Scrapbook 2010

[missedshapes]

99.9% klepto-ed from fairchilds and morningslugger

Journal title

1. The lady dothn't. ((500) Days of Summer)
   
2. grow up? you're twelve! (Up in the Air)
   
3. I SAW YOUR FACE AND WOW (Hey Arnold!)
   
4. Your mouth is recommended for a sock. (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
   
5. This is fashion! (Bastian Schweinsteiger)
   
6. Somewhere between pudding and foie gras (Fringe)
   

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ⓒ fairchilds, mayush17, electrical_s, electrical_s, electrical_s, usedtobending


ⓒ born_butterfly

Layouts



CSS ⓒ realsoon



CSS ⓒ milou_veronica, cielo_gris
Resources

Profiles

1. Jenny Mellor (An Education)
   
2. Stefan and Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)
   
3. Caroline Forbes being badass (and Damon Salvatore on the floor) (The Vampire Diaries)
   

Mood themes

1. Star Trek XI ⓒ wickedground
   
2. (500) Days of Summer (animated) ⓒ close
   
3. Glee 1x01-1x13 (animated) ⓒ doesnotsway
4. The Vampire Diaries season 1 (animated) ⓒ heimweh26
   

Tumblr layouts

1. idkd00d ⓒ kiyla
   
2. Immobulus ⓒ kiyla
   
3. Greying ⓒ elletricity
   
4. Tumblr Theme #2 ⓒ nothingbuttherain
   

Twitter backgrounds

1. Old German newspaper ⓒ zeldona
   
2. Black flowers on white ⓒ quietghost
   
3. Pink birds with flowers ⓒ chamberten
   
4. White wisps ⓒ chamberten
   

Desktop wallpapers

1. An Education ⓒ yours truly @ coolmyheart
   
2. Shosanna Dreyfus (Inglourious Basterds) ⓒ fairchilds
   
3. Blair Waldorf (Gossip Girl) ⓒ fairchilds
   
4. Leighton Meester and Dianna Agron @ coolmyheart
   
5. Ed Westwick and Leighton Meester ⓒ born_butterfly
   
6. Rear Window @ coolmyheart
   
7. Hit Girl (Kick-Ass) ⓒ fairchilds
   
8. Dan/Blair (Gossip Girl) ⓒ fairchilds
   
9. Nate/Blair (Gossip Girl) ⓒ fairchilds
   
10. Alice in Wonderland ⓒ fairchilds
    
11. Inception ⓒ fairchilds
    
12. Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries) ⓒ fairchilds
    
13. The World in Words ⓒ Dirk Schächter
    
14. Beau/Chiles (Country Strong) ⓒ slayedmonster
    

Favorite ships

1. Blair/everyone (Gossip Girl)
   
2. Lily/Barney (How I Met Your Mother)
   
3. Bridget/Hicox (Inglourious Basterds)
   
4. Jenny/Danny (An Education)
   
5. Puck/Quinn (Glee)
   
6. Dan/Blair (Gossip Girl) Special mention because they're probably the only thing that can make me watch this show again
   
7. Stefan/Damon (The Vampire Diaries) In a brotherly way, of course.
   
8. Matt/Caroline (The Vampire Diaries)
   
9. Peter/Olivia (Fringe)
   
10. Stefan/Caroline (The Vampire Diaries)
    
11. Blair/Louis (Gossip Girl)
    
12. Beau/Chiles (Country Strong...not that I've watched it)
    
13. Bill/Fleur (Harry Potter series)
    

TV

1. How I Met Your Mother
   
2. Skins I give up. I'm never going to get into the second generation.
   
3. Glee But it needs to win me over again.
   
4. The Vampire Diaries
   
5. Fringe
   
6. Rubicon (currently stalled)
   

Music

1. (500) Days of Summer soundtrack
   
2. "Don't Rain On My Parade" - Lea Michele | Glee (originally from Funny Girl)
   
3. "The End of the World" - Skeeter Davis
   
4. "Last Request" - Paolo Nutini
   
5. "The Sounds of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel
   
6. An Education soundtrack
   
7. "Body Control" - Leighton Meester
   
8. "Lingering Still" - She & Him
   
9. "Hello, I Love You" - Cory Monteith (originally by The Doors) | Glee (Idk, it's the first time I really liked how Cory sang)
   
10. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, Cory Monteith, Mark Salling (originally by Bonnie Tyler) | Glee
    
11. "Cabaret" - Liza Minnelli | Cabaret (film)
    
12. "Dream A Little Dream" - Kevin McHale (originally by Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra) | Glee
    
13. "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga
    
14. "Je ne sais pas" - Joyce Jonathan I can't even understand French but listening to this song makes me happy.
    
