Aurora Borealis

One of the earths natural wonders I would love to see one day are the Northern Lights also known as Aurora Borealis. Basically they are these pretty bright lights that shine in Alaska or some random place like Polar areas or something...and they are quite a sight to see! This phenomenon happens when the Earth's magnetic field collides with solar wind...what ever the hell thats supposed to mean. I don't know really how to explain it...it's way too scientifical for me! All I know is they are interesting and beautiful and I want to see them! It's very Final Fantasy like!

Aint they purdy?






This one looks like the Angel of Death from the Ten Commandments movie!




-Jeremy

Indie GaGa

The other day I was on youtube and I came across this piece of history. Lady GaGa when she was an independent artist and her band was known as the "Stefani Germanotta Band". Generic or what? This was back in 2006 so she was around 19 or 20. Hah, bet she would have never known three years later she would become one of the biggest names in Pop music. She looks totally different, she looks so Un GaGa, she looks so...normal! But who likes normal these days? I sure don't. Her old style of music seems very Michelle Branchy/Vanessa Carltony like.



-Jeremy :)

Disneyland with Vicki

The last time I went to Disneyland was for my 18th Birthday almost three years ago. Since then I've been planning another trip to Disney and finally the plans have come alive! Originally it was supposed to be Vicki, Bobby, Joey and myself but Bobby couldn't make it and since he's not going its like 100% Joey can't go either. Since we now had a few extra seats in the car my Mom decides to invite our upstairs neighbors Grace and James. Which was perfect so my Mom wouldn't go walking around Disney by herself. Anyways, yesterday morning came and I woke up at 6:15am and got ready to head on to Disney! We picked up Vicki on the way and thus our journey to Anaheim began. We got there relatively fast considering we stopped for breakfast at Carls Jr. It's now 10am and we FINALLY get into the dang parking structure! I kid you not it took us an extra half hour looking for the Disneyland parking lot entrance since the main entrance was closed. We hop off the car and Vicki and I are excited! This was her first time going since she was like 4 years old or something so she was pretty stoked. By the time we got to the gate, we parted ways with my Mom and Neighbors and off we go into the Magic Kingdom! The first thing in Disneyland is Main Street USA but since we're so excited we skip all the shops since thats usually what you do when you're leaving Disney. I decided to take Vicki on the Indiana Jones Adventure, one because thats like my favorite ride ever two because I need to test the waters on how Vicki does with faster rides (she's not a big fan of coasters). We get there and the line is closed for a little bit! I'm kind of bummed and I hope the ride isn't closed off the rest of the day. So instead I take her next door to the Jungle Cruise ride. This isn't the most exciting ride but I usually do it anyway just to complete most of the rides at Disneyland. We got off and Vicki was like; "THAT WAS THE MOST BORING THING EVER!" So I'm like fine, we will go on the UN BORING ride next! Indy was still closed so we walk around on Tarzan's Treehouse. I remember when it use to be the Swiss Family Robinsons Treehouse, but I guess since thats apparently outdated they changed it to Tarzan, which is fine since I like Tarzan but I'm sure fans of the original treehouse aren't too happy about it. We get off that and Indy Jones is re-opened! I love the theme of this ride it's very Tomb Raider-esque, even while waiting around in line it's pretty interesting. We get on and the ride begins and zoom we're off traveling through the forbidden temple! Fun or what? YES! We get off and Vicki was like that was intense! She was kinda scared so I was like; "Oh great she thought that was scary how is she gunna ride Thunder or Space Mountain?" We continue off to New Orleans Square where we ride Pirates of the Carribean, this ride is not really a favorite and it isn't too exciting if you've done it a million times before, but still it's classic Disneyland and a must do everytime. From there we continue walking off through New Orleans Sqaure. Our next stop; The Haunted Mansion, the line for this one was already super long so we just got a fastpass and went off to Thunder Mountain, the wait was only 10 minutes! Great because then we could get it over with fast and see how Vicki likes it. I love it, she hates it and felt sick afterword! Sometimes if a person doesn't like roller coasters I've always had the thought that maybe if they give it a chance and actually get the feel of the coaster then they will enjoy it, cause thats how I use to be, guess some people can't really handle coasters! After that I thought it was a definite NO