[Music || Delta Goodrem, "Predictable"]
You know when someone criticizes my driving as "shaky" and "proned to get into an accident," I take it as a personal offense. That is why there is no way I plan to have that person in my car. Even though I am scared of going into his/her car...

Why am I posting this? This is summer and it should be fun and I shouldn't be worrying about something that shouldn't matter in a couple weeks anyways. Enough!

[Music || Lene Marlin, "The Way We Are"]
What the heck is wrong with America?! Watch "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" and not some gimmicky kiddie movie with 3-D glasses.

I'm so angry. "Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" is a freaking good movie and it only managed $8.5 million on Friday according to estimates. That's terrible. I can only hope it builds up stronger over the weekend but it's doubtful. Not when a whole bunch of Yu-Gee-Oh sticky with jam hands kids go watch a stupid 3-D movie. STOOPID!

I'm not even worried about the Oscar bait horse movie anymore. That one is opening considerable lower with less screens.

[On air || Lalaine, "You Wish"]
Lara Croft kicks grass! You heard right, the mighty fine Angelina Jolie (maybe I admire her now after her recent media coverage in the NY Post, EW, and PEOPLE) delivered the sequel to the dull "Tomb Raider" with more fun and more action. And more romance and more drama.. This time around, "Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" was exciting, suspenseful, and everything its predecessor wanted to be.

This is not to say the movie does not have its flaws. It does. There's little wit or humor and the first half is slowww. However, the eye candy makes up for it. As a fan of the game, I was pleased to see her lovely manison (I believe I saw it in the first one too), her flips and grunts, and her water jet-skiing flip thing. Haha. Forget the butt munch critics, watch "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" and have a little fun. It's summer.

The line was pretty darn long too. No one wanted to watch some serious mumbo jumbo stew like "Seabiscuit" (what the heck is a sea biscuit anyways? Biscuit and gravy?) and the lame "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" (hello, "Game Over" for your francise! Haha, actually I sorta wanna see this).

"Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" was a sexy, hip, and action-packed movie that deserves to rule the summer! Can't wait until "Tomb Raider 3" where they perfect the movie!

Oh yeah, today I revisited Cerritos. Things are so different. Life in ever-changing.

[On air || Delta Goodrem, "Lost Without You (Live On The Panel)"]
Today I went to Ontario Mills. That's all. I never find much I want to buy there except if it's the Virgin Megastore or the JCPenney's. I try and I try, but I just can't get into the stuff they sell. The food court is horrendous too. Wrong atmosphere for shopping.

I'm a bit knackered to write anything else. I like blasting "Mandy Moore" in my car, it's a great album. Today, I was listening to the lyrics of "Turn The Clock Around" and it really made me smile and feel sad at the same time. It completely writes out the person I am.. one that has many regrets because I'm afraid to take the leap of faith. I'm not that type of risktaker. I am such a wimp!

"You had gone away forever,
and you left me all alone
Now I was on my own

Maybe I've never found the right way
I kept my love hidden underground"

I don't take the song's lyrics directly.. but I interpret it into the many situations I've encountered in life. I think there are too many times when I wished that I could... turn the clock around. There are plenty more regrets lined up for me, I have no doubI don'tt.

(P.S. What a corny post)

[On air || Delta Goodrem, "Predictable"]
I was watching "Fame" because I was bored. Boy was I surprised by the outcome! The winner was an Asian American! Not only that, he's 36-years-old! That's like two minority groups in one for the pop music industry! Shock me, shock me, shock me! I might just buy the single from the winner, Harlem Lee (I think that's how it's spelled, I've only watched half of two episodes of "Fame" so I wouldn't know). I think he performed it on the show. It's some cheesy yet likeable bubble gum poppy song called "I Love You (Love Me)" (talk about a bad song title) that people are going to say "I can't believe I liked that" a year from now.

I am shocked that "America" chose an Asian American! An old Asian American!!!

[On air || Delta Goodrem, "Lost Without You (Live On The Panel)"]
After watching "This Time Around" which Olivia taped for me (me no cable), I fittingly looked through my junior high school yearbook. I use to think those were the good times. So I decided to Google some people that were mean to me. Figures my intuitions were right.

This girl that was a real bitch to me at times is an aspiring singer now. Yes, why must all the popular mean bullies become "successful" and such? Isn't it the other way around? Guess that's why "This Time Around" didn't try to fabricate fairy tale lies.

"This Time Around" was a great movie. I wouldn't have thought that a TV movie would actually portray things as they should be. Well, maybe I'm jumping the gun. Carly Pope basically stole the whole movie and knew who her character was. Yes, she did grow up but she's still kind of geeky. Other actresses would've tried too hard and make it look so forced. Carly had magnetism which attracts the audience to relate to her and at the same time like her as a genuinely nice person. Sara Rue and Brian Austin Green added vibrant panache to their supporting characters.

