ever since I can remember , I bin poppin my collar

WTF is up with the TIFF???

2007-07-23T23:53:30Z

i was excitedly checking the toronto international film festival website for the list of this year's midnight madness screenings. and i found out that DAINIPPONJIN is going to be screened... directed by comedy LEGEND Hitoshi Matsumoto (!!! the guy is sooo fucking hilarious).

so here's when i started to get pissed off at all things tiff-related.

i went to the box office section of the site cos i wanted to buy tickets for the screening before it's sold out. but the fucking website won't let me!! basically it looks like you HAVE to buy a PASS which costs a zillion dollars. you aren't allowed to purchase single tickets. WTF kinda messed up shit is that? goddamn... i miss going to the vancouver film fest... at least you could buy single tickets and they were super cheap too. even if you wanted to buy a pass for the whole festival it would only cost $200 at most.

stupid toronto.

so i guess i'm gonna have to chance it and line up in the rush tickets lineup the night of the film.

grrrr... so mad. =(

is anyone else going to the festival this year?

Vancouver Photos

2007-01-18T07:12:16Z

CLICK FOR PHOTOS FROM MY TRIP TO VANCOUVER, YO.

merry christmas!

2006-12-24T06:28:02Z

Touchez-pas That Dial

2006-12-21T00:57:12Z

um, i guess it's because i live in a jewish area and it's hanukkah, but theres this really annoying car that drives by my apartment AT LEAST 2 times a day BLARING jewish folk music! is this part of a hanukkah tradition i'm not familiar with? driving up and down bathurst street blasting music from their honda civics? *confused*

in other news... i'm going to vancouver jan 9th till the 19th. can't. fucking. wait!

hope ya'll have a great christmas and lots of tofurkey!

a scanner darkly.

2006-11-28T00:54:32Z

i watched 'a scanner darkly' last night. it's based on phillip k. dick's novel of the same name.
i don't really feel like writing a 'review' on the film, but everyone should rent/buy/steal it.
it was reallly good. waking life was good, but this is 10 times better.
also, considering the fact i don't really like anything i've seen in the last 5 years, you should trust me on this!

keanu and winona (hell, even robert downey jr!) are tres hot in it. since when did winona get such big boobies? me likes.

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i still havent booked my flight to vancouver yet. i guess i should get on that soon eh? it's hard because i REFUSE to pay more than $500 return for a flight in early january. maybe ill hitchhike there?

also... after not being impressed the first few listens, i'm really loving thom yorke's cd.

thats it, thats all.

this is some messed up shit.

2006-11-22T04:20:44Z

This is Mimi, the first cat to give birth to puppies, her owner claims.
Brazilian Cassia Aparecida de Souza, 18, says three of the cat’s six offspring, which were born three months after Mimi mated with a neighbour’s dog, have canine traits.

synchronizelove @ 2006-11-01T22:29:00

2006-11-02T03:29:16Z

check out my new upload on youtube! just some random shots from my digital camera from last week. i really need to figure out how to record a vblog and have the audio sync up...writing journal entries is so passe...

synchronizelove @ 2006-10-24T08:42:00

2006-10-24T12:45:53Z

http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/

this guy is hilarious!!

in other news... i have been working every day since.... i don't even remember. tomorrow is my first day off in a long time. yay!

in sadder news... im paying my cell phone today. it's $698.00. i have no idea how that happened exactly, but i DO know that sabrina + cell phone bills = not so much.

synchronizelove @ 2006-10-22T00:17:00

2006-10-22T04:18:04Z

um matthew good just sent me a message on myspace.

sabrina + driving = an accident waiting to happen

2006-10-17T03:25:53Z

here's whats been goin' down the last few days...

i just got over my cold/flu on friday, and then i got some kind of stomach virus or something and ended up hugging my toilet for most of the weekend. i talked to a doctor on saturday and he thinks it had to do with my daily diet of diet coke and cigarettes. pfft, whatever.

