I'll try to break up my entries in normal length entries next time, guys.
So, I entered some asoiaf-related contests and I have to show you my comic entries. :D
We had to make a stick figure comic. This won first place! :D
Actually, I totally hated it when I made it (a few hours before the deadline) because I'd already made 6 panels when I suddenly realized I didn't have a punchline. So I just slapped some sparkles on Tommen and called it a day.
This was for a menu contest. It won second place but I thought the winner deserved it so I won't complain.
Anyway, I stupidly decided that my menu couldn't include rice (because it doesn't seem to exist in Dorne/Westeros, even though it was so obviously a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern equivalent) but this bothered me immensely because I'm Middle Eastern and I eat rice basically every day. Not even including hummus/desserts made up for it. It was like "I would hate to eat this with bread instead of rice *brain hurts*"
I also made some really silly asoiaf icons with Queen lyrics but those didn't won anything so I won't show them. :D
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For some reason I watched quite a few Israel related movies in the last two weeks. One is an animation, two of them were LGBT related and one is a musical 'cause that's how I roll.
First on the list was The Prince of Egypt. Nice tight story and cool characters (Moses is not a jerk and Ramses is not pure evil). The animation is freaking gorgeous. Just scene after scene of Scenery Porn. The soundtrack was awesome as well. My favourite song is when the children start singing in Hebrew:
But Ofra Haza singing was awesome too (she has an amazing voice) and so was Ramses and Mose fighting/singing about the plagues.
Then I watched West Bank Story (get the pun?), which won an Oscar for Best Short Movie. It's a 20 min. musical about two starcrossed lovers (an Israeli guy and a Palestinian girl) and their families' feuding falafel huts. It's as awesome and silly as it sounds. You can find it here. I LOLed. Some funny quotes (but not the funniest):
"YOUR side of the screen is encroaching on MY side of the screen"
"Do I look like a suicide bomber? Like I'd be caught dead in this outfit."
"Let me come to your balcony tonight where I will annoy your parents and neighbours by singing you a really overdramatic song about feelings and love." "What?"
Just don't take it seriously, eh? :P
Next up was The Bubble (HaBuah). A movie about three Israelis and a Palestinian in Tel Aviv. So I will admit that my interest was piqued when I found out it was a gay love story between an Israeli and a Palestinian. But it's a really good movie! The title refers to Tel Aviv and the fact that people behave like in a bubble, safe from the violence in the surrounding region. I thought it was pretty interesting to see free young people, behaving much like we do, but in such a place. Rather startling. I guess the genre is sorta "tragicomic slice o' life". Well, I thought some scenes were seriously hilarious, pretty much thanks to Lulu (assertive straight girl) and Yali (a Jewish Emmet from Queer as Folk). The very last scene made me bawl (but for a really random reason so don't ask). Watch if you like to look at lots of pretty pretty people. I mean, wow, the four main characters are hot. So was the random lesbian couple.
Then I discovered that the director who made The Bubble, Eytan Fox, also made a movie about gay Israeli soldiers and I thought "Why the hell not? Lets watch it."
Yossi & Jagger is the name of the movie. It's a pretty short movie (barely an hour) and I didn't think it was as good as The Bubble but it wasn't bad either. Pretty good. You get to see life in the army barracks (and the barracks made me go D:. I'm so not cut out to live as a soldier) and I guess it was realistic because it proved popular in Israel and military bases. I guess there's not much to say here. It was pretty straightforward. But I really thought that Jagger (Yehuda Levi) was freaking pretty. So it wasn't surprising to find out that the actor is a model. Pretty eyes. *_*
And today a newspaper I picked up in the train had an article about Palestinian cinema and some really interesting directors (quite a lot of women) and their movies. COINCIDENCE OR NOT? Will have to look into them.
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I'm busy with uni once more.
There's a genetic disease called FAP. I snickered. Yes, I'm 12 years old. Mind you, it's a horrible kind of colon cancer which kinda kills the funny. (This semester is about oncology)
There's this Turkish dude in my year I worked with today. He's a pretty nice guy and he even remembered my name even though we don't talk much (like, the last time was half a year ago). But he sometimes misspeaks when he talks to me.
Hussein: Hey Sarah, I-
Me: Sahar
Hussein: Shit, did I say something else? Oops.
*later*
Hussein: Hey Hagar, I-
Me:... Sahar.