to Space Mountain later on, since that one is faster and in the dark! After Thunder Mountain they opened this new petting zoo area, so we stayed there for a bit and petted sheep and goats so Vicki could feel a little better. By this time it's time to use our fast pass for the Haunted Mansion. Because it's around Holiday season they always redecorate the Mansion into the theme of The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's nice, but the original Mansion is one of my favorites so I kind of prefer that version over the Holiday version...Sorry Jack Skellington! After that we continue down into Critter Country where Splash Mountain and Winnie the Pooh is, we decide to do Splash Mountain later on go on the Pooh ride since the wait was only 5 minutes. Pooh's fun but even more fun if your under 5 years old. By this time it's already around 12:30pm and it doesn't seem like we're having as much fun as I thought we would. I'm kind of bummed because I love being in the whole Disneyland atmosphere and it just feels the day is going to drag on, Vicki feels there aren't too many rides, but of course since I've been there a bunch of times I know where the majority of rides are. It was also kind of hot and that definitely didn't help. Because of this thought I decide we should head over to Fantasyland where there a bunch of rides in one area. Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pans Flight are two of my favorite Fantasyland rides and a must every Disney visit. Of course, the lines for these are extremely long but we do them anyway. Peter first, then Alice. After Alice the Tea Cups are right next to it so we get on those. I'm not a big fan of the Tea Cups simply because I don't like rides that revolve and spin in place fast, but since this was Vickis first time in a long time and we want to do as much as we can so we get on. There not as bad as I remember, we would spin real fast...then slow...spin real fast...then slow down. I've noticed I'm a little big for the tea cups now! I hadn't been on them since I was like 11 or 12 after all. We then ride the King Arthurs Carrousel, it's called King Arthur yet the theme is Sleeping Beauty...yeah, I don't get it either, the music playing was a circus music box version of Part of that World so that was nice. After that we got Dumbo, Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Snow Whites Scary Adventure and Pinocchio's Daring Journey, in which Vicki wasn't too fond of. I don't get that girl, she doesn't like the fast rides yet doesn't like the slow rides! *Confused* The Casey Jr. Train ride is closed for construction as well as the Storybook Land Canal Boats so we then head off to It's a Small World. Now I haven't been on on this one for quite some time, it's really not that great unless you're into dolls from around the world singing about how similar the world and close together we actually are...yeah thats rubbish XD Or unless you're a toddler then its amazing. Anyhow we go on and I was actually pretty impressed! Of course the Small World idea is still the same as its always been but they definitely refurbished it with new dolls and they even added a lot of Disney characters! I spotted Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, Alice and the White Rabbit, Cinderella with her mice friends, Aladdin and Jasmine, Mowgli, Marlin and Dory, Ariel and her sisters, Simba and Pumba, Woody from Toy Story(they are in the new America Section of Small World). So yeah, It's a Small World isn't as dredful as I use to think it was. Next Door to It's Small World is the new Princess Fantasy Faire where you get to meet the Princesses and do all sorts of "Princessy" Activities. This was one of the longest line waits and the SHORTEST experience! We were in line for like a good hour and 20 minutes. We finally get there and Vicki gets to take a picture with Cinderella, Aurora and Mulan. Yeah, all that for less then 2 minutes of Princess time! We didn't want to do the rest of the face painting stuff but as we were leaving Ariel, Belle and Jasmine walk right in! I guess 3 of Princesses switch off with other Princesses every so often or something. We were kind of bummed we missed them but it's okay because Vicki's favorite is Aurora and she got to take a picture with her. Plus Ariel wasn't even in her mermaid outfit so we weren't too bummed. It was kind of awkward because they had walked RIGHT in front of us and they all looked right at me and were like "HELLO HOW ARE YOU!" "ENJOY THE DAY AT DISNEYLAND!" I just kind of smiled and continued on, it's like what to do you say to a Disney Princess? They're really pretty though. The next place we go visit is Mickey's Toon Town because it was super close to where we were, and I wanted to ride Roger Rabbits Cartoon Spin since that one is always fun. The wait was long but totally worth it, I love this ride cause you get to spin the car around while going through a wacky cartoon town of Roger Rabbit. I noticed the couple in front of us weren't spinning around AT ALL, how boring hah. We got off and walked around Toon Town for bit, Gadgets Go Coaster was closed but its okay cause I think I'm too big for that one anyway haha. By this time it was already around 6pm and things definitely are getting better, we start to have a really good time. We then met up with my Mom and Neighbors at the Plaza Inn Restaraunt, the food was EXPENSIVE! 