Bad Week (My Friend Passed Away)

Salah satu temen gue waktu SMP dan SMA meninggal dunia kmaren siang. Gue juga baru taunya pas uda sorean pas lagi ngecek Facebook, kok ada kabar temen gue si Ahmad meninggal dunia... Gue lumayan shock banget. Granted, gue ga trlalu deket sama dia ataw akrab, dan uda 10 taun lbh kita ga ktmuan. Walopun ga akrab, dan bukan temen deket, tapi anaknya baek banget dan kita cukup beramah tamah lahh. Apalagi dia sahabat deket sodara gue.

Gue nelpon sodara gue, dan kdengeran banget dia trpukul berat. Mungkin krn shock, dia langsung sakit dan ga bsa dateng ke pemakamannya. Gue juga ga dateng, krn pas kbtulan juga gue sakit. Gue bsa bayangin kehilangan seseorang yg deket, scara gue khilangan bokap gue dan sahabat gue Feby. Yg bikin sedih adalah Ahmad dan Feby meninggalnya masih muda banget. Ahmad meninggalnya mendadak, gue sndiri kaget -- soalnya smpt negor waktu di Facebook. Dia punya toko elektronik or something di D'Best Fatmawati, dan gue lagi mikir pgn beli Blackberry dari dia. Ahmad belum menikah, msh single, dan seumuran sama gue. Umurnya baru 28 taun... Kata temen gue, dia kena serangan jantung.

Feby juga waktu meninggal umurnya msh 28 taun. Dia kena kanker perut or something... gue sndiri juga ga jelas. Gue saat itu msh di New Zealand, dan tiba2 dapet sms dari sahabat gue si Adit yg ngasi taw kalo Feby uda meninggal. Rupanya dia uda sakit dan ga bilang2 ke temen2nya, cmn kluarganya yg tau dan dia ngabisin waktunya di RS slama 3 bulan.

Smalem gue asli ga bsa tidur... I was thinking about my own immortality. Umur seseorang emang ga bsa ditebak. You go to sleep everyday and woke up every morning doing the same damn routine and thinking how life sucks. Well, death sucks also but you try not to think about it... Until it hits you so hard, it feels like being slapped accross the face. I'm 28 years old and single. I haven't think about marriage yet, and I really don't want to get married just because my friends died before they even got married.

Yg bikin kesel dan sedih at the same time adalah semuanya akhirnya pd bilang ke gue kalo mereka kuatir sama gue. Kapan gue nikah? Kapan gue mo berobat? Kapan gue mo ngurusin badan? Mungkin mereka pikir gue males ya dlm hal2 bgitu. Hanya saja itu bukan prioritas gue banget. Mereka bilang skrg anak2 muda gampang kena penyakit kaya kanker dan jantung. Akhirnya kena nasihat lagi bahwa gue harus ngurusin badan gue dll. Oke, hal gitu emang msti gue perhatiin dan gue juga lagi ngelakuinnya dg baby steps.

Trus pikiran2 gue langsung kmana2. Gue mikir yg enggak2, kaya msalnya kalo gue... Ya Allah jangan sampe... Not yet, I still have to take care of my mother... apakah temen2 gue bakalan dateng? Apakah gue msh punya temen2 gue yg notabene uda jarang ngumpul dan uda ga akrab lagi. Apa bakalan ga ada yg dateng? Terus terang aja, gue uda jarang ktmuan sama temen2 dan sahabat2 gue krn kita smua uda sibuk dan punya khidupan masing2. Yg uda punya kluarga, ya uda jarang maen sama temen2 yg single. Yg single skrg sibuk bgt sama karirnya. Dan laen sbagainya...

I don't know, man. It feels like I'm just floating around in this lifetime. I don't even search hard enough, because I take life as it is. It doesn't mean I don't work hard enough, but I don't want to be searching something that I really don't know.

Salah satu alasan knaps gue jarang mo ktmuan sama temen2 gue adalah gue emang sakit. Tenang, bukan penyakit menular ataw apa. Cmn kalo pas lagi hangout trus kambuh kan ga lucu. Ga usa nanya pnyakit gue apaan, cmn ya gue simpen aja sndiri. Bukan pnyakit berat dan bukan pnyakit aneh2. Tapi lbh baik org2 ga usa tau. Hanya saja, org trus mikirnya yg enggak2. Dikirain gue somse banget ga mo ktmuan. Padahal sih enggak. Cmn sikon aja.

Anyway, on a lighter note: Film seri THE SHIELD akhirnya selesai juga. Gue nangis lagi. Wahh, minggu ini emang emosional bgt. Film seri yg gue tonton sjak gue kuliah di Amrik itu uda ga ada lagi. Rasanya kayak khilangan temen deket. Gue inget dulu malem2 nonton itu sama temen2 di apartemen gue. Bgitu gue pulang dari Amrik, ga ada pilihan slaen nonton via komputer -- dan perpisahannya sangat berat bgt. Ga ada yg bsa gue obrolin mngenai karakter2 di film seri tsb. The Shield mrupakan film seri terbaik yg prnah gue tonton. Karakter2nya merasuk ke dalam jiwa dan sanubari para penonton, shingga ktika film serinya habis, rasanya ada kekosongan yg melanda hati....

Baek2 aja ya guys. Take care.

Stress Dahh...

Hari ini stress berat. Bukan krn Senin. Ada lahh urusan ga jelas. Yg ada di landa kepanikan dan ulcer gue mulai macem2 di pagi hari ini. Uda gitu gue ga tidur uda hampir.....*liat jam* 28 jam lahh kira2. Dan mngkin stressnya bakalan berkepanjangan kira2 sampe seminggu ini.

Msh blon sehebat dulu yg ga bsa tidur skitar 36 jam lebih, tapi sama pngaruhnya sama badan gue. Ga heran ntar kalo sakit. Kalo tidur rasanya otak msh jalan, kalo bangun badan rasanya pgn tidur. GOD....give me strenght...  Oh, let this be over please please please please please please please please please please please.....

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of The Furious Five

Rating:	★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Animation

Mini sequel, atau cerita pendek dari film Kung Fu Panda -- menceritakan ttg sejarah lima pendekar Tigress, Mantis, Viper, Crane, dan Monkey dan dceritakan oleh Po, sang Dragon Master kpd murid2 ciliknya.

Master Shifu menyuruh Po utk mengajar Kung Fu kepada murid2 yg msh anak2. Po menceritakan ttg para Master terdahulu dan bagaimana mereka bsa mnjadi ahli kung fu.



Mantis (belalang sembah) adalah pendekar hebat, tapi kurang sabar. Ketika ia ditangkap oleh sekawanan buaya, Mantis belajar utk bersemedi di dalam kurungan dan BERSABAR.

Viper (ular) adalah anak dari seorang pendekar kungfu Master Viper. Master Viper kecewa ketika menyadari bahwa anak perempuannya tdk punya taring dan racun. Ketika desanya diserang, dan Master Viper dikalahkan -- Viper menggunakan tariannya utk mengalahkan sang musuh dan belajar KEBERANIAN.

