MEMES FOR THY ART BORED
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bohemiaMy parents are out for the night. I've got the house to myself but there's nothing on the DVR for me to watch. This is what I call a wasted night. Cute story: right as they were leaving my dad says "No wild parties!" So I said "Oh yeah, Bijou and I are calling up all her boyfriends and we're having a huge party." And then moment I closed the door Bijou started jumping up and down crazy-like. Silly dog. 1. you don't have boyfriends, 2. be glad about 1.
So Borat is a good movie. Stupid, but funny and the deleted scenes are killer. Smokin' Aces, not so much. It's what I expected from Lucky Number Slevin. I got more from Lucky Number Slevin. I'm still trying to figure out what was supposed to be going on in Smokin' Aces. Although "Bill" made me pause the movie and laugh for a good minute and a half. Oh, cameos. They're love.
Also, I just noticed. Not only are the names of Connelly's character in Blood Diamond and Farmiga's character in The Departed both named Maddy, but Leo's character pops up in a jail in both movies (that's not really a spoiler).
Meme-like stuff:
Comment and I will give you 3 interests on your list, and 3 icons, for you to explain.
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falseeeyelashes gave me:
chiwetel ejiofor
First time I noticed him was in Serenity. And then I realized he was the baddie in Four Brothers and was in at least five other movies I'd seen. And each time he was a completely different person. My mind was blown, and I've loved him ever since.
chris evans
You know something is up when you go to see Fantastic Four starring four people you know and end up applauding the only one you don't know. And of course, there's Cellular. He's going places, definitely.
the departed
I can't even count how many times I've seen this movie. I don't even know why I like it so much. It's Scorsese, has DiCaprio, Wahlberg and Baldwin and set in Boston (I don't know why that would be bad?). And it's really scattered and lonnggg. But suddenly I'm fans of everyone in it to certain extents (except Baldwin, douche) and I watch it over and over. There's just a new angle each time I watch it and I'm still trying to catch every 'x' in the background.
Mercutio! This has become my music icon. I don't know why. And Mercutio is my favorite character in Romeo & Juliet, in any media. I remember when I first read it in high school and was all angry over... that scene, and my friend was like "You never read it before?!" It was a sad moment for me.
Costigan and Maddy. That scene was just hot, which is weird because the first time I saw it it reminded me of a dream I had when I was 10 or so that still bothers me to this day. And it had Leo in it too. Anyway, hot scene.
Cherry. She wasn't my favorite Grindhouse character (hi El Wrey & Abby), but she's the poster girl. I also like how the top is so tight on her that she's popping out on top. And I wish my hair looked like that on the daily.
untied_shoe gave me:
digg
After Kevin Rose left G4 I got really mad. But then I heard about Digg.com and immediately latched on. It's the best source for all my communication class needs too, since it's updated almost immediately.
larry the cable guy
Irreverent comedy, you've gotta love it. Political correctness is an awesome thing, but it's nice to roll in the mud every now and then.
playstation
I don't know how I would have survived high school without my PS2. I hardly played PSone, but my PS2 is mine. And I honestly don't know how anyone can live without one.
Locke! I didn't know much about him at the point, but I loved this exchange between Locke and Kate. I felt bad for him. And I love the easter egg on the first season DVDs with this scene too. One of my two favorite Locke scenes. The other one is his whole "I was wrong" scene in the season two finale. Because, duh, Locke.
My Texan TV boyfriends. Seriously. All the hot guys are in Texas! And I need to edit this icon, because the dude from Drive is from Texas too.
Gia. The first movie I ever saw Angelina in, before she got super famous. I loved it. I love to watch it now because I just laugh at Linda because now I see Elizabeth as Juliet every week. Also, doesn't everybody feel like doing exactly this at some point or another?
justspaz gave me:
emmanuelle chriqui
When she popped up in On the Line I felt bad. I went, "wow, she'll probably never have a career after this and she thinks it'll be her big break." Boy was I wrong. And you know, she's gorgeous. I'll follow her anywhere. The O.C., Entourage, Usher movies (*gag*)...
diggnation
The podcast I will never stop watching. First one I ever got into and only because of Kevin Rose. But Alex won me over soon. There's times when I agree with Alex, other times where I believe Kevin. And there's time where they make each other laugh so much that they make me laugh (like when they were talking about the Sheepherder 3.0 or dogs running in a field) Theirs is the kind of friendship I enjoy. It's 50/50 and with tons of admiration. And because Kevin started Revision 3, it's sorta Oprah/Gayle lately too. And they're so purile at times (or drunk), it makes me miss Jackass. I love guys like this.
scotsmen
Ewan McGregor, Craig Ferguson, Billy Boyd, Paolo Nutini, Franz Ferdinand, Henry Ian Cusack, Dougray Scott... need I say more? Scotsmen seem to have phenomenal singing voices too.