13 bucks for a plate of pasta! It was really good though, Vicki didn't like hers too much. We again parted ways with my Mom and Neighbors and since we were around Tomorrowland we decided to go check out the rides there. Autopia was the first Tomorrowland ride we got on, it's not really one of my favorites but Vicki LOVED it! She liked it so much she wanted to go on TWICE! The first time I let her drive, and she was wreckless! I was like grunting the entire time! The next time we got on, I was driving! Her reasoning as to why she liked that ride so much was because she got to drive as wild as she wanted...Anyway, after that we got on Star Tours and the wait was only 5 minutes and its pretty fun though the robot driver was really loud hah. The next ride was Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. This was the first time riding it so I didn't know what to expect. It's an omnimover kind of ride where you sit in a cart and go through an outerspace settting where you use a laser gun to defeat the evil Emperor Zurg! I was totally winning but then Vicki miraculousy caught up and beat me! I couldn't believe it, but it's pretty fun ride. Because this was around the time of firework spectactular show I thought it would be a great time to run to Splash Mountain. Yeah, it definitely was NOT a good idea to ride Splash Mountain at night...this was the first time I ever sat in the very front, and I got freaking SOAKED! It wasn't even the final big drop that got drenched me, it was the second drop where a TIDAL WAVE just washed all over me! So next time I go to Disney I am NOT riding that at night! Vicki and I were wet the rest of time there. We then headed back over to Tomorrowland again where we got on the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Now I'm not sure if the Tomorrowland side is different the Fantasyland side, but this was definitely more intense then I remember! I was like; "Oh God I hope Vicki is okay!" Either or, this ride is still really fun but next time I go to Disney I'm going to ride boths sides to see if there is a difference. But yeah, other then that Vicki actually liked it. The next ride we got on was the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. This was another new Disneyland experience for me, they had closed the original submarine ride for a while but recently reopened it with a Nemo theme. It was pretty cool, it starts off kind of boring but then it gets better where you see laser projections of Nemo and friends swimming around in different areas. After we got off Nemo, I thought it was about time we were heading home, but Vicki then suggested that we go on Space Mountain. This was surprising to me because I had told her it was like a faster version of Thunder Mountain and in the dark! So I was excited she wanted to go on because I LOVE Space Mountain. The wait was 70 minutes and it was already 11:15pm! I really wanted to go on Space Mountain this time because for the Halloween Season they changed it a little and its called Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy. We finally board the ride at exactly 12:10pm. It's the generally the same ride but with this laser projection of a scary looking red ghost popping out at different times of the ride along with some scary sounds to go with it. We get off and I must say it was definitely one of the best rides of the night! Vicki was scared shitless the entire time but she had fun saying; "I handled that coaster better then I thought!" at the end. Which was GREAT, I've always thought Disneyland is a perfect roller coaster training area. It's now 12:20 so we met up with my Mom, Grace and James at the Market Shop in Main st. Together we head to our car in the parking garage. That was actually kind of hectic because James had taken the car earlier to buy some cigarettes and he forgot where he parked it. Finally he found it and he was going to pick us up where we were but it turns out he couldn't so we had to walk all the way to the bottom of the parking garage where we finally hopped in the car and headed for home. I must say, this was probably the funnest time I've ever been to Disneyland, of course I say that everytime, but I think every visit does just get better. At the end of our time at Disneyland Vicki had said; "This really is the happiest place on earth!" And thats great because I definitely agree and had hoped she would say that. We're already planning our next trip!
-Jeremy :)

