It is a very odd movie starring Will Ferrell and everything is in Spanish. It seems to have adopted the telenovela style, although with much exaggeration.

First thing to point out is Will Ferrell's Spanish. He learned so much in a month that it really impressed me. This is an important aspect because the movie is funnier when you know at least a little Spanish.

Second thing is the movie's eccentric and unexpected scenes. When Sonia and Armando are making love, for a split second the girl is casually replaced with a mannequin and then the next moment it is her again. The scene where the Bengal tiger appears was also pretty loco. There are just so many crazy scenes. It seemed as the producers were on something.

The third is that it has so many glitches and an apparent lack of sophistication and coherence in its portrayal. Which is what makes it awesome !

I think this movie is great because it goes against the spirit of skeuomorphism. Movies are movies. There is no need for it to capture 100% reality. Especially(or only because) there is Will Ferrell to fix everything. He can make any movie entertaining.
☆★★★★

I expected a playfully spooky child's film as the main character Coraline slowly revealed herself throughout the beginning. It was pretty clear that she was fearless and adventurous, but little did I expect that such audacity was the only force that kept this film in the boundaries of PG. In other words, it was pretty scary!

The visual effect articulately renders the smooth absorption into the world of Coraline, which allows older viewers to also appreciate this somewhat peculiar film. Or this could be a pretext to cover up the fact that I loved it so much.

The parallel button world where every being exists at its wholest state, struck me as the most tempting thing. That I mean, upon the hypothesis, that I am a kid. A loving mom and an affectionate dad, great food and desert. What more can a little girl ask for?

The colors, sounds, movements were all conducive to the consistent maintainence of the spooky ambiance. But more than these little technicalities, which of course contributed significantly to the beauty of this film, the story itself touched upon a certain aspect of the human greed that children can relate to.

I noticed some critics that commented on thie film as 'too scary' for children. That is not true. I happend to grow up watching scary movies since I was a kid, mainly because my aunt wrote scenarios for horror films. It actually taught me to have a deep and wide pool of emotions, waiting to suddenly erupt and colour my world. Fear is a mysterious emotion and knowing it is crucial to understand human beings.

In conclusion, I recommend this film to all of you.

I used to visit a pretty famous therapist in Korea about a year ago. Filled with skepticism, I couldn't make him my true confidant but instead picked and chose what I would say to him.

One of the things I also carelessly overlooked was that I was diagnosed with a minor case of Borderline Personality Disorder. Minor or not, descriptions of mental related disorders in general can be pretty ambiguous. The diagnosis is based on how many symptoms and behaviors among the list does this person exhibit.

My symptoms would be
1. Dramatic fluctuations in emotions: When I am happy I am happier than anyone else, but when I am sad, you don't want to be there.
2. Devaluation and idealization of others: I am sometimes very judgmental, of which the criteria can also be pretty personal as well.
3. Misreadings in other people's expressions: I am very sensitive to how others feel in my presence. I easily assume that someone doesn't like me, and I often victimize myself. This isn't as bad as it sounds. In a nutshell I just have a hard time when it comes to socializing.
4. Angered at things that others cannot understand: The train of thoughts leads me to weird conclusions sometimes. By 'weird', I mean irrational, overly pessimistic..

There are actually a lot more things, but too personal and private to divulge so easily. I have tried to understand what I am going through and why my life has to be so difficult when it is actually very flawless.

One obvious thing is that just because I can analyze what I go through, it doesn't mean the behaviors can be stopped easily.

☆☆☆★★I was expecting crazy madness within a plausible boundary but this one seemed to be focused more on action than the first two.

In my opinion, what made the previous Hangover movies awesome were series of shockingly unexpected events. In that regard, it would take much more creativity to relive or outweigh the sensation for the third movie. That's why the style sort of changed I guess.

Zach Galifianakis has intense potbelly and I noticed that Ken Jeong's character as Mr. Chow is pretty degrading but he pulled it off.

Now moving on to what I hated about the movie:
1. A giraffe died in the beginning rather crudely and that was not funny.
2. Zach's stupidity was the sort to piss people off. Chris Pratt in Parks and Reacreation, on the other hand, is what I call likably stupid.

Orphan Black became my favorite show since the day I watched the first episode.

The show is Canadian and filmed in Toronto as well. What's more surprising is that Jordan Gavaris, who plays Felix Dawkins, is also Canadian. His accent could definitely pass for a British as his delivery is so shameless. However, I love it more that it's fake.

Is his sexual orientation also fake? 

Yes. And no doubt is he one of the best queer characters I have seen lately. At first I thought he must have been gay in real life, but turned out that he is not. I believe it is the atmosphere of the show itself, which has to be a little sinister and dark, that makes him look real gay despite bits of exaggerations here and there. 

But I think it is pretty realistic how the show portrays Felix and Sarah's relationship. Talking on the phone, the manner they exchange words.. These subtle descriptions throughout the show indicate Jordan's observation skills and imitative prowess,  which adds up to great enthusiasm. I personally like this homo character more than Justin Long from 'Zack and Miri make a Porno'.

