Seems like this journal only consists of things I've watched.

So I downloaded and watched a movie called Go West. It's a war story during Bosnia Herzegovina chaos with gay theme added to the mix. So not only the main character is Muslim, he's also gay... so it's pretty much a warrant of death sentence at that time and situation in Sarajevo. It's a very good movie and I enjoyed it a lot, but certainly not for everyone based on the theme and the way it's filmed. I uploaded the wedding scene because it's the only 'cheerful' part in the movie (and this movie is classified as comedy on imdb... wth *_*). And only few days ago I watched The King and Clown, so within a week I've watched 2 movies of pretty boys in drag, yummy.

The (faux) wedding
  

After checking on imdb, I found out the director has only made 2 movies so far. Which led me to a short film called 10 Minutes, the winner of Best European Short Film 2002 award. And what a well deserved award it was...

10 Minutes (of brilliant-ness)
 
I hope the director continues making movies, he received death threats after making Go West though. Dammit, this world can be so imbecile sometimes... 

eta: this entry is a pain in the ass

I recently got hooked on Dexter, watched all the episodes and WOW, it was too much fun. It's also really nice to see some Oz cast as regulars there. The first season is a fantastic, very solid season that I will recommend to everyone I know. Season 2 kinda let me down though, with the new and more emotional Dexter and other uninteresting characters development which I can't care at all. It's enough we have whiny Rita around Dex already, and now there's Lila who is as annoying and even worse, played by terrible actress. But the latest episode just recharged my faith and I think in the end the 2nd season will be quite satisfying (even though there's no way season 1 will be beat). I'm still waiting to be recharged for Supernatural though. So far in this season I only enjoy watching it because of the boys, the other aspects haven't really picked up my interest. But it's still good, I'm just not awed like on previous seasons...

Stardust has been on my list for long and so good that finally I got to watch it yesterday. Even though I was only by myself and with the risk of being stalked by some weirdo...*_* It was so creepy and thank God I was finally able to lose him somewhere. The movie itself was really entertaining, and watching makeover on Tristan was quite a sight as well as seeing DeNiro as gay pirate. Fun, fun, fun.

Hmm, last night I had a dream where I was a sex slave for vampires... WTF was that??

I've been dreaming a lot lately and I don't remember most of them, though one left quite an impression. Here I was pregnant and expecting a baby, I have no idea who the father was but I was really happy in that realm of dream. It's really weird because I've spent quite a long time convincing myself that I'm not going to have baby (I'm not sure I'm going to get married as well), and not because I hate kids since I LOVE kids... nothing can pain me more than suffering kids, one look to their eyes and it's enough to make me bawl like babies. It's just that I think I won't make a good mom, some people should be childless and I'm one of them IMO. So this dream now gave me a funny feeling... doesn't mean it changed my mind but I'm still 22, too early to decide these kind of things. Oy... what do I know about life anyway?

This is short vid my sis took from her TT concert, she was on nosebleed section so you pretty much can't see anything here. But it's still cool and I still envy her... I've never watched a concert before y'know... yea it totally sucks to be me. :-/ *crossing fingers for the release of dvd tour*



And, Howard's 'shows' lately amuse me to no end. Things like these that make me so proud of being their fan, they're so un-boyband in their acts it's so ridiculous! GUH, I <3 Take That so much...



ETA:

Take That fans at the boys’ Berlin gig on Sunday night certainly got a treat – well sort of. Howard, who wasn’t allowed to perform because of tedious insurance reasons (damn that pesky punctured lung incident) got to see la Donald take to the stage to say a quick hello dressed up in a kinky PVC nurse's outfit and thigh-high black patent boots. Is it wrong that even in this get-up heatworld SO totally would?

