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benisrael says...

Dec 07, 2009

Twaddlings about Twitter and Twilight

The following is also my write-up in this Month's Fanatical Voices

It's 4 weeks to the New Year and it's going to be a mad race till the end for us. Well, except for those who are caught in the Twilight whirlwind, stuck under the New Moon.

Speaking of which, Twilight: New Moon is one of the fastest rising search terms this year at no. 6, according to the 2009 Year-End Google Zeitgeist. And at no.1 is Michael Jackson, whose death was clearly the most significant moment of the year. But result no. 4 (8th on the Malaysian Zeitgeist) sums up 2009 for us - Twitter. (And at the disgust of English teachers and linguists alike, it's also the word of the year; Vampire is no.5 *wink*)

Here at Integricity, Twitter's a tool we use for fun, collaboration and work. When someone's stuck in traffic and will be late to work, we find out through Twitter. When someone walks into the office's glass door, Twitter's used to broadcast that embarrassing moment. Orders for takeouts and bulk purchases of Threadless tees are also arranged on Twitter. In fact, we've hired some of the best people via Twitter.

But the highlight is seeing clients jump onboard and embrace it. Twitter's integrated into most, if not all, of our work. PJ Hilton uses it to promote its food outlets and engage patrons while RapidKL uses it to inform customers about delays or service interruptions. The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)'s recent IAP Learning Symposium used Twitter to engage with participants and accept questions from the audience. And for this year's World Contraception Day, website visitors could make a pledge to help prevent unplanned pregnancies and share it on Twitter.

Looking ahead to 2010, we're excited about our clients' adventurous spirit and their willingness to experiment with new platforms. Stay close and you'll get a whiff of what we're cooking with things like Foursquare, geo-tagging, hyper-local search, and needless to say, the iPhone.

Till we meet, or tweet, have a blessed Christmas season. (The next time you see me, ask me about Satoo.TV.)

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Jacquie F says...

Dec 05, 2009

Book Review - Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson

ISBN: 978-0749936457

Publisher: Piatkus Books

Genre: Paranormal, Chick-Lit, Comedy

288 Pages, Paperback

There are bad days and then there are BAD DAYS! Betsy Taylor probably had the worst bad day ever. Her birthday, she's late for work then she loses her job, on returning home she finds a phone message from her step-monster (mother), and then she's knocked down by a car when she goes to save her cat. Next thing she knows she wakes up in a hideous pink suit and terrible shoes with orange make up on her face, and to make matters worse she's lying in a coffin.

This book was a pleasure to read, it tells the tale of Betsy who dies and comes back as a vampire, she has problems with drinking blood, and most things that harm other vamps don't seem to have any effect on her. Betsy is a sassy, 6 feet tall, blond haired ex-model, who loves a good cat fight and really does not like to be told what to do.

It appears that she is the long foretold Queen of the undead, but Betsy really does not want to be, not that the other Vampires intend to let her live her death in peace. The problem is though, she has a very deep well of tenderness that means she cannot turn her back, and unlimited access to the latest designer shoe collection helps too.

I found myself laughing out loud as I was reading and I definitely intend to read the other books in this series. A very easy read with a steamy sex scene or two, marvellous dialogue, well drawn characters and a chuckle factor that is off the scale.

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Kim says...

Dec 02, 2009

What I'm Listening to Wednesday

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xxnadjaxx says...

Dec 01, 2009

50 Reasons Why 'New Moon' Sucked

01 December 09 Tuesday

Current Mood: Wanting red colored contacts

Synopsis from Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide:
The supernatural tale of star-crossed lovers continues as the Cullen family flees Forks in order to protect Bella, and the heartbroken high-school senior discovers that vampires aren't the only creatures in town. Realizing that Bella will never be safe as long as he's around, Edward makes the difficult decision to leave his beloved behind shortly after her 18th birthday. Reeling from her loss, Bella embraces self-destruction after being comforted by Edward's image during a moment of mortal peril. But as heavy-hearted as Bella may be, her old friend Jacob distracts her from her sorrows by helping her renovate a weather-beaten motorbike. When Bella encounters a former adversary with a sizable grudge, she's rescued from harm at the last second by pack of enormous, ferocious wolves. Subsequently delving into the history of the Quileutes, Bella discovers the secrets of Jacob's tribe while looking forward to a reunion with Edward that may have deadly consequences. ~

Isn't the movie supposed to be about vampires? I didn't see anyone getting bitten... The choice of wording in the love scenes could have been hand picked from any teen lovey dovey movie from the past, because I predicted everything Edward was going to say without reading the book.

