After receiving the comment and writing a post about it, I decided to read the 'Heat' entry again and see what I wrote that was so bad. And you know what! I WAS TOTALLY FUNNY. I just gave myself a pat on the back for having written that entry. And after having read it, I just remembered all the bad parts about Heat. Man. That movie was really bad. And the guy that commented on my blog must be on of those idiots that put Godfather below Heat on their list of Best Movies Ever Made.
I'd watch... now what's the worst movie ever.. hmmmmmmm OH YEAH 13 GHOSTS. I'll watch 13 Ghosts ONE MORE time than watch half of Heat again. There. Now you can write ANOTHER comment and give me the satisfaction of rejecting it. HAHAHAHA. I'm soooooo cool. Thanks man. WHOEVER YOU ARE, you just reminded me how awesome I am. I love myself. Me go play PS3 since ME UNEDUCATED. BOOHOO... I should've considered my life and studied better in school and become more educated so I can spend my time writing hate posts on normal people's blogs.. *silently sobbing*. :(
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Recently someone commented on my post of the movie 'Heat'. This jackass started running his mouth about how I'll never become successful at writing. First off, I'm not a writer. This is NOT a movie review site of any kind. I'm just another guy writing a blog about things I watch and stuff that happens in my life. I was going to write an entry about how I enjoy scratching my balls. Why don't you comment on that later? It seems like you have the time.
It's neither my fault nor my worry that your life revolves around concerning yourself with what every blogger writes about the movie you and your first boyfriend watched. There's no steadfast rule about likes and dislikes. I disliked Heat because it was BORING. Al Pacino is a great actor and so is Robert De Niro. And I thoroughly enjoy Michael Mann movies. But for some reason, Heat was boring to me. That's my opinion. And I wrote about it, and that's my choice as is the aforementioned ball-scratching. I am not aspiring to me a writer or a movie reviewer. If you are, then carry on.
I'll say it again. I hated Heat. I get like .. what.. 10 visitors a week or something. Most of them through Google Images so I don't give a rat's ass whether you liked my entry or hated it. It's a fucking blog, moron. The reason I stopped writing is because I have better things in life to do like enjoying Megan Fox's twin peaks of joy in Transformers. Now, go away. Go flip out your iPhone and play with your 'Fart App', 'LOL' about it to and High 5 your friends. Moron.
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Iam not much for traveling or taking in different cultures. But for some reason, I am very much taken to the Korean culture. Ever since my junior college days, I think. I was always drawn to the culture. And, I want to live there one day. I'm so drawn to their cities, villages, entertainment - entertainment mainly. I think Korean women are some of the most beautiful women in the Asian continent. In my opinion, I feel they are the best. Korean gangster movies are so awesome and not over the top nor boring. I find it odd that their movies don't have the same amount of exposure as most Chinese movies do.
Chingu, Bittersweet Life and Dirty Carnival are some of the best gangster movies I watched. And, say whatever you want, I love the Wondergirls dammit. I love all their songs and I watch all their performances. I think their rapper Kim Yubin is totally hot. Be it Nobody, So hot, Tell me or Ee Babo, I love their songs one and alike. I do love other Korean female artists such as Lee Hyori, Chae Yeon and Baek Ji Young but Wondergirls, man. They make me sing. And that's truly special.
I love so many things about Korean women. Especially how effective the word, 'oppa' is on men. Maybe this is just me writing while I'm half asleep or something. I am doing my assignment and I'm listening to Wondergirls and I felt that I need to write about them and just Korean women in general.
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I don't really think anyone didn't expect this. He was brilliant and I knew it from the day I watched the Dark Knight, he was gonna be nominated and he was gonna win. And in the Joker's words, "It's all... part of the plan."
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Jonas Blane and David Palmer are very memorable characters from 2 very action packed TV shows. Jonas Blane as Master Sergeant and team leader on The Unit and David Palmer as the President of the United States on 24. Both those characters are played by the very charismatic Dennis Haysbert, an actor that has not had the limelight he so deserves. But I write this, not to feel sad for his roles - because he was given 2 roles that people will remember him for - but I feel sad because he's always given a wife who is ...
FUGLY. First, lemme apologise for saying that. But, honestly. The make-up team can be blamed for this with their bright red lipstick and crapy hairstyles. Sherry Palmer, the actress who played his wife on 24, was not only fugly but annoying. She may be a good actress because she really pulled off being a major bitch with ease. But why did they have to pick someone so unlike Dennis Haysbert. I mean, he's no Brad Pitt, but he's not that bad either. He can do much better than the actress that played his wife on 24.
