my 2012 thank yous

So it's that time of year again to say thank you to my angels:)

2012 has so far been one of th  better years my family and I have gone thru some 

tough economic times. but I can't really complain I still have a warm bed and  food on the table. my friends help to keep me from going insanely for that I thank them. 

to Barbie/babala_- San/ Salinger/Ba- kun/Satan/ I could keep going: Truly thanks for hanging out and just being you I couldn't ask for a better confidant. Thanks for listening to my crazy shit and rants and for reading all my stories. Thanks for the laughs and the rides to class. I know it's been kinda of crazy tu sabes porque, but it's all fun and without the drama life is too boring, so here my dear to another yr of crazy, round table talks, to another yr of being total movie snobs, ebooks, and chisme, to another yr of drinks and good times. To a couple of new nicknames and to a couple of other good things to come.I wish you the best and just know you truly are the best.

to my wifey/ my boo/baby cakes/Beaelzebub / tootsie/twin: from the moment I laid on eyes on u I knew u were my wife. lol so here's to our 100th yr together May this yr bring many more fists and may we get to have many more laughs. Without you life would be lame, it was your kindness and friendship that got me thru the dark days, you know which ones. You' 've always been there when I needed a friend and  I hope I have reciprocated the  deed. I' m so proud of your accomplishments and I know your gonna get whatever you want soon. so let's ring in the yr to a lot more one for the books to spied conversations. to making Raul say dirty things and to a lot more laughs , shall I count the ways I love thee? say no, I' 'll be here forever. 

to tgif/ fakita/fa- kun/mephistopholes: I know it's been a long year. but through it all you've come out on top.so never let any one tell u otherwise.You are of the nicest honestly caring and decent humans I have ever met! also one of the smartest! so here's a thank you for pushing me in my education and helping me, thanks for riding in the bus for an hour just to see me for 20 min. thanks for opening your home to me and for drunken adventures in ucla. we've been everywhere in L A together and had a lot of deep conversations  your one of the truest and fiercest friends a girl could find. I love you for that and I want u to know.right now it's hard but take this as a fresh start. your free and nothing can hold you back. the finish line is just there so push harder and you' 'll reach it in no time. you deserve happiness always.

BerHilda/ berthizzle/ berfa- San/ :another year has come and gone and though this year has brought some tribulations it has also been the one where I have seen u happiest, and you deserve it. Come May all your efforts shall be  finalized  and rewarded and I shall be there cheering for u amongst the loved ones. so here's to another year of crazy parental unit karaoke dinners, some family feud, more movie hopping with the kiddies. to more ridiculous conversation s that need to be made into status and to more fun and food. You know that when we walk with the Lord everything put in front of us is just another obstacle we can easily surpass with the help of willpower family and friends. To 2013 May it be better than the last.

sniffer/cuca/penguina Malhecha#1/: I have saved the best for last.. you have been my longest friend and even though we don't get to see each other as often as I like I know you and I will always be sisters. I know this year has been hard for you.  I know you've had a lot of responsibilities thrown your way to fast, and now that your going to be a mom things will change. but sniffer I want you to know I will love your baby so much. he will for sure be my nephew and no one can tell me otherwise because we have been thru so much together that we' 're family. I love all of your family and I know you guys love me too. I hope for 2013 that you have a beautiful experience as you enter motherhood. don't fret about the problems with love an  dedication and asking God for help everything will fall into place like it should. I love you sniffer and baby sniff!

thank you that is all:)) 

ps : honorable mention must go to the Chan's... that is ka- chan, le- chan, and ca- Chan. for helping pass french, without you guys it would have been dull and who knows if I would have ever understood the passe compose. see ya'll in French 4!

