| A word from Javier Bardem |
[05 Sep 2008|05:04pm] |
How deeply do you imagine your characters before you play them?
I want to understand everything about that mind. With Chigurh, I saw him as a man with a mission that was beyond his control. Someone chose his fate for him. I thought of him as a man who never had sex. He doesn’t like human fluids, even his own. [Pauses] I don’t want to get into too many details, but I even imagined how Chigurh would masturbate. For the Woody Allen movie, I don’t have to imagine such things because the character is very sexual, but for Chigurh, it was important to think about how he relates to other people, even sexually. So, I think he will masturbate once per month in the dark and with a pillow. Very clean.
xD Oh Javier. Apparently this is the secret to an Oscar Winning performance
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[02 Sep 2008|08:01pm] |
1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people.
4. No tag-backs
I normally don't like memes, but why not? I tag anyone who wants to do it. Which will probably be no one.
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I'm coming down off a caffine rush, so I guess I was in a bit of a down mood...oh well.
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| Stuff that you didn't care to know |
[26 Aug 2008|10:52pm] |
Gah this is annoying. It seems like I can't eat or drink anything without getting a stomach ache or having to burp a lot. And they're not very pleasent burps.
On another note:
Shiney Keanu Reeves + Peter Karrie's singing + God awful song + Random Gay Subtext= This Video I loled
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[20 Aug 2008|06:37pm] |
So, here's the Obligatory First Day of School Post.
1st Period- AP Gov/Econ
The only thing that sucks is that I don't know anyone in that class. It seems interesting enough, and Tanner seems like a cool guy, so hopefully, besides the social stuff, it'll be an enjoyable class. Seriously though? Everyone and their mother took that class and I end up with nobody I know? Figures. What bothers me is that I'm surrounded by kids who take AP classes so that they can say they took AP classes, which is annoying. The girls next to me started talking about their nailpolish. I wish I was exagerating. To be honest though, no one seems mean per se, so perhaps I'll get over it. My first impressions have been wrong before.
2nd Period- Physics
Well, I know quite a few people in this class. Rigol has a very thick accent and I'm endlessly amused by the fact that when he says Fact it sounds like Fucked, but maybe I'm the only one who hears it. I'm me, after all.
3rd Period- Calc
Shaina's in this class, which I'm grateful for, as I think I would flounder around otherwise. Harding seems pretty cool so far, though I'm still a bit sad that I don't have Ditas. Oh well, maybe now I'll consider doing AP, but I'm still quite shakey on that. I'm not a math person afterall.
4th Period- Spanish 3
Yay Spanish with Adi again. This class seems like such a different environment from 1 and 2, which is probably due to the fact that most of the people in my class are freshmen. Zafra seems alright so far, she irritates me far less than Gentile did.
That's all. Lunch has everyone, which is always good. I didn't even get a glimpse of Tully today, which made me sad.
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[17 Aug 2008|03:41pm] |
Well. No school for Broward tomorrow. Let the fun begin. Let's see if it'll turn into another Wilma fiasco.
EDIT: Aaaannnd there's no school on Tuesday either. I'd say this year is off to a nice start.
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| Oh Shenandoah I long to see you |
[17 Aug 2008|02:49pm] |
Remember how I was pretty happy to go back to school? Yea, not so much anymore. It's not like I'm dreading it or anything, but since I won't have Ditas for Calc it's kind of lost it's allure. Bleh. Hopefully I'll still enjoy the classes.
The Civil War by Ken Burns is just amazing. I mean, I knew that already, but compared to the stupid history channel documentary it's just...the best. Depressing, but awesome. David McCullough is a pretty awesome narrator, too.
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[09 Aug 2008|03:10pm] |
I think I need to read Breaking Dawn. It just sounds so lulztastic. I haven't read the second or the third one, but it's not like it matters. Seriously? Furniture-breaking sex? Horribly graphic vampire pregnancy and birth scene? I need in on this.
In other news my schedule came out. I'm a little bummed at having to wait till second semester for European history and Tully. Takes away from the whole "School yay :D" thing. But I have Calc and hopefully Ditas first semester, which would be nifty. Gov/Econ is also first, which will also potentially make me happy. Schedule breakdown:
1st Semester:
AP Gov/Econ
Physics 1
Calc
Spanish 3
2nd Semester:
AP Euro
Spanish 4
Stagecraft(wtf? That wasn't even one of my alternates)
AP Lit
I'm seriously considering switching out of Stagecraft(Seriously, wtf?) and into AP World History. I know it's a Sophomore class, but it's not like I can't take it.
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[06 Aug 2008|11:38pm] |
So, watching the video with Socha!Wendla. Thoughts shall follow and hilarity shall ensue.
( This will make little sense )
For the record, this was written from about midnight to 3 a.m.
