it's go time...

Finally after the endless barrage of 21st's i can finally concentrate on my schooling.

Nathans, Helens, Hanzel's and finally Pham i think it is safe to report it's all over.
I still feel terrible about Helen, i haven't completed her present yet but since it was delayed i would only feel better if i outdid my original plan...

Eww, yuck... every bump i can smell the setruce if that's how you spell it... Pham and Nathan seem to like the idea of multiple event birthdays which they know only invites themselves to get absolutely wasted in every event.

On another topic, i dislocated my right shoulder yesterday and i could only say the pain is unimaginable... even then the bone is pushed back to the socket, the pain still lingers...

It became too troublesome because i suspect getting out of bed or moisturising my arm should dislocate it so i saw the physiotherapist today and he told me that i have a genetic deformation where the socket bone is larger than normal that enables the connecting bone to dislocate at any given moment :(

It really worried me and moreover he said it might need surgery to tighten the tendon...
How much? in the 4 figure zone...
When? Waiting lists are 2 years and that's not guaranteed.

This definately makes me reconsider my nice paying labour job and i have a shift tomorrow at 2... i pray to god it doesnt dislocate... just thinking aobut it makes me... well... sick.

All in all, i've decided to seriously concentrate on school after this week because i have a coupel of shifts that can pay my phone bill and save a little for my upcoming rego and insurance.

Life's really tough i guess... but like most people... you just have to try that much harder.
I feel all over the place, and my latest entry is evident of that. Friggin shoulder... i imagine just shaking someone hand and there it goes "oh don't mind the bone sticking out of my shoulder, it just does that sometimes... so how are you?"

Last thing i need is this. I'd better go sleep... work in less than 12 hours.

-Jay

DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY

this article is also pubslished on my blog, but i figured more people would see it here than on my one:

DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY
stars vince vaughn, ben stiller, christine taylor
4/5
the premise of this film is probably a bit exhausted, but the cast and peripheral storylines make it such a memorable and quoteable film. vince vaughn plays peter lafluer, a laid-back kinda guy who runs the 'average joe' gym - but he hasn't collected any membership fees for over a year and is set to lose his gym to white goodman (played by ben stiller, who also produced the film). the members of average joe's gym set out ot make the $50k they need to save their beloved gym by entering into a dodgeball tournament. but goodman is equally determined to get the gym and enters his own team into the tournament as well.

vaughn's character is probably what most people could aspire to, and he plays him perfectly. his character develops as the film progresses and you soon realise that even those of such high character as pete lafluer can have bad days. ben stiller over-does his performance of psycho gym guru white goodman, but its all a bit of fun and most of the jokes hit the spot.

highly recommended.

re: I, Robot. A review by I, Jason

Isaac Isamov?

I wonder what kind of environment he was in to conjure something like that in those times.

I guess smoking pot isn't always that bad as history proves?

Also assuming that in the history of phenomonal revelations our great minds over the years, one of those kooks, klanks and weirdos had to be right!

My guess is, sometime in the next century there will be personalised tv's, mini fridges that hoover 30 cm within your proximity and cellular phones are implanted within our cerebral cortex upon birth.
How mad is that? You'd be cruising and if u want a cold beer or a chicken sandwich... you only have to reach for your blindspot.

Bets anyone?

-Jay
Associate member of the Kooks, Klanks and Weirdos Initiative, Inc.

loki said...
i agree with pretty much all you've said regarding this film, including the comments about will smith. the film was actually based on a book of the same title by isaac asimov which was written quite a while ago - imagine how revolutionary (or eccentric) it must've seemed back then. yet the film shows quite possibly what could happen before the next century.i'd like to again praise the special effects used in the film, being almost seamlessly integrated with the live action stuff.btw, it comes out on dvd later this month.

worn out cog

These days, i've been working quite hard and it's only getting harder.

Normally i'd complain and go on and on about life being a bitch... tonight it's different. I can sort of see where i want to go and where all this effort is being put into.

I understand now it's because i'm consistently juggling friends, uni, family and work that is making me feel worn. I didn't see Jay Wong for his borthday today, and i still feel terrible about it.

