Top Movies of 2009

As the year comes to a close, and my current lack of motivation in actually writing something meaningful here, I've decided on something easy. Without further a do, in no particular order, are my top movies of 2009.

Watchmen

While it does not even dream of living up to its graphic novel counterpart, this film certainly made a good attempt at accomplishing something that I doubt is very possible. Jon 'Dr. Manhattan' Osterman is the f[*beep*]ing Ubermensch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWpPjuMhS1s

Earth

I didn't actually see this one, but the trailer alone trumps the entirety of many films released this year. Shame it was so commercialized, but I have no doubt it is magnificent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T6APT6_w7I

Angels and Demons

Vastly better than The DaVinci Code, this movie was too intense to ignore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASVeN-58HKk

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Disappointing, but I couldn't exclude one of my favorite stories of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM_r-a9bfTc

District 9

The documentary style feeling makes the story so realistic and it parallels so greatly actual injustices. Very believable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHihFA8q8xI

Inglorious Bastards

The alternate history, hilarious brutality, and beautiful passion within this movie made is even more than enjoyable from start to finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sQhTVz5IjQ

Zombieland

Two words: Bill Murray.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cIjPOJdFM

Avatar

I want to be a Na'vi! Very telling on the nature of humans, and with stunning visuals, the heart of this movie is undeniable and very moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdxXPV9GNQ

There are still some others that I have yet to see that look at least somewhat hopeful. I'm also looking forward to The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. It looks quite interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFxqw0jbC2Y

Awesome Blog: Hungry for (mostly) Japanese words

http://maki.typepad.com/

This blog is very helpful, interesting, and fun.

A Monster Without a Name

A long, long time ago in a land far away,
There was a monster without a name.
The monster wanted a name so badly.
So the monster left to go on a journey to find a name.
But the world was so large that he split into two to make his journey.
One went to the west and the other went towards the east.
The monster who went to the east found a village.

At the entrance of the village there was a blacksmith.
“Mr. Blacksmith, please give me your name,” said the monster.
“You can’t give away your name,” the blacksmith replied.
“If you give me your name, I’ll enter you and give you strength.”
“Really? If you can make me stronger, then I’ll give you my name.”
The monster entered the blacksmith.
The monster became Otto the Blacksmith
Otto the Blacksmith became the strongest man in the village.
But one day he said,
“Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become.”
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
The hungry monster ate Otto from the inside out.
The monster returned to being a nameless monster.
Even when he entered Hans the Shoemaker…
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
He returned to being a nameless monster.
When he entered Thomas the Hunter…
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
He once again returned to being a nameless monster.

The monster came to a castle looking for a wonderful name.
In the castle, there was a sick boy.
“If you give me your name, I’ll give you strength.”
“If you can cure this illness and make me strong, I’ll give you my name.”
The monster entered the boy.
The boy became well.
The king was so pleased! “The prince is well! The prince is well!”
The monster liked the boy’s name.
He also liked living in the castle.
So even though he was hungry, he endured.
Every day his stomach growled, but he endured it.
However, he was so hungry that one day he said,
“Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become.”
The boy ate the king and even his servants.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
Since there was no one there anymore, the boy went on a journey.
He kept on walking for days and days.

One day, the boy met the monster who traveled to the west.
“I have a name. It’s a wonderful name, too.”
The monster who went to the west said,
“I don’t need a name. I’m happy even without a name.”
We just have to accept that we are monsters without a name.
The boy ate the monster who went to the west.

The monster finally had a name,
But all the people who could call him by that name have disappeared.
And Johan was such a wonderful name, too.

-END-

I just completed Monster. Amazing series...I'm still shaking from those last few pages.

Bari bari. Gosha Gosha. Baki Baki. Goku....

Random stupid quotes

"Dude, you talk about hula hooping like recreational drug use. 'Alright, c'mon, who hasn't tried some yet?'"
-Alice Cooper

"Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions." - Woody Allen

"There's a whole shit-load a stuff you don't know, child'!" Queeney from CCoBB.

