crap

a few random, off the cuff thoughts before i head to bed.

here goes...

TGIF?

im such a weirdo. everyone has this "oh my god friday is here i love the weekend" attitude/gimmick but me. i used to think it was only kids. but now every Wednesday i'll see some generic "happy hump day" facebook status (usually by the same three generic chicks), on friday i'll hear coworkers exclaim "it's friday!" followed by the johnny drama victory pose. this whole TGIF attitude never applied to me for three reasons:

1: i never was a big partyer. the stuff i like to do--eat, watch movies, hang with small group of friends, are things that can be done on any night.

2: i have always slept late, all my life. my parents never enforced no bedtime on me. so the whole concept of "we get to stay out on weekends" doesn't apply to me. if i want to do something, i do it--it doesnt matter if it's a saturday night or a tuesday night. i dont have some "hmm i would like to do this but i can't because it's wed, if it's a fri i would" rule.

3: i'm anti-social yet im not.... lemme explain: i don't like asking people out and i dont like organizing gatherings, but i quite like bumping into people or having people just coincidentally get together. work and school is always a perfect for this. and i guess ive been lucky with coworkers cause i like most of them from all jobs ive had. and shit, i loved school.

i dont like to stare people in the face and make small talk for 30 minutes. im not comfortable at some lounge with 7 people i just met. i hate approaching random people and doing that "hi im so and so, what do you do?" crap. therefore i dont like gatherings for the sake of gatherings. but for work and school, you kinda just say "hey what up", maybe follow up with a 20 second chat then you go off on your own way. so its interaction the way i like it--unpretentious, short and to the point, and in limited doses. you'll see a cat three times in a day for 6 minutes at a time... perfect for random joe acquaintances. i dont wanna stare at you for three hours straight at a club or be stuck at a table with you at some happy hour, fool!

so yeah, this whole "i love the weekend" attitude has never applied to me. ever. i look forward to days based on activities. i loved mondays this summer cause of band night and cheap sushi. i loved wednesdays from 03 to 06 because of NBA on TNT.

oh, another reason i dont care about the weekends. there aint ever nothing good on TV. back in LA, on weekdays ic an always count on multiple reruns of fresh prince, that 70s show, married with children, all my favorite sitcoms. then on saturday and sundays what do we get? obscure ass shows like the outer limits or star trek deep space nine.

Is HK that bad?

You know what I noticed? EVERY mofn'ing English speaker in HK are self-conscious about claiming HK to be "home". I'm not even talking about someone like me, who has only been back in the city for two years. Even these asscats who were born and raised in HK and maybe went to London for 6 years for school--they'll talk like London is home. Expats who've lived here for like, 8 years still claim US to be home.

They love to social here, they love to party here, they love to make money here, but when it comes to claiming home they gotta name something like New York or London or LA even though they been there like 2 months total in the past 4 years. I dont get this "ashamed of HK" attitude, it's not like HK is a third world country, you know? I understand if you embarrassed if you're from like, Cleveland or someshit (I kid I kid.... just a little. Wait til Lebron leaves you guys for NYC) But HK is one of the biggest international cities in the world with world class everything (except sports and music).

I recently met two English speakers who actually admits they like Hong Kong--Jay Oatway, aka Hong Kong's most followed Twitterer, and MC Goldmountain. Props to both of you--now go listen to Edison Chen's Hong Kong Day (his only good song, ever...the lyrics are great. MC Yan wrote them. he's a true scholar of hip hop and the HK politics)

Obviously, there are people who are here but genuinely don't like it. But that's not the case with most people who claim elsewhere to be home--they love it here.

Meanwhile, I believe that home is where the heart is. It really is.

And come on, HK is the only place in China left that's not ruled by backwards thinking communists, be proud that we can actually report news and have access to like, porn sites.

Most Defining Film of the Decade

Alright, so I'm part of this blog started by Valerie, the concept is seven bloggers, one per day and each will blog about a topic they think they know about. There are some knowledgeable bloggers such as MC Goldmountain and some other established cats. But then there's people like me, who just blogs for himself and writes whatever the hell is on his mind.

Take the first week of the blog, you got one dude writing about government, another chick writing about motivation and finding youself, and im writing about a 2006 movie that 80% of Hong Kong ain't seen. I don't give a crap, I write what I want.

This coming Monday, my entry is gonna about the ten most defining films of the decade. im such a geek that this is a topic that i've blogged about or discussed with friends since, like, 2006 (four years before the decade actually ends...). But now that we're actually close to the end of a decade, it's time to look.

Anyway, I'm jsut gonna spoil my list here--THE DARK KNIGHT IS #1.

That's it. TDK is not the best film from a filmmaking standpoint by any stretch, but for the combination of hype+critical acclaim+box office success+pop culture influence+audience approval+internet buzz, nothing comes close to TDK. Nothing.

And if you're one of those cats who thinks Batman Begins was better or that TDK wasnt that good (I know like, six of you) you just flat out wrong. Not even an opinion thing. Yo Taylor I'm not happy for you and imma not let you finish... but The Dark Knight is the one of the most defining movie of all time!

1 was easy. Coming up with 2 through 9 will be tough.