It's a shame that movies like "This Time Around" which has a smart script and dialogue is slapped onto a TV showing while messy trite like "How To Deal" is pushed into cinemas because of the millions spent on it and the "big name stars" headling it.

Okay, moving on.. today I got my retainers and some mouth piece junket.

Last night, I didn't know I was suppose to go to a Raveonettes concert, a band I have never heard of. Anyways, after two opening acts of drunk "rock/electronic/dance" whatever music... I couldn't help yawning. Did these smoking musicians think they were making music by overpowering guitar riffs and banging tambourines? If this is good music (well, the crowd liked it), count me out. The lyrics had no substance (sample line: Fuck you fuck you fuck you) but it's not like anyone could hear it from the pounding amps! This messy music was mess. It's not my cup of tea because I don't think my body can dance to big loud noise pollution. I could not honestly see why people would pay to hear (and see) them.. well, that's just my opinion since I don't listen to this type of music. Also, I cannot leave out how none of the bands looked at the audience or responded other than a simple and stoic "thank you." No audience interaction is terrible. These people aren't even famous! On second thought, I don't think they want to be famous.. Maybe that's it. Still, I'm not attracted to rude musicians.

All considering, the main act, the Raveonettes were pretty good. Now I could see why people would pay to see them but no one could really hear the lyrics. Maybe these bands are just noise with words.. no lyric substance? Who knows? Not me.

[On air || Amy Studt, "Misfit"]
You know, I don't think I get what's so special about stupid clubs. I honestly don't see why I can't dress how I want and be content with it.

I have this friend who says I have this terrible fashion sense or something. He's like "It's not that I want to change you, but I want to help you by suggesting clothes from my and your wardrobe." I politely (okay, maybe not so...) declined. It's like "Na uh, honey *snap*." "Changing" and "helping".. isn't that the same thing?

I don't feel comfortable with conforming my style (which I think is super de duper swanky kewl) for some night on clubbing. I was asked the question "Don't you want to feel accepted into the club?"

Let Amy Studt respond on my behalf, "You're superficial, I'm a misfit... but that's okay."

If fun is changing who I am to pretend I'm in a different social standard.. well, let's just say I don't want to have that type of fun.

FridayFive.org It's late.. but oh well!

1. When was the last time you cheated?
Hmm.. I don't know. Really cos we cheat so randomly, it's not something I would remember.

2. When was the last time you stole?
I don't remember this.. maybe when I was little, I stole a pack for four Crayons from Thrifty's (aka Rite Aide, now). I got into BIG trouble.

3. When was the last time you lied?
Five minutes ago. I lied that I was going to the bank right away.. when in reality, I was just about to blog.

4. When was the last time you broke or vandalized another's property?
Don't remember.. not important.

5. When was the last time you hurt a loved one?
Maybe I hurt my mom's feelings the last time we had an argument.

[On air || Lene Marlin, "You Weren't There"]
I think my expectations were too high for "How To Deal." What a mess. Although there were moments I liked, the movie itself is just cluttered and poorly edited.

However, I must say one of the most moving movies I've seen this year has got to be "Whale Rider." I am happy that I was asked to see it because I probably would've avoided it because the poster looked ugly. "Whale Rider" is an emotional journey with a feel-good vibe. Flawless and impossible to dislike! I had no expectations when I went in to see it because I hardly even knew what it was about!

[On air || Lucy Woodward, "Dumb Girls" & "Done"]
Strangely, I feel like I want to vomit. Today I was bored so I decided to bake some brownies from my brownie mix I bought a couple months ago. They turned out good. They're good. But I feel like throwing up.

Maybe it was the pan! Or the old cooking spray! I don't know. I hope it's just my taste buds and nothing else... Hmm..


Yesterday I went back to the tofu festival. It was nice. I shouldn't have dragged people along because even though I explained everything throughly, that the festival wasn't all it was cracked up to be, I felt the festival let them down. I had fun though. I ate some tofu pillows or whatever. Nice desserts.

This year, I actually got to venture around Little Tokyo. I didn't know such shops existed.

It was a nice day all in all. I got to spend the night hanging out with Winnie, Helen, and Barbara at the Pier. I don't get to see them or hang around them as much as I would like.. so it was nice. All this and braces free. I'm a little glad that I was pushed to experience riding on the overpriced second-rate carnival coasters and ferris wheels because I will probably never do it again.

I also played my latest Mirah cd Clay burned me in the car. What nice background music. Very different. Meet me at the backtrack, baby?