Crane (burung bangau) adalah seorang tukang sapu di sekolah bela diri. Me Ling (macan) adalah murid perempuan yg baik hati yg menganjurkan Crane utk mengikuti uji masuk perguruan bela diri. Semua menertawakannya, tapi Crane berhasil membuktikan diri bahwa ia bisa dan belajar utk PERCAYA DIRI.

Tigress (harimau) adalah gadis yatim piatu yg tinggal di panti asuhan. Tdk ada yg berani berteman dan bermain dg dirinya, karena Tigress terlalu kuat dan terlalu pemarah. Master Shifu lalu mengajarinya kung fu dan PENGONTROLAN DIRI sehingga Tigress menjadi lebih baik.

Monkey (kera) adalah pembuat keributan dan selalu usil. Ia suka mencuri dan mengerjai org2 di sekelilingnya, sehingga para warga desa mengusirnya. Tapi usaha mereka sia2, krn Monkey tdk mau diusir. Mereka mengutus para pendekar utk mengusir Monkey dari desa mereka, tapi usaha mereka tetap gagal ketika Master Oogway datang dan mengalahkan Monkey, juga mengajarkan KEBAIKAN HATI.

Film mini sekuel ini hanya ada di DVD asli Kung Fu Panda di bagian bonus, tapi kalo di bajakan mungkin ada sendiri kepingnya. Utk ukuran anak2, mungkin lebih menghibur ya... sekitar utk anak2 SD lahh. Utk ukuran dewasa, critanya trlalu simple saja. Dan animasinya juga bagus walopun tdk terlalu 3D spt film besarnya.

Kuku Kaki Kakiku Kukaku

Uda brapa minggu ini (mungkin 2 bulan?) gue ngebiarin kuku2 jari tangan sama kuku2 kaki gue ga dpotong alias manjangin. Alasannya pertama gue lagi males aja motong kuku. kedua gue lagi bereksperimen kpngen tau apakah kuku gue bsa spanjang Lady Deathstrike, hehe. Walopun bgitu, gue ga jorok lhoo... gue selalu cuci tangan cuci kaki pokoknya jaga kbersihan. Kadang gue kasi kutex dll. Stiker juga gue kasih. Namanya juga cewe, kuku pun pasti di dandanin lahh.

Tapi emang gue ga bsa punya kuku panjang. Bisanya pake kuku normal. Kalo ke pesta emang lbh enak pake kuku palsu sihh. Cmn utk khidupan shari2 mndingan punya kuku normal. Krn kuku gue kpanjangan, gue susah banget buka kaleng minuman atau pegang pensil, atw bahkan ngetik di keyboard komputer, dan utk smsan di hape. Parahh dehh. Kalo kuku yg kaki, gue smpt nabrak kaki meja, duile sakitnya mnta ampun sampe nyut2an soalnya kuku kakinya langsung retak lahh.

Akhirnya kmrn trjadi lahh, kuku gue patahh. Sbagai cewe, gue smpt histeris dulu (huehehe, hiperbola) akhirnya gue langsung ke salon dahh mnta manicure en pedicure. Mnta langsung potong pendek en rapih aja. Hasilnya? Jreeeeeenggg... rapi, bersih, pendek (tapi ga trlalu pendekk lahh). Next time gue pake kuku palsu aja kalo pgn pesta, gue bukan Gatot Kaca soalnya. Lagipula muka gue agak luka2 gara kena garuk ga sngaja pas bobo. Dikirain abis dicakar kucing. French manicure kalo gue lagi pgn party ajahh, huahaha.

keterangan: yep, itu bukan gambar kaki en tangan gue. hihihiiii...

Dead Space: Downfall

Rating:	★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Animation

Film horor-sci-fi ini brdasarkan video game Dead Space. Dulu sih prnah maen, kaya maen Doom/Resident Evil gitu. Film ini pd dasarnya prequel dari crita video gamenya. Ga taw knaps, walopun film ini cukup serem (najez), gue bored aja ntnnya.

Pesawat penambang Ishimura mendarat di planet yg tdk diketahui dan mengmbil sjumlah objek. Seminggu kmudian, kejadian2 aneh menimpa para penumpang psawat trsebut dan mereka tewas scara mngerikan. Apalagi setelah ada wabah yg tdk dketahui yg membuat para mayat2 mnjadi hidup kmbali. Trnyata ada alien2 brnama Necromorphs yg menempel di tubuh mereka spt parasit. Sisa2 para penumpang brusaha brtahan hidup.



Bgitu nonton, gue langsung teringet film ALIEN dan ALIENS yg uda jelas mrupakan favorit gue. Ini jelas2 ngikutin film2 tsb. Aliennya juga hampir sama, dan ada zombie2 juga. Standar lahh utk ukuran film dari video game.

Yg jelas mnurut gue, filmnya akan lbh bagus kalo animasi Jepang. Mnurut gue animasi Jepang lbh halus dan mngkn akan lbh serem. Krn ini animasi Amrik yg uda cukup lumayan, tapi msh ktinggalan 1 step dari anime. Tapi dari segi crita... ya gitu dehh. Cukup jijik dan nyeremin. Tapi istilahhnya mereka kpgn keren dg mnampilkan banyak darah dan pmbunuhan yg sadis, cmn krn critanya uda standar, gue malah kebosenan ntnnya.

Yg pasti bukan film anak kecil laah. Jgn kecele krn ini film kartun gitu lohh. Gue beli DVDnya di bagian KARTUN DAN ANAK2 bgitu. Ntar ada yg ga ngeh, malahan beliin ni film buat anak2nya. Ini film kartun dewasa horor. Bahasanya juga kasar2 smua. Gue agak2 aneh aja dengernya.

Tapi yg demen sama film2 GA USA MIKIR, ya ini bolehlah buat dtonton. Tapi bukan film buat gue. Gue lbh demen film tegang dan full crita dan full action. Ini mnurut gue agak2 kosong aja isinya.

Quantum of Solace

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Action & Adventure

Begitu selesai nonton filmnya, badan gue rasanya pegel2. Bukan krn klamaan, tapi ngilu krn filmnya pure action berat -- dan si James Bondnya dbanting, dlempar, dpukul, dtembak, dhantam, dtikam, dan sgala hal yg bikin gue sempet2nya meringkuk di kursi gue saking tegangnya. Gila aja, bgitu filmnya dmulai langsung GUBRAK GUBRAK JEDEERRRR! Blon smpt ngambil napas ato siap2 dulu kek, apaan -- uda kaya naek jet coaster ajah, heheh!

Critanya si James Bond sdang ingin balas dendam atas kmatian si Vesper dari film sblumnya, Casino Royale. Untuk itu, dia hrs brhadapan dg organisasi teroris Quantum.



Inti critanya sih itu. Tapi kalo boleh jujur, kayaknya jalan critanya agak2 mnyimpang dari itu. Agak kusut kalo mnurut gue. Film sequel ini kayaknya lbh mngutamakan actionnya, daripada critanya. Jadi lupain yg namanya romance dan drama spt dari film prtamanya. Isinya action mulu.

