My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Story is a moving, unique story based on the novel by Picoult. Centered around a leukemia patient and her sister, the movie covers a staggering amount of topics- death&disease (duh), love, family relationships, hope, justice, and prolly more that I can't think right off the top of my head. This drama was a bit too dramatic, but hey, look at what I just said.

[Why this and not Transformers? Because I am tired of movies with fantastic stuff blowing up but no plot whatsoever. STOP IT, MICHAEL BAY Also something about cancer attracts me because, oh, I don't know, my grandmother has it. Pray for her please?
Oh no, I'm getting off topic. Or am I? ]

PLOT: was excellent. I couldn't predict the storyline, but maybe that's because I watch too little dramas?
Of course, the book is almost ALWAYS better in most respects than a movie, and after I read the synopsis of the book I must say that the book must have been more interesting. Still, the movie's plot was satisfying.

ACTING: Dakota Fanning dropped out of the cancer patient's role after she was told that she would need to shave her head and look like a cancer patient. Wimp.
Well I'm glad she did, because Sofia Vassilieva was almost perfect, in the sense of a sweet, sunny, dying teenager. Abigail Breslin's performance WAS perfect. If you've seen Little Miss Sunshine, you'll know what I mean.
Cameron Diaz once again succeeded to act like a crazy woman. lul.
I don't know if it was the splendid acting or plot that made me CRY for like the ENTIRE 1 hr and 30 min. (Yes, I DO have emotions. :O)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nothing special.
I guess the lighting was nice...
but I say that for every movie I watch, lol.

DIALOGUE: The movie opened up rather bluntly, with the main character just SAYING the setting of the movie. I was like facepalm, but as the storyline opened up, I guess that was necessary. But the ginormous amount of narrating bothered me. The characters were developed mostly from that.

Overall, I'd give My Sister's Keeper 8/10
Actually I would've given it 8.5/10 but the crazy thing is I stubbed my toe badly on a LIGHTED step on the way out of the theater, and it started freaking bleeding and turning purple. I must've been some sight; a limping, crying kid staggering out of the movies at 12:30 am (crying because of the movie, stupid. Pain ftw, right.)

...seems legit.

Moo.

WINDOWS HAS ENCOUNTERED A FATAL ERROR AND MUST NOW BE SHUT DOWN.

QUICK FIX: DELETE SYSTEM32 FILES.

ERROR 404 COPYPASTA NOT FOUND and I took my rightful place upon the throne as the Prince of Bel-Air.

RIP MIKE

Star Trek (the movie)

Star Trek!

I expected an exciting sci-fi packed with explosions and lots of robots. As a new Trekkie, I shouldn't be expecting anything, but well I did.

I did get half of what I wanted (there weren't any robots), but the main thing was that the acting and plot was fairly impressionable. Actually the acting was pretty awesome. The plot was predictable, but everything else was awesome, probably because I watched this in IMAX.

Sorry for being brief, but I need to practice violin now and am chatting with someone very awesome on the phone and feel pretty lazy, so I would suggest you to watch this, if you're into sci-fi. Ja.
Seems legit bro

Digital Ruv? Time is Running Out! (conspiracy!)

My newest conspiracy theory involving songs. I call it Unfastened Dollars.

Digital Love:


Listen to around 3:16 of the song.

Time is Running Out:



Second verse.


______

Two popular music bands that want us to lose the game! Clearly this is the sign of the coming robot apocalypse.

Clearly.

Watch out for koalas.

Summer of the :3

School's out, break's in,
but work really starts for me during vacay.

It used to be summer school and math tutor overload for me during the previous summer breaks, but for this one it shall be, you guessed it,
MUSIC OVERLOAD !
Bwahaha.


