Message in a Bottle

I was practicing that song on Rock Band hard drums. Man, when you THINK about the rhythm you mess up. Note to self: "don' t think". I got through it in the end though, so it's all good.

Today, I went to go see 17 Again. Sarah couldn't stop laughing. Apparently it was partly due to the fact that the guy next to us had a very creepy laugh. Also, that guy started singing along ot "Fergilicious" when it came on before basketball game. :S

Long critical review (with dork moment at the end):
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Despite the continuity errors, it was an enjoyable movie. I almost don't want to bring out possible editing blips because I want to say that it was genuinely a good film. The story line was a mash of Big, Back to the Future, and some original-not-so-original fluffy sub-plot. Shankman did okay but I think the real genius-i were the writers. The dialogue was spunky, fresh, and kept me happy.

The editing and choice of shots on the other hand is another story. I understand some parts were meant to be a little overlapped but why so many? Also, this might be the actor's problem, but I noticed when cutting from one shot to the next the actor was doing something else or in a different position. That seems like a very amateur mistake to me. I'm not pointing any fingers *cough*zacefron*cough* but that really broke continuity.

Okay, read the rest before ya'll get mad at me for that Zac Efron thing. I believe this guy has a lot of potential, sure. He's on the rise and he's probably going to have great roles coming up for him but I think this guy needs a little more expierence on the big screen before he tries to take on an Oscar-esque movie. His acting in the movie was pretty good and at moments his "dad" character was really showing and genuine but the little things kind of blew the 10/10 ranking for him.

Other than Efron, Tom Lennon was perfect. I loved his character, too. You should've seen me in the theatre. When he was on his not-date with the principal and they started speaking Elfish, I freaked out. I told Jennie, "OHMYGOSH, THEY'RE SPEAKING ELF!" She gave me a "wtf" face and ignored my spazzing. Also, I. Want. His. House. He has LUKE'S LANDSPEEDER for a bed. And a Tatooine backround on his wall. (A New Hope LOVE!) Plus, his clone shock trooper coffee thingy? Awesome. The lightsaber battle had to be my favorite part of the movie.
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Ahem...so that leads me to the new game me and Kev got- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. We only have one mission left. I find Felusia much more annoying than I used to. Them warriors are tough cookies.

If you couldn't tell, I love Star Wars.

I also love The Lord of the Rings, which is how I knew the Elf thing. I don't know if they were speaking Quenya or the other one, though.

Spring break's over. That was quick. And unproductive.Here's an old family picture from Christmas I touched up. My cousins are groovy. And kinda old. XP

Baby, It's You

I went on iTunes 2007 Essentials and listened to the songs. Flashback, much? Yeah, that title song is by Jojo way back in the day. It was stuck in my head.

So, I started off spring break with five rejections.
... Not THAT kind of rejection. I proposed my film club to five teachers and they all declined. On top of that, the two film studies teachers already said no. (FYI I am NOT merging with the comedy club guy. Seriously.)

Plus I've got homework. Lots of it.

On a better note, I found out how to get distinguishable dialogue on Doug. YAY!

Anyone going to be free over Spring Break? I was thinking the last weekend we could go watch 17 Again. It looks fun.

But hopefully I'll see all y'all before the last weekend of break. :D

Don't Think Just Do

Well, I'm enjoying Hump Day's late start right now. Thought I'd put in a post.

In the last week....I've been working. You know, position paper and all. But on the bright side, there wasn't any conditioning the last two days. I do have conditioning today, however. :(
School's normal. Oh, I'm trying to make a Film Criticism and Appreciation Club (or just film criticism. I need to talk it over with my cabinet XP)

I went to the 168 Hour Film Festival on Saturday. It was at the Alex Theater in Glendale. I was there to support a friend of mine that produced a short film being shown there. It won Best Picture, Best Sound Editing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, and two other awards. The whole experience was really nice. Glendale is so Old Hollywood-esque. I love it.

Yeeah. That was the main going-ons in my life. Pretty dull life, I know.

Popularity Progress:
Well I'm trying to get my mom to get me this camera. but I might be able to get better sound on Doug. My producer/ editor friend told me now. Still, it'd be cool if I got this professional camera. :]

OH- and I found out this girl finds me attractive. Great. It was all because of that picture. That one picture.

SPRING BREAK T-MINUS TWO DAYS!

The Function Speed is Dead

That last post was just because I didn't want to study Bio.

Today was fun. Hopefully Kyle does better in real life than in the game. But it's always nice seeing Matt, Tim, and Sarah. (And Rachel and younger Tim)

Yesterday was...pleasant. Ice skating was alright; everyone was better than me though. As in, they could actually get around. Well, I'm glad everyone had fun. :)
Then I went grocery shopping with Laura and Jessica. And we decided to split the cabbage butts. :D

The day before that, I went to go see The Knowing with Sarah C and Jenny. I was the tag-a-long with the two Wingdings.

The day before that was the basketball banquet. That was fun. I'm going to miss playing with the whole team. And turns out, Coach Mario's going to condition us tomorrow. Can't wait. :(

This weekend's been pretty good. :)

The only thing that could make it better is if I could say I worked on "Popularity". Geez, Avi. We need to talk about this.
me trying to skateChris and Jennifer totaling pwn-ing me.
pictures taken by Jennie

BANQUET!
They gave a certificate for having a 3.5 GPA or higher. I thought that was weird.
pictures by Aprille :)

My Feet are Moving, But I'm Getting Nowhere

Instructions
1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3.YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

How do you feel today?
Knowing Me Knowing You - ABBA

What is your motto?
Dance Inside- All-American Rejects

What do your friends think of you?
For Me, It's You- Train

What do you think about very often?
American Pie- Don McLean. (hm....these have been making sense so far)

What is 2+2?
Iris- Goo Goo Dolls (just stopped making sense)

What do you think of your best friend?
Wizard and I (Instrumental)- Wicked Karaoke.

