remember this family

all the voices love to the familiar!

baby is elmo

mother is mother from arrested development.. that's all i got. ENJOY!

all my friends are leaving brisbane and buying me 24 and doctor who christmas presents.

this is where i'm at with my collections.

24

seasons 1-6 of 24 on DVD
both soundtracks
hoodie (still missing)
thermos mug
poster
2007 wall calender
DVD board game &
jack bauer figurine

doctor who

soundtrack
board game
tardis money box
li-kim has seasons 1 & 2 on DVD

anyways.. i guess i dont really have THAT much dr who stuff it just seems like i do. oh well. nerd it up.

41 degrees!?

with the recent weather forecast ben chuah will be inside on MONDAY 31ST DECEMBER @ NOVA to watch as a many cheap movies as he can to avoid the heat!

stay tuned for my top ten films of the year!!!

standing in the way of control

firstly, i guess merry x-mas to everyone that celebrates it.

and secondly... sorry for not really keeping up the blog. where have i been you might ask? go on... ask me..

well, i have been working and earning the mad money at my place of employment. i say that because recently we got a letter with our payslips that saying any facebookers, myspacers, bloggers etc.. are not allowed to mention the company! we can get sued! so, no pictures... stories... or at least mentioning of where i work... the customers are all cunts at this time of the year...

ps. did i mention i hate christmas?

so, after saying all of that, i find myself here on christmas day- my 1 day off in like 12 days of work in a row- telling you all how much my life stinks at the moment.

i dont even know if i am making sense.

so, really havent been doing much with my life... i have my camera, but havent totally used it to its full advantadge.

currently listening to "the gossip" she has such a powerful voice. man, its intense. hmmm

i dunno... after so much shitty-ness i have decided to write a list of things i want to accomplish for next year. yes, it's christmas (doesnt even feel like it) and i am already thinking of things for new years resolution.

• keep going to the gym & see some more positive results..
• worm my way in to likims photo on the blankety blanks* and get a job!
• get driving lessons. at least once a month..
• save money for travelling overseas.. (maybe look into working visa)
• only buy DVDS when i have been to the gym..
  - that way, if i dont go.. i dont get a DVD..
• try and make myself happy.
  - i know that sounds soooo lame... but, i dunno.. everyone seems to be telling me that it is important!
• finish my 3rd script.
• make a short film.. about anything! it doesnt even have to be good!!!

* cant actually name her photo either...

so that is a small list of things i want to achieve. next year does bring me closer to some things that i have been totally looking forward to...

• the dark knight
• season 4 of LOST
• lust, caution (ang lee's new film)
• going to QLD for a little sunshine!
• work christmas party
• season 7 of 24..

pretty sad that the majority of them are TV/film related...

watched the extras christmas special. talk about OUCH! i was going to put the final monologue scene on here to show you just how emo it gets... but i decided to use this one which will get a laugh from pretty much anyone!

oh well.. anyways... gotta get ready for lunch and socialising and all that shit, even though i am so not even in the right mindset to do so.

is it wrong that i just want to go to the movies by myself all day long?

oh. my. gawd.

arghhh he loves this show!!!



FAAAAAAABULOUS!

should i?

loves to sum up the whole rose/doctor relationhip and my current life.

oh well.

still love this song...

is it wrong i really LOVE this song..

You have my heart

And we'll never be worlds apart

May be in magazines

But you'll still be my star

Baby cause in the dark

You can't see shiny cars

And that's when you need me there

With you I'll always share

Because

When the sun shines, we’ll shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be a friend

Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella

These fancy things, will never come in between

You're part of my entity, here for Infinity

When the war has took it's part

When the world has dealt it's cards

If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart

You can run into my arms

It's okay don't be alarmed

Come into me

There's no distance in between our love

So go on and let the rain pour

I'll be all you need and more

Because

When the sun shines, we’ll shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be a friend

Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella

Ella ella eh eh eh

Under my umbrella

Ella ella eh eh eh

Under my umbrella

Ella ella eh eh eh

Under my umbrella

Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh

haha times...

why cant i think of funny nerdy shit like this...

two weeks notice

nearly two weeks have passed and meh.

im over facebook already.

blog is going through a severe depression.

find me bitches...

because...

I'M ON FACEBOOK.

and totally freaking out already!

proud owner...

