Movie a day: The Virgin Suicides

Since I found some (a lot of) free time in my hand, I decided to watch movies that I've been either not in the mood to watch or didn't have time to watch.

I usually love movies that are lighthearted, definite, and rather stupid.
I'm not a movie connoisseur. My favorite actor is Will Ferrell. lol I love him.
But, I have my reasons for sometimes refusing the "good" movies.
Stupid movies don't make me feel or think. Usually helps with escaping reality.
Silly movies don't break my heart or have lingering effects that change my views and values.

But, sometimes I want the heartbreak, the empathy, the triumph.
I tend to regret and rejoice after.

The Virgin Suicides was the latter kind of movie.
yea yea yea, I haven't watched it until tonight.
The title scared me.
Suicides = death.
I don't like death.

But, the motivation came from Elle Fanning's instagram. lol
yes, I follow Elle Fanning on instagram.
I think she's just adorable and interesting!
Anyways, she apparently loves the movie, so I became curious.
And, I avoid romantic or popular older (pre 21st century) movies usually (I dislike them because they are too unreal, surreal, and put weird ideas in my head that make me hate reality), so I don't watch a lot of Sofia Coppola films.
I honestly couldn't tell you any of her movies off top of my head, other than this movie.
I know what she looks like if that makes anyone feel better. lol

 So, I figured WHY NOT when I saw it on Amazon Prime.

Well, fuck.
It was fantastic and a bummer.
I passionately dislike non-ending endings.
I like all my loose ends tied.
Again, I don't want things to linger, and loose ends linger.
But, it was addicting. Even though I was scared to death (hah!) about seeing dead bodies right before going to sleep (or any point in the day, really), I couldn't stop watching.
I loved the delicate and almost fleeting quality throughout the whole movie.
Everything was SO dark, yet everything was filled with light and warmth.
It was the juxtaposition and mixture of restraint and suffocation with giddiness and love that really made my heart flutter with empathy and desperation.

Everything about it was so beautiful and terrible.

I love and hate the movie.

On a lighter note, I hate Josh Hartnett's hair. ew.

And I saw a lot of Elle Fanning in Kirsten Dunst's looks in the movie. Maybe she really is obsessed with the movie lol.

And I think it would be fantastic to have natural blonde hair and blue eyes. They have that ethereal and angelic quality that I envy.
It's so hard being Asian. #firstworldproblems

On that note, kind of, I think the most attractive quality in woman is the combination of adorable innocence and undeniable seductiveness. And I believe that Marilyn Monroe had that. And so does Lux, even though I think in her case it's more mystery than innocence that attract the world. But ultimately it's the process of losing her innocence that is heartbreaking to me.

Anyways, my goal is to watch a movie a day. I think it's not TOO difficult to achieve since all my TV shows have ended. :(

Done #13 - 15: Go to a cool Jazz club & play the settlers of Catan & Be in the middle of a restaurant fight

A busy day, it was!

Can't remember the details as clearly as I would like because it's been 3 days since this busy day... But, I can say for sure that I had fun!

Basically, the day started out with meeting up at Wes' house with Chris and obviously.. wesley.

Wesley drove (for the 3rd time, yes it is out of order.. whatever. throughout the day, he almost backed up into a man and cut someone off and pissed that person off lol. But, no harm done really)!

went to Rowland Heights for some Szechuan food (which I've never had before and was quite delicious but very very oily).
I think the place was called Shufeng something.. can't remember. But, that wasn't the important thing.

lol. So, we went inside, starving and excited.
Then, the hostess and two chinese lady customers started yelling. With us situated in the middle.
Like.. some serious SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER IN CHINESE. over bad service.. or something like that from what Wes deduced and what I deduced from their gestures.
I thought they were about to throw plates at each other.
Of course women screaming at each other just wasn't quite enough.
The chef (possibly the owner) came out from the kitchen and started yelling at the hostess (possibly for fighting with customers).
It was the most intense fight I have ever witnessed and it was quite hilarious and stressful at the same time.
I just thought it was pretty momentous lol.

But seriously.. don't mess with asian ladies. They do not give a fuck.

Anyways, then, we went to a tea place and played the Settlers of Catan.
OH EM GEE. SO MUCH FUN!
The geek inside me jumped up and down in joy!
It wasn't too hard to learn and so much fun to play.

Everyone needs to play this.

It's half strategy and half luck. You are basically trying to make colonies out of materials that you collect and what not.

I'm obviously not explaining this well at all, but just GO PLAY.

Then, we went home to eat dinner, but with a plan of meeting up later to go to Steamers - a jazz club!
So cooooool (:

I've never been to downtown Fullerton at night. (and I REFUSE to call it dtf. ugh)
I had NO IDEA what to wear. Ended up choosing a black shirt dress and flats.

A guitarist, a bassist, a drummer.

They were soooo suave. The whole ambiance was very lounge-y and relaxing.
Chris and Wes ordered drinks which I tried hahaha.
They were cocktail-heavy, rather than draft beer and what not.

After their performance, we left to go to Heroes since the guys REALLY wanted beer.

I got Shock Top. I like my beer mild lol. The guys like theirs hoppy and dark-ish? lol I have no idea. I am not a beer expert.

Then, we just talked. (: Great night!

Reminiscing,

Hayon

Done #12: Go to the beach

This is going to be completely out of order, but i've been feeling lazy about posting due to having a bit too much fun! HAHA... well kinda.. just lazy.

And this keeping in track of lists has become quite cumbersome, but oh well.

Anyways, I haven't been to the beach in a long time and figured that it's about time that I stop denying the fact that I live 20 minutes away from the ocean and just effing go and get some beach sunlight and interact with oceanic nature.

But let me just say how much I dislike the sand. It gets everywhere and it's gross.. but so unavoidable AT THE BEACH lol.
again.. OH effing WELL.

So, I convinced Chris and Wesley that we need to do something like go to the beach while we were out in town being awesome. At this point of my summer break, I am about to crawl out of my effing skin from boredom. Being the troopers they are, they agreed.

Then OFF TO THE BEACH!
Wesley drove (for the 4th time ever in his life! lol yea. ran two dangerously-close-to-red yellow lights but no biggie.. we live on the edge). And after 20-30 minutes, we were at the Huntington Beach!

So many memories at that beach. not the cleanest or the most fabulous, but it's the closest and been to it the most! We had our high school senior breakfast there, and during that phase of my life, huntington was the beach to be.

On the way, we stopped by Bevmo for some beer, then quickly settled at the beach.

It was actually quite windy and not as hot as it's been for the last week or so (annoying).

But, we just chilled on our towels and soaked in the sunlight. The water was pretty cold, and no one was in the mood for swimming. The guys threw around football and stuff while I chilled and instagrammed lol.

It was just so nice, relaxing on the beach, getting some color on my pale-ass skin.

I just wish it was a bit warmer since by 5, I had to put a sweatshirt on.

Then, we were all hungry, so we ventured on to the other side of the street and went to 25 degrees.

The guys wanted burgers and beer lol. shocker.

 french fries & sweet potato fries

I'm not a big fan of burgers, but a HUGE fan of hot dogs (hah that's what she said!). And umm especially bacon wrapped anything.. so I was sold. lol I ended up ditching the bread and just finished the sausage and toppings. not a big fan of bread.. lol i know. weird.

Anyways, it was a successful day! (:

A bit tanned,

Hayon