Mummy Mummy I Want A Pet Dragon Too!

How To Train Your Dragon.
Not a review.
Yes yes, NOW only I watched it.
After the WHOLE WORLD oledi watched it.
Reputation kaput.
HMPH.



Wow, a Dreamworks animation that is actually pretty awesome
Where did THIS come from?
All eyes were on the Toy Story 3 / Shrek 4 smackdown.
Suddenly THIS flies in and surprises everyone.
Now THIS is how you do it, Dreamworks.
First Kungfu Panda, now this,
You better start looking over your shoulder, Pixar...



DRAGONS!
I love dragons.
They fly, they spit fire, they eat people,
Eh, why the one here look so cuddly wan?
Ooooh quite cool also.
WAH so many different dragons!
I must collect them all!!!



Oooh, VIKINGS!
WITH Scottish brogues!
Vikings AND dragons! WIN!
No stupid American accents here (ok, maybe except the kids)
And no annoying characters either!
And NO stupid pop-culture spoofs also!
(I think they're saving them up for Shrek 4)



Ok the story is REALLY predictable.
Boy is different, does not fit in to town,
Tries to kill a dragon: fail.
So he catches one and trains it instead.
And then saves the world, and gets the girl.
Almost exactly like Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
Except with DRAGONS and no meatballs.



But the execution here is MUCH MUCH better.
The dialogue is good, the voices are good,
The action is good, the animation is gorgeous (watch it in 3D, folks!)
And what about that awesome final battle, huh?
And oh, of course... last but not least,
THIS ONE HAS DRAGONS IN IT!!!
Dragons: WIN!



Mummy mummy, I want a pet dragon also.
But not one that is so cuddly.
MY dragon needs to be BADASS,
RAZOR SHARP TEETH AND CLAWS!
FIRE AND ACID SPITTING ABILITIES!
FEARSOME ROAR THAT WILL SCARE AWAY MAT REMPITS!
And of course, it has to be toilet trained,
And must learn to sit, to roll over, to fetch...
And I'll call him.... Squishy.
And he will be MY Squishy!

Tigers Eat Awesome Meat from BBQ Addicts And Drink Lots of Beer

Couple weeks ago, Rock Star Stalker Reta asked me to tag along to this Tiger Crystal launch at Sky Bar. Tiger was launching a new 'crisp, slightly lighter beer' that only has 4.5% alcohol; a limited edition for the Year of The Tiger. How convenient. Heh.

So how does it taste? Er... er... it's not bad. still tastes like a Tiger, but it IS a little lighter and easier to drink. At first glance I was wondering why they were serving Corona at a Tiger event though, because it comes in a clear bottle instead of the usual Tiger black bottle. Oops. :P



Anyway, the event itself was great though. Then again, events are always great when there's lots of beer to go around. Hic!

The next day, Deep and I met up at the St. Patrick's Day party at One Utama. Quite cool, actually, it was like a BIG GARDEN party, with lots of chicks and beer to go around. Heh.


(St. Pats Day pix taken from Thirsty Blogger)

We were there damn early, around 6:30pm, so we got a good head start on the black stuff before the crowd came in later. By the time the sky was dark, we'd already finished at least four glasses each.



Did I say GLASSES? I meant CUPS. They served the Guinness in PLASTIC CUPS, which was a bit of a downer. And you know how they kept saying it's RM10 for a PINT of Guinness? Yeah right, it was a PERFECT pint, which is not a FULL PINT, only about HALF a pint! Bah, kena tipu.



To cap an awesome boozie + meaty week, the BBQ Addicts had our inaugural KL BBQ at my place. I'll blog more on this later, but first, go check out Suanie and Eric's account of it!



(yes, I'm aware this is a blatant rip-off of Deep's post, but I'm lazy, so sue me. MUAHAHAHA!)

`-` american actress christina hendricks `-`

"Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks relishes her newfound stardom - because she felt "invisible" before she landed her dream job.
The actress admits she never "fitted in" when she first started out in Hollywood, and was stunned when she was suddenly in demand after landing her role in the drama in 2007.

Why The Health Care Debate Is So Contentious

Even prior to the abortion issue being pointlessly dragged into the debate over health care reform the issue has been one of the most contentious debates I have ever seen in politics.

The question quickly becomes: Why?

I feel I have an answer, and it mirrors the matter of the abortion debate as well.

It is simple:

Both sides view the other as disingenuous and downright evil.

From the perspective of the anti-reformists all support for this bill is a disguised effort to destroy capitalism and / or expand the federal government to an unreasonable size.

From the perspective of the pro-reformists all rejection of this bill is a disguised effort to spread hatred, intolerance, racism and violence under the banner of a “tea party” and / or purely strategic politics of conservatives seeking to undermine all bills proposed under President Obama.

(There is, of course, a great deal more complexity at play here in both positions.)

In a situation where both groups view the other as “liars” there is no debate to be had. No discussion that will bare fruits. None.

The fear and lies surrounding this health bill entirely native to the rightwing has no bartering point from which to start from. There is no common ground to find with a person who lies about the record and rejects all evidence that does not compliment their existing preconceptions.