Hussein: Again?! Sorry, Sahar. I swear I know your name. D:
Me: You're such a muslim. XD
People systematically butcher my name, both verbally and on paper, so I'm used to it. It's actually pretty surprising to me. It's not like my name is that hard, heh.
But it was rather hilarious how he kept calling me Hagar and Sarah. *is easily amused*
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I decided I should read more lit. So I read the Great Gatsby. It was okay but I'm a bit miffed because some people consider it the greatest bestest novel ever and now I feel like I'm missing out. Ah well.
I'm also busy in Wuthering Heights. I did try to read it four years ago but I stopped when the crazy started hitting the fan. But now I'm reading it again, mostly inspired by beatonna's Brontë comic (You can tell she likes Anne, LOL). I need to finish one Brontë novel in my life, goddamnit (also unsuccessfully tried to read Jane Eyre after watching the new BBC miniseries). Actually, I just really want to read Anne's books but I feel like I can only do that after reading one of her sisters' books. Thanks, beatonna.
Random: I rather liked this quote from Charlotte's preface to the novel:
For an example of constancy and tenderness, look at the character of Edgar Linton. (Some people will think these qualities do not shine so well incarnate in a man as they would in a woman, but [Emily] could never be brought to comprehend this notion: nothing moved her more than any insinuation that the faithfulness and clemency, the long-suffering and loving-kindness which are esteemed virtues in the daughters of Eve, become foibles in the sons of Adam. She held that mercy and forgiveness are the divinest attributes of the Great Being who made both man and woman, and that what clothes the Godhead in glory can disgrace no form of feeble humanity.)
RUN AWAY LINTON SIBLINGS, RUN AWAY BEFORE HEATHCLIFF AND CATHY RUIN YOU. But it's too late. *sigh*
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Geert Wilders and his lovely party want the government to make a cost-benefit analysis of the presence of non-Western immigrants and their offspring in the Netherlands. He wants to know the worth of a human being. As the child of non-Western immigrants, this really pisses me off. X_X
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In case you're sick of evolutionary psychologists and their lolrape ideas: Can We Blame Our Bad Behaviour on Stone-Age Genes? The answer, you'll find, is no. Really cool article with nice rebuttals of evo psych arguments.
***
Twilight has been sent to the cornfield.
Just... LOL.
We had to make a stick figure comic. This won first place! :D
Actually, I totally hated it when I made it (a few hours before the deadline) because I'd already made 6 panels when I suddenly realized I didn't have a punchline. So I just slapped some sparkles on Tommen and called it a day.
This was for a menu contest. It won second place but I thought the winner deserved it so I won't complain.
Anyway, I stupidly decided that my menu couldn't include rice (because it doesn't seem to exist in Dorne/Westeros, even though it was so obviously a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern equivalent) but this bothered me immensely because I'm Middle Eastern and I eat rice basically every day. Not even including hummus/desserts made up for it. It was like "I would hate to eat this with bread instead of rice *brain hurts*"
I also made some really silly asoiaf icons with Queen lyrics but those didn't won anything so I won't show them. :D
***
For some reason I watched quite a few Israel related movies in the last two weeks. One is an animation, two of them were LGBT related and one is a musical 'cause that's how I roll.
First on the list was The Prince of Egypt. Nice tight story and cool characters (Moses is not a jerk and Ramses is not pure evil). The animation is freaking gorgeous. Just scene after scene of Scenery Porn. The soundtrack was awesome as well. My favourite song is when the children start singing in Hebrew:
Click to viewBut Ofra Haza singing was awesome too (she has an amazing voice) and so was Ramses and Mose fighting/singing about the plagues.
Then I watched West Bank Story (get the pun?), which won an Oscar for Best Short Movie. It's a 20 min. musical about two starcrossed lovers (an Israeli guy and a Palestinian girl) and their families' feuding falafel huts. It's as awesome and silly as it sounds. You can find it here. I LOLed. Some funny quotes (but not the funniest):
"YOUR side of the screen is encroaching on MY side of the screen"
"Do I look like a suicide bomber? Like I'd be caught dead in this outfit."
"Let me come to your balcony tonight where I will annoy your parents and neighbours by singing you a really overdramatic song about feelings and love." "What?"