Dan gue cmn bsa bilang, si Bond ini maennya super kasar. Mngkin lbh kasar en lbh kejam daripada Jason Bourne. Kalo Jason Bourne lbh banyak membela diri, kalo Bond lbh banyak menyerang sbelum dserang. Gilaaaaaa... Gue ntn asli sampe pgn lompat2 di kursi gue, soalnya seru bgt. Tapi tentu aja ada kekurangannya, yg mnurut gue sptnya critanya brsambung lagi dahh kaya yg prtama. Dan SAYANGNYA ga ada lagunya si James Bond. Ga ada martini; shaken not stirred. Ga ada Q. Ini Bond yg bener2 raw bgt.

Ramayana 3392 AD

With Hollywood hitting up comic books for blockbusters, a new comics publisher is looking to India for ideas.

"The world is increasingly realizing that India is a source for creativity and great ideas, not just a back office to execute them more cheaply," said Gotham Chopra, part of the management team at Los Angeles-based Liquid Comics.

One of the first projects for the publisher will be bringing its Ramayan 3392 AD (pictured) — a colorful, 21st-century re-imagining of Indian literary epic the Ramayana — to movie theaters. Liquid has teamed up with Mandalay Pictures and 300 producer Mark Canton for the film, which has a planned release date of 2011.

Liquid sprang from the ashes of Virgin Comics, a shuttered enterprise from Richard Branson and the Chopra family that was meant to hammer the dense narratives of India and Asia into graphic novels for the American mainstream and beyond. Chopak and other members of the Liquid management team undertook the buyout of Virgin Comics to continue the quest at the new company.

Chopra talked with Wired.com about Liquid's birth, a new wave of Indian comics artists and the challenge of bringing an ancient Sanskrit epic to the silver screen.

Wired.com: Condensing the Ramayana into a comic book must have been hard, but condensing it into a film seems harder. What do you think about the challenge, and how do you think it will do with audiences unfamiliar with the venerable narrative's mythology?

Gotham Chopra: Can you say, "Trilogy?" Seriously, this is something we've talked about at length even in relation to the original comic series. Obviously, our goal is to create a narrative structure that doesn't require a familiarity with the original story. That's an important note, not only so that people who have never heard of Ramayan can enjoy it, but also so those who are familiar with it are not offended by the film.

To that extent, ours has never been envisioned as an authentic retelling, but rather a re-imagined version, inspired by some of the core themes of the original. Those themes, in our mind, are really universal, as this is a story about the type of leadership required in calamitous times. It's also about families, species and all of civilization uniting to tackle larger, more daunting, adversaries.

Wired.com: Mark Canton did well with 300. Was that part of your decision to work with him?

Chopra: Absolutely. Obviously Ramayan is a world unto itself with its own texture, culture and ethos, especially in the way that we have re-imagined it. Mark's history with 300, which redefined the way films of this ilk can be made, aligns perfectly with what we think Ramayan can be.

That said, we also intend to push the envelope, utilizing technology that produced 300, but likely moving away from the monochromatic color schemes that defined it and others in the genre. We want to embrace a dynamic color palette.

Wired.com: Mandalay is picking up graphic novels, as is everyone else. What do you think of the gold rush to turn revered comics into movies?

Chopra: As everyone in this business knows, there's a big difference between optioning and developing properties, and making a movie. To that extent, I am a big believer in survival of the fittest; I think the stories with the greatest depth will likely be the ones to ultimately succeed.

In that regard, I wish I could take all the credit for Ramayan, but it happens to be a story 6,000 years in the making, so we feel like we are on pretty solid ground. In particular with Mandalay, we also know we have partners that see beyond just the latest trend.

Peter Guber, the chairman of the company and Hollywood legend, has been a longtime personal mentor to me. His team, led by Cathy Schulman — who has a long list of achievements, including an Oscar — have been awesome to work with already. We think we're on our way to creating something that will really be an enduring franchise.

Wired.com: Talk about Liquid's consolidation in Los Angeles. What brought it on?

Chopra: It's hard to distill the resurrection of the company to any one thing. Where we are today is the culmination of many forces and factors, both micro-trends in our own company the last few years, and macro-trends that certainly are gripping not just the entertainment industry, but the world at large.

Specifically, with our former partners in the Virgin Group, we could not have ever had better people to help us build an incredibly strong foundation for a dynamic content company. That said, we were very respectful for their desire to really focus on their core activities, and enthusiastic about our ability to take this company to new heights.

Wired.com: How is it going so far?

Chopra: So far, so good. Ultimately, we believe that the West is closer to where we need to be as a content company. Closer to some of the larger distributors of content, be it bigger media companies and/or online companies. Of course, the real future for us may indeed be India and Asia, so stay tuned.

Wired.com: Speaking of, any thoughts on India and Asia's rise as 21st-century powerhouses?

Chopra: More than just booming markets which inevitably impact our company and others in our industry, the thing I am more excited by is the creative potential we are mining there in terms of world-class artists and writers. That's always been the real mission of our company.

Any time a studio chief at Disney, Fox, Universal Studios or Warner Bros. admires some of the artwork in our books, I am reminded of the real transformation that we are already seeing and will be seeing more of in the coming years. Get ready to hear and see more from the electric minds of the Jeevan Kangs, Mukesh Singh and Dean Hyrapiet. It's cool to know that the world is increasingly realizing that India is a source for creativity and great ideas, not just a back office to execute them more cheaply.

Star Trek

Get an early look at the new crew of the Enterprise from the summer 2009 J.J. Abrams franchise reboot, in portraits and in action, as well as a sneak peek at their Romulan nemesis and more

Life On Mars (US Version)

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Other

Satu lagi serial Amerika yg diadaptasi (dicuri?) dari Inggris. Life on Mars mnceritakan ttg polisi NYC bernama Sam Tyler yg sedang menyelidiki pembunuhan berantai, ketika ia ditabrak mobil. Ketika terbangun, ia mendapati dirinya berada di tahun 1973.....



Pada dasarnya critanya bener2 sama, tapi lokasi dan budayanya beda saja. Kalo yg original berasal dari Inggris, maka adaptasi baru ini brasal dari Amrik. Terus terang aja, gue lbh demen yg versi aslinya dari Inggris. Kayanya trlalu SAMA bgt jadinya kaya nonton hal yg sama. Bedanya kaya makan Burger King sama McDonald. Sama2 burger, tapi ya beda gitu.

Satu2nya yg bikin serial ini lumayan cuman para aktornya diperanin sama aktor2 kawakan spt Harvey Keitel dan Michael Imperioli. Kita liat aja apa serialnya bakalan sbagus yg versi aslinya.

Scara pribadi... Gue agak2 eneq dengerin dialog2 seri ini... soalnya SAMA PERSIS. Apa mereka ga punya daya kreativitas selain ngejiplak?

Life On Mars (UK Version)

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Other

Life on Mars adl serial sci-fi drama dari Inggris yg mnceritakan ttg seorang Detektif Chief Inspektur brnama Sam Tyler. Ia sedang menangani sbuah kasus pembunuhan berantai ketika ia ditabrak mobil. Ketika terbangun, ia mndapati dirinya brada di tahun 1973. Apakah ia bermimpi? Apakah ia menjelajahi waktu? Apakah ia sudah mati? Apakah ia masih hidup? Apakah ia gila?

