Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
John Pasquin
Shangri-La Cinema 4
2200h - 26 March 2005

Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

Daddy Day Care
Steve Carr
HBO
2255h - 25 March 2005

Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

Closer
Mike Nichols
@ my room
9PM or so - 25 March 2005

Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

If you’ve noticed, I haven’t been blogging lately. This entry is a feeble attempt at getting started again - I guess I’m still too lazy to really write anything now. This is basically a recap of whatever I remember about the past few days, weeks, or however far back I can remember. Oh, and just for fun, I’m sneaking in bits of “news” that are totally fabricated, entirely fictional, absolutely false, and basically untrue.

Garden State
Zach Braff
@ my room
8PM or so - 18 March 2005

Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

From Discovery Channel: “We are all mutants. It’s the differences that make us who we are.” The idea is just stuck in my head.

CSI: Las Vegas, as I’ve said before, is just a joy to watch.

I love theatre.

Speaking of theatre, the run of Clytemnestra is now over. Now I’m bored, and I don’t know what to do.

Still on theatre, I really want to watch Avenue Q.

Even more on theatre, Jesus Christ Superstar as directed by Gale Edwards rocks. This isn’t the 1971 JCS that opened on Broadway, nor is it the 1973 movie. I didn’t watch the former, and I barely remember the latter, but I do know that this is very different from either one of them. Forget the 70’s versions and watch this.
note: The DVD mentioned here is a filmed version of the stage play.

I want a new camera. The Canon EOS 350D would be nice. The 20D would be even nicer.

Do you want to create your own South Park character? Follow me.

Rides on Discovery is… I don’t know. I just want at least one of the rides there for my own.

I’m tired.

On one of my regular visits toThe Sassy Lawyer’s Journal, I came across an entry on J. K. Rowling and her latest book. In her first paragraph, Sassy made a distinction between a writer and a storyteller.

Someone (a big shot book editor doing a review in a major U.S. paper, no less) once said that J. K. Rowling was not a writer; she was a storyteller. I beg to disagree. Granted that she may have been just a storyteller when she wrote the first Harry Potter book, she is much, much more today. She is both a gifted writer and a gifted storyteller. While a good storyteller merely writes events in their correct sequence, a better story teller writes events in their correct sequence in an enticing manner. But a gifted writer and storyteller will not only write events in their correct sequence in an exciting manner but will also imbue the story with personal touches that add depth and substance into the plainness of the words. That is what sets the excellent apart from the mediocre. And J. K. Rowling is by no means mediocre.

For some strange but compelling reason, I had to react.

This might turn into a battle of words, or rather, a battle of semantics, but I just have to react to your definitions of storyteller and writer. I’m not sure what the ‘big shot book editor’ meant by calling J.K. Rowling a storyteller, but to me, that is higher praise than being called a writer.”A writer only makes the pen weep. A storyteller makes a woman shed tears.” This is one of the lines in a play I was in a few months back, and it has stuck with me since. I guess this is part of the reason I’m reacting now… but let’s go to something more basic. What, in my opinion, is a writer? What is a storyteller?

A writer is basically somebody who writes for a living - somebody whose job it is to commit words to paper. A storyteller is somebody who can weave different ideas and events together into… I don’t know… something magical. Ok… a writer knows how to put words together; a storyteller knows how to move people. Hmm… didn’t I just paraphrase the line I just quoted earlier? Oh well…

I guess that’s a sign I’m rambling already. I can’t seem to get my own words together; and on that note, I will end this.

I also had to comment a second time… probably because I felt the need to cover my ass.

I’m not trying to refute anything you said here. In fact, I myself love reading the Harry Potter books, and I believe that J. K. Rowling is a fantastic… umm… my pickiness with words is going to do me in someday. I believe that J. K. Rowling is a fantastic author. She has a way of luring her audience into her stories and making them forget just how long her books are.There. Oh, and on another note, Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite in the series. I’ve only read Order once though, so that might change if I get a chance to read it again. For now though… ok, enough rambling.

I’m crazy. I obviously have this penchant for blurting out the thoughts in my head before they are fully formed. Oh well…

Check out my Froogle Wish List.

How self-centered can I get?

Hey… it’s a wish list. I’m just broadcasting it, and it doesn’t mean you have to get me anything. I’m just being… well… let’s just say I’m currently in one of those moods where I’d like to believe that the whole world revolves around me. I’ll snap out of it soon enough, but right now, I’d just like to indulge myself.

Anyway, as some sort of disclaimer or waiver, here are some notes:
Some of these things are really just things I want - this is a wish list after all.
Some, I’ve really been looking for… I just haven’t found them yet.
Some of these items are really useful.
Some, I admit, are totally… umm… there’s a word in Filipino for it - luho.

If you are seriously considering granting any of my wishes, here are a few more notes:
All of the things would be appreciated.
None of the items are necessary.

I still can’t believe I’m posting this.