A Hills Fan!

A man that can admit that he is a Hills fan, is more that fine in my book. To non-Hills fans, The Hills is a "reality show" on MTV which follows Lauren, Audrina, Heidi and Spencer. It is a guilty pleasure because no one likes to admit that they watch The Hills, most of the show appears to be fake but who cares, the show gets about 4 million viewers each week so obviously people don't mind. But back to Seth Rogen, he recently admitted he is a Hills fans in the current issue of GQ and in his exact words he "watches the shit out of that show" and he said he was even star struck when he ran into the cast at this years MTV Movie Awards, he says that Jonah Hill went to high school with Spencer from The Hills and Spencer went up to them backstage to tell them that he was a fan of their work, which left Seth flabbergasted, now I'm using Seth Rogen's EXACT words, don't think I'm making this shit up, I couldn't believe it myself.

Elsa Says Watch This Movie

Lila Says is a 2004 french film that I fell I fell in love with, much like how the main character falls in love with Lila. Chimo, is a 19 year old self proclaimed loser living in an Arab ghetto with his mother in post 9/11 France; he turns down an opportunity to study free of charge at a writing school for teenagers. Lila is a beautiful blonde 16 year old that lives in the same town. They have an unspoken love that reminds me of Jim and Pam, from The Office. There is so much more story but I don't want to spoil it. It really is a simple love story with a raw and emotional ending, so go rent or buy Lila Says.

Don't Play Fast Games and Square Dance While On Your Period

I watched this education video from the 1950's which was called Molly Grows Up; very interesting to see how they viewed a "menstruation" in the 50's. So I thought their views on the subject of what not to do while "mentruating" was so funny. In the film they say, you can shower, wash your hair, swim, dance, and picnic...um...ok? And they say that you cannot skate, ride horseback. play fast games or square dance...what??! SQUARE DANCE? Didn't they just say that you couldn't dance while on your rag? What is so different about square dancing than regular dancing? Is it more violent or pathetic? Answer: Both.

Born Under The Brixton Sun

My new media player, with my first song posting from Nouvelle Vague, with their cover of The Clash's Guns Of Brixton. Doesn't the player look cool?

My Favorite Scene From

No Country For Old Men.

Yummy Yummy Yummy I've Got Love In My Tummy

The Hot Wings Cafe, the best place to get your wings in L.A. My sister used to take me alot, and I forever loved the wings from here. Theres one on La Brea and Melrose, and one in glendale but i recommend the one on Melrose, its a little bigger, but gets packed. Be sure to get the large with ranch, its soo good, you'll love it.

7011 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038-3307
Phone: (323) 930-1233

You win, you win. You lose, you still win.

Mmmmm..mmmm...mmm. Raging Bull. I just want to say, how great is this movie? Robert De Niro IS Jack Lamotta, a boxer in the bronx, the movie is soooo beautifully done by Martin Scorsese. Its done in black and white, has slow motion shots, dark and very light colors. Such a good story, sooo beautiful. Check out Raging Bull.

Completely Gratuitous

Since I've noticed that a few more people are coming to check out my blog, I thought I'd ask for some help. Those shoes above are the Sam Edelman Carmen Flats, I really want these but they sold them only at Urban Outfitters and now they don't sell them there anymore. If someone could please, please find these online, I would love you forever.

Le Plus Impressionnant

Les Diaboliques is a french suspense film, and I say suspense because never has a movie literally made my heart rate slow down to the point of it actually stopping. I'm not going to give away the plot, i'm not going to tell you what the movie is about because you need to check it out for yourself. If the last 5 minutes of the movie doesn't slow your cardiac rate down, then nothing will.

The Greatest Man That Ever Lived

BOOM

I Eat Diamonds!!

Oh you MXC, you will always have my heart. MXC, which stands for most extreme challenge, is a japanese game show dubbed highlariously in english. They have a penchant for their input of random exclamtions (My Parents Are Poor!) during painful eliminations. Its a must see, it airs on Spike TV.

Speaking of Bradly Pitt

So, reportedly, Quentin Tarantino met with Brad Pitt earlier this week to discuss him possibly starring in QT's next film, Inglorious Bastards. Then, it was said that QT was going to meet Leonardo DiCaprio to discuss him starring in another lead role. I'M SO FREAKIN' EXCITED.

