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A Place for Us

There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air, wait for us somewhere
There's a time for us, someday a time for us
Time together with time to spare, time to learn time to care

Someday somewhere, we'll find a new way of living
We'll find a new way of giving, somewhere.

There's a place for us, much time and a place for us
Hold my hand and we're halfway there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Someday somehow somewhere...

Seminggu terakhir ini gw lagi demen banget sama berjudul Somewhere itu. Entah karena nadanya sangat menghanyutkan. Atau kata-katanya yang dalem banget and reminds me of someone that once be part of me.

Ah... mungkin gw demen lagu ini emang karena lagu ini bagus aja. Buktinya, lagu soundtrack film West Side Story (yang meraih  11 buah Piala Oscar di tahun 1962!!!) ini udah di-recycle berkali-kali. Mulai dari versi Stephen Sondheim - Leonard Berstein, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, sampe terakhir versi Il Divo seperti yang dijadikan penutup konser mereka di Jakarta kemarin.

Hmmm... There's a time for us, someday a time for us. Hold my hand and I'll take you there

Flow Chart of Love

Ternyata proses jatuh cinta itu bisa juga dibikin flow chart yah? Klik aja gambarnya biar lebih jelas lagi...

why of why

- If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
- If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?
- You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?
- Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
- You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
- Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
- If someone invented instant water, what would they mix it with?
- Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?
-Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?
- Why is there an expiration date on SOUR cream?
- Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
- Why is the word "abbreviate" so long?
- Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
- How can there be "self help GROUPS"?
- Why are we afraid of falling? Shouldn't we be afraid of the sudden stop?
- Why is it called 'after dark', when it is really after light?

Isn't just weird when...

- People who point at their wrist while asking for the time. I know where my watch is pal, where the @#$@ is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
- People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
- When people say "It's always in the last place you look." Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it?
- When people say while watching a film "Did you see that?" No, I paid Rp. 20.000 to come to the cinema and stare at the floor.
- People who ask, "Can I ask you a question?" Didn't really give me a choice there, did you sunshine?
- When something is "new and improved!" Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, there must have been something before it.
- When people say, "Life is short." What?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?

the gift

Wah...
Bulan ini banyak juga yah yang ulang tahun
Kasih kado apa ya? *ngintip dompet*

Semuanya spesial...

Crashed Mountain

"Apakah Brokeback Mountain dapat mempertahankan gelar yang diperolehnya dalam Golden Globe dan Orange BAFTA Awards? Atau ia harus mengakui keunggulan si kuda hitam, Crash? Ingat kejadian tahun lalu ketika The Aviator secara mengejutkan dipecundangi oleh Million Dollar Baby."

Sepenggal paragraf diatas itu gw tulis di multiply gw sekitar pertengahan February lalu. Well... the prediction comes true huh? Ya, itulah puncak dari sedikit kejutan yang ada di 78th Annual Academy Awards yang baru aja kelar beberapa menit lalu.

Mengambil tema Back to Glamour (untuk mengenang kejayaan perfilman Amerika era 30-50an / era glamour), sebagian besar undangan datang ke acara yang digelar di Kodak Theater Hollywood itu dengan dress code berwarna hitam, emas atau tuxedo berdasi metalik.

Dari awal acara dimulai, para pemenang memang sesuai dengan yang diprediksikan oleh para pengamat dan pecinta film di seluruh dunia. Baru sekitar satu setengah jam kemudian terjadi kejutan saat kategori Best Achievement in Film Score diumumkan. John Williams, pelanggan Oscar kategori ini yang malam tersebut mendapat dua nominasi Best Score untuk Memoirs of Geisha dan Munich harus menyerah pada Gustavo Santaolalla lewat Borkeback Mountain. Lalu siapa yang bisa melupakan kemenangan lagu street hip hop soundtrack Hustle and Flow, It's Hard Out There for a Pimp pada ajang super resmi ini. Semua orang pun keliatan banget excited dengan kemenangan lagu ini (8 Mile-nya Eminem yang juga menang beberapa tahun lalu masih terhitung 'polite').