Here you leave Today and enter the world of Yesterday, Tomorrow and Fantasy


Oh yeah! I was so tired when I got out of the car while walking to our apartment I was thinking of how amazingly comfortable it will be when I get in bed. I actually started giggling and laughing about it! I caught myself doing that and stopped immediately! Imagine if any neighbors saw me, they would have been like wow that guy is psycho!

New Tomb Raider movie: Who will play Lara Croft?

Alrighty, now for those who know me personally will agree that I'm a Tomb Raider fan. I've been playing the Tomb Raider series since I was like 9 and to this day it's still my favorite video game franchise next to Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. I'm a geek I know, but I don't care! I love video games! :D

There have been two major motion pictures based off of the games starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. While I love both movies and Angelina did great playing the part to this day I think they could have been a tad better. I could go on and on about the nitpicky differences between the video game Lara Croft and the movie Lara Croft, but that would take one essay of a post heh, plus it's not that big of deal anyway and for those who've never played a Tomb Raider before I suppose it does give movie goers the overall idea of what the heck Tomb Raider is all about. The first film did well grossing $40 million its opening weekend but then the second one flopped so plans for a third were scrapped :( Since 2006 there have been reports that a third is in the works. Of course most were rumours until December of 2008 where apparently Warner Brothers had aquired the rights for a new Tomb Raider movie (the previous ones were done by Paramount). Since then movie news about this have been flying around about the screen writer, producer, what is about, whose playing etc. Producer Dan Lin had this to say about it; "It's a great origin story that we're going to tell. A very character-oriented story. I would say more realistic than the past Lara Croft movies...I would say it's like Terminator - character-driven action. I think for me the Lara Croft games and movies have gone a little too action-oriented. I wanted to have action, but with character." They are definitely trying to reinvigorate the franchise aswell as the video game Tomb Raider itself(Tomb Raider: Underworld just barely did well financially). What has me guessing though, is that the next game is going to be a prequel aswell, are they going to tie the new movie in with the game? Hmm very curious. Anyhow, since this is a prequel, I'm like 10000000% positive Angelina Jolie will NOT be Lara Croft. While that has me bummed because I thought she did so well in the first Tomb Raiders part of me says that its a good idea to try and market the Tomb Raider franchise again.

So who do I want to play Lara Croft now? *YAY* This takes me back to late 98' early 99' when news about the first Tomb Raider surfaced and I already had all sorts of ideas on who I wanted to play Lara Croft. Back then I wanted Catherine Zeta-Jones or Elizabeth Hurly to play her, Angelina got it and at the time I had NO idea who she was! In fact I was kind of mad about it because I saw a photo of her at the 2000 Academy Awards and she looked like freaking Morticia Adams kissing her brother! Of course when I saw the first trailer for Lara Croft Tomb Raider my thoughts about her instantly changed.

Here are the rumoured contenders for Lady Croft in the new Prequel. As of now my pick is going for Summer Glau.

Summer Glau - She's kind of an underated actress, I saw her in Serenity which she did a pretty good job in. She was also in the Terminator: The Sara Conner Chronicles tv show and from what I hear she was fantastic in that with all the kick-ass action scenes, plus she has the athletics needed to play Lara. To top it off, she kind of has the old school Lara Croft look to her...so even if the new movie has NOTHING to do with the original 5 amazing Tomb Raiders...at least Lara will actually look like Lara!


Kristin Kreuk - Canadian born actress of Dutch and Chinese Decent she is the second top contender next to Summer Glau shown in polls. Supposedly these two are "battling" for the role though I'm sure thats a rumour. Hmm, this one interests me. Lara Croft is an English woman, but I actually would not mind seeing Kristin take on the role. I did afterall, use think Lara Croft was Asian back when I first played the game. The only problem is that she was in that Chun Li movie and I heared that movie sucked major. Wheather it was her acting, story or what I don't know and I'm too lazy to go look it up, either or if she gets the role I hope she can pull it off.


