences are starting to confuse me. Please no more crying from Eric, because it's really driving me nuts, at least it's only a dream sequence. Sookie touching his fang is just weird, so weird that I wanted him to bite her.

I really don't understand the hate for Bill. I liked him in this episode, he didn't seem so whiny in this episode. Plus he said "What the devil is?..." I probably will change my mind in a week though. Although biting Maryanne was pretty stupid.

My sister thinks that Bill was tolerable this week, because Eric was only in the episode for a few minutes. That way, she didn't have to compare Bill to Eric. I also don't understand the whole debate between Team Bill and Team Eric, because if I start seeing t-shirts, I might hurt someone. Why can't we all just get along? I ship Bill/Eric.

I love the appearance of the Wii, I wonder what game was Maxine playing? I want to speculate about what's going to happen. Is Bill going to confront Eric about Lafayette selling the V? Is that going to play into a major plotline next season? Is Eggs still going to be on the show? Will they get rid of Maryanne in this season or the next? So many questions, not enough answers?

I need to speak with these costume designers right away. They have Pam in a $6,575 YSL sequined jumpsuit (Yes, I id'ed it), so I know they have the budget, so where the hell did they find Eric's racerback? Then again they could have easily customized it, because I have never seen a racerback so narrow.

Runway shot for comparison

A better shot to show that it is the same jumpsuit, but Pam's neckline is lowered.

Cruel Intentions

2009-08-16T17:45:40Z

While I am impatiently waiting for tonight's episodes of True Blood and Mad Men. I figured I might as well write a post. I should probably finish season 2 of Mad Men, before I watch the Season 3 premiere though. I was too busy catching up with True Blood Season 2, I watched 8 episodes in about a week's time. I should have been working on college applications. I can't even watch them until, Monday because I have no cable or satellite. I kind of psyched myself out during my traffic, so I screwed up the traffic, and now I have take another one in September. I really don't want to go, but I need this waiver. Anyways I wanted to write a review for Cruel Intentions, so I should get on with that.

I think I first watched Cruel Intentions back in 2000, when I was too young to understand what the hell was going on anyways, but I always liked the movie, even if it did take until 2009 to realize how great this movie is. I liked it so much that I went home and watched it again. I watched in California at my Grandpa's house and the movie brought up so much nostalgia. I loved the actors, particularly Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Michelle Geller. This movie is the only reason why I used to love Ryan Phillipe. Sarah Michelle Geller as a brunette is kind of fun, but her character was so manipulative and evil, I couldn't help but love her. She was great in the movie. The score and the music were amazing. I think the score in particular fit the mood of so many of the scenes. One song that sticks out to me the most is Colorblind by The Counting Crows, I remember loving that song from the first time I watched it.

I really enjoyed the character of Sebastian. He had the most of depth of all the characters in the movie. I thought Sebastian had so many dimensions. I loved his demeanor and how he carried himself. When I first watched this movie, I always thought he was alive at the end of the movie, but now when I watch it, I realized he really did die and that is one of the most disappointing things I've ever seen in a movie. I'm kind of pissed off that they actually killed his character off, because before he died, he didn't look like he was hurt that badly.

I loved how the movie ended with Bittersweet Symphony, I specifically remember how one of my friends in the 8th grade wanted to use that song for graduation. I remember when the headmaster pulls out Kathryn's cross and out comes cocaine.That moment in the movie is iconic for me, because that's why I usually remember from the movie.

tiredsoles @ 2009-08-11T12:06:00

2009-08-11T17:06:35Z

I'm starting to get so frustrated with taking all these traffics. I really just want to get it over with. I want my waiver!!! I have another coming up on Friday. I want some anxiety medication, maybe that way I'll be able to get some sleep. I do not know how to relax. If I don't relax, I'll keep screwing up on my traffics. One kid is on his fifth going on sixth. I want to watch True Blood, but I have to finish Mad Men first.

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Calgary and Los Angeles Part 1

2009-07-26T17:49:55Z

Let me start this off by saying that this will be a four part post. The next one will be LA and the two after that will be pictures. I'm back from LA. I'm glad to be home and able use the internet freely. I had fun, but a lot of it was starting to piss me off. My family needs to stop mocking my weight and my strange eating habits. The truth is after one week of eating all this crappy Chinese food, mostly fried rice, I can't stand to eat anymore of this crap. I really want to eat something different.

The flight to Calgary was difficult because of all the turblence, I felt like I was going to throw up after the flight. Air Canada is pretty awesome for having a screen built into the back of the seat. We got to pick and choose our movies. I watched Duplicity, which is the most boring movie I have ever seen in a long time. On the flight to LA, I watched 17 Again for the second time and a little bit of The Pink Panther 2.

