juno & some other crap

Well, I finally got the chance to see Juno. What a fantastic movie. It's certainly one of the top films this year. Ellen Page does a remarkable job playing Juno. All the jokes didn't seem like they were written on the page; they were fresh and natural. Hell, all of the characters are hilarious: the stepmom, the dad, the friend, etc. They all had their part to play and it was just a great experience just watching them unravel in the story.

******

I didn't get to watch Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem, but I will eventually I guess. It's worth seeing a popcorn flick once in a while even it sucks major shit. Or maybe I'll watch Hitman. Hmmmm, I don't know.

After the movie, I headed to Best Buy to buy The Witcher, an RPG for the PC, and Superbad for Blu-Ray since I got a gift-card for Christmas. I got the last copy of Superbad for $19.99 but didn't get The Witcher since it was sold out (goddamit). So, I just went online and just bought it there with the remainder of the gift-card plus my reward points. The game should be arriving within the next two weeks so I shouldn't worry about that. I have other games to play anyway. I just wanted to buy The Witcher now since it was on sale for $39.99. I also wanted to purchase another Wii game for the family because I'm thinking people are getting bored with the three games I have: Wii Sports, Wii Play, and Mario Galaxy (which they don't play, only me). But the game, Smartypants, was on sale for $19.99, but was goddamn sold out.

However, it is amazing though. During Christmas and yesterday, we were playing the Wii for hours and hours. I barely touch the thing outside of Mario Galaxy and here comes Christmas and the system gets used a lot. What is cool about it is that everybody seems to having a great time which you rarely see around our house. My mom is howling with laughter, Tito Sonny bowls too goddamn slow (which made all of laugh like crazy), my dad is still giving out pointers (but doesn't play because I think he is too scarred to play)......like I said, everybody is having a great time. This could be the reason why the Wii is so hard to find. Everybody wants to have a great time at home, lol.

*****

I also bought God of War: Prince of Peace since I wanted to support The Movie Blog. So, I'll pass judgement on that documentary when it arrives. I also purchased Aquaria which was awarded best independent game of this year. The guys at the 1up Show and 1up Yours were raving about it so I decided to get it. And so far, it's freaking awesome. It's 2D so you don't have to mess with the camera and feels very Zelda/Metroid like. It's very cool that you have these powers that correlate to music patterns you do with the mouse. The game is very well made and I suggest you check out the demo. If you like what you see, be sure to buy it and help out the independent gaming community.

in the land of women, once, & national treasure: book of secrets

In The Land of Women

Pretty good movie. Of course, the only reason I watched it was because of Kristen Stewart. I think she is absolutely beautiful, but goddamit, fuck that shit when her character falls for some lame douchebag.

The story revolves around some guy who is some sort of emotional sponge for all the women in his life. Every guy would wish he would be this guy because you can get a lot of sex when women want to cry on your shoulder.

But the movie drops because of Meg Ryan. Not because of the character, but holy shit, did she fuck up her face. She used to be the cute actress of the 90s, but WTF. She totally butchered her face beginning with the movie In The Cut. It is apparent now what she did to her face.......as in totally fucked up shit.

In summary, it was a good watch. It's 90% chick flick so you'll be able to get some action with your girlfriend soon afterwards.

Once

100% chick flick and 100% sure you'll be able to bang your girlfriend or if you are a girl, boyfriend, after watching this. It's about two lower class people who love music. The basic story is a street musician meets with a girl who sells roses on the street. The girl likes his music and starts to band up with him. The guy is heartbroken from a previous relationship and the girl is having troubles with her husband from another country. You can tell that the guy really impatiently wants to pounce her, but she declines him very softly every time he tries to advance. It's as if the girl wants to date him but she feels obligated to her husband situation at the same time. The dynamic between the two is fantastic as they soon forget their troubles as soon as they start to create beautiful music. Hell, I wish I was listening to the soundtrack right now.

The camerawork is quite amazing, and I wish they had a bigger budget because some shots would have fared better if they had the equipment to support the shot (especially the last shot where it is moving back from the window).

I definitely recommend this.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

I'm pretty sure I was distracted throughout this entire film because I wanted to piss so badly FROM THE VERY FIRST MINUTE. Yes people, I held my piss for the entire duration of the movie. It was goddamn grueling, and I did not want to miss one minute. But shit, I could have gone during this animated Disney short of HDTVs. But I didn't because I didn't want to go up and disturb people as I run frantically towards the washroom.

Anyways, this movie is a good popcorn flick. It's very forgettable, but holy shit at the Troy actress. Fucking AAA++ hotness. Her accent came through during her first scene which was weird because it never happened again.

What I didn't understand was Ed Harris's use of violence. He could have just asked if he could help them find whatever they were trying to find (don't want to say since it would be a major spoiler). Instead, we get this unneeded car chase in London where Ed Harris and his cohorts are trying to kill Nicholas Cage and crew. Why the fuck are you trying to kill the people who are solving the puzzle? It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Good movie. Watch and enjoy it.

I'll be watching Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem later this week. I want to watch Juno, but I have no fucking idea how to go to Yorktown theatres. I'm still a fucking newbie at directions. lol.

EDIT: Goddammit. Juno is now at Marcus Theatres. It fucking took them long enough. Jeez. This weekend is going to be awesome. AVP and Juno. Oh fuck yeah.

bi-yearly update

As you probably know, my brother is basking in the Philippine sun. And I'm jealous. Of course, I did have the choice of saving up the money and bought myself a ticket. Hell, if I added it up correctly, I should have several thousand by now, but I don't. I already stopped it with the expenses especially with buying new video games. I already finished my second playthrough with Mass Effect and I expect 3-4 more playthroughs. Yeah, enough with the video game talk. I know it bores you. Summary: I spend too much on video games. I could have gone to the Philippines, but I don't deserve it since I'm a total failure. It is a bit embarassing to go there four years later to tell them that I did not graduate nor did I get a awesome well paying job. What can I tell my cousins? "Yeah, I'm a goddamn bum now." No thank you. I can't even begin to think what they'll say.

