Archive for November, 2009

Not that I need to tell you but I have been a bit slack with my posts these last 2 weeks. I blame getting older *lol* No seriously, ever since my birthday I have just been a bit out of whack. So much stuff seems to be happening but I am hoping that things will begin to calm down again, with the holidays coming and all. I need some time to get into the spirit

Anyhoo… yesterday I went to watch New Moon again (like I said… fanatic) and I was shocked to see how the ads have become the same as TV ads. I know that it has been going on for a while, but they usually play longer versions and they are mainly the story-like ads, so I never really had much of  a problem, that is until yesterday.

We were sitting there all innocently, waiting patiently (well,  an attempt at patience) and the next minute a Kotex ad comes on. You know the one with the chick walking all over the show and this weird scrunching sound keeps following her, and then you discover that it is actually her pad making noises while she walks!

I was like “Seriously?”You are advertising pads, at the cinema.” Is it weird that that freaks me out? I was so uncomfortable. Imagine you bring your kids to watch a movie and the pad ad comes on and they ask loudly, “Mom, what’s that?”

I would die! I would literally be begging for a giant hole to appear and engulf me!

Maybe it’s just me, but still. I think I should write to them,

Dear Mrs/Mr Advertising Manager for Pad ads around the world,

Please, I beg you, could you stick to girly mags and day time television for any advertising of sanitary products. It would be much appreciated!

Warmest Regards,

Weeball

So finally, the wolf is out of the bag! (*lol* Sorry, I couldn’t help myself) After a really long week, the ‘New Moon’ midnight premiere finally arrived and let me just say, Oh. My. God! It was fantastic. Chirs Weitz is a genius and he really brought the book to life. He definitely gave us a really raw and honest interpretation of our beloved book. (Thank you Chris!!) I have watched it twice now, so I think I can give a pretty decent review!

(If you haven’t watched the movie yet and wish to remain spoiler free I suggest that you stop reading here!)

First I am going to talk about all the things I absolutely loved and then I’ll go into the few things that I didn’t.

Firstly, well done to all of the actors. They all did an amazing job bringing the characters we all know and love, to life! There are a few I would like t expand on though.

Kristen Stewart portrayed Bella’s depression perfectly. I can’t imagine what a toll spending day in and day out tapping into such a dark place must have taken on her, so, thank you Kristen for giving us ‘Twihards’ the perfect Bella! The montage used to depict Bella’s comatose state was amazing and it portrayed the passing of time and her zombie -like state perfectly. Talking of that montage, Billy Burke got Charlie down to a tee. If it weren’t for the scenes of him trying to console her I wouldn’t have had my teary eyed moment! It really brought the pain and abandonment to life.

Robert Pattinson also really hit the nail on the head with this movie (not that he didn’t do it with ‘Twilight’). My 2 favourite Edward moments would have to be in the break up scene where he kisses her on the head (his facial expression in that moment describes what is really going on perfectly) and in Volterra when Bella stops him from stepping into the sunlight (When he said “Heaven” it just really made my heart melt!).

Taylor Lautner surprised us all with his spot-on portrayal of Jacob. I couldn’t have asked for a more honest and raw performance. The scene after the movie scene between him and Bella and between him and Mike, definitely showed off his ability to act. It takes a lot to be able to go from happy, to loving and then to angry, in a matter of seconds! Another perfect example of this boys acting skills is when he climbs into Bella’s window to apologize! He played the best friend wanting more so well!! His expression as he is trying to get Bella to understand tells all.

Another surprising performance was Anna Kendrick’s. Her monologue was fantastic! She only had a few lines in the movie but she managed to give us everything we needed in those lines (including some really necessary comic relief!).

Dakota Fanning was and is the perfect Jane. From the moment she showed up in the alley way she commanded the screen and had me feeling rather afraid for Bella and Edward.

Out of all of these astonishing performances though, I need to make special mention to Michael Sheen! He was definitely the star of the show with his portrayal of Aro. He was everything I imagined and more. Every facial expression and every movement he made had me shivering. He is the epitome of Vampire ‘kings’. Aro’s greediness for power and his bizarre ‘happiness’ shined through everything he did!

As for the things I didn’t love. The way Jacob was portrayed was a big problem for me, being Team Jacob and all. I know that a lot of people see him as a jerk already but this movie seemed to focus on it. A good example would be when he answers the phone in the end – in the book he thinks it’s Carlisle, whereas here he knows it is Edward – so it makes him seem nasty! Another big one was the movie scene (his acting skills are awesome but the scene just didn’t match)! The scene in the Rabbit is one of my favourites so skipping it really sucked. Another problem I have is with the end, they make Edward seem so innocent when he is thanking Jacob and they make Jacob seem really bad when he phases. Jacob has super self control. He shouldn’t have phased. I was sad that they left out the end scene where he tells on Bella, it would have been a much better ending! Charlie would have been funny mad

Ok so there were two more things I didn’t like. Alice’s outfits and her vision. Bella and Edward frolicking slowly through the forest just looked utterly ridiculous… where did they get the idea that they would wear those outfits?? It was so funny… the entire cinema laughed (both times!!)