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[01 Aug 2008|03:05pm] |
Oh shoo I forgot to post my AP scores. Which is weird, since it's on of those rare times where I'm actually proud of something I've done. Anyway, here's the breakdown
English: 4
U.S. History: Freakin 5 mutha fucka
So yes, I'm quite happy. I kind of wish the paper told me more though, like what I got on each essay and how I did on the multiple choice. I'd really like to know all that. I wonder if there's a way to find out.
On another note, I love my friends, I really do. Our idea of a good time is eating cupcakes, playing freeze dance and Apples to Apples, randomly breaking out into song, and teaching me how to ride a bike. Probably the most risque thing we did that night is read out of Horatio Hornblower. I suppose we're really lame, but I can't say that bothers me.
On yet another note, I watched Paris Je'taime, which was actually a pretty good movie. There were some short films that I didn't care for, but most of them were pretty good. It's a movie where the more I think about it, the more I like it.
I also watched Little Children which was recomended by Adi. Also a really good movie. I suppose the fact that Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson are rather sexeh kind of helps, but it was a genuinly good movie. The ending kind of bothered me, as I think it was a little too open ended. And how the hell does Kate Winslet still look like she did in Titanic? Kind of amazing. She can actually act, which I had forgotten about. So can Patrick Wilson, which is awesome. People who can act and sing are usually pretty high on my People I Like list.
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| Because Yale has no place for a basket case |
[12 Jul 2008|01:12am] |
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You know what sucks? Not having a lot of money. You know what else sucks? Simultaneously having a one track mind and being short sighted. Yes, I consider the future about as much as anyone, but I can't really be bothered to see the details unless I really concentrate. Usually I have an "everything will work out when it happens" attitude. Another thing that sucks is the fact that the school I really want to go to, the University of Virginia, isn't exactly cheap. So I've been a bit consumed by searching for scholarship opportunities and checking out in state colleges that I'll probably have to settle for.
The scholarship search is quite daunting, really, as they're all looking for ~well rounded~ individuals, and I'm about as ~well rounded~ as a square. It's stressful really. The fact that I really don't know what I'm doing doesn't really help, and I'm getting all sorts of conflicting information. Initially my plan was to stay in state for undergrad and go out of state for my masters. However, I was told that there are much less oppotunities for scholarships for people who transfer, so I'm not really sure what to do. I'd rather not stay in state if I can help it. Of course there's the issue of actually getting in to college, filling out the application properly, writing a good essay and resume, getting recomendations, etc. it just seems like every day that I don't spend on preparing for all this is wasted and that all my efforts throughout high school would be for nothing.
Oh college, college, college. Why can't I just be there already? Is such a stressful transition stage really necessary? There's also quite a bit of pressure from the familial front to get all this done. I also feel like they're really pushing for me to go to a state school and be ~practical~. Gah it's rude to say "Ok, well where do you want to go that you can actually afford?" when someone tells you where they want to go. Really, it'd be nice if one of them actually offered to help with the scholarship stuff.
EDIT: This place is rather fun www.cappex.com It's a bit of an ego boost knowing that my chances of getting into almost any Florida school are quite high xD
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Well I'm back from my journey to UF. Seems like a nice place. The program was a bit of a chonga convention, but most of them were nice. I hung out with a few people and sat through all the seminars that I probably should've listened to more closely, but I think I got the jist of it. I guess I can't really say if it's amazing or not since I haven't really seen any other schools yet, but it seemed nice enough. The dorms kind of sucked, and I think that the idea of sharing a room with someone is going to be one of the toughest parts of adjusting to college, since I rather like privacy, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. One thing that was weird was that as we were driving through Ocala on the way there I saw three signs that all said SEX WITHOUT CONSENT IS RAPE in gigantic letters. I lol'd. I think once I was up there and just walking around campus, it sort of hit me that one day I'll be far away from home and all that I'm used to, including my classmates who I've seen everyday since the 6th grade. The idea made me very happy. For the most part anyway, since there are a lot of people I'll miss.
Oh yea, it's my birthday. Now I can finally fit in with all my other seventeen year-old friends. Though it's sort of sad how I pretty much stopped aging at fourteen, so it's not like people will actually think I'm seventeen.
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[28 Jun 2008|10:49am] |
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Well I'm off to UF today apparently. I was invited to some Latin American achievement program(heh thank you last name) for two days where I guess I get a glorified tour of sorts. I don't know. I'm sure I don't sound thrilled at the moment, but that's just cause it's interrupting my delicate schedule of sleeping and doing nothing. I'm sure I'll get over it. I've started to consider majoring in History, at least at first, as opposed to Psychology, but that's all in the future.
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[26 Jun 2008|05:16pm] |
1. Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2. Italicize those you intend to read.
3. Underline the books you LOVE.
4. Put a star next to those you've only partially read.
5. Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them.
