i saw this movie last night and i actually really really liked it. i saw it with my boyfriend and he liked it too. now i want them to make a spiderman 4. haha. everyone i asked about it said they thought it was just okay but i really enjoyed almost every second of it. personally, i would totally recommend it.

i started a tumblr blog and i really love it! it's not a blog replacement. it's like a mini blog: a regular blog, but shorter, simpler, and to the point. fun! mine is gonna focus more on my lsat and road to law school for now.

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Man, I had such an awesome weekend!
Friday night and saturday morning I had great workouts. I feel my stamina increasing and the rush you get from pushing your body when you think you can’t do anymore. I started incorporating abdominal exercises to my workout routine and now my stomach feels sore which is very encouraging since I haven’t been sore in awhile once I started working out regularily.

Saturday I had lunch with an old college roommate. We had lunch at this delicious mediterranian place in West LA. I had the best kabobs in my life. It was authentic food with an authentic assaryian.

Saturday night I had a dinner party with my family which I honestly totally expected to suck but ended up being one of the best nights of the year for me. We all opened up and shared, including me which I didn’t expect to do and is something I haven’t done in a really long time. It felt good to share with my siblings and have their support.

Sunday morning I woke up kind of late and lesson planned while I did my laundry. After that, I was back at the poker table trying to win back some of the $60 I lost last weekend. I came back with a new strategy which didn’t seem to work so well because at one point I had less than a dollar but ended up serving me well because I left with over $30 which is 50% more than my buy in.

To cap off a great weekend I saw one incredible film: 300. I really love this movie. I want to see it several more times before it leaves theatres. I can’t understand why anyone would absolutely not love this film but apparantly my sister thought it was just “OK.” I love it because I was a history major, a tomboy, and a war strategy game enthusiaist. The movie was incredibly well made and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. It was two hours long but felt like only an hour went by. It was amazing how the movie left you in white knuckle suspense for almost the entire two hours with no let up. I think people should see this.

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I just saw borat for the first time tonight. It’s my new favorite movie. I wouldn’t recommend it because it’s not for everyone but I absolutely love it and now I’m a huge Ali G fan.

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I saw both these movies on DVD this weekend and really enjoyed them both. They were both pretty different so I liked them in different ways. The movie really changed my view of Marie Antoinette, who, according to the Making of Marie Antoinette Special Feature, was the first victim of bad PR (spread by Revolutionist Propaganda). Very interesting. It inspired me to want to read several biographies about her because my whole life I had a wrong view of who she was. I thought Kirsten Dunst was great in it and the art direction of the movie made it all the more captivating.

The Departed was very very different. The editing was amazing. Every second of the movie drew you in further and it was just great movie making around. The thing that impressed me most after the editing was Leonardo DiCaprio’s acting. I never thought much of his acting abilities before but this character really made the movie for me. I felt strangely sympathetic toward his character and was really rooting for him even though he had a lot of issues.

I played a lot of poker this weekend. I plan to play more today. I did not do well but it was lots of fun spending time with my brother and their friends.

I also made a How I’m Wired page since I love technology so much.

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i saw music and lyrics last night and i thought it was okay. I would give it a C+/B-. I love Hugh Grant and he was pretty good in it. I usually like Drew Barrymore but her character was a little annoying to me. She was just a little over the top at times and it took her forever to get to her point. Let’s just say I didn’t find her quirks endearing as much as annoying. the movie itself had as much fromage has it did good jokes so i guess everything balanced out to being average.

i am really enjoying my three day weekend. it’s so nice to have some down time to myself.

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i think i expected waaay too much from this movie b/c i haven’t been so disappointed in a movie in such a long time. i don’t get why people were saying this movie was so good. most of the characters were depressing and/or annoying the living crap out of me. it was a super stressful movie. the end of the movie was really good though. that was the only part i actually really enjoyed, and olive. i really like when the teenage boy said “life is one beauty pageant after another.” very profound and insightful. i also liked how they made beauty pageants look like freak shows.

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i’ve been really depressed the last few days for several reasons.

1. the holidays are over. i actually had a really good time this christmas and new year’s. everything was very eventful and i love “special occasions.” now there are no more special occasions to celebrate, all my friends are going back to work, and it just sucks.