I'm late, I know... I've already had it in my drive for days but managed to watch it just now. Overall it was a so-so episode, nothing to get excited about. Some demon revelations to put more gray area in SPN world, and more mystery surrounding Sam and Ruby (Lucifer?). The actress that played the bartender is so pretty, but jeez.. can't she and the rest of the extras act to save their lives or what? Or maybe the blame is on the writing, I want to see more interesting demons dammit! They all act the same, just another rehash from old characters, even the new hunter wasn't interesting at all (how he can be a hunter and still survive all this time is quite a wonder, really). Thank God we still have Bobby... and I truly miss Ash, he was so much fun.

Another thing... I've always been Jared/Sam girl since the beginning, but even I couldn't deny that Jensen was prettier and better actor of the two, and Dean was a more compelling character to watch. But lately somehow I found Jensen/Dean just bland and uninteresting while Jared/Sam strikingly more beautiful... probably because this season Dean's character became more cartoonish (hence lost the appeal for me) and Sam is more focus and deadly (hence much sexier in my eyes), I don't really know. Since the season premiere I thought something was off and I couldn't point out what that is. I'm still wishing this show will grab me like it used to be, please Kripke make some wonders!!

Howard Donald is supposed to be out for 2 weeks, according to The Sun. Thank God my sis already watched them in Barcelona. I feel really bad for Take That and their fans that this incident had to occur in the middle of the tour... but the show must go on and I want him in full recovery by the time he's back on stage, so rest well Howard!

Been sick these past few days, runny nose, headache, sore throat and everything... I think I start running out of kleenex in my house. It definitely sucks since it's been so long. I don't even remember the last time I caught flu, which is quite funny because when I was younger, I'd be sick for 2 weeks on every friggin month. No joke. Even one of my friends often said, "Is that time of the month again?" like I was on period or something LOL. I'm so hoping I get rid of it by tomorrow.

Yesterday my brother texted me asking if I would cover EPT (English Proficiency Test) for his friend who needed it for a job. My english is no better than 2nd grader but the targeted score was relatively easy, so I told him I'm doing it. My mom was obviously upset that I took it though. But when you lead an extremely boring life like I do now, you'd be just willing to do about anything to spice things up a little bit. The test will be held on Monday, so wish me luck!

I just found out that tv-links.co.uk is banished from the face of the earth. What a HUGE bummer... for someone like me who lives on another side of globe from US of A, a website like this is a treasure and now it's taken away from me!! I'm hoping it's only temporary and it'll be up and running again by next month... Seriously, banned just because of linking??? What kind of crime is that? I'm outta here.

My sister just called from France to tell about her first Take That concert experience on Barcelona. Both of us were Thatters since early 90s, when they split up it's pretty hard to keep on track with us being in Indonesia and all. It even took months for the reunion news to finally arrive on my ears. Despite being big fans for so many years, we've never had the pleasure to see them in flesh before, let alone a concert (when TT had concert in Jakarta, we were still teens living in Palembang). So when they announced the Beautiful World tour and dates, I told my sister to take this chance even though it means she had to make a trip from Paris to Barcelona. She's a student, so money is pretty tight obviously. I still tried to convince her, "Who knew how long this reunion will last? There probably won't be another album and tour next time. It was our dream, remember?" She was still hesitant though, not only because of the money issue, but she's also somewhat grown out of the obsession after all this years. Well... apparently she decided to do it (without even telling me first) in the last minute as birthday present (Happy 25th, Sister!), took a flight and next thing she knew was that she had an experience of a lifetime.

Nope, I don't envy her.... not at all.

Well, maybe a little.

So, now that the love is all recharged and well, she made an international call only to gush her love because none of her friends there could understand it. We've all been there, right? She said the venue was only half filled because there was Real Madrid football match right next to them. Hmm... between Take That and Real Madrid, tough choice there. She's been pretty stressed lately so I'm really happy for her, she sounded so animated on the phone. Hopefully I'll have my chance one day. It sucks being here, sometimes I'm bored to death with nothing to do. My sister even got to hang out with Nidji when the band visited Paris (her friend is Giring's friend). And Jay Brannan will perform there next month... Jeebus, I think I'm going to start banging my head on the wall. *_* GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Finally watched Supernatural... and I had to say that I'm not that impressed :( Not that it wasn't good, but the pilot was great and IMTOD was amazing that I expected much more from this season premiere. The extras were flat, and Ruby was trying too hard to be cool/mysterious that I just didn't care, the Matrix-style fight scene also could be handled better. I also felt something was lackey and I don't know what that is, like the whole energy was different from the other episodes of Supernatural I'm used to watch and love. But it was still enjoyable, I missed the boys so much and it was good to see them back and kicking demons again. And I soooo want to see Sammy use some nasty demon!power, those sorry asses should bow down to the mighty!!!

