I wear no shoe-shine...

Hello all!
I took a break from studying to bring you a new entry. Am I not nice? I just finished listening to Soundgarden's version of 'Come Together' and I must say that I could not find any good parts in that. Oh wait, except for the fact that there are guitars in it. The whole song sounded so monotonous and it made me fall asleep regardless of the noise they were making. You might think: "That's all fine and dandy, but the original version is a tad monotonous too..." Then I'll tell you that that is indeed true but all three previous artists succeeded in making the song easy to listen to in spite of the monotony of the guitar and bass lines.
Somewhere between philosophy, Dutch and Italian grammar I did find the time to watch a little movie. This weekend it was Calista Flockhart's turn with 'Fragile'. In this unknown movie she plays a 'young' nurse that has to fill in for another nurse at an almost abandoned hospital. The hospital is closing down and all patients have already been moved to other hospitals, all patients but the children. The children's ward is still open for business and that's where the chaos is happening. A young girl named Maggie supposedly talks to a ghost named Charlotte. Now who Charlotte is, we do not know. I won't tell you either because that would make me, indeed, a spoilsport and a party pooper. What we do know is that the second floor of the hospital is abandoned since 1959, so that's where the activity must be coming from. With a little help from other people Amy Nicholls uncovers the mystery of the 'mechanical girl' and we learn what really happened to one of the patients in that hospital.
Being a die-hard, hardcore horror fan, I was kind of weary. I usually find unknown horror movies to be... quite lame. This one actually was not too bad. It was actually good. It had a good build up and even I could not see through this plot. What I thought I understood, I definitely didn't.
Other news:

• Cobra Starship's new album 'Hot Mess' came out August 11th, you should check it out. So far I haven't really had the opportunity to hear more than two songs from the album, mainly because I haven't purchased it and refuse to download anything from it. 'Good Girls Go Bad' is the first single off the album and in my humble opinion it is one of the catchiest songs this summer.
• Fall Out Boy released a new video for 'What A Catch, Donnie'. It's serene and if you like seagulls or Patrick Stump, you should definitely watch it.
• I recently heard Panic! at the Disco's new single 'New Perspective'. I think it's a great song. Definitely a huge step back in the right direction, according to me. I'm not saying that the whole second album was bad, it had a couple of good songs on it but even though I like the Beatles a lot, I just couldn't finish the whole album. I adored 'A fever...' but this was not my cup of tea.
• Definitely check out 'Open Happiness'. It is also a very happyfying tune.
• Mika is coming back with a sequel to 'Life In Cartoon Motion'. 'We Are Golden' is already a favourite of mine. Way to go.
• I am going to an All American Rejects show in Brussels. (I'm still looking for a person to join me, or buy my extra ticket...)
• Fall Out Boy's 'I Don't Care' is nominated for a VMA for Best Rock Video. Go vote for your favourite videos over here.
• I almost forgot that my friend Moon-Lie Fong has a new blog about China that you should check out here.
  
• I have no more extra news that I can think of.

There, I think that may well be all for the day. Put on your slippers and do something relaxing tonight. If you do... would you mind thinking of me studying, and perhaps raise a toast to the person who started this philosophy thing. I would kill him if he were not already very much dead.
Thank you and good night!

We are not what you think we are...
XO-reos
Monco