February 2012
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Games of Thrones - Season 2
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HOLY SHIT THERE’S A NEW GAME OF THRONES TRAILER OUT NOW?!
WHAT. You guys are all reblogging amazing things on my dash and I thought it wasn’t going to be shown ‘til SUNDAY?! ASDFLKAJSDF I SEE MEL AND DANY AND ROBB AND STANNIS AND SO MANY NEW LINES.
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me: this is a bad idea and will only make me sad
me: okay let's do it
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I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and...
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (via quote-book
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49/365!
365 FILMS CHALLENGE: Infernal Affairs [2002]
directed by: Wai-Keung Lau, Alan Mak
written by: Alan Mak, Felix Chong
starring: Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang
rating: A
In order to outsmart the cops, triad leader Hon Sam (Eric Tsang) plants a mole in the police unit, Lau Kin Ming (Andy Lau). The police, do the same with Chen Wing Yan (Tony Leung). The two rise up in the ranks...
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Watching Infernal Affairs for the first time (saw The Departed a while back) and my crush on Tony Leung just grows. Oh, it amused me when the actors playing the younger selves of Tony Leung and Andy Lau were flipped from what I thought. Young!Andy looks like young!Tony to me. IDEK.
Anyhow, it’s good so far. I’m interested to see how Scorsese changed it (or if he made any plot changes...
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The sad truth is that some things can’t go backwards. Once they start going...
– Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun (via gelibean)
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50 Things You Need To Give Up Today →
halfhissize:
Give up trying to be perfect. – The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done.
Give up comparing yourself to others. – The only person you are competing against is yourself.
Give up dwelling on the past or worrying too much about the future. – Right now is the only moment guaranteed to you. Right now is life. Don’t miss it.
Give up...
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48/365!
365 FILMS CHALLENGE: Curse of the Golden Flower [2006]
directed by: Zhang Yimou
written by: Yu Cao (play), Zhang Yimou
starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou
rating: C+
The Empress (Gong Li) has been in an unhappy and tenuous union with the Emperor (Chow Yun-Fat) for years. When the second son Jai (Jay Chou) returns from his punishment of serving at the border, a plot to change the power...
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People who are going to get along really well know it almost as soon as they...
– Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto (via thechocolatebrigade)
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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile,...
– Roald Dahl, Danny, the Champion of the World (via iamrootedbutiflow)
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Every day the coffee’s bitter no matter how much sugar goes in. The shower is...
– Daniel Handler, author of Lemony Snicket, on how to stop loving someone. (via lavielivre)
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47/365!
365 FILMS CHALLENGE: The Sandlot [1993]
directed by: David M. Evans
written by: David M. Evans, Robert Gunterme
starring: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi
rating: A
Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry) has just moved into a new neighbourhood, and would never manage to fit in with the other kids if it wasn’t for Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez (Mike Vitar), practically the best...
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