And as for his wife on the Unit, man. She's a good person but I see her and really think... The casting people cast 2 hot wives for 2 leading characters, the other 2 are single and they gave Dennis Haysbert the shaft. They said, "Ah fuck it. Get the first person you see." I know it's not good to pass judgment on people, and I'm especially in no place to call people fugly, but COME ON. MOLLY BLANE is really fugly. She can be 100 pounds lighter but the face won't change. And they always put such heavy make up on her. It's really really really bad!
I'm as big a fan as there will be of 24 and the Unit is another awesome show that I really love. But Sherry Palmer ruined 24 for me whenever she came on. The casting people can pick ugly people but come on. There's a certain type of ugly that's really hard to tolerate. She's not JUST ugly. Sherry Palmer is that annoying monkey-ass ugly. I mean the character and not the actress. And they put such bright red lipstick on her always and it's SO SO SO HARD TO WATCH. Same case with Molly Blane.
Why why why why why? It's insufferable. It's a combination of bad heavy make-up and character and a whole mess of crap that makes me shudder every time I had to watch either of those women on screen. Take the heavy makeup and the bright red lipstick and at least they won't look standout ugly. They'll look like normal women. But the REDDDDDD LIPSTICK and the... hairstyles and a whole mix of crap, that forced me write this. I apologise to the 2 great actresses. They act really well. But I feel sorry for them as well, because the make-up teams really mess them up.
And most importantly Dennis Haysbert, sir, you're awesome and you deserve better. If I was a director, I'd hook you up with the likes of Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams, Jada Pinkett Smith or even Eva Mendes. You deserve it. But as a fan all I can say is, Ranger on. Expand / Read More
Suadref Studios has the longest standing cool record. But after one month of no love for 24, Suadref Studios' cool standing is taking a plummet. More as this develops ...
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Dear Apple, I do not know how you designed iTunes for Apple devices but for Windows systems, please take the iTunes package and shove it far up your ass. Please. Please? Okay? I sincerely ask you with all of my being. I plead with you, no, beg you. Please take iTunes for Windows and shove it really far up your ass. Why, Apple? Why? Why did you design a fucking cow that is 60mb in size, has a fucking 60mb update like every fucking week (WHAT ARE YOU UPDATING WORTH 60MB EVERY WEEK WHEN I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGES), takes about 17-18 hours to install on Windows and whenever I update the package, it asks me to restart my computer, and you install and automatically start multiple services which I don't require but when I uninstall iTunes, you politely leave all the unnecessary services still installed within my system. After uninstalling, I get to relive the joy of restarting my computer again only to realise that nooooooooo.... it's not fully uninstalled. Now I get to play with my uninstaller again! Let's manually uninstall the uber great Apple Mobile Device support, the Apple Software Updater (this is the most active application on my PC, so hard at work every day), and even my favourite BONJOURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BONJOURNOOOOOOO!!!! Every application of yours has a name that tells you what it might be about... Apple mobile device support? Explanatory. Apple Update Service? Explanatory. iTunes... tunes.... songs.. Explanatory. BONJOURRRRRRRRRR WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK WOOOO! YAYYYYY! WOW! MY EXPLORER SHELL HAS JUST CRASHED WHILE TRYING TO UNINSTALL BONJOURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNOOOOOO woooo GO APPLE!
Thank you, Apple! You have re-affirmed my strong belief that only people with ample time on their hands with nothing better to do associate with you. I mean, when I saw the MAC vs PC commercials, it hit me. Apple users are exactly like the guy they show in the commercials. Brain dead slackers with far too much time on their hands and are cocky about who knows what the fuck. Please, Apple. Please! Please takes iTunes away from Window. Please don't release any more iTunes for Windows. Make Windows users SUFFERRRRR by making iTunes unavailable for us just like it is unavailable for a lot of Unix systems EVEN THOUGH YOUR CODE IS BASED ON FREEBSD. You want me to say Apple rules? APPLE RULES! Happy? Please... please remove iTunes for Windows. I apologise for having tried to use iPod Touch with Songbird and it didn't work. iPods usually do.. but since iPod Touch didn't work.... I had to use iTunes and it didn't detect because I had to restart againnnnnnnnnn wooooooooooooo!!! Restarting fun!!!!
Please Apple.. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Please take iTunes away from Windows! Windows sucks, okay? iTunes rules.... it's too good for Windows. Ok? Happy? Now please work on removing iTunes and save people like me a lot of time in installing and removing all your services and making me restart after installing and after uninstalling after also after reinstalling. Ok? Thanks! I love you Apple! Please quickly shove iTunes up your asses.
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Heat is a 90s (not sure which year) movie with an all star cast - Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Dennis Haysbert and Natalie Portman - directed by Michael Mann. Michael Mann is the director of Collateral which is one of the best movies of an assassin and one of Tom Cruise's best roles. He also directed Ali and The Insider. He's one of the directors whose movies I'd watch without knowing what they're about. And Heat was starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. It even got a rating of 89% at Rotten Tomatoes.