Throughout this year long national debate I have strived to pull the emotions out and put the facts in their place, but such actions only serve a purpose when there remains holdouts on both sides. In the course of this I have seen new levels of hostility directed at me personally more so then ever before in my experience.

I have never “un-friended” and “blocked” so many people in my entire ten-plus years on the Internet.

The incitement toward violence, the death threats, the partisan hate; all existed prior to the matter becoming national in the death threats against Democrats post-HCR. All of this existed in the venom directed at health reform advocates on a daily basis from individuals of a very low moral fiber and very poor understanding of democracy.

In matters discussing life and death, I’d rather not see so many and myself give in to fear; but it truly doesn’t surprise me in the least to see this country explode in mindless paranoia. Big changes equates to big fears, bad economy equates to paranoia on the rise.

In the solid matter of facts, this health bill is a net-positive for America.

But this issue will not lose any of it’s contentious nature no matter how many facts are interjected in the mass spreading of paranoid myths. For too many Americans it is simply easier to believe the worst, and the biased conservative media is sure to provide them endless piles of red meat.

Tea Party Death Threats & Vandalism

(USAToday.com)

The fractious ultra-conservative Tea Party Movement has finally morphed from bazaar partisan rancor into death threats and vandalism against the Democratic health care reform agenda. The racist language directed at John Lewis, the homophobic slurs directed at Barney Frank, the coffin placed in Russ Carnahan’s lawn; the list of examples continues on.

Bigoted anti-Semitism has erupted in talk radio and Internet circles as the threats with possibly bullets behind them find their way to Eric Cantor’s office.

The Tea Party tactics that we see coming to fruition in all this recent hostility toward Democrats and any progressive or liberal who does anything but stand mute are designed to sour and squelch all civil debate over health care reform, this is not and never was about taxes.


The Republican Party and the biased Fox News media have done nothing prop up these radicals who exhibit these untruthful and violent features. Now these same hypocrites attempt to lay the blame for this vandalism at the feet of Democrats and those who support the health care reform agenda.

The far right has revealed itself as a anti-life & anti-freedom movement in this reform backlash, while the mainstream right reveals itself to be completely accepting of this domestic terrorism.

I want to see these Tea Party bloggers posting an address that is attacked with vandalism to be arrested on charges of willfully contributing to wanton destruction of private property.

Two conservative Tea Party activists posted the address of the home on the Internet on Monday, mistakenly believing it was the home of the congressman. One of the activists urged others to “drop by” and “express their thanks” for Perriello’s vote in favor of health care reform.

Tuesday evening, Perriello’s brother’s family smelled gas and discovered the propane line of a gas-powered grill on their screened-in porch had been slashed.

EAT MY REVERSE, EARTH HOUR!

Yes, I even reused that picture above. See, I'm THAT energy efficient HAHHAAHA.

I wasn't going to do the same thing I did last year, but I got so annoyed at the whole bloody Earth Hour publicity machine that I decided what the heck, let's syiok sendiri again and do Reverse Earth Hour again and turn OFF every single light for 23 hours and turn them ALL ON during Earth Hour when everyone's (supposed to be) turning them OFF.

So now all the lights in my house are blazing bright, when everywhere else its SUPPOSED to be dark (c'mon, fess up, how many of you actually BOTHERED to turn off yer lights?)

Anyway, during that one hour of light I managed to cook dinner, eat dinner, wash up, take a shower, watch a little Battlestar Galactica, AND write this post at the same time. So SCREW YOU, Earth Hour. All your so called hype about 'saving energy' is all BULLCRAP. This so-called 'awareness campaign' has WASTED more energy in all those stupid CONCERTS, EVENTS and PROMOTIONS people have been organising for it.

The other day some promoters actually came to my office in a HUGE FUEL GUZZLING pickup truck, and they were passing out PLASTIC Earth Hour handfans, which probably cost more energy to MAKE than you ever will save by turning off your lights for ONE FUCKING HOUR. (in case you were wondering, I refused the fans by saying 'I'm very AGAINST Earth Hour', and the promoter looked at me like I'd just clubbed a baby seal. HAHAHA!)

Vincent got it right when he said on his Facebook status:

"I cut my plant's gas consumption by 1100 gigaBTUs - equivalent to lighting up 5.25 million 60W lightbulbs for 1 hr. There are thousands of engineers just like me. My point is - don't be so narcisstic, "switching off lights" is more irrelevant than you think. As a corporate entity, if you really want to make a difference, start a scholarship fund to train more awesome engineers"

You wanna 'save the Earth? Recycle your waste! Use energy saving lights! Don't turn on your air-conditioning 24/7! Don't use plastic bags or Styrofoam containers! Use a more fuel-conserving car! open your curtains to let the natural light in and don't turn on your lights in the daytime!

Turning your lights off for ONE FUCKING HOUR in A YEAR won't 'conserve energy', dumbass!

So yeah, HAPPY REVERSE EARTH HOUR TO YOU. I've saved MORE energy today than YOU did.

