s g k drama 1.3

omg, i had flo rida’s “low” stuck in my head ALL FREAKIN’ DAY!!!!!

i can’t tell you how odd it must have been for anyone who happened to hear, “them baggy sweat pants and the reeboks with the strap… she turned around and gave that big booty a smack!” echoing through the halls of THE CHURCH as i was working today. hahaha

at least the lyrics to “low” are not as suggestive, if you will, as some of the other songs out there. i was doing a little research for my next maxillud entry… i made the mistake of looking up lyrics to songs like “lollipop”… um, i should’ve known based on the title. duh. ugh, i felt so dirty.

anyway. i’ve decided that i don’t like being in the office. if i actually think about it, it makes me want to shoot myself. walk into a propellor. eat glass.

aaaaah! must stop thinking about it now.

i don’t mind the ministry part or the planning for ministry part… but why must i plan in that wretched office? it is a totally mind-numbing, life-sucking space with constant interruptions. the restriction of mobility also kills.

wandering wonderers are not meant to be cooped up like that. seriously, if i didn’t have internet, i would GO BONKERS.

but this is good. this is fine. the more i can’t stand it, the more i will be inspired to figure out the answer to the 10 billion dollar question… “what am i going to do with my life??” for realz. i need to figure out what the heck i WANT. why am i here (as in, on this planet in this existence)? what can i liiiiive for??

i am 27 (almost). uselessly educated in too many things. employed by the mob. living at my mother’s. but the pathetic part is that i’m still young and have no 꿈.

tsk tsk. silly risk-averse anal high-maintenance girl!

that is me.

aka POW. hahaha

day o’ fun with fr. dempsey perhaps the last in a looong time

ari and i took sean into the depths of the oc beast… to the block at orange. hahaha.

ok ok ok… so THE DARK KNIGHT.

sigh.

i really really wanted to love it.

in fact, i very much enjoyed watching it and got into it even.

HOWEVER [cue dramatic music]…

i was not impressed.

too much hype for what is actually just a well-done, fantastic summer blockbuster.

but a mere “summer blockbuster” nevertheless.

first, it was way too long. it was like 3 movies in one. i’m a firm believer in feature-length films sticking to the 90-120 minute zone in telling its story, conveying its message, crafting its art, whatever the heck it’s trying to do… unless it’s some kind of epic like Ben Hur or maybe LOTR… in which case, ok, i’ll be attentive for another 30 minutes to an hour without feeling like the film was not edited properly, either in its visual ability to accomplish its intent or in the ability of the writers to begin with.

second, a lot of the cool/creepy aspects of the joker… came out in the trailer. there were no surprises. that was very disappointing. i was expecting a little more twist… a bigger window into his CRAZINESS.

although, i will say, a part of me really liked his character. i kinda want to see the movie again just to pick out some of his great lines. there were a few gems in there.

third, i was actually not THAT impressed with the stunts/effects… again, some of the coolest stuff comes out in the trailer… maybe i’ve just been overexposed to such things in movies these days…

fourth, poor harvey/two-face… didn’t even get his own movie… (haha, why did i like the villains so much more than the protagonist in this movie???)

i understand, i think, though that really the story was all about how batman became “the dark knight,” if you will. so the villains, as much as I loved them, i guess were expendable in a sense.

fifth, i don’t even like the oh-so-heroic-because-he’s-not-a-public-hero implication… i don’t know why it irked me but … it just made me roll my eyes. “batman is whatever gotham needs” blah blah blah. “gotham needs its white knight public hero” blah blah blah. too much for me. maybe gotham should be aware of the dark side of its “white knight.” maybe we should all be aware of our dark sides.

ok, enough focusing on the negative. don’t get me wrong… i had fun watching the movie… it was entertaining. it was worth watching. the actors were great. i love batman (probably my favorite of the “superheroes”). i love cool gadgets. i love aerial pans of city scapes and skyscrapers. i love explosives and car chases involving firearms. and i love seeing familiar stories told in creative ways.

but i just have to be honest and, in this case, temper all the hype a bit.