Kejutan akhir tentu saja apa lagi kalo bukan kemenangan Crash yang mengalahkan Brokeback Mountain yang sepertinya sudah diatas angin. Ada yang bilang Crash menang karena isu sosial yang diangkat lebih global dan beragam. Sedangkan lainnya beranggapan kalau Brokeback kalah karena para voter di Akademi masih terlalu konservatif untuk dapat memilih para gay sebagai film terbaik. Konon, Lionsgate (distributor Crash) mengirim 130,000 kopi film ini kepada siapapun yang memiliki DVD player. "Satu-satunya cara agar dapat memenangkan Oscar adalah membuat filmmu ditonton," begitu kata kritikus film terkenal, Emanuel Levy.

Well, apapun penyebabnya, ada satu hal menonjol pada Oscar kali ini, yaitu tidak adanya satu film dominan. Terhitung ada tiga film yang meraih 3 Oscar, yaitu Crash, Brokeback Mountain dan King Kong. Sementara Memoirs of a Geisha puas kebagian jatah 2 Oscar.

Kalo mo liat hasil lengkapnya, klik disini aja.

Like a Virgin

"Like a virgin... touched for the very first time..." (Madonna)

Can't sleep...

My heart goes bumping ...

and the clock ticking seems to slow...

Yups.. i can still feel the excitement as i felt years ago when i experienced it for the very first time...

Hurry...

8 hours to go...

click...

clock...

Can't wait to see who'll bring them home...

...

THE OSCARS

Woman's Geography

Between the ages of 18 and 21, a woman is like Africa or Australia. She is half discovered, half wild and naturally beautiful, with bush land around the fertile deltas.

Between the ages of 21 and 30, a woman is like America or Japan. Completely discovered, very well developed and open to trade, especially with countries with cash or cars.

Between the ages of 30 and 35, she is like India or Spain. Very hot, relaxed and convinced of her own beauty.

Between the ages of 35 and 40, a woman is like France or Argentina. She may have been half destroyed during the war, but can still be a warm and desirable place to visit.

Between the ages of 40 and 50, she is like Yugoslavia or Iraq. She lost the war and is haunted by past mistakes. Massive reconstruction is now necessary.

Between the ages of 50 and 60, she is like Russia or Canada. Very wide, quiet, and her borders are practically unpatrolled but the frigid climate keeps people away.

Between the ages of 60 and 70, a woman is like England or Mongolia. She has a glorious and all conquering past, but alas, no future.

After 70, they become like Albania or Afghanistan. Everyone knows where she is, but no one wants to go there.

So... been any of those countries??

Love, Lust & Marriage

In this -as they said- month of love (yikes!). No less then 5 persons i know decided to tie the knots a.k.a get married. One of them is my brother.

For some people, word "marriage" is as frigthening as "school" or even "hell". Therefore, i salute them who has the courage to take the next phase of life by ending their single life and share the next phase of their life with someone else or the right one or the half other or the one or whatever they name it.
I hope they'll have a great marriage and live happily ever after. Wish me luck so i can join you.. someday, LOL.

LOVE, LUST AND MARRIAGE

LOVE: When intercourse is called "making love."
LUST: When intercourse is called "screwing."
MARRIAGE: When intercourse is a town in Pennsylvania.

LOVE: When you share everything you own.
LUST: When you steal everything they own.
MARRIAGE: When the bank owns everything.

LOVE: When you argue over how many children to have.
LUST: When you argue over who gets the wet spot.
MARRIAGE: When you argue over whose idea it was to have kids.

LOVE: When you write poems about your partner.
LUST: When all you write is your phone number.
MARRIAGE: When all you write is checks.

LOVE: When your only concern is your partner's feelings.
LUST: When your only concern is finding a room with mirrors everywhere.
MARRIAGE: When your only concern is what's on TV.

LOVE: When all the songs on the radio describe exactly how you feel.
LUST: When the songs on the radio determine how you should do it.
MARRIAGE: When you listen to talk radio.

LOVE: When you're only interested in doing things with your partner.
LUST: When you're only interested in doing things your partner.
MARRIAGE: When you're only interested in your golf score.

LOVE: You only leave the house to buy coffee and donuts.
LUST: You only leave the house to buy condoms and Vaseline.
MARRIAGE: You only leave the house when you're allowed.