First up is Calgary, when we first arrived, it was raining. That is not exactly the best way to start off a vacation. The whole week felt really long. It felt like two. I think I was in culture shock the whole time. The best part of the trip was we got to spend it a sweet apartment. I'll post pics in a different entry. It was so nice clean from not being lived in. Plus internet was readily available, I just kept forgetting to read my flist properly, because I had to share with my sister, and we both have things we want to do.
Majority of the week was spent in jeans because it was so cold, and it was raining most of the time. We went to the nearby mall, the second day of the trip. It was nice to experience near things, but the prices in Canada are insane! I didn't buy anything, because I was too terrified to spend anything. The only thing I really wanted was a pair of jeans. Honestly the whole trip was pretty boring until, my cousins from Chicago came to stay with us.

A couple hours before they came we went to Banff. The area had amazing scenery. My sister took a lot of pictures of the mountains nearby. We missed the exit to Banff, even I remember saying "Aren't we supposed to take the exit there?" So we just drove up to Lake Louise. A little traffic on the way drove me crazy, so I just tried to sleep. There are some great pictures of the lake and there was a beautiful hotel, with a cute little lounge that I wanted to eat at. Instead we went back to Banff to eat some ridiciously priced meal. It was about $229. ~~I'm not bitter.~~ I did get grilled cheese at McDonald's because we don't have it in America. My sister wants to go to every country and have McDonald's, just because of the cultural differences.

I went to Cows in Banff and got a cute shirt. I told my sister to buy the Spock one, but she didn't want to waste money. Well it was her loss. She went and spent two bucks on a Winnie the Pooh phone charm from a vending machine outside of a restaurant. I don't want to go on about the wedding again, because it's only a couple posts down. I did get a new nickname. My cousins are now calling my Shagganappi Shenanigan. We saw some car dealer named Shagganappi and now my bluetooth is named that.

tiredsoles @ 2009-07-23T00:09:00

2009-07-23T05:09:55Z

I'm in LA right now. I finally got a new phone. No internet where I'm staying, so I'm using the Wi-Fi at a cafe right now.

ETA: I'm going to shoot myself trying to read and go through all the flist updates. Sorry if I haven't been keeping up with your updates. I apologize. I'm on a real computer now, and I'm going to try to read as many as possible. I'll be back on Saturday.

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tiredsoles @ 2009-07-18T23:08:00

2009-07-19T05:17:37Z

I just got back from my cousin Livia's wedding, so I don't have much time to blog. I've had internet for the whole week, but I'm really lazy and I didn't want to blog. The wedding was fun, but the reception has was amazing. It was filled joy and lots of love. Anyways I have a story to tell. During the end of the reception, when it was time to catch the bouquet, I was standing in the front. I was next to my cousin, Mavis, who's Livia's younger sister. I jokingly said to her "Mavis, run interference." and "Go long." When Livia tosses the bouquet towards the front, because her sister's boyfriend got the garter belt, Mavis litteraly runs off to the side, and I kind of scuttle off to pick it up. The emcee starts asking me if there "Are any single guys in the crowd that I like?" So I make a complete ass out of myself and start saying things like "I'm out of their league", "Too old", and "not my type." I kept trying to get Mavis to take the bouquet back, but she doesn't want it, so I took it. Oh god, I have a feeling that I embarrassed the family and I'll never be able to live this down. This will probably brought almost all the time. I'll probably tell a ton of people.

tiredsoles @ 2009-06-21T20:54:00

2009-06-22T02:24:42Z

Ahh three weeks before my trip to Canada! I finally found a dress to wear and I found my sister an outfit too. The dress could always be better, but we were under a budget and not a lot time. So I was thinking of filling out my college applications and prom, which is me jumping the gun again. I thought I might use this post to throw in pictures of inspiration.

And I can't forget your style and your cynicism

2009-06-09T19:52:35Z

It's over! Finally! No more school. I'm officially a SENIOR. I think a celebration is in order and a sense of accomplishment seems to wash over me. I want some ice cream. Technically I have school tomorrow, but I have no real intention of going. Friday, is the day to pick up report cards, but I guess I'll pick it up and leave. I'll probably just hang out with my sister for the rest of the week, watching soap operas. I have to help my sister pick out her digital camera and hopefully find a dress for my cousin's wedding and soon. Even though it's four weeks away, I like to be prepared. I get stressed out easily and I start turning into a nut about these things. I have to register to take the ACT again and start researching colleges this summer. I need to finally learn how to drive.

