Saturday, February 22, 2014

A Jumbled Mess of Thoughts Part II

This is what happens when I've been too lazy to update and my life suddenly becomes so hip and happening. Okay fine, it's not that hip and happening, I just have a mad urge to blog about the smallest things that happen to me :)

So all the big networks in the US are clearly trying to torture me now because somehow all the shows I follow are on a month-long hiatus. Okay fine, I was just being dramatic. It's more like a two-week hiatus. But still. I've been without The Originals and Klaus/Joseph Morgan for too long :'(



Ngaaaahhhhh.

Sorry. Floor broke my jaw's fall.

SPEAKING OF THE ORIGINALS OMG KLAROLINE FINALLY HAPPENED (well sort of) ON THE 100TH EPISODE OF THE VAMPIRE DIARIES HOLY CRAP I WAS SO EXCITED AND ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED BECAUSE OKAY NOBODY CARES BUT HE SAID HE'S NEVER COMING BACK OH GOD WHYYYY AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DO YOU BUT OMG KLAROLINE!!!

I hate to be using Tumblr slang but well it kinda kills you when your OTP finally shares a screen after goodness knows how many months and gahhh after their last scene in the Season 4 finale was so sweeeeet I'm gonna go sit in a corner and cry for a while now excuse me. But while I cry I might as well watch the scene again. After all, if this is all the Klaroline I'm going to be getting for the near future, I'm going to bloody well revel in this one scene. *burst into tears*


Okay I don't think I'm gonna stop crying anytime soon. I'll just type through the pain. *sob sob* Through the pain of watching them smile at each other like thaaaaaaaaaaaat. *sniffle*

You should have seen my Tumblr home page after this episode happened though. The entire thing was like a Klaroline shrine commemorating this epic Klaroline moment where Klaroline shippers all over the world died at "Hello Caroline".



For the sake of my sanity, for the sake of my well being, my state of mind and my overall health, he should not be able to smirk like that.

Speaking of fandoms that are ruining my life, after watching the last episode of Reign I think Mary and Bash are going to kill me too.



MUST they be so adorable together?? And he's so adorable when he's being all fiercely protective. And those blue, blue eyes....



Yup. My impending death. Right there.





I'm dead. I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead.

A Jumbled Mess of Thoughts Part I

I finally decided that it's about time I stop mucking around and update :)

About time, right? Damn, I have so much nonsense to write about!! A not so surprising first would be THE WEATHER. No seriously, hasn't the weather been killing you guys? I feel like all I actively do lately is sweat. Profusely! And might I add that every time it rains I always happen to be sitting in my car stuck in a jam that the weather just makes worse so I haven't been able to fully appreciate precipitation. The fact that I'm sick does not at all help seeing as I've been avoiding air conds lately because I wouldn't want to antagonize the mess that is my blocked nose. Which feels like it has been stuffed with Styrofoam by the way.

Okay, weather rant. Check.

Work, on the other hand, has been going very well. Larry was awesome enough to get me an interview at this new tuition centre he's been working at and as they say, the rest is history. I absolutely love my boss and my coworkers and everything about it. Well except how Desa Sri Hartamas seems to be in a constant traffic jam and the fact that looking for parking in that place seems to be a quest worthy of a Lord of the Rings trilogy. And to my absolute joy, there's so much food places around the centre that even I, the devourer of snacks cannot find anything to complain about :)

Oh and I simply must write about my Valentine's Day experiences. I was reminded about the madness of the day in quite an extreme way when I was passing by this school and some school boy ran in front of my car like a madman. I wasn't going very fast or anything but still, this guy was in considerable risk given that a motorist also had to swerve to avoid him. When he reached the other side of the road I eye stalked him in my rearview mirror to see what he had been running towards because well, I just have way more curiosity towards random events than most people should have. Guess what I saw? This boy ran across the road just to go up to some girl and carry her books for her. Okay, then. It really must have been Valentine's. 

So in the evening I went to watch Tales From The Bedroom, this compilation of 10 short plays at KLPAC. It really was pretty entertaining. I was with Nat and Larry's friend Shimi who both entertained me by always talking to me at the same time. Anyway the play that Larry directed was a great success so I was very proud of him :)



That's me, Nat, Larry, his cast members Marcus and Sharanya, and Shimi.

Anyway after the play we headed to Publika to meet Joash and his crazy friends for a while. Nat, Shimi and I then proceeded to have the awkwardest night ever talking and laughing amongst ourselves instead of with the others because all the other people there were pretty much still in date-mode and were all happy and Valentinesy.