Serial ini lumayan keren trutama mlihat bagaimana Sam brusaha beradaptasi di jaman kuno, dmans bahasa dan sikap sangat berbeda dari abad 21, belum lagi teknologi yg pas2an, shingga Sam hrs brsikap bijak dlm mnghadapi situasi ini. Serial ini hanya sampai 2 season. Dan dilanjutkan dg spinoff "Ashes To Ashes".



Judul seri ini brdasarkan lagu David Bowie yg brjudul "Life on Mars."

Scara pribadi, ini drama sci-fi procedural yg oke bgt. Kaya gabungan antara seri detektif dg sci-fi dg drama yg bener2... apa yahh? Liat aja sndiri dehh. Kadang2 serem kaya Twin Peaks, atau lucu kaya Starsky & Hutch, dll. Gue rekomen bgt.

Woke Up This Morning

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Music
Genre:	Miscellaneous
Artist:	Alabama 3

Anjrit, kmans aja gue??? This is like one of the BEST bands I've ever heard. Where have I been??? Alabama 3 alias A3 adalah band dari Inggris yg beraliran rock, dance, blues, country dan gospel. Jadi kaya gado2 yg gila luar biasa enaknya. Dengerin lagu2nya bsa sampe lupa waktu, krn kbanyakan enak2 smua. Lagu mereka yg paling terkenal adalah "Woke Up This Morning", lagu intro film seri "The Sopranos".

Style musik dari bandnya kbanyakan fusion/gabungan dari brbagai macam jenis musik. Liriknya penuh dg ironi atau brsifat mndalam. Full bio bsa liat di http://music.yahoo.com/ar-271525-bio--A3

Secret Diary of A Call Girl

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Other

Starring Billie Piper sbg...well, you know... wanita panggilan ;) Sbagian pasti kenal Billie Piper sang penyanyi, sebagian kenal dia sbg Companion di seri Doctor Who sbg cewe baek2... so agak2 surprise aja dia maen sbg cewe super sexayy dsini.

Billie Piper kalo jadi cewe biasa adalah Hannah, tapi kalo jadi wanita panggilan adalah Belle. Dia berusaha mengimbangi kehidupan gandanya. Kluarganya ga ada yg taw kalo dia cewe panggilan, dan temen2nya ga tau nama aslinya. Film seri ini mnceritakan kedua khidupannya, dan bagaimana dia brusaha nemuin jati dirinya.



Banyak sex scenes di film seri ini, tapi msh tamer daripada Sex and The City. Dari segi crita, lumayanlah ada efek2 drama dan sdikit komedi. Tapi kadang2 bosen juga liat si Hannah/Belle bolak-balik dari satu persona ke persona lain. Apalagi si Hannah/Belle ini pada dasarnya 'Breaking The Fourth Wall', alias suka ngomong ke pemirsa ato ke arah TV. Lagi di tengah2 adegan, tiba2 dia suka jelasin ke penonton mngenai sesuatu. Ah, shut up.

Overall, lumayan lah film seri ini. Tapi lama kelamaan ya bosen juga. Btw, krn ini film seri Inggris, banyak yg bilang kalo mereka ga ngerti aksennya. Ya mudah2an kalo beli DVDnya, teksnya bener. Film seri ini brdasarkan novel dg nama yg sama.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

Dbintangi oleh Neil Patrick Harris, mini seri ini hanya beredar di internet -- so ga ada di DVD manapun. Film internet yg dibikin oleh Joss Whedon (Buffy TVS & Serenity/Firefly) ini dbuat pas lagi Writers' Strike, dg produksi yg minimalis tapi dg hasil yg maksimal. Lucu, dramatis, dan musikal. Yg prnah ntn episode Buffy The Vampire Slayer yg ada nyanyi2nya, ya hampir sama dehh.

Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) adalah seorang villain/penjahat kacangan yg kepengen bgt bsa brgabung ke Liga Penjahat. Tapi syarat utk brgabung adl membunuh/mngalahkan Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion), seorang superhero yg sombong. Stiap hari, Dr. Horrible bikin blog ttg khidupan shari2nya dan rencana jahatnya...tanpa sadar kalo blognya diliat oleh para penegak hukum dan sang Captain Hammer :) Dr. Horrible naksir seorang cewe brnama Penny (Felicia Day), hanya dia malu utk menegornya.

Gue nonton mini seri ini ktawa ga abis2nya, en then jadi trharu banget. Lagu2nya keren2 smua, dan akting para aktornya juga hebat. Padahal ini mini seri bener2 cmn skedarnya. Unik dan kreatif.

Mini seri ini bsa dtonton di http://www.drhorrible.com/ atau di youtube juga ada.

Another Blast From The Past

I don't remember the exact date, the exact day, or the exact time. But I remember someone buzzed me outta nowhere from my YM. Looked it up, and an unknown user buzzed me. I frowned and decided it must had been a wrong buzz or some stranger wanted to chat with me. I ignored the buzz when HE appeared and greeted me.

"Hey. It's me.... How are you?"

I froze, and I think it took me about 5 minutes to react. The sonofabitch wouldn't dare to say hi to me.

And yet... here he was. His user name was blinking, and almost blinded me.

He buzzed again. I still couldn't react. There was no way in hell this person suddenly appeared in my life. The very sight of his name blinking furiously in my computer monitor was able to make me speechless and couldn't think straight.

It has been...what? Five years? Five years after that horrendous experience and bad break up? What the hell he wanted?

"Are you there...?"

I typed very slowly. "I'm here."

"How are you?"

He asked me how I was doing. After five freakin' years... what a nerve. Five years without saying a word, no emails, no telephone, no NOTHING and then he got the balls to buzzed into my life? OH I WAS DOING GREAT WITHOUT YOU! I had a nervous breakdown, my dad died, I had to go back to college, and I have to work my ass off to support my family -- so THANKS for asking!

I typed, "I'm okay. How about you?"

He typed, "Pretty much the same. I just moved outta the town. It's quieter, but it's nice. The snow is thicker here. I remember how much you loved snow...."

Snow... How I missed playing in the snow. But thanks for bringing up one thing I can't get now. A freaking SNOW.

I typed, "How nice."

A very long pregnant pause. Did he just got offline? Did he just left what he started? I closed my eyes and thought...how typical. He couldn't even finish talking with me, he...

"I missed you."

I think I just had a heart attack reading that sentence. Five years of trying to moving on, five years of distractions and work, that three little words were able to make my brain stopped functioning. Drama queen, I'm not -- but there is such thing as the past can bite you in the end in a very unexpected time.

There was no way in hell he missed me. There is always a catch. What game were you playing now?

"Why?" I asked. I was afraid to typed that one word. Afraid I was going to get sucked into an endless questionable motive.

