Beyond Redemption

HAPPY (BELATED) THANKSGIVING!

Yesterday was a bit of a trip. At the last minute it was decided that turkey day should be at my place, which meant your grrrl was thrown under the bus! xD

I had to do all the shopping, scrub the place down, do all the cooking (plus make desserts), and entertain the fam. In short, I’m fucking tired and I’ve never consumed so much soda in my life. lol. But all in all, it was a decent holiday, though I’ll be stuck with leftovers all damn weekend. >.< And strangely, my aunt, a friend of mine, and my favorite guy in U-KISS (Korean group) all have the same birthday -today! So lots of lub going their way. 😀 In \o/ news, I'll be able to get a few little gifties for a couple of friends. I know they'll like them, too! In >.< news, with all the typing I had to do for the Secret Santa stuff over at Eternally Destined, I jacked my hands. I mean, they easily hurt from just a little typing, which pisses me off because I want to write. (It’s the story of my fucking life, I swear. Whenever I finally get an itch to write, my hands give.) But I’m way behind on some of the stuff I wanted to update for you guys, so the compromise will have to be really short chapters. It’s either that, or it’s longer updates, but fewer.

I’ll poll this and see what you’d prefer. Either one is better than nothing. The poll will be up over the weekend, and depending on your answers, I’ll proceed immediately. (Well, I’m gonna start writing now, but whether it will be a couple of long updates, or several short ones will be up to y’all. Aren’t I nice?! :D)

My cat is 1000% better and up to his old tricks. Makes me wanna kick his ass, but I’m so glad to have him normal again I guess he can get away with murder for a while longer… 😛

Didn’t get much sleep in the last 2 days, so I’m groggy and tired, but I’m going to get some writing in anyway. I’m also SUPER addicted to the SIMS on Facebook to the point that it eats up loads of time and I play when I need to be doing other things. Really…must…stop….

Watched a few movies this month. I would do a review, but I don’t want to screw my hands even more, so here’s a quick version. These films are Asian horror and flicks from the After Dark Horrorfest (Sucks that they don’t bring this thing to NYC! -__-). They’re basically indie horror films, and being a lover of B horror…

Okay, no spoilers.

Lake Dead: So wrong, but so fun!

Kill Theory: Funny, decent horror feel, and a good ending twist.

Reincarnation: Japanese and so-so.
(Why does the end of every Asian horror flick make me say, “WTF just happened?”)

Forbidden Door: Thai film and it was GOOD.

Dorm: Also Thai, mild horror, and really cute. Made me cry.

Suicide Club: Japanese, and another WTF ending. Waste of a rental.

One Missed Call 1 & 2: Japanese and fairly decent. #2 was better than #1. Made me cry.

A Tale of Two Sisters: Korean and a pretty good film. At least you sorta get the ending -and it’s sad.

Ichi The Killer: Directed by Takahashi Miike and one of the goriest, but most hilarious, films ever. Loved it!

Whispering Corridors: Korean. This is a franchise of about 4-5 flicks. I saw #1 (but have 2,3, and 4 here). It was pretty decent, but not great.

Three Extremes 1 & 2: Jap/Kor/China. Three directors from all 3 countries submitted one short film each. The first 3 were better than the second 3, I think. The twisted “Dumplings” from movie #1 is worth the price of admission. They even turned it into a feature film of its own -but it’s worth seeing both because the full-length film plays out a bit differently and you get a lot more info. Warning: It’s pretty sick stuff.

Strange Circus: Japanese. Fucked up subject matter, weird imagery, and a crazy ending, but worth seeing once. Maybe.

Shutter: Thai and awesome. It was remade in America -avoid that one and seek the real deal with subs.

Voices: Korean. I liked this one quite a bit. Worth seeing and set in modern time, so if you read manhwa, you’ll see lots of similarities that will make you giggle. Sad, though.

The Hamiltons: A somewhat interesting twist on an old genre. That’s all I can say w/o giving shit away. I found it pretty enjoyable.

You can find these on Netflix and Blockbuster. Gonna watch a few more this upcoming week, so I shall be back!

P.S. Thai movies are really not getting their due. They don’t make me sleepy (from slooooow moving stuff) like Japanese and Korean films tend to. All three that I saw were great.

Allrighty, I’m off to do a little writing before I really need to rest my hands. Don’t forget to vote on the poll!