Funny Sh*t

Found this on Baddieverse:

Awesome Song

Gawd, this song is awesome.

Gran Torino
Jamie Cullum
Gran Torino OST

So haunting, so raw, so sad…

Where’s My Damn Chicken!?

Recently I visited KFC because they had this commercial airing on Tv about their new product, the Cheesy BBQ Meltz. It looked really good in the commercial that I just had to try them.

KFC’s Cheesy BBQ Meltz

Don’t mind the poor quality of the photo. It’s my new phone’s fault. Turns out it takes really, really, really, crappy photos. Which sucks since I’m into photography.

But that depressing-looking thing you see there is the above-mentioned new KFC product that I wanted to try so badly. And I know that you can’t really have expectations with this kind of stuff since they pimp it up in the advertisements, but come on! That’s like a third in width of what was on their ads and commercials. And it didn’t even taste good. I hardly tasted any chicken.

They also had another new product, the Boneless Meal, which is a breaded chicken breast fillet served with rice and a drink. It’s like their 1-pc Chicken Meal, only without the bones. Of course, I had to try it out, too.

KFC’s Boneless Meal

Well, this sucked too. The slab of meat that was supposed to be chicken breast was just bunched up dark chicken meat. Which is kinda gross. I wish they’d improve their food’s quality, instead of cutting down costs.

You might be wondering why I succumbed to their ads. Well, they did pretty good with their Famous Bowl and their Pasta Bowl, so I thought they were finally starting to shape up.

Holy…

TMZ recently released this photo:

It’s a leaked image of RnB singer and red carpet stunner Rihanna, after her alleged Chris Brown beating. *shudder*

I like Chris Brown and his music, but after this… I think he should be locked up.

Back to Life

One of my favorite television series ever (I don’t care what anyone says, I think it’s clever and witty and quirky and funny and really, really well-written) is back for its second season run! Finally, after months and months of ample waiting, it has finally come to Philippine shores.

 

I thought the first episode, while rather bleak, started off very interesting, what with Olive Snook quitting her job at The Pie Hole to join a convent, and Chuck moving out of Ned’s place. The same secrets from season 1 remain untold, like Chuck being alive still, and Aunt Lily being Chuck’s mother, and even Emerson Cod’s unknown daughter. It’s like the show never even had a brief hiatus. I guess we’ll all just have to keep tuning in to find out what happens next with these plotlines.

Luckily

Here’s what I can’t stop listening to lately (yeah, like anyone cares):

Lucky
Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat
We Sing, We dance, We Steal Things

This is my current favorite song. I simply fell in love with Colbie here, I could listen to her sweet, sweet voice forever!

…Or at least till the day I get tired of this song. (lawl) But the duet is simply fantastic. Their voices together are perfect, I can’t even imagine any other pair singing this song. And the lyrics are just lovely. I think it’s about long-distance relationships. But regardless, the song really does make you want to fall in love, which is perfect since Valentine’s is just around the corner. <3

Push Kinda Like

Push was that kind of film.

You know, that edgy little b-film that has that indie kind of vibe, is probably written by a comic book fanboy, and is mostly intended for the not really smart but not really moronic kind of audience, a younger but mature kind of crowd. It didn’t look commercial or your typical Hollywood action flick, and I doubt it would win any snooty substantial award, but it was really, really well-made. It reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino film, actually. There was texture, texture everywhere! The actors sort of lacked the emotional depth desperately needed to make the movie’s story even remotely compelling, but it sure made up for it in visuals. It did suffer a bit in the action department, considering that it’s an action thriller. Hardly any gore, and the fight scenes were almost a snooze. Final battle wasn’t even epic, not for superpowered humans, at least. Nothing in the movie happened that had me hanging off the edge of my seat. In fact there were lots of holes in the story. The plot itself is not something I haven’t seen or heard before, and was only made new by the visceral experience of having the Hong Kong slums for a movie setting, and their unsophisticated psychic terminologies. Not that I found the story monotone, I just wish it were more haunting, more personal. The characters could’ve been developed more. And I won’t mention the effects. I found them mediocre. They should’ve pushed the envelope when it came to the psychic powers.