Praise After Watching

Another one to look foward to. Burn After Reading is the first movie for the Coen Brothers since No Country For Old Men. It looks like they went running the opposite way from the look of NCFOM, you know, the mystirious, western-ish look that had going, but that's fine. What I am also more then ok with is, is the casting of Brad Pitt and George Clooney in this film. Definitely gonna check this out, comes out September 12.

On Dark Knight Overload

Since everyone is hyped up on The Dark Knight right now, I won't be posting anything on the movie yet, in case some of you haven't seen the movie yet. So, in relation to The Dark Knight, I thought I would talk about a couple of Christian Bale's other great movies; such as American Psycho and The Machinist. Christian Bale sort of has this cult following so his fans know about American Psycho, one of those films that STILL gives me the chills, it sort of reminds me of A Clockwork Orange. Now The Machinist is another great movie of his, he lost 60 pounds for this movie and a few months later, had to gain more than all of his weight back for Batman Begins. That sounds pretty fucking insane to me, but that's also true dedication, if ya ask me. If he hadn't been able to gain the weight back for Batman, he woulnd't have secured the role, which means some B-list actor would have gotten the part, ahem, Eric Bana, anyone? So check out American Psycho and The Machinist.

"Oh Please, Didn't Roman Polanski Just Win An Oscar?"

Indeed he did, for The Pianist. This small HBO documentary called "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" is about infamous director Roman Polanski ,which I saw in its premiere weekend. I already knew some stuff about Roman Polanski; I knew he directed Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby (my fav) and The Pianist (great movie), that his wife was killed by Charles Manson "family" and that he was involved in some rape scandal, but this documentary went into all of this. What I found most interesting about this semingly sane man, is that he did in fact had sex with a 13 year old girl, whom he had invited into his home to photograph her, he admitted it himself and he knew he would get into a trouble when conticted, so he fled the country in the middle of his trial, and he hasn't set foot in the U.S. then, which was in 1978. He has directed many more movies since, such as The Pianist, and Oliver Twist, and as I already metnioned, won the Oscar for best director. Check out this aweome documentary.

Those Japs

This is from a japanese movie called Rubber Lovers, can you guess what it's about?

"Let's Talk About Your China Friend, What Kind of Dirty Porn Has She Done?"

Lalo talks about asians and I egg him on, Allan =_=...

Still Scares the Shit Out Of Me

Sweet and Tender

So I enjoy listening to this little french cover band called Nouvelle Vague, which in french means, new wave. They cover songs you wouldn't expect to be covered, like the Dead Kennedys, and Buzzcocks, but it works. There's only one of their covers that I did NOT enjoy, their Come On Eileen cover, which had a woman with a very low and dry voice singing it; which is ironic since all their other covers are done by women with sweet and calm voices, so it's sweet to listen to.

Something Else I Want

Those *glasses!

*and by glasses i mean dress

This Chick Has Balls, Like Literally

Well, I recently send upon this chick named Sada Abe, who was an entertainer, geisha and prostitute, but she isn't famous for that, she's INFAMOUS for cutting off her lover's dick and balls. She reminded me of that other woman, Lorena Bobbitt, that chopped off her husband's dick ten years ago. What I thought was so strange about this story was that it happened in 1930's Japan, I didn't think they were so freaky back then, I know it's where hentai and the guinea pig series came from, but I thought things were more idyllic back then, guess not.

Another Thing We Don't Have in L.A.

In Japan, they have the coolest SWAT team, look at them! That is so awesome, I would much rather have our SWAT team riding these cool futuristic looking scooters, than have like Paris Hilton riding one of these around on a photoshoot or something. Japan is so cool, minus the uh "pink" films they have, and the uh, skyrocketing depression rate...hmmm...nevermind.

Remember the Days When...

Before Dave Chappelle lost his mind? He was the star of his own show, Chappelle's Show. I remember watching Chappelle's show back when I was in middle school, his skit about the internet, his skit "When Keepin' It Real Goes Wrong", *sigh*, yup, and of course his infamous Lil' John, Rick James, and Prince impersonations. Please enjoy...

You Knew It Was Coming*

Whenever you've caught yourseelf in a dilema, and someone says something that sorta sounds like something sexual, you have to say THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. You can use it in almost everyday life, ex: Hey! Is your mom coming? That's what she said, Wow, Steve, that looks really hard, That's what she said, I don't think I can keep this up any longer Ann, That's what she said. Use it, embrace it.