To ease the pain of Daniel's vacation (yeah fucking right, lol, like I'm hurting), several things happened as soon as he left. It's video games again, but it is movie related. PS3 firmware 2.10 was released. This is what 2.0 should have been. Blu-Ray's profile has been updated to 1.1 and you can now watch Divx/WMV files on the PS3. Yeah, it's pretty awesome watching low resolution porn upscaled to 1080p. I'm currently watching "Once" on my PSP through remote play from the PS3.

I even got Blade Runner on Blu-Ray. It was cool of Amazon to give me one-day shipping due to delivery problems on their end. My God, my god. That film looks so fucking good. It looks like a movie made today. I'm goddamn serious. They did a splendid job. I wish they increased the bitrate to minimize compression. I know VC-1 does a good job a low bitrates, but compression is still compression.

To top things off, I got my driver's license today. I was so fucking nervous. Before the driving test, I had to drive the minivan around to the back. I was supposed to go through the two stop signs and go around. But instead, I went through one and went under the telephone/power lines. I was so humiliated. The driving test itself was a piece of cake. Anyways, I won't have to do this anymore. And I registered to vote. I don't want some jackass in the White House for another four years. We need to get out of this war. Look at what is happening to America's economy. Going to war didn't solve our oil problems. Eh, that is an issue for another day.

Where the hell is the Sunshine soundtrack?

feeling like an ass

Well, I'm here sitting at an internet cafe after my second real life job interview. God, I feel so ridiculous. When the woman shook my hand, I said, "Thank You" instead of "Hello". Fucking stupid eh? I couldn't stop saying stupid answers and sometimes I could not find the right words to describe what I wanted to say. It's a 50% chance I'll get hired. The hours are weird, 3-11pm, but I guess it'll work. Maybe I should lay off video games for a while. I'm getting dumber every second I play.

Me want this

If you can read this and are extremely rich, please buy me this. Thank you.

hello fellow readers

Sorry there hasn't been a steady flow of blog posts from me. Nothing really outstanding or explosive is happening. Why am I blogging now? Because I think I am getting ridiculously retarded by reading forum posts with word misspellings and grammar mistakes. Hell, I just spelled grammar, "grammer", before noticing it. I am getting dumber.

I've just been watching movies and playing games as normal. I watched American Gangster last Friday and it sure was a great film. It's Scarface with a black person. Seriously. But what I like is that Denzel's character doesn't want to stand out and grab attention unlike Tony. He's modest and it is an interesting take on a mobster.

I was quite pissed that my dad bought Ratatouille. I bought it really cheap with no tax and free shipping. But later during the week, I saw that my dad bought it the day before. He barely buys Blu-Ray movies so it was weird to see him buy three Blu-Ray movies in a week. Anyways, I don't want to go through the process of returning it. Getting an RMA, buying another package to send it back, paying for postage......it's very frustrating (which is why it is partly convenient to buy from a retail store). I'm just going to sell on eBay. I'll take a minor loss, but hey, whatever gets a bit back. It's a shame since that was half of a game I could have bought.

As for video games, I just finished Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow and Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. Both remarkable games. The cons of each game are as follows:

- Logan's Shadow has a lame final gameplay section
- Ratchet and Clank is basically the same game with prettier graphics

Other than that, I recommend both games. I will be getting Assassin's Creed and Mario Galaxy (from Gamefly) next week. I have the Simpsons Game for the 360 at the moment and it's very funny. Some jokes fall flat like the current seasons of the show but some are pretty hilarious. I'm also trying to hack away at my gaming backlog which consists of RPGs and games I don't know why I got. First game on the list: Family Guy. It's a good game, but the gameplay segments are just pure garbage. I think it would be better suited if Family Guy was more of a WarioWare type of game, then it would be excellent.

Anyways, I'm off to play and finish the Simpsons this weekend. Jade Raymond. Kristen Bell. Pure hotness.

new games and upcoming games

This will be a video game post, so if you don't like video games, stay away, lol. Well, stay a bit. I'll talk about the piece of shit film that is Saw IV.

But before that, I just have to say: Daniel has some balls. He finally unleashed the secret of going to the Philippines to our dad. I thought it was funny to watch him because he kept on clearing his throat. You can hear that he was nervous as hell because his voice was shivering, lol. He even added so many lies, I couldn't keep up. He said that the school paid for it directly which was funny because he asked our mom, "What time will I leave?". He even added that he has to do a weekly report. Retarded. I didn't know why he added that. But I have to say that he should really do a thesis there as publish it with the help with his teachers, "How to help a underdeveloped country with sound production" or some stupid shit like that. What I hated about the discussion was my dad's intention of putting Daniel at the Tayag house in the Philippines. Fuck that shit. He has no one to hang out with there. Our Tayag cousins in the Philippines, I do not mean offend you, are boring as hell. They don't talk to us as if we were total strangers. It's like we deal marijuana or crack cocaine or something. It's almost as if we are going to influence them in a bad way. "Yo, Leo. Want to get a prostitute? You can take her from behind while I sniff cocaine off her back while she sucks my cock at the front." LOL. We are not like that at all. I swear that my aunt is telling lies about us. Why would they act like that around us? There can't be any other explanation.

Anyways, let's move on to Saw IV.