But Nat and I did see this car covered in stuffed animals on the way there. I jumped to the weirdest conclusion ever, thinking that some overzealous boyfriend had covered his girlfriend's car in them before Nat wisely interrupted my crazy thoughts by saying someone was selling them. Yeah, that made way more sense. 



Anyway I had driven Max the Sunny since Joash was the one who actually had a date and all. Not that I didn't have a date, that is. Nat and I had a really great Valentine's Day as girl dates lol. So anyway, I naively thought that if anyone was going to be having car trouble it was going to be me in my dying Sunny right? WRONG.

Just when Nat and I had gotten home and changed into comfortable clothes to munch on our snacks and watch a movie and go to bed, I get a call from my brother telling me that the Persona had a flat tyre LOL. So Nat and I didn't bother to change and went to meet him and park behind him in the middle of the road while he changed the tyre. That's right, me and Nat were there purely for moral support as Joash changed the tyre by himself. Basically he had only called me because he needed one of the tools from Max. 



Which explains why I look so happy in this picture, I guess. I was expressing my delight at the fact that I wasn't needed for actual manual labour :)

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

A Mind...Blasted

Yes, yes, it's been forever. What else is new right? I've been running around like a headless chicken a lot lately. December was pure, unadulterated madness to say the least and I spent almost half of January recovering from the hustle and bustle of it all.

So I was watching this new show Reign right? I only started watching it because it was about Mary, Queen of Scots and I'm a total sucker for these historical drama types of shows. So I watched the latest episode the other day and all of a sudden I found myself in a frenzy of disbelief. Needless to say I am now in the mood for some good ol bashing of every character in the show *evil smile*.

Now, now, Reign fans. Hold your horses and hear me out okay?


Let me just say that my powers of foresight scare me sometimes because before even watching the show or reading a summary or anything, I took one look at this picture and groaned. I groaned for a full minute and thought, "They're brothers fighting over her aren't they?"

Turns out, they're half brothers. One is the future king of France and the other is the king's bastard son. Needless to say I had a cathartic moment and needed to lie down. I realised this was going to be The Vampire Diaries all over again. Only instead of vampires and werewolves there would be royalty and politics. 

Don't get me wrong I'm absolutely fascinated by the show. So Mary has been betrothed to Francis, Dauphin of France since she was 6. But she was sent away for her protection because everyone wanted her dead so that Scotland would be up for grabs. At the beginning of the show, she gets sent back to French court where it's assumed that she'll be safer. So the drama begins.

Okay I admit that I usually hate a lot of heroines. An awful, terrible lot. So far, Mary seems to be an exception.


I mean just look at that face. She's adorable :)

So yeah, had no problem with her. She's clever and soooo pretty and well, she's not just a pretty face so that's nice.

Her and Francis have a great connection too. They have the most adorable eye contact.


One would think they would get married and live happily ever after. Then this happens.


So some stuff happens, Mary and Francis fall in love, they have ONE fight (well granted it was a huge fight because some other woman was chasing after him and he was being a bit of a jerk), and then...


You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.

Seriously? Poor Francis I tell you. One fight and of all people you go running around kissing his brother?? I mean yeah he's really...


Yeah. Okay fine, so he's really and I mean REALLY pretty and Bash has got to be the most adorable nickname for Sebastian that I've ever heard in my entire life but come ON. You want both the Dauphin and the bastard son? Come on now Mary, don't make me despise you like I despise Elena bloody Gilbert!!

Anyway after all that has been sorted out and Mary and Francis are all happy and getting ready to be married, suddenly the queen (Francis's mother who doesn't hate Mary but is trying to protect Francis. I think.) chooses to tell Mary why she's been making things very difficult for her. Nostradamus (who can kinda see the future) has seen that if Mary marries Francis, he'll die. 

*dum dum DUMMMMMM*

But Mary still needs to marry the future king of France because Scotland and France want to claim the throne of England together. Guess what her solution was.

Legitimize Bash and marry him

Acceptable, of course. She doesn't want Francis to die, but she still loves FRANCIS right???

One episode later, just ONE episode, mind you...


I could not possibly be more confused. I get the whole we've got to make this work even though the politics suck thing. But WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING??????

Does she love them both? Does she love Francis but kinda like Bash, disturbing as that may be because nobody else seems to mind being attracted to two people related by blood at the same time? Does she love Francis sort of, but now is kinda falling for Bash? But....within one episode? 

If Bash wasn't so blue eyed and stubble-y I could have been in serious danger of being completely thrown by the lack of logic here.


But....*sigh*....I suppose I'm okay with that face being all the logic Mary needs. 

It's certainly all the logic I need. *wink*

A Heartfelt, Post Traumatic Thank You

About five months ago, this album called Post Traumatic was released. Three months ago, I went to Bangkok to watch Mike Shinoda perform...