Tuesday, February 1, 2011

So Random

Othello and Iago in Othello 1995

I'm already starting my Christmas list or birthday list, rather, since my birthday comes before Christmas break. It will mainly consist of Shakespeare movie renditions in which I lol heartily, such as the movie clip we saw today in class on Much Ado About Nothing, which IS in fact about Noting *cough*

ANYWAY. I forgot to mention in the previous post the melodious harmony/beautiful moment that occurred between Watson and I last Saturday when we were making melodious music together. We were playing Rock Band 3, I believe, when I requested that he play "I Miss You" by Blink-182, because it's a damn fine song. I was playing guitar on Medium, which surprisingly had orange notes in it (WHAT THE FUUUUUU). It hurt my pinky finger and my mind very much, besides the whole hallucinatory state I was basically in if I ever took my eyes away from the scrolling notes. ANYWAY. Tito was singing the Mark Hoppus portion, but upon realizing the Tom Delonge part was too high for his vocal range, he put the microphone in my face as I'm strumming my notes and I sang without missing very many notes! We ended up getting like a 98% on that song and we were indeed a smashing duo! Next time I go over I've agreed to bring over my Rock Band microphone so we can sing more duos, since apparently that's possible to have more than one singer. I'm dreadfully embarrassed to sing in front of people, but since it's just Tito, I think I can manage. I mean, I sing in front of the puppy Tito, so the guy Tito shouldn't be that big of a deal!

In other news, I'm so incredibly excited for everything that's going to be happening this year that I cannot contain myself without appearing insane. Only thing I'm not looking forward to would be the fact that although this year is going to be fantastic is the fact I have real life school responsibilities. O.O = my face, because I don't think my excitement is very conducive for studying/keeping up with tests and due dates. In fact, it's the opposite. For the first time ever, I almost wish life would calm the eff down, but even when I say that, I don't really mean it.

Life, you keep being classy and awesome, like how I am on the weekends when I solicit myself to my high-class demographic called the Red Light District of North Lake.

BTW: This is why Samuel L. Jackson is amazing, despite the fact he hates Othello. I'm pretty sure anyone that reads that play can sense the UST between Othello/Iago, but the movie is even moreso in that department. Othello/Iago beach scene anyone?

On playing Othello - "I didn't realize how much I hated that play until I agreed to do it. I don't mind Shakespeare so much, but I really hate Othello. Here was a guy who had been all over the world, kicking ass, looting, plundering and probably raping the baddest babes on the planet. Then he falls in love with some teenager and loses his fucking mind. I don't like that idea at all. I mean, how stupid was he?" (Samuel L. Jackson)

3 comments:

  1. That last quote = amazing. But that's Lawrence Fishburne up there, just in case you didn't realize ;-)

    Your awesomeness increased tenfold by remembering my mention of our Rock Band exploits, which were amazingly epic. I, too, am dreadfully embarrassed to sing in front of people, so it all works out!

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  2. Also, Much Ado About... well you know.

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  3. Well of course I remembered you mentioning it! I wasn't kidding when I said there'd be a post about it!

    I was so confused when I saw a trailer that said Lawrence Fishburne was playing Othello. My mind was already compromised, so I just wrote it off as a name change later in life. They look identical and for some reason, Sam Jack actually did say that Othello quote.. thus furthering my brain's confusion.

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