Horrible film. Not scary nor any good plot wise. I hated the acting and the plot devices within the movie. It's like, "Oh, let's have a relation to the previous movie. Yes, that will fill in the void." Bullshit. I hate how EVERY single Saw movie ends with a door closing and the words, "Game Over" (well maybe not Saw III, or did it have it?). Don't watch this trash. Watch some of the early Japanese horror filcks. I recommend Cure. Remarkable psychological film.

Okay, it's video game time. Now you can go. I just bought Folklore (which I haven't played yet), just got Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (will buy this), and will get Guitar Hero 3 for the PS2. Can't wait for Guitar Hero 3 since it has a great song list compared to Guitar Hero 2.

I also pre-ordered the following items:

• Assassin's Creed Limited Edition
  
• Mass Effect
  
• Silent Hill Origins
  
• Jeanne D'Arc
  
• Crysis
  
• Stranglehold Collector's Edition
  
• Super Mario Galaxy
  
• Blade Runner Blu-Ray
  

Yeah, splurging to the the fucking maximum. It's only going to cost me half a paycheck so it isn't that bad. The only thing is that I can slurge, but only before the end of 2007. I need to pay for school, so the spending has to stop there. Probably then, I can finish all the games, lol.

On the PC, I've been playing Crysis. It's a bit disappointing since I couldn't put the settings on High even after buying a great video card. However, the gameplay is fantastic. You can play predator-like and kill the enemies one by one. It's very cool. Or you can run and gun as usual which is cool too. The main draw to this game is the suit which you can enable several powers. Maximum Strength, Maximum Speed, Cloak, and Maximum Armor. All of which have their own uses. It's going to be a great game and which is why I pre-ordered it.

Anyways, later.

30 Days of Night

Bring your pillows and pajamas because this movie is painfully and disappointingly boring. There is nothing new with the vampires here. Hell, I even thought of watching Blade 2 later when I was watching this movie. Sure, you get some sweet kill sequences, but the pacing was just so piss poor.

I had such good hopes for this film. I thought it would have a "new take" on vampires. But it didn't.

son of a bitch

I just looked at Amazon's Gold Box and just found out that I could have gotten the Legendary Edition for $110 and not the outrageous price I paid for (which I won't say since it was an absurd price).

And what the fuck is wrong with people these days? Every single time I shake stranger's hands at church, they look somewhere else as if I have a monstrosity on my face. Is there something wrong with my head? Do I have a third eye? A "Fuck You" sign? Jesus Christ.

Nothing else to report. Later.

I think I can stop now

Okay. I can finally let go of thinking of buying that really expensive keyboard and just bought a PSP instead. It was the Star Wars edition. Why did I buy that version? Mainly because it was a beautiful white ceramic color. I was so shocked by how light the new PSP was. Major difference. And it is a bit smaller height-wise since it doesn't fit snugly into my playgear pocket. I was a bit disappointed because the Daxter pack has a memory card, Daxter, and a Family Guy UMD. But, it is a silver color and I prefer white.

I think I can finally stop buying really expensive stuff now. I can rely on Gamefly for my next-gen games, and just buy cheap PSP games.

I've been also playing Gears of War for the 360. Amazing game. The single player portion is so much better than Halo 3. The suspense and tension is just done so well here. But the tactics in Halo 3 is better (on higher difficulties). Graphics are a hit and miss. The textures are fantastic, but the self-shadowing is so piss poor. There are also some LOD issues with the textures. It may be due to the developers trying to cut down load times.

Movie-wise, I've been watching here and there. I recently watched Surf's Up and 3:10 To Yuma. Both fantastic movies. I really liked 3:10 To Yuma because Russel Crowe's character is unrelenting and unmerciful. I loves how if he wants to kill someone, he just does it. As for Surf's Up, it was so much better than the craptacular Happy Feet. It didn't have that realistic feeling and there wasn't any of that crappy singing and dancing.

TV show-wise, I've been watching too many shows. And it is all my brother's fault. He got me addicted to Prison Break, House, and Entourage. Add to that Heroes, Kitchen Nightmares, and South Park.

Goddammit.

dammit....why having a credit card is like having a devil on your shoulder

I was tempted AGAIN into buying something completely useless. Remember that Logitech Dinovo Edge keyboard I talked about in the last post? I was about to buy it again because now there is a $30 rebate thus putting the keyboard at $140. What a bargain, am I right? Well, it is not when I have loan payments coming up. This is the worst season ever. Xbox 360 games, PS3 games, PSP games, PC games........fucking shit why the fuck did everything have to be released in the fall of 2007? SHIT!

pop tarts

You didn't ask at all. You ate the last one. Goddamn you!!! Buy me a goddamn chicken crisp!

getting really sleepy for some reason

I don't know why it is happening, but I've been getting some minor headaches and getting really sleepy every day. It might be linked to work or it could be due to some weight loss. I've lost 20 lbs in three weeks. Of course, I was a bit overweight at 250lbs when I got out of school so losing weight shouldn't be that bad. Anyways, my headaches disappear when I eat fast food. Weird huh?

Also, I've been getting some major diarrhea. I have no idea what is causing it. Smores Pop Tarts? Skim milk? Soda? Gatorade? I have no clue at all. But I have some suspicion that it was Tita Perla's food. Goddamn, why does she have to make some instant creation shit out of the remaining food from her fridge? Buy some new food dammit.

I'm buying too many things I guess. I bought a HDMI cable for the 360 just for $6 and I just pre-ordered Crysis, Orange Box, and Stranglehold. I was about to buy this sweet Logitech diNovo Edge keyboard, but then my other half told me that it was just unnecessary. And the other half was right. Why do I need a slick and wonderfully designed bluetooth keyboard when I have a perfectly good one?

As for video game news, I beat Halo 3 in two days. Lame ass campaign. Nothing spectacular at all. Just your run of the mill FPS. Of course, put the game on legendary difficulty and it is totally different than playing on normal. It takes me from 1-2 hours just to complete one level. It's just insane.