It is really hard for me to focus on the plot of a movie after I've seen it more than once. The same thing happened with Star Trek, but I still enjoyed it and there are still parts that make me react the same exact way I did the first time. I liked it better the first time because I swear the screen popped out of the wall and widened out. My sister does not believe me. It happened, I know it! That would explain why the pores and the close ups were so distracting the first time I watched it. The second viewing, the lens flares were driving me nuts.

I finally saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last week, beautiful movie, but I must have been really tired, because I could not focus on the movie. I really wanted to sleep, but as soon as Cate and Brad were on screen, I was some how able to focus.

Finals Day 1

2009-06-05T19:56:24Z

It was the first day of finals today, so I know the end is officially here. I only had to take one final today, because I took my Humanities and my AP Psych final a couple weeks ago. Monday, I only have one too, because I took my Drama final already. Tuesday, I have French and Trig. I have to really study for those, because I don't want to fail Trig and I need an A in French. I have to return my books too. Right now I have to return 4 of them. I wish they let us return them, today after school but alas no.

Tomorrow, my sister is dragging me along to see Star Trek again, because she hasn't seen it yet. Actually my mom didn't want to her to watch it alone, I was going to watch Angels and Demons. I wouldn't mind watching it a second time, but I was hoping the second time I watch it, would be on the DVD release date. Oh well. My birthday was on Tuesday and I guess I don't mind having this as a birthday gift. Plus I get free ice cream at Coldstone and Baskin Robbins. I have to go to Barnes and Noble to pick up Candide for a summer reading assignment anyways.

Star Trek

2009-05-22T22:51:19Z

It's been a long time since I've written one of these, but I just got back from the movies. I'm glad that we watched Star Trek, because they wanted to watch Night of the Museum 2 and I wanted to watch either Star Trek or Angels and Demons, but I guess nobody had any idea what it was about. The trailers for Angels and Demons were super vague, but I did really like The DaVinci Code and I found it really fascinating, the whole history behind everything. Fictional or not. Plus Ewan McGregor is playing a priest in the movie, what's not to love? Anyways I came up with the idea to go to the movies anyways
I eventually convinced them to watch Star Trek. The movie was really good. I'm surprised during the previews that they didn't show the Sherlock Holmes trailer. Maybe it was before Terminator. I would have liked to see that on the big screen. Star Trek must be a really wide movie, because the screen popped out from the wall and widened out. If I ever buy the DVD, I might consider getting a bigger TV and a BluRay player. The CGI was epic.

This movie had so many cameos. Tyler Perry, Winona Ryder, the original Spock: Leonard Nimoy, and Cameron from House. I was so surprised to see Tyler Perry and Winona Ryder. I didn't even know Winona Ryder did big budget movies anymore, I'm surprised I even recognized her. Somebody sitting behind me starting laughing when Tyler Perry showed up. I kept thinking "I recognize this guy" and then it hit me. I really liked how diverse the cast was.

I really like the character of James T. Kirk. I loved how he was cocky, arrogant, and really thick headed. It added a nice touch of humor. I love how in real life, I generally dislike people that are arrogant and cocky, but in the movies and on TV, they make very good characters. They're always well written and better executed than the stereotypical goody two shoes character. Chris Pine should stop doing bad romantic comedy's like Just My Luck and The Princess Diaries 2.

This movie had the most unnecessary close ups of the actors' faces. I could totally tell that Quinto's eyebrows were shaven off, because you can see his brow bone and clearly where his eyebrow was. Actually I kept asking myself if he had shaven off his eyebrows. Good thing for IMDB or I would still be pondering this. I loved how Kirk initially called him "pointy ear bastard" and then as soon as he got on the U.S.S. Enterprise, he starts calling him Spock. I kind of whispered bromance underneath my breath.

I kept thinking this movie was a prequel to the Star Trek series, but it turns out it was a reboot. Probably a good thing because my friend was a little unsure whether or not, she would understand the movie. I didn't care anyways, because I saw the trailer for Star Trek before Quantum of Solace. Actually I saw it on the USA Today site, but everything is better on a big screen.

tiredsoles @ 2009-05-04T17:27:00

2009-05-04T22:27:57Z

Sorry I've been MIA. I got really sick yesterday and I didn't get to go to school today.