15. "Teeth" - Lady Gaga
    
16. "Head Over Heels" - Digital Daggers (originally by Tears for Fears)
    
17. "Chances Are" - Garrett Hedlund ♥ | Country Strong soundtrack
    
18. "Give In to Me" - Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester ♥♥♥ | Country Strong soundtrack
    
19. "Summer Girl" - Leighton Meester (originally by Jessica Andrews) | Country Strong soundtrack
    
20. "Nina's Dream" - Clint Mansell | Black Swan soundtrack
    

Films*
* feature-length films only


Loved it/recommended

(Could become a) Guilty pleasure

I only appreciated this after a discussion in my Film class.

Mixed feelings

Flush down the toilet.

#. Original title | English title (Director | Year) Grade

1. Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio | 1982) B+
   
2. The Young Victoria (Jean-Marc Vallée | 2009) B+
   
   
3. Fa yeung nin wa | In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai | 2000) A-
   
4. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams | 2009) A-
   How much of a dork am I that I inwardly squealed when I heard kid!Spock talk about public goods in that scene in school before he gets bullied?
   
5. Jennifer's Body (Karyn Kusama | 2009) B-
   
6. Kisapmata | In the Blink of an Eye (Mike De Leon | 1981) B+
   
   
7. Moon (Duncan Jones | 2009) A-
   
   
8. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino | 1994) A-
   
   
9. The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson | 2008) B
   
10. Rashômon (Akira Kurosawa | 1950) B- I've liked In A Grove, one of the stories on which this was based, ever since we discussed it in high school. This movie was disappointing.
    
11. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman | 2009) A-
    
    
12. The Graduate (Mike Nichols | 1967) A
    Waaay funnier than I expected and great soundtrack.
    
13. Rent (Chris Columbus | 2005) C+
    
14. Up (Pete Docter | 2009) A+
    
    
15. Courting Justice (Jane Lipman | 2008) B-
    
16. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor | 1940) B+
    
17. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock | 1958) B+
    
18. La mariée était en noir | The Bride Wore Black (François Truffaut | 1968) B
    
19. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow | 2009) A
    
    
20. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock | 1963) B
    
21. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock | 1959) B+
    
22. Les 400 coups | The 400 Blows (François Truffaut | 1959) B+
    
23. Adam (Max Mayer | 2009) C I didn't like this as much I thought I would.
    
24. Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken | Love in Thoughts (Achim von Borries | 2004) B-
    
25. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (Terry Gilliam | 2009) B+
    
26. Cracks (Jordan Scott | 2009) B
    
27. Spione | Spies (Fritz Lang | 1928) B+
    
28. Ne le dis à personne | Tell No One (Guillaume Canet | 2006) B+
    
29. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex | The Baader Meinhof Complex (Uli Edel | 2008) B
    
30. Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn | 2010) B+
    
    
31. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black | 2005) B+
    
    
32. Cabaret (Bob Fosse | 1972) A-
    Would've gotten a gold star if Sally weren't so irritating when she wasn't performing.
    
33. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci | 2009) A-
    
    
34. Coco avant Chanel | Coco Before Chanel (Anne Fontaine | 2009) C+
    
35. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp | 2009) A+
    
    
36. Los abrazos rotos | Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar | 2009) B
    
37. Clash of the Titans (Louis Leterrier | 2010) C Entertaining if you don't really think too much, unless you're Greek Mythology--then you'll feel wronged.
    
38. Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock | 1943) B
    
39. Pour elle | Anything for Her (Fred Cavayé | 2008) B
    
40. A Single Man (Tom Ford | 2009) B+
    
    
41. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola | 1974) B-
    
42. Chung Hing sam lam | Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai | 1994) B+
    
43. Nine (Rob Marshall | 2009) B-
    Didn't think this was as bad as critics said it was.
    
44. Jeux d'enfants | Love Me If You Dare (Yann Samuell | 2003) B
    
45. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer | 2006) B Not quite sure what I just watched in those last twenty or so minutes.
    
