This is the movie I wanted to see (from the trailers in zombieland)
Law Abiding Citizen.
Apparently it was out in the US in October - which means its on "teh internets". I shall peruse the qualitah!
Law Abiding Citizen.
Apparently it was out in the US in October - which means its on "teh internets". I shall peruse the qualitah!
- Mood:
blah
all i want for christmas is...
I have to basically ReTweet this comment from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
kittehkat, because it's just so damn epic and I need to remember it forever and ever. She asked people to comment in her journal, and she'd tell us which food we reminded her of and why. Here's her answer to me:
So I have to respond to this by saying that... apple tarte tatin is MY FAVOURITE DESSERT. My Mum first made it about 8 years ago and HOMFG. SRSLEH. BEST. DESSERT. EVAH. I am HONOURED to be apple tarte tatin!! :D
Also... APPLES!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDD Ty so much, bb!! <333 You put a lot of thought into that, LOL.
So yes >.> Watching Star Trek DS9 atm. MY GOD, KLINGONS ARE BORING...... UGH.......
And I'm currently waiting on THREE parcels from the USA. If they don't get here by Tuesday I'm going to have to forward my mail for two weeks so I can pick them up. Hopefully they'll get here by Christmas because ONE OF THEM HAS THREE CHRISTMAS PRESENT I BOUGHT FOR PEOPLE IN IT. GAH. I HATE THE MAIL.tellemonstar, one of them is your package btw. Hasn't got here yet :( Here's hoping it gets here tomorrow!! :D
Peace,
Rotae
kittehkat, because it's just so damn epic and I need to remember it forever and ever. She asked people to comment in her journal, and she'd tell us which food we reminded her of and why. Here's her answer to me:
Most definitely an apple tarte tatin. Because you live in Upsidedownland, get it? :D It's impossible for me to separate you from apples, anyways -- like, when people say they love a flavor or something, I cement that in my mind so I can try to guess what their palette is like and what to recommend/avoid recommending to them, and we've had a few conversations about apple varieties, too.
Anyway, I feel like this is definitely you for its gooey, sweet, shareable yumminess. You get along easily with people and you're always willing to jump in and help, which I feel is kind of the role of the apple -- get kids to eat fruit that doesn't suck, apple pie is a hero in American dessertland, etc. Definitely not a tartlet, though, and a tatin because of how I think you'd prioritize this: APPLES FIRST, then we'll deal with the pastry bits, which also speaks of your organization skillz. And is there anything more aesthetically appealing than carmelized fruits?
So I have to respond to this by saying that... apple tarte tatin is MY FAVOURITE DESSERT. My Mum first made it about 8 years ago and HOMFG. SRSLEH. BEST. DESSERT. EVAH. I am HONOURED to be apple tarte tatin!! :D
Also... APPLES!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDD Ty so much, bb!! <333 You put a lot of thought into that, LOL.
So yes >.> Watching Star Trek DS9 atm. MY GOD, KLINGONS ARE BORING...... UGH.......
And I'm currently waiting on THREE parcels from the USA. If they don't get here by Tuesday I'm going to have to forward my mail for two weeks so I can pick them up. Hopefully they'll get here by Christmas because ONE OF THEM HAS THREE CHRISTMAS PRESENT I BOUGHT FOR PEOPLE IN IT. GAH. I HATE THE MAIL.
tellemonstar, one of them is your package btw. Hasn't got here yet :( Here's hoping it gets here tomorrow!! :DPeace,
Rotae
- Location:Hobart, Australia
- Mood:
calm
It even involves cars, making it slashdot worthy...
http://digihub.smh.com.au/node/1484
Conroy plans speed humps for Australia's freeways
aturner | December 18, 2009
In an ambitious plan to protect Australia's children, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced plans to install speed humps every 100 metres on all Australian freeways.
After a 12 month trial of speed humps in several suburban back streets, Senator Conroy says he is confident that placing speed humps on every Australian freeway will reduce accidents by 100 percent with a "negligible" impact on traffic congestion and travel times.