2. i’m sick. even though i’m still technically on vacation i can’t really enjoy it or do much b/c i’m physically feeling pretty crappy.

3. i’m broke. i overspent again this month and i’m not having any luck looking for a tutoring job.

i have more reasons but i don’t want to bore and depress you all with them.

I saw The Last Kiss last night even though i wasn’t in the mood for what i thought was a romantic comedy about an unfaithful man. the movie turns out to not be a comedy and i actually really enjoyed it. it was darker and more depressing that i thought it’d be and it tackled some heavy topics. i guess with fit with my depressed mood. =P i would recommend this movie; i like it a lot.

i also saw the series premiere of dirt on fx which is courtney cox’s new show about a woman who runs a tabloid magazine. i was surprised how sexually graphic the show was considering it was on tv and i was even more shocked to see rick fox from the lakers do one of those love scenes! the show itself was interesting even though i didn’t have time to finish the entire episode. it seems promising.

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i just saw brokeback mountain and now i’m totally depressed.

great film.

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i finally got directv and i had to go almost 3 weeks without it. how did i survive without even one single channel on my tv? youtube! i like to watch live musical performances on there of my favorite artists and stuff. now that i have directv, i still watch youtube! how funny is that! at least now i can finally say i have high def. it’s freaking amazing but i only have like 30 hi def channels and like, 100 regular ones but i guess some is better than nothing. also, my tivo doesn’t work because i need a land phone line or i need to take it to someone’s house who has a land phone line so i can download the program onto my reciever. so freaking annoying. at least i can still pause live tv. that’s really cool.

i saw hollywoodland last week. i thought it was pretty good. i read some reviews of it yesterday and i noticed it got pretty crappy reviews. i totally disagree with the critics. i thought the movie was well made and respected its audience in that it wasn’t overly simplified and followed some predicatable hollywood formula. i thought the acting was great, adrien brody was freaking hot, and the movie is definitely worth checking out. it was thought provoking because it brought to light another side of hollywood that most people don’t realize or think about much. it was pretty cool.

okay, i have been really antisocial lately. i just want to be left alone all the time. i am having trouble calling, email, and texting people back. lately, my turnaround time is about 1.5 - 2 weeks. i don’t know. i think i am a homebody and too much social acitivity drains me. (i include blogging in this category)

on the other hand, i’ve been really social with my coworkers. last night i went to happy hour with the other science teachers and tonight i am going to a party with the same people. it’s not like a crazy party-party, it’s just a bunch of teachers drinking and complaining. once in awhile a funny one will tell a story. yes, i even party like an old woman.

okay, well i have a bunch of errands that i have to continue to put off doing. laters.

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i saw two good movies yesterday.

The first one was Vanity Fair. I didn’t think I was going to like it but it was on HBO and I didn’t have anything else to do so I thought, what the heck. I ended up liking it a lot and almost cried several times. Okay, this is officially the summer where I cry in EVERY movie I see! What the heck!? My favorite part about this movie was that it is unlike most hollywood movies in that it is unpredictable. The acting is superb and I would highly recommend it. I didn’t want it to end!

The second movie I saw was You, Me, and Dupree. I’ve been wanting to see this movie since the previews because it looked so funny. I thought I was going to be diappointed because I was expecting so much but I actually love it. I love it that she’s a teacher. It was really funny and warm. I would highly recommend it. Even my friend who I saw it with didn’t want to see it but he ended up liking it a lot.

a bunch of couples that were dating my freshman year of college are getting married this summer. This is a very bittersweet truth for me because my ex and I (who were also dating our freshman year) broke up instead. now i know it’s for the best and yadda yadda yadda but it’s hard and i finally admited to myself this morning how fucking heartbroken i am about it. it’s not easy to be strong and “be positive.” it’s hard. it takes strength. i guess i am not strong prach today but i am weak vunerable prach who is sick of pretending she doesn’t care that all her dating peers’ relationships ended up in marriage while hers ended up in a life shaking break up.