But ... I honestly believed there was some jackass wearing a Michael Mann face mask and directing this movie because this movie blowed on so many levels. Okay, let's go over the good stuff first. Robert De Niro. Is there a role this guy plays that he doesn't own? When I watched the Godfather, I thought NO ONE can come close to being Vito Corleone other than Marlon Brando. But when I watched Godfather II, I was stunned at how good Robert De Niro portrayed Vito Corleone. It was astounding to watch him take a character that Marlon Brando created and take it to another level.
And just in the same way, Robert De Niro nailed the part of the professional robber in the movie. You won't for a second think that it's Travis Bickle or Vito Corleone or Jimmy Conway or Jake LaMotta or even Jack Byrnes that you're watching. He's that good.
Okay. That's about it. Let's go over the bad parts, shall we? Al Pacino. Everyone knows, loves and even admires Michael Corleone, Tony Montana, Serpico, Frank Slade and the actor behind those memorable characters - the great Al Pacino. In Heat, all I say was a yelling cop who was over acting almost in every scene. You'll find it too typical of an Al Pacino character. I mean, you'll see Al Pacino. You won't see the character he's playing.
There's one scene that's so horribly bad. He and one other guy go to an apartment and they're about to kick the door in and apprehend the suspects or whatever. His buddy shoots 2 shotgun shells at the door and very very very very very fucking obviously you see a stunt double kick down a door and even more supremely obviously you see the stunt double doing THE MOST DANGEROUS STUNT YOU HAVE EVER SEEN - run. It's not like I was watching the movie for the 10th time or even trying to find mistakes. But that was so painfully obvious and made me wonder... what the hell. Did they really need a stunt double to run on top of a door towards a guy?
Remember the scene from the Terminator 2: Judgment Day? When John Connor is on his dirt bike trying to escape from the T1000 in a huge truck and the T800 is on a bike? Then the T800 makes a huge leap where you can see the stunt double and after he overtakes the truck, he picks up John Connor and you can see the stunt double. That's a dangerous stunt and one that requires a fair bit of skill. But running? SERIOUSLY?
The women of the movie are portrayed as either idiots or bitches. Al Pacino's wife feels distant from him and he's always busy and she sleeps with another guy WHILE married to Al Pacino, IN THEIR HOUSE and when Al Pacino comes home, she acts like everything is normal. She even introduces the guy she slept with. I mean, okay. I understand that you are not able to connect with your HUSBAND. And the best solution was to sleep with another man WHILE still being married in your own house. Wow. That woman was both bitchy and idiotic.
Robert De Niro's girlfriend. She works at some bookshop. She sleeps with him twice. And when she finds out he's a thief and a killer, she freaks out and wants to leave. But less than 10 minutes later, she's all convinced that he's the perfect guy for her and decides to run away with a known fugitive whom she met twice. Wow. Wasn't the 90s already being flooded by the savaging, man-eating, never-stop-yapping feminists? Why didn't they say anything about the women in this movie?
The ending. *WARNING - SAVER ALERT*. I'm saving you the trouble of watching this movie. Al Pacino kills Robert De Niro even though De Niro was behind him and with his gun already pointed at Pacino. Roll Credits. No mention of anything else. Michael Mann had time to show a pointless scene of Natalie Portman with her wrists slits and an unnecessary hospital scene meant to bring Pacino and wife together again and some socialising Police party events and stuff... but he didn't have the time to explain what happens with the rest of the characters.
The movie ends like this. Pacino shoots De Niro. De Niro makes a speech as though he's not been shot 3 times. I mean, Pacino was more winded having chased him and De Niro was talking all normal even though he also ran and got shot in the chest 3 times. Then they shake hands. Directed by Michael Mann. I had to finish the movie in 3 sittings. I took a dinner break and slept at night while watching it and finished it the next morning.
The dialogue. It was really lame and I thought when Pacino and De Niro talked in the restaurant, it'd be the coolest thing ever but it was lame. The soundtrack is another thing that blowed. Everyone can associate to a good soundtrack and great movies have great music in them. I remember most of the music from Collateral including the club music. It was all good and well set for the movie. Heat had no memorable music.
But what I really hated was the storyline. So many things didn't fit. Val Kilmer and Ashley Judd were as believable as a couple as Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. And with as many crap unnecessary parts and with a frickin' 2 hour 40 minute movie, Michael Mann could've just ended the movie with some TEXTUAL information about the characters we did care about.
