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Dreaming In French

By Jay Lagare on Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Had the weirdest dream last night. I dreamt I was attending French class and the teacher is no other than Catherine Zeta-Jones (does she even speak French?). Anyway what’s significant is that I now have French in my dream and interestingly there is sound. Before this, I couldn’t recall a dream that has sound or maybe it was just something I didn’t care noticing. But now I did for sure. I was hearing myself say: “Vos attention, s’il vous plait. Catherine Zeta-Jones, aller au bureau de l’aeroport.” which seems to be more or less correct French. Hehe.

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Summer Day

By Jay Lagare on Wednesday, May 21, 2008

if summer has only one day
then let’s go take it
summer comes only so often
and you so hard to find

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New Target Destination: Donsol

By Jay Lagare on Thursday, May 15, 2008

Chatted with Joy yesterday and she told me about her recent trip to Donsol. Check the photos out. But be warned, you might end up wanting to go to Donsol. I know, I do.

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Appleseed: Ex Machina

By Jay Lagare on Sunday, May 11, 2008

I was browsing through my sis’ DVD collection when I saw Appleseed: Ex Machina. At first, I thought it was just the original Appleseed. I got a bit nostalgic and watched parts of it. It didn’t seem familiar and I realized I was looking at a sequel :P As expected, hot warrior chick Deunan Knute is back along with his metal hunk of a boyfriend and the rest of the boys of ESWAT. This time around they’re fighting a mysterious affliction that ravages cyborgs, bioroids, and humans alike turning them into violent sociopaths. If you’re familiar with the original Appleseed (and you should be) then you can expect the same high-intensity anime action sequences, this time it’s powered-up with the presence of John Woo in the production team. I said it with Appleseed and, though the story is less riveting, I’ll say it for Ex Machina: Awesome!!!

Rating: 4/5

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Juno

By Jay Lagare on Saturday, May 10, 2008

Finally, after a long time and quite a few recommendations from people whose taste in movies I agree with :P, I watched Juno. And I wasn’t disappointed, high expectations notwithstanding. The movie is about a teenage girl, Juno, coping with an unplanned pregnancy. Ellen Page is wonderful as Juno, a cool chicklet spouting wit and dry humor every line. The supporting characters also did very well in their roles including Jeniffer Garner, who seemed cold at first but turned out to be quite warm. Warm, yes. It’s one of those movies that give you that warm fuzzy feeling. Ironically, althought the movie is about a juvenile, the story as well as the humor are serious, mature, and intelligent. This is so unlike some movies, like say the similarly themed Knocked Up, whose story is about adults but the humor is juvenile (that’s about as much as I will write about it).

Rating: 5/5