Anyway, as a whole… the movie was an utter success. Books often get completely lost in translation and it wasn’t this time! Chris Weitz did us proud!

Now it’s just another 6 months until we can see how David Slade fairs!!

This goes out to all the people I saw on the roads this morning…. yes, that includes the dumbasses who were driving in the construction lane and all the ones that usually get a fright when they realize the lanes are merging and then have to be in another lane, etc….. but mainly, this message goes out to the Putco Bus Driver, the chicky in her Renault Scenic and all the other stupid folk who were present at the Montecasino Boulevard – William Nicol intersection at approximately 07h40 this morning….

Ok, I feel better now

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!

P.S. Tonight is the big night!!! Whoohoo for New Moon!!

Well I am officially playing catch-up at the moment! The New Moon premiere last night has left me completely out of the loop this morning. I was not prepared to wake up at 4am to watch it live. I hate having such a huge time difference from the states.

Anyway, so I have another awesome thing that is happening this week… I am getting some tax back It really is one of those weeks. Although, this morning, while getting into my car to drive to work, I slammed my finger in the door (yes it was incredibly stupid) and OWWWW!!

So it got me thinking about something my sister said when she won the Amarula prize and scratched her car. She said it’s about balance and because scratching her car wasn’t as bad as getting into a car acident, she won a smaller prize to make up for it.

Now, this concept scares me slightly. If I win the trip to LA and really have the most awesome week ever, what will be coming next week to balance it out? More finger slamming? A broken bone? Scratching my car?

Seriously, that would be so uncool. I think I will have to just stay positive, push my sisters negative thoughts out and decide that life isn’t really about balance or luck… and once again stick to my belief that it is what you make it

Have a happy Tuesday everyone!!

(Tomorrow is my birthday and there are 3 more sleeps until New Moon!! Whooohoooo!! lol. I’m crazy, I know)

Wow, it’s Monday already! But guess what? There are only 7 left of the year (including today). It’s an awesome thought, blady scary, but awesome none-the-less!

This Monday is a pretty good one, for me,though, probably the best one of the year. Come to think of it, this will probably be the best week of the year!

This is because it’s my birthday on Wednesday. I haven’t felt this excited for my birthday for a few years, I feel like a kid again!! I think that has a lot to do with my current obsession with ‘Twilight’. It reminds me of my child obsession with ‘The Lion King’. It may very well be the last crazy obsession I have… although I doubt it!

This week is filled with awesome-ness, actually. Mr Perfect is planning a big surprise. I am trying not to think about it too much because if I get too excited, the time will slow down dramatically and I am not very good at waiting I know that he has spent a lot of time on it and he calls it his ‘special project’… hmmm… the only clue he has given me is saying that I need to be up at least 20 minutes earlier, just for his gift! Ok, I am going to stop thinking about it again… it’s driving me crazy!

In the evening, we’ll have my sister and brother-in-law over for dinner, birthdays are big things in my family – we always make arrangements to see each other and spend the day or evening together!

On Thursday I’ll go for a haircut after work (I always get my hair cut around my birthday – it’s tradition). Then my crazy friend, Doofie, for all intents and purposes, will be coming with me to watch ‘Twilight’ in cinema’s at 20h00 (Nu Metro released it on Friday to prepare for the premiere of New Moon)

And then, Friday is the day of the premiere!! I’m going to watch it with Ducky, Doofie, another friend and Mr Perfect! I can’t wait! We’ll probably only get home around 3am and then I shall sleep until at least 10h00 on Saturday – I don’t want to be tired for the Brutal Fruit party – and if I’m really lucky, I’ll win the trip to LA!! Whoohooo!!!

Ok, so those are my plans for the week – note the reason it’ll be the best one of the year!

I know this is off topic but it was cute… and cute-ness is always relevant!!

America has the Cutest Bunnies!

Happy Monday Everybody!!

So yesterday Me, Ducky and Mr Perfect went to look at a place and we got a nice feel for what to expect. We we’re all excited and feeling pretty good afterwards, until Mr Perfect got home and found a summons from Virgin Active telling him that he owes them R3000.00 from a contract he canceled  3 years ago. It’s the first time he has heard anything about it.

Needless to say, he was not impressed and is now feeling like he has absolutely no luck. He said that evey time things seem to start going right in one place in his life then something goes wrong else where.

This got me thinking, do you believe in luck? I mean, In the last 9 months I have won 4 prizes (I had never won anything before that) and every one keeps calling me lucky now and saying things like, “You should play the lotto”. I don’t know… I honestly don’t believe in luck. I believe that we create our own luck so now I am trying to figure out what has changed from March until now. (Hmmm…I wonder if I can channel it).