Mila Kunis - I know what you're thinking...Meg from Family Guy and Jackie from that 70's show...she does totally look the part. I haven't seen her in any major movies other then her small young role in Gia (Hah, whata coinkidink she played a young Gia in Gia while adult Gia was played Angelina Jolie and here she might be a younger Lara Croft) While she is freakin' beautiful though I'm not sure how her voice would sound with an English Accent...If she was Lara and I saw her in it I probably wouldn't be able to get Meg out of my head and just wait for Peter Griffen to interrupt somewhere.


Sienna Millar - Let me start by saying the picture presented here is from GI Joe and its a total Lara Croft RIP OFF! Look at those gun holsters! And the Outfit!? It just just screams LARA CROFT! I remember seeing GI Joe in theater and I was just like...wow...she looks like Lara what a Tomb Raider rip off! Anyway, she did pretty good in GI Joe even though the movie kinda sucked...she's an OK actress, but I'm not too sure if she would make a good Lara...even though her look is ace...OBVIOUSLY


Rhona Mitra - The HILARIOUS thing about this rumour is that...she was actually a Lara Croft Model to promote the Tomb Raider games back in 1997-1998. I had NO CLUE was an actress (she was in Doomsday and Underworld 3) I don't know about this one, she's a only a year younger then Angelina and the point of not having Angelina is because they want a younger actress because this is an origin story...so what the hell? Might aswell bring Angelina back...she is an amazing actress afterall.


Megan Fox - Oh GOD ALMIGHTY NO!!! This rumour has already been bunked but I feel I have to talk about anyway. Supposedly shes the "next Angelina Jolie" whatever the hell that means, but...just no! Actually, this was the biggest Lara Croft rumour on the net, reports of Fox playing Lara were everywhere and I was just kicking and screaming. Sure she's hot, sure she looks like a younger Angelina, but homegirl can't act in my opinion. She needs to stay with Transformers and the crappy horror movies like Jennifer's Body. Lara Croft needs a good actress to fill her big boots(or bra size whatever).
P.S WE ALL KNOW WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE...so no need for me to post a pic heh.

I'm sure NONE of the above actresses will make the cut, they'll probably surprise me and pick some weirdo the same way they did with the first Tomb Raider. For now I really want Summer Glau to play Lara, though I'm still open to other contenders. Either way, I'm just excited there will be a new Tomb Raider movie (Megan Fox not included)
-Jeremy :)

Pyscho Song of the Week: Hurdy Gurdy Man

So this next blog idea came from the The Epic Madonna "WORGIN" Fail lol. Anyhow, I was blabbing away about how I thought it was pyscho and then the idea just clicked... PYSCHO SONG OF THE WEEK POSTS!

Our first gem is a song called "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan, yeah, its bound to be weird! He did write that hilarious song about Yellow Mellow Electrical Banana and mad about Saffron or something...Anyhoo, I came across this when looking at a few soundtracks on my Zune (This was on Dumb and Dumber of all places LOL) in this one he just blabs about the Hurdy Gurdy Man coming around to him singing songs about love and hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy he sang...and then he starts singing about the roly poly roly poly roly poly poly poly man that comes a singin'! Geeze was this MOLECULAR or what!? It's like shit you listen to while you're on some sort of strong ass drug and your high out of your mind (of course not that I know haha)

Anykahoot, here's the wacky, bizzare, odd, interesting, pyscho song, Hurdy Gurdy Man. By the way, this video has the lyrics so you can actually understand what the hell he's saying.