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey

Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins

Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey

Cate Blanchett as Galadriel

Hugo Weaving as Elrond

Christopher Lee as Saruman the White

Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown

Ian Holm as an old Bilbo Baggins

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins

Andy Serkis as Gollum

Lee Pace as Thranduil

Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield

Graham McTavish as Dwalin

Ken Stott as Balin

Dean O'Gorman as Fíli

Aiden Turner as Killi

Mark Hadlow as Dori

Jed Brophy as Nori

Adam Brown as Ori

John Callen as Óin

Peter Hambleton as Glóin

William Kircher as Bifur

James Nesbitt as Bofur

Stephen Hunter as Bombur

Ok I have been anticipating this movie since last year around this time. I saw it on Friday and you know what. It wasn't what I expected, hence the title I'm sure. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Yeah, unexpected for sure. I was anticipating yes some cut off characters but this? this was add-ons, plots and storylines that Peter Jackson said he got from the footnotes of Tolkein himself and the truth is that Jackson has sold his soul to the Hollywood demon. I feel like when Peter Jackson lost the weight he dropped his dignity as well. What ever happened to the man that made LOTR??? Is this his way of converting to Hollywood conformities and conventions? Not all the movie was bad or unexpected I recognized some of the story plots from the book and I was ok with some of the added story lines, because I felt they were nice background to the already told story that is LOTR and the background just affirms what you already know. I didn't however like the aggrandizement of the main character who should be Bilbo but ends up being Thorin Oakenshield. I have further problems with his look, in my head he is a bit older and has a  salt and pepper beard. The problem really is the added sub-plot of the orc Azog the defiler. He really irks me he fucking sucks and ruins it for me. I know, I know there has to be some Hollywood in it, but an albino orc that kills and maims and is the living remainder for one demented Dwarf prince and has stuck an iron claw into his shoulder, bitch please. I'm slightly appeased but would have prefered the movie without the Azog character only because, he is unnecessary  the battle scene in the third movie alone "The battle of the five armies" is going to be sufficient! I will say this to the movies credit, Gollum is fucking awesome in this movie! He is the perfect blend of creepy and cute and then damn near schizophrenic scary and murderous. He is a villain you love. Then there's Martin Freeman's portryal of Bilbo, also genius. Lee Pace as King Thranduil is also pretty awesome, he is sooo mezmerizing in the 5-10 minutes of screen time. Absolutely love it. I will wait for the second one, only because I know it will be epic. However if you are a fan, let me warn you, you will be pissed at Peter Jackson's stupidity.. 

Midnight Banter

I'm listening to the rain fall outside my window and my fingers are itching to type on my now running laptop. So i decide to look back at my almost five years on Blogger. I was fucking stupid. Half of 2008 is misspelled and the other is so high school I want to kick myself in the crotch  Truth there are some insightful moments in those blogs, but the truth one gets better with age. you get wiser, you get smarter and you learn to hide identities. Furthermore I have also seen my progress, so i'm not that whiny anymore, I've grown. Sometimes it takes a little disheveling to grow up and I'm sad thats what it took

So in retrospect I want to see what I've learned this year. I've learned to let love in again and to not be so afraid of my imminent demise. Whatever happens happens and you have to trust that everything is going to be ok. I sometimes get to tense about certain situations and i'm starting to believe I have some control issues but i think that as an adult i can honestly say i need to chill the fuck out. I need to trust myself more, as well as push myself more. I keep making the same mistakes over and over again and I need a change. Sometimes i'm disgusted with myself and sometimes I'm proud of myself. Truth is, like everyone else, I have good days and bad days. 

Also I need to stop the relationship that might be growing between me and a certain engaged gentleman. No i don't have bad grammar but I use Me first, because me is the only one I can control. I need to stop looking for guys ( or at least stop being drawn to them) who have no interest in me. I need to quit it before one of them starts to date one of my friends. I need to look for a guy who likes me. Who says hey thats the kind of girl i usually date. Not she's something so different, so new, so not like what i see. That ends up bad and I'm labeled under friends and wondering what the fuck i did wrong. 

I need to stop posting movie reviews in an effort to make myself look and feel purposeful. I want to be somebody and i want to get things done, so i need to remove my mental blocking. 

Lastly I need to keep my friendships strong, I love them all dearly and I know what its like to lose a friend to words and miss-communications and whats its like to lose to death. And i don't want to lose my friends to any of the reasons. 

Mostly i need to remember, no matter what, Care for thyself, Trust Thyself and Love thyself 

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games :

An intense mesmerizing novel about the sacrifice of one girl to save her sister.The story is set in the grim futuristic world and now America is called Panem. Katniss Everdeen is the hero and she hails from one of Panem's Districts, District 12. The premise of the story is realy gruesome. In retaliation for thier uprising in the past every District has to provide one male and female under the age of 18 and over the age of 12. They are taken to the Capital and thrown into something they call "The Hunger Games" a death arena where all 24 tributes are pitted against each other and forced to kill. The heroine is not chosen she has in fact taken her sister Prim's place, having volunterred for her makes her an instant hero in a district where no one has ever done that before. Peeta is her male counterpart. Together under the drunken eye of Haymitch they begin to train for the battle ahead. Peeta is in love with Katniss and that is his spiel as they set off to fight the rest of the pack. Now I don't want to divulge to much. But its hard not to soo spoilers ahead. She teams up with Rue the girl from District 11, who teaches her the usage of the Mockingjay, the pin that Katniss wears given to her by Madge the Governor from District 12's daughter. They team up to kill the others and worry about thier impending doom later. However Rue is killed and Katniss inner sanity is broken she stays with Rue until her eyes close and she lays her in flowers and sings her a song. When she leaves Rue she kisses her fingers formed in a three and holds them up to her in an act of respect for her. Unbeknown to her this is the start of a rebellion in District 11. After this incident she is alone and hunted. There she reunites with Peeta who has suffered a wound and is dying. They band together and carry on how much the love for each other spiel. They play the star-struck lovers very well and they make it to the end. The Gamers have said that thier can be two winners if they are from the same District. When they find themselves at the end the Gamers change the rule back to one winner, so Katniss and Peeta decide to eat poisinous berries and the Gamers say they shall be winners. The two become victorious but they have started the ball rolling on something they can not even begin to imagine.