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tiredsoles @ 2009-04-15T16:51:00

2009-04-15T22:06:19Z

Going back to school after spring break is hard, but I'm readjusting. Plus my ACT is next week. I'm not worried, but I hope I get enough sleep, because if I don't I'm probably going to get lazy and not check over my answers. That's probably where I get screwed over majority of the time. I did my French oral which is always nerve wracking. I think it went fine though. Tomorrow is a half day, I don't even remember the last time I had one since freshman year. Those are always fun when I go downtown and hang out with my friends, but in an effort to save money, I'm going to go home and catching up on my soaps. I've got to study for tests anyways.

I feel like we're slowly inching towards the end of the year. Especially with the ACT next week and 27 days give or take until my AP final exam, then finals we'll be here in no time. Speaking of spring break, I spent most of it doing homework, watching soaps, and for some strange reason watching a lot of old Hugh Jackman movies that I've already seen. I had to watch something instead of Australia. I think I need a new mattress, because my lower back is so sore right now. I don't even know what I did to cause it.

Australia

2009-04-04T02:39:11Z

Yay for Spring Break finally starting. Sadly I have to do homework and watch two movies for extra credit, but that's not without answering questions. Last night was a great Supernatural episode. I'm glad I did not skip it. Parts of it were a little hard to believe, but nonetheless the episode was hilarious. Late Wednesday night, I finally got to watch Australia. It was a good movie, but it's not great. It actually made me really want to visit Australia and watch Moulin Rouge again. It got me super excited to watch X-Men Origins. Also it reminded me why I love Nicole Kidman.

I was a bit apprehensive to watch the movie, because at first I wasn't sure if they story was going to be any good. Actually I wasn't sure there was going to be a story at all, except that it's supposed to be some epic love story. It actually did have some sort of a plot line. For some reason I was led to believe that the movie would take place on a ship and a lot of the central action would occur during flashbacks. I like the fact that whenever I put in my QOS DVD I see the trailer and I'm able to bask in the glow of it's epicness.
The scenery was amazing in this movie. I felt so unrealistic to me, I kept thinking it was green screen shots. I loved how The Wizard of Oz played such a large role in the movie. I kept thinking the movie should have an official soundtrack but they don't. Whenever I think of Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, I always find it hard to believe, but when I watched the movie I was convinced. The movie was close to 3 hours, but I kept wondering when it was going to end, because everytime I think it's over, it kept going. Good thing too, because I afraid one of them was going to die and I almost freaked out. I'm surprised that Nicole didn't get to keep her original accent and instead adopted an English one. I loved Nicole's costumes for this movie, especially the dress she wears to the ball.

tiredsoles @ 2009-03-29T19:16:00

2009-03-30T00:36:01Z

I'm so tired of school and life right now. I'm in a slight haze, because my head hurts. Not much going on right now, I'm patiently waiting for Spring Break, but right before that Report Card Pick Up and Alg 2 Midterm. I've got to attempt to pass this test. I've been doing some preliminary shopping for my dress to my cousin's wedding and I've tried on a couple of dresses and they are super unflattering, the size is too big, or the dress is too long. I'm starting to wonder how hectic prom dress shopping is going to be next year. It sucks to be 5'1.

But it sucks even more to be working retail in this economy. I was at the mall today and it completely dead in the stores. The only place that was remotely populated was the kids treehouse and the Apple store. The sales assosiates were trying to accomdate to anyone, just so they could make a sale. It was depressing. I wanted to buy something so they wouldn't follow me around or watch me with hopeful eyes. Too bad I have a budget and I'm broke. I did get my hair cut and I bought Quantum of Solace.

tiredsoles @ 2009-03-11T20:54:00

2009-03-12T02:18:09Z

I'm almost finished with my play. I'm on the last page. It's fun to write, but it is long tedious work. I'm getting really behind on my schoolwork, especially reading Frankenstein, because I'm so tired from writing this thing. At least I presented my powerpoint in French. I actually had the script read aloud for me by my classmates and it sounded a lot less cheesy than I expected it to be. I hate ending it though because I'm not really sure how to yet. I should probably stop watching my Chinese soap opera or confine to watching it on only weekends. I just want to finish it, there are about 21 episodes left for me to watch.

I'm surprised that The Edge of Love is finally coming to America. I want to see Powder Blue later this year. I watched Watchmen over the weekend. I'm thinking I have to wait for the hype to die down or maybe when the DVD comes out later this year. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about it. I just know I like that scene on Mars.