"Australia's roads are a dangerous place for children, so the Rudd government is doing everything it can to protect people," says Senator Conroy. "A vocal minority of drivers may object to the plan, but the moral majority can see that it's the right thing to do. Anyone who objects to the mandatory speed hump plan obviously hates children".
Senator Conroy also released a traffic management report which appears to support his claims of reducing accidents by 100 percent with a "negligible" impact on traffic congestion. Unfortunately the report was only conducted in suburban back streets. The report concedes that once mandatory speed humps are applied to 100 kph freeways, one in five accidents will still occur. The report also concedes that dangerous drivers who are most likely to speed will easily find ways around the speed humps.
The wording of the mandatory speed hump plan leaves scope for it to be expanded beyond the freeways, although there are few details available. Senator Conroy claims the plan will only be applied to areas which have been "refused classification". Supporters of the speed hump plan have already called for it to be expanded to include roads outside casinos, gay bars, adult book stores and some medical clinics.
Traffic management specialists, transport groups, car manufacturers, road builders and motoring associations have all condemned the mandatory speed hump plan as flawed, unworkable, easily bypassed, politically motivated and open to abuse.
Senator Conroy's heart may be in the right place, but he clearly has "no understanding of how roads work," says Australian Motoring Association spokeswoman Shirley Knott.
"The mandatory speed hump plan will strangle the road network for the entire country, while doing little to stop people who are doing the wrong thing. Rather than waste millions of dollars on a project that will cripple our transport system while not actually achieving its goals, we recommend the government listen to the traffic management specialists and invest the money in education campaigns and better policing," says Ms Knott.
"Of more concern than traffic jams is that the mandatory speed hump plan is veiled in secrecy and open to abuse. Who is to say how future governments may manipulate traffic management to block off streets that it doesn't want the public to see? An open and transparent road system is a cornerstone of democracy, and we don't want to see Australia sliding down the slippery slope towards a police state where the government controls everywhere we go and everything we see."
For more details of opposition to the mandatory speed hump plan, visit nocleanfeed.com.
http://digihub.smh.com.au/node/1484
Conroy plans speed humps for Australia's freeways
aturner | December 18, 2009
In an ambitious plan to protect Australia's children, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced plans to install speed humps every 100 metres on all Australian freeways.
After a 12 month trial of speed humps in several suburban back streets, Senator Conroy says he is confident that placing speed humps on every Australian freeway will reduce accidents by 100 percent with a "negligible" impact on traffic congestion and travel times.
"Australia's roads are a dangerous place for children, so the Rudd government is doing everything it can to protect people," says Senator Conroy. "A vocal minority of drivers may object to the plan, but the moral majority can see that it's the right thing to do. Anyone who objects to the mandatory speed hump plan obviously hates children".
Senator Conroy also released a traffic management report which appears to support his claims of reducing accidents by 100 percent with a "negligible" impact on traffic congestion. Unfortunately the report was only conducted in suburban back streets. The report concedes that once mandatory speed humps are applied to 100 kph freeways, one in five accidents will still occur. The report also concedes that dangerous drivers who are most likely to speed will easily find ways around the speed humps.
The wording of the mandatory speed hump plan leaves scope for it to be expanded beyond the freeways, although there are few details available. Senator Conroy claims the plan will only be applied to areas which have been "refused classification". Supporters of the speed hump plan have already called for it to be expanded to include roads outside casinos, gay bars, adult book stores and some medical clinics.
Traffic management specialists, transport groups, car manufacturers, road builders and motoring associations have all condemned the mandatory speed hump plan as flawed, unworkable, easily bypassed, politically motivated and open to abuse.
Senator Conroy's heart may be in the right place, but he clearly has "no understanding of how roads work," says Australian Motoring Association spokeswoman Shirley Knott.
"The mandatory speed hump plan will strangle the road network for the entire country, while doing little to stop people who are doing the wrong thing. Rather than waste millions of dollars on a project that will cripple our transport system while not actually achieving its goals, we recommend the government listen to the traffic management specialists and invest the money in education campaigns and better policing," says Ms Knott.