"No reason... I saw the snow the other day, and suddenly I remember you... I remember we had so much fun." He typed. I didn't say anything. The surge of emotion were coming down on me like a parade of butterflies which managed to flew into my stomach. 10 minutes of silence and I still didn't say anything. I had no idea what to say.

"You hurt me." I finally said. "You kicked me while I'm down."

He typed very slowly. "I'm sorry. For everything I have done. there is no word to describe..."

"How about GO TO HELL?" I said.

"I guess I deserve that..." Silence again.

"Why now?" I asked.

"Because once in my life, I did care about you. But I was a jerk... and always is."

"How big of you to admit that." I said.

"I try... I just wanna ask for your forgiveness."

"You're forgiven. Don't ever contact me again." I signed off.

And I stared blankly to my computer.

My Clock Is Ticking

No, no, not the clock on the wall or my watch. My darn biological clock is ticking very hard like a time bomb. Now, I never believed in such thing as biological clock, I mean what the hell is that anyway? Some old wives tales about how you should get married PRONTO before you're getting older and therefore your vags already shrinkage and won't be able to produce little bastards...I mean, little angelic babies. I never believe in such things, and I always prone with the idea that you get married when you WANT TO and ready, not because you HAVE TO and give up the pressure of marriage from your peers and family.

Oh yes, the pressure is always there. How many times that my peers ask me this particular question: "When are you gonna get married?"

Every. freakin'. time.

It drives me nuts whenever someone asks me that. Not because they care, not because they want to see me happily after -- nuh uh, because they CAN. Because they want to poke their nose to someone else's business and gossiping how EVERYONE ELSE IS MARRIED and I'm not! Why can't they accept the fact that I don't want to get married now?

Case in fact, Facebook really gives me a headache. Not because I'm a bit addicted to it, but because I met my old friends from long long way ago -- and they posts their pictures with either their babies or their husbands or their wives. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them. Everyone deserves a happiness and I'm glad each and everyone of them found one. But still the question is always linger: WHEN?

Butt. out. This is my life, baby -- and I'm holding the steering wheel.

Another case in point; my cousin is getting married. Everyone is so busy helping out, and I'm helping out too. Taking care of this and that and this and that -- you know, sort of things. Of course the subject of marriage always come up, and I manage to turn into sour puss. My face will immediately change to unpleasant. I guess in some point my family kinda afraid asking me these marriage and wedding questions because they're afraid I might bite their heads off.

And the most horrendous thing is, the wedding of my cousin is not even began yet -- another cousin of mine is planning her own wedding for next year! I asked her what's he rush? She's younger than me, she still working her ass off, and I KNOW she's having a cold feet for the marriage thing -- but still wanna go on because her fiancee wanna get married quickly. Me and her fiancee do not get along so well. I am very protective of her, and I really don't want her to get married just because she have to or her fiancee forcing her to... I want her to be ready to accept the amount of responsibility in the future and willing to take any kind of crap that she will have during the married life. Don't crawl back to me and complain if your marriage is not what you think it would be. It's not all rainbow and unicorns all the time.

Do I sound bitter and totally against marriage? Don't get me wrong, and I know you would, I'm not against marriage. It just that most people get married for a wrong reason. Either they get married for LOOOOOOVE or they get married because everyone else get married, or they get married because of their peers. For cripe's sake, you get married because you want to and you're ready for your next step of your future, you ready to accept responsibilty -- and people tends to forget this: When you get married, you're not married to the person whom you love -- but the whole damn family! You join other family and form your own. This is not like Cinderella where they rode to the sunset and dancing all night in the moonlight and happily ever after. There is more to it -- and if you're not ready for it, don't think that you are and convinced yourself, "If I'm not ready now, when will I?" -- the answer is YOU WILL KNOW.

I seriously don't need this crap from everyone that berating me with the same question. Who cares about my age? Age ain't nothing but a number. Who cares about my baby maker? Dude, God will granted you a child if you believe. And if you can't have a child, there's always an adoption -- bring happiness to those who needs it. Every child in this world is your child. Just because they're not your flesh and blood, doesn't mean that they don't deserve your tender loving care.

But what about my clock?

I can't deny that it's ticking very hard, I can hear it so loud. I think I saw some dancing babies the other day. Is this mean I WANT to get married? Not necessarily. Maybe I'm a bit envious from all those couples who are getting married or married and already have kids. I thought about how I almost got married when I was younger, but God showed me the way that it wasn't the time and he wasn't my soulmate. But yeah, I will get married because I WANT TO.

Blast From The Past

I never thought I would say this... I kinda missed him. It was out of nowhere, I saw him at my cousin's birthday party. I know he is a friend of my cuz's family, but I didn't know he'd come to his b'day party. Imagine my surprise when I saw him across the room. I felt like someone just splashed me with cold water. After 10 freakin' years! And saw him again... I was thinking why the hell I broke up with him. We could have a future together... But it didn't work nonetheless.

But seeing him again last night... It brought a lot of memories... Banging myself in the head and thinking whether I made a mistake. I know everything happens for a reason. It wasn't meant to be.

And then we met again... I thought I moved on. Obviously I'm not. Of course I don't know how he feels about me... He's probably already have a girlfriend (or boyfriend ) -- I have no business poking my nose, even though I would like to know.

It was an awkward meeting. I waved first, we hugged and exchanged pleasantry. "How are you", "What are you doing now?" yadda yadda. I have no idea what we were talking about. I was feeling self-conscious about my appearance: my hair looked awful! My dress was ugly, and I gained weight a lot.

And he looked GREAT. Absolutely great, I felt like an ugly duckling. Damn it. It should be the other way around. I wanna look great in front of him! Call it my ego, but when you meet your ex, at least you should look smashing!

And I completely ignored him afterwards. I couldn't bear to talk to him. I wouldn't know what to say! He must've thought I was a bitch during the party because I was ignoring him. I just couldn't stand my cousins who were berating me, "HEEY! LOOK WHO'S HERE!" Shut up, I could see where this goin... I could feel all eyes actually looking at me and him, judging my reaction. Everyone said I have a poker face. I felt bad ignoring him. Well, at least I said goodbye to him when he excused himself from the party. One of the reasons: MY MOTHER. She didn't know he was my ex. Of course afterwards she interrogating me about him. "Mom, it was a long time ago. We were an item but we're not now."

"Why?"

Why? I don't know why. I shrugged but of course in a couple of days my mom will ask me the same question until I feel I wanna jump off the bridge. Why? Because I was stupid and young. Why? Because I was an idiot and thought the earth was flat.

All I know is... I feel like I blew my chance of happiness by breaking up with him TEN FREAKING YEARS AGO. I'm wondering whether my life would be completely different if I stayed with him instead telling him and broke his heart that I WANTED SOME SPACE AND FINDING MY PLACE IN THIS CRAZY WORLD AND DISCOVER ABOUT MYSELF.

How great it turned out to be...

Mira said... "Hey, you guys meet again. Who knows?"

Miracles doesn't happen twice, dear. The first one was free and I blew it big time. Good Gawd.

