why wy?

words i've just learnt:
fagstag- a straight man who hangs out with gay men, like fag hag.
MILF- mom i'd like to fuck, refering to all the ashton-wannabies who want to hang out with demi moore.
GILF- grandmother i'd like to fuck, a more perverse extension of MILF, but really, if you think about it, being grandma-obssessed is very normal if you are of grandfatherly age yourself or if sophia loren is involved.

fed the ipod again, with the cds i was eyeing and finally bought. veloso turns cheesy songs that i never liked into delicate melodies, eg diana (paul anka) and feelings (butchered by many). And gilberto gil makes me want to karaoke dance in the train. you know when people sing to music but really badly because they have earphones and people around them can't hear the backing track so they sound even more out of tune? same with dancing.

so my pod really needs to watch its weight, i have a measly 3.2gb free. and i never thought i would have to delete songs.

on a side note, i feel like i've already developed a tamogochi/neopet relation with my pod, except for the part you can play the game to see how fast you can kill off your pet. i blame it on my lack of furry friends as a child and my allergies.

i watched phantom of the opera with my cousins and, sad to say, the critics are right. decent plot, decent songs (assuming you don't already hate weber) yet it felt somewhat flat and straight forward. I couldn't help wondering if it could be better. Baz Luhrman and full creative control would have been brilliant. Ang lee for something more contemplative. Drop in will smith's character as the date doctor from hitch (the trailer they screened before) for a little post-modern irony. anything but the candles which magically ignited AFTER they rose from the lake. yes, this is in the days before electricity, as one character casually mentions at the start of the film.

if there's anything joel schumacher is famous for, it's not subtlety. take for instance the huge swaroski engagement ring (dunno why her rich boyfriend cannot afford cartier) christine gets that she tried to hide. in the first place, it's way too tua liap (huge), and she wears it on a chain on her otherwise bare neck where the phantom spies it (he would be blind to miss it) and gets really pissed off. Then again, schumacher does use the massive ring as a plot device.

kung fu hustle, on the other hand, is absolutely brilliant, discounting the fact that it's a stephen chow movie and some parts are so slapstick you want to cringe. but the fighting bits are fun and deliciously OTT (over the top).