Sandy in *NSYNC's Pop video. I love Sandy, love love love *NSYNC, so what could be better?
Matt and Harriet were just never going to work out on Studio 60. But Matt's mock aggression is funny.
THE TRI-FORCE!!!! Seriously, The Legend of Zelda is the only game series that's consistently good. I have played all of the games (the Nintendo games, not the lame laser cd ones) and I just love it to death. I was going to neglect Windwaker, but when I heard of Twilight Princess I ran out and brought a GameCube. And then Twilight Princess got pushed to the Wii. But I got Windwaker for free with the GC. So I played that and even though I could have done without all the sailing (really) the twist is lame and Link looks like a five year old, it is up to par with the rest in terms of puzzles and such.
And fromguest_age
Kaci switched it up. It was originally "if you see this on your flist, quote Supernatural". But she changed it to Entourage. And now I'm changing it to movies. Closer and The Beach specifically.
Closer (I love this movie because of the way it speaks to my current self the way Moulin Rouge spoke to my little romantic dreamer self back in high school. Plus this is where all those emo bands ripped off lines from [He tastes like you, only sweeter; Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking off her clothes, but it's better if she does) All the italics are from the play version. It's better as a play. Go read the play! XD
Dan: Just like that?
Alice: It's the only way to leave: 'I don't love you anymore, good-bye.'
Dan: Suppose you do still love them?
Alice: Then you don't leave.
Dan: You're never left someone you still love?
Alice: No.
Anna: Why are you wasting her time?
Dan: I'm not. I'm grateful to her... she's completely loveable and completely unleaveable.
Dan: You ruined my life.
Anna: You'll get over it.
Alice: It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully and all the rich fuckers who appreciate art say it's beautiful because that's what they want to see. But the people in the photos are sad and alone but the pictures make the world seem beautiful. So the exhibition is reassuring, which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie.
Dan: I can't see you. If I see you I'll never leave you.
Larry: Except you think you haven't given us anything of yourselves. You think because you don't love us or desire us or even like us you think you've won.
Alice: It's not a war.
Larry: But you do give us something of yourselves: you give us imagery and we do with it what we will. If you women could see one minute of our home movies- the shit that slops through our minds every day-- you'd string us up by our balls, you really would. You don't understand the territory, because you are the territory.
Alice: Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do.
Larry: I think on some small level you owe me something for deceiving me so exquisitely.
Dan: What's so great about the truth? Try lying for a change, it's the currency of the world.
Dan: It's cowardice. You don't have the guts to let him hate you.
Larry: She doesn't want to be happy.
Dan: Eveyone wants to be happy.
Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live, which can be depressing.
Dan: You love her like a dog loves its owner.
Larry: And the owner loves the dog for so doing. Companionship will always triumph over passion.
Alice: I don't want to lie and I can't tell the truth so it's over.
Alice: Where is this love? I can't see it, I can hear some words but I can't do anything with your easy words.
The Beach (Richard is weird but he has some good quotes)
Richard: Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.
Richard: The only downer is, everyone's got the same idea. We all travel thousands of miles just to watch TV and check in to somewhere with all the comforts of home, and you gotta ask yourself, what is the point of that?
Richard: When you develop an infatuation for someone, you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the hash of infatuation, it's just what you've been searching for all these years.
Richard: I don't know. I'm American.
Etienne: So?
Richard: I think in miles, not kilometers.
Etienne: Okay, so how many miles do you think it is?
Richard: I don't know, but it looks a long way away.
(And you know, it also has Guillaume Canet in it. And who doesn't want to stare at that face all day? Together though, Richard and Etienne are cute:)
Etienne: Oh fuck! Richard! Fuck!
Richard: What?
Etienne: I saw a fin!
Richard: What? Are you joking?
Etienne: No, no. A fin!
Richard: OK, a shark fin?
Etienne: I don't know! Just a fin! Over there, about a hundred meters.
Richard: Well, was it big?
Etienne: Yes.
Richard: Well, what the fuck do you expect me to do about it?
Etienne: Nothing! I just thought you should know!
Richard: Well, to be honest, Etienne, I'd rather you hadn't told me!
Etienne: I'm sorry!