My cousin was asking him something when I approached them. But they suddenly clammed up when I was near. Damn it, what were they talking about? I overheard something like, "So do you still have feelings for...." And they spotted me and shut their mouths. What were they gonna say? At least... Gimme some closure. If we weren't meant to be, then we weren't meant to be. I can take it.  GIMME A FREAKIN' SIGN!

The Shield

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

Gue ngikutin ini seri sejak taun 2001an, pokoknya waktu gue msh kuliah sampe skarang. Ini seri polisi brutal yg prnah gue tonton. Full action, drama, dan twist. Saking bagusnya, Glen Close sama Forest Whitaker aja jadi bintang tamu bbrapa season. Btapa susahnya dapetin DVD film seri keren ini. Ga jual di Indonesia mungkin. Bagi yg blon prnah ntn, gue anjurin banget buat nonton. Kalo msalnya ga ada DVD, cmn bsa pasrah dg TV Cable yg nayangin seri ini midnight di channel AXN biasanya.

The Shield mncritakan ttg polisi korup bernama Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) bersama dg STRIKE TEAMnya di Farmington, LA. Mereka biasanya menangani kasus2 drugs dan prostitusi. Sementara mereka mengamankan kota, di lain pihak mereka juga korup dlm mnangani kasus2nya. Episode pertama adalah episode yg gak akan terlupakan sampe skarang.

Kalo suka film2 ttg polisi korup, ini lebih baik daripada yg laen. Kalo misalnya Training Day ada Denzel Washington, mnurut gue msh kalah sama seri ini yg ada Michael Chiklis yg gila emang brutal bgt. Dan msh lebih brutal daripada The Sopranos. Tapi kalo dia lagi brada di rmh brsama kluarganya, trlihat dia sangat sayang kpd kluarganya. Batas antara kebaikan dan kejahatan nyaris ga kliatan.

Ga pernah ada episode yg boring, smuanya slalu tegang/tense dan bener2 guncangin jiwa banget. Ini pujian trtinggi yg prnah gue kasih. Skarang The Shield uda nyampe season terakhirnya, yaitu season 7. I hope it would go out in a bang!

Dilarang Bawa Anak (Belanja Sebelum Puasa)

Papan peringatan (yg bernada sopan tentunya) yg ditulis besar2 di atas langit2 MAKRO bnar2 jelas. Tulisannya kira2 begini: "Untuk kenyamanan belanja anda, kami tidak menganjurkan anda untuk membawa anak2 kecil ke dalam MAKRO. Krn MAKRO adalah tmpt utk berbelanja dan berbisnis. Sebaiknya bawalah anak2 anda ke pusat bermain." Trus di bawahnya ada gambar anak kecil yg lagi merengek sambil menarik tangan ibunya.

Kira2 gitu tulisannya. Gue lupa. Tapi pada intinya pengunjung jangan bawa anak2 kecil. MAKRO itu kan tmptnya super gede kaya gudang, dan barang2nya juga 4 kali lebih banyak, uda gitu sering ada forklift yg bersliweran di aisle atau lorong2 barang. Kalo sampe mereka kecelakaan di tmpt tsb, mnurut loe sapa yg bakalan dsalahin?

Anyway, gue yg sedang belanja dsitu.... salahnya gue, gue dadakan blanjanya dan lupa kalo uda tanggal tua dan menjelang puasa. Bsa dibayangin PENUHnya kaya apaan. Gue sampe pusing ngeliatnya. Uda gitu para karyawan MAKRO kayaknya bener2 sibuk dan ga ada waktu utk ngestock barang2, shingga boks2 pada numpuk di tengah jalan! Dan bsa lo2 pada bayangin bahwa banyak keluarga yg singgah utk belanja di MAKRO shingga suasana makin rame. Dan smuanya bawa anak2 kecil. Uda gitu mereka suka seenaknya ninggalin troley mereka di tngah jalan.

Gue msti susah payah manuver troley gue di antara anak2 kecil yg berlarian dan berteriak2 di bangunan yg luas tsb (apalagi troleynya msti gue tarik, bukan gue dorong -- krn troleynya kan gede bgt), dan para ibu2 yg cuek naro troley di tngah jalan. Ada seorang mbak2 yg asik ngobrol persis di pintu masuk. Gue bilang permisi2 sumpah cuek banget. Temennya yg diajak ngomong padahal liat gue, cmn dia juga sama cueknya. Akhirnya gue dorong bahunya dia. "PERMISI, MBAK!." Cewe2 tsb kaget gue bentak mereka. Mereka langsung minggir dari tengah jalan. Kliatan bgt mereka malu, langsung ngacir sambil nundukin muka. Gue asli ga ngerti masalah mereka. Maksudnya mo sok cuek sama org laen? Tapi pas dbntak kok malahan ngacir?

Gue mngamati para kluarga yg sedang 'berbelanja'. Di daerah sayuran, ada kira2 5 trolley berjejer yg sedang dijaga oleh para suami yg kebosanan. Muka2 mereka smua pd kosong, ada yg ngelamun, ada yg pencet2 hape, ada yg cuman duduk di pinggir trolley sambil ngeliatin istri2 mereka lagi milih2 tomat dan buah2an. Dan anak2 mereka? Berlarian di area MAKRO yg memang luas, berteriak sekencang2nya, dan menangis sekencang2nya -- smntara bapak2 mereka cmn duduk trmenung di troley mereka, dan ibu2 mereka sibuk milih2 barang. Huehehe...

Mngantri kasir pun ga kalah hebohnya. Smua antrian kasir panjaaang bgt. Dan memang kalo blanja di MAKRO kita pasti tau, mana yg kluarga, mana yg pngusaha. Pengusaha biasanya bawa 3 troley skaligus penuh dg barang2 yg sptnya mo djual lagi dari panci sampe barang trkecil. Kalo kluarga kliatan bgt troleynya cmn 1, tapi barangnya numpuk bgt -- kliatan kalo lagi nimbun sembako buat sbulan. Uda gitu biasa kan orang Indonesia paling ga mau ngantri, biasanya rebutan antrian. Gue biasanya cari antrian yg paling pendek, tapi lama. Daripada antrian yg puanjaaaaaaaang bgt walopun cepet juga -- soalnya gue males rebutan ngantri.

Antrian yg pendek tapi lama biasanya utk orang2 pengusaha, dg trolley dan barang2 mereka yg bejibun. Gue asik2 aja ngantri sambil sms2an. Sedangkan antrian yg sebentar tapi panjaaaangnya mnta ampun itu penuh dg org2 ga sabar, kluarga yg brisik, dan anak2 yg suka mnangis mnta dbeliin macem2 plus ortu yg marah dg anak2 mereka. Hmm... gue asli ga ngerti knaps uda jelas dtulis gede2 dilarang bawa anak2 masih juga bawa anak2. Apalagi gue blanja itu uda malem banget, skitar jam 9an. Bukannya itu waktu tidurnya anak2 kecil? Masa ortunya nyeret mereka belanja? Ya jelas aja anak2nya ngerengek mnta pulang.

