Scrapbook 2011

[missedshapes]

Journal title

1. somewhere between pudding and foie gras (Fringe)
   
2. It's a random proximity thing. / Bitch, I was in proximity! (Pushing Daisies)
   
3. you met me at a very strange time in my life. (Fight Club)
   

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Profiles

1. Caroline Forbes being badass (and Damon Salvatore on the floor) (The Vampire Diaries)
   
2. Dan and Blair caffeinating in denial (Gossip Girl)
   
3. Dan and Blair staring at one another in the mirror aka PERFECT PICTURE ruined by my Photoshopping (Gossip Girl)
   

Mood themes

1. The Vampire Diaries season 1 (animated) ⓒ heimweh26
   
2. Black Swan (animated) ⓒ kohler
   

Tumblr layouts

1. Tumblr Theme #2 ⓒ nothingbuttherain
   
2. Tumblr Theme #5 ⓒ nothingbuttherain
   
3. Theme n°6 ⓒ rainydaywomen
   
4. Basic Space V2 ⓒ phrenesis
   
5. Theme #001 ⓒ stupefys
   

Twitter backgrounds

1. White wisps ⓒ chamberten
   
2. White fabric ⓒ chamberten
   

Desktop wallpapers

1. Beau/Chiles (Country Strong) ⓒ slayedmonster
   
2. The Social Network ⓒ castiels
   
3. Dan/Blair (Gossip Girl) ⓒ darlingbones
   

Favorite ships

1. Beau/Chiles (Country Strong, please be released here)
   
2. Dan/Blair (Gossip Girl, please do not let me down more than I expect you to)
   
3. Maxim/the second Mrs. de Winter (Rebecca)
   
4. Louis/Blair (Gossip Girl that show with Hugo Becker)
   
5. Stefan/Caroline (The Vampire Diaries)
   

TV

1. Fringe
   
2. The Vampire Diaries
   
3. The Borgias (I have to catch up!)
   
4. Doctor Who aka the reason I have to catch up with #s 1 and 2 (started watching the Tenth Doctor, still on season 3)
   
5. Modern Family
   

Music

1. "Give In to Me" - Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester ♥♥♥ | Country Strong soundtrack
   
2. "Summer Girl" - Leighton Meester (originally by Jessica Andrews) | Country Strong soundtrack
   
3. "Nina's Dream" - Clint Mansell | Black Swan soundtrack
   
4. Tron: Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk
   
5. "Will Do" - TV on the Radio
   
6. Theme from New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
   
7. "California Dreamin'" - The Mamas and the Papas
   
8. "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele
   

Films*
* feature-length films only


Loved it/recommended

(Could become a) Guilty pleasure

I only appreciated this after a discussion in my Film class.

Mixed feelings

Flush down the toilet.

#. Original title | English title (Director | Year) Grade (subject to change)

1. Yume | Dreams (Akira Kurosawa | 1990) B
   
2. Pāfekuto Burū | Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon | 1997) A-
   Darren Aronofsky has some explaining to do.
   
3. Never Let Me Go (Mark Romanek | 2010) B+
   
   
4. Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé | 2009) C-
   
   
5. Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance | 2010) A-
   MY HEART.
   
6. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper | 2010) B
   
7. Tini zabutykh predkiv | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Sergei Parajanov | 1964) B
   
8. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik | 2010) B
   
9. Dayereh | The Circle (Jafar Panahi | 2000) B+
   
10. Offside (Jafar Panahi | 2006) B+
    
    
11. Animal Kingdom (David Michôd | 2010) A-
    
    
12. Tangled (Nathan Greno and Byron Howard | 2010) A-
    
    
13. True Grit (Joel and Ethan Coen | 2010) A-
    
14. Rabbit Hole (John Cameron Mitchell | 2010) A- MY HEART PART 2.
    
15. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle | 2010) B+
    
16. The Fighter (David O. Russell | 2010) B
    
17. Following (Christopher Nolan | 1998) B+
    
18. Serbis | Service (Brillante Mendoza | 2008) C+
    
19. Cidade de Deus | City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund | 2002) A+
    
    
20. The Photograph (Nan Achnas | 2007) B-
    
21. Pather Panchali | Song of the Little Road (Satyajit Ray | 1955) B+
    
22. Se7en (David Fincher | 1995) A-
    
    
23. Beetlejuice (Tim Burton | 1988) B
    
24. Heathers (Michael Lehmann | 1989) B+
    
25. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 1948) A-
    On the one hand, I couldn't really feel Vicky's ambition. On the other hand, I'm easily swayed by aesthetics and music. The ballet of The Red Shoes within the film is unmissable.
    
26. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach | 2005) A-
    
    
27. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet | 1957) A+
    
    
28. Fight Club (David Fincher | 1999) A
    
    
29. Suspiria (Dario Argento | 1977) B-
    
30. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen | 1998) A-
    
    
31. Rio (Carlos Saldanha | 2011) B
    
32. Repulsion (Roman Polanski | 1965) B+
    
33. Les parapluies de Cherbourg | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy | 1964) B+
    
    
34. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel | 1961) B+
    
35. Zodiac (David Fincher | 2007) B+
    
    
36. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson | 1997) A
    
    
37. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino | 1992) B+
    
38. Whip It (Drew Barrymore | 2009) B-
    
39. Country Strong (Shana Feste | 2010) C
    
40. Memento (Christopher Nolan | 2000) A
    
    
41. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola | 2010) B
    
42. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme | 1991) A-
    
43. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks | 1938) B
    
44. El ángel exterminador | The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel | 1962) A
    
45. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini | 1963) A-
    
46. Girl Walks Into A Bar (Sebastian Gutierrez | 2011) C
    
47. American Beauty (Sam Mendes | 1998) A
    
    
48. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch | 2001) A
    How did I even rate this? I can't exactly wrap my head around it.
    
49. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry | 2004) A-
    
    
50. Abre los ojos | Open Your Eyes (Alejandro Amenábar | 1997) B
    
51. The AristoCats (Wolfgang Reitherman | 1970) B-
    
52. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy | 2007) C+
    
53. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski | 1968) B+
    
54. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman | 1975) B
    
55. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick | 1971) A
    
    
56. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson | 2009) A-
    
    
57. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rob Marshall | 2011) B-
    
58. Låt den rätte komma in | Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson | 2008) B+
    
59. Lost Highway (David Lynch | 1997) B
    
60. Fargo (Joel Coen | 1996) B+
    
61. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola | 1979) A
    
    
62. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón | 2006) A
    
63. Män som hatar kvinnor | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Niels Arden Oplev | 2009) B+
    
64. X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn | 2011) B+
    
    
65. Super 8 (J.J. Abrams | 2011) B+
    
66. Les diaboliques | The Fiends (Henri-Georges Clouzot | 1955) A-
    
67. The Third Man (Carol Reed | 1949) A-
    
    
68. Det sjunde inseglet | The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman | 1957) A-
    
69. Inside Job (Charles Ferguson | 2010) A
    
    
70. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola | 1972) A-
    
    
71. Hanna (Joe Wright | 2011) B+
    
    
72. À ma soeur! | Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat | 2001) B
    
73. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates | 2011) B+
    
    
74. Captain America: The First Avenger (Joe Johnston | 2011) B-
    
75. L'année dernière à Marienbad | Last Year at Marienbad (Alan Resnais | 1961) B+
    
76. The Spiral Staircase (Robert Siodmak | 1945) B
    
77. Hable con ella | Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar | 2002) B+
    
78. The Fall (Tarsem | 2006) A-
    
    
79. RED (Robert Schwentke | 2010) C+
    
80. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa | 2011) B
    
    
81. Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock | 1951) B
    
82. Zombadings 1: Patayin sa shokot si Remington | ZomGays 1: Scare Remington to Death (Jade Castro | 2011) B
    
83. Y tu mamá también | And Your Mother Too (Alfonso Cuarón | 2001) A-
    
84. Les yeux sans visage | Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju | 1960) B+
    
85. Contagion (Steven Soderbergh | 2011) B+
    
    
86. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold | 2009) B+
    
87. Sin City (Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez | 2005) C+
    
88. Brick (Rian Johnson | 2005) A-
    
    
89. Bridesmaids (Paul Feig | 2011) B
    
90. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick | 2011) B+
    
    
91. Chinatown (Roman Polanski | 1974) A
    
    
92. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi | Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki | 2001) A-
    