My goals for summer 09:

1) At least 5-6 hrs of music daily
a. 5 hrs of violin, 1 of piano
b. I shall allow myself a day of no practice each week. Hey, I don't want to contract tendinitis.
2) Memorize 1,000 words.
My reason for this is that I feel that my English is declining, because music practice has almost completely made reading obscure in my lifestyle. So I found my sister's Vocabulary Builder by Merriam Webster that she used during her SAT's (?) in a closet and decided to base my seemingly futile efforts on it.
a. This would mean 12-14 words a day. o.o
b. In an attempt to preserve some of the stuff I'll be learning, I'll make a weekly post of some random prose with the vocabulary terms.
3) Physical training
a. Run a 7 minute mile (or faster!).
b. 10 pushups, 50 situps. Yeah, I suck that much. T_T

Aside from this, I'm going to be in and out of Vegas because of some remodeling work, so yeah.
kk
cool story bro

Up, then down, then Up again. (Also, needles on the ground)

So after putting this review off for a week, kat finally got me to do it:

UP

After seeing Wall-E, and then Monsters vs. Aliens, I thought no animated movie could ever match Wall-E again. And then I had to be proven wrong, because I can never be right for once.

Up has a funny way of messing with your emotions. First, it'll make you want to curl up and eat ice cream, tanya, and then it'll make you want to have a happygasm (okay, that didn't come out right). The funny thing is, though, you never get that feeling of annoyance or hate towards any of the characters that old school Disney movies will give you. This movie's just too happy for that.

The sad parts are truly sad, and the happy parts are just hilarious, which kind of confuses me, because these people must have Jesus as their writer. The plot devices are just so perfect for some reason. Also, they've managed to make a movie for all ages, instead of just publicizing it as that. It seriously appeals to all audiences, and it has a pure way of doing it. The movie simply tells a general storyline. It isn't too childish, but at the same time, not serious enough to alienate chilluns. It also has nice little easter eggs in there for anyone who has as little a life as me, like the poker playing dogs, and the old guys throwing out their backs. (on a side note, did anyone notice the collaboration Pixar made with the Simpsons? the Simpsons plugged the house from UP, and UP plugged the poker playing dogs.) The jokes are jokes that all ages will get, which really helps.

The story is much to confusing and good to spoil for you, though, so I'll leave it at super amazing omg praise.

Sorry, people, there's too much to review for UP. How about this:

3 AWESOME FACES OUT OF 3!(was going to have 6/5, but i got lazy)

BookMooch

Bookmooch.com

There's an awesome online book exchange that's been thriving for a few years, and I decided to try it. Bookmooch is where you can send strangers your unwanted books by mail, and recieve books that you want from strangers who don't want it. This system is based on points, so if you send a book, you earn a point; and if you "mooch" a book, you lose one! You also gain .1 points for acknowledging that you recieved a book, added a book to your inventory...etc. It's actually pretty simple once you get the hang of the process. The only drawback is that people could stalk you (you have to provide your address to mooch from someone, duh). :P

I have mooched Isaac Stern's memoir from this person in Connecticut, so I am very appreciative of Bookmooch ATM, because if you buy the book from a bookstore, it'd be about $15, and if you do it online, it'd be at least $4 for a cheap used copy via Amazon due to shipping fees. The average shipping cost to send a book (Media Mail) is usually < $3 depending on distance and weight. I've sent a lot of my babby books to readers in LA, Tennessee, Seattle, Virginia, and all across the nation.

It's definitely eco-friendly and worth it, if you don't mind used books. (;

Supa Skoo

Woo hah scoo!
Excited, much.
Of course, making to transition to a community of >3000 kids is quite drastic and perhaps staggering at first.
But then again, making the transition from babby school (elementary) to jr high was somewhat dramatic too...for some of us. It was for me. :V

Regardless, I have to thank you all for a fun year. Yes, fun is such a generic term, but LORD it was REALLY FUN. I won't list out why because it'd take a MILLENNIUM. (That was intentional, Shpaz! bwahah)

According to a current attendee (Albert H.), AHS is supposed to be triple the fun, because you have triple the friends. Go figure.
And triple the homework, too, though Cable claims that you could finish in 30 min.
I'm restraining myself from all honors classes for the sake of more practice time, so I'm hoping he's right.