I messed the layout, but too lazy to fix it. My computer crashes everytime I open more than one program, so I'll let it be for awhile even though it's such a sore to the eyes. :(

I don't know what it is about Heroes... I tried so hard to like it but I just can not, yet I found myself kept watching it as if hoping that the new episode would convert and turn me into a fan. But it never happened, the characters still annoy me, the actings still bug me, the storyline still successfully rolls my eyes. BUT WHY DO I STILL WASTE MY TIME WATCHING EVERY SINGLE EPISODE?? It's so weird... almost like I enjoy torturing myself.

Prison Break is also turning into quite a joke, how sad since I worship the 1st season. Supernatural is my only hope right now (haven't downloaded 301 though, still waiting for better quality).

Change the layout ^_^ thanks to refuted

I still haven't recovered from The State Within, what a brilliant miniseries. Definitely my favorite next to Band of Brothers.

So I watched the 1st season of QAF again just to see Noam Jenkins as Guillaume, the French guy that wanted to marry Lindsay for green card on episode 16 and 17. I vaguely remembered the character, but my memory was mixed with the guy on UK version so I didn't know what to expect when I put the DVD in the player. And then there he was, so beautiful and adorable with cute accent and silly hair, and I couldn't stop laughing for the next 10 minutes (Oh, Christopher XD)... But everyone was so mean to him that I really wanted to smack their heads, especially Brian. Even though I couldn't help but thinking how hot it'd be if they made out (Brian seemed to make out with every hottie on his sight anyway, so might as well shag Guillaume before he left). It also fascinated me that Sharon Gless was a regular on the show, too bad she and Jenkins didn't share a same scene or it'd be an interesting experience the next time I watch TSW.

Watching some episodes of the 1st season of QAF was quite a trip. Everyone looked so young and gay, no angst, only fun. I even laughed at some of the lines and scenes (which I don't remember ever did on the last couple seasons). It's still one of my fav tv shows, and will always be.

Now I want to watch the 4th season just to catch glimpses of PJ Deboy (he was my favorite on Shortbus), if only I could remember where the hell I put the dvd.

My close friend Dian is infatuated with incest stories and stuffs, particularly between brothers, identical twins and father/son. I don't think anything is wrong with her though, it's just... well, perversion. Anyone has it right? Eversince I gave her "Starcrossed", she's been nagging at me asking for more. And I told her this kind of movie is not easy to find, but few days ago I coincidentally stumbled into a movie called "Harry + Max" with Bryce Johnson starring in it (I used to have a crush on him on his Popular days). I read the story description and thought to myself, 'Dian would love me if I give her this.' :D

After watching it though, I found myself loving the first half and loathing the second half. The movie started beautifully, but by the middle it just went spiral downhill and nothing could help it afloat. The ending even made me wish I didn't watch the whole thing. The movie is only about 70 minutes but already consisted too many useless scenes, it really felt that the creators suddenly didn't know what to do with the material and decided to pull back, and jumbled things instead. It's too bad because it could be a really good movie and the lead actors were already good and believable portraying brothers that are in love with each other.

I'm usually not into incest and to be honest I didn't like "Starcrossed", but "Harry + Max" left me wanting more. Because the movie was so unsatisfying that there should be more out there to serve the closure for me. So I'll just wait for another one.

Btw, my cheap ACER laptop hates me so much. I spent painful hours just to make a short clip from the movie because it freezes every damn 5 minutes. I. SO. NEED. TO. BUY. NEW. LAPTOP.