(500) Days of Summer

I recently watched (500) Days of Summer with one of my friends, and I was greatly impressed! I had wanted to watch it since I was shown the first trailer a few months ago by one of my good friends. Though with many movies I get excited to watch, when I actually DO watch them, I tend to get disappointed as I had made high expectations for the movie. Thus I was greatly relieved when the move turned out to be exceptional! Now, I don't want to give away the movie, so I'll give you the basics: the movie starts Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen and Zooey Deschanel as Summer Finn. The plot revolves around Tom and Zooey and their whirlwind office romance, and the many stages it goes through (the good, the bad and the ugly). Like I said, I don't want to give away too much, but the main thing I liked about this film, was that it was not your classic boy meets girl movie. There were times when I'd turn to my friend, or she'd turn to me and say, "Oh, I know what's going to happen next!" only to be completely surprised! Definitely a movie I would go watch again, as well as buy on DVD (to add to my growing collection). I also found the soundtrack to be quite good as well! I have posted my favourite scene from the movie, and though there are no spoilers, I would suggest for those of you who really want to see the movie, to watch it after you've seen it. Only because it was such an awesome scene, and it was even more awesome because it was so unexpected (although I believe I've seen a part of it in some of the trailers/previews).



Anyway, that's really all I wanted to say, oh and I have started a photoblog for all the pictures I have taken/will take. If you're curious, it can be found here: The World Through Queen Sheba's Eyes

It's not much, but I'm hoping people will provide criticisms, suggestions or what not, which will in turn help me to become a better photographer. Well, that's really all I had to say!



SA

Procrastinating

I received an email from a good friend the other day, and she was telling me about her accomplishments thus far. Like any good friend, I was extremely proud of her and wished she was telling me the good news in person, so I could give her one big hug! However, I couldn't, so I had to settle for trying to express my pride via email. Once I finished typing said email, I realized that of all of my friends, I felt like the only one who hadn't accomplished any of the career goals (or even come close to) I had set out when I started university. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I am disappointed with how my life has been thus far, I'm just saying that I seem to be stuck pretty much in the same place since I graduated. Whenever I tell this to anyone, they give me the usual, "Oh don't worry, you're destined for great things! It'll take some time, but it'll happen" speech. Now I've been guilty of giving this speech to many a down and out pal, but now that I think about it, whenever I get this speech I usually feel like shouting, "WHEN IS THAT TIME GOING TO COME??????" I know that probably makes me sound so ungrateful, but really, I wonder how I can be stuck in one place for so long, while others are rushing past me. Though it's true that other people might be looking at me and saying, "Wow, look at how much she's done, and I've done nothing" (because let's be honest...the grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side) but still!

The worse part is, while most friends are telling you not to worry, your parents are on the other end going, "Oh look at so and so. Look how much THEY'VE done!" When you tell them that this isn't helping, they just say it's because they "love you" that they tell you these things. True, my parents do love me, but can't they find more positive and encouraging ways of doing it? I guess not, I think it's just a parent thing to do.

Oh, and then when you see someone after so long and they ask you, "So what are you up to these days?" I always seem like such a loser responding with, "I'm working, still trying to figure my life out" while they dazzle me with all sorts of adventures they've had in the last year alone. Yes I've traveled and have done little things here and there, but nothing ever seems to compare with what everyone else is doing!

Anyway, while we're on the topic of doing nothing with my life, I thought I'd share the videos I have been watching as of late and find particularly hilarious:



CommunityChannel (click on link to go to her Youtube page), to me, is funny. I particularly enjoy the sarcastic comments to everything! The fact that she's got an Australian accent AND reminds me of my best friend, is just a bonus! I don't know if anyone actually reads anything I post here, but if you do, hopefully you'll find her as amusing as I do. That's all for now!

Hugs!

P.S. Coming soon...my thoughts from my Europe trip (2-3 months ago)! I know, exciting, isn't it?