Friday, November 23, 2007

Jack Black sings korean version of ""What's New Pussy Cat?" in the Simpsons!

This is from episode 7 of season 19.

I love it because I understand it! But it's funny because some of the lyrics don't make sense.

I didn't know Jack Black had such good pronunciation. I'm going to be his fan!

If you understand Korean, read these.

안녕 푸시캣? 워우 워어우
안녕 푸시캣? 워우 워어우
푸시캣 푸시캣
난 꽃도 있고 함께 할 시간도 많으니
넌 가서 귀여운 네 코를 꾸며봐

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

A prison break joke.

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Man I laughed so hard when I saw this, my stomache hurt.. This makes me wanna see prison break. T-bag should win an emmy for this.

Clever advertisements with awesome ideas.(also funny)

These advertisements are clever ads using distance as an idea.



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Just looking at this pic makes me dizzy.
Where are we? What are we doing in this pic?
It's an ad for trampoline Jumpmax.





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This is an ad for Volkswagon's New Passat Variant.
The trunk is so big that a cactus and a balloon, or a dog and a cat can be in the same trunk.





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This ad also shows big space in the trunk
You can have your own wine storehouse and a hospital.
It's an ad for Italian car company Iveco's Daily 49.12 van.




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Why is this lady's body squeezed on something?







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And why is this guitarist's body squeezed?


Ha. This happened because of the digital zoom feature on the Nokia's camera lens.
It's an ad for Nokia's N93i with digital zoom camera feature..


Another ad showing off the zooming power.
It's Kodak's DSLR camera Easyshare P880 ad.

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you get so close to the object with this zoom that you're actually right next to them.











It's a similar concept ad from Nikon.
It's an ad for ultra wide lens.
"It's all in the shot."
This ad puts a smile on my face. :)

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Looking at ladies from a camera inside a mouth.
Why does he have to stay so far away from attractive women??



"Speak closer".
It's an ad for mint Smint which will let you get closer to ladies.


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A man who was having bbq party is pushed to the window by the grass and trees...




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Same fate happended to a lady who was enjoying the sun.
"Don't wait too long."
It's an ad for weedkiller Stihl.





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Why is the mouse pad so wide...




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and why are files failing to be transffered?
This ad is a wide monitor ad from Eyevision showing how wide their monitors are.




The final ad is push-up bra ad from Valisere. You will never forget it once you see it.

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See you later...

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Review of Little Miss Sunshine


Little Miss Sunshine (2006), directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and written by Michael Arndt, is in my opinion one of the top 3 movies of the year along with The Prestige and The Departed(Children of Men came in close 4th).


Review of the movie(contains spilers)


What does it mean to have a family? what does it means to have someone who is not perfect as your family members? This movie is all about family members who can't be further from perfect. A father who can't provide living for the family with his lectures on winners and losers, a mother who is a chainsmoker, a gay uncle who tried committing suicide when his boyfriend left him, a brother who is mute by choice until he becomes a test pilot, a grandpa who is a pothead and got kicked out of senior apartments because of that. These are the members of Olive, a little 7 year old girl who wants to participate on the Little Miss Sunshine contest. So they go on a trip they will never forget to go to the contest on a car that won't be in a gear without being pushed until about 20 mph.

The characters in this movie are so lovable and relatable. The first 5 minutes of the movie introduces the characters with minimal dialogues and we can tell we're in for a great ride. Everyone except Olive has a flaw just like we all do. It is just so funny watching them interact on the trip because they are so different. During the trip, the grandpa dies of overdose of heroine the father learns that his lectures just won't sell, the brother learns his color blind which means he can't become a test pilot and starts yelling "f&%$!." In the end, they get to the beauty peagent in which Olive shows her crazy moves to the song "super freak" and she is ordered to be stopped but the whole family the joins her and dances on the stage. At last they realize that it is the family that is the most important and go back home with hopes.