YAY

only 6 or 7 months away now...

excellent.

hi mummy

yeh, that's right. she loves to read and comment. maybe more of you should take note.

p.s - everyone loves not to comment after her attempt. even though there was so much to make fun of.

take the good with the bad

glad you won.

sad you didn't win.

if you're out there..

to the fat mole who argued with me at work about dawson's creek.

I HATE YOUR STINKIN' GUTS!

you dare try and tell me that dawson died and that's why the show was called dawson's creek. now, i will admit i have never watched the show in its entirety... but i was pretty fucking certain that he didn't pass on.

but she insisted that she was right, as we (in a freindly way) yelled back and forth from the counter about the final moments.

you were so fucking wrong.

"oh yeh, nah nah... i love that show man, i bought the whole box-set and every-fing"

nooo. i thought he ended up going to LA and make a TV show called dawson's creek.

"nah dude... he dies and then the scatter his ashes."

ARGHHHHHH!!!!! you fucking lying scum! how dare you out shine me when you are wrong. and make me feel like a dum dum in my own place of work!!!

p.s - i hate you.

into the wild

so it was another trip to hoyts in less than 24 hours to see the new film from sean penn.

carol's first time into the half-pipe cinema and 10 minutes in she says, "this is a really long trailer" HA! she didn't know we were seeing it.

anyways, the movie was great. inspiring and tragic. sad and joyous. moving... and selfish. this film is a weird little machine.

it's the true story of christopher mccandless who has just graduated from college and then decides to donate his trust fund ($ 24,000) to oxfam and go out driving and explore the land- ultimately ending up in alaska.

emile hirsch (who i have had a boy crush on since girl next door) is incredible as the young "supertramp" and by the end is absolutely scary how into the role he get's. the scene with the moose... YIKES!

the cinematography by eric gautier is breath-taking. he captures the whole grand beauty of the land so intimately and when accompanied by the music of eddie vedder (the first time he has written a film soundtrack) it is pretty up there.

i haven't seen penn's other directorial efforts, but i am extremely keen on watching them, esp. the pledge, which apparently has one of jack nicholsons greatest performances from his career of late. anyways, the direction is all there and you can totally see that he milked every little thing out of his actors. catherine keener and vince vaughn and the heart-breaking scene with hal holbrook who plays ron. ohhhh. the tears!

ANYWAYS... this film as i said was weird. it left me soo inspired and then totally shattered at the end. i dunno. definately worth watching. but prepare for some emo.

night with the nerds.

so it was like 10.45 pm on friday and most people would either be in bed or drinking and dancing the night away. where was i? i was with (because he's my...) butler at hoyts watching a special screening of the cult anime hit, akira.

now i was a little meh about the whole idea... only because i was so tired and i had only just finished work. anyways, i'm extremely glad i went because it was
AMAZING!
YES.. that's right. anyways, the whole thing was sooo spectacular... the cinematography and lighting was a wet dream ... i could sooo see all the other films that got inspiration/totally ripped off shots from.

and the music. downloading the soundtrack as we speak/as i speak. and it was east to follow. i didn't feel like a dum dum.

yes, highly recommended viewing. nah, essential.

rubbing shoulders

yes... that's right. guess which one of your old pals will be rubbing shoulders with the following...

hugh jackman

nicole kidman

geoffrey rush

russell crowe

cate blanchett

hugo weaving

and many, many more...

ME!!!

time has come once again for the AFI awards and i will be smack bang in the thick of it. YAY..

anyways, that's about all for now.

spooky spectacular

here are just a few pictures from a recent halloween party i went to... yes, thats me below as batman!

burke & wills

just watched this independent aussie film and it was really good. low budget. black&white. large chunks of dialogue. two guys.

its about 2 guys that move in together. quite funny. and depressing. and slightly unsettling.

this has to be the laziest review ever. but it's definately worth the watch. written, acted, directed & produced by 2 guys from the sydney theatre company cake.