Just don't take it seriously, eh? :P
Next up was The Bubble (HaBuah). A movie about three Israelis and a Palestinian in Tel Aviv. So I will admit that my interest was piqued when I found out it was a gay love story between an Israeli and a Palestinian. But it's a really good movie! The title refers to Tel Aviv and the fact that people behave like in a bubble, safe from the violence in the surrounding region. I thought it was pretty interesting to see free young people, behaving much like we do, but in such a place. Rather startling. I guess the genre is sorta "tragicomic slice o' life". Well, I thought some scenes were seriously hilarious, pretty much thanks to Lulu (assertive straight girl) and Yali (a Jewish Emmet from Queer as Folk). The very last scene made me bawl (but for a really random reason so don't ask). Watch if you like to look at lots of pretty pretty people. I mean, wow, the four main characters are hot. So was the random lesbian couple.
Then I discovered that the director who made The Bubble, Eytan Fox, also made a movie about gay Israeli soldiers and I thought "Why the hell not? Lets watch it."
Yossi & Jagger is the name of the movie. It's a pretty short movie (barely an hour) and I didn't think it was as good as The Bubble but it wasn't bad either. Pretty good. You get to see life in the army barracks (and the barracks made me go D:. I'm so not cut out to live as a soldier) and I guess it was realistic because it proved popular in Israel and military bases. I guess there's not much to say here. It was pretty straightforward. But I really thought that Jagger (Yehuda Levi) was freaking pretty. So it wasn't surprising to find out that the actor is a model. Pretty eyes. *_*
And today a newspaper I picked up in the train had an article about Palestinian cinema and some really interesting directors (quite a lot of women) and their movies. COINCIDENCE OR NOT? Will have to look into them.
***
I'm busy with uni once more.
There's a genetic disease called FAP. I snickered. Yes, I'm 12 years old. Mind you, it's a horrible kind of colon cancer which kinda kills the funny. (This semester is about oncology)
There's this Turkish dude in my year I worked with today. He's a pretty nice guy and he even remembered my name even though we don't talk much (like, the last time was half a year ago). But he sometimes misspeaks when he talks to me.
Hussein: Hey Sarah, I-
Me: Sahar
Hussein: Shit, did I say something else? Oops.
*later*
Hussein: Hey Hagar, I-
Me:... Sahar.
Hussein: Again?! Sorry, Sahar. I swear I know your name. D:
Me: You're such a muslim. XD
People systematically butcher my name, both verbally and on paper, so I'm used to it. It's actually pretty surprising to me. It's not like my name is that hard, heh.
But it was rather hilarious how he kept calling me Hagar and Sarah. *is easily amused*
***
I decided I should read more lit. So I read the Great Gatsby. It was okay but I'm a bit miffed because some people consider it the greatest bestest novel ever and now I feel like I'm missing out. Ah well.
I'm also busy in Wuthering Heights. I did try to read it four years ago but I stopped when the crazy started hitting the fan. But now I'm reading it again, mostly inspired by beatonna's Brontë comic (You can tell she likes Anne, LOL). I need to finish one Brontë novel in my life, goddamnit (also unsuccessfully tried to read Jane Eyre after watching the new BBC miniseries). Actually, I just really want to read Anne's books but I feel like I can only do that after reading one of her sisters' books. Thanks, beatonna.
Random: I rather liked this quote from Charlotte's preface to the novel:
For an example of constancy and tenderness, look at the character of Edgar Linton. (Some people will think these qualities do not shine so well incarnate in a man as they would in a woman, but [Emily] could never be brought to comprehend this notion: nothing moved her more than any insinuation that the faithfulness and clemency, the long-suffering and loving-kindness which are esteemed virtues in the daughters of Eve, become foibles in the sons of Adam. She held that mercy and forgiveness are the divinest attributes of the Great Being who made both man and woman, and that what clothes the Godhead in glory can disgrace no form of feeble humanity.)
RUN AWAY LINTON SIBLINGS, RUN AWAY BEFORE HEATHCLIFF AND CATHY RUIN YOU. But it's too late. *sigh*
***
Geert Wilders and his lovely party want the government to make a cost-benefit analysis of the presence of non-Western immigrants and their offspring in the Netherlands. He wants to know the worth of a human being. As the child of non-Western immigrants, this really pisses me off. X_X
***
In case you're sick of evolutionary psychologists and their lolrape ideas: Can We Blame Our Bad Behaviour on Stone-Age Genes? The answer, you'll find, is no. Really cool article with nice rebuttals of evo psych arguments.
***
Twilight has been sent to the cornfield.
Just... LOL.