Josie saw: The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight is fucking intense. GO watch it but leave the kids at home.

The Joker (Heath Ledger) might scare them. If not then Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) will scare them shitless towards the end.

Just forget you have kids and watch this movie. Leave them in the car or at Grandma’s. You don’t want to be thinking about kids when you are watching The Joker and Batman tear each other apart with the batmobile (more like a tank) and a truck. OR when Harvey Dent goes psycho!

I have a habit of rooting for the villains instead of the hero.

BTW: When did Commissioner Gordon have a son? I thought he only had Barbara (future batgirl!)

Josie

 

Nano-Mugen Festival ‘08

Asian Kung Fu-Generation (which I proudly admit am a Fangirl) are bringing Nano-Mugen Fes. back!

Sadly, this only works for the cool kids living in Japan or traveling there. It’s a two day festival (7/20-7/21) with bands from the U.S, Japan, and U.K.

The rad line up is:

Asaian Kung Fu-Geneartion (duh)

Ash (who are also co hosting the festival)

Playing July 20th:

• Phantom Planet
• Stereophonics
• The Young Punx!
• STRAIGHTENER
• ANALOGFISH
• 9mm Parabellum Bullet
• Shugo Tokumaru

Playing July 21st:

• HELLOGOODBYE
• Third Eye Blind
• ELLEGARDEN
• Space Cowboy
• ART-SCHOOL
• SPECIAL OTHERS
• 8otto

With Hellogoodbye, Ellegarden and Space Cowboy playing it’s as if they are intentionally trying to break my already fragile heart.

Check It Out!!!

~After Dark~

Peace Out,
Josie

 

Hello Future Me!

So today, I found Futureme.org. It reminds me of PostSecret. You know where you write your secrets on a postcard and they post it on their website. It also happens to be confidential. Except this is like a time capsule in a letter. You write what you have to say and then it will be send to you (or another person) later on in the future. You can select the date when the email will be sent. It’s a rad site. I had the honor of reading many people’s letters. Some where sad but others they had hope in the end that everything would be better. I wrote one for myself that just made me all excited.

Check it out now: Futureme.org or PostSecret.blogspot.com

 

De Novo Dahl! Cute music makes Josie thinks of Nerd love

If you check my iPod touch (which I hate btw) it would probably be difficult to recognize half the artists on it. Most of it artists are anarchists bands such as Crass, 80’s new wave bands like New Order and The B-52’s, and of course my favorite-Japanese Rock music (most which have appeared as theme songs for popular anime shows). So what’s the deal with De Novo Dahl? Well for starters, I’ve been on their MySpace page for the past three days, which has been taking up all my Japanese Rock music listening time. Their songs make me wanna shimmy in my underwear when no one’s home.

Also, Serai Zaffiro (the only female in the group and a cutie too!) plays the omnichord. WTF is an omnichord? I had no idea but after checking my favorite site Wikipedia I so want to play it. Yea, instead of getting a Keytar (AND THAT IS NOT LAME!) I’m going to get an omnichord. I’ll look so fucking awesome with and omnichord besides how often do you get say, “I play the omnichord”? It sounds better then “I play the Keytar. Hey, stop laughing! It’s a very serious musical instrument!”

Yea very difficult to work with that one.

If you see the music video for the song Shout it makes you go ‘aww’ no deep hidden meaning in this music video. It’s cute and simple and you want to jump in and dance against that colorful balloon covered wall. Heartbreaker (which is on my BFF’s MySpace page) is another good song. A notable lyric “I accept the challenge that you’re sending with your smile” reminds me of the dances you see in old 80’s and 70’s movies where the boys are one side of the gym and the girls on the other. Then the cute nerdy girl smiles at the cute nerdy boy. Sorry got carried away there. Heartbreaker inspired a script I’m working on. The melody and lyrics just make you want to sing along with lead singer Joel while walking outside to get your mail. For some reason every song reminds me of two cute nerds falling in love in computer tech class.

My favorite song by De Novo Dahl has to be Be Your Man. Reminds me of a harder version of surfer rock meets electronic. If they make a music video for this song, it should take place on a beach with a bunch of 50’s girls raving. Strange thing I notice is that every song sounds different to me. Well obviously, it’s supposed to sound different but it seems like every song is suppose to be in a different genre of music. Shout sounds like an indie pop song. Heartbreaker sounds like a dancing ballad and the beginning of Shakedown sounds like a 70’s disco song. Perhaps that’s the genius of De Novo Dahl? Make every song sound so different but keeps you dancing.

So kudos to De Novo Dahl. They go on the Coolness wall. The only wall in my room where it’s difficult to get your picture on. So far the only members are Lita Ford, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hot Hot Heat, Motley Crue and Woody Allen. I so need to take a picture of that wall.

Congrats, De Novo Dahl for making music that stops Josie from listening to Japanese Rock. That’s pretty powerful since Josie loves her Japanese Rock.

Anyone want to give me money so I can buy the album? Never mind I’ll just borrow it from Amanda. If she lets me that is.

XOXO

Josie

 

Dragonball: In Live Action?!

Apparently the rumors where true. Dragonball is going live action.

