• Danny Elfman has pulled out of scoring the soundtrack to The Hunger Games due to scheduling conflicts. Instead, James Newton Howard is (composer to films like Peter Pan, Batman Begins and Dinosaur) is taking over. I'm not too crushed actually. I loved loved LOVED the Peter Pan score. Read more here: http://mockingjay.net/2011/12/05/hunger-games-movie-score-danny-elfman-replaced-by-james-newton-howard/#more-7999




• I have an irrational fear of running out of good romance books. I've been looking at lists on goodreads.com and it seems like I've read a lot of the books that they recommend. Does this mean that once I finish all of those, I'm going to have to go read the crappier ones??




• I feel another K-drama addiction coming on. This time its Flower Boy Ramyun Shop. Lame title I know. I've watched a few episodes and already I feel that buzz kicking in - that feeling of the drama slowly sinking its claws into my brain and refusing to let go. (This has totally nothing to do with the fact that the drama is chock full of eye-candy.... nothing at all.)
Rawr! Looks like somebody just got back from army duty... Excuse me while I try to retrieve my mind from the gutter.



• I'M SO EXCITED FOR PRESENTATION DAY GUYS. I usually hate playing the violin at those things (mainly because we don't get a choice) but this time, we're "collaborating" with the lil' year 7s on their big performance. Ngaw, this will be so fun. Hopefully they will sing. If not, we can still enjoy that little moment where Ms M waves her arm and all 200 of them stand up in sync. Gets me every time, that moment.




• Dream High 2 has finalized its cast. I'm still cut up over how they didn't use any of the original actors/actresses but I guess there was no other choice. Anyway, the current round up includes idols from SISTAR, 2AM and T-ara. Don't ask me who they are - I suck with my idols. To this day, the only kpop band in which I know all the names of their members is SHINee.

What to do when you find yourself spiralling into another session of self-pity wallowing after performing disastrously in your first Year 12 Extension Maths Assessment? Why, you blog about Pixar's Pizza Planet Truck of course!

Hi everyone, meet the Pizza Planet Truck:

Does he sound familiar? He should because we've seen him in Toy Story 1, 2 and 3! You know that scene in the third movie where Lotso, the clown and Big Baby get left behind at the park? Well apparently, they hitched a ride on the bumper of the Pizza Planet Truck to get back to that little girl's house. Oh and in Toy Story 1, Woody tried to convince Buzz that the truck was a spaceship because it had a rocket on top.

He's a bit shy guys, so try not to stare too much.

In fact, he's so shy that everytime you try to point a camera at him, he'll try to hide... by appearing in cameos in Pixar films.

For example, in Finding Nemo just because we don't get a clear view of him doesn't mean that he isn't there. Remember the part where Gil related his escape attempt to Nemo? The PPT appears briefly in that scene but if you're not paying attention, you won't notice.

Similarly, if you've paid attention in WALL.E, you might notice that when EVE scans for life among the ruins, she briefly x-rays the PPT:

Or in Cars 2 (which I've never watched because apparently, my sister says it's a "shit movie"), he has a cameo as "Todd". LOL what kind of name is that for a car? "Todd"

I could go on and on and on and on. Rataouille, Up, A Bug's Life, Monstors Inc - the list is endless. This truck is so ninja that he's appeared in EVERY SINGLE Pixar movie to date, except for just one and that is the Incredibles. I don't know why that is LOL. You'd think that The Incredibles would be a pretty easy film to subtly slide in a yellow truck.

