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I never watch American Idol after the beginning auditions. But two words have made me watch almost every episode: Katharine McPhee. She hot. Damn hot. Post your thoughts.

Thank God we got a new DSL modem. It's brand frickin new and it's literally half the size of the old one. I don't know why but I think sometimes the connection is still dropping off. I think it's the porn that my dad looks through. He's a man and I don't care if he looks at porn but sometimes he goes overboard and forgets all this shit. The connection is up again but I think I'm gonna virus check his computer. He just goes to site after site after site. And he wonders why the fuck his computer is so slow.

Wow. The goddamn internet is fucking working again, if only for a goddamn moment. I'm so pissed right now because our ISP is fucking doing shit. My dad was justified in screaming at the guy on the phone. Well, because there's no internet I've been watching movies like crazy.

Good Will Hunting: I finally watched the entire movie from beginning to end and I'd have to say that Damon and Affleck wrote a film that really deserved the Oscar a couple of years ago.

Little Man Tate: I thought this movie was great. It seems that Hollywood doesn't make films like this anymore. This movie was just plain hilarious in some points. I thought that the direction by Jodie Foster was excellent and the performances (especially from the kid) are great.

In the Name of the Father: If you look up powerful and compelling in the dictionary, this is one of the films that you would find in there. I cried during some scenes because of their raw intensity and the acting from every performer is absolutely superb. Too bad this competed against Schindler's List at the Oscars in 1994. If this was released this year, it would be at the top of my list by far.

I'm always forgetting to mention the two foreign films I watched last week. One of them being the ultimately cool French film Le Samouraï and Fritz Lang's M (a German film). I'd have to say that both films were excellent. They don't make films like these anymore. Le Samouraï was badass to the bone. Even to the extreme, the main character, Jef, doesn't lose his cool. Now I know why John Woo loved this movie so much (which the Killer was a loose remake of). Now on to Fritz Lang's M. This film haunted me for a couple of hours after viewing it. Sure, the film print was scratchy and the sound was horrible but the story is scary. Just imagine a child murderer out there on the streets and no one can catch him. Everyone hates him so much that you have not only the police looking out for him but every criminal in the town as well. The last shot of the film is not only mesmerizing but chilling to the bone.

It looks like the lovely Norah Jones will be starring in a movie. The big thing here is that it's being directed by Wong Kar-Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Happy Together), one of the hardest directors to work with. I say often that I hate musicians who become actors (Bow Wow, DMX, Mariah Carey, 50 Cent) but the difference here is that WKW personally chose Jones herself to appear in his film. I hope she does a good job.

I'm beginning to get tired of all these TRL musicians. The new one on the block is quasi-John Mayer look-a-like Teddy Geiger and what do you know.....his lyrics suck. I saw his music video on MTV and it's about a girl he can't have. Well fuck, he looks like a model and yet he can't get a date. Boo fucking hoo. I'll have to make a song about it. I like John Mayer, his guitar playing can be quite good at times but I hate people who sound exactly like him. Teddy Geiger is one of these people but too bad his lyrics suck. He doesn't even have the musicianship of Mayer (who fortunately ran away from that TRL image and went back to old school rock). Look at some of these fucked up lyrics from Teddy Geiger:

Do I seem familiar, i've crossed you in hallways
a thousand times, no more camouflauge
I want to be exposed, and not be afraid to fall.

If I could dim the lights in the mall
And create a mood I would
Shout out your name so it echoes in every room

If all he talks about his albums is about chicks then he's already a fucking sellout. I prefer musicians like Buckley (whose words still inspire people now) who never sold out to write about chicks.

Watched Walk the Line today. It was actually pretty good with amazing performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. I was actually surprised that Witherspoon matched beat for beat with Phoenix in terms of singing. If there was one negative about it, it's just that it reminded me too much of Ray. I found Phoenix's performance a tad better than Jamie Foxx's because he actually did the singing and guitar playing. The most fucked up thing about the movie is the way Johnny Cash's father reminded me of my dad. They're both assholes most of the time.

