Possible My Fair Lady remake?

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Lexie

I’m about a few months too late, but I can’t say I’m happy hearing the news about a remake of the 1964 musical My Fair Lady, being in the works. And that Keira Knightley is being considered to portray Eliza Doolittle.

My Fair Lady

I was less thrilled when I found out that George Clooney and Brad Pitt are fighting over the role of Henry Higgins – and Brad Pitt wants Angelina Jolie to play Eliza Doolittle.

It just doesn’t hold any appeal. Perhaps I’m being too quick to judge, but I can’t see Keira Knightley or Angelina Jolie surpassing Audrey Hepburn’s performance. I can’t even think of anyone who would be suitable to play Professor Henry Higgins. I sure as hell wouldn’t choose Clooney or Pitt. The film just seems too iconic and already perfect the way it is, that a remake would just probably ruin the story.

…Of course, that’s just my opinion.

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The Party

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Lexie

My brother’s 23rd birthday is on the 30th. We were trying to think of something to do, to celebrate. Two weeks ago, we decided we’d have a retro costume party, which was reasonable since his actual birthday is on the day before Halloween.

My brother went as a hippie, and I went as… an Austin Powers girl (this is according to my brother’s judgment). I think I looked like a complete retard.

But it was fun, a great reason for shopping (I got most of the stuff I wore 50% off, my dress was 60% off), and a great reason to dress weird.

Photos can be found after the cut

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Overzealous DVD shopping

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Lexie

I don’t go to movie theaters often. The thing about our family is, we all seem to be stuck in the past – entertainment-wise. My father and I like to bond over classic movies (particularly that of Hitchcock and Cukor). I have a deep admiration for Grace Kelly. My older brother and I are fans of The Beatles, Blondie, The Sex Pistols, and Jethro Tull.

My DVD collection includes 32 Alfred Hitchcock suspense flicks, Gone With The Wind, Wuthering Heights, My Fair Lady, a few horror flicks… and Garden State.

While shopping for my costume for my brother’s 70s party tomorrow (I’m going to wear a purple and white dress, yellow tights, pumps, an orange headband and large hoop earrings), Jeremiah and I decided to go DVD shopping as well.

The good news: they lowered the prices on the classic titles.

The bad news: I couldn’t find a DVD of To Kill A Mockingbird.

Still, I walked out of the shop feeling very happy. The new additions to my DVD collection:

Casablanca (which is actually a gift from Jeremiah)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Roman Holiday (I got that instead of To Kill A Mockingbird. It still has Gregory Peck.)
Sabrina
Funny Face
Charade

…Audrey Hepburn is trying to dominate my collection. She won’t beat Hitchcock’s reign, though.

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Photos from the Pen F

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Lexie

A few weeks ago, I wrote about finding a camera among my grandfather’s old things. It was a lucky find, and something I don’t intend to let go of anytime soon.

I was able to take it for test shots a few weeks ago. I messed up a lot and used up just about half of the film. My mistake, I made a mistake with advancing the film advance lever, and thought that I had reached the last frame. Turns out, I wasn’t able to advance it properly. Too bad. I was still able to get some good shots, though.

I’ve fed the camera a roll of black and white film, and I’m looking forward to trying it out. There are more photos from the first roll in the Flickr set.

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Happiness In The Face Of Poverty

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Lexie

WARNING: POST IS IMAGE HEAVY.

Recently, I was able to visit a slum area with my friends, and other leaders from our church. Since we had a car and were part of a rather large group, I had no qualms about bringing a DSLR (my dad’s since his is smaller and lighter than my DSLR). I also brought my rangefinder camera because shooting with film is fun.

The area is located in Junction, Cainta. It lies at a very close proximity to Metrobank and UCPB at Imelda Avenue.

The people there have very sad living conditions. The kids obviously don’t get enough attention and were excited by the prospect of having other people visiting their community. They were all very friendly and all vying for the visitors’ attention.

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Planning a Party

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Lexie

p>My brother is turning 23 (I think. I’m a bad sister, I don’t remember his age) this month. Since we’re a family of deranged retards and my brother’s birthday is the day before Halloween, we’ve decided to hold a 70’s themed party. So everyone has to show up looking like a hippie or a go go girl.

The whole planning process falls on me. I’m doing a lot of googling, I have absolutely no idea how to go about this. I have to get an afro wig for my brother, plan my own costume, search for suitable music… gah!

I have two weeks to plan this thing. I don’t even know why I’m doing this for my brother, seriously. Probably to get the movers New York here.

Can anyone suggest good music and artists from the 70’s? I really need to get started on the music and invitations.

Nintendo DSi

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Lexie

Nintendo has announced the Nintendo DSi, a revised model of the Nintendo DS Lite. I don’t know whether to be disappointed or happy.

It certainly looks interesting, but doesn’t seem to be that much different from the DS Lite (well aside from the built-in cameras and the built-in web browser.

But now, I’m facing a rather tough decision: should I get a DS Lite (which I’ve been planning to do for a couple of months now) or should I wait until the DSi is released and get that instead?

I mean, I couldn’t care less about the larger screens, and the two cameras (what use do I have for a 0.3 megapixel camera anyway?).

This is confusing.

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I miss Buffy

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Lexie

I’ve been watching the Buffy Reunion panel videos at Youtube. It only occurred to me today that videos of the event could have been posted in Youtube (ah, yes It only occurred to me to search for videos a few months too late). So I did a search, and, sure enough, there were a few. My initial reaction was to turn into a total fangirl over James Marsters (who still looks okay, I squealed a little; my brother thought I was insane – although I think he looked better during his Spike days). I’m sort of not looking forward to his Dragonball movie, though.

Check out those videos. They’re rather funny. Although they did make me miss Buffy, somewhat. They don’t show reruns here anymore… I think.

October

It’s October! I changed my desktop wallpaper this morning, thanks to Smashing Magazine. You should check out the selection, there are a lot of excellent wallpapers.

Now, I have to start working on my photoblog which I plan to plug on the next entry.

Diventare

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