Downtown with Daniel & Claudia

Today is Wednesday and also the day I was going to hang out with Daniel. I catch the trolley and head to Downtown and boy was the trolley crowded today or what!? I don't think I've ever seen it that crowded before. Anyhoo, I get to Horton Plaza and wait around Jamba Juice for Daniel. He arrives with his Best Friend Claudia so it was nice to meet her. We then go have sushi at this placed called "Sushi Itto" it was pretty good I had a Shrimp Tempura Roll and the last Sushi on the plate had two hilarious shrimps sticking out of it. So there we ate our sushi and chatted about High School and Cholas and stuff like, oh and Valeries mean Mother! Claudia had to head off to class we said goodbye to her and Daniel and I walts around Downtown for a bit. We went to Starbucks where I tried the Iced White Mocha which was pretty good (apparently Daniel and the barista thought it was odd as to how I tried the Whip Cream...yeah I don't get it either haha). From Starbucks go to the World Market, cool place but very pricey in fact, the name use to be Cost Plus...and wow it does sure Cost Plus! After, Daniel and I walked around Horton Plaza and looked at different clothing stores. By this time it was around 8:00pm so we hopped on the Orange Trolley line. Daniel's stop was Euclid Ave where we parted ways and I continue the trolley trip. I wasn't exactly ready to go home, so I got off at Grossmont Center and walked around Barnes & Nobles where I bought a Green Tea Frap, I didn't know Starbucks still sold those until I saw a guy order one earlier. After that I thought it was time to head home so I from Grossmont Center I got picked up. Pretty fun day :D
-Jeremy
Our day of...

Aaliyah

Okay, so I know I'm almost a month late on this, but then again I just started this blog not too long ago. Anyway, August 25th 2009 marks the 8th year since Aaliyah's passing :( I'll never forget that day, I was at Knotts Berry Farm and the next day it was all over the news. I was so bummed because I've loved her music for a long time and to this day she remains one of my favorite R&B artist of all time. Aayliah was definitely one in a million.

This weeks Movie Review: Memoirs of a Geisha

I thought a cool idea for my blog is to do somewhat of a weekly movie review for one my favorite movies or new movies I see in general. I'm definitely no professional movie critic so I'll just be giving a brief overview of the movie and share my thoughts at the end.

The other day I had somewhat of a Geisha debate with my good friends Bobby & Jenny. I won't go into details on how that chaos started but it did lead me into wanting to watch one of my many favorite movies, Memoirs of a Geisha.

The movie is based on the novel Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. It is narrated by the main character and begins with her as a young girl named Chiyo Sakamoto who is sold into a life of service. Her new life is working in a Geisha house run by Ms.Nitta a.k.a "Mother", there she has befriends another girl who was bought named Pumpkin while having difficulites with Geisha Hatsumomo. The movie continues where one day the young Chiyo is feeling sad about her life gazing off into the river when the man known as Chairmen comes her way along with two other Geishas. His kindness to her makes her desperately determined to become a Geisha to maybe have a chance to be apart of his lifestyle. One day, the Great Mameha(she's apparently Queen Geisha or something, cause when she arrives at Chiyo's place everyones scared shitless) comes to Ms.Nitta's place where she stikes a bargain to train Chiyo to become the most celebrated Geisha in all the town. Soon, Chiyo's name becomes Sayuri, and she in fact does become the most successful and sought after Geisha while having many encounters with the love of her life, Chairmen. These encounters unfortunately are interfered by Mameha's plans for her to get with Nobu or Dr.Crab to place bids on her mizuagi(virginity) due to having a tough rivalry with Hatsumomo. It's now World War II and Sayuri's life as a Geisha is now over, and must endure hard labor on a rice farm. Years later, Nobu finds Sayuri working on the farm and asks for her to return as a Geisha to help entertain the Americans during their stay in Japan. She is reunited with Mameha, Ms. Nitta, Pumpkin and her personal secret love, Chairmen. Sayuri onces again tries for the Chairmens interest, but she is backstabbed by her once friend Pumpkin for an occurence that happend during Sayuri's successful Geisha career earlier in the film. She continues her work as a Geisha where Ms.Nitta tells her a client is waiting for her in the flower garden. The client turns out to be Chairmen where he then confesses that he had planned all along to be with her and that he had asked Mameha for the favor to train her as a Geisha and everything comes full circle. The movie ends with them in an embrace and walking through the flower garden with a final narration from Sayuri. And yeah, thats the basic GIST of the movie.

