Author: Amy

  • Tilda Swinton’s Rocking Film Fest~~

    How rocking is Tilda Swinton?? Very rocking indeed!

    Apparently, she will begin a film fest of her own called The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams, in her hometown of Nairn in Scotland. No biggies, no red carpet madness… just love for movies. Best part of it? Tickets for the films (apparently Tilda’s favorites, and some others) will be £3 (GBP) or… baked goodies (yes, baked goodies… yum), meaning home-made cookies, home-made cupcakes or anything home-made stuff u can come up with, I suppose. Hmm… home-made cupcakes~~~ my aunt should send her some. Tilda would love. xD

    Yes, I had the best banana cake-yness just two days ago. My aunt makes the best home-made baked goodies.

    Festival will run from August 15 to August 23, and you don’t have to worry about uncomfortable seats because apparently Tilda will be using beanbags. I hope they’re not like my cousin’s beanbag… because there are nice beanbags, but my cousin’s is not one of them~~

  • Camouflage – Aoi Yu x Yottsu no Uso

    Almost a month ago, I blogged PRICEY! xD OMG, has it been almost a month already?? A month of pricey-ness~~~ which includes Photobooks. Which includes me buying those photobooks. Yes, those 3 photobooks (except for Travel Sand) are in PROCESSING status on YesAsia.com – And I’m hoping that I don’t get an email saying they can’t find the Rhythmedia Photobook entitled Dandelion, because that one already shows up as OUT OF STOCK. But it wasn’t out of stock when I placed my order, so there you go~~ I also bought Travel Sand from another store, but I won’t post where until I complete my order successfully. xD

    Anyway, July 16th is coming soon. That’s the day when Aoi Yu x 4 Lies CAMOUFLAGE weird thingy series comes out. I like weird, and I like artsy fartsy~ and apparently the show wasn’t so popular, but people IT WAS GOOD. But it’s not for the masses… le sigh. Will my Yu sacrifice the artsy for commercial? I don’t want her to stop doing projects like Camouflage just because they don’t sell. So AM wondering… should I buy or should I not?? If there weren’t language and region issues, I would so totally buy. BUT there’s such thing as language and regions… Right now, it’s only being released as a Region 2 DVD (Japan, Asia, etc etc) and there are no subtitles listed. In the day of multi-region DVD players, I could overlook the region… but I can’t overlook the lack of English subtitles.

    So if you’re Japanese… or are able to watch the show sans-subs because you know Japanese… AND you liked the series, I suggest buying. I can only hope to either learn Japanese fast enough (ha!), or that a version with English subs comes available soon. Here’s the link to YesAsia.com:

    Chapter 1
    Chapter 2
    Chapter 3
    Chapter 4

  • Buffy Tarot Cards Cancelled!

    EFF! I say~~~

    I was REALLY looking forward to buying the Buffy Tarot Cards Deck! I even created an account with TFAW.com just to find out they didn’t ship to Peru, so my friend was gonna buy it for me.

    Sucky! I don’t even read tarot, lol… but the deck was a must-have because it was so awfully pretty!! [see, because me buy awfully pretty stuff, LOL] – Anyway, my friend was ordering for me, so I thought it was a sure thing~~~ until I check up on the link just to find a notice!

    THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Official word from Dark Horse:

    “Due to circumstances beyond our control, Dark Horse will not be producing the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Tarot Deck. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but no existing orders will be filled. We appreciate your support of this program, and again apologize to those who placed advance orders and to fans alike.”

    When did that show up? I don’t know. But I demand a proper explanation!! LOL’

    Say~~~ what if DH releases the artwork on high quality printable digital files!?? It’ll be good to have, and it will be such a waste of prettyness if it’s just discarded~~~ And I’m sure many will still buy the deck, if they EVER decide to publish a print version. I know I would~~ My printing abilities wouldn’t compare to the quality printing they would offer…. most likely. Non?

  • Windows XP Update Made my Internet Connection Stop Working

    Just an hour ago, I accepted the newest Windows XP system updates… I normally check what to update. I even checked once if I could get rid off Internet Explorer, but no luck there. Anyway, I accepted the update, and it downloaded fine, and it got installed~~

    I restarted the system, and since I thought everything was fine. A minute later, I opened my torrents to continue download, and I went to watch the rest of the episodes of Wonderfalls on DVD. I finished watching one of the episodes, when I checked up on the download speeds only to find out they were all RED. Nothing was downloading, so I thought that maybe it was something with the torrent client, so I  tried login on my Messenger account, but it didn’t work either. SO, I opened any site on Firefox, which didn’t work either!

    I couldn’t think of anything else that would make my internet stop working right after the restart, so I did a system restore to yesterday’s date. And now it works again. So I’ve decided to cancel the updates that the system is prompting once again…

    Did anyone else have the problem? O_o

  • Emmy Semifinalist Leak?

