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“Today is a good day to die” - Kiefer Sutherland as Nelson Wright, Flatliners (1990)

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	Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland born 21 December 1966, Son to Donald Sutherland. Recent fame in TV series “24″. (I have not seen a single episode of it. ) He also plays the voice of the caller-killer in “Phonebooth”. Upcoming Films: River Queen (2005), The Wild, The Sentinel (both on 2006)

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One of my earliest favorite actors… it’s unbelievable that he is now almost 40 years old! Kiefer first became popular in the late 80s-early 90s. Only recently raves about him are resurfacing because of his TV break in 24 as agent Jack Bauer. The first time Kiefer’s acting caught my attention was in Eye for an Eye (first billed is Sally Field) where he plays creepy villian Robert Doob. This movie made me feel sick to the core… and Kiefer’s character is plain evil and sleazy. He scared me for real! He is most effective in psycho roles such as this one… I get chills when I remember his performance in this movie. He has an affinity for the strangest and horrifying of characters, which must be intrinsic to his menacing tone of voice, delivery and crazy smile. In The Lost Boys (with Jason Patric) he is vampire David, the face now hailed a classic depiction of the “contemporary” vampire as told in this 80’s film. In Stand By Me he is knife-wielding gang-leader Ace Merrill who River Phoenix and his pals get to confront in the quest for a dead boy’s body. You’d think he ought to be typecasted as a certified psycho!Yet his versatility earns him other roles— for instance playing a good bad guy (and often cheeeeeeesy) in Young Guns (with Estevez, Dermot Mulroney, Lou Diamond Philips) as Josiah Gordon ‘Doc’ Scurlock (no doubt, my favorite, Kief plays him nicely). In the film sequel (where Christian Slater appears as Dave Rudabaugh, William Petersen -the CSI guy- plays Pat Garret), Doc Scurlock is a wisened up outlaw turned schoolteacher. The screenplay was a bit loose, making up for it were funny moments that often were out of place. A striking thing that made me uneasy in these movies is casting Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid. (Sorry to say, but he is awful!) Another goodie-goodie role is him as Athos (again, often cheesy) in the Disney film The Three Musketeers. (This was my first sighting of Kiefer, but I didn’t know his name then. Much more familiar were Charlie Sheen and Chris O’Donnel.)

Flatliners (with Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt) was to me, an ingeniously unique story. (could have been done better coz it gets boring sometimes :D) It is about 5 medical students who explore the afterlife by risking their own lives. How? They have this refrigerator blanket that probably makes them hypothermic… They take turns in staying braindead (while the medical monitor flashes a “flatline”, thus the title), outbidding each other in how long they stay that way, hungry for answers about whether there is something out there after death. (Director: Joel Schumacher, also did Phonebooth, A Time to Kill and the Lost Boys.)

He also appeared in very short but memorable roles like in A Time to Kill(as a Ku Klux Klan fanatic), A Few Good Men (as hardcore lieutenant Kendrick) and Taking Lives. In Taking Lives, he appears not more than 5 minutes as Christoper Hart, top billed along with Ethan Hawke and Angelina Jolie.

[listen] Robert Kiefer Doob to Sally Field: “(normal tone) Why don’t you stay out of my neighborhood… (whispers) and I’ll stay out of yours…”

[listen]Kiefer in Phonebooth: “Don’t even think about leaving that phonebooth…”

[addendum: 5 June] One lousy film Kiefer was in that I would never be caught watching again (and by goodness would NEVER recommend to anyone else) is “The Last Days of Frankie the Fly”. Sad to say, this is the one movie he is awful in. Then again, what Dennis Hopper movie ever gets to be a good one at all???

[addendum: 25 June] I have the following films in original video: The Last Days of Frankie the Fly, Stand By Me, The Three Musketeers, The Lost Boys, The Cowboy Way, Flatliners, A Few Good Men,Eye for an Eye, Ring of Fire (Cowboy Up). In unofficial video: Phonebooth, Young Guns, Young Guns II, Taking Lives.

2-day trip to Anilao! Thanks Sir M for the place

Posing with the surfboard	Ajay kayaking
Edward the sailorman	Pull the sail up!
Pull harder!	Splash!
Windsurfing!	Photographer resting

Jie’s post on fortune tellers brought fumes of nostalgia to that time I was wading in wicca-dom. The world of witches, shamans and other “spiritists” fascinates me… spurred by reading the book by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon. It’s a great read for women I must say, being one of the few (probably the only one?) tellings of the Arthurian legend through a woman’s perspective (that of Morgana). I loved it so much! But then it was “filmized” sometime ago. I prefer the book– the film scenes could turn really disgusting and shatters the imagination. Really awful.

Anyway, there were chatrooms online where I was able to speak with people who claimed to be wiccans, who spoke about white and black magic, and how spells can enrich, and not control your life. A UP student told me about poetry reading groups in the campus, and how they usually share the interest in wicca. She even gave me a copy of a Book of Shadows, though now I couldn’t find it…

One of the things I didn’t get to explore are Tarot Cards. Naiimagine ko kasi na may mga ugat-ugat siya na mabubuhay na tutuklawin ako pag lumapit ako. Nakakatakot. Hehe, maybe sometime I’d have to guts to hold a pack. I’m really curious about them.