"Of more concern than traffic jams is that the mandatory speed hump plan is veiled in secrecy and open to abuse. Who is to say how future governments may manipulate traffic management to block off streets that it doesn't want the public to see? An open and transparent road system is a cornerstone of democracy, and we don't want to see Australia sliding down the slippery slope towards a police state where the government controls everywhere we go and everything we see."
For more details of opposition to the mandatory speed hump plan, visit nocleanfeed.com.
- Mood:
chipper - Music:A-Team | Goblin Fever
So Friday was all about my annual binge on the work tab.
I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. At first glance, heading off to the Elsternwick Bowls Club and having catered food sounds pretty cheap, and as far as I can tell - it was.
But its all about the people and the time you make of it, and we made a good time.
Despite having no more than 6 choices for Beer (Cascade Premium and Carlton Draught on Tap, Carlton mid-strength, Crown Lager, Stella Artois, Pure blonde in bottles - yes, thats it) - I managed to plow through the only clear safe choice for an afternoon drinking in the sun, Stella.
We had some old guy who had clearly had too much sun and too much beer directing us on how to play lawn bowls. He gave us a pretty stern warning that playing lawn bowls like ten pin was a short cut to spending the rest of the afternoon at the bar (I'm not really sure how this is punishment).
Also that because they'd recently just been given a several hundred thousand dollar grant to put in a fake green they were very particular about not allowing us to drink, eat or smoke within a metre of the field. I claimed this was Un-Australian which somewhat set him back a little (you could see his heart fighting with his mind about it) but the rule was withheld.
Everyone went off and had a practice bowl - except Team "The f's" (named that poorly because I was with Steph), we had a bye the first round and I figured there wasn't exactly a pot of gold at stake for the victor's of the tournament.
I believe over the course of the afternoon I was wavering around Balmer's Peak in terms of my playing efforts.
The pinnacle of which eventuated in thismiraculousbullshit shot.
Whilst we won 50% of our games, this was not enough to send us to the finals and someone else took the pot of gold (which was actually just 2 bottles of plonk). It was at this point I decided to be a pioneer for our Christmas party, and fuck off to see the OTHER work christmas party I was invited too.
I jumped on a train off to Prahran and rendezvoused with the company I had been doing their IT for (unlike everyone else, I was given an invite to this one) at the College Lawn Hotel. Whilst I never personally went to the bar, the very fact they had James Squire Golden Ale, on Tap, in Pints, made it a significant improvement in beverage selection to the previous establishment.
Nothing much of note really happened here, except that after about 2 hours the rest of QSP (or at least the members of Team "Kick On") rocked up, more beverages were had and a whole bunch of expats from England started pining about matters relating to soccer (football they call it). They also don't like it when you tell them that a bunch of bread thieves kick the crap out of them in Sport more than half the time we play. All we have to do is beat them just the once in Soccer and I think they will all curl up into the fetal position.
Being the pioneering scouting party we are, we decided to head off to the Tom Collins bar in Collin's St (the QSP Kick On team did decide to catch up, but again, 2 hours or so later). This is where things started to get hardcore.
I have been introduced to a drink called a "Skittle-bomb" which is basically a 16 year old girls version of the "Jaegar-bomb". Its essentially - or at least what we had - half a collins glass of red bull, midori, raspberry cordial and some liquor in a orb-type bottle with gold/silver (I was drunk, I didn't see it) trim coming from the base to the top - like a bow, but topping off in the top. Oh and a shot of cointreau dropped in it before drinking.
It basically tastes like a sweet cordial, and certainly not like anything you'd expect to get you THAT drunk.
We threw back about 3-4 of these, as well as various Victory Shots provided by the barman (Wet Pussy? I dunno apparently vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry, fresh lime) which is a problem - I like red bull, and well, I won pretty much every "bomb-off". In addition to this, we were kicking back Kirin's like they were going out of business.
Team Kick On showed up somewhere after dark, and this is where I started to lose track of time. The place was full on busy, then it wasn't, then we were pretty much the last people there.
So we left, onwards to some place called "The Turf". I have no idea where it was, we were well and truly too drunk for that.
