06 January 2010 @ 01:58 am
Ah, it is... 2:38 in the A.M. and for some reason it seemed like the perfect moment to start a review for the film Sherlock Holmes.

Where do I begin?

Let's start at the very beginning.

...a very good place to start.

Disclaimer: I am by no way a professional film review critic. This journal/blog was created to expand my horizons and perfect my writing technique so that I will become a successful journalist and film critic in the future when I am done with school. And yes, all .gifs were made by me. :-)

These are the GUIDELINES. Please take a moment to read over them.

And yes, this review does contain minor SPOILERS

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my verdict )

Title : Sherlock Holmes
Director : Guy Ritchie
Released : December 25, 2009
Rating : PG-13
Summary: After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.
Starring : Robert Downey, Jr.
Jude Law
Rachel McAdams
Mark Strong



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Day 13 → A fictional book

this was actually pretty hard for me. I don't read many fictional book. I read a lot of non-fiction. Anyways i really liked Kite Runner


 
 
05 January 2010 @ 04:30 pm
Augh. So that last post... is a little embarrassing in retrospect, haha. I don't like to be a crybaby on here at all, and wouldn't have been if I hadn't messed up my ADD medication that day, which I have learned has the effect of turning me into an extremely emotionally unstable mess for the rest of the day. Soo yes, hopefully I will learn to stay away from the "Post an Entry" page on those days and we will have no more of that. :') Thank you guys for your sweet responses, though! <33


I think I wanted to write about other things in this entry too? I don't remember now, though. So, um, have some pictures I took of the snow in Leiden instead! They are from before Christmas, but since it's been snowing on and off since then anyway I have decided that they are still relevant. Enjoy!





Yuss, Apollinaire! One of the things I love about Leiden is all the poetry on the houses. It's so awesome and it makes me happy. You can read a bit more about it here if you are a nerd like me!









I have a bunch more that I really like, but I feel like those would look so much better after a minute or two of photoshopping, which I can't do right now cause I'm not on my own computer. So those are yet to come... some day, haha.
 
 
03 January 2010 @ 02:08 pm


BIG IN 2010 )

So here's the skinny, these movies are listed in the order - films, I haven't seen before/films I purchase/films I watch on television. I was going to list stars beside them but hey, I didn't feel the need to add that to the situation. I will be using this journal/blog regularly with a new year and a new attitude.

Comment if you'd like or don't. :-D

Fin.

P.S. ~ I cheated with Sherlock Holmes because I actually watched that the day BEFORE the new year but I wanted to include it anyway and so I did.
 
 
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02 January 2010 @ 11:38 pm
I LOVE SATANSONION SO FUCKING MUCH IT HURTS ME TO ADMIT THIS



SHE IS MY DAY TIME

MY NIGHT TIME


MY WORLD
 
 
03 January 2010 @ 01:09 am
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So, as I try to rebuild my files on my laptop, I took the time to have a social life and go see Sherlock Holmes because I am a lover of all things RDJ and let me just say, if you haven't seen it - you really should. I will be working on a review for it in my review blog soon. you should check it out! [info]2_thumbs~

anyway, I also felt compelled to make Maxwell icons because he is fine as hell and so is RDJ and so is Halle Berry, so you have a post full of sexy people.

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016 - Sherlock Holmes
014 - Maxwell
016 - Robert Downey, Jr.
006 - Robert/Halle

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ENJOY!!!

next up - I hope to have a whole bunch of icons from my The Wiz screencaps :-)

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03 January 2010 @ 12:18 am
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04] We about to set the roof on fire, baby!



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03 January 2010 @ 02:33 am
1. Okay so wow, talk about the longest death scene of all time. Good lord RTD, that went on for a good fifteen minutes! Honestly, it was just another one of his episodes full of complete gibberish to add to the pile but I'm so glad we're one step closer to 11/Moffat because after rewatching Coupling recently (and this) I'm more convinced than ever that it's going to be amazing.

2. new years etc )

3. why not check out my favourite icons this year at [info]iconwhoa? There were some amazing ones!

4. gifs! )

5.


This is the last photo I took in 2009 and I'll tell ya what, I couldn't be happier. Lord knows it could be better but I think it's my strongest so far and it's pretty much exactly the kind of photo I want to take. Actually lately I've been putting photos I wish I'd taken into a folder and browsing it in my spare time and I think the brilliance of those photos is rubbing off on me! Check out these three LotS caps (all in that magical folder) and look at how weirdly similar style-wise they are to what I took - completely unintentional!