    
93. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen | 2007) A
    
    
94. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson | 1994) B+
    
95. Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen | 2011) B
    
96. Margin Call (J.C. Chandor | 2011) A-
    
    
97. Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh | 2011) C+
    
98. Solyaris | Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky | 1972) A-
    
99. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau | 1922) B+
    
100. Another Earth (Mike Cahill | 2011) B
     
101. Page One: Inside the New York Times (Andrew Rossi | 2011) B
     
     
102. Du rififi chez les hommes | Rififi (Jules Dassin | 1955) A-
     
     
103. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott | 1982) B+
     
104. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn | 2011) A-
     
     

Films Rewatched

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino | 2009) A
   
   
2. Rashômon (Akira Kurosawa | 1950) B (previous rating: B-)
   
3. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock | 1940) A-
   
   
4. Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan | 2008) B
   Nothing like rewatching a film for a paper in Film class to make me rethink my opinion of it.

Books

1. Orientalism by Edward W. Saïd I don't think I'm ever going to read the entire thing.
   
2. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier A
   
   
3. Slumdog Millionaire (originally published as Q & A) by Vikas Swarup B+
   A much more interesting and colorful story than what made it into the film, but Idk, the English translation is kind of stilted.
   
4. On the Road by Jack Kerouac B I like the prose, but what the book is actually about? Uh...
   
5. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner A
   
   

Books Reread

1. Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal, translated by Ma. Soledad Lacson-Locsin, edited by Raul L. Locsin B I appreciated this more this time around, but I do wish someone talked to Rizal about all his run-on sentences.
   
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling A
   What epilogue?

Live theater

1. Next to Normal (Manila, 03/26/11): Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo (Diana), Jett Pangan (Dan), Felix Rivera (Gabe), Bea Garcia (Natalie), Jake Macapagal (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine), Markki Stroem (Henry)
   
2. In the Heights (Manila, 09/10/11): Nyoy Volante (Usnavi), Ima Castro (Vanessa), Felix Rivera (Benny), K-La Rivera (Nina), Calvin Millado (Kevin), Jackie Lou Blanco (Camila), Tex Ordoñez (Daniela), Jay Glorioso (Abuela Claudia), Bibo Reyes (Sonny), Tanya Manalang (Carla), Jimmy Marquez (Piragua Guy), Altair Alonso (Grafitti Pete)
   

Favorites from fandom

    The Mean Reds (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; 4 parts; PG-13 to R; from 2010) by artemis_sparks

   Basically all of thmaymuc's Dan/Blair (Gossip Girl) episode recaps (since 2010)

    Top 10 Best-Dressed/Most Stylish Actresses of 2010 ⓒ fairchilds

    Garrett Hedlund: A Look Back in 2010 ⓒ the hedlund_fan mods

    Blair Force One (Gossip Girl; Tripp/Blair, some Nate/Blair; 2500 words; PG-15) by my fairy godmother, bond_girl

    huge cloudy symbols of a high romance (Gossip Girl; Tripp/Blair; 4150 words; R) by artemis_sparks

    The Social Network: A Genderswap Picspam ⓒ lovestories

   Miniature Disasters and Minor Catastrophes (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; 11/16 parts; PG13; from 2010) by artemis_sparks and dysenchanted2

    Princes-in- Disguise: Theory/Picspam/Prayer Circle (Gossip Girl; Blair, Dan, Chuck, and Louis) ⓒ caitiedidit

    If You Like My Poems Let Them (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; 2180 words; PG-13) by stainofmylove

    i wanna walk with you on a cloudy day (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; 3736 words; PG) by shtiglitz

    you only call me when you're crying (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; 2298 words; PG-13) by artemis_sparks

   "Anytime Will Do" (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; 2:19) by luckybiatch

   can't find the words to write this song (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; parts 1/ 2/ 3/ 4; PG-13) by shtiglitz

    your mercury mouth in missionary times (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair, Louis/Blair, Dan/Nate; 7344 words; R) by artemis_sparks

   The Omen (Gossip Girl; Tripp/Maureen; parts 1/2; rated T) by because_i_hope

   Heath Fires and Holocausts (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; parts 1/ 2; PG-13) by care_says

    the kind of reckless that should send me running (Gossip Girl; Dan/Blair; PG-13) by shtiglitz
+ whatever I reblog on my tumblr

Memorable entries
02/10/11: I need to write all this down on yellow legal pad.
04/17/11: exec producers spoiler.