So drunk I was, as I was actually refused entry. My recollection of the event was basically that I walked in, caught the glimpse of a security person behind who quietly said something along the lines of out - so I complied. And stood around for a period of time out the front, then went in anyway.
I figure they worked out that I was unlikely to cause any trouble - or at the very least not going to glass someone or worse - and thus it didn't really matter anymore.
Had 2-3 drinks in that stupidly loud and crowded place playing late 80's pop music. At this point I was pretty drunk, and struggling to stay awake. We decided it was time to go.
Stumbled around the city looking for a cab (I think it was 12:30?). This was largely made of fail, because Cab drivers in this city are cunts who don't actually want money. Had I of been sober enough, quite a few empty cabs without their lights on would have kicked in doors.
Seriously, every time I want a cab outside of business hours, they just aren't taking passengers. I don't even know what kind of fucking fare they want - what destination from the CBD is most beneficial to them? Fucked if I know.
We gave up on this after 20 minutes or so, and decided head to Flinders st to take trains our respective directions. I don't really know how I got home from here, I have glimpses of how I was on the right platform, and train but am fairly certain I was dozing on and off despite listening to PsyTrance at full ball on my iPod. Somehow I didn't end up in Pakenham, stumbled home and fell into bed.
Then I proceeded to have the worst hangover (or at the very least, top 3 - the other two being previous QSP Christmas party driven) till about 3pm. Tried to take painkillers (Codral Cold & Flu - because I couldn't find anything else) which resulted in them coming back up within 15 minutes and had a most disturbing experience throwing up violently AFTER that.
Seriously, Alcohol produces the worst comedowns.
Bleh, now my Body and Me are friends again, I've semi-promised I wont poison it that hard again for at least 9 months.
I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. At first glance, heading off to the Elsternwick Bowls Club and having catered food sounds pretty cheap, and as far as I can tell - it was.
But its all about the people and the time you make of it, and we made a good time.
Despite having no more than 6 choices for Beer (Cascade Premium and Carlton Draught on Tap, Carlton mid-strength, Crown Lager, Stella Artois, Pure blonde in bottles - yes, thats it) - I managed to plow through the only clear safe choice for an afternoon drinking in the sun, Stella.
We had some old guy who had clearly had too much sun and too much beer directing us on how to play lawn bowls. He gave us a pretty stern warning that playing lawn bowls like ten pin was a short cut to spending the rest of the afternoon at the bar (I'm not really sure how this is punishment).
Also that because they'd recently just been given a several hundred thousand dollar grant to put in a fake green they were very particular about not allowing us to drink, eat or smoke within a metre of the field. I claimed this was Un-Australian which somewhat set him back a little (you could see his heart fighting with his mind about it) but the rule was withheld.
Everyone went off and had a practice bowl - except Team "The f's" (named that poorly because I was with Steph), we had a bye the first round and I figured there wasn't exactly a pot of gold at stake for the victor's of the tournament.
I believe over the course of the afternoon I was wavering around Balmer's Peak in terms of my playing efforts.
The pinnacle of which eventuated in this
Whilst we won 50% of our games, this was not enough to send us to the finals and someone else took the pot of gold (which was actually just 2 bottles of plonk). It was at this point I decided to be a pioneer for our Christmas party, and fuck off to see the OTHER work christmas party I was invited too.
I jumped on a train off to Prahran and rendezvoused with the company I had been doing their IT for (unlike everyone else, I was given an invite to this one) at the College Lawn Hotel. Whilst I never personally went to the bar, the very fact they had James Squire Golden Ale, on Tap, in Pints, made it a significant improvement in beverage selection to the previous establishment.
Nothing much of note really happened here, except that after about 2 hours the rest of QSP (or at least the members of Team "Kick On") rocked up, more beverages were had and a whole bunch of expats from England started pining about matters relating to soccer (football they call it). They also don't like it when you tell them that a bunch of bread thieves kick the crap out of them in Sport more than half the time we play. All we have to do is beat them just the once in Soccer and I think they will all curl up into the fetal position.
Being the pioneering scouting party we are, we decided to head off to the Tom Collins bar in Collin's St (the QSP Kick On team did decide to catch up, but again, 2 hours or so later). This is where things started to get hardcore.