For those who've never heard of the PPT before, I hope that was interesting for you. I've actually never been aware of the Pizza Planet Truck until I watched the trailer for the new Disney movie, Brave, a few months ago. Have you guys seen it? Apparently it's got something to do with Scotland, red-haired people and archery. Basically its set in some kind of medieval/mythical time period. One of the top comments was, "The real question is how are Pixar going to include the Pizza Planet Truck in this one?" and that's how I found out about it. Cool huh? :D

To learn more go here: http://pixar.wikia.com/Pizza_Planet_truck

Click it - you know you want to~

Harry Potter + Hunger Games = Awesomeness

Just something I found on mockingjay.net - apparently somebody decided to mash up The Hunger Games trailer with clips from Harry Potter. Great idea, why didn't I think of that? Oh right, because I'm technologically challenged. Haha, I love how they showed Dumbledore when using Effie's voice.

Original youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CUrdhfnuFo&feature=player_embedded

Reaction after maths test today:



Words cannot describe how bad that test was for me. I seriously don't know if I've ever fucked up a test to an extent like that before.

If that wasn't bad enough, J rang me up after school and asked me how the test was. And he's asked for the paper after we get it back. DAMMIT, now there's no way he's not going to ask how I went. Again, words cannot describe. I thought I'd gotten over it in free period but apparently not.

Anyway, on to other news, the Kpop Concert that I went to last month finally aired on MBC in Korea. I even found myself in one of the performances! (although you only see me for like a second). The link is here, if you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2eioT4tTQ4&feature=player_embedded You can skip to 1:37 to see.
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And yeah, I feel myself spiralling into another bout of regret/depression/annoyance/frustration so I will stop blogging right, now.

I never ever want to see another colourful leotard or shiny sequin EVER AGAIN. NEVER EVER AGAIN.

It's not that I hate dancing. I used to compulsively watch the American version of SYTYCD whenever it was on after all. But there's just something really ..... sickening about the whole "parents sending their children to dance lessons when they're too young to know any better." Okay, that's really bitter of me but every time I'm forced to go to this annual Jazz, Tap and Ballet recital at the _______ RSL Club, I just get extreme flashbacks of my own experiences. I didn't really like those Jazz lessons. At first they were fun but I guess in the end it was still rather traumatizing... being forced to dress up in flashy costumes and dance to songs from the '80s. Eughh *shivers*. To be fair though, they don't make the students dance to those songs anymore. They were playing pop music today. Still, I would NEVER subject my children to those kind of lessons. If they wanted to, then sure but I wouldn't force them. But just, ugh!

Haha the more I think about it, the more traumatizing it seems. My parents are evil people. They made sure to expose me to all sorts of random extracurricular activities when I was little in order to knock down my self-esteem. All that stuff about dancing and sports and how it "boosts your child's self confidence"? It's bull. What it does is make sure that in the future, you try to stay as far away as possible from activities like them. It's a crafty combination of over-exposure and manipulative childhood trauma.

It's no secret that my parents don't really care about tests (unless they're the HSC of course). Everytime I tell them that I've got a test coming up, they don't really give a rat's ass which sometimes isn't a bad thing because I don't get any added pressure from them, like a lot of people do. But sometimes it can be a bit frustrating.

Like now for example. I've got the bloody 3u maths test to study for but now my whole Sunday has been taken up 'cause of my mum's tap-dancing concert thing. Everybody with me: EWWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwWWWW. No offense mum, but I would rather gouge my eyeballs out with a blunt scalpel than watch you dance on stage. Yes I know that sounds a bit harsh but really, I've gone to every single one of those damned concerts for like 3-4 years now without fail and every time I feel a sense of regret that I didn't just stay home and watch reruns of Dr Phil because even that would be preferable to watching you dance.

Now she's all like, "I'm making you go tot he concert. It doesn't matter if you have a test on Monday - it's only maths. Everyone can do maths."

No mum, no.

LYANNA STOP READING SO MUCH LOLOLOL. I NEED TO CATCH UP ON EVERY SINGLE BOOK ON YOUR BLOG AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU READ SO FAAAAASSSTTTT. I've only just bought the Bronze Horseman yesterday, and before I read it, I have to read "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest". And before I read that, I have to finish my first book from the Lords of the Underworld series. Sigh, so many books... so little time.