Okay I’ve seen the first Death Note movie in Live Action and it was pretty good. I wouldn’t have cared if the live action movie sucked or not. But I grew up watching Dragonball Z (I didn’t watch Dragonball until I was 13). I remember how I would run home after school just to catch it on Toonami (and Sailor Moon). This show stole my childhood. I could have been playing outside getting some exercise or studying for my future. Instead I was inside watching Goku go head to head against Freeza. Watching Gohan training to be a Super Saiyan. I even felt sympathy for Android #18 when she was absorb by Cell and how Kuririn was in love with her. So you can understand how attached I am to this anime right? If anyone was to ask me what I can remember the most from my childhood is television. Every show I watched, every fad I was into (pogs, pokemon, digimon, gameboy color, fresh prince, spice girls, hell even Britney Spears was my idol) I was into it. Dragonball Z was just a good portion of it.

Just so we’re clear the movie isn’t based on Dragonball Z but on Dragonball the first anime. DBZ is the sequel and Dragonball GT is the third series (but I think it sucked).Now that we got that covered let’s move on to the actors.So it worries me that Justin Chatwin (Weeds, War of the Worlds, The Invisible) is playing Goku and James Marsters (Smallville, P.S. I love You) is playing Piccolo. Emmy Rossum(Phantom of the Opera) will be playing Bulma, but I’m not so worried about her. I think she would look cute with blue hair and hopefully nail Bulma’s personality. Jamie Chung will play Chi-Chi Goku’s future wife and future mother of Gohan and Goten. I can’t really form an opinion of her acting skills since i have never seen her act in any of her guest appearances on television shows (Veronica Mars, Days of our Lives, CSI:NY) but she is from the Real World. I never watched the Real World (I don’t enjoy reality shows) but she must be good if she’s landing acting jobs (even if they are small roles).

It’s not that I have a problem with Chatwin and Marsters playing the two main characters in the movie it’s just well…I was expecting the movie to be in Japanese and played by Asian actors. I only assumed since it was an anime that Japanese studios would handle making the movie and the U.S. would be lucky to have it subbed and released on DVD. Well I was wrong and in August (if they don’t change the date) when I watch the movie I’ll give a full review.

I’ll let you form your own opinion on these actors and the outcome of this movie.In the mean time I’m going to take a nap, just knowing that Dragonball is being made into live action is giving me a headache.

Enjoy this fan made video. And just pretend you know Japanese.

Peace

Josie

P.S. Links: Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Dragonball movie wiki, Dragonball movie IMDB

 

Pokemon is Hentai and Pikachu is related to Winnie the Pooh

Well according to this it is. Enjoy.

xoxo

Josie

 

Horrible feeling in my gut.

Tonight (Technically yesterday night since we have graced midnight) I was faced with a horrid competitive feeling. Though I normally choose not to I acted on it. What was going on in my head at the time is unknown. It is against morals that I have set up for myself. It was not set up by parents or family, all by me. Which makes it more of a disappointment that I did not keep up with that. Had I done the same thing for a different reason it would be fine but I did not. I know it was wrong and I feel a bit hypocritical for it but I have realized my wrong. Obsessing over something so little bothers me but that is generally just how I am.

Until next time,

↓↑AmandaPaige.

P.S. I would like to take the time to congratulate my brother on his achievement.

 

Luke Paquin.

So it is well known that I am in love with Hot Hot Heat. Though I would cry if they ever broke up (knock on wood) the solo side project of the guitarist Luke Paquinis very good. Even if he were to pursue a solo career not sure the heat would break up after all he isn’t the original guitarist. He replaced guitarist Dante DeCaro back in 2005. I have been a fan since the whole Luke Paquin age so I’m not sure how I would feel about that. No matters at least great music would come from it. Luke Paquin’s music is freestyle / acoustic / folk. It’s great which is for the most part the only thing you need to know about it.

Plus side: Great music.

Down side: EP has been “In Progress” for a good while now.

 Check his myspace to listen to the song “Anna Lee” that song is my personal favorite.

Until next time,

↓↑AmandaPaige.

 

Pre-Teens are evil

How much are you willing to bet that video games and television will be blamed? I’ll start at $5.

xoxo

Josie-Chan

 

Help the Getty Center

Send in all your old photos and unexposed film in original canisters, and negatives. This should be an interesting exhibt and I can’t wait until it opens.

More information here:

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/photocon/photocon_wanted.html

QUOTE:

Project Overview
As chemical (classical) photography is increasingly replaced with digital photographic technology, there is a danger that this shift will trigger a decrease in scientific research and knowledge regarding chemical photography. This could result in the loss of crucial information about past artistic, commercial, and experimental photographic processes and technologies.

In response to these concerns, the GCI and the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) in Rochester, New York, organized a meeting of experts in 2000 to discuss identification of the most important research issues of conservation of photographs and photographic material. The consensus among participants was that there was a need for the development of an advanced methodology to identify photographs and photographic materials as a prerequisite for further development of treatment and preventive treatment of photographic material.

Following the experts meeting in Rochester, the GCI conducted a feasibility studyto define the methods, structure, and goals of the project. With the successful completion of the feasibility study the GCI, the IPI, the Centre de recherches sur la conservation des documents graphiques (CRCDG), Paris and the Department of Chemistry at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) launched a large scale collaborative research

Since the start of the project a number of other institutions and individual collaborators have joined different segments of the project ranging from the development of analytical methodology to application of project results in solving important problems of art conservation and art historical research related to photographs and photographic collections.

The project team partners are working both independently and collaboratively on several areas of research, and meet regularly to exchange ideas and results.