Archive for February, 2008

classic
February 29, 2008

Life Goals
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11) Have my picture taken at Angkor Wat.
12) Learn to identify basic classical music.
13) See a play in NYC.
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About two years ago, I wrote a list of 50 items that I want to accomplish in this lifetime. While a few have already been ticked off (experience an F1 race, see a Picasso art piece, [...]

plans
February 26, 2008

Contrary to my plans as outlined in my last post, I didn’t get to finish There Will Be Blood. Even amidst strong recommendations from friends, the fact that my copy of the film came straight from enterprising pirates possessing camcorders made me realize that, to hell with it. I’ll just wait for a better copy. [...]

Vampire Weekend
February 24, 2008

I downed two films last night, No Country For Old Men and Tulad ng Dati. I also managed to finish about 30 minutes of There Will Be Blood before finally dozing off in my lounge chair at past 3 in the morning.

I didn’t really like No Country. The first one-fourth of the movie was slow-paced. [...]

4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
February 22, 2008

The first word that popped into my head when thinking of an adjective to describe the 2007 Cannes Golden Palm winner 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days was the word painful. I know this may sound unfair, considering the beautiful filmmaking and masterful storytelling involved, but the reality is that the experience is truly [...]

Lightspeed Champion
February 20, 2008

It took a whole lot of courage on my part to try and sample the music of Lightspeed Champion. Because honestly, would you trust a guy to deliver good music if he looks like this?

But as I always say, things don’t turn out exactly the way you expect them to be, and Lightspeed Champion is [...]

closet
February 18, 2008

M: watch there will be blood!!!
B: 27 dresses muna. hahaha
M: tanginanamaneh!
M: hahaha
So I really did watch 27 Dresses. It was a request from my sis-in-law that I download the film, and given the circumstances of her condition, I cannot not oblige. And upon completing the download, as I’ve already taken the effort to scour the [...]

endo
February 17, 2008

From: Barry
To: xxx@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Subject: endo
i want to watch endo at the movie house tomorrow.
who wants to watch endo at the movie house tomorrow?
so he/she can join me to watch endo at the movie house tomorrow.
tara. lets go lets go lets go.

So goes my invitation to watch Endo which I [...]

Mistaken for strangers
February 15, 2008

I know I’m probably way late to the party, but I am really digging the National. I didn’t get into them when they released Boxer last year as it reminded me so much of a Johnny Cash sensibility, which didn’t bode that well with me. But I must admit, their music is really the type [...]

dl spree
February 13, 2008

It’s 3:45 am and I am wide awake, listening to The Three EPs by the Beta Band. Such are the perils of retiring early last night. I think I must’ve fallen asleep by 9pm, with my laptop hard at work downloading multiple albums while stationed next to me in bed.
I’ve actually downloaded more than a [...]

Somewhere down the road
February 11, 2008

In the spirit of Valentimes (not a typo) and nary someone to hold hands with (a private joke), I tried my hand at watching Minsan Minahal Kita, the Sharon-Richard starrer from a few years back. It was just me being jologs as jologs can get.
While watching an ill-fated romance flick may be mistakenly interpreted as [...]