17...I'm rather pathetic
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[24 Jun 2008|12:24am] |
I am a boring ass person. What's the majority of stuff I want for my birthday? Historical biographies, peppered with a the occasional novel. The only DVD I want is the John Adams miniseries. I'm trying to limit what I'm asking for and going for the "just give me cash" route, but there's quite a bit that I want. The good thing, of course, is that they're mostly books which really aren't that expensive. Anyway, here's what's on my Amazon.com wishlist
-John Adams(HBO Miniseries)
-John Adams by David McCullough
-American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph Ellis
-Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
-Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-Spring's Awakening by Frank Wedekind
- Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman
-Hornblower : Beat to Quarters by C.S. Forester
-All the Pretty Horses by Cormac Mccarthy
-The Reluctant Empress by Brigitte Hamann
-Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands(a.k.a. that cool guy who's in almost every History Channel documentary)
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| Obligatory Tony post time |
[16 Jun 2008|12:22am] |
Hey ya'll it's Antoinette Perry a.k.a. Tony time again! It's weird to think that this is only the third Tony award show I've ever seen. I watched it with my dad, my brother, and his girlfriend, and everything's just more entertaining with my brother around. Anyway on to the details.
To be honest, I haven't really been interested in this season, with the exception of the revivals. All I knew is that Grease had to lose. It had to. If it had beat out Gypsy and South Pacific someone would've been shot.
Yay Patti! I know she's overrated and blah blah blah but she's awesome. I'm happy South Pacific and Paul Szot won, it seemed like a great production. I love how the Revivals swept most of the catagories, if that's not a sign that modern theatre's going down the crapper I'm not sure what is.
Whoo Laura Linney and Rufus Sewell! She looked very pretty...and so did he. I feel bad though, I didn't realize it was him until towards the end. The entire time my dad and I were watching it and thinking "What else has that guy been in...he looks really familier" and then an hour later I turn to him and say "OH! He was Hamilton!"
Whoopi Goldberg got a little annoying, but she was tolerable and kinda funny. The Lion King Performance was pretty good, but the RENT one was kina...awkward, I don't know, something just didn't feel right about it. All the performances seemed a little weird though, I don't know. We all kept on making fun of the In the Heights performance though honestly, if Xanadu won, someone would've been shot.
Oh Liza Minelli. That's all I've got to say.
Apparently a friend of my aunt's was a seat filler there. Her job was to pretty much take the seats of actors who left to recieve an award, that's pretty cool. I wonder if they pay you to do that.
James Snyder! xD All I kept thinking was "I heard you in Bare!"
The Sondheim life achievement thing was kind of weird. They made it seem like he was dead or something. Mandy Patinkin=Grizzly Adams with that beard though, yikes.
Um, I think I'm done.
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| This is your life! |
[10 May 2008|12:03am] |
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It's rather odd. I took my AP History exams and now anything I learn about American History won't potentially help me on the test. It's weird. Regarding the test, the multiple choice section was quite shitty. Wtf are zoot suits? Gah. Most of them were so ambiguous, and there were hardly any questions on the major influences of American History. There were zero questions on Andrew Jackson, which just seemed like sacriledge, so I made sure to include him in one of my essays, even when he had no business being there. The essays are what I think would pass me though, I'm pretty sure those were solid. I ended up writing about The market revolution of the antebellum period, and the "New South" after Reconstruction. Both nice, broad topics that I could write a lot about. The DBQ was on the Vietnam War, also a broad topic, though I think I used Trumen where I should've used Johnson sometimes. Oops. For some reason I always get those two confused.
In honor of this whole ordeal, I've decided to became a huuuuuge dork and type out a version of "This is your Life" from The Battery's Down with lyrics regarding History as opposed to Theatre. I had it stuck in my head whenever I was discouraged about studying xD
( Major history geekage ahead. I warned you )
All in all though, I must say that this week was rather enjoyable. I'm doing well in math, which is always a good thing.
EDIT: WTF Socha's Wendla now? That kinda sucks. Haven't really heard the new Melchior though.
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| It's the eye of the tiger |
[05 May 2008|04:05pm] |
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w00t so now it's pretty much going to be all History, all the time this week, and since according to Mr.Tully, every cram story is a success story, I should end up ok. So this week is going to be full of documentaries and other fun stuff. I swear if I fail this test I'm not going to be happy.
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[04 May 2008|02:43pm] |
Saw Iron Man with my dad last night. Pretty cool movie. Also bought the book No Country for Old Men and rented Love in the Time of Cholera and the first two episodes of Band of Brothers. I heard that Love in the Time of Cholera sucks, but I heard the book was good and it's got Javier Bardem so I figured why not. Oh, while I was at Barnes & Noble I was looking through the Horatio Hornblower books and came accross a rather interesting line. Something about the glands in Bush's groin being huge and swollen. Hence, it took a hell of a lot of will power to not crack up.
Sigh. I took what was probably my last Tully quiz and unit test last week. It's going to be so weird to not carry around my history book everyday as I have all year. Man, I'm going to miss my American Pageant book with it's odd descriptions("sex o'clock" anyone?) and awkwardly sexual metaphors(long live Texas Nuptials!). I've grown rather attached to the thing I suppose. I doubt the Euro book will be as entertaining.
Happy(late) birthday, Brian!
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