Saturday nights have become sacred to me now, recently. Ever since we had the ETC channel (which I love, by the way. LOVE!), I've been watching One Tree Hill, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and Saturday Night Live on well, Saturday nights. The first two, are actually replays, but I never get home in time for the regular showing of these, uh, shows. It's all because of work. WORK! Damn you, work! I shake my fist at you, work! Damn yoooouuu!!! Yeah. I just had to get that in there. Anyway, thanks to Star World, there are now two more shows that I can watch. Coupling, which is Sex and the City meets Friends, and Absolutely Fabulous, which is about two PR fashion victims, who go by the names Patsie and Edina, boozing and chain-smoking through life. They are so great.
But really, Coupling.
Words cannot express how giddy I am when I watch Coupling. Actually, one sound can describe it: Eeeeeee! Eee! It is so funny and so well written that you'll be driven to say, 'This is one of the best shows the UK has produced! Ever! I don't care if the writer's surname is Moffat! But only one 'T'!' Actually, it'll be more like, 'Heeesh--besht shows heeeeng--Uooohh Khay! Heh-vheeehr! Heee!', because you'd be wheezing from laughing too hard. It's just that good, people.
Not yet convinced?
How about an episode that has the characters uttering the words 'Lesbian Spank Inferno' more than five times?
I have your attention now? I thought so.
Seriously. If you're reading this now, catch the replay a little later at 2:30 AM, Sunday. Regular show time is 10:00 PM. After that, you can watch Absolutely Fabulous.
Oh, and I heart Jack Davenport. He doesn't photograph well, but you should see him in action.
My home on the web has reached 100,000 members! Big congratulations to Fan Forum for this milestone.
I remember running into this message board back in July 2000, when I was looking for Dawson's Creek stuff on the Internet. If I'm not mistaken, it was even during my JAVA class. I'm such a good student.
I then coaxed Cam to join, and we started posting on the Dawson's Creek board. We then started a Pinoy thread along with Jan, Bianca (who does not post anymore), and someone with the username 'Honey'. I forgot. Soon, more Pinoys started to post on the Dawson's Creek board, particularly in the Pinoy thread, more Pinoy threads spread all throughout Fan Forum, and the rest they say, is history.
Now, we have a thriving Filipino community at Fan Forum, which also includes Pinoys from all over the world. Okay, mostly the U.S.
Anyway, here's to Fan Forum, the Pinoy Fellowship, and me (four years of membership!)!
We had another Fan Forum (FF) get-together yesterday, and this time, the fabulous Z joined us along with her brother, Lester. They're visiting.
Usually when the FF people get together, we meet up at Megamall, watch a movie and then eat lunch. I always try to get to Megamall earlier than the set time, and go to the Starbucks and load up on caffeine for the day, and then meet the others at Powerbooks. For this one, the meeting place was already at Starbucks Glorietta, so I was very happy about that.
Soon, people started arriving, Cam, Linds, then May, Kitt, Z, Lester, and finally Teena, and Jersh. We hung around for a bit while the others downed their drinks. The new Strawberries and Cream Frappe? Is like sipping a pint of strawberry ice cream in it's liquid state. Still good, though. Another topic of conversation was Cam's new job! WHEE! Or as she put it: Whee. *waves index finger limply* We were also fawning over Z's Azkaban prison shirt. I'm not a huge fan as these guys are, but I so want one. Of course, as all FF get-togethers go, we take advantage of every chance we get to take pictures. This, of course, involves embarrassing ourselves in the presence of other patrons, and victimizing service staff. In this case, it was the security guard. After taking pictures, from four cameras, we met up with Xan (Xan!) near the ticket booths, and then headed off to the cellular phone shops, because Z needed to buy a phone.
After that, we then headed to the cinema, and decided to watch King Arthur. May and I watched it before, and we were still eager to watch it again. Mainly because of Ioan Gruffud. And Hugh Dancy. And (for May, her girl-crush) Keira Knightley. And (for me) Mads Mikkelsen. Also, Clive Owen. Kitt, on the other hand, didn't really intend to watch it, though. Still (the good sport that she is), she watched it with us.
Will do review when mind has rested, and is fully coherent.
After the movie, I have come to realize that the twelve-year olds in front were more behaved throughout the movie than those twenty-something individuals behind them. Who are finished with college. And have jobs. Can vote. And are basically, not twelve. Man, those people were pointing, whispering, giggling, snickering, and swooning all throughout the movie! Really, now. Okay. So we were those people. Reduced to goo and puddles of squee, by the gorgeous men on screen.
