I saw Troy with Aaron on sunday, and it is absolutely MAGNIFICENT. that word also works especially well for Mr. Pitt. Gotta give it to the guy, he looked absolutely splendid. better than EITHER of the other two guys. and they're YOUNGER than him!! anw. the movie was done damn fucking well. if you're interested in something a little more high brow with relation to Troy, (as written by the great Homer himself - not the drunk from the Simpsons, dickhead, the OTHER one) copy and paste this into your browser. i'll warn you though, dont do it if you're gonna be offended by movie-bashing. here you go:
http://infernoxv.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_infernoxv_archive.html#108470787323896009
i'll warn you though... the guy does gush somewhat about brad. and Bana, too. yes, the GUY. that's what i said.



for those that have seen Troy already, remember that bit where Archilles (god he looked GOOD!) stands outside the city walls calling for hector? here's my spin on it:
"Hector!!!"


aaron's leaving sometime tonight/tomorrow early in the wee hours. i must say its tearing me up inside. there's no way to express why it is that it matters so much. its just sad.
i guess its coz he's completely relaxed with anything i do. i can let go of all pretensions and stuff.
and how rare is that?


"Hector!!!"



another thing about Troy was how much focus there was on Brad. it was like Opening scene: Brad. cut to Beach: Brad. cut to riding up to do battle: Brad. cut to Look at me, i am magnificent! Brad, yet again. cut to Look at my splendid abs! you guessed it. Brad, once more. and then cut to Look! not a single pubic hair! Wonderful I am indeed! that's right. Brad Pitt, again.
i swear to God, the movie should've been called "Troy: Look at Brad!!" or perhaps "Archilles: Damn I'm magnificent!" . Or maybe, quite simply (but still employing alliteration) "Brad the Beautiful"
the best part was that it wasn't even overkill! the whole thing was done (to me, at least) quite tastefully. which's lucky. coz it coulda made the whole thing a bit much to sit thru.



Hector!!!




to give you some idea of how much u see of him tho, get this: Grace and I were at Lido today watching trailers (before Van Helsing - pretty good movie!) and we counted (yes, counted. there are THAT many) SIXTEEN "Brad Moments" in the trailer - the TRAILER alone. that should say something, man.

although i stress once more (lest it cause you not to watch it) it really wasn't overkill. watch the damn film!!


"Hector!!!"

- "alright guys cut for a second my throat's pretty damn dry. but damn i look good in this armour don't I? reckon i cld do the Oscars dressed like this?" -


played the worst pool of my LIFE yesterday. oh backtrack a little. i skipped school to sleep over at aaron's on sunday night. don't you think that's the right thing to do, considering one's best friend is leaving? but i don't need your approval. wtf am i doing :) alright anyhow. yeah it was TERRIBLE. absolutely terrible. lost game after game. we played for like 3 hours and i think i won TWO games. and one of those was on a technicality. fuck THOSE man. they barely even count. its sad that that's the memory aaron's gonna take back with him. Tim, the pool loser :)
on the other hand, i convincingly - and repeatedly - trashed him at chess yesterday also. been AGES since that happened. normally we're about evenly matched. perfect for mutual development. so that's a good memory for him to take back. chess is way more important than pool anyway :)
or ta'bael, as i've just read it named. anyone recognise that?


- "alright let's get back to it. thank god the lines are easy here" -

"Hector!!!"


speaking of chess, played mar again today (thank god khoo didnt take the set!! that woulda been sad :D) i actually cant remeber who won man. i noe u won the last game (or rather i allowed u to claim victory - considering we didnt finish it :D) but did we play games before that? anyhow. you're getting better every game y'noe. spose like you said before this it'd been a while. maybe soon you'll be able to beat me WITHOUT delaying the game on purpose till Khoo comes so u can claim victory by default.
oh i am a BASTARD!!! :)
honestly, she pretty much had that game. gotta admit that. so props to you :)
i'll win tomorrow though. and after that, too :) anyone else feel free to come by and play too! i'm always looking for a game.



(six hours later)
"Hector!!! C'mon man. its as hot as Apollo's heart down here! come out, already!!!"



back to Aaron. the poor guy... this age we're both at really forces one to think a whole lot about everything. it really seems strange that 18 has been decided as some mandatory age at which to suddenly decide SO many things. frankly speaking its ludicrous!! which country to study in, what to study, career paths, where to live...... so many things! i guess all things considered he's chosen pretty well.


(three more hours later, archilles sits on the ground in front of Troy, playing listlessly with some pebbles)
"Hector!!!"


but i spose him leaving isn't that big a deal. after all, GLOBALISATION (god i hate that word) has brought us all closer together, hasnt it? we'll see each other before a year's out, definitely.

anyhow... rajoo didnt even ask for an MC today! how rad is that?

its sad to see things fall apart so much, even more so when its someone else's life and there's nothing you can do to help.
except listen, maybe. like what you said, sometimes its really hard to get people to listen. that's why aaron's so great (alright shut up i'm not gonna say anything more dude i swear :D). i'm always here though, if that's any help. although of course i'll PRETEND not to be listening. just to piss you off. :D


(nightfall)
"Alright dammit Hector!!! I'll be back tomorrow!!!"