engaged
the past few days have been a euphoria. Saturday (technically Sunday), I proposed marriage to elli. she said yes. I do not really know if I can put into words everything I feel for her but I'll give it a try.
for those who do not know it so I was touched and elli almost exactly six months ago, that is, in Sormat. we met online and sat and chatted one night when I came up with the idea that we would now meet right away. at 4:30 we met outside the cathedral in Lund and continued talking. elli have described our first meeting that it was like we already knew each other - we just found each other again. it was just the way I felt. months before I met elli I had been pretty down there, met some people but could not muster any more interest for anyone. elli challenged me and listened in a way that I never experienced before. she was genuinely interested in what I had to say and I was equally interested in what she in turn had to tell. since then we have spent time almost every day and we must never run out of things to talk about.
about a month ago, something new to develop. I knew very early in our relationship that I loved her like I never loved someone else and suddenly it was there word on the "b" is not particularly dangerous anymore. when I'm with elli I'm home. we can sit quietly in a sofa (even if silence is a rare ingredient when we are together) and only experience peace together. we share values, interests and share the same vision of the world. the question is not if I were free, it was if I could escape to do so. I love you, elli. Leonard Cohen said it best: "to love your body, your spirit and your soul."
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Flea Bites On Pottery
The Day The Earth Stood Still
and niklas I watched a double feature yesterday. First we saw the classic original of the Day The Earth Stood Still . then we went and saw the remake. Here are some reasons why I fell asleep a few minutes in the middle.
title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
actor: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, etc.
Director: Scott Derrickson
companies: 20th Century Fox
Length: 103 min
years: 2008
country: united states
age: varying between 11 years (Sweden / Norway) to 13 (usa / philippines)
Reviewed version: Swedish cinema edition (sf cinema city, grove 2008-12-20)
tagline: "12:12:08 Is The Day The Earth Stood Still"
document
world leaders (but mostly U.S.) shits blow when something big and threatening is heading straight for Earth. instead of blowing up the planet to smithereens slows the object down and turns out to be a huge fluorescent Christmas tree ball from space. from Christmas tree ball will Klaatu, an alien has come to be humanity that if they do not shape up, he will destroy them all as planets that may harbor advanced life is a scarce commodity in the galaxy.
spectacle
to complain about Keanu Reeves is usually like trying to find snow on the North Pole - too easy. This is, however, he is ok. it is probably that he'll play an alien who has not mastered the human body really. reeves perhaps is an alien in real life? it would explain a lot.
Jennifer Connelly is as usual good-looking but lousy. she can bear less supporting roles, as in the excellent Little Children (2006), but she is definitely not something Leading Lady material. and yes, I know she won an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind (2001) but to the dunghill actually won something can still give me nightmares.
Jaden Smith well ... what can you say about Jaden Smith? I would be very surprised if he not get a raid nomination for this role. oh my god what miserable he is! here we can really see how famous parents (for those who did not know that he has a dad named Will ...) can give you opportunities that you should not have been. As a rule, tend to American child actors to be okay. Jaden Smith reminded me most of an updated version of the extremely annoying kid from shane (1953).
Supporting Role holders are a wonderful mix with Kathy Bates as Secretary of Defense (hahahahaha) and John Cleese as a professor. Cleese is only for five minutes, but manages to play the shirt of the ensambeln. it says everything about acting efforts in general.
written and directed
original movie was an exciting sci-fithriller where we basically had to follow ordinary people's reactions to a visit from space. it was clever written with a strong passion for social justice and an anti-war message that was exactly the right time in the Cold War, the early stages. what is left is a soup of kvasifilosofiskt babble, special effects masturbation and an incredibly weak and sleazy message that the human ability to feel love is going to save her from destruction.
to be fair had been original also their holes in the story, but what distinguishes the film from this is that it mostly was on the smaller things that had no specific effect on the finished script. To list all the strange turns that re-spouse takes would take too long so instead is a list of things that irritated me:
first what happened to the spaceship? why we got a Christmas tree ball instead?
second why was Gort in re-spouse at all? He had no real role.
third why is a movie made in 2008 more American-centric than a movie made in 1951?
4th each took the religious overtones of the road?
5th a problem as the original was presented to those days does not currently able to collect all the countries because the international situation was as it were. in 2008 would not be a country that is included in the present even dream of missing a statement from an alien.
6th Perhaps it was a not very subtle reference to George W Bush's "shoot first and ask questions late "policy, but would the U.S. president really react as he did and for that matter, he would hand over responsibility to the country's defense minister on such a historic event?
seventh who stole the sand effect from The Mummy (1999 )?
and so on ad infinitum. Geez.
upper hand is another of the film's problems. instead of relying on dialogue and action as the original beats Derrickson on big special effects drum at all times. in their worst moments, it is like a bad copy of Independence Day (1996). Regin acting is bad and that sour cream the rotten cake, the film is full of product placements. it becomes something very ironic about the product to place a cell phone in a movie that basically believe that environmental destruction is what will kill the planet.
