A couple weeks ago, I noticed a giant Reebok billboard by Macy*s facing Penn Station with a picture of a runner laying down on the track and grabbing her ankle looking like she's in excruciating pain. The copy reads: Congratulations. Now you can't walk. Run easy.
Is it just me or does someone else take that to mean, "Don't try so hard. Be mediocre."? It's the wrong campaign for this city. I can't even believe that someone somewhere signed off on it!
Who knew there were so many Singaporeans and people interested in the culture to make the first annual Singapore Day such a big success? I would never have guessed that so many people would show up. And the event was very well organized with an excellent cleaning crew, patient and hardworking food vendors, and entertainers who kept trying to keep the audience captivated (with little luck). I'm also surprised that there was so much food and drinks being given away for FREE! Of course, no one paid any attention to the minister of something or other and most of the people who gathered in the area that was designated to showcase Singapore's latest developments were mainly there for the shade. But it did feel a little bit like home and I was happy to be able to share that with friends and family. Hopefully next year they'll host it in NYC again instead of London or L.A. like they mentioned.
There was a reason why I held out so long in getting the CD for "Anything is Possible" but I've completely forgotten what it was. It's Debbie Gibson's third album and it was the only one that I had on cassette and nothing else so I haven't heard it in at least 6 years. It was also the one of the few albums that kept slipping into my thoughts every so often with it's melodies and lyrics. Well, I finally gave in to the nagging desire to procure this CD and finally got to listen to what I've been missing for such a long time. It was filled with an emotional depth that helped to lay a foundation for my education in the complex, ever-changing nature of real love in the real world. She was, and I believe still is, one of the most talented singer-songwriters of our time. Unfortunately, in this day and age, that doesn't guarantee anything.
I heard someone once say that a director shouldn't mess with the audience just because they can and I agreed wholeheartedly. I felt like the scene where the girl stops to eat the grapes was a classic example of messing with the audience just for the sake of it. Also, the movie relied very heavily on visual effects to make the audience wince and squirm. It's a visual masterpiece for sure, and a good story to boot, it just didn't put me over the edge of exhiliration like I expected it to.