His make-up is also well done. The slight accentuation on his lips and his well trimmed eye brows. He wears clothes that are so appropriate, another factor that gravitates you into his character. There are scenes where he exposes his ass and he also had thongs on. I could even make myself believe that his thongs were probably for the specific pants he was wearing, or other aesthetic purposes. It doesn't bother me to think it wasn't to make the show funny. Everything he does is natural which is why I love him so much.

The invaluable face he makes as an aspiring artist goes perfectly with his British accent. His choice of vocabulary, facial expression, accent are all thoroughly played out. Every bit of his character converges into perfection.

I appreciate the existence of Canada with all my heart, for giving birth to this amazing actor. I thought Micheal Cera and Jim Carrey were only ones. Now I realize Canada is a land of untapped talent.

It is one of the basic, innate instincts for women, at least for the vast majority, to relentlessly desire beauty. Especially in Korea, where plastic women are easily spotted on the streets. However, plastic or not, many women have low self-esteem, which is why they fish for compliments and get emotionally attached when complimented.

Compliments on a woman's appearance are often used in pick-up lines, apparently because women are so easily flattered. I was like that too, but at a certain point I realized how revolting that is. My mom once wrote a book on genders when she was in graduate school, studying Feminism. She interviewed this famous pick-up artist that used to be quite famous. He wasn't as handsome as she expected, but he was chill enough to nonchalantly divulge the secret: Women love compliments. 

When I was younger, I was very vulnerable to compliments too. It is because I used to be fat and got picked on until I lost weight at one point. Currently, I do not easily get flattered. Why? Because now I realize, I obviously did not spend all that time to work out, go through all the years of fasting and constantly go on diets for creepers to easily throw these hollow words at me, expecting me to get flattered...yuck


"I've been keeping an eye on you since the first day we met..", "You are so beautiful.."... These words are meaningless and pathetic unless they are from important people. I think girls should stop being so happy about compliments.

I hate obviousness. During Highschool I pondered why people would say anything that's obvious. Things that don't matter, like, "Did you get new lip gloss? I like Mac too". What ran through my mind was "So what bitch?" but instead I cooperatively replied with nonsense paramount to hers, since I do not enjoy disturbing innocent people. During those years my superficial skills at blabbing improved, but I became more judgmental. 

I don't even laugh at obvious things. I wish I could but I can't. My life would definitely be easier if I could. But instead I grew to laugh at those who laugh at obvious things, or even those who explicitly laugh at people who laugh at obvious things. 

My life is complicated and I want it to untangle soon. 

After my German test yesterday, I granted myself some free time to wander around and shop for clothes.
I used to live around Hongdae area from 5th grade to middle school but ever since I moved it has become a special place to visit once in a while.

I went in a shop to buy something and the employee there looked strangely familiar. However, due to my introverted personality I have gradually grown to avoid talking to strangers because I think it reflects one's stupidity and lack of integrity unless you can feel it's destined.

But it turned out that he was the guy I thought he was. He recognized me too. We were in elementary school together. But I wish I had not met him.He looked way too similar from 10 years ago. It seemed as if he was a hobbit decendent or inherited midget genes. His face and his height and everything else had seemed to have been retained, which was a sad sight for such a nice weather.

He used to be a mysterious boy. I had liked him for a short period. I thought he was good looking back then. But being in 6th grade, I had more to be concerned with than... boys. So we weren't really close.

I was so disillusioned. When I see people with no progress, or worse, who retrogress, make me emotionally detached from them. He started talking about the same boys he hung out with 10 years ago, obviously stuck in the past. I love old friends too but he's in the same neighborhood, still stupid, and has not physically grown.

Past-oriented people. They love talking about the good old days. And for some reason I cannot bear with it.

During Middle School I received quite an amount of awards, some of which were from Essay Contests. The rest consisted of English, Track and Field.

So when there were Poetry classes I had to have my genius mom write one for me and pretend that I wrote it.

Point of this anecdote being, I think one of my brain functions is kaputt. I don't write, appreciate nor voluntarily read poems. I don't know why I have to fool my own senses just because that's what the textbook says. And what's harder than reading the "right" implications and analogies, is how to distinguish well written poems from badly written poems. I assumed that writing a poem is simply = Proper Vocabulary/{Abstractness+(Proper Situation×Randomness)}I still remember this poem I wrote in 5th grade. "Oh the sunset of Uganda
Reminds me of the beautiful rose
Our love never dies"

Then in highschool I attempted to simply raise the level of vocabulary with the Poetry Function, which developed to harbor more randomness than abstractness. Regardless, they turned out to be pretty legit. But they were fancy hollow shells. But stupid people can very intelligently interpret whatever the fuck in their own ways. That confused me. While that could actually be what makes Poetry fun...

I had no passion behind it.. not that it matters.Thus Poetry is not my cup of tea.

I watch Attack on Titans with Alex every week. Titans are sophisticatedly depicted with myriads of small sized teeth and the signature look of euphoria on their face, which make us scream in fear. We don't know much info regarding the Titan's origin, but judging from episodes so far they all developed from human beings, which explains their diverse physiolosical features.

The thought that anyone around us could look like a Titan struck me real hard. How seriously gross and terrifying would that be to see your boyfriend or mom become a Titan.. UghhWith such inspiration and my existing interest in sketching creepy weird stuff I attempted at drawing it myself.Micheal Cera and Jack Black happened to catch my eyes.But ... I am not happy with the outcome.