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| sorry Jennifer this is all i have so far. i actually wrote like 5 more but i have NO idea where they disappeared off to! sorry =)
3 movie reviews... they were mostly whatevs
1. Stand By Me (1986)- based on Steven King's novel, "The Body." As expected, this movie was an awesome coming of age story of a group of boys growing up in the mid 1950's. They hear about the dead body of a boy being some 20 miles from their town and decide to go on an adventure to find it and become local heroes. I loved the narration of the story from the viewpoint of the main character because it fleshed out a lot of the thoughts and subtleties that usually aren't communicated in movies. Steven King's storytelling is superb. I think what I like most about his storytelling is his ability to capture the mystic glory of adolescence and do it so well that we can soak it in and relive the feelings of our own childhoods. Steven King has a remarkable talent for making normal life seem really, really eerie. And i think that's the magic in his writing. Except for The Shining, It, ... etc. etc all his fiction stories haha... Yeah I don't know what I'm saying. It was something like that. Good movie. Go watch it!
2. Bridges of Madison County (1995)- Starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. Hmm do you really need to say more? Clint Eastwood is still sexy as hell even though he looks like a grandpa and the chemistry and passion that arise out of the dull listlessness in both their lives is beautiful. Something about magic happening when it shouldn't, and when you least expect it, is so precious and heartbreaking all in one. This is a movie that my mother would not let me watch in the 3rd grade, and I can see why. But it is not even a teaspoon of the lewd sex that is on television nowadays. It is tastefully done, and the longing and sacrifice that paints their romance is painfully beautiful. Oh and Clint Eastwood's name in the movie is Robert Kincaid, probably the only name in the world hotter than Clint Eastwood. Oh i just realized I didn't talk about Meryl Streep at all. She's a feisty dissatisfied Italian immigrant housewife who just. needs. some. lovin'. The end.
3. Beautiful (Arumdabda)- Korean movie about a girl who is so beautiful she ends up hating her beauty because one of her psychotic stalkers rapes her. She then goes on a rampage to make herself as unattractive and possible using a variety of methods; gorging herself to become faut, starving to become an unattractive skeleton, and then loses all self esteem in herself hitting rock bottom and becoming a slut. The movie was interesting and twisted and pretty much ridiculous. The adoration of her men callers was really unrealistic and made me question whether she had specific "rape me" pheremones emanating from her to the entire male population. Seriously, there was not ONE guy who was normal and not a pervert throughout the entire movie-- not even random passerbys. It was an interesting movie, but way too exaggerated.
Anyway, nothing much up with me these days. All I really want to do is become better in every way. :] | | |
| i'm going to watch about 10 movies in the next 2 weeks and update on them. that is all! | | |
| xanga is so ugly. that is why everyone wants to leave to wordpress. xanga, please think of a more classy and sophisticated design!!! or all is lost. actually, it's already a lost cause. man people always need something new. anyway,
these days, all im sure of... is that i'm not really sure of anything. kaputtttt.
too much water! not enough wood.
sorry for people who thought this would be a real entry. hahahaha. love u few readers (sam and daisy and irene the only active poster still on my subscriptions list.)
i don't want to fast forward ten years, but i wish i could look in a glass bowl and see what it'll be like. just a glimpse.
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| helllloooo xannnnga.
I can't believe i'm still writing in this xanga. i've been using it really infrequently as of late... I never really feel like writing in it anymore. the only time i ever do write in here seems to be between the ungodly hours of 4-6 am. haha. my sleeping schedule can die! summer graahh very unhealthy indeed.
RANDOm little blorb: Cliffhanger is the best movie ever.
anyway, i am back in c-town for a few days because it was my birthday on monday and my parents insist on celebrating my birth with me. My dad has this strange obsession to take me to this one soondeh gook joint in ktown (soondeh gook is korean sausages made with pig blood in some soup. sounds disgusting but... yea it is. still yummy though.) hahahaha. it's cute, i guess. he really swears it's my favorite soup in the entire world. haha. but maj cute daddy. i shall trust... knowing me, i'm bound to have the same taste buds as my 52 year old father. sigh =\ hahahaa stad.
so after living in an apartment for the last few years and always having roommates around sleeping within 5 feet of me at night, i realized that houses are sccary! yes i said it! having my own room is scary! my childhood home, my cerritos house, really does scare me at night. and it always has scared me. and you would think that midnight snacks would not be an issue for me in cerritos because the stairs and the darkness are too much for my pathetic pansy ass... but no. i still manage to swallow my fear so i can swallow some food. anyway houses are big and dark and gosh knows what creatures lurk in the darkness behind the ancient grandfather clock. oh my gosh i'm beginning to sound like amy tan, who is one of the most irritating writers i have ever read. okay she's not that bad, but her storytelling is so cliche and stereotyped. she doesn't even write normally. only in ancient chinese phrases.
anyway, i have been watching so many movies these days it's pretty ridiculous. PRETTTYYY ridiculous. i like it though. i've always had a bad habit of not trying new things because, i'm lazy, so watching different and new movies is actually something of a mental exercise for me. let's see. i have watched:
in america- watched it before but it is such a great movie i showed it to my roommates. dey ruvved eet. it's the story of a young irish family that moves to america. sounds boring, but trust me, it's meaningful and heart warming.
tokyo godfathers- lulz and good.
diving bell and the butterfly- interesting...
very young girls- documentary about prostitution and the sex trade in new york. average age of girls who enter prostitution are 13 years old. so depressing. but great doc. it's amazing what some people are doing to really help those who desperately need it. modern day heroes.
a walk in the clouds- keanu reeves is... ........ ................... no words can really explain how bad he was.
ferngully- childhood movie. batty was so cute.
the wrestler- movie about a pro wrestler past his prime. great movie.
new in town- renee zelweggs and that one guy. i actually really liked this movie. but it got like 22% on rotten tomatoes.
casablanca- hunkfrey bogart... they don't make them like him anymore. good movie. ppl from old movies also talk riiddikkkulously fast.
that's all i can remember for now. anyway these are all good movies that i would def recommend you watch. except for walk in the clouds. shudders*
the sun is up.
when we were leaving dnb's on my birthday, uncle windell from parenthood/manager at the dept. store in Elf walked past us. i really wish i had taken the picture with the b list celeb on my bday, but alas, i was not intoxicated enough and didn't want to bother him. he looks the same in real life. i think he's actually the only celeb i have seen that close.
the world is... depressing.
i need a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wil probably not write in this for another few weeks. weeee peace out.
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| Stimming is a term for a particular form of stereotypy, a repetitive body movement (often done unconsciously) that self-stimulates one or more senses in a regulated manner. It is shorthand for self-stimulation, and a stereotypy is referred to as stimming under the hypothesis that it has a function related to sensory input.
so i read an entry on "stimming," and it's basically repeating the same movement or action over and over again unconsciously, and it's been observed to be higher in kids with autism.
Anyway, i know i'm not autistic. i do have a hard time concentrating on something before my mind wanders off or ever listening to directions or remembering directions (lol...) but i can concentrate enough when stress pressures and time constricts me into studying or doing what boring tasks i need to complete etc.
but i do do some of the things that are examples of "stimming" such as tracing my fingernail subconsciously repetitively, cracking my jaw a lot to the point where it hurts (but this is i think just a really horrible habit), shaking my leg like crazy, snapping my fingers a lot when i get nervous, blinking a lot etc.
Does anybody else do this? i know everyone does quirky things subconsciously, but i do so many of them i think i need to calm down. haha =( | | |
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