    Ok… maybe not a leak.. official leak? I don’t even know if it’s real or not. ANYWAY!
    I really REALLY don’t know how this Emmy stuff works, but DUDE! Marcia Cross name is in the list!

    Marcia Cross (might be) up in the Top 10 Semifinalist that’s out an about online. MY Marcia (lol) is up in there against some tough competition~~~ including:

    • Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?)
    • America Ferrera (Ugly Betty)
    • Tina Fey (30 Rock)
    • Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies)
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus (New Adventures of Old Christine)
    • Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)
    • Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman Program)

    and two castmates… Eva Longoria and Felicity Huffman.

    So show some loving to Marcia! And read why we love Bree!

    Sorry, no more comments since I don’t know how Emmy works. Moreover, my TV knowledge is rubbish. xD

  • Iron Chef – Canal Sony Rant

    *Fuming*

    I blogged this maybe… two weeks ago? Can’t bother to figure out while ranting. (more…)

  • Viewers Against Only-Dubbed Films!

    I am NOT against dubbing… I have read that some people with viewing difficulties prefer watching dubbed films, and I respect that. This is why I’m titling this “Only-Dubbed,” I don’t have a problem with dubbing a movie, but what bothers me is not having the option of watching the subtitled version of it.

    Case and point, (more…)

  • Paris, Je t’Aime – Finally in Lima!

    Paris Je t\'AimeThe short films collection of Paris Je t’Aime was FINALLY released in Lima. It was released in Cannes in 2006, did some weeks of running through some small screen, and was released on DVD on 2007. The two-disc special edition has been in my collection since then, but now YOU… Peruvian movie-goer, can go to the cinema and catch it on the big screen.

    The project has a LOT of BIG names, so just go watch it coz it’s good. This is the list of short films in order:

    1. Montmartre
    2. Quais de Seine
    3. Le Marais
    4. Tuileries
    5. Loin du 16e
    6. Porte du Choisy
    7. Bastille
    8. Place des Victoires
    9. Tour Eiffel
    10. Parc Monceau
    11. Quartier des Enfants Rouges
    12. Place des Fetes
    13. Pigalle
    14. Quartier de la Madeleine
    15. Pere-Lachaise
    16. Faubourg Saint-Denis
    17. Quartier Latin
    18. 14e Arrondissement

    Check Cine Terra for other times:
    Cinemark Jockey Plaza – 13:15 16:00 18:40 21:15
    UVK Larcomar – 17:10 19:40 22:10
    UVK Larcomar Cinebar – 16:40 19:00 21:25

    ALSO

    Don’t forget that Centro Cultural Peruano Japones will be showing Shinobu Yaguchi’s Waterboys and Swing Girls this month.

  • Hotlinking and problems

    I have enabled Hotlinking protection. People, I don’t have a problem if you post my edited images, photos and stuff and credit me. I do, however, have a problem with you posting my image from MY server [HOTLINKER], unless it’s on Flickr.

    So dear Hotlinker, please save my image and upload somewhere else, coz it’s pissing me off.

    My enabling hotlinking has screwed up with the following posts and image galleries…

    Yu Aoi
    Last Friends

    Apparently Postcardviewer [and other related gallery scripts], and FlashNifties have issues with HotLinking. So sucky.

    *EDIT*
    Just checked “Allow direct requests (ie. entering the URL to an image in your browser)” – so galleries might be working… not sure if Hotlinking works with that option checked though~~

    Once again… don’t Hotlink. Please.

  • Photobook Fever

    Okay, I’ve decided! Japanese people are the master of things “must-get”. You’ve no idea how much will power took for me not to click on the “buy” button on YesAsia.com – I’ve got Photobook Fever. But Japanese photobooks are just so effing pretty, WORD.

    I’m not talking about the calendars, or bikini shots. NEVER. Actually, I’ve never actively purchased a calendar or a celebrity photobook… mainly calendars, because western photobooks are not common. But calendars… my uncle once gave a 98 Degrees calendar (with a 98 Degrees album), but I’ve never bought one. But Japanese stars photobooks make you want to break your bank account because they’re so awfully pretty. I love me some artsy fartsy photos~~ And at the moment I want to buy those three Aoi Yu Photobooks on sale on YesAsia…. le sigh.

    Kyou Konogoro – $21.49 *EDIT* – Scrapping this one in favor of Travel Sand photobook.
    Dandelion – by Rhythmedia – $37.99
    Kaiten Table wa Mutsukashii – $34.75

    And holy mother of effing god, Juri Ueno photos…. A Piaciere ($39.49) – Lucky for you, and for me… and photo lovers~~~ There’s these two wonderful Flickr sets online:

    Juri Ueno
    Yu Aoi