I know the movie's a commercial and critical success but I really don't see it. I watched this movie in the mood to love it since it's Michael Mann with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. But I was proven wrong. They say peel the onion or whatever. But what the fuck. I don't understand why the movie is good. It was really bad, if you ask me. I found Collateral to be a million times more entertaining and thorough than Heat. I had to watch a whole other movie to forget about Heat.
And remember the tagline of the movie? Something about not getting involved in anything that you can't get out of in 30 seconds? What about the scene De Niro goes to kill Waingro or whatever his name was? That went totally against his rules but it's okay. Same rule doesn't apply for his girlfriend though. Sad. There are actually people who put Heat as the best movie of all time. Really? Even on top of the Godfather? Wow. Those must be some really stupid people. Expand / Read More
I am watching Season 7 of 24 now. The thing is, I just finished watching Season 6, and 7 episodes of Season 7 were already aired in the US. I stumbled upon a few reviews here and there and some people are saying Season 7 is not great. I don't know what those people are smoking, but I'm at episode 3 of Season 7 and I'm already feeling annoyed. Why? I controlled myself to not watch Season 7 till it airs the last episode because I cannot understand how people can wait 1 week to watch what happens in the next episode of 24 because every episode ends on such a high note. But I couldn't control myself. And I watched the first episode of Season 7 and I cannot stop. Season 7 is just as suspenseful, just as exhilarating and just as mind blowing. 24 remains to the current episode, the best television show of all time. 24: Redemption was awesome too.
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I consider myself as somewhat of a movie/entertainment enthusiast; mainly of shows originating from Hollywood. So, when a show (given enough hype or raising enough interest) is announced or gathers positive reviews and the genre or the storyline interests, I know about it. For everything else, I was introduced to the show by my friends. I'm not overly sociable but I have friends who are from varying ethnicities, ages and even interests. So I guess what I'm asking myself is, Why the fuck has no one told me about 24? I mean ...
24 is awesome. And even Ferdaus, who (except Star Wars, Nightwish, Siti Nurhaliza etc etc) has introduced me to some great shows has not mentioned a word about 24. Now, its been a while since I said this. But if you're someone that knows about 24 and does not like it, it's not because you have a different opinion, its only because you're a moron and society has outcast you for being an extremely painful one.
24 is, without doubt, the best TV show I have ever seen. It's even better than most action movies which have a lot of crap scenes in a 2-hour show. Most movies cannot fill up a 2-hour show full of action. 24 fills up 24 full episodes per season with no holds barred action.
Screw genres, screw storylines. Amongst all the TV shows I have watched, 24 is downright the most entertaining TV show ever. I have one question for the writers of 24 - Do you guys write the series on an adrenaline rush? Why the fuck is every episode so bloody pumped up and full of action? I hardly (notice I said hardly and not never) come across any scenes which are not relevant to the story and I have NEVER come across a scene that was boring.
The great thing about 24 is that it's new and exciting. 24 episodes per season. Why is the show called 24? Because it's a show in real time and shows the events that occur in a 24-hour span. What do I mean by real-time? Basically ever episode is 1 hour long, and 24 episodes make up 24 hours and one season. So in that hour's time, different stories involves different people with one main plot occur.
Let's say there's one character and something that involves him. They show everything he does within an hour let's say between 8am and 9am. But it would be boring to keep showing ALL that he does within that hour. So when he's driving a car or like doing something that's not important, they show the other characters and it's all linked together. It's hard to really explain like this but if you watch one episode, you'll understand what I mean.
There's only 1 main character that reappears in every season and that's Jack Bauer who is a CTU (Counter Terrorism Unit) agent. Jack Bauer is played by Kiefer Sutherland who (if you watched Phone Booth) is the guy on the phone. And believe it or not, he speaks exactly like that. It was really surprising because I thought the voice on Phone Booth was digitally modified to sound gripping/scary/in control or something but it's not. Kiefer Sutherland actually talks like that and it sounds so cool and stern and official.
I had no movies or TV shows to watch and I wanted to buy something new. And I was undecided between watching The Unit, Sopranos, The Wire or 24. I watched a lot of comedies before that and I wanted something different. I tried one episode of Sopranos and loved it. I tried one episode of The Unit and it was okay. The Wire was cool as well.
And then I watched one episode of 24. Ummm. I wanted to shoot myself because I only had one episode. Every episode ends on such a high note, that I cannot imagine people watching this show once a week. They'd be dying to find out what would happen next. But lucky, I got seasons 1 and 2.
Season 1 was unbelievably good. And that's until I watched Season 2. Season 2 made me use my stubby fingers and write this post which is to say A LOT. I had to pause the season mid-way and just do something or write something so my friends would know about it. 24 is now at Season 7.