Nothing much on the PS3 end. I got my ass handed to me on Ninja Gaiden Sigma that I had to resort to the easy difficulty. Seriously that game is just too hard. I beat DMC3 on Hard and that was a piece of cake since Dante has so many moves and Ryu just sucks shit compared to many of his enemies.

Yeah, I'm boring you. I'm doing to drink now. Later. Rest in peace Furby. You weren't friendly, but goddamn I loved your fur.

so anybody up for some halo?

I just got a 360 last week. Yeah, waste of money am I right? lol. Anyways, maybe I can play with J.L and beat his ass in NBA Live '08 or maybe I'll get schooled by him. The only reason why I bought a 360 is because of Halo 3. I don't know why. Maybe it was the hype, maybe it was because I needed to finish the series.......I just needed to play it right away.

I'm going to get the legendary edition later today. I will post impressions soon.

Besides games, Heroes 2nd season premiere was kind of lame. It's turning into Lost in that they are putting too many questions already into the first episode and no answers. For example, why is the little girl a bitch? No answer.

On the movie side, my brother and I just watched "Eastern Promises". Remarkable movie. If Viggo doesn't get Oscar nominated for that role, then the Oscars are damned.

okay, I'm going a bit overboard

I recently just bought a Wii, a 8800GTS video card, and some PS3 games. And I think I am now going into crazy mode. I just bought the collector's edition of Stranglehold for the PS3 and the legendary edition of Halo 3. "Wait, you don't have a 360?" Well.....not yet, but I wll very soon. Yes, it is a lot, A LOT, of money. But since I didn't make the cut this quarter, I could spend just a little bit of my money. I will start to save after the over-splurging. No more games for me after Mass Effect.

But yeah, I'm now too game crazy now. I shouldn't be thinking about games, mostly about my career, but I think I can hold off for a while.

everybody is goddamn right

And I am a goddamn idiot. You probably know from big brother that I am a class AAA dumbass for not taking care of my situation. What is that situation you ask? I have not graduated yet. You can stop shouting "Wency is a dumbass" now. I just didn't have the time to finish the assignments in this one class. All I had time for was several questions per assignment and the group project.

Anyways, I'm now currently looking for a college nearby (including Chicago) so that I can finish the remaining three hours left.

Just yesterday, my dad just took a huge fucking hammer and smashed me to pieces. He keeps on telling me if I have a plan. I didn't yesterday, but after sleeping at 8pm, I know what he was telling me. So, here is my plan. Finish the remaining credits (hopefully through Depaul University), secure my graduation with Illinois State, find a job, and move out of the house by next summer. That is my plan. I do hope that out of all the plans I make, this one won't fail.

What I did like through all the dad's shouting, he said that he won't pay for the remaining schooling. For some odd reason, I was relieved because I wanted to pay it myself. I also want to take my PLUS loans off his shoulders because he cannot stop talking about it. I think when I start paying that loan, he would not talk about it anymore.

I just wanted to get that off my chest. I hate how my brother talks about it like it is his problem. At least, he is papa's "favorite" now. lol.

*****

Gaming-wise, I finished Bioshock during the week. It is truly a masterpiece when it comes to presentation. I had purchased a 8800GTS just to play this game on my monitor. Sure it is a waste of money, but it performs better (of course) with the newer card.

bad company, BAD!

The bottom line is that the answer to "Why would you knowingly continue to sell a defective product?" should not be "We're extending our warranty program." It is for this reason that we say that Microsoft must either be thoroughly forthcoming about the Xbox 360's flaws, or initiate a recall.

-- N'gai Croal

Ouch. Shame on you Microsoft. Shame on you.

e3?

E3!!! Ma chompa? Ol gitkajk fjkdajk!! E3! Wdjkfd djfdka! Hambla jabba!

E3!

it is so true

i've had it

...period.

Super Noypi is just one of the reasons why the Philippine movie industry needs to learn how to make films

So, here we have it. Super Noypi. A pure example of crap filmmaking. Poor lighting skills. Poor editing. Poor direction. Horrible sound production. Absolutly atrocious computer generated graphics. FOUR people created the story and two more people took that story and wrote the screenplay. And none of them realized that the movie was shit to begin with.



Just look at this shot. The lighting bouncing off on the CG vehicle is all off.



As the movie goes for several minutes, you then get this 24 inspired shot. This begs for a huge question. Why did the director and cinematographers decide to use this shot several times during the movie? What point is it trying to make? Is there a usefulness to the shot? 24 uses it because it shows that the call or situation at different places are happening in real time. Why are we treated to the same thing here? Are we supposed to assume that the entire movie is real time? So within the hour of getting their powers, they battle the big boss at the end? Real time? Really?



Here we see the protaginist in a time machine. Every CG background is hilarious because they aren't moving, THEY ARE FUCKING PICTURES!!!! Talk about a shit company that specializes in special effects. Let me say that again. THEY SPECIALIZE IN CG EFFECTS. FUCKING BULLSHIT. I've seen fan made stuff better than this. Just watch some fan made Star Wars movies. Fan made better than a company that specializes in special effects. Give me a fucking break.





Then we have the powers. One with telekinesis, one with invisibility, one that turns into a ball, one that is an aswang (but here its a Beast clone), one Harry Potter knockoff, and one that uses a stick. Great powers. Couldn't they think of better ones? Jeez. The one above is invisibility, but you'll never see her use it until she becomes a villan. Why? Because in the middle of the movie, she has a problem:

SHE IS HAVING A PERIOD. LOL.

