I can’t wait to see what happens next! I hope that this is as brilliant as the Frodo one!

Oh, by the way, moar Hobbit movie news:

Bilbo Baggins casting rumors!

There have been tons rumored actors to play the young Bilbo Baggins so far, but the most popular ones have been:

[L-R: Jack Black, James McAvoy, Martin Freeman, and Daniel Radcliffe]

I’d rather they took an unknown actor, really. If they were to choose from any of those actors, I’d go for Martin Freeman. The guy looks an awful lot like a Hobbit and would definitely pass for a younger version of Sir Ian Holm. Daniel Radcliffe is too young and too Harry Potter; James McAvoy is a brilliant actor, yet I associate him with Nicholas and Mr. Tumnus too much and I don’t think that another fantasy flick would do him good anyway; Jack Black is made of Awesome and Rock, but that’s the problem, really: he’s too much of a funny man. I bet he could even play Peter Jackson if ever PJ needed an actor to play him in his biopic.

Either way, I just can’t wait to see how director Guilermo Del Toro is going to get this Hobbit on the move! It’s been YEARS since that last LOTR film. I just can’t wait to see this Hobbit movie. The possibilities are ENDLESS!

(via The Hobbit Movie page @ Facebook)

Freaking hilarious. XD

Got it from an email forwarded to me by my sister.

I visited it again today, and lo and behold, a couple of entries are on there.

Here’s a plug for Steph. Go visit her new blog! Right now!

Go go go!

PS: I miss you, Steph.
PPS: Other plugs… My Filipino-American culture group blog and a new D’Arvit! hostee, Dan [a.k.a. P5YCHIC] of FG.
PPPS: Yes, maybe I’ll start blogging again. My finals are over, and summer is here! [But summer classes are still around. More on this later.]

NOTE: This is a very random rant, so if you are still looking for my entry called The Awful Truth About Filipinos, please read it on the said link, or scroll down after this entry.

I realized how bright blue on black hurts your eyes after a long time. That’s why I’ve switched over to the default WordPress theme for now. Theme crisis much?

Yeah, I guess. I just can’t find the time to do layouts anymore. Ever since my move to WordPress, this blog suffered from numerous theme crisis episodes [this one included].

Busy?

Yeah.

Lazy?

I guess so.

Sometimes, there are more things to prioritize at the moment. Currently, I’ve lost inspiration for anything web design related. Maybe it’s because I don’t have any fansites to maintain, or group blogs to moderate anymore. The fact that my parents disapprove of this doesn’t help, either.

Theme crisis? Perhaps I should call this Theme Drought. Or Creativity Drought. Or…

To Hell With It, I’m Sick Of It All.

   

In semi-related-why-the-F-would-You-care news, the semester just began for me [and my brother] last Wednesday [the 15th]. And yes, as I checked my credit hours, I can confirm that I’m already a Junior as well! Also, I noticed that I welcomed a lot of changes lately. Like yesterday, I finally found my [now ex-] adviser and had my “Change of Major Request” signed. So today–as I checked my online records–I am officially a Biology: Biomedical Concentration major. I just came from the lab today and I left with a feeling that this is what I really want to do. It’s a great feeling, this sense of purpose.

   
I am just so happy that I was finally able to do it. I mean, this whole “what am I supposed to do with my life” crisis has kept me awake for hours on end. I know that this is what I want. I’ve always wanted to go into Biology and become a doctor. A bend in the road appeared when I saw how much comfortable the life of a pharmacist is. Pharmacists are highly respected in the community as well, they get called “Dr.”, and patients are more willing to consult them [since they do not trust Physician's Assistants as much anyway].
   

Despite the fact that I’m taking a relatively low course load this time around [16 credit hours], I still have four labs this semester [Bio, Physics, Chem, and Zoology], an “Honors” sociology type of class [it's more of debate class and I have a bunch of over-achieving freshmen as classmates, ugh, serves me right for criticizing everyone ], and I decided to do volunteer work [thought it won't kick in until a bit later on].

   
Aside from the change of major [and apparent change of habits], here I am, typing this blog entry on my MacBook. I’m still all psyched up–the Honors College is just too kind! So far, so good, and I’m really enjoying this whole Mac thing. Really nifty stuff. I just realized that my blog looked really different on Safari, but that’s okay, I guess. XD

   
I also tried to start getting active on Facebook [finally]. It’s because I just got [yet another] annoying notification from Filipino rip-off social-networking site Eskwela.com which reminded me about my little self-appointed task of comparing the two [I might write a blog entry on this]. My verdict? Although Eskwela.com’s AJAX inteface, “assignments”, and “Labs” all look like a patched-up attempt at integrating all the hottest AJAX-ified Web 2.0 trends, it really isn’t very much like Facebook at all. Facebook wins this hands down because of its cleaner and more unified interface and apps. Eskwela is still on beta invites only and I hope that they smooth things out before their major release, whenever that would be.