"you smell like sex can you go have a shower?"

yes, so look out for it next time you're in your local video ezy...

ironic update

loves to be. first there was nothing. then something. and then the promise of more things to come with less of what was previously being posted. then nothing. and nothing...

but.. OUTRAGE!

yes, im talking about ben's blog and how it hasnt learned to the love the bomb.

omg, speaking of bombs... there is a guy at work (who might be fabulous but i cant tell because he hides behind his disguise of being an "emo") who was wearing a 24 t-shirt!!! there are fans out there... anyways, he is new and everything so we talked and it was love. for the bauer. nothing else. anyways, that just came to mind.

so what have i been doing with my life?

working.

working and watching movies. currently working a full time week.. and then some more it seems. work has been pretty spastic lately- with christmas starting and everyone alredy doing their shopping. meh.. it's okay.

movies... what have i seen? across the universe, control, death proof, mighty heart, eastern promises... and a few more.. cant be arsed writing reviews for them but worth checking out... i'm sure you know what you'd like.

• saw an elderly person over take a fat person in the shopping centre the other day. thought that was funny. and then thought who would win in a running competition. like long distance? i recjon the elderly would go slow and steady whereas fatty would use all his energy in one foul swoop.
  
• writers strike in hollywood contues to stress me out about my life. 24, lost, ugly betty and every other effing gold gem that comes from the states? ohhh... god.. i have been downloading like an effing nutter, not even being able to keep up with it all.

dexter s2, big love s2, the wire (all seasons), friday night lights, weeds, life as we know it, dirty sexy money, the riches, skins, survivor... MAAAN!!! it's bloody tough.

• lounge room is being occupied by cara (she's from QLD and is a girl version of me sometimes) ... we both watched "choir of hard knocks" in 1 sitting. ohhh so emotional. .. the homeless of melbourne singing flame trees equals ouch.

many tears. carol laughed at me.

both sisters have left me for career opps. 1 in sydney, the other out in the paddocks with the saddle club. love to be slightly jealous of both. oh well. dum ya. sarah is now studying and likim is hanging out with these gals.

going to a late halloween party on saturday. have no idea what to go as. i want something cool and not lame. trendy but "outside the box" and nothing that someone else is going to do already.

i cant think of anything and anything that anyones suggests i dont think is cool. im a jerk.

still saving for my video camera. probably in december for christmas. yay.

enough for now. i hope ur all happy. now let me post some posters and youtube clips.

want to get some ink

reeeeally thinking about "wanting to get a tattoo" ... would i? probably not. but i think i want either of these images in some sort of film reel/frame thingy...

or...

ooohhhh... i love this film!

love this dude!

NOOOOOOOOOO BINGO!

ouch

like. so. cool.

magic!!!

i love to believe it can really happen.

bob

i HAVE to

the new trailer for season 7 of 24!!!



mmm i'm extremely interested and im glad that it has a bit of court room drama with jack getting some fingers pointed towards him. although, im not sure if it looks like another version of die hard 4.0 for the small screen but i am liking the different color tones and change of scenery.

only a couple of months to wait until i can get into BAUER mode.

next week.

death proof

&

across the universe

fin

yes, the DVD has arrived in stores already and we are pretty much sold out at JB .. we sold 53 copies in the first day alone and i imagine its going to be pretty mental over the weekend telling people we have no more left.

anyways... look through all the 3 & 1/2 hours of special features and you might see some more of my body parts appear in the formal scene with ja'mie.

faaaaaaaabulous!

WOAH!



man... i don't even know where to start. this show was so fucking fabulous and everything about it rocked.



i bought the soundtrack for the show even before i had scene it and went in thinking it would be good... WRONG!

IT WAS GREAASH!

we had tickets - likim, sarah, carol & me - in the 2nd row and we were so close you could see every tiny bit of effort and every vein in the neck and head pop out during all the musical numbers. the costumes were every uni students wet dream.




cup-cakes
paint brushes
and the fave at the end the OPERA HOUSE!!!


here are some FAB facts&figures..

• Each week, there are 80 loads of washing, using 8 litres of washing liquid, requiring 24 hours of ironing and 10 cans of starch. Two people sort costumes almost all day, 6 days per week
  
• Nearly 200 hats and headdresses are worn by the cast throughout each performance, one of them contains 25 yellow rubber ducks, another 75 butterflies, another a bowl of fruit and a forth an aquarium complete with fish.
  
• There are nearly 300 costumes changes each performance, many of which are undertaken by the principals.
  