The list keeps going on and on with endless birthday's and bbq's and next up is Helen.
Well, i'm not THAT bad because i arranged for Allan and myself to meet up at Jay's place but when we arrived... the house and the street was quiet. We went around back and the bbq was packed and no one was talking which obivously indicates the group is not around of playing a prank... but this is too immature and too quiet to be true. A phone call soon after revealed that everyone went to Edithvale beach which was the direction and suburb we were at!

So, at the time it didn't seem worthwhile because i got the impression they were only going for a cruise and are coming back so naturally we went to Gracies bbq. It was a really nice homey feel bbq. Quiet but i really liked it. I felt i could really unwind and just... well smell and eat bbq!

I suspected that Gracie might seem a little bummed out because her intention was to have friends over as a get together as some has not seen each other for a long time. I felt the same way too, and i could see the effort she put into it, she made the calls and reminded everyone and from her part she did nothing wrong but there was only Allan, myself and Gracies friend and her boyfriend which made the grand total of 5.

It showed that Gracie had the best intention and i now feel there is so much sincerity and sentiment in her i didn't realise was there. Found out today Gracie's an artist!!! Which was the biggest shock and suprise because i've known that girl for... god knows how long now only to find out now... guess it'll just mean we'll have more to tlak about than alcohol and parties.

PLenty of food there was and it was consumed relatively quickly upon the arrival of Lam, Tuan, John, Chris and suprisingly old friend Troung dropped by near the end.

Suprisingly Troung is really into Sprinters and shares the same love and respect for them as i do!!! So naturally my little 86 copped a bit of a fang session.

Speaking of 86, i have decided to shower my baby with gifts:

-Fibreglass JDM sideskirts
-Dashmat

and maybe later down the track, whiteline strutbrace!!

I've considered the following modifications too, a 20 valve quad throttle body (which requires an adapter plate and re-tuned ECU) OR a simple air filter (K&N, because they preformed really well in my R33).

Parts also considered is even extractors and a new muffler (i'm sick of the zingy sound).
All is well i suppose, i've finished the major assignment from my management component with a accounting test in a couple of hours (Lord have mercy on my uneducated accounting soul).

Tuan said, "it's all with time management" and i still believe that. I hope he appreciate to know that i've always taken the advice of Tuan all my life.

Well, time calls for final cigarette before lights out and i face the world again... perhaps i'll take nathan on his offer to go unwind at the spas and massage parlour. Speaking of Nathan, i can see in his eyes he feels the same as i do, though we function normally on the outiside he is really worn on the outside because he has opened up a new bedding warehouse about 3 minutes from my house. Needless to say this is the regular hang out for the boys with frequent visits including Fatty and Petey. It's really really good to see Peter again.

oh yeh, i got fined again by the cops for switching lanes (there was a parked car)... i don't know... i don't care.
Least of my troubles at the moment... they can eat it for all i care... i sound very empty these days don't i?

-Jay

A long day...

Woke up this morning, my neck's condition hasn't improved as a result of yesterdays sleeping position.

I still really can't look right. Knowing i have a shift today didn't help my situation one bit.
The day kicked off alright i suppose (alright meaning i showed up for all my classes) and it was really weird because in one of my management classes it would seem all the students who reguarly turn up get noticed by the tutor... teachers with a memory is a no no in my books... anyway it would appear that she doesn't recall who i'm and continued tutoring the lesson assuming i was the quiet one. How sorry she was when i opened my mouth.

Well... im really fucked ... work sucked i got yelled at a lot because i could'nt physically keep up and it was one of the most embarassing moments of my life. I got a nasty tray burn (because the trays come out straight from the oven) and it stings.

Im really tired... my arms cant write what my head is saying...... im also talking to Helen and she say's she has no friends.

BWHAHAHAHA i can still type that! :D

Gonna go.. gonna die... ill finish this tomorrow.

-Jay *faints*

Ahhhh not again

This has got to be the last straw!!!

I thought Zul's party was the last time my lips would ever touch the bottle neck of a corona and bourbon and cola. How wrong i was.

Due to unforseen and unexpected circumstances i had to go blue. Funny because they all claimed i got them wasted hahaha... pham has been telling everyone that my day has officially been set and im going down and going down hard.

Back to school, i been slacking off... well not slacking off but been pre-occupied with other things and i'm starting to get worried. Tomorrow is my finance test and i hope i can retained enough form last semester to pass it. These days i feel as though i'm drifting further and further away from my goal.

