MsMonis, wedding photographer?

i'm so excited! i'm so excited! i'm so scared!

my coworker just asked me to take pictures at her wedding! can i handle that kind of responsibility? what if i mess up? what if i'm great! what if i forget to take the lens cap off! AHHH!

next stop => amazon.com for important professional photog accessories.

i'll take the compliment

i received an email from a former co-worker today, a cute older filipino lady who's a cross between my grandma and tweety bird. due to office bullshit she no longer works here but has filled her days since grinding daily in various ballroom dance classes and world travel.

anyways, she asked about my acting and mentioned that she thought of me the other day when she went to the sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 because i remind her of america...which only reaffirms my belief that i should have been cast as her older sister in real women have curves and not the gordita from stand and deliver.

i'm getting this on a t-shirt

cause in life, all we need is a witness.
-sara

out of sight, out of mind

man, it's been too long. i wish i could say that i was whisked away from my dull life by my principe azul, shia "stud muffin" labeouf, and we were so busy gettin it on that i couldn't get to a computer. i mean, i could say that, but that would be an untruth. i may lie to you, but i would never say an untruth.

july is vacation month and this year i spent it in san diego, at comic-con 2008. yes friends, this year i wore my inner nerd like a cape, flying heroically in the breeze. my brothers and i had been planning this trip since i bought the 4-day passes last november. yup, i bought the tickets 8 months in advance.

i'm not into comics or manga or collectibles. so why would i go? let me count the ways...
1 - i bought and viewed all three extended editions of "lord of the rings" upon release and watched every special feature included in the 4 discs.
2 - i love mystery science theater 3000. we bought the VHS tape of the movie and watched it obsessively. it's currently playing on HBO. in the past month, i've watched it 4 times. to quote the movie, "whoopty shit".
3 - the clerks cartoon is possibly the funniest cartoon ever created. kevin smith is a god.
4 - the day after a new episode of "lost", i spend the good part of the day online reading recaps, forums and theories. this usually entails having lostpedia up all day.

so that's just an abridged list. i left off my love of "the simpsons", "family guy" and "star wars", because really, who doesn't love that stuff. am i right? anyways, while comic-con had miles of comic book vendors for my bros, it also offered many a delicious panel, ripe with humor and occasional hot guys. the lines were long and, often times, slow, but we were able to get in to most panels.

panels worth mentioning

family guy - thanks to a hilarious clip we all left knowing that, in fact, the bird IS the word.
entertainment weekly's visionary panel - kevin smith, judd apatow and microphones. heaven.
mystery science theater 20 year reunion - comedy gods.
lost - held in the biggest hall at the convention center (6,500 seats), i waited in line for an hour and a half. i finally got in and seated half way through the panel. just in time to see matthew fox. he sucks, but that's kinda cool anyways.

semi-worth mentioning is the simpsons panel, if only for the clip. come on, you can't have a panel and not have any of the voice actors. that's just wrong.

panels nerdier people who waited longer got to see that i/we didn't

bones - i love this show...and david boreanaz's sweet ass.
the ghost whisperer - my bi-montly visits to my parents house start with a little JLove and her hecka cute outfits. followed by whatever novela is on at 9pm.
smallville/supernatural - this one really hurt my brother, tito. these are his favorite shows, and about hundreds of other people's too. they stopped letting people in at one point and he just waited. broke my heart. no joke.

so that, plus a trip to sea world where a crazy asshole seagull jumped on our table and ate my hamburger, was my vacation.

hooray for bollywood!

i couldn't help but wonder...

so it's a week and a day until the SATC movie premieres. a week and a day that might as well be a year and a month. with the exception of the confessions tour CD+DVD, it's been a VERY long time since i've been this excited about a movie. sure after spending a whole day watching the extended versions of the first two LOTR movies, i was beside myself with anticipation to see "the return of the king". and sure the long awaited simpsons movie came out last summer. but it doesn't compare to the growing feelings of excitement and anticipation i'm feeling right now. excitement may not be the right word here. like, my heads gonna explode i can't wait for this damn movie to start.

i first fell in love with SATC watching the end of a season 3 marathon on HBO. i immediately logged onto amazon to get what i needed: the 1st season DVDs. i really don't know what it was about these stupid white bitches that i loved so much. maybe it was their shiny hair and flawless makeup. maybe it was their manolos and slutty ways. it's not like i identified with them or even liked them. there was just something about the show, a certain je nais se quoi. fascination won the best of me.

for a number of reasons, i'm feeling like this is a low point in my life. my boss is unbearable, my good friend moved to spain, accumulating too many dateless saturday nights to count...there are few things that are keeping my spirits up.

madonna in oakland, piano, keeks, my new camera and this movie. sounds like the perfect prozac to me.

oh, and if you were wondering, i'm a miranda.

OMG! OMG! OMG!

MADONNA'S STICKY & SWEET TOUR WILL BE COMING TO THE OAKLAND COLISEUM ON NOVEMBER 1ST! IT WILL BE BART ACCESSIBLE! IT WILL BE ON A SATURDAY! KEEKS AND I JUST MADE THE CUT OFF FOR PRESALE ELIGIBILITY!

IT'S! JUST! SO! DICE!!!!

MsMonis reviews "hard candy" by madonna

i got madonna's new album today. it's been on repeat on my work computer all day. i think i've ingested enough of it to give my honest opinion.

now, i know you 10(s) of readers out there are wondering how i am able to listen to an album that doesn't get released until april 29th. mind your own damn business, reader(s)! oh and on a totally unrelated topic, thanks peter! you rule!

so, awhile back i got a leaked version of track 8 on the album, beat goes on. like a number of her songs, the lyrics left much to be desired, but the beat was DICE! i was immediately hooked and giddy with anticipation to see what she would follow "confessions" up with. and don't get me started with 4 minutes. i got the version played on air in france and was hooked. i played that shit over and over and over again, and i think i have the french spoken over it memorized. my love of marching band horns knows no bounds!

ok, so i'm happy to report that "hard candy" is 50 mins of pure unadulterated DICENESS! (there's one absolutely HITZ song that reduces the time for pleasure.) i know many people (he who shall remain nameless, KEEKS) were apprehensive of the direction madonna was going with this album. but, luckily, she didn't stray too far from authentic madonna: sassy, funky white girl who loves to spin. she kept it real by producing a fun dance album.

MsMonis' dice list:
she's not me hands down the best song on the album. whistles, claps, disco-y, funky, made me do the electric slide all over my apartment.
heartbeat good dance beat, with a hint of freestyle mixed in. the breakdown is dice and i love the "til my booty get down" part.
beat goes on a completely different version than the leaked one i mentioned earlier. while i love the the other version a tad bit more (stupid lyrics and all) this version does not disappoint. get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat...totally.
4 minutes obviously
miles away yearningly, melancholy lyrics, booty shaking beat. best of both worlds.
spanish lesson oh madonna, your love of latinos makes me forgive your pronunciation of spanish.

MsMonis' hitz list:
give it 2 me i gave it 2 good listens before deciding that this will be the one i skip past. i read that this is a pharrell track too, which is disappointing.
devil wouldn't recognize you while i technically like this song and think it's good, i just can't get past the timbaland stench that infests it. and this is coming from a women who still bumps his first 2 albums on her ipod.

so that's it friend(s). madonna is dice and that's pretty much all there is to it. if you don't think so then the terrorists have won, because someone obviously hates freedom.

MsMonis is not a licensed music critic, but someone who likes things that are dice.

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