Most Anticipated in 2006 - A Refined List

world trade center
x-men 3
pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest
casino royale
superman returns
cars
charlotte's web
mission impossible 3
ice age 2
texas chainsaw massacre prequel
sin city 2
the da vinci code
lady in the water
die hard 4 (2006?)
the departed
grindhouse
happy feet
arthur and the minimoys
basic instinct 2: risk addiction
the fountain

documentary:
sicko

Chinese:
huo yuan jia
ye yan
mo gong
chi bi da zan (2006?)

A List of Movies in 2006

name/ancitpation(*/5)
mission impossible 3 (Tom C., action, sequel) 5
sin city 2 (sequel, comic) 5
the da vinci code (novel adaption, Tom H., anti-christ) 5
X-men 3 (action, sci-fi, sequel, comic) 5
cars (cg animation, pixar) 5
superman returns (sci-fi, blockbuster) 5
priates of the caribbean: dead man's chest (fantasy, blockbuster, sequel)5
lady in the water (director) 5
monster house (producer, cg animation) 5
miami vice (Jamie F., Colin F., Gong L.) 5
world trade center (911, Nicolas C., director) 5
grindhouse (horror, Quentin T., Rober R.) 5
die hard 4 (Bruce W., die hard!) 5
the departed (wu jian dao) 5
sicko (doc., director) 5
texas chainsaw massacre prequel (horror, prequel) 5
marie antoinette (director, Kirsten D.) 5
casino royale (007, new actor, action) 5
happy feet (cg animation, the voices) 5
charlotte's web (the voices) 5
arthur and the minimoys (director, the voices, animation) 5
the fountain (sci-fi) 5
zodiac (director) 4
flags of our fathers (director) 4
Youth Without Youth (director) 4
jurassic park 4 (sequel, 2006?) 4
sunshine (sci-fi, director) 4
underworld: evolution (sexy, vampire, werewolf) 4
final destination 3 (horror, sequel) 4
16 blocks (bruce willis) 4
children of men (sci-fi) 4
the atronaut famer (intersting title) 4
2001 maniacs (horror, Robert E.) 4
v for vendetta (matrix director, sci-fi, Natalie P.) 4
inside man (Jodie F., Denzel W., Clive O.) 4
basic instinct 2: risk addiction (sexy, Sharon S., sequel) 4
ice age 2: the meltdown (cg animation) 4
a scanner darkly (npr/cg animation, Keanu R.) 4
lucky number slevin (Bruce W., Josh H., Lucy L., Morgan F., Ben K.) 4
friends with money (Jennifer A., friends?) 4
american dreamz (Hugh G., Dennis Q., Mandy M., spoof movie) 4
scary movie 4 (spoof movie, Carmen E.) 4
the sentinel (Kiefer S., Eva L.) 4
the brazillian job (sequel, action) 4
silent hill (horror) 4
flight 93 (911) 4
poseidon (another titanic, remake) 4
over the hedge (cg animation, Bruce W.) 4
the break-up (Jennifer A.'s revenge) 4
the omen 666 (horror, remake) 4
the fast and the furious: tokyo drift (cars, sequel) 4
the lake house (romance, Sandra B., Keanu R.) 4
garfield 2 (sequel, comedy, comic) 4
my super ex-girlfriend (Uma T., Luke W., comic) 4
school for scoundrels 4
the ant bully (cg animation) 4