Rating
yes, what can I say? a completely unnecessary update of a classic movie to. re-spouse is, unfortunately, Hollywood's biggest genre right now it feels like. the need for a change and it is now. but, as long as I and other idiots go see movies in a rush of nostalgia will be no change. just that, Jaden Smith is due to be yet another re-make - a rape of one of my favorite movies from my childhood. karate kid (1984) is about to get a "facelift". I'm crying already.
and niklas I watched a double feature yesterday. First we saw the classic original of the Day The Earth Stood Still . then we went and saw the remake. Here are some reasons why I fell asleep a few minutes in the middle.
title: The Day The Earth Stood Still
actor: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, etc.
Director: Scott Derrickson
companies: 20th Century Fox
Length: 103 min
years: 2008
country: united states
age: varying between 11 years (Sweden / Norway) to 13 (usa / philippines)
Reviewed version: Swedish cinema edition (sf cinema city, grove 2008-12-20)
tagline: "12:12:08 Is The Day The Earth Stood Still"
world leaders (but mostly U.S.) shits blow when something big and threatening is heading straight for Earth. instead of blowing up the planet to smithereens slows the object down and turns out to be a huge fluorescent Christmas tree ball from space. from Christmas tree ball will Klaatu, an alien has come to be humanity that if they do not shape up, he will destroy them all as planets that may harbor advanced life is a scarce commodity in the galaxy.
to complain about Keanu Reeves is usually like trying to find snow on the North Pole - too easy. This is, however, he is ok. it is probably that he'll play an alien who has not mastered the human body really. reeves perhaps is an alien in real life? it would explain a lot.
Jennifer Connelly is as usual good-looking but lousy. she can bear less supporting roles, as in the excellent Little Children (2006), but she is definitely not something Leading Lady material. and yes, I know she won an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind (2001) but to the dunghill actually won something can still give me nightmares.
Jaden Smith well ... what can you say about Jaden Smith? I would be very surprised if he not get a raid nomination for this role. oh my god what miserable he is! here we can really see how famous parents (for those who did not know that he has a dad named Will ...) can give you opportunities that you should not have been. As a rule, tend to American child actors to be okay. Jaden Smith reminded me most of an updated version of the extremely annoying kid from shane (1953).
Supporting Role holders are a wonderful mix with Kathy Bates as Secretary of Defense (hahahahaha) and John Cleese as a professor. Cleese is only for five minutes, but manages to play the shirt of the ensambeln. it says everything about acting efforts in general.
original movie was an exciting sci-fithriller where we basically had to follow ordinary people's reactions to a visit from space. it was clever written with a strong passion for social justice and an anti-war message that was exactly the right time in the Cold War, the early stages. what is left is a soup of kvasifilosofiskt babble, special effects masturbation and an incredibly weak and sleazy message that the human ability to feel love is going to save her from destruction.
to be fair had been original also their holes in the story, but what distinguishes the film from this is that it mostly was on the smaller things that had no specific effect on the finished script. To list all the strange turns that re-spouse takes would take too long so instead is a list of things that irritated me:
first what happened to the spaceship? why we got a Christmas tree ball instead?
second why was Gort in re-spouse at all? He had no real role.
third why is a movie made in 2008 more American-centric than a movie made in 1951?
4th each took the religious overtones of the road?
5th a problem as the original was presented to those days does not currently able to collect all the countries because the international situation was as it were. in 2008 would not be a country that is included in the present even dream of missing a statement from an alien.
6th Perhaps it was a not very subtle reference to George W Bush's "shoot first and ask questions late "policy, but would the U.S. president really react as he did and for that matter, he would hand over responsibility to the country's defense minister on such a historic event?
seventh who stole the sand effect from The Mummy (1999 )?
and so on ad infinitum. Geez.
upper hand is another of the film's problems. instead of relying on dialogue and action as the original beats Derrickson on big special effects drum at all times. in their worst moments, it is like a bad copy of Independence Day (1996). Regin acting is bad and that sour cream the rotten cake, the film is full of product placements. it becomes something very ironic about the product to place a cell phone in a movie that basically believe that environmental destruction is what will kill the planet.
yes, what can I say? a completely unnecessary update of a classic movie to. re-spouse is, unfortunately, Hollywood's biggest genre right now it feels like. the need for a change and it is now. but, as long as I and other idiots go see movies in a rush of nostalgia will be no change. just that, Jaden Smith is due to be yet another re-make - a rape of one of my favorite movies from my childhood. karate kid (1984) is about to get a "facelift". I'm crying already.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Do Scabies Get Worse After T
when I sleep so I sleep
apparently it's been an earthquake in southern Sweden this morning. a very strong such by Swedish standards as well. myself, I noticed nothing at all. think I sleep a bit for good sometimes. 4.7 on the Richter scale is much like one would let a bomb a few blocks away. Geez.
apparently it's been an earthquake in southern Sweden this morning. a very strong such by Swedish standards as well. myself, I noticed nothing at all. think I sleep a bit for good sometimes. 4.7 on the Richter scale is much like one would let a bomb a few blocks away. Geez.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
How To Mastrubate With Water
world's most skilled pizza maker
few things have occurred to me since I started to leave the academic bubble:
first I am over qualified for practically all the "dirty work" that I do not believe me nice to do. the problem is that they do not want to hire graduates who will most likely seek out something else.