46. Orphée | Orpheus (Jean Cocteau | 1949) B+
    Watch it for the imagery and the fantasy elements. But I personally had a hard time buying what turned out to be the central romance.
    
47. Dark City (Alex Proyas | 1998) A
    
    
48. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood | 1939) A
    
    
49. La fille du RER | The Girl on the Train (André Téchiné | 2009) B-
    
50. Caché | Hidden (Michael Haneke | 2005) B+
    I have never read so many opinions and theories about a movie in order to figure it out.
    
51. Mary and Max (Adam Elliot | 2009) B+
    
    
52. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan | 2005) B+
    
53. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich | 2010) A
    
    
54. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer | 1995) B+
    
55. Jesus Camp (Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing | 2006) B
    
56. Inception (Christopher Nolan | 2010) A+
    Has possibly overtaken Caché in the Number of Theories I've Read in Trying to Figure This Film Out category.
    
57. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick | 1964) A
    
    
58. Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton | 2010) B-
    
59. Date Night (Shawn Levy | 2010) C+
    
60. The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson | 2010) B
    
61. Salt (Phillip Noyce | 2010) C+
    
62. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks | 1940) A
    
    
63. Stage Fright (Alfred Hitchcock | 1950) C
    
64. Wild Target (Jonathan Lynn | 2010) C+
    
65. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (John Krasinski | 2009) B-
    
66. Despicable Me (Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud | 2010) B-
    
67. Watching the Detectives (Paul Soter | 2007) C-
    
68. Bande à part | Band of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard | 1964) B+
    This was close to only getting a half-heart because I realized I gave Orphée a "Mixed feelings" for second thoughts that were kind of like the ones I had with this movie: There were quirky/original touches that I loved, but I can't really buy some relationships in the story. Apparently an actually silent minute of silence does wonders to elevate my opinion of a movie, haha. And in retrospect, even if I can't agree with how those relationships went along, to me they were in-character for everyone involved.
    
69. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles | 2006) B+
    
70. Brüno (Larry Charles | 2009) C
    
71. American Psycho (Mary Harron | 2000) B+
    
72. Wall Street (Oliver Stone | 1987) B+
    
73. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Oliver Stone | 2010) C Someone had fun editing this.
    
74. Belle de jour (Luis Buñuel | 1967) B+
    
    
75. Superbad (Greg Mottola | 2007) C
    
76. Hot Tub Time Machine (Steve Pink | 2010) B-
    
    
77. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick | 1980) A-
    
    
78. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro | 1991) B+
    
79. Ondine (Neil Jordan | 2009) B+
    
80. The Runaways (Floria Sigismondi | 2010) C
    
81. Friday Night Lights (Peter Berg | 2004) A-
    I did not expect to like this. And I still don't understand the intricacies of American football. But thank you, Garrett Hedlund, for leading me to probably the first movie to really make me cry this year.
    
82. Nowhere Boy (Sam Taylor-Wood | 2009) B-
    
83. Glorious 39 (Stephen Poliakoff | 2009) B-
    
84. Four Brothers (John Singleton | 2005) C+
    
85. Boy A (John Crowley | 2007) B The last twenty minutes are especially heartbreaking. Andrew Garfield is amazing.
    
86. Paris, je t'aime (Bruno Podalydes, Gurinder Chadha, Gus van Sant, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Christopher Doyle, Isabel Coixet, Nobuhiro Suwa, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso Cuaron, Olivier Assayas, Oliver Schmitz, Richard Lagravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Wes Craven, Tom Tykwer, Frédéric Aubertin, Gérard Depardieu, Alexander Payne | 2006) B+
    The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
    
87. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan | 2008) A
    
    
88. The Social Network (David Fincher | 2010) A
    
    
89. Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer | 2009) B+
    
    
90. Howl (Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman | 2010) B
    
91. Hauru no ugoku shiro | Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki | 2004) B+
    
92. La habitación de Fermat | Fermat's Room (Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña | 2007) B
    
93. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (David Yates | 2010) B
    
    
94. Robin Hood (Ridley Scott | 2010) C+
    
95. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Chodolenko | 2010) B+
    
    
96. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Edgar Wright | 2010) B
    
97. El secreto de sus ojos | The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella | 2009) B+
    
98. Kynodontas | Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos | 2009) A
    Few movies make me gasp out loud, and this is one of them. Not for the squeamish.
    
