Tangible Imaginary Friends

It’s happening. Slowly. But surely.

Happiness. Finally.

Next Weekend, Good Times :)

Anybody free next weekend? My mom managed to wrangle a suite in Pan Pacific KL for Friday (20/01) & Saturday (21/01) night for an early birthday thing. My birthday’s actually February 18th, but she has to use the free suite by the end of this month and also, I want to celebrate before some of my friends leave the country. Anyway. Details!!

Friday 20th January : Check-in at 6pm, then TAG @ Zouk (because I’ve never been there)

Saturday 21st January : Plans are indefinite, but includes merayauing around KL & a movie & pigging out Malaysian style at night

Sunday 22nd January : Late check-out, and… MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK @ No Black Tie!!!

Of course, you are not required to stay for all 48 hours. Feel free to show up/leave whenever from between 8pm on Friday to whatever time the post-rock thing at NBT finishes. The girls are welcome to sleep over at the suite, guys obviously are not for parental reasons. This is not meant to be an extravaganza or whatever, just a nice weekend with friends. So drop by if you can! And no excuses either, since you have a 48-hour time slot to work with

Call/text me at 012-2569040 for more info. See you then!

I’ll Just Stay In My Bubble Now

Sometimes you think you know people. You can’t live without them. They’ll always be there for you. He’s an ass, she’s a bitch. Opinions are made, thoughts are formed. We all think that people change, when, if you really think about it, it’s your perception of them that has changed. There are plenty of kind people around that are hated by some because they’re different, or absolute idiots who for some reason are looked upon as saints by some. Who the person actually is doesn’t really matter, it’s what you choose to believe about that person. I’ve always mantained that as long as the other person doesn’t treat me like crap, they’re fine in my books. But then there are times when your opinions on one person vary greatly, even within the day. One moment they’re your best friend, the other you just wish they’d never been born. Someone so moronic to you before turns into the most amazing human being in a split second it takes for them to help you up when you fall. People confuse me. I now understand what someone said to me once before, that she never fully trusts someone, because you just never know. You can’t give your heart away to someone, not even to one you’ve known forever. Or those you feel like you’ve known forever. Everyone disappoints at some point or another. But we get our hopes up anyway because that’s what hope is for. And because everyonedelights at some point or another. So for those brief moments, we become masochists and sadists: giving hope, changing minds, breaking hearts.

2005 In Media

So thanks to this, the list-making part of me has been enticed to… make lists. So here’s a look back on my year in media:
And since I can’t be arsed to write proper reviews, I’ll just post up the cover sleeves

MUSIC
This is the year that I really really discovered a lot of music compared to previous years post-Sleepwalker epiphany. And thanks to Soulseek, I managed to wrangle quite a few albums off of the internet, and here are my picks of some of the best.. according to me.

With my craze for all things Latin that intensified earlier this year, came some very very cool bands out of Mexico that I am (still) obsessed with:

Yay for Latinfunk inflected electropop dance! Download: Kinky - Maria Jose, Cafe Tacuba - Puntos Cardinales, Plastilina Mosh - Afroman

Mexican rap-rock (his voice is the sexiest, mmm) and dancey Mexican rock. Download: Control Machete - Si Senor, Volovan - Ella Es Azul, Jumbo - Fotografia

Then came my classic rock binge (thank you Rockstar INXS!). Nothing the rock fans wouldn’t have heard of before already, but here are my favorites anyway:

Do I really need to recommend any downloads?

Then came the electronichillout movement, with occasional doses of DnB:

Lovely women with lovely voices. Download: Lisa Shaw - Cherry, Aya - Looking For The Sun, Gaelle - Give It Back.

Pure poetry, giddy DnB fun, and one of JD Fortune’s favorite bands! Download: Dot Allison - Mo’ Pop, London Elektricity - Cum Dancing, Esthero - Indigo Boy

Am now comfortably settled into a hodgepodge of stuff I’ve been putting on repeat for a couple of months now:

Dance funk, power emo, tinkly sweetness. Download: The Faint - Paranoiattack, Anberlin - Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen, Notwist - Consequence

The most amazing power band ever, sexy Giles from Buffy, cruising music. Download: The Reindeer Section - You Are My Joy, Anthony Stewart Head - Qu’est Ce Que J’ai Fait, Ambulance LTD - Stay Where You Are

Best soundtrack, ever.

I can’t even begin to describe this album. It has something for everyone. From brilliant rap, to power ballads, to dance-a-billy Latino tunes. Download: Julieta Vanegas - Me Van A Matar

MOVIES

(Gael Garcia Bernal is so brilliantly talented, I tell you)
Amores Perros is possibly the best movie ever made. And Motorcycle Diaries changed my life. End of story.

Oh, and my pick for fantasy movie of the year: Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. No paedophilia okay, but the movie itself is really well done. Pfft to the Harry Potter movies (and needless to say, the books), this one absolutely buries you.

TV

Grey’s Anatomy: well-paced, well-written, great music, awesome characters.

Supernatural: sooo much fun, hunky eye candy and plenty of snark.

BOOKS
I didn’t get to read as much this year, unfortunately. Though I discovered the magic of Spanish poetry and people, seriously. You have to pick up Pablo Neruda or Federico Garcia Lorca. At least. And I’ve read and reread Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential more times than I can remember - brazen intense rush to the head.

MEN
The boys I giggled over throughout the year (and because my tastes run on average ten years younger than Maryam’s)

Gael Garcia Bernal (from aforementioned Latin movies) & Diego Luna (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Dirty Dancing 2) . They should always be mentioned in the same breath, people.

My younger men Rob Pattinson (Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter, HE IS SO ON CRACK OKAY) & William Moseley (Peter Pevensie in Chronicles Of Narnia, he is so the comel. Sigh.)

Jensen Ackles (Alec in Dark Angel, Dean in Supernatural, please ignore his soap opera days. Snarky hotness, bring it baby!)

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Go ahead, mock me now

And for my friends, the ones I’ve made, the ones I’ve gotten closer to, the ones that went away, that came back, this is for you. (written by the wonderful Federico Damiano)

BRING ON THE NEW YEAR, BITCHES. (sorry, rant)