Gue beli beras seberat 50kg. Scara gue dan nyokap jarang makan nasi, beras biasanya buat pembokat sama satpam di rmh. Gue kalo blanja emang sebulan s/d 2 bulan skali aja. Gue ksusahan masukin karung beras yg berat itu ke dalam bagasi. Akhirnya gue mnta tolong ke salah seorang mas2 yg kbtulan lagi nongkrong di area parkiran -- yg kbtulan kayaknya seneng bgt ngeliatin gue ksusahan. "Mas, bsa tolong saya masukin karung beras ke mobil saya?"

Kaget krn gue mnta tolong, salah seorang mas2 yg tadinya lagi ngeledekin gue kerepotan dg barang2 blanjaan, lalu ngikutin gue dg brsungut2 dan masukin berasnya ke dlm mobil. Salah seorang temennya tereak, "Mnta duit aja yg banyak!" Malu krn diteriakin juga sama temen2nya, stelah gue terima kasih uda masukin beras ke dlm mobil, dia langsung ngeloyor pergi dari hadapan gue. Okay, gue juga ga mo ngasi dia duit kok. Rasanya kok ga rela ngasi duit ke org yg emang sbenernya ga mo nolongin. Dia juga maw bantuin krn gue nyamperin dia, padahal sbelomnya gue lagi diledek2 sama mereka. Yg lbh lucu lagi adalah, stelah beras uda masuk ke bagasi dan gue masuk2in barang belanjaan ke dlm mobil gue, mereka kembali ngeledek2 gue. Aneh bgt. Mungkin krn gue sndirian dan barang2 blanjaan gue banyak. Gue ga bawa sopir, ga bawa laki, tapi santai aja sndirian blanja.

Hmmm.... Ini adalah salah satu hal yg gue agak2 males nonton sndirian di bioskop. Agak2 rumit kalo ada yg ngomentarin seseorang kalo sndirian lagi blanja, lagi ntn, atau lagi makan di restoran. Kesannya ga punya temen banget. Padahal gue kalo blanja emang pgn sndirian, kalo sama nyokap pasti lamanya mnta ampun. Kalo kepengen ntn sndirian, krn gue kepengen ntn film yg gue MAUIN bukan krn suara trbanyak temen2 gue. Dan kalo makan sndirian, krn kepengen makan dg cepet ga perlu ngobrol2 dan urusannya beres ATAU kepengen nyantai sndirian sambil baca buku di kafe2. Kan kemana2 ga HARUS dtemenin sama orang laen kan? Mandiri dikit nape? Gue punya temen yg kmana2 msti dtemenin -- bahkan ke toilet! Buset. Takut apa sih???

Tapi kayaknya emang orang2 sini masih blon bsa terima kalo ada yg asik sndirian ya? Pasti bakalan dikata2in autis lahh, dan laen2. Huaaa... gue ga ngerti bowww.

Should Superman Go Dark?

PRO: “Just treat ‘Superman Returns’ as the Ang Lee ‘Hulk.’”

Both Morrison and Geoff Johns have pitched the film studio on how to reboot Superman — properly reboot him, as if “Superman Returns” didn’t even happen.

“I told them, it’s not that bad,” Morrison said. “Just treat ‘Superman Returns’ as the Ang Lee ‘Hulk’. The Hulk’ has proven the audience will forgive you and let you redo the franchise,” Waid said. “You can reboot from scratch. Superman is a character more recognizable than Abraham Lincoln or Mickey Mouse,” Meltzer said. “But no one knows crap about Mickey Mouse. He’s a symbol. Understanding a soul is much harder. So don’t treat him like a walking American flag.”

To understand Superman, Meltzer says, you have to know why Superman was created in the first place — because a young Jerry Siegel’s father was shot and killed in 1932 (a fact first uncovered by Gerard Jones in “Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book”).

“Superman was created not because America is the greatest country on earth, not because Moses came to save us from Krypton, but because a little boy lost his father,” Meltzer said. “In his first appearances, he couldn’t fly. He didn’t have X-ray vision. He was only bulletproof. So Superman’s not a character built out of strength, but out of loss.”

“When you hear that, it puts on a whole new spin on Superman and his origins,” Waid said. “The understanding was that Batman was born out of traged and Superman out of hope and aspiration, and it turns out that it’s about not wanting to lose your loved ones. That’s critical, and it means that we can connect with him. He’s not an untouchable character. Bad things still happen to him. His father passes away, and his powers can’t save him.”

And even if Superman still seems like too much of a Boy Scout, we’re supposed to be identifying with Clark Kent anyway. “Everybody knows what it’s like to see the pretty girl and think, ‘If only she could see me for who I really was,’” Waid said. “Past the glasses and acne or whatever. But he has to hide, and half his co-workers don’t even know his name. That’s a critical part, too.”

“It is so much deeper than, ‘He’s an alien with superpowers,’” Meltzer said. “I never wanted to write a Superman movie before, but I do now. I understand what Superman is now.”

CONTRA: “”How stupid is that?” exclaimed “Hellboy” and “Buffy” writer Christopher Golden. “That announcement made my head spin. ‘Iron Man’ isn’t dark. ‘Iron Man’ worked because Favreau brought in all the best Iron Man creators and had them read the script and asked them, ‘Tell me what we did wrong?’ — and it worked because it had all the best things about Iron Man boiled down into the best movie they could make. ‘The Dark Knight’ was really good because it had all the best things about ‘Batman’ boiled down into the best movie they could make. Making a dark and gritty Superman movie because Dark Knight made a ton of money is incredibly stupid.”

While he wasn’t as direct as Golden, fan-favorite writer/director Kevin Smith also had reservations on a newer, darker Man of Steel. “You always have to always keep Superman very distinct from Batman,” he related. “Batman can be brooding and bleak and dark but Superman — if you want to take a realistic approach to him that’s fine, but I don’t think you can turn him into an angry character. Superman is about the hope in people, the good in people, whereas Batman is about the more driven, hungry for justice angry side of us. [So] I don’t know if doing a dark Superman is the approach, but I’m all for a reboot.”

“Superman, the character, inspires hope, as opposed to Batman, who inspires fear,” elaborated Jeph Loeb, who added that his “Superman for All Seasons” (which he created with frequent collaborator Tim Sale) could be a proper approach for a possible revamp of the franchise. “‘Superman For All Seasons’ is about Clark Kent trying to deal with the fact that he has this incredible power and responsibility, and that was an interesting concept to me. And one of the other things that I find interesting is that he’s set out to perform a job that will never finish, a never-ending battle. Is that dark? I don’t know.”

Meanwhile, Steven T. Seagle — who’s groundbreaking graphic novel “It’s a Bird…” took a unique look at Superman through the eyes of a comic book writer — feels that Superman has been a “dark” character all along. “Heroic struggles are basically all dark in tone. The idea of ‘villains’ implies something bad happening to good people most of the time, and that’s dark. Heroes look brighter emerging from dire consequence successfully,” said Seagle.

Longtime DC Comics scribe Mark Waid tended to agree with that assessment. “I [focused] on the part where they’ll make the films as dark as the characters allow us to go,” he said. “Hopefully they realize that Superman is not a dark character, but that doesn’t mean the story can’t be darker or more threatening. What makes Superman hard to write in the 21st century is that he’s a creature of hope and he lives in a brighter, more optimistic world than, say, Batman.”

