Monday, August 14, 2006
sign of things to come
Goalscorers Riise and Crouch celebrating with Liverpool's 1st trophy (of many more to come) this season.
there's a vibe going around Anfield and i can feel it, the title's coming back home this season...Number 19!!
Chelsea started practically with a full squad with Lumpard (of shit), Terry, Ballack, Essien, Sheva, Drogba, Robben all in the starting line-up. Whereas Liverpool surprised me, resting Stevie, Alonso and Bellamy while starting with Sissoko and Zenden in the center.
anyway, Sissoko had a really good game, Zenden and Gonzales wasn't convincing enough for me while Pennant didn't get enough chances. Agger, replacing Hyypia at centreback, was not bad though and Aurelio as well as Bellamy were impressive after coming on in the second half. all in all, a good win to get the season started, a season where dominance of the english game shall shift from London to the red half (more than half, actually) of Merseyside.
watched Lady In The Water with my bros on thursday. don't know when's the last time we did that together.
anyway, if you go in expecting a horror movie like i did, this is the suckiest movie you'll ever see..the scariest thing in the entire movie is a dog with gleaming red eyes.
but if you go in just to watch the movie the way it is, it's actually quite cool, definitely better than The Break-Up (what a waste of 6 bucks that was).
it's like some sort of child fantasy flick. not bad in whole, fascinating way how all the characters are linked together. and the little piano-playing smart-alec from My Wife and Kids makes an appearance as....guess what? a little boy genius who deciphers messages hidden on the back of cereal boxes.
adorable, isn't he
went to pc fair this afternoon with jian and richard. crazy crowded, there were too many stalls and too many people. all i got was some blank cd-r's.
saw some ipod cases, but didn't feel like buying there and then. there were some FM transmitters too, but the nice ones were too expensive and the cheap ones looked too much like dildos.
don't think i'll go to pc fairs for some years to come. can't stand large crowds like this while shopping.
anyway, check this out.
iPod War
It's like the old card game you played when you were seven because it was the only game you could understand ("War! My eight beats your two!"), but with iPods set to shuffle. Sounds lame a little, yes, but the way she explains it made me laugh.
You and a friend each set your iPod on shuffle, then listen to and compare what pops up. Whoever has 'The Better Song' gets one point. The author illustrates several vagaries to consider in judging:
-Older doesn't always mean better. "Yes, music was exceptionally rad from 1964-1982. Doesn't mean a song from 1995 can't be better."
-Don't demand a win on principle. (You say: "But the Rolling Stones kick Prince's ass!") Each song should be evaluated on its own merit. (I say: "While The Stones are an important part of music history, there are lots of Stones songs that are mediocre/sucky and some Prince songs that fucking rule.").
-Counting Crows never wins.
-If neither person will concede the win, "Vietnam" is declared (both sides claim a win, but nobody really won).
hahah..we could use the term "Middle-east" now too.