Harry Potter and Cultre (lol, british!)

Harry Potter and TMNT
August 5th, 2008

Let me start off by saying that Harry Potter has done plenty of good. It has encouraged kids to read, popularized wizardry, and it has made a single mother rich. I do, however, protest its literary shortcomings. What worries me is that years from now, when the young Harry Potter fanatics grow up to become teachers, principles, and superintendents, they will see it as a “classic” and approve it as a required reading in schools.
I’d like to point out the similarities between the Potter universe and that of one of the most iconic set of characters created by humans. Correct, I’m speaking of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
What the Hell do the Ninja Turtles have to do with Harry Potter? The four turtles have distinct personalities, right? And a reoccurring dynamic within Hogwarts is between the four houses. Let’s see if we can play sorting hat and find homes for these turtles:

Leonardo: Brave, chivalrous, leader of the turtles, and a strong sense of honor. Seems like a gorgeous match for those courageous numbskulls in Gryffindor.
Michelangelo: Loyal, easy-going, accepting, and identifies well with the common folk. That fellow would be amongst friends in Hufflepuff.
Donatello: Brains of the turtles, creative, and wise. Such a bookworm would quickly be typecast as a Ravenclaw.
Raphael: Slytherin. Duh.

As of now we’ve straightforwardly placed the four turtles into the four houses. Now, for both the wizards and the turtles, if only there was some calm, elderly mentor with long, grey hair who occasionally showed great mastery in the craft that he taught to his pupils.
Oh wait. I guess it turns out that Splinter and Dumbledore would make good poker buddies.
The when I first noticed this alignment I felt a bit cheated. I’m far from saying that Rowling ripped off TMNT. Rather, I think it’s silly that this literary piece that we are likely to see in schools someday lines up so well with an 80s pop culture craze starring four hominid turtles that practice ninjutsu. Also, they are teenagers.

There you have it. I’ve heard claims that Harry Potter is similar in storyline. Meh. There’s more alignment in the Manhattan sewers. And Hell, even with their differing personalities the turtles work as a team much more readily than the four houses in Rowling’s saga of owls, thinly veiled Holocaust allegories, and long term camping trips.

found on the amazing super powers blog

Busy as a Beekat

Hello readers, thanks for your patience in my delayed blogging (COUGH).

Anyhow, I've been busy, as always, with music, because I was wrapping up and initiating some new pieces/movements.
I had the final concert for my Beethoven trio in May, and it was poor, due to lack of rehearsals. (Note to self: Do not procrastinate for a performance.)
The Aloha Concert had a similar reception (in my world), though another cause was lack of individual practice, and awareness of the conductor.
He's there, people!
And he's conducting !

In my solo work, I'm starting the 3rd movement of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81bH4bLlIIE] , which is quite difficult, technically, and wrapping up Bach's Presto from Sonata No.1 (Unaccompanied Works) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nRYHw-ZMG8] and the 2nd movement of the Mendelssohn [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTqXzpQ2Jh8 <= that is an exceptional performance. Typical Perlman.].
Fun, much. The element I'm currently phailing in, is intonation. It REALLY is teh phail. And my musicianship, which I am ever struggling with.

In my other life (yes, I do have one other than music), I had my first visit to Knott's a few weeks ago. I must say I was disappointed in the overall impression of the park, because their thrills were only so thrilling and their service and maintenance was mediocre. Six Flags, here I come!

CLOSE RANGE

Close Range is a beautiful game worthy of the Smithsonian. Anyone who doesn't admire the immersive storyline and depth of characters is a Phillistine. Notice the high-end graphics and open-endedness of the gameplay!

http://www.closerangegame.com/close_range.html

start editing and adding funny pictures, jazznkat