*that's what she said

iView Concept

Just a concept, but we might see iView hit the market late next year.

Now I Know You've Never Seen this One

So I saw this movie called Bobby a couple of years ago, it's about the Robert Kenndey assasination, but it focuses on the lives of other people leading up to the assasination. It was really interesting, most of the stories in the movie are fictional, but some aren't. Literally every actor you've ever heard of comes out in this movie, I'll name a few: Laurence Fishbourne, Nick Cannon, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, Elijah Wood, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Now, when I saw Nick Cannon and Lindsay Lohan, I didnt think they could pull off their dramatic roles, but they did, and they did a really good job, especially Nick Cannon. So this is an ensemble cast, the movie doesn't rely on one actor, it relies on all the actors to carry the story, and its done beautifully. I recommend this movie to anyone that is interested in historical events, such as the Bobby Kennedy's assasination.

Now this is BULLSHIT

Now I was a little pissed when I found out Japan, JAPAN, got their grindhouse dvd released before us, why did they get it before us, here in the u.s.? They don't even have grindhousees over there, they didn't get the concept, but yet they get the dvd release before us AND they got an awesome packeging, complete with 6 discs. So whatever, I let it go, then I found out that the GERMANS are getting their dvd release this september, chhhh, and their packeging is the image above, it looks like like a gas can right? But a better looking one that the reservoir dogs one, ayyy, I'm so pissed...

I Hate This 'Tard

I hate Dane Cook with all my heart, he's as white as can be, but he has this bit, that really is fucking hilarious, please enjoy.

I'm Veronica

Oh that Betty and Veronica! I love this comic, of course it began as Archie and Company, but these two bitches were so awesome, they got their series of comics. I've been reading them since I was probably 10. In case you didn't know, Veronica is the feisty brunette and Betty is the sweet little blonde (that wouldn't be the case in real life), they're both vying for Archie's attention throughout the series, and its pretty useless since it seems like it'll go on until paper doesn't exist anymore. I just love these two, so pick up your Betty and Veronica comic of the week at your local Ralphs, :).

Live Performances vs. In Studio

Now, I'm all for live performances, but I'll be honest, some people just can't perform live! Example, one my of all time favorites, Amy Winehouse, sucks really bad, when she "performs" live, I don't know why, possibly the drugs, yeah, most likely the drugs, but still, she needs to get her shit straight. Now one person, that I'd rather hear live is John Mayer, yeah, he sounds great on record, but his live performances are nothing to compare to. I've posted one of his live performances and one of Amy Shithouses performances, you decide.

The Friday Night Project!

So its the Friday Night project! The FNP is a sketch comedy series in the UK that airs every sunday night, its sort of like the equivalent to SNL here in the US, it has a guest celebrity host and musical guest every week, except they already have hosts. The two hosts are Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr, they are two comedians from the UK, they help the celebrity host each week. I started watching the FNP because Lily Allen was a host and then I started to see that a lot of american celebrities and musicians were getting on this show, I don't know why it doesn't get reported here in the US, but some of my favorite musicians have hosted the show, such as like I've already mentioned, Lily Allen, Mark Ronson, Kanye West, and Amy Winehouse. I've posted the videos below to show you their hosting abilities.

Holy

All The Cool Kids Have One

I wanna be a cool kid.

Kitty Hell

Now, I'm all for hello kitty, but this is a little extreme, and well, scary. That's the hello kitty mexican wrestling mask, in spanish they're called Luchadores, in english, its just plain fucking scary.

Guilty Pleasure #1

It's The Girl's Next Door! I love them! I've been watching this show since it came, which was 3 years ago. Short premise of the show, it's about Hugh Hefner's 3 girlfriends, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kyndra Wilkinson. First of all, I love all of the girls, except Kyndra, I won't waste anytime describing her dumbass, btw, she's the one on the far left, holding up the number 3 with her fingers -_-. So anyways, Holly is so cool and so freakin pretty, so I can see why Hef picked her as his main girlfriend, now Bridget is the one that needs to get away from all of this; she's super smart, taking courses at UCLA, she is so sweet and funny, and as it turns out, she's married! But she said she's been sepereated for quite a while now, so there's my #1 guilty pleasure, The Girl's Next Door on E!. More GUILTY pleasures to come.