Gay Cowboys and Country Singer head the Globes

Sesuai dengan berbagai ramalan dan prediksi... Brokeback Mountain berhasil mengungguli para pesaingnya dalam 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards dalam kategori Best Motion Picture Drama. Dalam hajatan tahunan Hollywood Foreign Press Association tersebut, Brokeback Mountain, film koboi gay yang dibintangi oleh Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams dan Anne Hathaway ini juga memenangkan dua awards lain, yaitu Best Director, Best Screenplay serta Best Song.

Sementara itu biopik tentang musisi country Johnny Cash, Walk the Line juga secara meyakinkan berhasil memenuhi ramalan para kritikus dengan mengantungi 3 dari 4 award utama, yaitu Best Motion Picture Musical/Comedy serta Best Leading Actor dan Actress masing-masing untuk para bintang muda Joaquin Phoenix dan Reese Witherspoon.

Dari kategori televisi, meskipun keempat bintangnya (Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher dan Marcia Cross) dinominasikan sebagai Best Actress in TV Series or Comedy, namun Desperate Housewives harus merelakan piala tersebut jatuh ke tangan satu-satunya nominee selain mereka, yaitu aktris Mary Louise Parker melalui film Weeds. Kendati begitu, serial yang sempat tayang di Indosiar tersebut masih dapat berbngga hati dengan terpilihnya mereka sebagai Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy.

Sedangkan Lost tampaknya masih terlalu tangguh bagi pesaing-pesaingnya, termasuk kuda hitam Commander in Chief dan Rome dalam kategori Best TV Series - Drama.

These are the winners:

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Anthony Hopkins

MOTION PICTURES CATEGORIES
Best Motion Picture – Drama: Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama: Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy: Walk The Line
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Reese Witherspoon – Walk The Line
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy: Joaquin Phoenix – Walk The Line
Best Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
Best Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: George Clooney – Syriana
Best Foreign Language Film: Paradise Now (Palestine)
Best Director - Motion Picture: Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Memoirs of A Geisha (composed by John Williams)
Best Original Song - Motion Picture: "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" – Brokeback Mountain

TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Best Television Series – Drama: Lost
Best Actress In A Television Series – Drama: Geena Davis – Commander In Chief
Best Actor In A Television Series – Drama: Hugh Laurie – House
Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Desperate Housewives
Best Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds
Best Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Steve Carell – The Office
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television: Empire Falls
Best Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television: S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Elvis
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Paul Newman – Empire Falls

Ronn's Must-See Films Of 2006

A new year, a new reel of movies making their way to your local cinema. But what to watch? I say all of them. At least there are more than 50 movies that i considered as 'great movies' this year. However... since it'll cost me a watch to see all of them.. :P I've compiled a lookahead of 15 of this year's best movies.

Some of the screen's greatest icons are back in 2006, from James Bond to Superman. And for those of you who simply detest change, there's a heap of sequels; from X-Men 3 to Pirates Of The Caribbean 2. Yeap, there are also remakes, adaptations and CGIs!

Be grateful, be very grateful. Prepare a note book and start to write in your agenda:

1. V for Vendetta (March 17)
2. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (March 30)
3. Silent Hill (April 21)
4. Mission: Impossible: 3 (May 5)
5. Poseidon (May 12)
6. The Da Vinci Code (May 19)
7. X-Men 3 (May 26)
8. Superman Returns (June 30)
9. Pirates of the Carribean 2: Dead Man's Chest (July 7)
10. Miami Vice (July 28)
11. The Eye (August 25)
12. Marie Antoinette (October 13)
13. Casino Royale (November 17)
14. Eragon (December 15)
15. Charlotte's Web (December 20)

The most anticipated movie of 2006's poll on www.mtvasia.com:

1. Superman Returns (14.6%)
2. Mission: Impossible: 3 (13.1%)
3. The Da Vinci Code (31.8%)
4. Underworld: Evolution (8.7%)
5. X-Men 3 (31.8%)

Well well well... guest what? The Da Vinci Code and X-Men 3 plus Eragon are also my most anticipated movie of 2006. What's yours?