that’s how i roll. hahaha

OK, part II…

NAPA ROSE in the disney grand californian hotel.

i, for some reason, really liked this place. i don’t know what it was…

well, it was a “nice” restaurant with the long wine menu and good service (in FRENCH if you happened to order a french dish hahaha). and the food was excellent, both in presentation and flavor. the dining space was grand, with high ceilings and flooding natural light, and cozy earth tones.

but none of those factors really blew me over (yes yes i am RUINED FOR LIFE, ok???).

i think i really liked it because it was a nice place with not the usual “nice crowd.” it was mostly families, even with kids, just having a nice meal.

something very plebeian about it all… but in an upscale place. yet nothing contradictory about it.

i guess that’s just a part of the disney magic. haha

anyway, it was a lovely birthday dinner with fr. dempsey and, unlike last year, free of mayhem or disaster. hahahaha

now my day o’ fun is over… and tomorrow i have to work. sad.

and i’m sad that i don’t seem to eat as much now as i used to… hmmm. i wonder if that’s just a temporary stress factor or a genuinely bad sign. in general, i have no appetite anymore. it’s kinda depressing for someone like me who used to enjoy eating so much.

and i’m also sad because this was the last time i got to hang out with the rev. STD sj in the foreseeable future. it feels very end of an era-ish… which happens to me ALL THE TIME (it’s sorta the defining perennial sentiment of my adult life), but is still always sad.

you know what i’m going to miss the most? bizarre as it sounds…

i’m going to miss his making fun of me. no one makes fun of me like sean does. and i don’t “take” it quite as well from other people as well as i do with him. i don’t know. it’s hard to explain.

and i don’t want to sound sappy! so i’ll just be snappy. so there!

i’m going to bed now. good night. [emphatic nod]

i think that should be an episode of the Office next season… “taming of the schrute” spotlight on Dwight.

but before i go into “the taming of the shrew”…

I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THE DARK KNIGHT TOMORROW!

i have like 10 friends on facebook whose current status messages refer to it and how much they liked it. i’m VERY EXCITED.

plus, i’ll be watching with STD. let’s hope he doesn’t cry this time. it’s not a rom com so hopefully he’ll have a hold of himself.

hahahahahaha [jab jab] (actually, sitemeter says he’s already checked my blog today so maybe he won’t have read this by tomorrow morning keke)

ANYWAY, dark knight is for tomorrow…

today, ariadne, mom and i went to the shakespeare festival in LA to watch “the taming of the shrew” at the plaza of the cathedral.

this was my first time at the cathedral. in short, i really liked it. it has this earthy yet bomb shelter feel to it inside. if you really want to know how i could possibly feel like i’m in such a paradoxical space, ask me in person. plus, i really liked the splitting of natural light. i am very into splitting of natural light. that’s what the east asian library at Cal had. love that shit.

and the tapestries were tres cool. what a selection of saints! and not quite saints also! for example, i love john xxiii. and there were two koreans, w00t! even the tapestries somehow fit the “earthy yet bomb shelter feel.” i think it was their hue and “crowdedness.”

the play was on a stage outside the cathedral in the plaza. it was a lot smaller than i had imagined (i was thinking shakespeare in the common in boston), but we all got seats in the audience, which was nice.

the production was pretty well done, i thought. it was a modern adaptation in terms of setting, props, costume, but with mostly the original script. i’m no shakespeare expert… but i will say that i imagine shakespeare as a little more raunchy than was presented. i mean, it was suggestive, but not gross. but that’s good because kids like ari were in the audience. hahaha.

there was one point when petruchio and katherine are making out for a purposefully longer than necessary period of time… ariadne was like “ullll…. AWWWWkwwwwARD!”

hahaha

all in all, funny play, funny adaptation, good time.

i love summer.

now i want to watch that animaniacs episode, “taming of the screwy.” i wonder if i have it on dvd… maybe with breakfast tomorrow morning since it’s late and i’m [yawn] sleepy now.

yay day off!! woohoo!!