Jam later joined us, and we then proceeded to Food Choices to have lunch. At 2:30 in the afternoon. Heh. There weren't a lot of people, so we easily found a table that could accomodate our number. As we ate, I now have witnessed the eating habits of the Jersh. The Jersh orders an extra bowl of rice, eventhough the meal that she ordered already has a 5 in. x 3 in. x .5 in. block of rice. The Jersh consumes all of it. And the extra rice. The Jersh still has not broken the 100 lbs. mark. The Jersh's metabolism rocks. We, well, Jam, fawned over Z's Azkaban prison shirt. Eyes (Heh.) all wide (Heh.). Z even let him wear it. Xan made another appearance, and Z gave him an American Idol Season 3 book. Now it was Cam's turn to get all wide-eyed.
So after around 2 hours of conversation, and somemorepicturetaking, we called it a day, and went off in different directions.
The perfect song! The perfect song for that inexplicable loathing that I feel for some people, the first time I see them.
GALINDA What is this feeling? So sudden and new?
ELPHABA I felt it the moment I laid eyes on you:
GALINDA My pulse is rushing:
ELPHABA My head is reeling:
GALINDA My face is flushing:
BOTH What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame, Does it have a name? Yes! Loathing Unadulterated loathing
GALINDA For your face
ELPHABA Your voice
GALINDA Your clothing
BOTH Let's just say - I loathe it all Ev'ry little trait, however small Makes my very flesh begin to crawl With simple utter loathing There's a strange exhilaration In such total detestation It's so pure and strong! Though I do admit it came on fast Still I do believe that it can last And I will be loathing Loathing you My whole life long!
I met up with Cam last Saturday to watch Mean Girls at Megamall. We really wanted to see this film not only because of Lindsay Lohan and her twins Lefty and Righty McHuge, but also because of Tina Fey.
Tina Fey is currently head writer for Saturday Night Live, a show that we really love, especially with the current line-up (Hi Maya Rudolph!). She may not appear in a lot of sketches, doing only the weekend report with Jimmy Fallon, but she still manages to bring a lot of laughs. She's just that good, people. Oh, and she wrote the screenplay for this movie (based on a book 'Queen Bee' by Rosalind Wiseman).
But Back to Lindsay and the McHuges. The first thing you'll notice when Lindsay Lohan, who plays innocent homeschooled Cady Heron, appears on screen is, 'Girl has huge boobies!' Seriously. Have you seen her in Freaky Friday? Lefty and Righty haven't matured yet, but now, really. Wow! Yes, I'm still gay, by the way. Another up and comer worth mentioning is Rachel McAdams. Otherwise known, as The Actual Hot Chick, or That Girl Who Is Starring Opposite Ryan Gosling In The Notebook Why Does She Get To Kiss Him And I Don't Life Is Not Fair. She's pretty, a Jennifer Garner(-esque? -ish?) beauty. She plays another popular bitch here (The first one being in Hot Chick, which-- No.), as Regina George, head of the most popular group of girls, The Plastics.
Wait.
What's that?
Yes, Lacey Chabert, we also fussed over you when your boobs ballooned. Although not as much. You're awesome in this movie, though. I see the squeak in your voice has gone. That's awesome in its own right. She plays Plastic Gretchen Wieners, your typical Grade-A 'Yes' man. Well, girl. Amanda Seyfried plays Karen Smith. She plays stupid real well.
Then there's Jonathan Bennett who plays Aaron Samuels. Sensitive Jock. Jonathan Bennett's kind of Meh. Oh, and how can I forget the 'greatest people you'll ever meet': Lizzy Caplan plays Janis Ian, who looks like an all Goth-ed up Sarah Jessica Parker, and token Lacoste shirt wearing, gay boy Damian, played by Daniel Franzese.
Now it's time to spot some SNL cast members and Alumni. Hi Ana Gasteyer (Cady's mom, Betsy)! Hey! It's Amy Poehler (Regina's mom, with the rock hard titties)! Cam and I love Amy Poehler. And Tina Fey (Ms. Norbury)! Too bad Rachel Dratch isn't in this one. I was expecting at least a cameo, since she worked with Fey in Dratch & Fey.
This movie is truly, very funny. What was I thinking dismissing as just another teen movie, when I first heard of it? It has a really good balance of blatant slapstick, and subtle humor. Like the Guy In The Men's Comfort Room said to his friend, while peeing.
Pare, galing no? Nilalagay yung mga joke sa dialogue.