I say it again, and I say it with conviction and confidence. If you don't like 24, it's not a lack of opinion but rather a lack of taste. If you haven't watched 24, do it as soon as you can. 24 rocks and I wish I was Jack Bauer. In fact, I'm about to go change my name now. Later. Expand / Read More
There's a damn fine reason why this movie won 7 academy awards and is even chosen to be preserved. I watched Schindler's List just a while ago and I have to admit, it's a great movie. The content of the movie was obviously gripping; witnessing some of the horrors of the Holocaust and how the Jews were treated by the Germans. But it's not the content that had me, it was the feeling that not for even one second of the movie did I think I was just watching a movie. I thought it was like some documentary or that it's really happening in front of me. I have to admit - this movie is Steven Spielberg's masterpiece. There's a reason why I am posting this at 1am in the morning.
If Dark Knight is even considered for a Best Movie category, I'll be baffled. The Dark Knight was a great movie, no doubt. But can it contend with the the true Oscar-worthy movies? I don't think so. Schindler's List is without doubt one of my favourite movies now and I'd hate to see a movie of Dark Knight's calibre in the same league of some of the best movies ever made.
I remember having a long talk with Ferdaus if some movies that won Oscar's best movie category deserve it. When I was younger, I didn't think so. But my tastes have somewhat refined and I expect a little more from a movie now. Movies I didn't enjoy in the past, I enjoy now. I once thought that Godfather is sinfully boring. But when I watched it again, it became one of my favourite movies.
Schindler's List delivered on every level of my expectations and I'm still under the movie's effect. Liam Neeson, man. He's on a whole other level, isn't he? Anyway. If you haven't watched Schindler's List, watch it. It's not just a movie; it's a horrifying and utterly realistic portrayal of what transpired during that time and how one man changed the fate of a thousand Jews. Expand / Read More
Don Cheadle is another great actor. I remember him from Ocean's Eleven and a number of other movies which he had minor roles in. But since Ocean's Eleven, he's been making a name for himself. You know what's the mark of a good actor? Becoming the character he's supposed to play. Erasing all evidence of who he is and being only what he is supposed to be. You know what? I thought he's a English-born actor. He had such a strong English accent in Ocean's Eleven that I was convinced of that. And would you believe it? American. Born and raised. And I watched Hotel Rwanda a couple of hours ago, and it was just as puzzling to me. This guy is a truly amazing actor and yet not well recognised. A lot of my friends still refer to him as "that guy".
Anyway, Hotel Rwanda is the story of a Hotel manager in Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide. This is another great movie that you shouldn't miss. Hotel Rwanda shows how cruel humans really are and how evident it is that one day we will be the end of ourselves. If you're thinking, "That was a long time ago and people have changed." - the Rwandan Genocide occured in 1994. That's not too far back.
Approximately a million Tutsi people were killed during the Rwandan genocide by Hutu militia within a period of 100 days. That's insane. I remember so many parts of the movie but what I remember most is Don Cheadle's performance. This is another great movie I recommend. Watch it for 15 minutes and you'll be gripped. Expand / Read More
Google widely advertises that it's completely on Linux. The world's most powerful search engine (with over 60% market share, closest second being Yahoo with 16%) is hosted on Linux servers. I respect Google for what it's become. Google provided us with GMail, Maps, Calendar, Reader and some very useful web-applications over the past few years and has really emerged from being far more than just a search engine. Google's web-apps go unparalleled at times. But, I've lost a lot of respect for Google ever since Chrome has been released. When I first saw the video of Google Chrome, I was impressed. And I specifically remember the speaker introducing Chrome saying that the developers were working hard at releasing Mac and Linux versions as soon as they can. As soon as they can would mean a couple of weeks.
It's been a few months since Chrome has been released and multiple updates for Chrome on Windows have been released yet there's no sign of Chrome on Linux anywhere - not even a hint of it. It's not like I'm a fan of Chrome. That browser cannot be half of what Firefox is. But sometimes, you want an alternative and although there are many alternatives on Linux like Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany, Midori and so on, I can't help but think why Google is unable to produce some of its applications for Linux or Mac.
Picasa still runs through Wine. I can't believe that a company as big as Google cannot port a browser onto 2 other platforms whereas Mozilla is able to port all their applications to the 3 major platforms. Thunderbird, Prism, Firefox, Seamonkey, Sunbird, and many others are available on the same day for all platforms. Google, if you ever get this, buck up. If a company as big as you and as big as you are on Linux can't produce your own applications for Linux, it's sad. Expand / Read More
It's been almost a month since the last time I wrote anything here. But today, I've been inspired to write something. A couple of days back I wanted to write a post about Ubuntu Linux because Ferdaus said it's just for the AVERAGE desktop user. I can do about a 1000 things on my Ubuntu box that I cannot do on Windows. But I'm not going to get into that, because it's an uphill battle arguing against everyone who cannot open up to awesomeness. Anyway, this is about a person who I always stood by despite what everyone said. People called her a slut, I said no. People argued she can't sing for nuts, I said no. People said she'll never make it back. I said no. And after a long time, she's finally made it back in awesomeness.
