soundtrack in film

I was thinking of what courses to take and I realized I think i want to take some fun non-program related courses. After all isn't university supposed to be about exploring what's out there and broadening your perspectives?

So one of my friends suggested Soundtrack in Film. They're 3 hour lectures (boo) but it sounds pretty cool.

Here's the course syllabus:
Week 1: Course Introduction, What to Listen For in Film
Week 2: Technical Details, How It’s Done
Week 3: Early History, The Silent Era
Week 4: The Birth of Sound, and the Orchestra in Hollywood
Week 5: Film Music Comes of Age (1940-1950)
Week 6: The 1950s and Hitchcock/Herrmann
Week 7: The 1960s/Goldsmith
Week 8: The 1970s/Williams
Week 9: The 1980s/Horner
Week 10: The 90s
Week 11: Music From and Inspired by the film

Considering I used to think of my life in terms of soundtracks, I think this might be a cool course to take hehe

harry potter!

So excited to see this tomorrow

documentaries

so i've been watching a ton of documentaries in hope of "expanding my horizons."

I must say I'm learning a LOT from them and they're a lot of fun to watch. Documentaries have come a long way. From the boring literal documents to the narrative-like pieces of today, I think I'm learning to appreciate that these movies don't tell a story with a happy ending. The mere reality - happy or sad - make it that much more beautiful and heart warming or wrenching.

Born Into Brothels tells the story of a photographer trying to find a better life for the children of the brothels - the red light district. It's really sad because even with a possible solution, the way the society works won't let them leave. But there is hope!


I think if it wasn't for a couple of my friends asking tons of questions, I would have cried watching Tiger Spirit. I remember crying watching the trailer the first time i saw it. It's truly a reality that breaks my heart.



A movie that definitely shows that the moving picture can educate people, Food Inc is a shocking tale of the current state of our food industry. When I have a stable job and no tuition to pay, I am going to buy organic. I have given up ground food for good.



Still on my list
- bowling for columbine - the story of the columbine shooting and gun laws in the states
- Planet Bboy - bboying around the world
- spellbound - the spelling bee mania in the states (i think we need more programs like the states)
- murderball - stories of paralyzed people accomplishing great things
- enron: the smartest guys in the room
- man on wire - a man walking tight rope between the twin towers
- which way home - horrors of children riding trains to sneak into the states from mexico

lemons into lemonade?

being jobless sucks.

i'm so excited for fall to start that i've already packed one bag
i've also made a packing list on excel (it's quite beautiful)
not to mention i started my "3B conquering plan" as per tradition

but i guess having a break is a good thing.
i've made of list (because i love lists) of things i plan to do over the summer:

visit the rom
finally see the AGO
HP exhibit at sci centre
go to kensington market
visit waterloo more
dragon boat festival
danforth festival
watch world cup at HOME
softball
read ahead for courses
prep for being a peer leader

booklist (its small so i actually read them)
true story
tipping point
what the dog saw
kingdom without borders

movie list (again, small so i actually watch them)
the blind side
how to train your dragon
iron man 2
ninja (?)
diary of a wimpy kid (?) HEHEH
kick-ass
letters to juliet
robin hood
karate kid (new one)

"hopefully"s
YP Stuff: retreat, trip to centre island, laserquest, wonderland, bowling, etc.
camping trip with cousins (no adults)
G test!

paper heart

So I've been wanting to watch this for a really long time. It's supposed to be a documentary on how a girl (comedian Charlyne Yi) doesn't believe in love and goes around the states to ask people what love is to them.

I didn't like it.

First of all, I found out the relationship is fake which ... I feel like I was cheated! Like a boy playing with my emotions -_- HAHA

Secondly, a lot of the things were obvious and I was like... they need a movie to tell me that?
a. young love doens't work out for some people
b. love has hormones and bodily chemicals associated with it, but it's not just about the biochemistry

Lastly, the ending sucked. It was lame. No... it was worse than lame. Dare I say it was stupid?

Sure, there were cute parts and some of the couples were adorable,
but if you can help it, don't watch it.

proof i shouldn't watch scary movies

After watching a scary movie, I went up to do my PD assignment that I should be doing instead of blogging.

Of course, however, I fall asleep.

Into a dream.


where im a boy (yes, a boy -_-) named Donnie who's trying to return to my aunt, Cherie (who is my landlord) who can give me a safe place to live. I'm hiding from a millionaire who looks Robert John Burke from Gossip Girl.

Why?

I don't ever hear this but I "know" it's because he is convinced I'm a danger to society and I need to be locked up and tortured. But before I go to aunt Cherie's house I need to steal back my parents' belongings that the millionaire seized when he kidnapped and tortured my parents to death.