2013 movie preview

So, my favorite part of going to the movie theatres is actually the previews, there is never a part of me that says hurry up, get to the movie already. In the previews I usually just get more excited. That being said, and the last posts being read, you all know that I've spent time in a theatre and I have to say I am so excited for some of the movies coming out. There are a couple that i'm waiting for like The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire, Frozen, Percy Jackson 2, Despicable Me 2 ( I realize that after listing 4 teen/childrens movies, I must seem like a teenager but I swear I'm 22, on second hand i realize that makes me look worse but i have a weakness for series and animated films. Pixar anyone?) The Hobbit 2, World War Z and a couple of others but I think I shall take it in stride and inform all of you of what I shall watch this coming year.

 

 

Warm Bodies

 

This movie had the cutest/creepiest teaser trailer. I fell in love with the story and I'm anticipating this. The idea of a love struck zombie, genius. Zombies are the new hottest thing in Hollyhood, (world war z, the walking dead and cult classics shaun of the dead and 28 days later) which is slightly disturbing to know that we have love for things that will definitely eat our brains. 

 

 

Finally Sandy B is back and shes in a comedy!!! love it! Melissa McCarthy I'm unsure about because i havent seen her in anything but when I saw this trailer loved everything about it. I love Sandy B and think she is always getting snubbed by the critics when they shouldn't, who didn't love the proposal? Her role of ocd, stick to the rules, fbi agent is right up her alley and the messiness that McCarthy will bring to it will no doubt make it hilarious, the female middle age 21 jumpstreet???

 



 

Been looking fwd to this since august. Movie 43 is a whole bunch of raunchy comedyshorts and I'm not sure if it's intertwined but let me tell you. I was watching the trailer and I couln't handle it I laughed so hard and I thought to meself, must watch this, start the year off with a hardy-har-har! The cast for this movie is pretty extensive so chances are one or two of your fave actors/actress are also in the movie. This is going to be scary movie, american pie, every funny movie ever made rolled into and deliverd on a bra. 



Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Suraj Sharma as Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi)

Irrfan Khan as adult Pi Patel

Tabu as Gita Patel,

Adil Hussain as Santosh Patel,

Gérard Depardieu as the Cook

Rafe Spall as the Writer

Andrea Di Stefano as the Priest

A very slow and religously inclined book that makes you kind of crazy in its lethargic nature to tell you the story about a boy on a boat with an adult male Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. Set in three different countries, this stories only problem is the begining. I literally had to force myself to read the first part without throwing it at times. It's not so much his religious nature but that he wants to be all religons and he tells it an too deep emotional way. Then we get to the story where he and Richard Parker cruise the Pacific Ocean for 227 together. This is the stroy as told by the main character to the journalist who has tracked him down from Pondicherry to Canada. The end however is so amazing and beautiful you forgive the begining of the book. Maybe most people knew how it was going to end, but i honeslty didn't, not even for a second think it was going to terminate in a tornado of emotion. I know  a book about a kid stuck in the middle of nowhere is sooo Robinson Cruesoe but it still wasnt so bad.
Now the movie i can happily say stuck very close to the book. They added one character and I was glad that they didn't show any more religous scenes then were necessary. That being said, the story was even more beautiful painted and directed by the great Ang Lee (ignoring the 2003 rendition of "the Hulk"). It was visually stunning, the colors so bright i had to shield my eyes. I think they got a little crazy with the glow in the dark paint but it was otherwise a very good movie and with the exception of some ommisions I was in general pleased. Can anyone say Oscar Nomination?

Rise of the Guardians

Rise of the Guardians

Chris Pine as Jack Frost,

Jude Law as Pitch (The Boogeyman)

Alec Baldwin as North (Santa Claus)

Hugh Jackman as E.Aster Bunnymund (Easter Bunny)

Isla Fisher as Tooth (Tooth Fairy)

This movie was not as cute as Wreck-It-Ralph but it was still adorable. It was a story about all the legends of holidays and how they are going to not only select a new guardian to help them fight the coming of the bogeyman but also to continue having the children believe in them. It was one of those classic keep children believing in fairy tales hookum but it did the trick it was adorable and entertaining, it was no match for the giant that is Disney but it was fun. The elves were a particularly funny added touch. Not to mention crazy angry Santa was too much =]