Britney Spears may never be as hot as she used to be. But that's a ridiculously thought. She's almost 10 years older since the time she was at her peak and she's had kids as well. She still holds the record for being the biggest selling female Pop artist ever with her debut album. These are statistics not just gained by her videos, this is by songs; music. People say she can't sing but there are worse singers out there getting more attention that they deserve.
I respect Britney Spears for what she's been through. She lost her kids in a custody battle. She's had so many tabloids and articles dedicated to making her looks bad. People labeled her all sorts of things and even called her unappealing and making claims that she can never come back in the limelight. Well, her latest single Womanizer just jumped from 96 to #1 on the charts.
I'm not a big fan of her music. But I'm a big fan of Britney Spears. She's been to the top, she's hit rock bottom, and she literally crawled back up to the top and I'm sure she's gonna climb even higher. True respect to Britney Spears from the bottom of my heart.
Oh and an important note. If you don't think Britney is hot now, you probably eat a lot of cock meat sandwiches. HAHA. Harold and Kumar crack me up. Britney rules. Shut up. Expand / Read More
As far as media players go, VLC was already a notch above the rest, playing videos by default where other players required codecs and what not. VLC is a very stable multimedia player and I always respected it's functionality. In fact, I carry a portable version of VLC in my thumb drive - that's how useful I deem VLC to be and how dependent I am on it. But VLC 0.9.2 was released a while back and I didn't get a change to try it since Ubuntu has not yet updated VLC to the latest version. So I did it myself. What I experienced is beyond every expectation I had. VLC 0.9.2 blew me away.
1.) Subtitles - They used to look so ugly in VLC but now with the latest version, VLC lets you choose which font you want and the size as well, making subtitles more rounded and more pleasing to the eyes.
2.) Full-Screen controls - We use fullscreen mode so we won't need to see any controls but sometimes you want to use the controls and it sucks that you have to exit the fullscreen mode just to use the controls. VLC implemented a fullscreen control menu which auto-hides. Very useful.
3.) Adjust brightness and such - I cannot sleep at night without someone talking, or some distraction. So I watch videos on my laptop till I fall asleep. But at night, when the lights are off, the screen is really bright. VLC now lets you adjust brightness, contrast and colours too. Now, I can enjoy videos through VLC at night.
4.) The Interface - VLC 0.9.2 is MUCH nicer; especially on Ubuntu. The preferences windows is very well modified and it is leaps over the old preferences menu. I wasn't expecting this at all. They literally covered all grounds. The leap from the 0.8~ version to the 0.9 version is HUGE. If you're using the old VLC player, change to the new one and you'll easily be impressed by how far the VLC team have progressed.
5.) Customisations - There's another shortcut icon that lets you makes adjustments and customise effects (like the brightness stuff I said earlier), lets you modify your audio equaliser, adding motion blue and a LOT of other fascinating things.
6.) Encoding errors - You know that sometimes due to encoding problems and such, the audio and video are not synched? VLC lets you adjust the audio delay to match the video and also let's you match the subtitles delay to the video/audio as well. It's truly amazing.
VLC Player has implemented a lot of other new features as well, but these are the ones that just made VLC a permanent multimedia player for me. Install VLC player today from: VLC's WebsiteExpand / Read More
For the longest time, I have had a Cbox tagboard and I've used Firefox with Ad-Block to browse the web. So when I visit my own blog, I don't see what people would see but I see what I get to see. So when I viewed my blog with no ad-blocking addons through other browsers, I realised what a great advertising platform Cbox really is. It places a big old popup banner in my blog and everytime I visit, I get a nice big banner in my face. Now that would contradict with my Ad-Free Blog image.
1.) I removed CBox. Granted, tag-boards are way easier to comments than clicking the Comment link, waiting for a window to open and then commenting, but I hate ads. 2.) I added Recent Comments to the sidebar so, if anyone comments, the comments will be shown there. 3.) I also changed the banner to Kim Hye-Su. 4.) I put 'Blogs I Read' widget to the sidebar with a snippet of their latest post.
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Wanted to reply in my blog, but I don't want umm potential clients to read me writing abt hot women. That blog's being heavily censored nowadays, which is why I don't make much postings there anymore. Hope to revamp the website to include a more uncensored blog when i finish school, soon. ANYWAY, I do have comments.