I have been introduced to a drink called a "Skittle-bomb" which is basically a 16 year old girls version of the "Jaegar-bomb". Its essentially - or at least what we had - half a collins glass of red bull, midori, raspberry cordial and some liquor in a orb-type bottle with gold/silver (I was drunk, I didn't see it) trim coming from the base to the top - like a bow, but topping off in the top. Oh and a shot of cointreau dropped in it before drinking.
It basically tastes like a sweet cordial, and certainly not like anything you'd expect to get you THAT drunk.
We threw back about 3-4 of these, as well as various Victory Shots provided by the barman (Wet Pussy? I dunno apparently vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry, fresh lime) which is a problem - I like red bull, and well, I won pretty much every "bomb-off". In addition to this, we were kicking back Kirin's like they were going out of business.
Team Kick On showed up somewhere after dark, and this is where I started to lose track of time. The place was full on busy, then it wasn't, then we were pretty much the last people there.
So we left, onwards to some place called "The Turf". I have no idea where it was, we were well and truly too drunk for that.
So drunk I was, as I was actually refused entry. My recollection of the event was basically that I walked in, caught the glimpse of a security person behind who quietly said something along the lines of out - so I complied. And stood around for a period of time out the front, then went in anyway.
I figure they worked out that I was unlikely to cause any trouble - or at the very least not going to glass someone or worse - and thus it didn't really matter anymore.
Had 2-3 drinks in that stupidly loud and crowded place playing late 80's pop music. At this point I was pretty drunk, and struggling to stay awake. We decided it was time to go.
Stumbled around the city looking for a cab (I think it was 12:30?). This was largely made of fail, because Cab drivers in this city are cunts who don't actually want money. Had I of been sober enough, quite a few empty cabs without their lights on would have kicked in doors.
Seriously, every time I want a cab outside of business hours, they just aren't taking passengers. I don't even know what kind of fucking fare they want - what destination from the CBD is most beneficial to them? Fucked if I know.
We gave up on this after 20 minutes or so, and decided head to Flinders st to take trains our respective directions. I don't really know how I got home from here, I have glimpses of how I was on the right platform, and train but am fairly certain I was dozing on and off despite listening to PsyTrance at full ball on my iPod. Somehow I didn't end up in Pakenham, stumbled home and fell into bed.
Then I proceeded to have the worst hangover (or at the very least, top 3 - the other two being previous QSP Christmas party driven) till about 3pm. Tried to take painkillers (Codral Cold & Flu - because I couldn't find anything else) which resulted in them coming back up within 15 minutes and had a most disturbing experience throwing up violently AFTER that.
Seriously, Alcohol produces the worst comedowns.
Bleh, now my Body and Me are friends again, I've semi-promised I wont poison it that hard again for at least 9 months.
- Mood: accomplished
Yeah... that meme thing lasted 2 days. One day longer than I thought it would! LMAO XDDD Maybe I'll do it weekly... IDK. I can't post every day, even when prompted, LOL.
ANYWAY. AH HAS EXCITING TWITTER NEWS. AGAIN.
So the other day, I asked Wendi Avignone (key make-up artist for Heroes) if ZQ's hair was really that long atm (cos seriously, it's down to like, the tip of his nose), or whether it was some kind of "fancy piece", and then she Tweeted that ZQ was "in the chair" and THEN sent me a DM saying, "Yes, it is!" ... IN THE CHAIR, PEOPLE, IN THE CHAIR.
And then I thanked her for the reply and she RTed me and said thanks for the question :3333333
AND THEN. Today, I Tweeted her and showed her my Nimoy!Spock painting and the WIP for the planning of the ZQ!Spock painting (that I'm starting tomorrow, EEEEEEEEEE!!), and then, again, she tweeted that ZQ was in the chair and THEN sent me a DM saying, "Very nice work!" ... IN THE CHAIR, PEOPLE, IN THE CHAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
So there is a very real possibility that ZQ has seen my art :||||||||||||||||||||| (<- Spock ecstatic face is ecstatic XDDD)
Oh, and here's the planning piece to go with my Nimoy!Spock:
Anyways... yes! LOL. I squealed a little :D And she is SUCH a lovely lady too! They just had an all-night shoot! I shall have to do my Spock and Sylar comic before filming finishes... hmmm...