The powers are so stupid. They are supposedly passed down. How the fuck in spellcasting passed down. Anybody can read a fucking book? Plus, how can he read that book? It's in some ancient shit script. He even says that the spells are limited. But there are fucking 500 pages in that book dumbass. How limited can it get? Hell, the Harry Potter universe has a shitload of spells, and he only uses 3-4 throughout the entire movie. And the stick power. Wow. Fire, ice, and it extends. Yeah, she can use that as a ice vibrator when she gets really hot in the Philippines. The Beast guy is useless. The most he can do is scratch your face. It's very threatening. He could give you rabies.



Oh, and their secret base. It's located in the bathroom. Perfect hiding spot.



Here is have the villan before he becomes evil. Yes, that is tape to hold the two sides of his glasses together. Fucking nerd cliche.



Damn. She must have some awesome contacts or something.



Here is the original Noypi team. As you can see, they have no costume design whatsoever. You have the aswang wearing suits, can you believe that? Suits.



Here we have the convenience store items. Why the fuck will you buy items are are labeled with spray cans? Kind of fishy if you ask me. Everything looks like it was wrapped in a tampon wrapper.



Here, we have a hoodlum. He is wearing pantyhose. But isn't the point of wearing pantyhose to cover your face? You can clearly see all his facial features. Stupid bad guy for the win.



Terminator 3 knockoff? I think so.



I can fight! I can fight! With my eyes closed. Goddamn, if they were designing a fight in the rain, you would think they would lighten up the rain pour a bit. It's fucking chubby rain. Gotcha suckers!



This is one part I do not understand. He freezes the rain drops, and they magically turn into icicles. It's physically impossible for them to get sharp all of a sudden. Anyways, rain drops to kill someone. It's more like small pellets that wouldn't break the skin in my opinion. The staff girl freezes an entire area. Wouldn't that mean that they would be frozen too? Whoops! Plot hole! Great screenwriting pinoys!! Fucking fantastic!

Overall:



The Philippine movie industry needs to relearn all their movie making techniques. Lighting, framing a shot, audio processing, etc. Then I can fully appreciate them. I haven't seen a GREAT pinoy movie yet. Give me one goddammit.

The only things I don't mind in every Filipino film are the actors/actresses. I know they enjoy and love acting, but it is every aspect other than acting that is just so lacking. It's like every movie there is made within a week. Not several months. A fucking week. Learn how to make films. Hell, I don't go to film school and I see loads of mistakes.

A lot of filipinos are going to hate me for this post. I don't give a shit.

Oh, and here is my cousin J.L. who got really old for this film.



Here, he is a priest. J.L. a priest? No fucking way.

a miniature review for Super Noypi

This film, if you can call it that, is shit, vomit, blood, saliva, and liquid shit all rolled up and shoved in your face, throat, and up the ass. This then results in you vomiting out the same substance throughout every orifice in your body.

Check back later for a major review on this movie and my blog post titled, "The Philippine Movie Industry Needs To Learn How To Make Films."

amazingly pathetic

I was reading several months of archived posts, and I realized one thing. I have never changed. I have not grown up nor changed my ways. I have actually gotten worse. Things have got to change.

minutes to midnight

Linkin Park's new album is called that for a reason. The album is most useful to listen to before you go to sleep. The band is kind of saying, "We have nothing to give." During several songs, it almost felt like I needed to get a girl to makeout with her. Seriously, they are makeout songs. They are soft sounding so it is not too hard to listen to. I did enjoy listening to "No More Sorrow", but it sounds like a song that My Chemical Romance / AFI should play. I also thought the length would be the same as Meteora, but the album did at least have a six minute song, "The Little Things Give You Away". That song though, at first I thought it was a woman singing, but it was still the lead singer. hahahahaha.

Well, it was a pretty disappointing album. Maybe it is disappointing because they changed so much. They went from the awesome "In the End" to the very weird "Valentine's Day". At least you can make out with somebody when listening to it. It is a leaked copy so maybe the retail version might be different. I highly doubt it. Even if they have one six minute song, it is stil an album full of singles.

I love YouTube

And it is because of stuff like this.

I eat like this rabbit

omg

I couldn't stop watching this and laughing at the same time for at least 30 minutes.

http://vdw.ytmnd.com/

I recently watched Hot Fuzz and Next. Hot Fuzz was great, but as for Next, yeah. Next was one of those movies where it is a total waste of money for a studio to produce and a waste of money to watch. As you watch the ending, you'll be thinking, "So...what did I just pay for?" Seriously, the movie could have been extended at least 30 minutes to resolve the plot. Next is the first half of a longer movie. I can't believe that it ended just like that. Besides that, the premise of the movie is so outrageously ridiculous that all you can do is just sit back and chomp down on soda and popcorn. The FBI is on the lookout for Nicholas Cage's character because he can see two minutes into the future. But because the FBI is looking out for him, the bad guys need to eliminate him. It sounds so dumb. And the Jessica Biel character is laughable. Sure she is hot, but her inclusion into the movie is downright awful. Nicholas Cage has a vision where he sees her. So what does he do? He waits in a diner for that exact moment only later to fuck her brains out.

It's like, okay, I have a vision of seeing a woman at a certain time. I don't know why, but I have to. Once I see her, I think of the dozens of ways to get her attention. Once I do, it is banging time. Will the visions stop? Was it my destiny to screw her? What will happen next? The movie doesn't answer any of those questions.

Like I said, its one half of another movie. Where the other half went, I have no idea.