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Will F., comedy, nascar) 4
the visiting (Nicole K., Daniel C.) 4
doa: dead or alive (sexy, game) 4
open season (cg animation) 4
barnyard (cg animation) 4
the grudge 2 (horror) 4
saw 3 (horror) 4
flushed away (cg animation) 4
foodfight! (animation) 4
the painted veil (Naomi W., Edward N., Huang QS, Xia Yu) 4
eragon (fantasy) 4
ultraviolet (action, sci-fi) 4
pink pather (comedy) 3
pathfinder 3
stick it (gymnastics) 3
stormbreaker 3
a good woman (scarlett J.) 3
the good german (George C.) 3
che (a story about che guevara) 3
bandidas (sexy) 3
the black dahlia (Scarlette J.) 3
gridirion gang (the rock) 3
evan almighty (another almighty with Morgan F.?) 3
hostel (Quentin T., horror) 3
glory road (Jerry B.) 3
hard candy (thriller) 3
inland empire (director) 3
hoodwinked (cg animation) 3
apocalypto (director) 3
Stranger Than Fiction 3
when a stranger calls (thriller, Wes Craven) 3
firewall (Harrison Ford) 3
date movie (spoof movie) 3
freedomland (S. Jackson, J. Moore) 3
running scared (R-rating) 3
pulse (horror) 3
aquamarine 3
southland tales (comedy, sci-fi) 3
the hills have eyes (remake, horror, lost/roswell star) 3
stay alive (horror) 3
slither (horror, gore, comedy) 3
the benchwarmers (comedy, Rob S., Jon H.) 3
the wild (animation, Kiefer S.) 3
catch and release (Jennifer G., music) 3
just my luck (Lindsay L.) 3
see no evil (horror) 3
freshman orientation (another teen movie) 3
click (Adam S., comedy) 3
scoop (director, Scarlette J.) 3
you, me and dupree (comedy, Owen W., Kate H.) 3
the return of zoom (Courteney C.) 3
flicka 3
the messengers (horror, thriller) 3
snakes on a plane (Samuel J., thriller) 3
the return (thriller) 3
the covenant (thriller) 3
the santa clause 3 (holiday, comedy) 3
stranger than fiction (comedy, Will F.) 3
the pursuit of happyness (Will S.) 3
dreamgirls (Jamie F., musical) 3
the good shepherd (Angelina J.) 3
night at the museum (Ben S.) 3
meet the robinsons (time travel) 3
skinwalkers (horror) 3
nacho libre 3
tenacious d in: the pick of destiny 2
yankee irving (animation) 2
in the land of women 2
the devil wears prada 2
failure to launch 2
the shaggy dog (family, comedy) 2
akeelah and the bee 2
she's the man 2
how to eat fried worms 2
RV (family, comedy) 2
harsh times (Eva L., Christian B.) 2
lucky you (Eric B., Drew B.) 2
on a clear day (swimming across the English Channel) 2
take the lead (Antonio B.) 2
the cleaner (Lucy L.) 2
hoot (Luke W., adventure, mystery) 2 2
annapolis 2
big momma's house 2
nanny mcphee 2
something new 2
curious george (animation) 2
dr. dolittle 3 (comedy, sequel) 2
doogal (cg animation) 2
waist deep 2
accepted 2
little man 2
mandea's family reunion 1
jackass: the movie 2 1
eight below 1
block party 1
atl 1
phat girlz 1