second there are an awful lot of jobs out there. the problem is that you must have specialized knowledge for most of them. I have no driver's license for lift truck can not weld and do not mount plumbing installations. sad situation for me.
third cultural sector is even worse in the impoverished job than I thought.
bah. I sometimes wonder why people actually educate themselves. should evade any vocational high school and earn money now, but want to learn as you want I guess.
few things have occurred to me since I started to leave the academic bubble:
first I am over qualified for practically all the "dirty work" that I do not believe me nice to do. the problem is that they do not want to hire graduates who will most likely seek out something else.
second there are an awful lot of jobs out there. the problem is that you must have specialized knowledge for most of them. I have no driver's license for lift truck can not weld and do not mount plumbing installations. sad situation for me.
third cultural sector is even worse in the impoverished job than I thought.
bah. I sometimes wonder why people actually educate themselves. should evade any vocational high school and earn money now, but want to learn as you want I guess.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Russian Bare Free Vids
the annual television report
Around this time every year I usually summarize the series I follow have been developed over years and present a list of the top six television series currently. why change tradition? This is the 2008 list.
6th Lost
season: 4
placement last year: 10
why: after a really slow third season was finally lost a series to be reckoned with again. better script, more rapid development and an interesting nowadays flashbacks (or flash forwards, rather) was that now I actually can not wait for next season.
5th Heroes
season: 3
placement last year: 5
why: even heroes have gotten better this year, I can not bring the series high on the list since the competition this year has been very tough. Overall, very entertaining but minus points for the authors simply dripped some approaches and seems to have written out some characters from the series without discernible explanation.
4th Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
season: 2
placement last year: -
why: when I finally swallowed my pride and started watching a series based on a film series I adore (well, the first two anyway), I realized why it had been so much talk. when the terminator is good is it really fucking good. it has some nerperioder and / or unnecessary sections, but on the whole, it is the best series based on a movie since buffy.
third TrueBlood
season: 1
placement last year: -
why: a vampire series that takes the best of the vampire myths, highlights the ridiculous and puts events in a small hole in the American South. how can you not love it? Moreover, as an extra bonus, Alexander Skarsgård as 1,000-year-old Swedish vampire. sweet.
second Battlestar Galactica
season: 4
placement last year: 1
why: after three years, Battlestar Galactica nice to skip a placement on the list. it is still one of the most well written series I've seen, but with incredibly elaborate previous seasons are also high expectations - something that I think the series has not really been able to live up to this year. hopefully the last half of the fourth season, becoming something quite extraordinary.
first dexter
season: 3
placement last year: 2
why: last year, I was worried that the series would begin to repeat itself. it would appear that my fears were unnecessary - Dexter goes from strength to strength. it is currently the most well-written, well played and well produced television show that appears.
just off the list: 7th one tree hill (7), 8. Fringe (-), 9. scrubs (3)
bit further down the list: 10th Criminal Minds (8), Kyle XY (6)
Around this time every year I usually summarize the series I follow have been developed over years and present a list of the top six television series currently. why change tradition? This is the 2008 list.
6th Lost
season: 4
placement last year: 10
why: after a really slow third season was finally lost a series to be reckoned with again. better script, more rapid development and an interesting nowadays flashbacks (or flash forwards, rather) was that now I actually can not wait for next season.
5th Heroes
season: 3
placement last year: 5
why: even heroes have gotten better this year, I can not bring the series high on the list since the competition this year has been very tough. Overall, very entertaining but minus points for the authors simply dripped some approaches and seems to have written out some characters from the series without discernible explanation.
4th Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
season: 2
placement last year: -
why: when I finally swallowed my pride and started watching a series based on a film series I adore (well, the first two anyway), I realized why it had been so much talk. when the terminator is good is it really fucking good. it has some nerperioder and / or unnecessary sections, but on the whole, it is the best series based on a movie since buffy.
third TrueBlood
season: 1
placement last year: -
why: a vampire series that takes the best of the vampire myths, highlights the ridiculous and puts events in a small hole in the American South. how can you not love it? Moreover, as an extra bonus, Alexander Skarsgård as 1,000-year-old Swedish vampire. sweet.
second Battlestar Galactica
season: 4
placement last year: 1
why: after three years, Battlestar Galactica nice to skip a placement on the list. it is still one of the most well written series I've seen, but with incredibly elaborate previous seasons are also high expectations - something that I think the series has not really been able to live up to this year. hopefully the last half of the fourth season, becoming something quite extraordinary.
first dexter
season: 3
placement last year: 2
why: last year, I was worried that the series would begin to repeat itself. it would appear that my fears were unnecessary - Dexter goes from strength to strength. it is currently the most well-written, well played and well produced television show that appears.
just off the list: 7th one tree hill (7), 8. Fringe (-), 9. scrubs (3)
bit further down the list: 10th Criminal Minds (8), Kyle XY (6)
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