Ahoy, Mateys!

Holy time warp, Robin! I fell asleep a month ago and I woke up today. How on earth is that possible? Either way: due to heavy rainfall on the planned day of my cemetery trip and the lack of time afterwards, I haven't been able, bla bla bla (you guys know the drill). So far I haven't been able to fulfill half of the plans I make on this blog, so I have decided to not do that anymore. Someday this month I will visit the cemetery of Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode (not sure what the English spelling is) and Molenbeek. I don't know when, I do know where. My plan is tomorrow, but if the big guy above hears about it, my trip might rain out.
During the time that I haven't updated, I've seen two shows, and two movies.
Two shows:

• The All American Rejects: I can honestly say I've never seen that much energy on stage, ever. Plus Tyson Ritter has this insane way of looking at you that makes you fear for your life for a bit. The crowd was not in control, which forced me to plow my way through the crowd and towards the back of the venue. The verdict is that the Rejects are great live, however it's not really the best show I've ever seen, regardless of the crowd. I had fun though, but that was mostly because of the company I kept. Thanks again, Astrid. Oh yeah, the opening band, totally bored me. They were not good live, but they might surprise me on cd. Who knows...
  
• The show I had been looking forward to and that surprised me, was The Sounds. I'm not a lesbian, but if I were I'd totally crush on Maja Ivarsson. Anyway, the pre-show was pretty good, although they might have wanted to check that the drums, bass and guitar didn't overpower the sound of the mic, I have no idea what the guy was singing and I didn't get any of what was said, that's a bit of a shame. It's one of the few opening bands that didn't suck live. (The Sounds, Nailpin, You Me At Six and Boys Like Girls were the only other ones) I was so excited for The Sounds because I knew they are awesome live and I remember being a bit disappointed to see their sets end before respectively Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy. I was surprised, to say the least, to see that the had a rather big fan base. I thought nobody here knew them, obviously I was wrong. They came through and amazed me by putting on a full length show that didn't suck one bit. It was awesome and for such a 'small' band to overpower what I felt for the Rejects is pretty amazing. I'm sure that the Backstreet Boys were good that same night, but I wouldn't want to have traded. I think I had more fun there, that night than I could ever have had with Nick Carter. Maja's pinky alone has more charisma than BSB all together. Verdict, definitely one of the best shows I've ever seen.

Two movies:

• I finally got to see 'Let The Right One In'. I have to say that this is, at the moment, one of the best vampire movies I've ever seen. It's based on a book 'Låt den rätte komma in' by John Ajvide. The movie tells the exceptional story of Oskar a small-town boy that is constantly bullied at school. Eli moves in next door and the two establish a remarkable friendship. I won't say more, except that it beats the hell out of the Twilight fairies and it is a must-see, really, trust me.
• Finally two nights ago I saw 'New Moon' the second of a long list of Twilight-saga movies. My opinion? I didn't like it. I read the book, which was semi-okay, but the movie, I don't know. I already got a bad case of the 'mockings' when I saw Edward Cullen sparkle for the first time. The second time I kinda laughed at the so-called werewolves, although I must say that the CGI was very well done. But those weren't werewolves, my Great Dane looks more ferocious than Jacob Black. I laughed my way through 'An American Werewolf In Paris' but at least that wolf was kind of scary. I still believe Kristen Stewart's acting is off and sometimes plain bad (notably the scene in the Volturi palace, where the one dude hurts Edward), it did get better when it was just her and Taylor Lautner. The highlight of the movie was very much Michael Sheen, who was cast for the role of Aro, the vampire king, so to speak. I adored him with the red eyes and the maniacal smile. Now he made me cringe a bit, I don't care what way you take that. Verdict: I was bored and I'm sure I'll refrain from spending any more cash on movies I know I won't like. Shame on them if they fool me once (although Twilight didn't completely suck in retrospect), shame on me if they fool me twice. Sorry friends but Eclipse is a no-go. (I'm selling the latter three parts of the Twilight-saga, leave a comment if interested AND living in Belgium)
• Bonus movie: This Is It. I've seen it, and it was what I expected. A video montage of what was supposed to be Michael Jackson's big comeback, and some bits and pieces to illustrate Michael's perfectionism. I loved it, but I also knew beforehand not to expect a huge show. Michael looked good, and even resembled his 'Jam'-self a bit. Kenny Ortega is a bit of an ass-kisser ("Yes, Michael, that was what I was thinking." "Yes, Michael, I agree." "Yes, Michael, you're right.") and the guitar-playing girl, Orianthi Panagaris, is pretty awesome. As is Judith Hill, who has amazing vocal skills.

I should go to bed so, this is it for today (see what I did there?). I probably forgot to say some stuff, but seen as I can't remember what, it's probably not important. Tata for now!

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XO-reos
Monco