My pet. My best friend. My confidant. The Dirt Devil. My companion. The most powerful being in the Universe next to God and Arnold Schwartzenger.

My brother.

R.I.P.

1993-January 16, 2009.

I love you.

A Little Dog Angel

High up in the courts of heaven today
a little dog angel waits;
with the other angels he will not play,
but he sits alone at the gates.
"For I know my master will come" says he,
"and when he comes he will call for me."

The other angels pass him by
As they hurry toward the throne,
And he watches them with a wistful eye
as he sits at the gates alone.
"But I know if I just wait patiently
that someday my master will call for me."

And his master, down on earth below,
as he sits in his easy chair,
forgets sometimes, and whispers low
to the dog who is not there.
And the little dog angel cocks his ears
and dreams that his master's voice he hears.

And when at last his master waits
outside in the dark and cold,
for the hand of death to open the door,
that leads to those courts of gold,
he will hear a sound through the gathering dark,
a little dog angel's bark.

Noah M. Holland

Slumdog Millionaire

.....WAS AMAZING!!!!

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1. Rapping in other languages is one of my favorite things to do.
2. I love dancing all over like an idiot.
3. I am under the impression that I was born with some sort of marijuana in my blood stream, because every time somebody describes to me how it feels, they only seem to describe how I feel all of the time.
4. I think that if my soul was epitomized in the form of some sort of animal, it’d be a raccoon. Or maybe a tanuki.
5. I think that all wooden floorboards should whistle when walked upon like Nijo Castle in Kyoto.
6. The “voices” in my head should have their own sitcom.
7. There’s totally going to be a trap door leading to a secret room in my house when I grow up. Haven’t decided if it’ll be triggered by a book or statue of some sort.
8. I’ve REALLY wanted to find and save some baby opossums lately.
9. Rather than homesickness, I have a horrible case of what I call Nippon-sickness.
10. I’ve decided that all cool wildlife speaks Japanese and therefore add Japanese name suffixes like ‘san’, ‘kun’, ‘sama’, ‘chan’, etc. to all of their names when speaking to them. Yes, they understand me. Ha ha.
11. I wish people really dropped random anvils on peoples’ head like in Looney Toons.
12. Certain numbers really irritate me and thus I have to set the volume on anything to a normal one. The same applies when training Pokemon.
13. I wish that I could drink cha from an empty cup and watch rocks grow. Once I’ve achieved that, I think I’ll be content in everything.
14. Sometimes I have huge compulsions to straighten things so that they are square with whatever they are on or near, especially on my own desk.
15. Before I die, I will fold one thousand origami cranes and then give them to the next random thousand people I see.
16. I strongly feel that Windows Vista, slow walkers, American Idol, and the Twilight series are works of the devil. Ha ha.
17. When I was little, my parents and sister had to chase, hold me down, then hold my nose in order to get me to take Pepto Bismol (a.k.a. the pink stuff), even though now I love that stupid commercial.
18. I like to think that I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier.
19. I know where Azkaban is. 614 S. Main St. Woodstock, VA 22664
20. I think the designer of my computer’s power cord needs to die.
21. Dan chou dan dan chou dan chou! Woop woop! Dan chou dan dan chou dan chou! Woop woop! Dan chou dan dan chou chou dan chou dan chou! Chou dan chou dan chou dan dan chou! HECK YES! Konbiniensu sutore!
22. My favorite old lady candy are those strawberry ones that have wrappers that look like strawberries too.
23. The movie 23 was retarded, and yet, oh so funny.
24. I am one half of the Wonder Twins. Shh, don’t tell anybody. Not only that, but I’m also am the missing SPLEEN Planeteer.
25. I can twitch my right eye in a very strange way and it makes me look kind of like the stereotypical mentally challenged person.