So yeah, EAT THAT, EARTH HOUR!

Liverpool Out For Revenge Over Beach Ball Victors - Betting News with Betfred

VERSUS

Liverpool will be hoping for their luck to turn when they face Sunderland at Anfield on Sunday, after the previous meeting between the two teams ended in controversy.

Back in October 2009 the Reds went down 1-0 to the Black Cats at the Stadium of Light, after Darren Bent's shot hit a beach ball thrown on to the pitch by a Liverpool fan, causing it to dramatically change direction, before nestling in the back of the net.

With the form Bent has been in recently punters might fancy the 8/1 on offer with Betfred for him to be first goalscorer on Sunday, with or without outside assistance.

The incident caused huge controversy, and ultimately cost Liverpool valuable points. Five months on and with Liverpool's season faltering, they will have to pull out all the stops if they are going to finish at best in fourth place at the end of this seasons Premier League campaign.

They currently lie sixth, four points behind Tottenham who occupy fourth place and two points behind Manchester City in fifth, both of whom have played a game less than The Reds.

Manager Rafa Benitez has called for his big players to step up to the plate in the coming weeks to ensure Liverpool qualify for next season's Champions League.
The football betting odds make the Merseysiders favourites for Sunday's game at 1/3, but their stuttering form could make a draw at 4/1 a good bet.

The Spanish manager will be aware of the threat Sunderland can pose to his side, who could be still reeling from their defeat to Premier League leaders Manchester United last weekend.

"Sometimes when you talk about big names, top-class players, you are expecting something from them when the team is not doing well," said Benitez.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has admitted in recent days that his performances this season have been lacklustre. He told Sky Sports News he has failed to reach the level he expects of himself, which has left him disappointed. He will certainly need to improve if he is to help England to justify their World Cup 2010 odds in South Africa this summer, and he could show signs of improvement here. Gerrard is 9/2 to grab the first goal on Sunday.

My tip Of The Weekend:
I expect a tight game with few goals at Anfield, so Betfred's odds of 7/2 for the game to be all square at half-time and Liverpool to be victorious at full-time is very attractive - Sunday 28th March, kick-off 4pm, live on Sky.

By Drew Swainston
(Guest writer from Betfred on behalf of Beer Footy and Birds!)

Crash of the Titans: Percy Jackson Would Kick Sammy Worthington's Ass

Clash of the Titans.
Not a review.
More like CRASH of the Titans if you ask me.
PERCY JACKSON was more entertaining than this shit.
And that was a KIDS MOVIE FER ZEUS' SAKE.
Reminds me of SCORPION KING.
(And not just because there are scorpions here)
Which is not a good sign, mind you.
At least Scorpion King had a hotter pointless tagalong chick.



C;mon man, it's PERSEUS.
One of the greatest ass-kickers in Greek mythology.
The story is ALREADY THERE and ALREADY KICKS ASS.
So why is the movie so bloody BORING?
Like, nothing happens in the first TWENTY MINUTES.
TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK BLA BLA BLA.
Go KICK SOME MONSTER ASS already!



Oooh look, it's the Power Ranger Gods of Olympus.
Their armor so SHINY SPARKLY PWETTY!
Like SUPERHERO COSTUMES!
What's this becoming, Clash of the TEEN Titans?
Man, the Hades is soooo.... dumb.
And Zeus... er... Sorry Liam, but Sean Bean was a better Zeus.
Even the Olympian council room in Percy Jackson was better.



Ok, Medusa was awesome.
Damn cool ok.
Better than Uma Thurman's
In fact, I REALLY wanted her to kick Perseus's ass.
The CGI a bit dodgy though.
But at least Medusa KICKED SOME WUSSY GREEK ASS.
Or rather, TURNED SOME GREEK ASSES INTO STONE!



Ooh, and I also liked that Pegasus.
Horses with wings always kickass.
At least ONE of the other creatures/monsters were ok.
Charon was disappointing though.
The scorpions were... well, scorpions.
The Stygian witches... UGLY.



Oh, and there were some djinn.
That's right.... DJINN.
WHAT THE FUCK WERE THERE DJINN FOR?????
They were completely USELESS.
And why do they have a Terminator-style bomb in their chest?
WTF!!!???!!!???
And speaking of pointlessness,
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT IO CHICK THERE FOR?



Ok she's hot, but no cleavage rating also BAH.
Completely pointless character.
She's been alive for centuries,
She's been WATCHING over him since he was a baby,
So she's gotta be like his GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT
GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT Grandma's age.
And in the end they couple couple?
EEEWWWWWWWW.



Oh, BTW, that's the Kraken.
Yes, tha' sock puppet over there.
The so-called destroyer of the Titans.
Looks like a mean COOKIE MONSTER.
Without the googly eyes.
I bet the Cloverfield monster would KICK ITS ASS.
I think I'll go watch the classic movie.
Stop motion animation always kicks ass...

`-` bar rafaeil glams it up in white party gown `-`

Bar Refaeli (born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli model and occasional actress, most known for her modelling work and for her relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio. She was the cover model of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.