2005 Movie Review (Mar-Dec)

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My Google Sep-Dec Search Trends

A ball with its own page

Wilson the Volleyball

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1012434/

A look back on 2005

1. From China to the US.
2. Graduation on July 12.
3. Met my future research advisor.
4. One of my uncles, the older brother of my father, died at the age of ....
5. Met new friends, stayed in touch with old friends.
6. Remained a virgin.
7. Family reunion for spring festival 2005.
8. The application for graduate school.
9. Sharing an apartment with my current roomate for exactly one semester.
10. Started my weekly trip to the cinema since fall break; Started cooking by myself; Started managing the arrangement in my apartment; Started my life as an ecnomically independent individual...

Sometimes things happen

It turns out my roomate is in way worse trouble than I thought.
In a word, he is leaving school and the US, and he is not coming back.
I don't know the details, but I do know that it is against his willing to leave.

So, this means I'll have to find a new roomate as soon as possible and a lot of other hassle.
But this is indeed no one's fault.
It's just that sometimes things happen.

The end of year is drawing near.
Maybe I should start making a list of what has happened during this year.

Police at the door

Knock Knock...

Seconds later, I was peeping through the hole into the hallway.
There are 2 police officers at the door.
What's that about? I wondered nervously...

Do they know I am using bittorrent everyday? This is the intuitive question popping into my head.
Or...
Are they imposters?
What if I am doing something wrong that I'm not aware of?

Hesitating, I opened the door.

"Hello, are you Y***?", asked one of the officer.
"What's that?"
"Y***". They never could pronounce a chinese name right.
"Sorry?"
"What's your family name?"
"W-*-*-*"
"Did you send an email to your professor saying you're upset about something? About your recently being dismissed from school?"
"No, why?" I was at a loss. "What's my professor's name?" I tried to check whether their information is right.
"Wait on a sec..." The other officer turned to speak to a walkie talkie.
Still wondering what it was about, I suddenly realized that I may not be the one they were asking for. So I went to knock on my roomie's door.
And yes, they were asking for him.
They talked for a while, and the officers left.

Right now, I'm still not sure what happened to my roomie. Clearly, I am not being a good roomate. I haven't talked much to my roomie since midterm. Most of the time, I was on campus. Coursework is like crazy. So, maybe when this semester is over, I better start communicating with him.

The box

Holiday is coming

Personal Best of All Time

to kill a mockingbird
scindler's list
monster inc.
crouching tiger, hidden dragon
fight club
pride and prejudice
e.t.
the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring
pulp fiction
wo de xiong di jie mei

Best Picture of the Year

Pride and Prejudice
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/

To be exact, this is my personal best of the year.
There's been lots of sloppy movies this year, but this one is different.
I saw the book when I was 12.
As a boy, I used to read a lot of books.
I was so intrigued by this book that after about 9 years, I can still recall most of the main characters and the charming love between Mr. Darcey and Elizabeth.
About this movie, what I've got to say is that it almost exactly reflects the vague images and vivid characters in my mind about the book. And it gives me a mixed feeling of both reminiscence of past and enjoyment of the movie.
The atmospheric music is especially touching.

Coming next: a list of my personal favourites of all time.

Flash game

Great action game!!!
I found it from utterlyboring, a great place to go whenever you feel bored.

Still Images

Bouncing ball and Blobbyman

These are some of the works I've done in the past few days.

A week in Ann Arbor

It's Thursday today.
It was Thanksgiving last Thursday.
Though we don't celebrate Thanksgiving back in my home country,
I did have Turkey that night together with some friends.
After all the turkey eating, foosball playing and gossiping, I left at 11.
The midnight chill is freezing. Yet I still had to go to my office to start my project.
I stayed up all night finishing the first bit of the project assignment.
Hungry and tired, I fell asleep for about 2 hours and woke up from my keyboard at 9am.
You think the above is crazy? Well, the following part is crazier.

After I woke up, I went out of the office, marched through the thick-but-not-yet-tramped flakes, and got on a bus from AA to Yipsilanti, or more exactly, showcase movie theater.
I stayed in the cinema until time for the last bus. The thanksgiving movies're a bit of uninteresting. I watched through 2 movies and slept through another 2.

Now that I'd got some sleep in the theater, I bought a sandwich and some fries from Wendy's, and went back to my office. Just about when I was starting to resume my project, my roomie called, saying he was locked out of the apartment. So I had to went back home. The sad thing is there's no blue bus running on thanksgiving. So I had to walk back home in the snow. (hang on, the crazy thing is not over yet)

I rested for about 10 minutes at home. Then I walked into the snow again. The project was not even halfway through, yet the deadline is Monday and I still had 3 more homeworks to do in the next few days, so I thought I have to go back to the office. So I stayed up for another night. Early in the morning, the project was at least halfway through, and I was so tired and hungry, so I went back home, had a lunch and slept for the whole day. I woke up around 10pm. Feeling refreshed, I went back to my office I resumed my work. Everything starts to go smoothly from then on. I wrapped up my project on the next morning. Then I went to a Chinese restaurant and had a great lunch. I fell asleep as soon as I was back home.

Things are less crazier afterwards, I submitted my project and finished 3 homeworks in a row in the next 3 days. And now I am relieved, at least for a while.

Insane I am...