Alright, now for my thoughts. Let me start by saying this film got six academy award nods, so that already says a lot about it. Memoirs of a Geisha definitely has a fairy tale theme going on in it, and actually, I noticed a lot of similarites to famous fairytales. Chamber maid working with mean step sisters and the fairy God Mother coming to her rescue? Yeah, thats Cinderella. It also has that Little Mermaid theme to it, the mermaid has the dream to become part of the human world. Chyio/Sayuri's goal is to become Geisha so that she may be with her Prince represented in the Chairmen. Or what about Beauty and the Beast? During the film Sayuri has troubles getting to soften the character Nobu, who once hated the very word Geisha, becomes madly in love with her and coming to understand the art of a Geisha (plus Nobu was fuckin' ugly so yeah, TOTALLY Beauty and the Beast). I'm pretty sure that the auther didn't intend to use or perhaps even think of those ideas, he did afterall, base the story off of an actual Geisha who is known as Sayuri in the story. Wheather he did or not, there definitely are those elements in the story that all together weaved a perfect fairy tale. Overall the story is pretty damn good, especially for you romantic freako's. Not only that, but the film itself is visually beautiful, the sets, the clothes, the women, the music, it just bleeds artistic value in evey way. I kind of wish it was in Japanese just because it would have made it seem more authentic. Many complained about the actors not actually being of Japanese decent(My Japanese teacher for one) but I think when it comes to playing as characters in movies, it's important to know that they are not themselves in the film, they are simply portraying someone else so the actors ethnic background shouldn't matter. When watching a movie you're not supposed to think of the truth behind the movie, then of course that makes it seem unrealistic and unenjoyable. The point of watching a movie is to emmerse yourself into that world for a bit and forget about the actual world you are living in for a few hours. People did the same thing about Selena, many complained about Jennifer Lopez' Puerto Rican background when Selena was Mexican. Myself I am Mexican, but I didn't care that Jennifer Lopez wasn't because in the movie she was Selena, she was Mexican in that movie. Anyway enough of that. My ONLY complaint about Memoirs of a Geisha is the usage of Japanese terminology, if your not familiar with any Japanese you might get lost as to what an Okiya, Hanamachi, Mizuage, Danna actually is. Of course if you pay close attention you'll definitely be able to figure it out, but of course some are a tad to lazy to do so haha. In any case, if you haven't seen Memoirs of a Geisha, I definitely recommend it. I think it's a great romance movie, perfect date movie, with a cultural lesson on what the heck a Geisha is.

Starring:
Zhang Ziyi - Chiyo/Sayuri
Michelle Yeoh - Mameha
Ken Watanabe - Chairmen
Kaori Momoi - Mother
Gong Li - Hatsumomo (By the way, she was almost 40 when she made this yet looked 20 somethin!)
Koji Yakuso - Nobu
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - The Baron
Youki Kudo - Pumpkin



4/5 Stars

Happy Aquarium!

Is blogging about a Facebook Application lame? Well if it is I don't care because Happy Aquarium is freaking fun! I try to avoid doing those facebook things because they're total time wasters and I already spend way too much time online. Sure I do quizzes on occasion but never actually play any of the games. My friend Vicki sends me a "Become my Neighbor!" request and the game is called "Happy Aquarium!" So ya know me I love fish and marine stuff and have been an Aquarium hobbyist since I was like 5 or something. Of course I must play this game! It starts with an empty aquarium with a treasure chest containing coins you can collect, the more coins the more fish and decorations you can buy. Pretty much the whole point of this game is to collect coins so you can buy more fish and raise them to become adults and clean the fish tank to level up and become the ultimate fish tank owner. Yeah yeah I know that whole idea sounds lame, and it totally is unless your a fish nut like myself. Anyhow, Happy Aquarium is really fun so if you have a facebook play this game!

Here is how my Aquarium looks right now and its only going to get bigger!

By the way, I noticed this game has an overall salt water theme to it, but two of the fish species you can put in your tank are actually fresh water fish, the Goldfish and Beta! Of course only a fish dork like myself would notice that haha.

-Jeremy :)