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okay, after 16 hours and several revisions i am finally finished with my new layout. i like it but i am not 100% happy with it yet. i cannot stand to look at the computer screen that much longer!

i never thought i’d say this, but i like a hiliary duff movie. i saw the perfect man yesterday and i almost cried several times. now i know i said a couple days ago that i rarely cry in movies. i don’t know what’s happening to me. am i turning into a big softie? naaah… couldn’t be. i teach high school. i’m as hard as they come. anywho, i think i’ve just been emotional lately because there has been a lot of changes in my life and even though i’m happy, it’s still a lot to deal with and it comes out when i watch movies, i guess? haha.

well, i can’t believe i publicly admitted that i almost cried watching a hiliary duff movie but there’s one line from the movie that i really liked and it went something like this: “When it comes to the men you date, you can’t see their flaws but when you look at yourself all you see are flaws.” And that’s something that hit home for me because it’s true. I don’t have very high standards in the dating department but I am so hard on myself at the same time. I am trying not to be like that anymore and hold out for Mr. Right. I just like the way the quote put it.

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hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing fourth of july if you’re reading this!! (then again, if you’re reading my lame blog on july 4th, how great could your holiday be?) anywho, this is just a post about a bunch of random things and ramblings (aren’t those the best?). first of all, i really like both of the shampoos i bought the other day. I would recommend them. I’ve only used each once or twice but so far so good. i bought some new beauty products today so you can expect to hear more of my nondescript reviews soon. it’s just that i am too lazy to go into detail. i don’t know why i have a blog either.

for july fourth, i’m planning on going to a barbeque with some friends in the afternoon, and then eating dinner with my mom, brother, and friends.

tonight, i rented a very strange independant “film” called mail order wife. half the time i didn’t know whether it was a real documentary or whether it was a mock documentary. turns out, it is a mock docutmentary. as you can tell from the title, it’s about a mail order bride. predictably, the rights and living condititions of asian women around the world are of interest to me since i am an asian woman. this movie is supposed to be a “dark comedy” but i sure was not laughing. i think i found it too offensive to be entertained. it actually depressed me a little because i don’t think that the events in the movie are beyond happening in the real world. in fact, i’m sure that worse things happen in the real world. hence, the depression that resulted. okay, i’m going to go on a slightly racial rant but i am so sick of seeing asian women being protrayed as not only sex objects in movies but also the victims of sex crimes. whether or not it happens in reality (and of course it does), i don’t see anything funny about making a movie about someone who has no rights except to be someone’s maid and !@#$%-er. okay, i feel better. i just read the title of this post and don’t know how i went from wish everyone a happy fouth to the resulting topic du jour. ironic.

i went to see the devil wears prada last night and i actually really liked it! i never read the book but i really liked how the movie is a chick flick about WORKING at a job and not about getting some guy. it’s great. i loved every second of it; the way she had to prove herself at work despite her impressive college resume, the way she had to chose between her career and her personal life at times, the fact that it was in the fashion industry, the list goes on. i would highly recommend this movie. i was actually not interested in in it at all after seeing the preview but it was really good.

my only sister and her family (husband and two sons) moved to texas today. it’s really depressing. i didn’t spend that much time with her while she was here but i tried to make up for it this last week and now i’m missing her much more than i thought. i am very very sad but i am trying not to think about it and keep myself busy. =/

despite what he did in his personal life, one of my favorite directors/producers/actors is woody allen. i have loved everything he’s made. the dialogue in his movies are really rich and thought provoking which is very rare in movies nowadays. he has an incredible talent for expressing himself through the medium of films. when i watch his movies i feel a strong sense of what he’s trying to project. plus, life looks more brillant in his movies, like if life were a picture, the colors would be much more saturated compared to real life or other movies.

i saw match point last night and even though the ending was unsettling, it was great. the reason why i thought it is great even though the ending was unsettling is because sometimes unsettling endings make you think harder about the topics being discussed in the movie. obviously, the movie is about love and affairs. the movie made me think about why men just sleep with some women but marry others. all the while, these men are feeding very similar lines to both groups of women.

so those are the things that the movie made me think about. i was meloncholy last night but the fact that it is summer was still invigorating and made me happy.

other than that, i had a really good time at the beach yesterday and the dinner with my family was really good. i seriously had some of the best crab in my life!

i am going to try to blog everyday since it’s summer and i have more free time.