Anyway, I'm really glad to have ended the year on a high. And it has been a fantastic year (well, for me at least. And from the sounds of things I'm the only one who liked it :P) I've been focusing a lot more on graphics and I feel like I've reached a whole other level because of that. Speaking of which, another resolution of mine is to continue doing the a graphic per day thing because I think that's really helped me, I can't recommend doing it enough!
 
 
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02 January 2010 @ 04:27 am


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02 January 2010 @ 03:18 am
HAY GUIZE AND WHOEVER READS THIS, I JUST CAME IN TO SAY THAT I'LL MOSTLY BE POSTING UPDATES ON MY TUMBLR FROM NOW ON:

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02 January 2010 @ 02:45 am
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I did these during the week when I had no cable and internet, haha. I'm working on a mood theme :-) It should be done soon! I usually try to make it my business to make icons for the next year but my hard drive died on me and I've lost EVERYTHING I had on it, so I'm starting from scratch. I lost my coloring techniques that I learned, lost my brushes, I lost everything. :-( So, if you guys bear with me, I'll love you forever and ever. ♥ On to the caps! By the way, this is one of my favorite films! If you haven't seen it, you should! You're missing a masterpiece!



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two more samples behind the cut!

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720 x 348 in size
7225 caps in total
ooo4 folders total

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01 January 2010 @ 02:48 pm
1. Watch 100 movies or more.
2. Keep track of how many I watch.
3. First time movies only.

movies )

1. Watch 500 episodes or more.
2. Keep track of how many I watch.
3. First time episodes only.

tv shows )
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01 January 2010 @ 02:04 am
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!! <3333333



I hope 2010 treats you all a lot better than 2009 did, since from what I gather pretty much everyone has had a less than stellar year. I hope 2010 will be awesome enough to make up for that, for all of you! <333


I am currently celebrating at [info]a_suitcase's place - her top floor apartment gave us an AMAZING view of the fireworks over Leiden, and now we're playing Mario Kart on her new Wii. To be honest this is excitement enough for me, haha. I am probably somebody's grandmother without even knowing.

Buut yes, have a wonderful New Year's Eve and an amazing 2010 everyone!! iluuuuuu
 
 
31 December 2009 @ 07:55 am
Movie lovers, it has been one of those years. I lost everything on my laptop so I lost the reviews I had been working on it (Precious/This Is It/Mahogany) and I'll have to type them all over from scratch again.

I had the pleasure of viewing Sherlock Holmes last night and I absolutely loved it. I enjoy seeing Robert Downey, Jr., on the big screen for my... ah... own fangirlish reasons but not being a big fan of Jude Law (don't ask me why, he's just nice to look at) I will say that Jude and Robert have the best on screen chemistry I've seen.

Was I the only one waiting for them to kiss each other?

That being said, I will be writing up a review as soon as I can get a moment. My friend is hosting a party tonight so that means bringing in 2010 completely piss drunk and unknowing that it actually is 2010.

Also, there was an Iron Man 2 trailer attached.

Can you say... 'hello, you are making my pelvis spread, RDJ?' any better than that? I don't think so. Also, will be making the usual - what I would like to see in 2010 although it's slim for now but will probably broaden as I catch some trailers.

See you all next year :-D

Now, if you'll excuse me - I'm going back to sleep.
 
 
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28 December 2009 @ 07:23 pm
ask me anything over at formspring.me/dcotn... go on, you know you want to!




I promise to update sometime soon, I've been busy with christmas things and am now nursing a delicious head cold omg. it sucks, but I'm hoping to survuve, haha. in the mean time, leave me some ~questions! because formspring is the new cool thing on the internet, trust me.


I love you all, my kittens! I hope you're all having joyous holidays <3333
 
 
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26 December 2009 @ 02:29 am
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04] Tonight, I won't let you go~♡



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25 December 2009 @ 01:10 pm
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! ♥♥♥

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS OF COURSE, IF YOU CELEBRATE.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME, LOTS OF AMAZING FOOD AND ~*IF APPLICABLE*~, AWESOME PRESENTS!






IT IS A WHITE CHRISTMAS OVER HERE, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING, EVEN IF THE SNOW IS DAYS OLD AND NOW NOT SO MUCH MAGICAL AND PRETTY ANYMORE AS LETHAL AND BASICALLY ICE. A WHITE FUCKING CHRISTMAS OMG, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED



I am also a little bit butthurt because my medication completely kills my appetite, which means I can't even eat half as much of the amazing food my mum is making as I normally would, or would like to. Bawww. Still, I am having a wonderful time and I hope you all are, too! <333


And now I'm going to watch the videotape full of Christmassy Disney stuff that I've watched every year from when I was a bb :')