What do you think of the person you like?
Part 9 of the A Walk to Remember audio book (aw....when Landon is realizing he's in love with Jamie. Sweet)

What is your life story?
Ascension of the Spirit- Evanescence (gah :O)

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Hope- Jack Johnson ( :] )

What do you think when you see the person you like?
Medal of Honor- Michael Giacchino

What do your parents think of you?
Voicemail #4- RENT (Iiiitt's Alexi Darling in East Hampton!)

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Raze the City- Snow Patrol (??)

What will they play at your funeral?
Fernando- ABBA (gawrsh)

What is your hobby/interest?
Shelter Me- Train (hm...)

What is your biggest secret?
Goodnight Goodnight- Maroon 5 (It's not what you think! :O)

What do you think of your friends?
Last Ever Lone Gunman- Snow Patrol (haha)

What’s the worst thing that could happen?
From the Ritz to the Rubble- Arctic Monkeys

How will you die?
William Tell Overture- Gioacchino Rossini (Oh dear....)

What is the one thing you regret?
A Song the World Can Sing Out Loud- A Change of Pace (interesting.)

What makes you laugh?
Tattoo- Jordin Sparks

What Makes You Cry?
Happy New Year B- RENT (friendship is thicker than blood)

Will you ever get married?
Tune Up #1- RENT (December 24, 9 PM Eastern Standard Time...)

What scares you the most?
The Lady in My Life- Michael Jackson (...you have no idea)

Does anyone like you?
Dreams Be Dreams- Jack Johnson. (how sad)

If you could go back in time, what would you change?
Downhill from Here- Snow Patrol (looks like it's going to be the future I should be worried bout)

What hurts right now?
California's Burning- Augustana

What will you post this as?
My Feet are Moving, But I'm Getting Nowhere- Backseat Goodbye

High of 75

Why did the weather have to be so ideal for conditioning the last week? *sigh*
By the way Avi- butt cheeks still hurt. But with four days off, I have plenty of time to let my butt recuperate. :D

It was the basketball banquet tonight. I got a plaque :]. Like..the shiny kind, not the bad kind in your teeth.
The food was nice. We had fun but I am certain that I'll be with these girls all my high school life whether those four years will be spent balling and running our butts off or just hanging out and running to Starbucks. :P

Plus, Coach Marcus did a cool dance for us.

Anyways, not that much homework this weekend. Just math and the country profile for MUN. BY THE WAY- anyone going to the HB conference: country+committee?

I told my Chinese teacher, Mrs. Chao, about my film director dream. You know what she said? She's like, "That's nice that you found something you like to do. But you know...that's just not practical. You're not going to become a film director. You should have a real career plan like teaching and then if you make lots of money you can go make a movie." And so on.

I don't know if I should be angry or depressed.

Sarah (and Mary)- Thanks for the sympathy. I just hope one day that more people will come to that realization.
Isabel- Hm...small world. I'm not buff. You should see me going through that work out. Jennifer called me afterwards and I was like, "Can I call you back? I can't breathe." And I can't sit down because my butt's sore. :(
Avi- We can just have you be Raymond, can't we? And get E. H. to be Op1. Problem solved.

Popularity Progress:
No progress. Did a little publicity and see if anyone wanted to be an extra but that's about it.

more East Coast.

So....Sunday's ice skating, huh? Noon- 2:30 ice rink then the rest of the time will be used at the mall, I guess. Monday....if anyone's bored I'm right with you so ...yeah. Tell me if you're gonna do anything.

Everything's Magic

Yeah. I looked at this old UCLA picture and I was on Avi's iPod. I remember listening to The Adventure so I looked up Angels & Airwaves. Pretty sweet.

Oh yeah, it's his birthday today. Bow down to his old-ness.

Gee, I feel like I just went to the bathroom today. I mean....I feel relieved. We turned in all this work today and I felt good :]

Until....

CONDITIONING.

Epic fail. We had to run a half mile under 4:30 for warmup then we did this exercise routine afterward. Four times! Let's just say today I ran about two and a half miles plus at least a hundred push-ups, curl-ups, side lunges (badly), and hop things. Oh, and apparently we messed up on the lunges so we had to do air wall sits after.

Tomorrow's agility and footwork so it shouldn't be too bad.

Remember my "realization/ step it up" mini monologue thing I put in last post? Still haven't achieved that. I saw one of the movies for MUN today and trust me, I just felt so angry and frustrated with myself, I couldn't talk to anyone afterwards.
It was good, I admit that but what I was afraid to admit that it was better than the one I edited. And their movie was all with ....those people and it just...it just got me really angry.

Avi? Two words: let's film.

Popularity Progress:
Same nothingness. Gawsh, I feel so uninspired right now. Note the title of my blog. Yeeah. Need more of those.
I'm looking into this $1,100 camera. Don't know if my parents will even think twice about it, though.

Avi- Dude, you should see me at school. I talk. And yes, I'm still very uncomfortable talking to *certain people*
Isabel- You shouldn't. Really. I just like to look like I know what I'm doing. I don't. I don't really know when I 'm going to go over and say hi. I have basketball conditioning starting up again. *bleh*
Sarah (and Mary)- Kevin kinda did a head-nod thing and walked away. I'm sure he says hi to you back on the inside. :D

Anyone want to watch The Knowing over the weekend?

A little picture of Avi (and Matt) to honor his passing of age.