I’m terrible at remembering to drink water (which is bad, I know). It must be why I have a searing pain in my neck for the past 6 hours…? Gawrsh… Problem is, when I do drink more I bloat terribly, since I don’t faithfully monitor my salt intake (which I should).

My mom hasn’t been feeling all too well since she came back from her Bora trip. That means I cooked tonight, and I did the following:

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Recipe: Pork Chop in Mushroom Sauce

6-8 pork chops
1 pack cream of mushroom
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/3 - 1/4 cup soy sauce
1-3 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
1-3 teaspoons finely chopped ginger
1 cup water

marinate pork in pineapple juice + soy sauce + half pack of cream of mushroom + garlic + ginger for at least 5 minutes. dissolve other half pack of cream of mushroom in water. fry marinated pork in oil, set aside. bring to a boil marinate mix + dissolved cream of mushroom. simmer pork chops for at least 15 more minutes. serve with corn kernels or mashed potatoes.

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It didn’t taste too bad.

Like I didn’t know… wala namang diversity dito. Puro tayo noyPi. (but I still took the silly test, like the big schmuck that I am.)

You scored as Asian asian 75% white 58% latino 58% black 17% Are you a different race than you think you are? Be a schmuck like me and take this short test.

Ned Kelly Overall rating: 2/5 No thrills.

Spent an hour last night and another hour this morning to finish watching the feature film “Ned Kelly”. Stars Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom and Naomi Watts. Pretty predictable with utterly no surprises to someone who knows the story of the Aussie-outlawed Irish Kelly gang. It is, after all, based on a legend in the likes of The Patriot and Braveheart, with less the amount of flourish of armies and ravenous bloodshed. To those who do not know the story, it is akin to a Western, of sorta the Billy-the-Kid kind. The theme is the usual good-turned-bad, vengeance-is-mine, a-death-wish-is-for-fools-like-us.

The Irish mixed Aussie accent of the players was all over the place, made me shiver at times coz it was broken and felt all too fake. Something felt wrong and I couldn’t put a finger on it, but anyhow I’m not Aussie nor Irish, so who am I to complain? Geoffrey Rush drags his butt around as the coppie Francis Hare, it could eerily remind you of his Inspector Javert role in Les Miserables.

I got to know more about the Ned Kelly story. I’ll give them that at least.

Frustrating search for ColorPage-Vivid3x scanner driver. You’d think the home page for Genius would be the answer. Apparently, nonUSB devices are going to the cleaners. Bloody hell, the only consolation I had from this hunt is this article. Lord bless sarcasm.

Cel-e-Ric

They wed today, before the Lord, their family and friends. A 3-second photo of the couple as they walked into Sonya’s. I had like… 3 seconds to shoot this, luckily I got their attention It usually takes 3 to 5 tries before I get a shot I like. I’m glad this turned out okay. Best wishes to them!

Chapel at Calaruega	Beautiful stained glass art
Sprawling garden fronting chapel	The bride enters

The Cake

Glorious Food

I’m lusting after the DivX player featured in Megamall, but Ajay is right, it does look too frail. A sturdier model will be out next time. The glorious stack of DivX anime we have makes me itch to watch them on my mom’s TV. Anyhow, It’s an extravagance that doesn’t merit much attention. Still… for the sake of getting it out of my system… “I WANT ONE!”

Tignan natin kung ga’no ako kabarok mag-taglish:

Dami na ding fans ng Harry Potter. Una kong narinig ang Harry Potter noong year 2000 mula kay Joyce, Canadian-Pinoy 14-year-old na nakilala ko sa internet. Akala ko nuon pambata lang talaga, eh sabi nya pati tatay daw nya na-addict na sa HP. Nakibasa kami ni Ajay minsan sa hiniram na kopya ni Rex kay Ces… naaliw kami ng husto. Naalala ko noong una kong binabasa yung Goblet of Fire (4th book) anlakas ko humalakhak sa faculty room, kasi aliw na aliw ako sa pagkakakuwento ni Rowling ng mga eksena ni Ron at Hermione. Charming ang Potter series, ansaya din kasing magtampisaw sa kakaibang mundo ng magic, lalu na Britain pa ang setting. Nakakalibang na mag-imagine habang binabasa yung mga libro.

Kakaiba naman ang pelikula dahil British ang production. Sa November 23 na magbubukas ang pelikula ng Harry Potter dito sa Pilipinas. Excited na ako mapanuod si Ralph Fiennes. Magaling daw sya na kontrabida sa Red Dragon? Di ko talaga pinanuod oyon dahil nagsawa na ako sa storyline ng Silence of the Lambs at Hannibal. Andun pala si Fiennes. Pahiram naman ng kopya kung sinong meron, pag di ako nakahanap ng mabibili.

Syempre enjoy na enjoy ako dahil puro British ang actors. Lakas ng appeal! Hehe. Si Alan Rickman pa lang nalaman ko na cast, tuwang-tuwa na ako. Nadagdagan pa ni Kenneth Branagh, Jason Isaacs tsaka Gary Oldman. Ngayon si Fiennes naman. Astig!

Silip sa gaganap na Cho Chang, first “girlfriend” ni Harry.

Sa July naman magsisimula ang pag-claim ng reserved Harry Potter Book 6 (the Half-Blood Prince).
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