Oh and by the way, if you ever want to look up picture of the Twilight series- don't. It's too hard. You'll only find pictures of Edward and Bella kissing. Like, that's the only Twilight picture in existence. Or Edward without his shirt on. They are just repulsive. I wouldn't waste your time.

50 Reasons Why 'New Moon' Sucked

1. I'm glad they showed a moon in the beginning of 'New Moon'.

2. "It's to put a bunch of pictures in." Ahhh, so that's what photo albums are used for? Yeah, it's a photo album, I've heard of those before. Christ, scriptwriter, what are we, 5?

3. Edward is 109? And he's never banged anyone in his entire existence? I really cannot believe that.

4. "Hello biceps!" Shouldn't be saying that to some other dude so close to your boyfriend- oh, who also happens to be a blood-sucking killer. Don't wanna piss him off.

5. A dream catcher? Gee, thanks. I'll burn it when I need some tinder.

6. Why is the painting moving? This isn't Harry Potter.

7. Again like in the first movie? Cutting herself all the time around these vampires, gettin' blood everywhere.

8. Father's awesome, look at that hair! Only a gem would have bangin' hair like that.

9. They didn't have crazy eyes like this in the first movie.

10. Her blood is like gasoline? He just set it on fire and it poofed up in a hardcore flame.

11. "You can't protect me." Obviously, you just threw me across the room and made me cut my arm so I was bleeding ever more than I already was. Asshole.

12. She's running after Edward after he just disappeared. We all saw how fast he was in the first movie, and she thinks she's going to catch up with him? I'm confused.

13. Everyone else is cold but not me, I'm Indian, and my shirt's off.

14. Wouldn't everyone think he just raped her coming out of the woods like that? That didn't cross anyone's mind?

15. She's giving birth? Who has dreams like that? Obviously that dream catcher isn't working... She makes a noise like 14 goats gang-raping a guinea pig as loudly as possible in an echo chamber.

16. Brush your hair, you look like a caveman.

17. She's not even working on the bike and she wants to ride it? She should at least sit there and learn.

18. And where's she getting the money to even fund this project? Rebuilding shit like that costs a lot of money.

19. The most dramatic cliff dive I've ever seen.

20. "Here's the brake; the clutch" She didn't know that? She watched him put it together!

21. Your floating head is freaking me out Edward, you're going to make me crash...

22. She did AWESOME for not knowing a single thing about bikes.

23. Is it already dried blood b/c she just crashed and he tried wiping it off and it didn't work.

24. How do you not like action movies if you are a guy?

25. Talk about "I'll never hurt you or leave you." Jake just got uppity with the kid at the theater and left Bella. Way to go breakin' promises.

26. She's gonna be fucked for life now because both guys left her in the dust.

27. "Go home and don't come back." Wow, that was some baaaaaddddd acting.

28. Oh my lord, jesus christ, these things are as big as fucking Volkswagen Beetles. They should have scaled the wolves a bit better.

29. "Had a secret you couldn't tell anyone?" Yeah, 'bout the vampires, we kinda already talked about it.

30. Don't you think you'd have big ass dog prints and dog shit all in the yard?

31. Wouldn't you just feel like a freak magnet. First vampires, then werewolves. Next she'll see a goddamned leprechaun.

32. I wouldn't say "werewolf", I'd say GIANT ASS wolf. So all Indians are werewolves? Isn't that kind of racist?

33. I've seen a big red dog before. His name was Clifford.

34. The men out searching in the woods are less than 100 yards away from the huge dogs fighting off a vampire. They don't hear all this rumbling and shit?

35. Don't you think they could spend a bit more time on the CGI? Michael Bay can make Transformers look real. Twilight blows their budget.

36. New type of CPR- just tell the person to breathe.

37. "It's a wolf thing." My god, so cheesy.

38. Chick who lives with werewolves... lemme get this straight- she got attacked by her fiance who is a wolf because he has a temper problem... and she stayed with him? You should see her fucking face, dude, I would have had that wolf put down.

