Revisiting: Amber Heard for Guess

Posted in Fashion with tags , , , , , on January 22, 2012 by lvigilante

I’m not particularly a fan of the fashion or Guess’ catalog, but I thought that the Amber Heard Guess campaign from last year was a memorable one. It successfully carried out the Western Noir and Pulp/ Femme Fatale aesthetics…  The series of photos told a narrative that wasn’t only playful and sexy, but also haunting.

Casual Affair

I should write a short story based on these two characters. But I’ll probably read and torrent this first.

2012

Posted in Random Posts on January 21, 2012 by lvigilante

The year of the Dino sure passed by quickly… For the sake of trying to keep this blog up-to-date, from now on it’ll serve as a public bookmark/reference point for all things that I like to revisit– and find worth sharing! Toodles!

Year Of The DINO

Posted in Random Posts, Subculture with tags , , on January 6, 2011 by lvigilante

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal Castles

Posted in "Art", Music on October 13, 2010 by lvigilante

Glitch punk + Profound/ Esoteric Lyrics = Crystal Castles

Hold my head under water
Take a breath for the Father
Learn to love. Lessons repeating
The Chronicles are so misleading

This is your baptism
And you can’t forgive them
This is your baptism
And you can’t forgive them

DO YOU PRAY WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED– NATURALLY?


The Accidental Billionaires…

Posted in Film with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on July 20, 2010 by lvigilante

So when I went and saw Inception this weekend, I saw the trailer for the movie that I had been waiting for a long time– The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook – A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal. Of course it’s not called that. Instead it’s weakly titled “The Social Network.” The trailer was good in terms of the film being pretty faithful to Ben Mezrich’s novel, but I couldn’t help but hate the face of the genius/ big brother wannabe Mark Zuckerberg. Check out the main cast below.

Two gripes.

1. I fucking hate the kid playing Mark Zuckerberg. Everything about him is so stocked. He’s the second-rate Michael Cera. Meant to be cast as a nerd/ outcast… His voice is annoying– almost everything he says seems to be punctuated by a tone that’s either meant to be self-deprecating, awkward, or condescending. He sucks. He was even lame in his one decent movie, Zombieland. The perfect solution would’ve been to either switch the roles between Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake or get another actor that can act better and that looks more like Zuckerberg to play Zuckerberg. I wouldn’t have mind seeing Timberlake play Zuckerberg. A starring role for a movie like this could’ve been the ideal make or break film for him. But of course since that would mean having a pop star portraying an eccentric, so the skepticism is understandable. Which then makes me wish they casted legit drama actor/ Friday Night Lights veteran, Zach Gilford. Gilford’s got the acting chops and the Zuckerberg look. It’s unfortunate Fincher missed that one.

Zach Gilford (A Better Fit for Mark Zuckerberg)

2. The title sucks. Why couldn’t they use some of the title from the book? To title the movie about the founding of facebook “The Social Network” is such a cop-out. It even sounds like a lazy idea for this story. The book they’re adapting already had it for them. Reactions to the trailer for “The Social Network” have already been mixed; the obvious being along the lines of “oh god, a facebook movie” or “really? they’re making a movie about that?” Which is disappointing since the book and the movie tell a pretty compelling story of entrepreneurship at a young age that could’ve attracted the Mezrich fans and the morons on facebook. Having the movie titled “The Accidental Billionaires” would’ve definitely sounded cooler and more intriguing.

I’m still planning on catching this movie, but I just wish it was done better in the easily fixable parts. Cool poster though…

The Best Thing About World Cup 2010 So Far

Posted in Random Posts with tags , , , , , , on June 25, 2010 by lvigilante

Larissa Riquelem… Paraguay’s hottest soccer fan.

Fuck soccer.

All physical. No mental execution.

The world loves soccer since the majority of the world is poor and uneducated.

I’d rather watch/ play keep away.

Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep
them busy while their husbands did the cooking. -Hank Hill (Strickland Propane)

Buy This DVD Box Set

Posted in "Art", Film with tags , , , on May 26, 2010 by lvigilante

Old Friends

Regarding Arizona Bill 1070…

Posted in "Politics" with tags , , , , , , , on May 5, 2010 by lvigilante

Republican (surprisingly) Connie Mack said it best.

“This law of ‘frontier of justice’– where law enforcement officials are required to stop anyone based on ‘reasonable suspicion’ that they may be in the country illegally – is reminiscent of a time during World War II when the Gestapo in Germany stopped people on the street and asked for their papers without probable cause.”

Do They Look Illegal To you?

Two Niggers/ Niggas*

Posted in "Politics" with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2010 by lvigilante

R.I.P Tian Sheng Yu

Yu died Tuesday, four days after he was knocked to the ground on Telegraph Avenue when he confronted two young men who had sucker-punched his son moments earlier. READ more.

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P.S.

R.I.P. Guru

I’m Buying Another Copy Of Madden NFL ’10 Just So I Can Pick Up This Version…

Posted in "Art", Random Posts with tags , , , , on April 1, 2010 by lvigilante