• There are 23 tonnes of scenery and lighting equipment hanging in the grid above the stage.

anyways.. if you get a chance to see this YOU HAVE TO GO!!!

death at a cinema

meh. what a let down. death at a funeral totally didnt live up to all the hype about how hilarious it was.

basically some fam gets together after the dad dies and all the shit hits the fan and then someone takes drugs not knowing that its acid and then a midget loves to be the dead guys gay lover who's trying to extort the family for money.

i went in watching this with an open mind and i was in the mood for some laughter.. and... NOPE. no such satisfaction. it had some good moments; dont get me wrong... but i felt slightly cheated that the whole movie really relied on drug guy.

meh. obviously not in the mood to write a review for this film.

p.s - anyone wanting to buy seinfeld for cheap let me know!

me got game!

ok.. so i have been totally slack re: the blog and all aspects of maintaining an interesting and cool blog. it wasnt until recent comments from a fellow blogger that made me re-analyse and have a good long hard look at myself and the reason why i started blogging in the first place. so, from now on i will be less dependent on you-tube clips and posters and things like that.

from on now... more stories and things of the unexpected.

i.e -

loves to look pretty

plus... norah jones acting!?

where are they now?

you may remember nearly a year ago i got assaulted (punched in the face) during my employment at video ezy...

and what just did happen to the guy who did the crime?

i had asked myself this very question and then like another smack in the face i run into outside myer in the city selling...

man, i totally freaked out. and then i laughed. and then i felt guilty that i put him there.

and then i thought about it. he put himself there. oooh... he is soooo fucking gross. YUCK.

oh well... at least i have some closure as to where he is and what he is up to..

snip snip here..

i thought this was quite a good attempt at creating a trailer for baz lurhmanns new film 'australia' by using alot of other footage from other films... if i was dumb and didnt know any better i would almost think it's the real deal.



anyways... cant wait to see nicole in all her glory!

(you LOVE to all hate her)

Shaun Micallef - Polite Distances

came across this just then!!! ohh... it is SO true.

coming soon!!!

looks fucking hilarious!!!

clive owen, david tennant, gordon ramsay... and many others all make an appearance in... EXTRAS - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

iRON mAN

i'm not a racist but...

have you ever noticed that indians always wear really ugly denim?

Grease - Summer Nights Lego Stop Motion Animation

oh... there are some clever bitches around!

party pants - put em on!

p.s - or wear something horse related.

upcoming trailers...

into the wild



the brave one



day watch



a mighty heart



eastern promises



rendition



gabriel

find-a-what?

FIND A GRAVE!

obviously. like there wasnt enough weird sites out there on the net, this one lets you search through an online database/cemetary of people from all over the world.

i found this out because...

1. i was reading an article about dave hughes & entourage guy on rove.
   
2. youtubed that... but came up with rove interviewing the guy that does elmo's voice.
   
3. he (elmo) mentioned belinda emmett and i thought she was already dead when he was interviewed.
   
4. i double checked on IMDB.
   
5. she died a couple of months after.
   
6. there was a comment with a link to a virtual grave-site for belinda emmett.

so that's that.

oh, click HERE for that site. if interested.

$$$

having recently done my taxes and now that i am working like a slave ... in a few weeks i will have enough money to buy me a camera that will shoot footage that looks like this...


mmm... loves to be ouch-y and have hella good qualities...

THIS IS ENGLAND - REVIEW

off we went to see the latest film from director shane meadows.

man, this movie was soo good. authentic and realistic. funny and scary. sad and happy. mmm it had all the elements. based on experiences by the director himself, it follows the story of this young kid who after getting bullied meets a group of skinheads and makes friends with them. they start hanging out and eventually he becomes caught up in some BAAAD shit and then it pretty much hits the fan in the end.

the young kid, Thomas Turgoose who plays shaun is amazing. he's like 6 and he's swearing and able to understand and play along with all this intense shit. the other standout was Stephen Graham playing combo ... a messed up skinhead nutter, recently released from prison.

this film is totally grounded in the 80's. everything is soo real. the PD-o-meter was going off the charts in this film. costumes, music, houses... props... it's like watching a doco. crazy!

as i said, this film had some totally 'LOL' moments and then switched into fucking scary territory. powerful performances and a fascinating subject make THIS IS ENGLAND one of my favourite movies of the year!

check it out!