99. Easy A (Will Gluck | 2010) C+
    
100. Tron: Legacy (Joseph Kosinski | 2010) B- A feast for the eyes and ears.
     
101. Metropolis (Fritz Lang | 1927 | 2002 restored version?) A-
     
     
102. Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron | 2009) B
     
103. Heung joh chow, heung yau chow | Turn Left, Turn Right (Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai | 2003) C- No need to hit me over the head with all the ~parallelisms.
     
104. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky | 2010) A-
     
     
105. The Hangover (Todd Phillips | 2009) B
     
     

Films Rewatched

1. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock | 1960) A-
   
   
2. Lola rennt | Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer | 1998) B+
   
   
3. Coraline (Henry Selick | 2009) A-
   
   
4. Zoolander (Ben Stiller | 2001) B-
   THIS WILL NEVER GET OLD.
   
5. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann | 2001) A-
   
   
6. A Little Princess (Alfonso Cuarón | 1995) B
   
7. The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel | 2006) B-
   
   
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (David Yates | 2010) B
   
   
9. Chung Hing sam lam | Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai | 1994) B+
   
10. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky | 2010) A-
    

Books

1. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, translated by Daniel Donno A+
   
   
2. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert B+
   
   
3. Emma by Jane Austen B+
   The ending was too tidy for me but I really enjoyed reading this.
   
4. More Sex is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics by Steven E. Landsburg B+
   I can't say I agree with Landsburg's stand on the benefits of population growth (I feel like it would only hold for developed countries, at least in the middle-run) or the lack of value he places on ancient artifacts, but this book made me really think, all the more because a lot of the content is counterintuitive at first.
   
5. Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes by Mark Crick B+
   
6. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire B+
   
   
7. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald A-
   
   
8. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (in progress)
   
9. Orientalism by Edward W. Saïd (in progress)
   

Books Reread

1. About A Boy by Nick Hornby A-
   MY FAVORITE BOOK.
   
2. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro A
   
   
3. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (revised edition) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner A+
   MY OTHER FAVORITE BOOK.
   
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (in progress)
   
5. Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal, translated by Ma. Soledad Lacson-Locsin, edited by Raul L. Locsin (in progress) I'm beginning to appreciate this more now. Still wish I wasn't required to read it, though.

Live theater

1. Rent (Manila, 02/13/10): Gian Magdangal (Roger), Fred Lo (Mark), Cara Barredo (Mimi), Job Bautista (Angel), OJ Mariano (Collins), Carla Guevara-Laforteza (Maureen), Jenny Villegas (Joanne), Noel Rayos (Benny)
   

Memorable entries
01/28/10: We try to find some words to aid in the decay.
05/17/10: GG finale spoilers from TWoP (aka if I wanted to lose weight, I'd read this post right after eating)
06/06/10: LONDON CALLING
07/13/10: The world is feeding my fangirl tendencies.
10/13/10: J)(*#$)()D(fi34 (Translation: Country Strong Music Video). Basically, the post in which I discover Garrett Hedlund.

Favorite fanmixes and picspams

1. 100 Reasons To Love Ed Westwick (not nearly) As Much As Me ⓒ sidewayswalk
   
2. Archer and Ellen had inappropriate conversations in the ladies' room ⓒ thmaymuc
   
3. A Very Peculiar Thing (Dan/Blair) ⓒ artemis_sparks
   
4. A 'House of Black' Dream Casting Spam ⓒ chairs
   
5. Children of the Night: Casting Greek Mythology's Family of Darkness ⓒ fairchilds
   
6. Die Nationalmannschaft World Cup 2010 (so far!) ⓒ exsequar
   
7. Argentina 0 -- 4 Deutschland ⓒ bunnysayboo
   
8. GERMANY VS URUGUAY 3rd PLACE PLAYOFF + MEDAL PRESENTATION PICSPAM ⓒ fairchilds
   
9. Highlights of die Mannschaft's 2010 World Cup Run ⓒ fairchilds
   
10. Best Films of 2010, Best Films Watched & Performances of the Year ⓒ fairchilds