Yeah. Astute observation. Well, anyway, aside from the humor, there's actually a positive message in the end, that is not forced into our throats. Just how positive messages should always be presented. Excellent work by Tina Fey.
As of 9:00 pm last night, I have a new cousin. Welcome to the world, Kevin Gabriel. It's too late to crawl back in your mother's womb now. Heh. Don't take offense when we call you Bentong. That's just lambing. And look at it this way, by October, we'll have another baby in the family, Bianca Grace, who has already been dubbed Bibingka.
I've added two new links to my list. Pao and Matthew. Thanks for linking!
I'll probably meet the business end of her switchblade for saying this, but whatever. Andie likes Jakey! Hee.
Spidah-man! Spidah-man! da da da da da da Spidah-maaaaan!!
I loved that Asian lady with the violin.
This is better than the first one. Much much better. In all aspects. The story, the pacing, the comedy, the villain, the action sequences, and the animation. There were even some inside jokes.
Tobey Maguire is back as our web-slinging dork (Don't worry, Jake Gyllenhaal, you'll have your day. No. Not the one after tomorrow), still boyish faced, bright eyed, and constantly smirked. He's toned down a little in terms of muscle, though. Damn you Seabiscuit. Kirsten Dunst is still Mary Jane, whose hair is now a lesser shade of red. She also has substance now. For all her red hair in the first movie, she was vanilla. Vanilla Lite, if there is such a thing. James Franco is hot. He can turn on the waterworks too. And a girly slap. How come he never gets a shirtless scene? Can he, at least, have one shirtless scene in Spiderman 3, when he suits up to be the Hobgoblin? I mean, come on! James Franco! Alfred Molina is a great Doc Ock. The sight of his man boobies may have scarred me for life, but he's quite endearing as both Dr. Otto Octavius and his Eeeeeevil! alter ego. Rosemary Harris is now a rockin' granny Parker.
The story is great. It's fast paced, and interspersed with comedy. It focuses on the humanity of Spiderman as the down and out Peter Parker. This just shows that yes, even some superheroes have financial problems too.
Sam Raimi did a wonderful job of giving us a great view of the New York city skyscrapers as Spiderman swings from web to web. Speaking of web, I like it that they made Spiderman's fighting style to be quite 'web-centric'. It's amusing to see how he uses his web slinging powers as projectiles, slings, and the like. Overall, the action sequences are amazing, and enjoyable.
After the scene where Spiderman stops the speeding train from crashing, and he collapses, and he's carried by the passengers...
Pao and Friend:[face each other, whispers] Bakaaaat.
Pao:Naaalala ko si Lovely Ness.
We're 12. Pardon us.
The animation is really good now, and Spiderman looks and moves finer more lifelike, and not some choppy moving video game character.
Finally, there are two noteable inside jokes for those of you who are not in the know.
My back...my baaaaccck! This refers to Tobey Maguire's actual back problems that threatened to prevent him from doing Spider-Man 2. His agent told Raimi that his back was too weak to do another physical role. That's why my husband, Jake Gyllenhaal, was being prepped for the role. Anyway, Tobey's on for Spidey 3.
The Elevator Scene. Now, I hate to be a pretentious know-it-all, but really, I was probably one of the few people in the theater at that time that laughed at that scene, not only because That Guy happened to be in the elevator with Spiderman, but That Guy was Hal Sparks. Hal! Sparks! From Queer as Folk! You know, that gay series. He plays Michael, and Michael is a comic nut. You connect the dots.
It's Not As Fun As Watching Men's Gymnastics, But It's Okay
I used to follow tennis in the latter part of high school, and the early part of college. Come senior year of college, I was too busy with school and org work that I didn't really have the time. Only recently have I tuned in again, just in time to see teen wonder Maria Sharapova take down Serena Williams in the Wimbledon Women's Final. Also, just in time to develop a new tennis crush--Mario Ancic.
Sure, the 20 year old Croatian has the frame of a barbecue stick split in half, and could as easily be blown away by a gust of wind as, say, a paper napkin, but it's all good. So what if his legs are as thin as, well, two halves of that same barbecue stick that was split? Again. He's a wonderful player, a serve-and-volley-er (i.e., more exciting than baseliners), and his face is just plain cute.
See that cute little smirk?
And the intensity in his eyes?
And the waify legs?
See?!
Too bad that he lost the semifinal to Roddick, who incidentally, was my former tennis crush. Back when he was a young bright-eyed start up, getting a beating from Croat Goran Ivanisevic.