Richard: Well, it's a bit fuckin' late now, isn't it?
I'm going to go pop some popcorn (if our corn isn't stale D:) and start a Broken Lizards marathon. Club Dread and then Puddle Cruisers. Tommorrow will be Beerfest.
Lia
So Borat is a good movie. Stupid, but funny and the deleted scenes are killer. Smokin' Aces, not so much. It's what I expected from Lucky Number Slevin. I got more from Lucky Number Slevin. I'm still trying to figure out what was supposed to be going on in Smokin' Aces. Although "Bill" made me pause the movie and laugh for a good minute and a half. Oh, cameos. They're love.
Also, I just noticed. Not only are the names of Connelly's character in Blood Diamond and Farmiga's character in The Departed both named Maddy, but Leo's character pops up in a jail in both movies (that's not really a spoiler).
Meme-like stuff:
Comment and I will give you 3 interests on your list, and 3 icons, for you to explain.
falseeeyelashes gave me:chiwetel ejiofor
First time I noticed him was in Serenity. And then I realized he was the baddie in Four Brothers and was in at least five other movies I'd seen. And each time he was a completely different person. My mind was blown, and I've loved him ever since.
chris evans
You know something is up when you go to see Fantastic Four starring four people you know and end up applauding the only one you don't know. And of course, there's Cellular. He's going places, definitely.
the departed
I can't even count how many times I've seen this movie. I don't even know why I like it so much. It's Scorsese, has DiCaprio, Wahlberg and Baldwin and set in Boston (I don't know why that would be bad?). And it's really scattered and lonnggg. But suddenly I'm fans of everyone in it to certain extents (except Baldwin, douche) and I watch it over and over. There's just a new angle each time I watch it and I'm still trying to catch every 'x' in the background.
Mercutio! This has become my music icon. I don't know why. And Mercutio is my favorite character in Romeo & Juliet, in any media. I remember when I first read it in high school and was all angry over... that scene, and my friend was like "You never read it before?!" It was a sad moment for me.
Costigan and Maddy. That scene was just hot, which is weird because the first time I saw it it reminded me of a dream I had when I was 10 or so that still bothers me to this day. And it had Leo in it too. Anyway, hot scene.
Cherry. She wasn't my favorite Grindhouse character (hi El Wrey & Abby), but she's the poster girl. I also like how the top is so tight on her that she's popping out on top. And I wish my hair looked like that on the daily.
untied_shoe gave me:digg
After Kevin Rose left G4 I got really mad. But then I heard about Digg.com and immediately latched on. It's the best source for all my communication class needs too, since it's updated almost immediately.
larry the cable guy
Irreverent comedy, you've gotta love it. Political correctness is an awesome thing, but it's nice to roll in the mud every now and then.
playstation
I don't know how I would have survived high school without my PS2. I hardly played PSone, but my PS2 is mine. And I honestly don't know how anyone can live without one.
Locke! I didn't know much about him at the point, but I loved this exchange between Locke and Kate. I felt bad for him. And I love the easter egg on the first season DVDs with this scene too. One of my two favorite Locke scenes. The other one is his whole "I was wrong" scene in the season two finale. Because, duh, Locke.
My Texan TV boyfriends. Seriously. All the hot guys are in Texas! And I need to edit this icon, because the dude from Drive is from Texas too.
Gia. The first movie I ever saw Angelina in, before she got super famous. I loved it. I love to watch it now because I just laugh at Linda because now I see Elizabeth as Juliet every week. Also, doesn't everybody feel like doing exactly this at some point or another?
justspaz gave me:emmanuelle chriqui
When she popped up in On the Line I felt bad. I went, "wow, she'll probably never have a career after this and she thinks it'll be her big break." Boy was I wrong. And you know, she's gorgeous. I'll follow her anywhere. The O.C., Entourage, Usher movies (*gag*)...
diggnation
The podcast I will never stop watching. First one I ever got into and only because of Kevin Rose. But Alex won me over soon. There's times when I agree with Alex, other times where I believe Kevin. And there's time where they make each other laugh so much that they make me laugh (like when they were talking about the Sheepherder 3.0 or dogs running in a field) Theirs is the kind of friendship I enjoy. It's 50/50 and with tons of admiration. And because Kevin started Revision 3, it's sorta Oprah/Gayle lately too. And they're so purile at times (or drunk), it makes me miss Jackass. I love guys like this.
scotsmen
Ewan McGregor, Craig Ferguson, Billy Boyd, Paolo Nutini, Franz Ferdinand, Henry Ian Cusack, Dougray Scott... need I say more? Scotsmen seem to have phenomenal singing voices too.