I also forgot to mention that I rented Incubus: Live at Red Rocks and Rage Against the Machine: The Battle for Mexico City. I didn't like any of these concert DVDs, the Incubus concert DVD was just too Brandon Boyd-centric for me. 95% of the footage featuring Boyd singing, dancing around, or doing something with the microphone. They rarely shot DJ Kilmore doing the turntables, Mike playing amazingly well, José with his masterful drum playing, or Ben Kenney with his awesome bass playing. Despite the video transfer of the DVD being flawless (the concert was shot in HD), I really hate it when the presentation is only shot with one band member in mind. The Rage Against the Machine on the other hand shot all four members of the band equally. The main problem for me was the fucked up editing. Despite the sound being in real time, it would be cut in slow motion, then black and white, and fucked up colors. It really annoyed the fuck outta me. I also had the U2 - Live in Chicago DVD in my hard drive but I accidentally deleted it. FUCK.

Two days ago, my dad went apeshit. Apeshit over a quarter booklet. Man, he was like a child. "WHERE ARE MY QUARTERS?!" He then began lecturing all this shit I already forgot about. As I said in my earlier posts, I have been having these terrible earaches and it looks like I need to go to the ENT (eyes, nose, throat) doctor. Right now, I can barely ear anything on both ears. It's like someone put some ear plugs in my ears. I can't hear any details in any of the songs that I'm listening to. Well, back to my Dad. When he screamed during his quarter searching situation, during one time he screamed right next to me and it made my ears really hurt. By the way, when he was away in Alabama, my Mom, Felice, and I had a really great time. No stress, my mom didn't have to cook, and everyone was comfortable. I kinda feel bad for Felice. When my dad was screaming I think she wanted to cry but like the soldier she is, she kept it in. It's good for her to leave here. It's better to get away from all this screaming and in tranquility that is the Philippines.

I also watched this Korean horror film, Dead Friend. It really sucked. The entire plot was predictable except the ending. I didn't give a shit about the ending and it was beyond fucked up anyway. Why do all Asian horror films nowadays have to contain a girl with really long black hair that covers up her face anyway?

Holy shit, Wency has a clone!

Watched the Grammys tonight (in fucking HD of course!) and it was BORING. The greatest moment that happened on tonight's Grammy's was the fact that Kanye West didn't even win the huge awards. When U2 won, I screamed at the TV (like my dad) "IN YOUR FACE KANYE!!!!" When I surf through sites like mtv.com and people complain that "Mariah and Kanye had more hits than U2 ever did this year. They should've won the album of the year" or "Late Registration will affect the future more than How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb will." Well, that's the thing, even though the Grammys have been catering more to popularity rather than musical artistry, this year they chose the right people to win (with a few exceptions). In my opinion, Kanye West is just a fad, in five years time, his album will be forgotten and he will just be a producer to some new acts. U2, on the other hand, don't have the hits but their artistry will come through. In 1988, the Joshua Tree won the Album of the Year and it truly deserved that honor. In 1991, Achtung Baby was nominated but lost out. In 1997, Pop was released, hated, and forgotten but now it is considered one of the finest experimental albums ever recorded. In 2000, All That You Can't Leave Behind won a shitload of Grammys but didn't win the big one. Now, they win and everyone's complaining that Kanye should've won. I'm sorry but Kanye's work is a work of the moment not the work of an artist. The thing is that U2's latest album is timeless. Let's see who's album will be mentioned in 20 years. Will be Mr. West's or U2's? And one more thing, Fiona Apple was robbed by Kelly Clarkson for that Best Pop Vocal Album.

For the past few days, I kept on thinking that there was something in my ear. Did a suction like motion with my thumb to my left ear a few hours ago. The ear vomited. Literally. All this black shit came out. I think it is a mix of earwax and Q-tip residue. I think the infection is coming back to my ears because both ears are having this aching feeling again. Dr. Shaher didn't give me that much antibiotics when I saw him. He only gave me a few days worth. I hope the doctor flushes out my ears when I see him Friday. My ears are itching like crazy now. ARGH.