Oh yeah, Bulls sweep former champions, Miami Heat. Take that. And one the excuses, oh my goodness. Wade wasn't 100%. LOL. Just because ONE person is not 100% means that they get swept. Unfucking believable.

being cheap sucks

My earphones are now crapping out. The left earphone has this really annoying buzzing sound on low bass sounds. It's extremely annoying. It's comparable to hearing a bee in your ear. Hmm.......that gives me the creeps. A bee in the ear. Screw that shit. I wish I wasn't cheap and bought these $10 earphones. They were good in the beginning, but I do regret buying them now. Cheap isn't the way to go people. I need to get some Ultimate Ears or something. Thousand dollars down the drain will sound justified.

disturbia

I HATED this movie. Every goddamn second of it. The main problem is the main character. He is a selfish, loud prick that thinks that life just revolves around him. I'm going to risk my best friends life just to make sure I'M right. It's all about me, me, me. I was extremely disappointed in the female character that she actually fell for his stalkerish ways. FUCKING RETARDED. Let's see if this makes fucking sense. You tell a girl you watch her every move, her every single action........and she would enjoy that idea and call it "the sweetest thing"? Hop aboard the fantasy train folks because that is where the movie is set in.

This is a shit film. It was made by idiots for idiots. Seriously, if that actor acts like that in Transformers, that movie is going to suck big time.

Rating: ZERO stars out of four
Recommendation: Watch 'Rear Window' instead.

This is Daniel again

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Fucking blogger wouldn't comply to my demands.

I wish I could fuck them in the ass and shout, "Take it bitches! Take it hard!"

Pissed off!

Hey everyone, this is Daniel from journalvolumeone.blogspot.com

Some bad news guys. My blog has been fucking erased. Blogger fucked up the switch of my blog to new Blogger and everything has been fucked so far. All I had just written a huge post on Word to post on my blog but now that's fucked I don't know how to post that. I could post the post here but that's not right. It's my bro's account and I don't want to take away from that. I thought that because the blog was erased I could use the journalvolumeone URL again but NOOOOOO! They said that it's already being used. Man, Blogger can go my left nut for now. I've sent them a pretty comprehensive e-mail about what I have tried to do to fix the problem. If they say that they can't even give me the OLD URL I'll be fucking pissed. Man, 3 years of posts down the fucking drain. All my memories documented in that blog ALL FUCKING GONE.

Oh yeah. I recently paid a stripper to give me a handjob. And yes, it was great.

portable ops

After playing this PSP game, I have to say that Kojima adds another great title to his belt. Sure the controls were unbelievably convoluted, but goddamn, the story was fantastic. At the end of the game, all you feel is pure empathy towards Big Boss's state and future. I just love how this game ties to the different Metal Gear games.....Frank Jaeger! Hell yeah! I especially love this one section of dialogue where Elisa tells Big Boss, "...Your son will bring the world to ruin... Your son... will save... the world." FUCKING AWESOME.

On a sidenote regarding what happened in Virginia. My god, that guy was crazy. I thank God that I'm no loner (shy sure) or somebody with mental issues.

house

My god, my god. That woman in yesterday's House episode was F I N E. Goddamn. No wonder Wilson was ogling her.

I'm sick....

...again. Goddammit.

chocolate goodness

I'm going to order 50 of these and have them sent to me. Maybe some Yan Yan sticks as well. Chocolate......yum yum. This is one of the reasons why I enjoyed going to Chinatown.

Lucky kid who spends $20 to win a Nintendo Wii. The video is okay until his friend confesses his love for him. Not cool.

yeah yeah, but I just couldn't resist

that's all folks

This will be the last post in a long while. I removed all my games. I won't go to Gamespot, IGN, 1up, Kotaku, the GAF forums, or look at the GAP forums. I need to grow up and get my act together. I need to stop goofing off. Going online is just wasting my time, time that I desperately need.

Mr. Mumbles is signing off for now.

300

Reasons to watch this movie:

• the violence
  
• the hunchback that looks like J.L. (no kidding)
  
• the violence
  
• some nipple action
  
• my god that hunchback even sounds like J.L.
  

My experience was tainted though by fucking three little fucking shit children who decided to drink a gallon's worth of soda before the movie started. They kept on going back and forth to the bathroom blocking my view from the glorious violence. Fucking shit. And oh! When there was some women nipple action, the mother tells her children to "close their eyes." WHAT THE FUCK?!!! You bring your children and don't mind them get desensitized to the overflowing amounts of violence, but a bit of sex and its a goddamn no-no. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU LADY?!! Seriously, this country is fucked up.

2 more days

...until "freedom from dorm" day will arrive. I'll still have loads of homework, but at least I'll be able to sleep quietly and securely.

movie

For some reason I thought there was going to be sex scene with Gong Li in Hannibal Rising. LOL. What a boring movie. None of the deaths were good.

4 more days to freedom

It's the little things that make me happy.

Just eating away

I can't stop it. I wish I had a computer without internet access. "Why don't you just pull out the ethernet cable?" you say. Yes, I could, but I can't. The internet is an addiction. I just spent the last two hours just browsing the web for no reason whatsoever. Web browsing is truly the culprit and catalyst for my procrastination. Video games aren't even an exuse anymore when I don't even play video games until I drop dead in sleep. I think I only got two hours of video games for the entire week. That is not that bad compared to the countless hours doing everything else on the computer. Like I said before, I'm trying to change my habits.......but everything I have to do has to be done on the computer. It's so easy to click that "Internet Explorer/ Firefox" button. Damn this internet age. And porn. Damn that too.

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Blah.

I need to become normal

I'm sleeping at the wrong times. Doing homework at the wrong times. Watching TV drama at the wrong time. Taking naps at the wrong times. Playing video games at the wrong time. Everything is out of wack this semester, and it is bugging the hell out of me.

this was a quick week

Totally quick. 24, Prison Break, Heroes, and Lost all came and went. Lost was okay, not like the mind blowing episode of two weeks ago though. I really hate that Hugo character. Once a fat ass, always a fat ass mindset. I'm a bit confounded though. Why the fuck is there a van on an island?