   
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Anyway, I guess that this is all for now. I’m testing out WordPress on Safari, that’s all. A few hours on a Mac and I’m liking it, so far. No wonder the Mac fanboys keep accusing Vista of copying–it’s all so Vista-like, as it seems. Almost Vista, but not quite.

Ah, the things they do these days. XD A tribute to the Britney/Madonna MTV awards kiss?

The look on Neil’s face: priceless. XD

His side of the story:

Now Jonathan Ross is funny. He has hosted more awards shows than probably any human being alive. And he was in his element.

Every now and again, I’d manage to stop laughing, and get us back onto announcing and presenting awards. (I was thrilled to present one to Alison Bechdel for Fun Home, one to Gene Luen Yang for American Born Chinese.)

Finally the mad gleam in Jonathan’s eye focussed on me, and he announced that we would now celebrate the Eisners and comics… by re-enacting Madonna and Britney Spears’ famous kiss at the MTV music awards…

So yesterday night, on that stage, in front of thousands of comics fans and professionals, I got an Eisner, the Bob Clampett Humanitarian award and was snogged by Jonathan Ross.

Maddy thought it was funny. She said I turned lots of interesting colours.

Well, you never see authors get brokebacked like that. XD “Lots of interesting colours” indeed.

I was getting sick of my previous theme’s IE6 and ul/li hyperlink issues, so I looked for a better alternative.

Kudos to the theme creators–this is probably one of my favorite WP themes ever!

This would be a nice temporary layout while I finish up my own design.

I’d be keeping this for a while because I think it’s really lovely.

I have a slight problem with IE6 — I thought this was compatible with IE6 — but once I implemented the theme, it started messing up once again.

I’ll try fixing it for now.

For the mean time…
well, I have to go anyway. XD

Coming up with titles is an art form. It should be.

When writing these blog entries, I always write down the title first. However, I often come up with a long title that would pretty much sum up my blog entry, then later on realize how inappropriate or how off-topic [off-tangent ] it actually is.

For this case, I’m afraid that I’ll be doing that again. XD

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Spanish II is fun. I’m currently serving as chauffeur to two more people [my brother and a Filipino friend living in the same area]. I’m not complaining, though–at least I’m actually doing something to stop Global Warming. I don’t think that holding energy-consuming and resource-draining concerts simultaneously would actually save the world. I have nothing against the music on Live Earth–in fact, I love most of the artists and I just had to watch when Bon Jovi, the Smashing Pumpkins, and the Foo Fighters started playing–but I hate the irony that comes with this Live Earth thing in general. It centers along the blissfully pointless–pointless, yet fun, nonetheless. Pointless and painfully ber-commercialized.

Yesterday, they interviewed two kids who were around the New York concert area. One of the kids said something like, “I’m so glad to be here, saving the world!”

Yeah, and I bet that you didn’t walk to Live Earth New York, right? How can you save the world by holding a concert? All the rock stars have arrived in their gas-guzzling limos and jets. Scientists have been telling us that we should all cut down on our carbon footprints, yet, we still think that consuming megawatts of energy all at the same time would actually save the world. Brilliant. It’s just effing brilliant.

I just hate the fact that they’re using Global Warming as another excuse to cash in on the market. Of course, it’s good that this time around, there’s a good cause involved, but then again, it’s still crass commercialism in disguise.

Green is in. It’s just another marketing trend pulling at the consumers’ eco-heartstrings–it’s genius, if I have to say so myself.

I hope that these people are actually serious. Global Warming is a real problem, not just another eco-friendly status symbol.

Meh, whatever.

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For those who have been hunting for Joost invitations, now’s your chance to get it!

I’ve been yapping about Joost for quite some time now, and I think 
I’m going to see if it’s any good.

For those who have been living under a [tech] rock, Joost is basically TV via the Internet.

Joost says:

Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.

You get great internet features too, such as search, chat and instant messaging, built right into the program – so you find shows quickly and talk to your friends while you watch. And with no schedules to worry about, you can watch whatever you want, whenever you like – as often as you want. Joost is completely free, and works with most modern PCs and Intel Mac-based computers with a broadband connection.

For a person who rarely turns on the TV anymore, I think this is well worth a try. ;)

Of course, we’ve yet to see if the concept of an Internet TV would become the 
next YouTube.

I think it’s best to just sit back and watch what happens next [no pun intended].

My Dad and I just picked up my Mom and brother from the Charlotte airport last night.

Due to a bad storm in Kansas, they got delayed for three hours.

Got home at around 2:30 AM. Slept two hours later.

That’s all for now.