ACTs and Spring Break is coming up in only a matter of weeks. I just want to get it over with.

tiredsoles @ 2009-03-02T14:45:00

2009-03-02T21:03:22Z

I really should be doing my homework right now, but instead I'm writing this. I'm a lazy student. I'm going on a field trip for French tomorrow anyways, so I like to put things off until last minute. Due to the absence of anything good on tv thesedays. I have resorted to watching Chinese soap operas. Even though they are extremely cheesy and unrealistic. But which soap opera isn't these days? My friend managed to watch all 82 episodes before me and I still wonder where she has all this time. I should learn to time manage better. I pretty much know how the show ends and all, because I can't resist spoilers.

On the bright side, we finally bought the plane tickets to Canada. We are only staying for a week and then we fly to California. I'm excited and I'm waiting for the school year to be over. I want to get out of school. It was snowing all day yesterday. So I was stuck at home doing nothing. I managed to watch RocknRolla which was a lot better than I expected. I have to start writing my play soon and right now we have to start coming up with three ideas to explore for plays.

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009-02-15T02:38:02Z

I watched Confessions of a Shopaholic today. Unfortunate timing, because it's a movie about shopping during the economic turndown. But the movie was filmed early last year, before anything about the recession was extremely important. I wasn't really sure what to expect with the movie, because I hated the books even though I read about three of them. I wanted to know what was going to happen, so I kept reading. I eventually stopped anyways. I'm glad that the movie turned a lot better than the book. It was more entertaining. I thought the movie stayed pretty close to book with a few liberties. I think the liberties were taken improved the movie and the books.
All right never mind, they took a lot of liberties with the book, because many things were flipped around. For example, it seems as if they combined the first and second book together. Tarquin is Suze's cousin, which never mentioned in the movie, but I can see why because, in America that would probably be illegal. The first book primarily took place in England. I think they were trying to imply that Rebecca's parents were from England. Luke doesn't move to New York until book 2. Luke was more of an asshole in the books, and he had a girlfriend for half of the book. He also doesn't work at Sucessful Savings either, since he owns his own company.

Besides that I really enjoyed the movie. Parts of the movie were quite humorous, I loved the scene where Isla tackles a woman over some boots and has to break her credit card out of a frozen block of ice. I really only read the books, because I heard the movie was being made and I'm a big fan of Isla Fisher. I think she is adorable.

Rebecca and Luke's relationship was so cute, because when I was reading the books, I really wasn't too sure why the hell she was attracted to Luke in the first place. He pissed me off a lot. I loved Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon, at first I wasn't sure about his casting, because Luke is such an asshole in the book. They pretty much changed his character around for the better though. It was quite amusing that as Rebecca put it "He speaks Prada." Rebecca and Luke was extremely charming characters. I didn't like the fact that Rebecca couldn't really justify her shopping. Apparently people thought the book version of her was more endearing.

The styling was horrific. I felt as if it was to OTT. Sex and the City the movie was styled a lot better than this movie and it came out only a year prior to this. However Sex was filmed about a year before this. I can understand why Pat Field decided to style the movie like this. Even The Devil Wear Prada was styled better.

tiredsoles @ 2009-02-13T16:20:00

2009-02-13T22:30:39Z

I'm on a 5 day weekend right now. I think this is the best thing that has ever happened to my school year, too bad I have write a 25 sentence letter in French and tons of other homework. At least I can catch up on my movie watching.

I finally finished The Reader and I'm watching Slumdog Millionaire right now. The Reader was really good in the beginning, but towards the end of the movie, the pace started to slow down and the movie started too become dull. I really enjoyed the movie up until it when back to the present with Kate Winslet being older and Ralph Fiennes taking over the acting for the lead character. I liked the movie better when it was in flashback mode and you saw how the relationship with Hanna and Michael started and how it developed.

I just finished watching Slumdog Millionaire. I remember watching a clip of the movie a year ago, not knowing anything about it. I certainly didn't expect for it to gain critical acclaim. I just knew Dev Patel was in it. I was a bit reluctant to watch it, because of all the hype, but my friend kept asking me if I watched it yet, so I knew I had this weekend off and I figured why not? I really liked the movie. The ending was a nice touch to the movie.

I really disliked Jamal's brother for the greater part of the movie. It wasn't until he redeemed himself in the end that I thought he wasn't such a bad guy, he just makes terrible decisions. I disliked his older brother a lot and I thought he was a terrible brother to Jamal, especially since he locked him in portapotty and made Jamal jump into the latrine. His brother did a lot of bad things to him.

I liked how the flashbacks were done in the movie. The flashbacks did a good job of explaining how Jamal answered many of the questions through his own life experiences. There was something about that, that I really liked. The movie was well written. I wished that there was more scenes with the characters when they were older as opposed to their childhood. I was close to crying towards the end of the movie. Overall it was a great movie.