Anyways, schoolwork is still biting me in the ass. 19 hours is very brutal and no one in the right mind should take that much. I'm still wondering why the fuck I have 19 to do.....didn't I do enough? lol.

As you can see from my banner, I put in Infernal Affairs. Andy Lau represents Procrastination, the fucking devil. I'm pointing the gun at the fucking shit, but I don't know whether to take the shot or not. It's so hard to not procrastinate.

the ocars

Many surprises. The one that was totally off was The Departed winning Best Picture. It was a good movie, but it was no best picture in my opinion. So, if the Departed won, doesn't that mean that Infernal Affairs wins too?

And shit, that was blasphemy, the announcer woman said, "JAPANESE FILM" when it won best adapted screenplay. Fuck you bitch. It's from Hong Kong.

Oscars was alright. I really hated those silhouettes. Fucking retarded. And Eva Green, stop wearing makeup. You are more beautiful without it.

weekends

I probably mentioned this before many times, but I fucking love weekends. I love them. I've been playing Lord of the Rings Online for hours (WoW is on the back burner until the LOTR stress test is done) and I can't stop playing......until the motherfucking weekdays come. Those are shit days. I hate weekdays, nothing but do this shit and do that shit. It bores the hell out of me. This is the most stressful semester ever. It is like I am intentionally trying to kill myself without actually perfoming suicide. I doubt a job gets any harder than this. It's just so many things to think about. Milestone this, milestone that......goddamit. Then the Oscars are tomorrow which will be a fucking great distraction while I work on homework.......do you think I'll even do homework when that is on? Fuck no. I wish I could do my homework early enough to have some breathing room, but there is always something to do. It's frustrating to say the least. I'm really pissed at my Technical and Professional Writing teacher. Nobody knows what he wants. He gave everybody C's and says that it was very impressive. WTF?

Anyways, I wish the weekend had one more day. Then I would be satisfied. Or a bunch of money. No matter what people say about money, "Money can't bring happiness".......FUCK YOU. It does bring happiness..........happiness of a stress free life. The only thing you need to stress about is robbers trying to steal your money.

DIE GODDAMIT!!!

Why won't you die you son of a bitch!!!! FUCKING DIE!!! It's beating me up over and over again. It's literally trying to break me. I wish I can remove it. It's a nasty habit. Why can't I stop it? Why? Is it in our nature to do it? I'm doing it just by typing this. I'm refusing to have a normal life. It's a monster I tell you. It's the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the girl from Ringu, Freddy Krueger, Jason (and Jason's mother), and a huge giant squid all wrapped into one hideous beast. JUST DIE!!!

lazy but determined

I am Waldorf, and I just attained the level title of 23. Please excuse the name as it was given to me by two gorgeous lesbians who didn't know their ass from their head. I am on a mission to become badass and get lucky with the blood elf females....lesbian or straight......the females are hot. I'm slowly getting towards the goal. Slowly but surely...

...ah, dammit. I have homework to do. Fucking computer classes.

love hurts

Sorry for both parties that I have to make my assumptions on the matter. These are my opinions and does not resemble what really happened or what will happen.

It was my stance that I didn't want to say anything about a certain guy and girl, but it sort of becomes a reason why I don't want to be in a relationship despite having a huge amount of attraction for the opposite sex. For those who don't know the names of the ex-couple, it is a good thing, but if you do know, it will give some context.

The girl finally revealed the points on why she had to break up with the guy. I won't side with one or the other, but I do know that she felt justified with breaking up with him. She moved on. The guy is trying to but won't stop relieving the memories he had with her. Before I go on with that point, I have to say that it was a wake up call for the guy. He got a job soon after the break up. I would have to believe that becoming separated gave him that motivation because he would have been stuck in the same position year after year.

Currently, the guy had said that he had given up. Given up on what, I have no idea, but I hope he understands that she had to do something before the relationship gets any worse. Because if she kept that relationship going for several years more, the fall would have been harder. I hope that the guy doesn't give up on future relationships. He will find the right person.

As for the girl, from the pictures on her site and despite the last post, she looks really happy. I hope she will find the right guy that acknowledges her being and understands why she has to do certain things her way.

So now you are asking yourself, what the hell does this have to do with Mr. Mumbles? Well lots actually. It was hard to view this relationship from an objective and outside view. If this situation occurs to me (if should the time come of when I'll grow up), will I be the one to push ahead and look to the future? Or will I get locked in the past? I am leaning towards the latter since I do talk about the past most of the time. Especially on why I didn't do this or didn't do that years ago. It's hard to let go, but a part of me wants to move on and just accept what happens.

Another thing I'm struggling with is what if I just broke up with a girl and she takes it badly. If you know me, I would feel awful. I have too much guilt that has built up over the years to let that happen. To see a girl break down because I didn't want her company. It's one of the worse things I can ever do. That is why I'm so scared of getting into a relationship. It would be great if the breakup was mutual, but what if at that moment, I would appear to be the bad guy? It's something I don't want to think about.

Anyways, I do wish well for both of them and hope they will find happiness down the road.

school closed down

So my one class class was cancelled. Eh. Why can't this be Wednesday when it matters? At least I can catch up in classes where I am behind.

curse of the golden flower

I hate how I'm forced to switch to the google blogger. Fucking ridiculous. Anyways, I finally got the chance to watch Curse of the Golden Flower by Zhang Yimou. It's a fucking great movie about a horribly dysfunctional royal family. I just loved it when everything broke down at the end. It's terribly satisfying. As for Chow Yun Fat, damn, I didn't know he can play a bad guy so well.

