Stream of Consciousness
It’s the New Year.
Happy New Year, everyone~. May 2007 turn out to be a good year for you.
As the title suggests this is going to be a lot less focused than what I normally write, so don’t worry if nothing makes any sense.
Nana 2 is a mess. Don’t bother watching it. The subtitle for the movie should probably go something like “Hachi sleeps around and makes a mess of things”. The music is also noticeably poorer than the first movie, which is a huge let down. As for the acting… Miyazaki Aoi turned in such an inspired performance as Hachi last time I kept thinking during the entire movie “Urrgh. I don’t like this new girl very much”. The other replacements are a mixed bunch - Ren just looks like he’s pissed off 24/7, but the replacement for Shin was very welcome, as his youth brings back what was missing from the last actor. Nakashima Mika, however, still gives a very strong performance as Nana, but, as can be guessed from my suggested subtitle, there really isn’t as much place for her to shine this time. Overall, to re-emphasize the point - this isn’t worth seeing. Give it a miss.
So I also went out to town to see if there were any sales around. It turns out that unlike Singapore, everything (or a lot of stores anyway) friggin’ close on New Year’s Day, and the sales start tomorrow, on Jan 2nd. Already there are lines forming outside places like Shinjuku’s 109 - so who says only gamers are crazy enough to queue up in the blistering cold for hours, hmm? :P I reckon I’ll pop by the Zara store tomorrow to see what they have too, I guess.
I like fish. A lot. And Tokyo is a great place to be if you like fish. Waiting till 9.30 at night and pedaling on my bike to the nearby Ito-Yokado for 50% discounted sushi/sashimi/fish etc is something I do pretty often. Like I was telling Xephyris just now:
” You know what? This is remarkably shallow, but to me, right now, happiness is 2 packs of nearly expired Tuna sashimi bought for 300 yen, with 2-day-old-left-in-the cooker-rice for dinner.”
*20 minutes later*
“Uh oh.
I feel rumblings in my stomach already.
Watch as half an hour later my happiness turns into “Oh gawd, why was I so stupid to buy nearly expired sashimi. AND TO EAT IT WITH 2 DAY OLD RICE”
I still haven’t finished FFXII yet. Why? Because I’m nearing the end game and the GAWDDEMN INSANE AMOUNTS OF FARMING THAT NEED TO BE DONE ARE PISSING ME OFF RARRRGGGHHH!!! RANDOM TREASURE CHESTS ARE BAD! BAD BAD BAD BAD!!! YOU WILL GIVE ME THAT DAMN EXCALIBUR AND STOP MAKING ME RUN ACROSS THE FRIGGIN’ MAP!
I think deep down I’m actually a pretty simple person. I don’t spend my free time thinking deep thoughts, and while I can appreciate people taking the time to reflect upon things, I’m too much of a believer in the “Let people think whatever the hell they want” school of thought to care too much about any single person’s opinions, especially if they differ from mine. So yes, you can tell me you’re a complex person, but there’s little you can do to make me think your point of view isn’t complete and utter garbage.
In other words, yes, I am hopelessly self-absorbed and think I am always right MUHOOHAHAH.
The end.