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

Is the name of a little known japanese documentary which studies depression and how it is treated in modern Japan. Take notice of the American Pharmaceutical slogan, "Does Your Soul Have a Cold?" being advertised in Japan as is. The film was beautifully done by film director and graphic designer Mike Mills. It was really...interesting to see the people this documentary follows young people with depression, living their lives, as normal as they try to live it, when behind closed doors, they confessed to the cameras their suicidal thoughts. I highly recommend Does Your Soul Have A Cold?

Greece is for Lovers

Tougher than any leather wallet, made to order.

Not For Me

But still dope.

Ryoumi, pretty motha fuckin' ryoumi

I love the Gwen Stefani fashion like L.A.M.B but its just a little too expensive for my taste, but she has another division call Harajuku Lovers, which is a more fun and affordable version of L.A.M.B, but the prices are still pretty insane, but I took the bait and bought myself a couple of her bags, and you should to!

File This Under...Underappreciated

No, not the girl, the movie Babel. She's just a 1/4 of this great movie; so I'm guessing no one saw this movie, because, well, I have no idea. It has big star names such as Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. This movie came out in 2006, and I only know one person that has seen this movie. Babel is built like Pulp Fiction and Amores Perros, meaning its 4 stories woven together, all from different parts of the world. Babel is absolutely one of the best films I've ever seen and I hope you watch this movie and appreciate it for what its worth.

No Key Keyboard

See title.

Jockin' the bitches, slappin' the hoe's

So, me and Lalo were on our way for some boba, when he spotted a strange creature, I didn't know what it was, I thought they only existed in movies, but he assured me that it WAS a hooker. I had to take some pictures of this beautiful wo(man). Yummy..

The One We're All Waiting For

The Whole Bloody Affair, which is Kill Bill volumes 1 and 2 combined, with no black and white scenes, was supposed to come out late last year, postponed to early this year, then postponed to god when knows when. Although I am willing to shell out the 100+ bucks it'll most likely cost, the wait is more excruciating then the money issue itself. Damn you, Weinstein Company.

They Think of Everything these Days

I'd be an avid weed smoker, if i had one of these. It feels good in mah brain.

Bararara

So, we went to six flags on our senior class trip about two months ago and the new X2 wasn't open yet, I think it was supposed to open the next week, which pissed me off. Now I really want to go back and get on X2. Wishful thinking..

Baby Love

For You Freaks

The 2 girls 1 cup cake, feces not included.

At 13, I Thought I Was In Love With The Sky...

Pic taken from the streets in Paris, why can't we have cool shit like this in L.A.?? Uh, probably because we'd fuck it up...

All I Wanna Do is BANG BANG BANG BANG

Guns and legos, two things I can admire, from a distance. Someone actually took the time to construct a gun model with legos. Pretty danm cool.

Wii-Rific!

So since I literally only have about 20 bucks in my pocket, I can't buy the wii just yet, but I will, I WILL. I've been wanting it since it came out but since I'm not rolling in dough, like some gamers I know, I thought it would be best to wait, for when they ineviatbly reduced the prices and added more features, or different division, I don't know. I want it. I will get it.

Before it gets Butchered...

By Hollywood, The Lovely Bones is one if those books you get mesmerized by. The author, Alice Sebold remembers her youth in this semi-autobiography, and writes poetically about a very violent crime that happened to her. So back to the Hollywood thing, this book is being adapted into film, the director of the film is Peter Jackson, from Lord of the Rings fame, so I'm not too worried about the imagery being fucked up as opposed to the actual story. I'm not sure that they can capture the wonderful story that this book really is. But anyway, if you give this book a chance, I know you won't regret it, even if you aren't into books that much, I highly recommend it; the imagery is phenomenal, and it is written so beautifully, that's why I love, The Lovely Bones.

Fully Flared

THAT is Spike Jonze. This guy is too cool and he knows it. He's a director of music videos and commercials, and an Academy Award-nominated director and producer, most notable for his 1999 film Being John Malkovich. He's also credited as a co-creator of Jackass. He's worked with some of my favorite artists and bands. To name a few, Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Daft Punk, Weezer, and Kanye West. I now present, Spikes' best work...