Archive for the ‘Booked’ Category

Wolverine de-clawed


2009
05.01

wolverine

It was probably my job as a comics illustrator before that got me hooked to reading X-Men. Not to mention that having a boyfriend (now x-boyfriend) who collected every issue helped seal my addiction.

Now here’s the weird thing. Despite my fanaticism, I never liked Wolverine before. He was always drunk, rough, rude and smoked cigars. I go for the likes of Scott Summers, the good guy with ruby shades.

But having Hugh Jackman in the movie version changed the way I look at Wolverine the comic book character. Obviously, we knew why. He’s Hugh, probably 5 to 7 inches taller than the original Wolverine. Jackman breathed compassion to a rough and wounded soul and humor to a perennial boring comic character whose adamantium claws sliced up an undermount sink like cake. There are some things though that were consistent with century-old Wolverine – his healing ability, heightened senses, loyalty and a thirst for action. His pet word? Bub.

If you want to learn more about Wolverine’s character, click here. Go and watch the movie too.

He’s just not that into you: In 300 words


2009
02.12

Twilight

I’d like to share what the boys did the other day. Meet Fakundo (not his real name), the latest recruit of the Cullens. His talent? X-Ray vision.

Now, the serious stuff.

What Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo wrote in their book “He’s Just Not That Into You” were the same things your grandmother from the Titanic era would have told you about boys. Nothing really new. In fact, you might be in for a little surprise. Those small rational voices in your head apparently talk sense, if you only know how to listen.

Here’s basically what the book is trying to tell women whose minds were muddled by mixed emotions and endless guy interpretations. If the guy does not do anything to declare his affection, stop obsessing about him. He’s just simply into himself, and not so into you. If a guy thinks you are the one, nothing can stop him from moving the universe to make sure you both end up together. Unless, of course, you respond in his favor, or not. You have the power to decide who stays in your life, and who to annihilate.

Men are never hard to decipher, if only women exercise the use of their brains and avoid getting swept away by tides of emotions. However, I do not advise jumping into the bed with a guy to run a compatibility test. That leaves you in a more vulnerable situation. The bed should never be an option to settle relational issues.

Now you get the idea what the whole book hype is all about. If you’re still single, don’t lose heart. I don’t. I believe in a greater calling. What I mean is the men we are bound to end with are simply out there busy with a lot of things. When the time comes you meet him, that could only mean one thing: He’s ready.

Underworld and Breaking Dawn


2009
02.03

Breaking Dawn

Last week turned out to be a vampire week.

We saw Underworld the prequel (also known as The Rise of the Lycans) for an hour and a half with Sbarro pizza and lasagna in our stomachs. The movie may be as twice as bloody as Frank Miller’s 300, but director Patrick Tatopoulos somehow managed to keep all those throat-slashing combats and rolling heads a bit more bearable to look at than Kill Bill. If you’ve watched the two sequels, you know the movie is not just about murdering creatures. It does have a story to boot filmed in a fast paced sequence that hardly left us blinking. Otherwise, you’d miss out certain scenes and spend another hour going through it again.

If you’d ask me if there’s one or two movies I would love to watch over and over again, it’s “A Walk To Remember” and “Becoming Jane”. I’m certainly a fan of tragic or sad endings with a good set of realizations. I think that keeps you believably human.

Renz gave me a thick Breaking Dawn book and a Hair Doctor for an advance birthday gift. I never owned a copy of the Twilight saga, but I’ve read all first 3 books through dial-up internet downloads. That explains it. And the comb? I rarely do comb my hair except every after bath. It’s one reason why I decided to give my hair some sort of an Outer Banks vacation by having it re-bonded last month.

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