Watch Eating Out. I'm serious. Go! Watch it. I don't care if you're gay, straight, bisexual, transexual, transgendered, or omnisexual (Okay, I don't know what that last one is.). Go see it! Because first and foremost, it's a comedy! And it's actually funny! And I just punctuated my last three sentences with exclamation points! And that one too! And--okay. Breathe. Oh, and one more thing to get out of the way:
I love you. Let's both jack off in a cup and impregnate a lesbian.
Love, Pao
Eating out is about pretty boy Caleb who wants to woo faghag Gwen. His roommate, Kyle, comes up with a plan to help Caleb get closer to her, by pretending to be gay. The roommates' little scheme backfires when Gwen decides that Caleb would be perfect for Marc, her gay best friend, and Kyle's object of affection.
Let me just say that this cast is amazing. It's a treat for me to see these little known actors put on a such great performance. Caleb is played by Scott Lunsford, who is quite adept at deadpan humor. He gets into all these sorts of situations that always put him on the spot, and Lunsford's look of panicky terror is funny. Kyle is played by Jim Verraros. Yes, that Jim Verraros. Now this is the guy that I was concerned with. I had some apprehensions about how he would fare, because everyone related to American Idol has a special place in my heart. Yes, even you, Leah Labelle, and Nikki McKibbin. Oh. Wait. Not all, because, you know. William Hung. Anyway, I am happy to say that he did a fine job for his film debut. Sure, he squinted a lot, and had the Elvis lip curl going everytime he talks, but overvall, you did good, Jim. Marc is played by Ryan Carnes, or as I like to refer to him--Peter Paige Lite. He looks similar to the aforementioned actor, plus, he has the Two Front Teeth Gap too. Straight in real life, he does gay good. Gwen is a godess. She is loud, funny, quick-witted, a major bitch, and I love her. She is the movie's primary source of one-liners like, 'Why? Is your breathe penis-y? or Just remember that you ate pussy, and you liked it!. Such precious dialogue. I'm serious. She's also the world's second best gaydar. The first being, my friend, CJ. Hi CJ! Like CJ, the boys that Gwen likes, all turn out to be gay. Emily Stiles has a great knack for delivering Gwen's one-liners, as well as exhibitng a very sexy bedroom voice. A sexy bedroom voice? Why?! Watch it. Another actor worth mentioning is Rebekah Kochan, who plays Tiffani, Caleb's 'ex'. She reminds me of a young Jennifer Coolidge. Very funny girl.
So why do I love this movie so much? Because of this simple fact that it's funny. It's a sex comedy with, really, no agenda behind it. You get to laugh at the jokes, you get to drool over the cute guys, what more could you ask for, right? But it's fluff! Sure, it's fluff. Definitely it is fluff. What's good about its being fluff is that it recognizes itself as fluff, because (and I am repeating myself), there is no agenda, and sometimes, that simplicity is what makes a movie great. Give the LGBT film industry a boost. Watch this. Tell your friends about it, and make them watch it too. And then, you know. Watch it again.
I met up with Cam last Saturday to watch 
I loved that Asian lady with the violin.
Dear 
Eating out is about pretty boy Caleb who wants to woo faghag Gwen. His roommate, Kyle, comes up with a plan to help Caleb get closer to her, by pretending to be gay. The roommates' little scheme backfires when Gwen decides that Caleb would be perfect for Marc, her gay best friend, and Kyle's object of affection. 
He looks similar to the aforementioned actor, plus, he has the Two Front Teeth Gap too. Straight in real life, he does gay good. Gwen is a godess. She is loud, funny, quick-witted, a major bitch, and I love her. She is the movie's primary source of one-liners like, 'Why? Is your breathe penis-y? or Just remember that you ate pussy, and you liked it!. Such precious dialogue. I'm serious. She's also the world's second best gaydar. The first being, my friend, CJ. Hi CJ! Like CJ, the boys that Gwen likes, all turn out to be gay. 
So why do I love this movie so much? Because of this simple fact that it's funny. It's a sex comedy with, really, no agenda behind it. You get to laugh at the jokes, you get to drool over the cute guys, what more could you ask for, right? But it's fluff! Sure, it's fluff. Definitely it is fluff. What's good about its being fluff is that it recognizes itself as fluff, because (and I am repeating myself), there is no agenda, and sometimes, that simplicity is what makes a movie great. Give the LGBT film industry a boost. Watch this. Tell your friends about it, and make them watch it too. And then, you know. Watch it again.