I agree with why they are retards by not including hotness such as Holly (dance nude/ fight in bikini while being hot) Valance, or Rachel Stevens, Selma (hot goth potential! Me like!) Blair and that theron woman (Aeon Flux is da bomb).
These listings are really crap. It's already pretty hard to make lists on something which is a matter of individual taste. But I've seen many lists from Digg that really make no sense. I guess fucktards must've dugg them between themselves. I'm not just talking babe lists, but movie, movie moments, songs, nostalgic stuff, just crap.
But I gotta disagree on Jessica Alba. She's got promise since I first saw her in Dark Angel. Then she got hot in so many movies. Still hot after the pregnancy, I might add.
And Halle Berry. You're right. You don't understand. I do. Hahah.
As for those who SHOULD be: I agree with all except- Lohan fish and Jolie witch. Yucks man.
There should be one more to add to HOT list: You'll never agree with me on this one. But well, she's.... AYUMI HAMASAKI! She da bomb man.
It's 1am now in Melbourne, Australia. I'm writing this when I'm supposed to actually writing a report for an assignment due tomorrow. Hey, I'm last minute king after all. But what made me stop my report writing to write this post is a woman. If I were to pick one celebrity to protect at all costs, I'd do it for free for this woman and I wouldn't think twice when I have to stand in harm's way. I'm not in love with this woman, but I'd kiss the ground she walks on. She's that incredibly mind-numbingly sexy and affirms my stand that Asian women are way hotter than Caucasians. Well, at least to me.
I'm not kidding, when I say this: I'd pick her over Angelina Jolie. It's already known that I have a soft-spot for Korean women. They're my preference. But it would take for a helluva woman to make the cut, especially when Angelina Jolie is the height of it. If Angelina Jolie got prettier over time, this woman grew exponentially in hotness over time. Half of Angelina Jolie's appeal is her attitude. And this woman I'm talking about has a ton more attitude than Jolie.
So with some pictures of her then and now, allow me to introduce a level of hotness we asians aren't accustomed to, so close to home. The pride of Korea, voted most-beautiful face by Korean photographers, a woman of unparalleled style and attitude, a redefinition of age-defying beauty, a woman as timeless as can be, the one, the only, forever - Kim Hye Soo.
Images taken from Google Images. Unedited - all credit to photographers and owners of these photos. And a small music video in which she was starring. A very beautiful song and one of my favourite Korean songs as well. JYP - The House You Live In, starring Kim Hye Soo. Enjoy.
Today I was reading an article on some website and somehow I landed on AskMen's top 99 women list. Don't ask me how, things just happened. And I also remember having seen the top 100 on FHM's list a few days back. It also just happened. I guess. Anyway. That's not the point. The point is the lists I've seen are not good at all. It's 2008, and there are some women on that list that don't belong and some women on that list rated too low. Well, it's time for another one of my opinion sessions. I'll start with women who were ranked pretty high but don't deserve it.
The longest middle finger to AskMen.com
Before I go into the list of women who deserve and don't deserve to be on any list of top women, I'd like to find the person who has the longest and thickest middle finger in the world. Then I'm gonna take that person to whoever approved the AskMen's top 99 women list and point that person's middle finger at their stupid faces till I'm happy. Why?
There was no Selma Blair or Charlize Theron on AskMen's top 99 list. Who the fuck in the right mind approved that? Selma Blair is insanely hot and so is Charlize Theron. Not worthy of a spot on the top 99? What the fuck. Who else didn't make the cut?
There was no Holly Valance, no Nicole Kidman, no Susan Ward, no Catherine Bell, no Rachel Stevens, no Jennifer Aniston just to name a few. They removed Britney Spears, fair enough. They removed Mariah Carey, fair enough. They removed Jennifer Lopez, fair enough. But, why the rest? So, who did they include in this crap fest?
The list of women that don't deserve top 100 status
1.) Jessica Alba - I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this, but Jessica Alba has truly outgrown her appeal. The whole Malaysian/Filipino/what not look is just not working anymore. Don't go out and do a Google search and look at her old pictures. Look at some of her newer ones. She doesn't look hot to me anymore, and definitely not hot enough to be in a top 5 spot.
2.) Beyonce - Just like Jessica Alba, but somehow this woman has gotten really worse over time. All her appeal is completely gone. The once hot Beyonce is now the transexual-looking Beyonce. Follow this link: Beyonce. Now, look at a couple of pictures of her and tell me, honestly, if you saw this woman on the street or if you didn't know Beyonce, tell me you don't think she looks like a man.
3.) Halle Berry - What are you kidding me? Still? She was hot like over 5 years ago. And 5 years back she was only moderately hot. I never understood what's so hot about her the way Ferdaus did.
4.) Heidi Klum - Looks really old now.