This is a movie close to perfection: perfect cast, awesome performance, awesome editing, and awesome script. Steve Carrel is always talented and it was great to see two young actor and actresses perform so well(Paul Dano and Abigail Breslin). It's a family movie that can't be shared by every family member because of the drug scene but I would love to watch this anyone older than 13. (This should have been PG-13 with language cut down a little bit). It was also great to see Dwayne(the brother) and Richard(the father) change throughout the movie as Dwayne learns he can't be a pilot and Richard learns his contract with a publisher was just a midsummer night's dream. There are so many great dialogues in this film from the first time screenwriter Michael Arndt. I think is the best dialogue from the film is when Dwayne is encouraged to live his life to the fullest by Frank(the uncle)'s speech about Proust "Anyway, he uh... he gets down to the end of his life, and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, Those were the best years of his life, 'cause they made him who he was. All those years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn't learn a thing." Now that is a quote anyone can benefit from. However, I cried when Richard said "Oh my God, I'm getting pulled over. Everyone, just... pretend to be normal. " Normal?! I just couldn't stop laughing and had to stop the film for a second. Also I just love the ending of the movie which ends very smoothly, everyone just happy that they have each other. Isn't that how families are supposed to be? I am so glad I have a family albeit they maybe not be perfect.

If you have problems with your family or just want to laugh, or want to watch a great movie, do not miss this gem.


Or just watch the movie just to see the Miss California in it!

Overall 9/10

Memorable quotes from the movie:

Dwayne: I wish I could just sleep until I was eighteen and skip all this crap-high school and everything-just skip it.
Frank: You know Marcel Proust?
Dwayne: He's the guy you teach.
Frank: Yeah. French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited love affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost no one reads. But he's also probably the greatest writer since Shakespeare. Anyway, he uh... he gets down to the end of his life, and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, Those were the best years of his life, 'cause they made him who he was. All those years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn't learn a thing. So, if you sleep until you're 18... Ah, think of the suffering you're gonna miss. I mean high school? High school-those are your prime suffering years. You don't get better suffering than that.

Grandpa: A real loser is someone who's so afraid of not winning he doesn't even try.

I can already see that Abigail Breslin will be bigger than Dakota Fanning because she was the best actress in the movie, even better than Steve Carell!!

Saturday, November 10, 2007

On the night like this - Mocca



On the night like this
There's so many things I want to tell you

On the night like this
There's so many things I want to show you

Cause when you're around
I feel safe and warm

Cause when you are around
I can fall in love every day

In the case like this
There are a thousand good reasons

I want you to stay

Thursday, November 8, 2007

how to live an average life.



This is so true! Living an average life isn't easy.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

A memory shared by many boys.



I have this memory as growing up with my old nintendo. Do you?

I miss those old games where I was just happy to jump around.

Ah memories...

Winter is coming.. which means christmas is coming..



When it's cold, even a dog and a cat can be a couple.. Man.. I hate Christmas..

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Review of Mean Girls



The movie Mean Girls, directed by Mark Waters, the director of Freaky Friday and Just Like Heaven (also a worth watching movie), and written by Tina Fey, the head writer of Saturday Night Live, was released in the theaters in 2004. This movie is also based on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman.






Summary(contains spoilers)

This movie involves three distinct characters: Cady Heron, a girl who just moved to a new school, Janis Ian, a girl who is an outsider and wants to take revenge on Regina George, and Regina George, the “Queen Bee” of the school. This movie was such a cult hit due to the fact that it was the best high school movie in the 2000’s. The fact it that accurately described the high school life of the 21st century adolescents makes it important for future teachers, so they can learn the relevant information from the movie.