And yes, cleavage. The cleavage was just fantastic.

i'm exhausted

I love it when I reach the end of Wednesday. I can start to relax again but considering all the work that needs to be done for next week, I really do not know if that is possible. I'm just so tired. This semester is the hardest I have ever taken, even if I have taken 17 hours before. It is weird though. As much as I am tired, I never fall asleep in class anymore.

I haven't played any video games at all during this week. And to be honest, I'm starting to realize the difference. I am more productive, but my life has become a total bore. No Warcraft. No Portable Ops. No trying to get out of my room to score a drink at my friend's place. If this is what my life is, then damn, it will suck. You need relief, no not hand relief, but a way to just sit back and relax.

Oh well. When it's all over, I'll be happy. Then reality of trying to get a job can set in hours later. lol.

*As you can see, I have started to use a bit of javascript within the journal. Expect many more changes as I progress through the semester. Maybe a redesign of how it all looks.

down the drain......and its not a game

So, I bought another faceplate for my PSP. I was thinking of buying Guitaroo Man and Sid Meier's Pirates, but I had just noticed that I haven't beaten Metal Gear Portable Ops or Acid 2 yet. So I held off buying new games. Plus, I'm currently hooked on WoW (which I haven't played in two days because of homework).

So yeah. Heroes is the shit. Prison Break is the shit, Sarah is pretty, and that Korean guy that shit on. 24 got even more intense. And Lost is going to premire again this Wednesday. Goddamit. Why does TV have to get so good during my last semester here?

chicago bears lost

And you can now say that it is Grossman's fault. Two interceptions and those ridiculous snap fumbles........what a douche. They could have won.

world of warcraft

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I've just been a bit busy with lots of things. School for one. I have three projects with a bit of light homework, so that takes the cake of my life. But second is these goddamn television shows. 24, Heroes, Prison Break.......motherfuck, all in one day. And I have to see them asap. It's like reading a book, a book that takes 20-24 weeks to finish.

As the title suggests, I've grown quite fond of World of Warcraft or as most people say , WoW. There is just something about completing mindless fetch quests and looking like a badass that people crave. I'm part of that group because I simply can't just play for one hour. The only thing that bothers me is that I haven't played with my friends yet. I'm only a lv.11 paladin blood mage, so I'm still far from where I'm supposed to be at. It's cool playing solo but would be much more fun with a group of people.

I finally replaced my PSP faceplate. The only thing I'm diasppointed is that it fits about 98% correctly. It just had trouble fitting on with the R button correctly so at the moment, pressing the R button is awkward. Also, it is about a couple millimeters too tall. So it is a very tight fit. I wish Sony would sell original faceplates. I could buy an original one off of ebay, but the seller is in Hong Kong so I doubt its legit.

Ah, I can't wait to graduate, land a decent job, and play my life away.

so what's new mr. mumbles?

Well, I'm back in college for the final stretch. It seems like everything is shapely up nicely. I didn't get a D in Managerial Accounting like it said. The teacher had made a data error. I actually got a C which isn't something to brag about, but it is still loads better than a D. As for the current school semester, it's going to be a hard time, but I know this is the only chance I have so I have to do my best. I have six classes left, and I cannot wait to be done with it all.

As for gaming, I've found that the World of Warcraft is a fantastic world. I knew that my addiction to Final Fantasy XI crippled my grades (I didn't go to classes because I was busy killing monsters in order to get items for my sidejob), but I know where my limits are this time. WoW is very forgiving compared to FFXI in almost every aspect. I know it is $15 per month, but I'm only going to stay online as long as the school semester since I'm really missing playing video games. PSP is there, but I just like using it for what it is made for. Portable uses. In between classes, bus rides, and so on. So no Portable Ops/Metal Gear Acid 2 for now. And I don't have any PC games at the moment, so World of Warcraft was my option.

Besides gaming, I've just been enjoying watching HD DVD movies. They are just so crisp and clear. I know I had beaten down HD DVD for not being Blu-Ray, but I don't care anymore. I love both formats for delivering such beautiful visuals. I have Fearless, Batman Begins, Serenity and will soon have The Last Samurai and V for Vendetta.

Technology-wise, I recently purchased a new 350GB SATA-II Seagate hdd and an extra stick of 1GB or RAM. My computer is going to be a major powerhouse now. Now if only I had the money to buy those brand new CPUs. =)

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I've been talking with my brother. He had a great time in the Philippines. I wish I was there also since three weeks being close to alone was excruciating. I didn't even play that many video games. I just watched TV most of the time. I should make it a priority to save money to go there this Christmas since I will be done with college and all. It'll make a great gift to myself.

As for my brother, I feel sad for him since he sounds so depressed here. I find it a bit funny that the moment he arrived in the US, his psoriasis flared up again. I think even his psoriasis loved the Philippines. lol. I wonder if it was possible for him to live there in the Philippines. He'll most likely find the confidence to lose weight, find a job, have lots of sex........shit, by the time you know it, all his diseases will be gone.

There is one thing I laughed at. Daniel told me of a situation where Lola was confronted by one of my cousins, J.L. He told her, "Go back to your room bitch." Right there, I couldn't stop laughing. I wouldn't have the conscience to say anything like that to my grandmother.

I wish I was there to witness that, lol.

movies over break

I've watched a decent amount of movies over break. So here are my short reviews.

Apocalypto
What a fantastic movie. The chase scenes were sweet, and I was anticipating how the main character was going to kill his captors.

The Good Shepherd
It's a good movie, but the structure is just a bit off. It keeps on going back and forth between 1940 something and 1960 something. It would have been better off being linear.

Flags of Our Fathers
I actually liked this movie. It has that ridiculous "am I a good person?" story, but I liked how that one character was an ass from beginning to end. That scene with the kamikazes was brutal. Even more brutal that Apocalypto.