Ah got mah hairs cut today! YAY!! :D Pikchuh:
OH HAI, EYEBROWS!! AH SEE YOU!! :D Also, I think my eyes have like, NO COLOUR in this picture :/ Sounds very... EVIL TO ME!! MWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!! XDDD
AND. I sold my very first print on dA!! HOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. I made like, $2.40!! LMAO. But yay!! Someone bought a print of my Sandi Thom Typography piece :D
Hmm. I think that's it.
SEE AVATAR. (3D glasses on top of glasses = glasses pr0n, rightlady_dae? XDDD)
Yep. That's it <33333333333
Peace,
Rotae
ANYWAY. AH HAS EXCITING TWITTER NEWS. AGAIN.
So the other day, I asked Wendi Avignone (key make-up artist for Heroes) if ZQ's hair was really that long atm (cos seriously, it's down to like, the tip of his nose), or whether it was some kind of "fancy piece", and then she Tweeted that ZQ was "in the chair" and THEN sent me a DM saying, "Yes, it is!" ... IN THE CHAIR, PEOPLE, IN THE CHAIR.
And then I thanked her for the reply and she RTed me and said thanks for the question :3333333
AND THEN. Today, I Tweeted her and showed her my Nimoy!Spock painting and the WIP for the planning of the ZQ!Spock painting (that I'm starting tomorrow, EEEEEEEEEE!!), and then, again, she tweeted that ZQ was in the chair and THEN sent me a DM saying, "Very nice work!" ... IN THE CHAIR, PEOPLE, IN THE CHAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
So there is a very real possibility that ZQ has seen my art :||||||||||||||||||||| (<- Spock ecstatic face is ecstatic XDDD)
Oh, and here's the planning piece to go with my Nimoy!Spock:
Anyways... yes! LOL. I squealed a little :D And she is SUCH a lovely lady too! They just had an all-night shoot! I shall have to do my Spock and Sylar comic before filming finishes... hmmm...
Ah got mah hairs cut today! YAY!! :D Pikchuh:
OH HAI, EYEBROWS!! AH SEE YOU!! :D Also, I think my eyes have like, NO COLOUR in this picture :/ Sounds very... EVIL TO ME!! MWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!! XDDD
AND. I sold my very first print on dA!! HOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. I made like, $2.40!! LMAO. But yay!! Someone bought a print of my Sandi Thom Typography piece :D
Hmm. I think that's it.
SEE AVATAR. (3D glasses on top of glasses = glasses pr0n, right
lady_dae? XDDD)Yep. That's it <33333333333
Peace,
Rotae
- Location:Hobart, Australia
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:Star Trek: Deep Space 9 Theme
- Location:Hobart, Australia
- Mood:
satisfied
Myself
Charmaine
Luke D
Azrael B
Brookely D
Andrew ? (as in i have no fucking idea what your last name starts with)
Meet at either the Melbourne Lion (i think thats what it is called) or Grill'd.
Charmaine
Luke D
Azrael B
Brookely D
Andrew ? (as in i have no fucking idea what your last name starts with)
Meet at either the Melbourne Lion (i think thats what it is called) or Grill'd.
- Mood: chipper
Yeah so the weekend had other ideas...
This one is going out to the cheap seats - Zombieland, Tuesday, 7:10pm @ Hoyts Melbourne Central.
Figured the city is easier to do than most.
Reply here and I'll book tickets Tuesday morning. Tickets are $10.50 plus booking fee of $1 per ticket.
In other news, I feel surprising good despite the weekend's efforts.\
*edit*
These people are down.
Geoff K.
Charmaine R.
Luke D.
Az B.
Brookely D.
Andrew!
This one is going out to the cheap seats - Zombieland, Tuesday, 7:10pm @ Hoyts Melbourne Central.
Figured the city is easier to do than most.
Reply here and I'll book tickets Tuesday morning. Tickets are $10.50 plus booking fee of $1 per ticket.