5.) Kim Kardashian - Apparently all it takes nowadays to get to stardom from minor celebrity status are fake tits and a home-made porno. She and Paris Hilton can go make another porno for all I care, and I still wouldn't find neither one appealing.
6.) Eva Longoria - WAY WAY WAY past her prime. Look at any of her recent pictures. Completely unattractive. Definitely not worthy of a top-spot. What is she even doing nowadays? Her whole appeal was playing a slut on Desperate housewives. Now she's just a housewife. Shut up, you feminists! I didn't say ANYTHING. I just said housewife.
7.) Alicia Keys - Beautiful songwriter. Why is she labeled hot, though?
8.) Shakira - Was was was. And only when she dances. She'd probably top my list of 'hot body weird face' women. Kirsten Dunst is right up there as well.
9.) Nicole Scherzinger - What the tranny fuck. Tranny Scherzinger. Dude. I seriously don't understand what the Pussycat Dolls' appeal is. There are, what, like 25 fucking women in that one group. What's the point? Only she sings anyway. And what a manly face. Why is 'she' even on a Top 99 list of women?
10.) Kate Moss and Keira Knightley are TOO SKINNY. They have NO MEAT whatsoever. They're both stick figures. How can they be considered hot? They're not slim.. they're just.. all bones.
11.) Lucy Pinder - I'd like to call this woman, the Miss Photoshopped. Tell me which part of this picture doesn't scream Photoshop? The picture looks like it was a tutorial for the airbrush effect.
12.) Cate Blanchett - Isn't there an age limit? Great actress but hottest woman? What the fuck.
The list of women that deserve a MUCH higher rank
1.) Jennifer Love Hewitt - She's been very inactive lately. We haven't seen much of her. But should her rank drop by so much? She was like 70-something I think. Seriously, she's way hotter than Eva Longoria and WAY more talented as well.
2.) Hilary Duff - No, seriously. If she forgets the whole good-girl nonsense, and let's loose a little, she's definitely be top spot worthy.
3.) Naomi Watts - What the fuck man. She was almost at the bottom of the list. You see any of her pictures and she's stunning. She's so beautiful and SO DOABLE - not a typo for adorable. Do-able. She deserves a much higher rank.
4.) Ivanka Trump - Forget her monetary assets - take a look at her bodily assets. Tall as fuck and very 'top heavy'. She deserves a MUCH higher spot.
5.) Rachel Weisz - Hey, fuck you. What?! She's HOT! Definitely way hotter than any of the unworthy women I highlighted earlier.
6.) Milla Jovovich - Yes, yes. Stick figure-ish. But still way hot. Attitude/Kick-Assery/Frequently Nude - whatever you wanna call it. She's somewhat very attractive.
7.) Ali Larter - She has SUCH a do-me face. How can men resist that look? Definitely worth a higher spot.
8.) Lindsay Lohan - See these pictures. Why is she not considered hot anymore? That's like top 10 quality man. Who cares about what she's going through in real life? Who cares about her lesbian relationship? That should actually be a plus point. I don't understand the editors of these websites. Lindsay Lohan, just as hot or hotter even.
9.) Angelina Jolie - I'm gonna say it now. If you don't find Angelina Jolie hot, you're gay. If you watched Wanted and didn't think Angelina Jolie is one of the most beautiful women walking the face of the Earth, you're gay. She was SO hot and SO beautiful in Wanted alone and she wasn't even trying to be sexy. What the hell man. You've gotta be at least bisexual if you're a guy and don't find Angelina Jolie hot. Don't talk to me about opinions.
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Just a while ago, I installed Google Chrome for my housemate and showed him the features of Google Chrome. He was very impressed and asked me a question, "Who's gonna use Firefox now?" So for him, for my dear friend Ferdaus and to anyone who is starstruck by Google Chrome, read this article: 10 things we'd like to see in Google Chrome. It covers 10 very good points of why Firefox still reigns supreme and adds some good arguments on top of mine as to why I'm not that impressed with Google Chrome yet. I mean, Google Chrome has speed backing it up and the application start time is insanely fast. I tested it on my Vista PC and the application itself starts faster than opening folders.
And for those people creaming themselves over Chrome's ability to add a shortcut to web-applications on your Desktop - Prism for Firefox 3 does exactly that. Google still has a long way to go. But let's give them credit - they tried to take everything that Mozilla created (along with Webkit - the rendering engine that Safari is famous for) and put it all together and it's still in the Beta stages so you never know where they're headed.
But for now, I'm not impressed at all - especially by the fact that Google couldn't release a cross-platform browser and is still working on it. They took forever for Google Desktop to make it to Linux. There's still no Google Talk for Linux. But people are comparing Google's effort with Mozilla's? Mozilla Labs release most of their products for all platforms on the same day.
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