39. Wow, that plane looked so real.

40. So dramatically gay, her running through all the people wearing those red capes.

41. She's running to Edward so he won't take off his shirt, which btw he's doing because he wants to die because he thinks she's dead.... why can't she just yell his name and get his attention before he rips off his shirt and then he wouldn't want to... oh, just nvm.

42. You know, on the subject of this whole take shirt off thing... He's gonna take the shirt off to show he's a vampire? If I saw a guy with glitter all over him, I'd just think he was gay. Now on the other hand... If he looked like Nosferatu with his shirt off, then yes, that's a bit more understandable.

43. Damn, look at those eyes, you can shoot lasers out of them.

44. K what, Bella is immune to vampires? Why?

45. He's got khaki's on and she's got some hideous dress and they're running through the forest.... Old Navy commercial?

46. I didn't realize how straight her eyebrows are at the top...

47. Finally some sort of parental advice. I hate how this movie makes it look like it's ok to run away from your parents just anytime you want.

48. Edward needs to learn how to put lipstick on. You can see the lines.

49. I thought Jake said he can't hurt anyone that's in the Cullen group. He just said that he'll hurt Bella if she becomes a vampire. But wouldn't she be in that group then? So in reality, Jake can't.

50. To Jake: "I love you, don't make me choose." But she already chose? She's going with Edward? So wtf? And Edward wants to wait 5 years before he turns her into a vampire? 5 years for what? Why wait if it's gonna happen anyways?
And wait a minute, they wear pants when they're human, but have no pants when they're wolves, but then they magically pull pants out of their skin pockets before they need to turn back into humans?

So why was it called 'New Moon' exactly? Should've been 'Twilight: Big Ass Wolves'? Yeah? FAIL.

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Nov 30, 2009

50 Reasons Why 'Let the Right One In' Sucked

14 Jun 09 Sunday

Current Mood: Swedishly Blonde

Sooooo, in light of this huge 'Twilight Fanatic' I decided to watch 'Let the Right One In'. A lot of movie-goers, or whatever they call themselves, said that this was a lot better to stomach than that glittery vampire love crap, not just because it's forgein (Swedes, I believe) but because 'there's a lot more gore' . Go figure, it's just as bad.

There was a lot of 'dead' film through out that could've been leveraged more artfully to build the story and characters more. I cannot believe people keep saying what a cinematic masterpiece this film is. A lot of things were unexplained, and I know that was moreso the point, but too much was left out.

Here's the synopsis and trailer:

A fragile introverted boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. His wish for a friend comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves into the apartment next door with a man who is presumably her father. But coinciding with Eli's arrival is a series of disappearances and macabre murders—a man is found strung up in a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Captivated by the gruesome stories and by Eli’s idiosyncrasies (she is only seen at night, and unaffected by the freezing cold), it doesn't take long before Oskar figures out that Eli is a vampire. Nevertheless, their friendship strengthens, and a subtle romance blossoms as the youngsters become inseparable. In spite of Oskar’s loyalty to her, Eli knows that she can only continue to live if she keeps on moving. But when Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can.

50 Reasons Why 'Let the Right One In' Sucked

1. So what with the title and this being about vampires, I assume someone didn't let the right one in. Let anyone else in, even a fucking bum, not someone who's gonna suck your brains out, christ, people are just getting more dumb every day.

2. The guy just had to look into the flashlight to see if it was on and working. *facepalm*

3. This looks like a teenage rape kit that he's preparing. We've all seen 2 girls 1 cup, this is like 2 girls 1 funnel...

4. Rule of thumb when bleeding someone: hang them so their hands just right above the snow, because I guess it makes that much of a difference.

5. He had to find the brighest place to kill and bleed this guy dry.

6. Fucking poodle just comes up to the guy while he's bleeding the body. "Oh I didn't see you there, you're so puffy. I'm going to throw small amounts of snow at you."

7. He runs away for fear of being caught and he forgets the jug of blood. He couldn't just grab it and use the amount that he got? Did the jug need to be absolutely full or what? What a waste...

8. This little albino kid really hates the environment. Yeah, stab that tree, "I hate pencils!" I think he's confusing the tree with an actual pig. He keeps telling the tree to squeal like a pig. Wtf.