In other news, I feel surprising good despite the weekend's efforts.\
*edit*
These people are down.
Geoff K.
Charmaine R.
Luke D.
Az B.
Brookely D.
Andrew!
- Mood:
content
Okay, this one was waaaaaaaaaaaaay easier to pick than favourite song, LOL. The day I first saw Moulin Rouge! was a day my life kinda changed. Before I saw this film I had NO IDEA what I wanted to do in life. I mean, when I was 2 I was determined to become a professional rock climber, but that was always going to be a pipe dream... LMAO. But after seeing this film, I knew that that's what I wanted to do: make films. Specifically, I wanted to make Moulin Rouge!, but I guess that boat kinda sailed... and, I was 13 at the time >.> LOL.
Moulin Rouge! holds my personal record of films I've seen the most at the cinema: 12. Yes, by the end I was going with myself. I didn't care. I KNEW that this was the best film I was ever going to see, and I wasn't about to pass up any opportunities to see it on the big screen, which, let's face it, is the only place to really see a Baz Luhrmann film.
There is absolutely NOTHING I don't like about this film. Not ONE THING. The story, the script, the performances, the music, the design, the pace, the cinematography, the editing, the directing... all perfect. Hell, it even has my favourite actor and actress starring in it! It's no secret that Ewan McGregor has been my favourite actor since I was 11. In 1998 I saw Brassed Off and it was just... love at first sight, LOL. Then he was in Star Wars and I watched every other film of his I could get my hands on (yes, Trainspotting was one of them. I saw it when I was 12, LMAO).
And then, in 2000 I was in Sydney, and my cousin and I went to Fox Studios in Sydney where they were filming a movie which required what appeared to be... a lot of men in top hats... I didn't know at the time what Moulin Rouge! was going to be about, but I knew it was a Ewan McGregor film. My cousin and I staked out the bridge that overlooked the backlot and eventually we saw a guy in a tux and black hair come out of a trailer with a woman walking along with him. We were convinced it was Ewan. IDK if it was now, but wow, at the time, we went psycho, LMAO. Little did I know then that this was going to be a film that changed my life. I mean, pfft... they were making an OLD FASHIONED film! As if that was going to be revolutionary for me... XDDD
ANYWAY. I know that there are people who HATED Moulin Rouge!... like most Baz Luhrmann films you either love it or you hate it. I say MOST because I don't think I've ever met someone who didn't like Strictly Ballroom, LOL. I can see why people don't like it, but I feel sorry for people who don't, LOL.
So yes. Moulin Rouge! BEST. FILM. EVAH.
( The rest of the 30 Days Meme )
And now, my answers to the Snog, Shag, Marry or Throw off a Cliff Meme!! XDDD
danicarip gave me David Tennant, Edward Scissorhands, Simon Pegg's Montgomery Scott and Kevin Klein:( Who's going over that cliff?! XDDD )
erbylikewhoa gave me Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard (as a joke, but haha, I'M GOING TO ANSWER ANYWAY just so I can throw one of them off a cliff.) THREE GUESSES WHO I AM GOING TO BE BEATING UP AND THEN KARATE KICKING OFF A CLIFF?!!??!?! ( MWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!! )
Then
erbylikewhoa gave me ZQ's Spock, Captain Jack Sparrow, Zacharias Smith, or Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi.( Heeeeee :3 This one's easier XDDD )
Finally, in regards to the fictional memory meme in my last post,
mybabyangel replied with this:remember that one time we got dressed up at star trek characters and stormed a hostile territory to fight off the evil twilight menace?
oh wait. that actually happened. <33333333333 you.
OMFG. ILU2BB <333333333333 Yes, that happened. It was awesome. All y'all should come to Supanova next year. SRSLEH.
SO! That's it! Phew. My little fingernail on my left hand is sore from pressing the shift key all the time XDDD
Going around to my mate Spock's place tomo- uh, today, LOL. In 18 hours I'll have EVERY EPISODE OF STAR TREK EVER. MWAAAHAHAHAAHAHAAAA :D Laterz!
Peace,
Rotae
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