Sandy in *NSYNC's Pop video. I love Sandy, love love love *NSYNC, so what could be better?
Matt and Harriet were just never going to work out on Studio 60. But Matt's mock aggression is funny.
THE TRI-FORCE!!!! Seriously, The Legend of Zelda is the only game series that's consistently good. I have played all of the games (the Nintendo games, not the lame laser cd ones) and I just love it to death. I was going to neglect Windwaker, but when I heard of Twilight Princess I ran out and brought a GameCube. And then Twilight Princess got pushed to the Wii. But I got Windwaker for free with the GC. So I played that and even though I could have done without all the sailing (really) the twist is lame and Link looks like a five year old, it is up to par with the rest in terms of puzzles and such.
And from
guest_ageKaci switched it up. It was originally "if you see this on your flist, quote Supernatural". But she changed it to Entourage. And now I'm changing it to movies. Closer and The Beach specifically.
Closer (I love this movie because of the way it speaks to my current self the way Moulin Rouge spoke to my little romantic dreamer self back in high school. Plus this is where all those emo bands ripped off lines from [He tastes like you, only sweeter; Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking off her clothes, but it's better if she does) All the italics are from the play version. It's better as a play. Go read the play! XD
Dan: Just like that?
Alice: It's the only way to leave: 'I don't love you anymore, good-bye.'
Dan: Suppose you do still love them?
Alice: Then you don't leave.
Dan: You're never left someone you still love?
Alice: No.
Anna: Why are you wasting her time?
Dan: I'm not. I'm grateful to her... she's completely loveable and completely unleaveable.
Dan: You ruined my life.
Anna: You'll get over it.
Alice: It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully and all the rich fuckers who appreciate art say it's beautiful because that's what they want to see. But the people in the photos are sad and alone but the pictures make the world seem beautiful. So the exhibition is reassuring, which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie.
Dan: I can't see you. If I see you I'll never leave you.
Larry: Except you think you haven't given us anything of yourselves. You think because you don't love us or desire us or even like us you think you've won.
Alice: It's not a war.
Larry: But you do give us something of yourselves: you give us imagery and we do with it what we will. If you women could see one minute of our home movies- the shit that slops through our minds every day-- you'd string us up by our balls, you really would. You don't understand the territory, because you are the territory.
Alice: Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do.
Larry: I think on some small level you owe me something for deceiving me so exquisitely.
Dan: What's so great about the truth? Try lying for a change, it's the currency of the world.
Dan: It's cowardice. You don't have the guts to let him hate you.
Larry: She doesn't want to be happy.
Dan: Eveyone wants to be happy.
Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live, which can be depressing.
Dan: You love her like a dog loves its owner.
Larry: And the owner loves the dog for so doing. Companionship will always triumph over passion.
Alice: I don't want to lie and I can't tell the truth so it's over.
Alice: Where is this love? I can't see it, I can hear some words but I can't do anything with your easy words.
The Beach (Richard is weird but he has some good quotes)
Richard: Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.
Richard: The only downer is, everyone's got the same idea. We all travel thousands of miles just to watch TV and check in to somewhere with all the comforts of home, and you gotta ask yourself, what is the point of that?
Richard: When you develop an infatuation for someone, you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the hash of infatuation, it's just what you've been searching for all these years.
Richard: I don't know. I'm American.
Etienne: So?
Richard: I think in miles, not kilometers.
Etienne: Okay, so how many miles do you think it is?
Richard: I don't know, but it looks a long way away.
(And you know, it also has Guillaume Canet in it. And who doesn't want to stare at that face all day? Together though, Richard and Etienne are cute:)
Etienne: Oh fuck! Richard! Fuck!
Richard: What?
Etienne: I saw a fin!
Richard: What? Are you joking?
Etienne: No, no. A fin!
Richard: OK, a shark fin?
Etienne: I don't know! Just a fin! Over there, about a hundred meters.
Richard: Well, was it big?
Etienne: Yes.
Richard: Well, what the fuck do you expect me to do about it?
Etienne: Nothing! I just thought you should know!
Richard: Well, to be honest, Etienne, I'd rather you hadn't told me!
Etienne: I'm sorry!
Richard: Well, it's a bit fuckin' late now, isn't it?
I'm going to go pop some popcorn (if our corn isn't stale D:) and start a Broken Lizards marathon. Club Dread and then Puddle Cruisers. Tommorrow will be Beerfest.
Lia