9. This apartment complex has a really sorry excuse for a jungle gym.

10. What'd she live in a cave? She doesn't know what a Rubic's cube is... or rather, a 'continu-um transfunctioner' ha.

11. If her core temperature is freezing/dead, then how is she blowing steam?

12. That guy's not lonley at all, he's only got 20 cats in his apartment.

13. He's dragging the body on a sled, seriously just ride him down that hill. "C'mon sled, it's like I'm walking my dog!"

14. The kid gave the Rubic's cube to vampy girl to figure out. She leaves it the next night completely done and he's probably thinking, "That cunt took all the stickers off and made it look like she figured it out!"

15. He tries to give her the Rubic's cube as a present even though she already figured it out and she's looking at him like, "Yeah I totally want an already finished puzzle, thanks asshole."

16. I love this kid's Olan Mills tree wallpaper. It's so real, it's like he's in the woods.

17. "Check out this neat sweater I knitted myself, son."

18. What does this old guy get for killing all these people for this chick? Money? Pedo sex?

19. Not quite sure why he just burned his face with acid...

20. When she walked into the hospital she was leaving wet foot prints but she's cold, she can't melt snow. Wait, why does she not have shoes?

21. The very first time he's got her in his room and she's totally naked.

22. What's Gunther doin' here, "Ooh you touched my tra la la."

23. What a great coffee table that'll make.

24. Nice speedo. The Swedes are so behind in fashion.

25. One of the bully kids says, "So you did go swimming after all." Well obviously dumb shit, he's in the pool right now.

26. The girl's wearing a rope for a belt. Like, she couldn't take one of her victim's belts? Or, she's got supposedly a fuck ton of money and she just can't have that old guy go out and buy her one?

27. She constantly sounds like a pug throught this entire film.

28. Why didn't the little girl just fly away after being seen attacking that woman? She just like nonchalantly walked away. Wtf, these Swedes have their priorities all messed up.

29. I bet all of these trees have been stabbed...

30. The lady's finger gets burnt from the sun so the retard opens the blinds. Hurr Durr.

31. Thank god for subtitles or I wouldn't have known what her little tard note to the albino kid said.

32. The lady is so tweaking out over this snow on the ground. Oh wait, there's a body underneath.

33. When cats attck, christ. The only CG in this film and it sucks ass so bad. I don't understand, she got turned into a vampy and she's freaking out over these cats when she totally could've ripped their spinal chords out.

34. 'Sure' in Swedish is the same in English, just FYI.

35. Hell yeah little kid, don't get rid of girl vampy, she gives out free money!

36. The lady's giving this guy a look like, "I have a fucking hole in my neck & I burn in the sun like hardcore. I don't give a FUCK about your stupid stamp collection."

37. Toothbrush fight between mom and albino kid. It's who can brush their teeth faster, not better.

38. Was that kid red rocketing that dog?

39. The apartment complex can afford a big ass statue, but not a better playground.

40. That woman made that big of a fire???

41. Fucking Swedes. My door swings outwards because the hinges are on the outside.

42. Talk about love right there. Taunting her about letting her inside his apartment and clicking at her like a horse.

43. She's seriously gonna walk around with blood all over her & she asks what he's staring at. Give that girl a wet nap, maybe a moist towelette.

44. No, he doesn't kill people, stupid girl. He kills trees.

45. Look at those downy eyes, no eyebrows. He's got a little touchdown in him. Maybe it's a Swede thing.

46. WTF WAS THAT?! LITTLE GIRL SNATCH!? I feel like such a pedo now. Wtf seriously. No, seriously. wtf...

47. Yay water aerobics, and he's sucking in all that piss water too. Ugh, public pools...

48. Shit now that pool is even more unsanitary with that hand and head floating around in there.

49. They open the film with dandruff, and end the film with dandruff.

50. Mmmk, kid on train with girl in a box..... "I put mah girlfriend in a box, I'm tappin' on the box, we both know morse code, she could be sleepin' but I'm tappin' on tha box." "Hey kid, what's in the box?" "My girlfriend, don't fuck with her, she'll rip your head off. You see how I'm tappin' on the box? I developed the tappin and taught her because I knew I'd be puttin her in a box."

This film is such FAILsauce it's ridiculous.