  

But nevertheless, I liked this flick. It wasn’t as monotonous as I probably made it sound, I just think it could’ve been better, you know? And I totally dug the edge, and the quirkiness of the characters, except for Chris Evans’ character Nick. There was just nothing special about him. But again, the visuals involved in this movie totally saved it from doom. It was almost like everything else about this movie was made to be subtle (in a good way) to make way for the standout visual impact of the film. Seriously, I liked it despite my criticisms. It wasn’t bad at all. Push is a must-see.

The Matrix Factor

It has recently come to my attention that ‘girlworld’ and The Matrix must probably co-exist on similar planes of existence. Leather dominatrix secks outfits aside, there’s one thing that they have the most in common– a never-ending obsession with ‘The One’.

They say that every girl, even from when they were little, dreams of her perfect wedding with the perfect man. Someone who will love her unconditionally and who will share his life together with her in harmony. Someone who who will take her as his wife in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, and till death do they part. Someone who will be ‘The One’.

The way I see it, it’s not so much the wedding but the marriage that girls are fantasizing about. Marriage is the perfect culmination to a love-filled relationship. To find that one special person to spend the rest of their lives with is the ultimate female fantasy, just as a threesome with Scarlett Johansson and Marisa Miller is for any guy. But if that truly is the case, how much of it exactly is reality from fantasy?

The reality is, no one’s life is ever long. It’s way too short to be trifled in with the sad stuff in life. And everyone finds happiness and comfort in partnership. Which is why at a certain age, single people somehow feel a certain universal desperation for a life partner, a “soulmate”. This is especially rampant among women.

A little bird (and whatta geek this little bird was) once told me that Mathematics tells us three of the saddest love stories never told. There’s the story of Tangent Lines, who will meet at some point in their lives before parting ways for the remainder of time itself. There’s the story of Parallel Lines, who are never even destined to meet each other at any point in their lives. But then there’s the story of Asymptotes. Now these babies are the worst, the saddest of the bunch. Asymptotes will get as close to each other as humanly possible, but no matter how intimate they become, no matter how much effort they put into it, they will never ever be together. Some sort of intervening cosmic force is just hell-bent on keeping them apart. Romeo and Juliet never even stood a chance.

There’s always the possibility that there’s no such person out there as “the one”. What if this whole belief system of a ’soulmate’ existing to be with one person only in the entire world is nothing more than an urban myth? Should we all keep looking for such a person, or should we settle for someone else? What if the person you’re destined to be with is in another country? Are soulmates affected by international laws? What about the language barrier? I couldn’t help but wonder, is the quest for ‘The One’ just a woman’s means to find purpose in life? Because let’s face it, life can be a bitch. Women are, after all, much more emotionally fragile than men. I guess this is where that desperation comes in. The practical solution is to find someone that you have enough similarities with, and be done with it. Instead of leaving it up to chance that you will find “the one”, settle for someone your reality shows you is right there.

Tsk, Tsk…

I can’t believe what Chris Brown did to Rihanna!

  

Reports have been going around lately that Chris Brown beat girlfriend Rihanna up. Rihanna even had to make a call to 911; it was that bad. Apparently, they had been arguing over at some park, and that’s when he violently attacked her. Some argument that must have been.

Brown fled on foot before the police arrived, but was arrested later on for domestic assault. However, he has since made bail amounting to $50,000. Both artists failed to appear at the recently held Grammy’s. I believe they were supposed to perform, and Brown’s stint was replaced by an impromptu collaboration performance (as was the theme of that night’s award show) by Justin Timberlake and T.I.

No news yet on why Chris Brown did what he did, or why he and Rihanna were arguing in the first place. Rihanna is said to be recovering from multiple bruises on her face at Cedar Sinai Hospital .

Suffice it to say that I think everyone is supporting Rihanna on this matter. No matter how heated the argument, it doesn’t give Brown the right to resort to violence.

Seven Pounds

I don’t understand why this movie was entitled Seven Pounds…

Nevertheless, I thought it was really good. It was kind of depressing, though. Maybe I say so because it caught me completely off-guard. I knew it was a serious film, I just didn’t expect it to be about this really depressing tale. For some reason, I thought it was like a suspense thriller or something. I thought it was kinda like Faust’s story, I thought Will Smith was like God or the devil or something, and he changes seven people’s lives for the better in exchange for something. But no, it was about this really touching albeit depressing story.

Seven Pounds is about remorse, and the long hard search for retribution.