shifting sand

warning: spoilers ahead

When I was your age, they would say you could become cops or criminals. What I'm saying is this: When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?

~Frank Costello, The Departed

i just came home from watching the departed with tin and kuya eson. i was supposed to watch a no-brainer but they persuaded me. i forgot to check if step up was still being shown so it'll have to wait.

i found it to be really witty. and it was full of violence. i definitely loved it! tin and i watched it twice. kuya eson was snoring by the second run. he woke up in time to see his favorite part. i love movies that come full circle like this. i try my best not to elaborate for those who still plan to watch. i'm nice, see? unlike some people... =p

another spoiler ahead... highlight at you own risk. they all die in the end. don't say i didn't warn you. <evil laugh>

i had an adventure today. ^_^ we also ate at sbarro earlier. we tried their best-seller, the chicago deep dish. it tasted like you're biting into pizza and pasta at the same time. i prefer eating those separately. but it was good. and the risk added spice to it.

this part is for ate abi and our i'll try to be shallow challenge. matt damon and leonardo di caprio were so cute! and jack nickolson was so cute in his rat portrayal! lolz.

i had a movie date with a rat once. it sat on my lap and we watched the grinch who stole christmas together. i froze in place until it decided to go away.

by the way, i dreamed of becoming a police officer when i was a kid. it was one of those childhood dreams my sister shattered.

kuya eson, thank you for agreeing to see tin and me home safely.

stepford wives

what's a stepford wife like?

she looks like a barbie doll and sounds like aldous. shhh...

the film "stepford wives" brings me back to the days when i had to deal with someone who saw me as someone beyond reach just because i was perceived as someone "better". nothing i did could penetrate that sense of inferiority. it was a manipulation trap in the making. i never asked for someone who would try to impress me with his wit or charm. i just want a husband i would submit to, that is, yield my will to. and he would love me in return. did you notice that i didn't say boyfriend? =p i don't want a stepford husband who comes with a remote control. but i have my non-negotiables. the top of my list says someone who would lead me spiritually. that's pretty tough considering the so-called 6:1 ratio of Christian girls to Christian guys. 

O LORD, You are my God;
         I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
         For You have worked wonders,
         Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

~ Isaiah 25:1

it's all in God's hands. before i thought to pray for someone, even before i was created, the Lord had planned my life out to the smallest detail and He is faithful to fulfill it. i can only praise Him for who He is and for the one i will someday spend my life with. i need not worry about a husband who will want to make me "perfect" by turning me into a robot who does his every will.

inconsistencies aside, the movie was nice. it was an eye opener that in a world filled with jerks and chauvinists, decent guys exist. and they love you because they choose to.

Proverbs 16:18

the white witch's wearing of something made from aslan's mane to battle was her way of boasting that she defeated him. aslan devoured her at the end of the battle.

Aslan: If the Witch knew the true meaning of sacrifice, she might have 
interpreted the Deep Magic a little differently. For she would know 
that if a willing victim who had committed no treachery died in a 
traitor's stead, the Stone Table would crack and death itself would 
begin to unwind.

the breaking of the stone table was like the tearing of the veil that separated people from the holy presence of God.
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. (1 Peter 3:18)

daughter of eve

i spent the day with someone i took for granted for so long. in my selfishness, i failed to be the friend that he needed. i reasoned time and again that i was going through something so i couldn't spare time soothing someone else. nevermind that i was battling my tendencies to lose hope. maybe if i listened to another person's troubles, i wouldn't have been too preoccupied with my own. i had been a terrible friend. and worse, i had been an unfaithful child of God. i had forgotten that this life i live had long ago been offered up to Him. or that He has equipped me with everything i need to face my battles. i failed to trust His promise that He would never leave me nor forsake me. i had been so ungrateful for the sacrifice He made that i pondered taking my life. then i remembered that it is no longer i who live...

i started crying at the beginning of the movie, "the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe". i was thinking about susan and the consequences of not continuing in our faith. i'm going too far ahead in the chronicles of narnia for those who had not read the books...  and i observed that the enemy's lies seem sweet, but the mask falls off when we are at their mercy, not that they show any.  our betrayal inflicts great pain. and yet He welcomes us with open arms and remembers our sin no more. unworthy as we are, He died that we may live.

but i can't help but ask... why did Father Christmas not give them a ride? i guess we're back to the part where they were equipped with weapons and told, "these are tools, not toys. handle them well and wisely." or something like that. the thing is to be grateful instead of demanding more.

The Steward of Gondor

Home is behind
The world is ahead.
And there are many paths to tread
Thru shadow to the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight
Mist and shadows, cloud and shade.
All shall fade.
All shall fade.

Based on text by J.R.R. Tolkien.  Composed and performed by Billy Boyd.

a reason

to look forward to november and to going back...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire premieres on the 16th

ice age

hey, i've always wanted to have a pet tiger. a nice sabertooth tiger would do. hehe. i am unusually happy today, even if i seem to be stuck in a cycle of ups and downs. whose picture is this? the answer? diego -- that's me. manfred the melancholic mammoth is junette and sid the sanguine sloth is monica. =) we decided to be the characters so we would really feel the movie... =p

A Series of Unfortunate Events

At times the world may seem like an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say there is much more good in it than bad...and what may seem like a series of unfortunate events might, in fact, be the first steps of a journey.

Part of that World

Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
The girl who has ev'rything?
Look at this trove
Treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Lookin' around here you'd think
Sure
She's got everything

I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want thingamabobs?
I got twenty
But who cares?
No big deal
I want more

I wanna be where the people are
I wanna see
Wanna see 'em dancin'
Walkin' around on those
Whad'ya call 'em?
Oh - feet
Flippin' your fins you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumpin', dancin'
Strollin' along down a
What's that word again?
Street
Up where they walk
Up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free
Wish I could be
Part of that world

What would I give
If I could live
Outta these waters?
What would I pay
To spend a day
Warm on the sand?
Betcha on land
They understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women
Sick o' swimmin'
Ready to stand

And I'm ready to know what the people know
Ask 'em my questions
And get some answers
What's a fire and why does it
What's the word? Burn?

When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love
Love to explore that shore up above?
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world

milkshake

Daydream delusion. Limousine Eyelash
Oh, baby with your pretty face
Drop a tear in my wineglass
Look at those big eyes
See what you mean to me
Sweet cakes and milkshakes
I am a delusioned angel
I am a fantasy parade.
I want you to know what I think.
Don't want you to guess anymore.
You have no idea where I came from.
We have no idea where we're going.
Launched in life.
Like branches in the river.
Flowing downstream.
Caught in the current.
I'll carry you. You'll carry me.
That's how it could be.
Don't you know me
Don't you know me by now.