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Nov 30, 2009

50 Reasons Why 'Twilight' Sucked

04 Feb 09 Wednesday

Current Mood: Sparkling.

Ahh, new love... shit doesn't last in real life.

1. She's supposed to live at 32nd & Shea. That house looks like it's in prissy ass Cave Creek. So what if that's the book plot, that part really annoys me.

2. A baseball player seriously doesn't own that piece of a shit car, even if he's only minor league.

3. OF COURSE, HOW ORIGINAL the girl's dad is chief of police.

4. She's so disrespectful to her dad.

5. Everyone is so creepily nice.

6. The Jessica chick proves that all people in small towns are ignorant about the rest of the country.

7. If the Cullins lived there before how can they go back to school? They never age; peeps didn't think this shit through.

8. Cedric's nose looks like he face-palmed the ground a few too many times.

9. You have to see the movie like 4x before fully understanding the slo-mo shot of Bella in front of the fan.

10. Cedric's got the nice white guy fro goin' on in the front.

11. Wtf is mom doing in the mechanic's shop so random...

12. "Why'd you move to the wettest place in the continental US?" sounds so sped like saying that, just the way it comes out of his mouth. Hurr durr.

13. Shitty excuse for her asking if he wears contacts.

14. Cedric slowly leaves the scene of the accident, jumping over the car. How does no one see him?

15. Daddio needs to chillax about taking that kid's license away. Damn it was an accident; obviously she's fine.

16. How could no one question the big ass dent in the van & why Bella's not crushed?

17. Dr. Cullins looks a little too *pretty* to not be totally gay. Well I guess he did bite a few guys' necks so nvm, theory proven alone.

18. I don't think any high school student who isn't special would be that giggly over a worm.

19. Jacob (the indian kid) 's friend looks about 40... ok 60, I'm being too nice.

20. Asian chick should not wear that dress. Please don't.

21. Cedric drives a VolvoSAAB, lol, and to make things worse- he revs it.

22. K is Bella a vegetarian? Garden burger, mushroom ravioli, spinach salad... typical vampire love story plot point.

23. Money, sex, cat- doesn't really prove he can read minds.

24. *GASP!* His hand is cold in a hot car. Shit happens to me all the time, ask Richard.

25. Bella bought that book and read it for seriously like 5 seconds and then went online anyways when that's what she could've done in the first place. You can find anything on the internet.

26. Oh he flits, another original point. The author clearly stole that from Cirque Du Freak.

27. So *Chiny*Glittery*Sparklezzz* Jesus I think I'm gonna spew chunks.

28. Why the fuck is Rosalie such a bitch all the time?

29. Why is Cedric's family so ok about them being together. If I were his "parents" I wouldn't allow it.

30. Victoria's got a big fucking foot!

31. Bella could've at least said goodbye to mommy on the phone.

32. Akward first kiss.

33. The fasha can't really have a say in her love life; he didn't raise her.

34. Vampires hissing = so stupid.

35. Bella sounds so butch when she's getting in the Jeep.

36. Bella has the dumbest reason for leaving her dad when her mom constantly keeps bringing up her moving back with her.

37. She's so fucking mean to her dad- goddamn.

38. How could the tracker randomly figure out that it wasn't Bella he was following?

39. Why the fuck would the tracker want to randomly want to go to Bella's old ballet studio that she has been to in years?

40. Those vamp-ies shouldn't be leaving Bella alone at all.

41. That ballet studio, btw, is definitely NOT in Phoenix. Those roads and buildings are not like in Phx whatsoever.

42. I cannot believe the main fight scene is in a fucking ballet studio.

43. There goes Bella sounding like a guy again arguing with the bad vampire.

44. Like pepper spray is gonna do shit.

45. Just starting random fire in the ballet studio, that doesn't attract attention...

46. How can the vamp-ies prove this broken window in the hotel? Has anyone looked into that?

47. If I were Bella's parents I would forbid her to see the Cullins ever again. She was nice and quiet before they came along and now she's a rambuncious teenager.

48. I did the same eye rollover as the father when Cedric said Bella's dress was perfect.

49. Cedric needs to respect the fact that Bella's friends with the Indian kid, not be a dick- ESPECIALLY since he's not telling her why he is.

50. Why the fuck does she keep questioning him, it's really fucking annoying and she should know by now that he's not good at telling her anything.