May the summer blockbuster live long and prosper!

Listening to: 'Jump in the Pool' by Friendly Fires [Friendly Fires]

Hopefully the title of this post should give you an idea of the content. If not, tsk tsk.


So yeah, a friend was visiting yesterday and we were having dessert at Pizza Express (the Chocolate Glory is divine, btw) at 10.50pm when we realised that neither of us had seen the Star Trek movie yet. We found out that there was a 11pm screening at the cinema about a mile away. After what seemed like ages trying to sort out the bill (do waitresses not understand the meaning of the word 'quick'?) and walk-running all the way to the cinema, we reached our seats a few mins into the car ads. Excellent timing.

And oh.my.god. excellent movie. I know I said I enjoyed Wolverine but I'm sorry, Star Trek just annihilated Wolvy's ass. I think I'm gonna have to try and watch it again on the IMAX 'cos that screen just wasn't big enough. The story was what I've come to expect from Star Trek, the visuals were awesome, and my funny bone was properly tickled (except for one line from Uhura that I won't spoil for you - you can barf when you hear it in the movie). And of course...such hotness! I mean how fiiiiine is Chris Pine?!?!? (tee hee it rhymes :D ) I'm not usually a fan of blue eyes but ooooh. And Zoe Saldana is hawt. And I must say Zachary Quinto (I'm not into Heroes so I'm not in the habit of calling him Sylar) made a very good Spock. And aww Simon Pegg's Scottish accent was so cute! Sigh I'm a sucker for accents.

But yes, go watch it. NOW! And then get ready for...

• Terminator Salvation
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Public Enemies
• Brüno

Oh boy, is this a good summer for movies or what?!

♪ What would my mama do ♪

Listening to: 'Mama Do' by Pixie Lott [-]

Oh my...there's something about this song that just makes me want to shimmy around the room suggestively...

I want her voice. Damn my stupid larynx and its mediocre vocal range.

Bad day

Listening to: 'Let Her Cry' by Hootie and the Blowfish [Cracked Rear View]

Sigh, it's one of those days. There's just too much work to do...so I stayed at home. Yeah I know that doesn't make sense. So sue me. One of the...heck, the only good thing about the PhD is that if I'm not in the mood, I don't have to work. I'll just catch up later, when I feel like it. Which means I'll be working this weekend. Better than sitting at home and moping eh. Heh. Something tells me that's ironic...but it's probably not. The word's been misinterpreted so many times, no one knows what it means any more.

I'm not sure what it was. The dismal flat hunt. The asinine visa extension process. The broken equipment. The incompetence of the fools who are supposed to be fixing said equipment. The conference rejection. Whatever it was, something tripped my 'cope' switch.

I started writing a really angsty poem about not conforming. And then I gave up 'cos it didn't conform to my poetic ideals. There's that pseudo-irony again. Pffft.

You know, this song by Fuel (the one I've named the post after, in case that wasn't immediately obvious) is awesome. Very...'TNL during my A/L years', for lack of a better adjective.

I think I'll go back to plucking my eyebrows now.