Life Update: ARGH I HATE 2014 ALREADY Edition

All evidence suggests that 2014 is the year of sickness and health-related issues. In the past ten days, I have sprained my foot and had two wisdom teeth taken out. Now I can walk properly again, but the right side of my face is so swollen that I'd rather stay home.

Because I really like taking unflattering pictures of myself:


I LOVE rom-coms. It's all good as long as annoying actresses such as Sarah Jessica Parker stay out of it. How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days is the first movie I own. That was 10 years ago. With the current McConaissance, "10 years ago" feels like the Stone Ages. There's no denying it - what's not to love about rom-coms? Predictability aside, they are funny and sweet sometimes they make you sick. Frankly, predictability is not even a problem. You don't have to hide behind your fingers praying to God for a happy ending. Because the moment you pop your rom-com DVD into the DVD player, you have signed up for one.

The true problem with rom-coms: they set unrealistic romantic expectations. If they were real, I wouldn't be here blogging about rom-coms after watching them on my laptop on my bed with a swollen jaw. Instead, there would be someone tall, handsome, with a nice smile and eyes as deep as the ocean holding an ice bag to my jaw!

The reason to this rant is that I have just watched The Proposal upon my friends' recommendation.

The Proposal

1. I LOVE YOU SANDRA BULLOCK.
2. Still don't understand the "hotness" of Ryan Reynolds and how he's managed to marry two of Hollywood's hottest actresses - Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively (hate Blake Lively but she's pretty).
3. I laughed so much. My jaw hurt but it was OK.
4. Amazing scenery! Interesting fact: IMDb says no filming was done in Alaksa, where the movie was set.
5. I love the ending omgomgomgomgomgomg. I melt and melt all over again if that's possible.


Yesterday I watched New York, I Love You and Don Jon.

New York, I Love You

After spending three days in the city of New York last November, I have fallen in love. Not that I think it's a great place to live, but it's definitely a great place to travel or spend a few months in. I picked up New York, I Love You at the movie rental place, thinking it would be a more rom-com version of Paris, Je T'aime. I miss my carefree exploration of cities, a tribute to New York would surely take me back to the city for two hours? That wasn't right. There are segments that I like, but overall New York, I Love You was a lot darker and messier than its predecessor. I didn't get to see much of NY, just numerous dark street corners. It didn't feel like a tribute to New York at all, the same stories could have taken place in another city...


Don Jon

I was looking forward to watching Don Jon. You know what happens every time? Expectation leads to disappointment and it was the same for Don Jon. I feel that several elements that I couldn't pinpoint were missing. Perhaps it was the lack of character development? Perhaps it was the repetitiveness of several scenes? It was an interesting movie to seat through though. And no doubt about it, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a smart guy. He wrote/directed/starred in a movie about a porn addict and cast Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore as two women who changed his character's life!

I love Julianne Moore and I think she's much more beautiful than ScarJo. In fact, I've liked her for 10 years!!! Her at the 75th Academy Awards. SO PRETTY.



P.S. NEW LAYOUT! After creating a new layout for Fish and Tadpole, I thought my blog could do with a simplistic layout too. So I made a similar header and stole the code I wrote for F&T and voilà! Now the italic and big text come in colour, the blog post area is also wider, allowing for larger images. Hopefully these will increase the readability of the blog~ Still not sure about the red and orange theme though... gonna play around with the codes a little bit.