Weird thing about this dream, though. I'm also myself - audrey. I enter the household of this millionaire for a corporate party and i know all about donnie vs. millionaire. I wander and wind up in a room on the second floor where it smells kind of funky. I see a couple people unconscious on the floor.

I look in their hands and there's half eaten jello. I know almost instantaneously that it's "sleeping jello" and look up to find balloons with holes in them - leaking sleeping gas. I conclude that this room is important and the millionaire is definitely expecting donnie. (ps. i think i'm quite awesome with my detective skills)

i run out to the balcony only to see a trap door in the roof swing open, and donnie fall to the floor below me, while a whole bunch of balloons emitting the same gas are released with him. I look down to find his body but it's already being dragged off by the millionaire's chefs.

I wake up after seing a red balloon tied to his ankle.






i hate dreams that make your adrenaline pump.

damn scary movies.

donnie darko

i saw a pretty creepy movie today.

Here's the synopsis (with spoilers)

i don't even know what to say about it.. it's pretty cool.. but.. so.. disturbing....

i heart productivity

Accomplishing things on your list = productivity.

Accomplishing things NOT on your list for the day PLUS the things that were on your list

= being uber productive.

Found a house in Hamilton

So before I tell you this story, I should let you know. About a month ago, I had a house. It was literally 3 minutes from my work and in a house with a nice old lady. Last Thursday, I called and found out that she gave it away since I didn't leave her a deposit (which I was going to pay on thursday). Thus, I was homeless.

Today, I went to see 3 houses.

House 1: smelly, sketchy, small, and dark. Not a great first impression of Hamilton to my mother.

House 2: creepy sums it up. The listing said it was a family home and asked for a girl. I went and sure, I get the whole top floor with kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and bathroom for 300, but the main floor has a creepy old man who has no family. Something just creeped me out.

House 3: loved it. The lady who owns the house is super super nice and I get the following for 450/month

• big room with a high ceiling
• Cable + Internet
• utilities
• a HUGE (larger than my parents') bathroom with a huge tub and a TV!!
• backyard with lounge chairs, garden, and bbq
• a really really nice laundry room with my dream laundry machines (LG)

Got tickets for attractions for our vacation

• San Francisco: Bedouin at the Wharf, Aquarium at the Wharf, tour to Alcatraz, Golden Gate Garden
• LA: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood Blvd
• Vegas: Hoover Dam, Bellagio Hotel, Fremont Street Experience, Vegas Strip, Cirque du Soleil 'O'
• Grand Canyon: South Rim, Skywalk, Yaki Point
• Hawaii: Pearl Harbour Memorial, Whale Watching, surfing lessons, deep sea fishing, luau, volcano tour, parasailing, snorkeling

Watched the Time Traveler's Wife

New Theory: either watch the movie or read the book; don't do both. I felt like the movie ruined the book. They made Henry into too good of a guy and Clare into a less of an understanding person. The characters lacked depth and it was kind of disappointing. But it was still pretty okay.

Cut my hair

Yes, my long luscious hair is gone. Sniff. I now have a bob. maybe sometimes later I will edit this post and add a photo, but it's quite late and I realized I have to do pastoral prayer tomorrow, so i'm going to not go and look for a camera. And yes, Dolly, I saved the hair and will donate it on Monday morning :) It feels good :)

movies

Yes, it's finals and I should be studying, but I decided to go watch a movie with one of my friends. What did i see? Transformers 2. What did i think? It was my kind of action!! although i thought the plot could have been worked on, it was SO COOL! I won't write anything in fear of spoiling or whatever, but seriously! Go watch it! I look forward to watching the first one, which I heard was better >.<

I realized i've watched 4 movies in the time that I've been in waterloo and 5 movies overall for the summer - that's not bad! And that's only movies in the theatre ;)
- UP
- monsters vs. aliens
- transformers 2
- harry potter 6
- i love you beth cooper ( DO NOT GO. waste of money)

I absolutely LOVE movies. I think it's a terrible date event, but I love to sit up at my tv and watch a movie by myself. Here's my ultimate, TO WATCH movie list in no particular order.

- 500 Days of Summer
- Paper Heart
- The Proposal
- Fast and Furious
- Terminator
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Shawshank Redemption
- Gone with the Wind
- Hotel Rwanda
- Batman Begins
- Die Hard
- Princess Mononoke
- Transformers 1
- Children of Men
- letters from Iwo Jima
- Public Enemies
- XMen Origins
- GI Joe the Rise of Cobra (Lee Byung Hun!!!)
- The Ugly Truth
- Angels and Demons
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Sherlock Holmes
- Forrest Gump
- The Time Travelers Wife
- Surrogates
- Stargate Universe
- Avatar
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- Horton Hears a Who!
- The Great Debaters
- american Gangster
- Juno
- Atonement
- One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
- Dr. Zhivago
- Pretty Woman

What am i missing?