Nanya2 Mulu...

Rupanya kalo emang ingin nyari pngalaman unik dg manusia , cobalah berinteraksi di daerah jualan DVD bajakan. Inget kan dg cewe nyebelin yg suka tereak2 waktu itu? Kali ini gue kdapetan cewe yg nanya2 mulu ke gue. Kayaknya gue magnet buat pngalaman aneh, hehehe. Tapi kali ini gue ga trlalu sebel seghh... Cuman unik aja. Mngkin banyak yg mngalami hal kaya genehh. Ga trlalu istimewa pngalamannya, cmn bikin gue pgn crita aja.

Kmaren2 lagehh kpgn nyari2 DVD TV seri, scara gue uda lama ga ntn film seri dan film bioskop. Krjaan bikin pusyeng, makanya pulang dari krja gue smpt2in nyari DVD aja, biar bsa ntn. Biasa lahh, gue ngulik2 dvd cover sambil ceki2 org2 di skitar gue. Waktu gue nyamperin salah satu kios, ada cewe yg nanya2 ke mbak pnjualnya soal dvd. Kbtulan gue denger tapi ga trlalu jelas aja.

"Ini film apa sihh?" Tanya cewe itu ke mbak pnjual sambil ngasi liat dvd cover.

"Ga taw, kak. Blon nonton." Jawab pnjualnya. Pokoknya kbanyakan pnjual dvd kan blon ntn film2 yg djual, tapi biasanya kalo dtanya ada film trtentu mereka taw lahh dan bsa nyariin. Tapi si cewe ini blon puas kalo blon ada review ataw rekomendasi dari org laen utk film.

"Ini film HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER bagus ga?" Tanya si cewe. "Saya belon prnah denger nih serial ini. Kok judulnya panjang amat ya?"

"Gambarnya bagus." Jawab si mbak.

"Bukan, film serinya bagus ga?"

"Wah, saya ga ngerti kak."

Well, d'uh Gue tuhh orgnya slalu beli dvd, regardless tau critanya bagus apa enggak. Ntar kan bsa diliat sndiri bagus apa enggak. Emang sih kalo ada rekomendasi bsa ngbantu, tapi dlm sikon kaya genehh kayanya ga prlu nanya ke mbak2 pnjual dehh. Mndingan beli aja, palingan kalo jelek lu rugi brapa duit. Kalo ga beli juga ga apa2. Dan ini yg PENTING: Coba lu baca review dari majalah, koran, dan internet donks! Cari tau, lbh aktif dikit gitu lohh!

Kbtulan pd saat itu gue agak jauh dari cewe tsb yg masih nanya2 ke mbaknya soal dvd. Masalahnya dia nanya ke pnjualnya satu2 gitu, sampe gue nyaris ga dilayanin. Akhirnya dg ga sabaran gue nanya ke si pnjual, "Mbak, ada HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER season 2?"

"Ada, kak. Ada yg season 3 juga, mau ga?"

"Mau lahh. Skalian sama..."

Blon smpet gue nyelesain kalimat gue, cewe tsb yg brdiri jauh dari gue langsung motong, "Ehh, bagus ga sihh HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER?"

"Err.... Ya, bagus."

Cewe itu ngedatengin gue dg stumpuk DVD trus berdiri di sbelah gue. Gue sok asik ngulik2 DVD di dpn gue dan brusaha ngecuekin dia. "Bagus ya? Sbagus apa? Kaya apa film serinya?"

"Ngg... kalo suka FRIENDS ya skitar kaya gitu lahh. Pokoknya lucu."

"Oh ini lucu??? Kaya sitkom gitu?"

"Iya...."

"Soalnya di Indovision belon ada tuh. Tau Indovision kan? Itu TV cable yg channelnya banyak!"

"Yeah... Tau Indovision kok... Saya punya Kablevision."

"Oh, punya TV Cable juga? Kablevision emangnya bagus ya?"

"Bagus. Film seri HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER aja uda dputer kok..."

"Masa? Ihh, Indovision aku aja ga ada lho! Makanya ga prnah denger ni film seri."

"Okay...."

"Ternyata malahan uda season 3 aja!"

"Yeah... uda cukup lama serinya."

"Ihh, kok gue bsa ga tau sihh?"

Trus gue mnta dputerin film serinya. Trnyata teksnya ngaco berat, gue bsa liat itu. Pas gue komentar ke mbak2nya, "Mbak, teks bahasa Inggrisnya ngaco ya...?"

Si cewe kmbali motong, "Iya yahh?? Masa ngaco gitu, sampe sakit mata dehh bacanya. Huh!" Si cewe itu trus ngasi liat cover film seri LIPSTICK JUNGLE. "Kalo ini bagus ga?"

Gue cuman ngangkat bahu. Agak2 annoyed gitu. "Lumayanlahh... Kalo suka SEX AND THE CITY ya hampir sama lahh."

"Iya, aku suka banget sama SEX!" Bbrapa pngunjung yg kbtulan cowo2, dan lagi pd ngulik2 dvd cover dsitu langsung ngangkat kepalanya serentak dan ngeliat cewe tsb. Gue agak2 berdiri jauh2 stlah dia ngoms gitu. Wadaww... Jgn kenceng2 nekk. Gue ga kenal sama lu. Tapi cewe itu msh blon selesai dg prtanyaan2nya. Dia ngasi liat dvd cover laennya. "Ini bagus ga?"

"Lumayan."

"Ini bagus ga?"

"Oke lahh."

"Ini bagus ga? Critanya ttg apa?"

Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat. Apa muka gue kliatan kaya tukang jualan DVD? Atau muka gue emang kliatan sbg muka org yg demen ntn film kali, huehehe Pokoknya tu cewe nanyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa mulu. Rasanya pengen gue bentak suruh dia stop nanya2 dan nonton aja sndiri! Tapi gue msh sopan aja. Ngapain judes. Akhirnya stelah gue uda nemu DVD2 yg gue cari, gue mnta si mbak2 pnjualnya utk muterin filmnya. Bgitu si cewe mo nanya2 lagi, gue langsung pndah ke daerah yg lbh deket ke tvnya. Si cewe itu kliatan kecewa ngliat gue cabs dari dia, trus dia mulai kaya kbingungan mo nanya2 ke sapa.

Pacarnya nyamperin, sambil nyolek dia. "Uda beli DVDnya sayang?"

"Aduuuuh, tunggu. Aku blon bsa mutusin nihh!"

"Uda lahh, beli aja. Ntar kalo jelek balikin!"

"Sbentar...." Si cewe trus tereak ke gue dari belahan dunia sana. "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER bagus kan?!?!"

Gue ga ngejawab, cmn ngangguk aja. Si cowonya heran ngliat gue, soalnya ga kenal gue. Trus dia bisik2 ama cewenya, cewenya bales bisik2. Trus cowonya ngliatin gue gitu, dan gue sok pura2 sibuk.

Cowonya trus tiba2 nanya ke gue. "Film The Dark Knight bagus ga???"