I guess I need to update more. XD. But basically, I'm studying Korean now.

OK Go - WTF? from OK Go on Vimeo.

I really love how your eyes just get glued to the colors here. Color overload.

Tokyo/Glow from Nathan Johnston on Vimeo.

 Wouldn't it be fun to travel the world and make films? I think so. I'd really like to do that, but I feel like I'm going to have to get a second job either teaching or translating, especially should I go to East Asia.  Is there a visa for traveling nomads desiring to live abroad and make movies about the word? Yes, to Australia. Actually known as the Work Holiday Visa and really only for the traveling nomad part, but still. Awesome. 

Though I worry that if I do go abroad and have fun, it's going to be hard to get into the Hollywood system back in the US. Not that I'm against being a small indie director, but the things you can do in Hollywood are spectacular. Especially to Ultra Sci- Fi nerd like myself. 

The other thing I'm debating is whether or not I should double major in East Asian Studies. I hate a lot of the course here, but love the languages course (sometimes) and my independent ventures into culture related studies. I wonder how many independent studies I could get away with. Probably not as many as I'd think. I hope I can count my Korean Classes as general studies classes. 

As a even further thing, I'm thinking of selling my doll collections. I'm really tired of being poor and overdrawing my account every time I have to pay rent. What this has taught me is that my mother has lied. She doesn't have good money managing skills. I know this because every piece of advice, well money related, has completely and utterly fucked me over.  And after that happens, there isn't really anyone who can help me, so I'm stuck.  Well, it's another incentive to move away, away, away. 

So, Life, where should I go?

 Has anyone noticed that on Doctor Who all the interracial couples end up breaking up and end up with people of their own race? I'm just waiting for Donna's boyfriend to die or mysteriously become bad or something. 

This might be weird, but I'm going to challenge myself this year to watch a movie a day. 365 movies from 1/17/2010 to 1/17/2011.  We'll see how this goes. 

I just learned where the FYIAD thing came from.

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Current Mood: ecstatic

It is both the beginning and the end of a great era.

Let's start with the good, shall we?
First of all, Russel T. Davies will no longer be fucking up Doctor Who and, quite honestly, there is no greater holiday gift then to gently wave goodbye as his ass gets booted out the door. The more power and control he seemed to get, the shittier and shittier  his writing seemed to get. I bring up the last two season finals as example.  

The Stolen Earth and Journey's end really is nothing more than Russel T. Davies jerking off in our faces.  Instead of focusing on story and characters, we get one big companion love fest. In The Stolen Earth, roughly 45 minutes, we follow The Doctor, Donna Noble, Rose Tyler, Rose's Mom Jackie, Martha Jones, Captain Jack Harkness, Sarah Jane Smith, Hariet Jones, Ianto Jones and Gwen Cooper, Martha's Mom, Donna's Mom and Grandfather, and maybe Micky too, but honestly, who can fucking keep track?  This is lazy, lazy writing paying fan service every fucking body and their mom. By having so many people, almost none of the guests really get any real screen time. We don't make an emotional connection to any of them, especially Gwen and Ianto, who have never even been on this show before.  What about all the people who don't watch Torchwood? Are they really expected to care the Gwen and Ianto are about to die? Of course not. They're just two weirdo's shooting off their guns like morons.  Though, to give credit where credit's due, the twist ending is absolutely brilliant.

Honestly, though, The Stolen Earth is more just set up to the ultimate failure that is Journey's End. Here are few of my favorite quotes from the internet on the subject:



"Rose and the two Tennants acted out a sort of twisted menage a trois."
"If, while your brain is telling you, 'This is crap!' your heart is still doing backflips then it's your kind of episode."
"exciting, incomprehensible, satisfying and slightly irritating all at the same time"
"one big house of cards...[that] will come crashing down" if thought about too much
"[d]emented rather than dazzling"

At the time, I assumed the RTD maybe had just hit a low point in his life and was reflected in writing. If so, then I've concluded that in 2009, his life must have gone straight down the crapper.


THE END OF TIME - 2009/2010 Season finale

I can some this up in 4 words: "Oh no they didn't."  The best moment in the whole thing was the new doctor at the end. He was perfect. Then I learned that part had been written by Steven Moffat, aka brillance in a can. Unfortunately, the rest of the script was not so lucky. Neither can the Doctor as he alternates between whiny and serious and comes out as a 40 year old version of Darth Vader.  As depressing as it is, because everyone loves David Tennant and his version of the Doctor, this was not the same person.  Tennant really does the best with what he's given though, with the highlight of his performance being right before he regenerates.  In my humble opinion though, the real Doctor would never complain about saving someone, even if he was in midlife crisis or whatever the fuck was his problem.  

Now I guess why I'm so angry is for one reason. I love Doctor Who. I love the character, the shitty special effects that I usually ignore in favor of the acting and even some, not all, but SOME of the gaping plot holes the usually occur in RTD's work, the douche bag. 
 However, when you fuck up the characters, what the hell is left? What the hell am I watching this for? Are you, RTD, on a mission to ruin everyone in Doctor Who's life? (Or maybe just kill them off like you did in Torchwood?) 

So, the good news is he's gone. He's out. Goodbye and thank you. Get the fuck out. 

The bad news:

Just when you think you're about to see David Tennant under the direction of a good producer and storyteller, bam, he's gone.  And I can't blame you, David Tennant, for running off with your bff RTD, but it would have been nice to see you in a full 5th season, with episodes like The Doctor Dances, Blink, The Girl in the Fireplace, and maybe Silence in the Library. The jury's still out on that one. Either way, the most depressing moment of 2009/2010 was when you regenerated. 

Still, I have hope for the 11th Doctor.  Hopefully, no more Doctor Who rants in the future. I'll stick to Lost. (DAMN IT FARADAY, STOP TELLING ME EVERYTHING THAT"S GOING ON)

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Happy New Years!

Although 16 days too late, I thought I'd put them somewhere to remind myself exactly what I want out of 2010:

1. Commitment to My Goals & Plans
2. Write Something Every Day
3. Do More Fun Things (especially in this shitty city)
4. Exercise More
5. Complete 1 Spec Script by the End of This Year
6. Become Decent in Japanese & Korean

365 days to do 6 task. Can't be too hard, right?