You see, like with Mr. Perfect, while I know it is not easy, I believe he is in control. I believe that if he didn’t worry as much and if he focused on all the good and didn’t stress about money so often, his luck would change – or maybe it would just be his perception of it- either way he wouldn’t feel that he is ‘unlucky’.

I know it isn’t easy to not stress or to not worry when something bothers you but I honestly believe that taking control of our emotions is the key to happiness! I am in no way good at this (as you should see from post rants) but awareness is the first step right??

Anyway… That’s enough deep thinking for a Friday morning, I just thought I’d put the thought out there

Talking about Fridays, here’s today’s funnies,

And finally,

REVENGE IS SWEET!!!

Whoohoo for Friday!!

Well it’s 9 more sleeps until the New Moon midnight premiere, 1 week until my birthday and just over a week until the party, so just excuse me if you are not at all interested in any of this  because at the moment this is how I m feeling,

And because of this I will probably be posting things, such as this New TV Spot called “Battle”,

and squealing like a little girl on Christmas Morning! It is inevitable.

I will try to remain as normal as possible during the build-up to New Moon so that every one does not worry too much about my sanity but just in case I can’t… please take this as an official apology

While driving to work, at snails pace, through the endless traffic, I started thinking about why there is traffic. I mean, if the far left lane is merging with the middle lane, then surely the far right lane should still be moving?

Upon closer inspection though, I realized why, the idiots (I say idiots because they cannot seem to think further than the car in front of them and sometimes, even that is asking too much) will drive in the middle lane, ignoring the merging lane signs. As soon as they get to the point of merging they proceed to realize that there is a car next to them wanting to come into their lane. Upon realizing this they either think, “oh, let me move over” or “What the hell, I’m getting out of this lane”. They then push their way into the far right, where the normal folk, who noticed the merging lane two weeks ago when they first put it up, are queuing either patiently or not so patiently.

Now, to think, if these idiots didn’t do that and maybe planned ahead, or were patient enough to understand the concept of the one car, one car rule, then maybe traffic would just be a bit better. I figure that these idiots, and the ones that drive up yellow lanes or construction lanes, are the ones that moan the most about the traffic and yet they are the cause for most of it.

This all got me thinking further, why is it that South African roads are so dangerous? I mean, we’re not the only country with idiots, taxi’s and roadworks. I know we are a 3rd world country, with a 1st world road infrasructure (well in JHB, at least) but even in India, where there are people every where and cows in the roads, there aren’t even nearly as many accidents.

Is it arrogance? Or  naivety? Would things be different if we didn’t expect the other people on the road to follow the rules? If we were constantly expecting the idiot to pull out in front of us, or the truck to come flying around the corner, or the women in front of us to break way too late?

Would being prepared help? To be honest, I really do think so. I think that being so unaware of our surroundings and by expecting everyone around us follow the rules, is what causes accidents. I don’t think we take enough responsibility. We blame that taxi, that truck or that asshole without thinking about what exactly we do on the roads. Or are you different? Where the rules don’t apply, because you know what you are doing.

Well I can tell you this, no one wants to get into an accident and that taxi, truck or asshole also thinks he knows what he is doing.

What a weekend!! I went to a braai on Saturday for my one friend’s, let’s call her bix, birthday. Bix and I were friends since we we’re in grade 8 and on my 21st we had a massive falling out and only recently started chatting again. There were three of us – the three musketeers, as we used to put it – the third of us being Sammy.  We spent almost every weekend of high school together and were each intricate parts of one another’s lives. Until Sammy and Bix had a stupid fight of sorts, Sammy ended up dating one of our friends (they are now engaged) and moved to the little town of Gaansbaai. She only moved back about 2 weeks ago. When I think back, I realize how quickly it all happened!

Anyway so Saturday was the first time in about 5 years that were all together again and I must say, it felt like I had stepped into a time machine and I was in grade 10 again!

It was so much fun. We partied like our lives depended on it and we caught up on everything from “What are you doing now?” to ” OMG! Do you remember that time we….?”. It felt like old times, like absolutely nothing had changed!!

Well except for the fact that my body no longer recovers quite as quickly as it used too. When I woke up, all I could think was Oh yes, this is why I stopped doing this! Man, I forgot what shooters do to a person!! I also forgot about UDI’s (unexplained Drunken Injuries). It was worth it, though, and I’m impressed, I didn’t even think the standard, “I’m never drinking again!” line.

Anyway… so here’s to Monday and to an awesome weekend! I hope there are many more to come!!

Monday advice:

Be positive and Learn to absolutely love what you already have

Happy Monday everyone!

Well it’s that wonderful time of the week again and what a week it has been, with loads of excitement, anxiety, stress and fun! Let’s hope the weekend is only filled with the first and last one!!

So…. “WHOOOHOOOOO” for Friday!!!

How I feel Now

How I am bound to feel on Monday....

Just too cute not too share!!!

Have an awesome weekend everybody!!!