Trippin’ on Trailers January 22, 2012

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Yesterday was “Round 2” of watching Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows.  I had some time to kill while I was out and since I enjoyed that movie, I decided to see it again.  How can I say no to a second helping of Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law?  I also thought about seeing Underworld Awakening but changed my mind about it.  Kate Beckinsale kicking ass will be scheduled instead next Friday night.

Whether I watch movies on my own or with friends & family, I always insist on entering the theater early because I love watching trailers.  Sometimes when a trailer is well made, and I really love what the movie is about, it gives me chills (“Kinikilig ako”)!  Now that summer blockbuster movies will soon be upon us, this geeky fangirl is quite excited.  I’m not ashamed to admit that I love popcorn movies.  It’s quite a general term but usually these are hyped up, big budgeted films with tons of special effects and more often than not, already have a solid fan base.  My personal favorites would include Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Superhero movies like Batman, Iron Man and X-Men.  These trailers which I saw yesterday are making me wish it’s summer already.

1) The Avengers – Robert Downey Jr.’s Ironman just might steal everyone’s thunder in this movie but I am looking forward to Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye.  Release date: May 04, 2012.

2) The Dark Knight Rises – I’ve always loved Batman–from Adam West to Christian Bale.  Despite being a good actor, no, I will forever not accept George Clooney as the caped crusader.  Release date: July 20, 2012.

3) The Amazing Spiderman – Here’s what I think: The first Spiderman was good,  the second one was awesome, hated the third (too long!) and I’m willing to give Andrew Garfield a chance on this one.  Release date: July 03, 2012.

4)  Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (3D) – I’m cheating a bit here because I didn’t see this trailer yesterday…I just thought I’d put it in because I’m a Star Wars junkie.  Release date: Feb. 10, 2012.

youtube video credits go to: MarvelUK, IGNentertainment, nogoodflix, and starwars

Noel Forever January 15, 2012

On my way to watching Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows last friday night, I decided to stop by the Odyssey record bar at Gateway mall.  I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, rather I just wanted to kill time since I still had about 30mins. before the movie began.  Going through their (not so alphabetical) shelves, I saw this:

 

Oh, be still my beating heart!  I’ve been looking for this album since I found out about it’s release almost 4 months ago and being a huge Oasis/Noel Gallagher fan, I picked up the only copy and headed to the cashier.

I was a college freshman when my good friend JodiesMommy told me about Oasis and I’ve loved them ever since.  True, they weren’t exactly role models and people criticized their music, but I didn’t care.  I loved what I heard and it’s no consequence to me what other people thought.   I enjoyed that whole 90′s era of Britpop…or as I prefer to call it, Britrock because Oasis became the reason that I started checking out all these other cool British bands like The Stone Roses, Suede, Pulp, Blur, Stereophonics, Ash, The Bluetones etc. Later on I discovered The Smiths/Morrissey and Paul Weller.   To this day, a large portion of artists on my ipod are the Brits!  And here’s a fun trivia: Remember when you used to put posters of the bands that you like on your bedroom wall?  I put up a poster of Noel in the 90s…and it was only about 2 years ago that I took it down since the room was being repainted.

Oasis is no more and Noel has since moved on and I’m quite happy about that….I think he’s quite happy about that too.  I’m still a fan of Noel and whether he’s in a band or doing his own solo thing, it’s still good music to me.  And that’s what keeps me listening.

Check out his video for If I Had A Gun.  (with killer lines that go: “If I had a gun, I’d shoot a hole into the sun and love would burn this city down for you.  If I had the time, I’d stop the world and make you mine, and everyday would stay the same with you.”

ps: The movie was pretty good btw.  Could Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law be any more adorable? =)

video credit to NoelGallagherVEVO on youtube

My first date for 2012 – The Dentist. January 6, 2012

Yes, I admit it.  I’m one of those adults who absolutely loathes visiting the dentist.  Come to think of it, I hate seeing any kind of doctor but for this post, I’m sticking to dentists.  As a child my trips to the dentist (then a scary, old man) was always punctuated with tears and screams which forces my parents to hold both my arms down on the chair so that the dentist could then proceed to do whatever he needs to do using his shiny metal tools.

Fast forward some years later when a nagging toothache forced me to see my new dentist (now a sweet faced & gentle voiced aunt) and was told that I have an impacted tooth that needs to be taken care of…asap!  Despite it being considered a surgery, it went well (save for a tear or two).  I saw her about 3 or 4 more times after that.  In my last visit she discovered a molar that needed to be extracted and told me to do 3 things before 2011 ended: 1-get an x-ray, 2-have the molar removed and 3-have my teeth cleaned.  I only did the first one (because I’m such a procrastinator when it comes to dental appointments) but now that 2012 is here, I’m determined to change that.  I’m not kidding, promise!

Two days ago I’ve experienced my first ever cleaning/stain removal procedure.  I wanted to use my dental benefits at work so I had to see a company approved dentist and what a pleasant surprise it turned out to be when she also had a sweet face and a gentle voice…quite similar to my aunt who speaks to me like I’m a ten year old.  Being earlier warned that most people find the sound of the cleaning machine annoying & loud, I braced myself for some kind of pain.  So there I was, on the chair, waiting for it…but nothing came.  It wasn’t bad honestly.  To me the loud, grinding sound was quite tolerable compared to the shrill sound of the drill.  Apart from the occassional gagging sensation caused by the metal instruments, it didn’t hurt at all.

This whole experience may seem shallow (to those who don’t fear the dentist) but I’m happy seeing my “new” pearly whites again without the coffee stains & whatnot.  She even commended me by saying that I did well & was not at all fussy considering it was my first time to have it done.

I’m already working on the next dental appointment.  I’m determined to remove my fear of dentists.  It may take a while more but it does help when your dentist doesn’t remind you of Sweeney Todd.  Ok, so he isn’t a doctor…but you get the picture.

The Doctor is in.

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