The movie starts out with Cady Heron, a girl who’s been home-schooled all her life going to her first day of high school which goes awkward because she doesn’t make any friends. On the second day, she makes friends with Janice and her friend Damian and hears about the “Plastics” - a clique which consists of Regina George, Gretchen and Karen, who later invite Cady to their lunch table and then Cady makes friends with them from then onwards. The “Plastics” are a clique that is admired by other students in the school. They are also a clique that compliment on people in front of them and talk behind their backs, writing bad things on “Burn Book”. Cady gets a crush on Regina’s ex-boyfriend, Aaron, and this makes Regina want to win back Aaron to make Cady jealous. Janice, who once was Regina’s best friend but now arch enemy of Regina, decides to use Cady to bring down Regina. Janice and Cady try their best to bring down Regina but their plans go awry, as when Janice made holes on the breast part on a shirt, it became a trend in the whole school. However they succeed in making Regina eat Kalteen bars which makes Regina gain weight and they also let Gretchen hear Regina talking behind her back. Gretchen and Karen turn their backs on Regina and Cady even makes Aaron break up with Regina, but she realizes that she has become like Regina, even abandoning friendship with Janice and Damian. Regina, trying to get even with Cady, pretends Cady, Gretchen and Karen wrote the “Burn Book” and shows everyone what’s written in the book which makes the school go into chaos. In the end, Cady realizes all the gossiping and talking behind their back is pointless and she becomes friends with Janice and Damian again.



My thoughts of the movie

Having graduated from high school just six months ago, I really felt that the movie accurately portrayed the high school life in the 21st century for the following reasons. The movie accurately portrays the “clique” issue which is a huge part of high school life. There are “Plastics” which represent “Trendies”, “Burn Outs” which represent “Hippies”, and “Preps” which represent “Normals.” It really touched me when a girl said “I wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school... I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy” when she was sharing her feelings at the gym, because I then realized there wasn’t any crowds or cliques back in middle school. I found it quite funny when Regina thought she wasn’t victimizing anyone but when a teacher asked the students who were victimized by Regina, everyone raised their hands. I found it funny because also in reality, students who are in popular cliques don’t acknowledge that they victimize others.

I laughed so hard when I found out Regina was testing Cady by three-way calling Cady with Gretchen because there were so many backstabbing going on in real high school life as well. In my high school, talking behind someone’s back was normal. What was shocking was that girls would talk about someone right in front of them using nicknames they came up with so the people being talked about wouldn’t know they’re being talked about.

Overall, this movie was flawless in that there wasn’t any scene that was unnecessary. However, the ending could have been better because it was too clichéd. Every scene in the movie was valuable because they either made jokes or carried the plot at perfect pace. Even though this movie formula has been done million times, the lines were fresh enough to keep the audience entertained most of the times. The characters were very stereotyped but they took the stereotypes to the extreme and the characters were so well acted that they made the audience adore every character, including teachers like Mrs. Norbury and Mr. Carr. The only downside of the movie was the character development of Cady who ruins the movie at the end because she makes awkward character transition at the Spring Fling. Like most comedies, the film ends somewhat awkwardly but overall this was a superb movie that held the audience attention until the end and would be remembered for many years.

This film reminded me of the movie The Breakfast Clubwhich also dealt with clique issues in the 80’s. The film “Mean Girls” could be considered Breakfast Club of the 21st century. Surprisingly, there hasn’t been much change in crowd structure from Breakfast Club to Mean Girls except more backstabbing and gossiping which show that adolescents haven’t actually changed too much. This film could have been better if the ending was resolved better. I felt the ending was somewhat rushed. I’d highly recommend this movie to another student because it’s such a good satire of high school life of 21st century that leaves the audience with something to think about.


Overall 9/10

Memorable quotes from the movie

Coach Carr: Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die! Don't have sex in the missionary position, don't have sex standing up, just don't do it, OK, promise? OK, now everybody take some rubbers.

Crying Girl: [reading from paper] I wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school... I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy...
[about to cry]
Damian: [shouting from back] She doesn't even go here!
Ms. Norbury: Do you even go to this school?
Crying Girl: No... I just have a lot of feelings...
Ms. Norbury: Ok go home...
[girl walks off stage]
Ms. Norbury: Next!





If you enjoyed Mean Girls, also check out the movie The Breakfast Club which is old school mean girls.


I fell in love with Rachel McAdams who played Regina in this movie after watching her act in movies The Hot Chick (2002), Red Eye (2005), The Notebook (2004) and Wedding Crashers(2005). I liked her best in The Notebook(2004).



Daniel Franzese who played Damian in this movie was natural in his role. I was surprised to see him in Bully (2001) in which he is also good but plays a smaller role. He's very talented so I wish to see him in more movies.