Killer Fever

And I dreamed your dream for you, and now your dream is real....
Romeo and Juliet, Dire Straights


I will be meeting this fine specimen of a man this Sunday.
Along with 10,000 other people, but that's beside the point...

I love him...For writing the songs that were the soundtrack to so many episodes of my life. For being the leader of the greatest band alive. For injecting poetry in to music. For giving us dance anthems like Somebody Told Me and Spaceman. For not being afraid to be the only rock star who doesn't drink, do drugs, smoke and goes to the gym. For bringing Las Vegas and Sam's Town to the rest of the world. For honouring the greats, Dire Straights, U2 etc - and re-singing my favourite lovesong, 'Romeo and Juliet' to such perfection. For having such a cool name. For having such awesome showmanship and live presence. For being so darn hot.



I just hope I don't faint or hyperventilate on Sunday. I'm bringing a paper bag.

Avatar, the movie

Staying awake to chase a dream,
Tasting the air you're breathing in,
I know i won't forget a thing...

-Falling Away With You, Muse


You know all that hype about 'Avatar' - how it's the most visually stunning film ever made, how it changed the world...... It's all true.

Yes, it happened last year. But I just have to write about it.

It's not just a film about visual pyrotechnics (yes, I googled that) and Hollywood effects and thrills... It's got depth. Firstly, visual depth- If one buys the DVD and pauses on single screen shots randomly throughout the movie, I believe you would potentially have hundreds of brilliant computer 'screensavers'. The detail is stunning. Which is why watching it twice is still not enough. There is so much visual richness to absorb every single time.


Then there are the characters. As this is not a full review, I won't dwell on the other characters but will feature just one- Neytiri, princess of the Omaticaya clan and Jake Sulley's 'mate'.

What a woman- Filial and fiercely loyal to family. A fighter. A survivor. And very much in tune with her emotions and her surroundings.
What I love about this character is her 'realness'. Yes, she gets emotional - like all women do. But she overcomes this with fearless luster!-She possesses the inner strength to love and live and fly like the wind- that a lot of us are searching for...
Plus, she kicks ass.


The best thing about Avatar though, is Pandora. And the best thing about the movie is the feeling of being transported in to this world. Cameron makes it so damn beautiful -it's like taking a drug and being on a high, temporarily. Strawberry Fields Forever kinda thing.
I couldn't help but feel..."I've seen this all before....In a dream." It re-visited the kind of feelings I had as a kid wondering through my dad's rose bushes in my garden. Or going snorkeling for the very first time.

But the dream gets better- it doesn't stop at glowing trees and floating mountains. We fly! We fly on big colourful birds that are only meant for us, and us alone. There is so much emotional play and symbolism in this movie, that many would overlook. Flying on a big red firey bird that will only answer to you, and you alone... joining a 'plug' from your head that connects you solely to your animal of choice and to the roots of the trees and your surroundings. Falling..... but knowing how to fall gracefully and having the insight on how to break your fall.
And every single bit of these little lessons....are executed to visual perfection.

It's a stroke of genius, this movie. The only thing I felt could have been somewhat improved is the script and certain bits of conversation which could have been a bit more poetic, but then again, that's just me being petty.

Some favourite scenes:



If you haven't watched it. Please do. 3D is good. But 2D did it for me too.
Other films that stood out for me in 2009 - District 9, Star Trek, Inglorious Bastards.
I cringed during - Transformers 2, Twilight-New Moon,

2010 - Fuzzy Logic

I got the green light, I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around...
-Read My Mind, The Killers

It's a start of a new decade. And the ressurrection of a dead blogsite of 2 years!! I missed you, blog. You were an outlet that helped me interpret thoughts, feelings and general little details of life that mattered, and would have gone by unnoticed and undocumented if not for u.

I hardly relish in wearing my heart on my sleeve, but the notion here is not to lament or harp, but to share and learn.

Must. find. strength. Strength to overcome shadows of the past and to take that leap of faith in to a brighter and more animated dimension. Strength to climb up in to the open skies again.

I've realized that we are creatures of vulnarability and suckers of warm & fuzzy feelings. Friendship is fuzzy. The love between a man and woman is fuzzier. I love the word 'fuzzy' because there is a warmth and expression to it that is associated to a warm cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter's day, or the soft fur of your favourite teddy bear or puppy that you hug to sleep. It's what we thrive on and it feels.....nice.

When the fuzziness is removed, you feel like a sheep that just got it's coat sheared off - bare, cold and exposed. And it takes time for that fuzziness to grow back again... support from friends, family etc...but eventually it does. It's the cycle of things - humans need fuzziness to survive. Just as sheep need their furry coats.

....Sometimes though...when Mr Sheep's fur coat is not nicely taken care of, it gets filthy and all knotted and....spoilt. Sure, it's a thick and fuzzy-ish coat....but it's what u call - expired fuzz. That's when you need to shave it all off so a new and fuzzier coat has space to grow. =)

*baaaa.....*

May you all have fuzziness in your lives. It is what wraps the heart with warmth - and gives me a reason to smile. Every day. =)