Before i went to bed, i thought about what's important to me and it came down to drawing, creating, guitars and cars. I felt as though commerce is going to be really difficult to finish at the rate i'm going. I wonder what i'm doing now has a purpose for something else and that's my excuse for fully concentrating my efforts towards my schooling.

In the end, i feel angry... and i feel lonely too. Why does it feel like my heart is hurting?

To me, i can sense there's so much anger inside me, so much despair but...

I'd better go, Nathan's waiting for me to buy him lunch.

-Jay

I, Robot. A review by I, Jason

I, Jason got home from Zul's birthday (a uni friend, of a friends girlfriend... bah list goes on and on)

While the birthday itself was great, I, Jason arrived home starved and nuked me some pie and decided to put on a SVCD i burrowed off lauren.

I, Robot is by far one of the most revolutionary pieces of work i've ever seen.
The action sequences actually have a purpose unlike most garbage in other movies sorry to all you matrix fans but I, Robots pisses all over Matrix 2 and 3... remember that bullshit line "you are a blah blah blah anomally" by that old fart in matrix 2?

What the fuck was that about?! Grr i'll never forgive the Wachowski brothers for being sold out and writing crap and wasting my time and villages money (actually I, Jason don't really care about village) to make the crappiest George Lucas influenced sequel movies that should've ended in it's peak. Neo find's he's the one and the audience should just picture the ending for themselves... that's all. You can only regurgatate, consume and repeat so many times! If I, Jason ever became a movie maker i'll read this post, make no money but my movies will kick ass.... sorry anyway. *wooo saaa*

The story from beginning, middle and end has a purpose. And the movie itself has many themes questioning self-purpose and the idea of self-identity.

I, Jason don't actually remember Will Smith's characters name (i know, but i swear this review has SOME credible pointers!) The idea is that in a world where robots do everything for us; what if they broke a law that is meant to be unbreakable?

I, Jason know it sounded like the quote from trailers but HOW it gets to that conclusion is nothing but magnificant.
Easily this movie I, Jason think is benchmarked to other Sci-Fi greats such as Blade Runner and Matrix 1.

It's 6:11am in the morning and i'm still recovering from that mind-blowing approach to how we, as mankind has in the sense of approach and do we thing's. This movie centralises a major flaw in our genetic make up... why do we want nothing but peace and prosperity when we care so little about our neighbours?
No, this isn't something subliminal to brain wash you back to the catholic church and if it did however have that affect... go to your local church because I, hungie don't care what God you believe in (peace and prosperity!!!!)

Anyway, It deals with us the creators perhaps in this movie playing God and giving birth to life, the paradox is what if we the creators tell the robots to do "something" and then do sometihng else that has conflicting actions like newton's second law? (don't quote me, it's been 3 years)

Definately gonna DVD it. Will Smith's ever-so typical laid back, rebellious and cool macho african american male character does serve a purpose in this movie! (It's like Mike Lowrey in the future!)
Will's character was the spokesperson for "Lehhmanns terms" to simplify the philosophical mumbo jumbo average audiences might not get. Though i'm confident if the producers told that was his "real" purpose is he's a dumb character who's quite witty, I, tired seriously doubted he would've accepted the part; realistically it was more like "u play a full schick black man with gun and we'll pay ya heaps for it!"

Done and done.

Aesthetically it's brilliant, love that Audi concept car for the movie and it's pretty good action movie aswell.
In a nutshell it's a really good package and dammit I, Human want to watch it again. Kudos to the performances carried out by "sunny" the animated murdering robot. I, Jason could go on and on about every aspect but in Will Smith terms, everything in the movie is not what you think it is!

Brilliant, absolutely genius work.
10/10 and it will stay that way unless they decide to cash in and make "You, Robot -now with intel inside!"
Fucking hollywood.

-I, Jay

time time time

Man im so sick of it.

I got home at 1am tonight from work, gobbled KFC in less than 7 minutes (a full extreme meal) and although i dislike KFC it's my last resort.

Now it's shower, do accounting homework, sleep and wake up in 6 hours ready for my tutorial.
This is getting out of hand... i feel as though i cannot keep up woth my school work. The only comfort i get is listening to some music before i klonk off because the olympics is now over.

I feel like a worn out cog. I hate this.

-Jay