Dates are all US:

MOST Anticipated:

X-Men: The Last Stand
May 26, 2006

The Prestige (Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie, Michael Caine directed by Christopher Nolan. It is humanly impossible that this movie go wrong )
Oct 20, 2006

Happy Feet
Nov 17, 2006

Anticipated:

The Break-Up (Miss a Vince Vaughn movie? Never. Even if it sounds completely ridiculous but so did Dodgeball and Wedding Crashers)
June 2, 2006

Superman Returns (Only because Bryan Singer directed it)
Jun 30, 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Jul 7, 2006

My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Jul 21, 2006

Idlewild (Movie will probably suck, but am hoping it pays more attention to the music which is awesome)
Aug 25, 2006

Killshot ( Mickey Rourke, Justin Timberlake, Rosario Dawson)
November 2006

Charlotte’s Web
Dec 20, 2006

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dec 2006
Idiocracy (Chap who directed Office Space)
2006 (Exact Release Date Unknown)

This blog is getting a little too soppy. Me will revamp asap (Meaning next year but one has to start somewhere) and shall quit posting wistful lyrics.

SONNET

I don’t think that I’ve been in love as such,
Although I liked a few folk pretty well.
Love must be vaster than my smiles or touch,
For brave men died and empires rose and fell
For love: girls followed boys to foreign lands
And men have followed women into Hell.

In plays and poems someone understands
There’s something makes us more than blood and bone
And more than biological demands…
For me, love’s like the wind, unseen, unknown.
I see the trees are bending where it’s been,
I know that it leaves wreckage where it’s blown.
I really don’t know what ‘I love you’ means.
I think it means ‘Don’t leave me here alone.

–Neil Gaiman 10/18/05 via The Quotable Neil

Ha ha. I found the part where he says “And men have followed women into Hell.” quite funny. I mean, why into hell.

On a side note, apparently the movie Silent Hill is based on a real ghost town called Centralia. The Pajiba review was pretty positive, so maybe I’ll see it.

So third try. Up in Orangeville (Around 50 km from my place). Borrowed grandparents Cavelier since I really didnt want to take the bulky Dodge Caravan again. Waited half an hour outside test centre. Instructor comes out. Left turn signal. Check. Right turn signal. Check. Brake. Check. Horn. … No horn. Horn again. Still no horn. Handed yellow slip stating failure due to vehicle issues before I even got out of the parking lot. Moi was horrified. Torrents of tears. Drove back 20 km to Caledon. Stopped at gas station. Cried some more. For all the lost vacation days and oodles of money. Then got pissed. Did a U Turn, drove back to Orangeville. Found the nearest rental car place. Rented a massive van (FreeStar). Only darn car available. Drove back to the test centre and begged. Literally begged them to let me take it again. Waited another half an hour. Instructor came out. Went through the test. He passed me. Honestly have no clue what I would have done if he hadn’t. Horrid, horrid day with luckily a satisfying ending. Dear God. Thankyou!

Where did it start? Ah yes…the driving tests. Let’s just say they’re not going too well despite the fact I’ve been driving for a goodish 6 years and that too plenty of highway driving. Add to this being overworked and various injuries which I shall now start listing:

- Started with the right knee I suppose. Always gave me trouble but of late has gotten worse. Am figuring it has to do with the running twice a week.
- Scuba diving in a tropical pool had two outcomes: 1. I couldnt pop my ears for three days and my head felt like a massive bowling ball. 2. I seem to have gotten over my issues with opening my eyes under water even with goggles. Now they just stay open when I swim [Scuba 2000)]
- Horseback riding on Sunday for two hours was incredible but now I can literally feel every muscle in my body. [Wildwood Manor Ranch]
- Dancing in a 7 ft high room is not suggested, esp if you happen to be over 5′7 and there is a chandlier in the middle of the room. Back of my hand is bruised black and blue. [Em's Surprise Bridal Shower]
- And to top it all… so I’m crossing a traffic light somewhere on Gerrad St. Tech. jaywalking but it was like 10 p.m. at night and it was pretty much deserted. When suddenly I get the wind knocked out of me when my ankle does a 180 degree turn, you can hear the crack and then comes back to its normal place. It felt like every sensory neuron in my body was concentrated in my lower right limb. Excruciating. Had to limp home before that darn thing got cold and then obviously had to down a couple of advil to get through the night
- Today morning. Limping along to work. Realise I have no cash and forgot my subway pass in my “other” jacket i.e. the one I was NOT wearing. Proceed to bank machine: black screen. Next bank machine: black screen. Two stores: no cashback. Finally after like 20 min, find working bank machine. Extract money and then have to spend money on something random to break the 20 so I can pay the freakin 2.75 for the subway. argh

Random Note: It’s odd how one email can make you wake up and quit making an ass of yourself. I have one of those which I keep in my wallet. Everytime I am about to make a fool of myself and make the first attempt to bridge hostilities, I read that email and realise that honestly if people care enough, they’d approach you on their own. Otherwise they are really not worth it.