on saturday night, while resting from spewing chunks the day before, i watched 'match point' which i bought last week. i was really stoked to see this movie, but was VERY disappointed. i think woody allen should stick to acting in his films, instead of just directing them. oh man... it was horrid. i love jonathan rhys meyers but holyfuck... he was so obnoxious in this movie!

i'm becoming more addicted to myspace with every passing day. i have no idea why. i still think it's a retarded waste of time, but yet i can't seem to stop checking it! i became myspace friends with the guitar player from the dears (!!!). somehow he managed to stumble upon my page and requested an add. i'm trying to butter him up so i can get a backstage pass or something. hah. but in all seriousness.... the dears are heading over to the uk and the rest of europe later this week, so PLEASE go see them. they put on a really good show.

in other news...

today was a crazzzzzy day at work. i was literally running around doing 4 things at once. it was mental. according to the payroll that was done today, i did more hours than anyone else in the store in the last month... which might explain why i feel like death every weekend!

okay... onto the more exciting (?) news! the first episode of canada's worst driver season 2 just aired. oh.my.god. this show is sooo funny! watch it next monday at 10pm. it's ridiculous that these people even passed their driver's test.

speaking of bad driving....
i've decided to FINALLY take my learner's (yes, i've never taken it yet... ahem). i'm tired of taking the bus and/or relying on other people for rides! plus, it would be alot easier (i.e. FASTER!) to get to work. i'm planning on taking the written test in a months time. so from now until then, i'm going to be studying the ontario driver's handbook non-stop. honestly, i think i'd make a pretty decent driver... i wouldn't have a problem going on highways because i really like speeding (ask anyone who has let me drive their car haha)... BUT i do have issues with turning. which is a bit of problem i guess. i seriously can't comprehend it! i always over-steer.

if any of you guys have taken the written test in the last few years, give me any pointers you think i might need to know!!!

die myspace die.

2006-10-11T03:24:43Z

i just spent the last 2 hours updating my myspace page.

whatthefuck.

i used to hate myspace and now suddenly i find myself checking it every 10 minutes!

are any of you fine folks on it? i need more "friends". i only have 350 or something. =( lol

thanksgiving + doctor who = a happy sabrina

2006-10-10T03:18:28Z

today i ate too much turkey, watched a csi:miami marathon on tv, danced and sang along to clap your hands and say yeah! about 50 times (download 'is this love?'. you will dance, i promise you), and saw the NEW doctor who episode (!!!!!!)... which was fabulous by the way.

tomorrow i'm back to work. is it weird that i missed it over the long weekend?

ps: there's this new band out of liverpool (or thereabouts) called Hot Club de Paris. they're pretty good. download the song "sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother". greatest song title ever?

haha it looks like i'm choking gizmo! this also shows that i really need a fucking hair cut! these bangs are getting out of control. i also think this may be one of the least flattering photos of me, but i'm beyond caring right now lol.

return of the dancing midget!

2006-10-08T16:45:58Z

i was just looking around on youtube and discovered more (!!) clips of the dancing midget!!! if you haven't seen this first clip yet, you MUST watch it! it's quite possibly the greatest thing i have ever seen. i would give my right boob to meet that guy... he's that awesome.

apparently all these clips are from a movie called Adisaya Piravi. i have to find this on dvd!!!!

here's part two.... this film is a work of art. lol

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in other news... hope everyone is having a fantastic thanksgiving weekend. i'm going to hamilton tonight to have dinner and then tomorrow going on a photography adventure (cos its been way too long since ive taken any photos).

i really realllllly want to go to iceland next month for the sugarcubes (bjork) show. i've seriously thought about it. the airfare would be pretty cheap and it would be amazing to see bjork IN iceland! but sadly.... i fear that paying bills, rent, and saving for my vancouver trip will prevent me from going. :( i should start a 'send sabrina to iceland' fund.

i'm still really sick. it's mostly a bad cough and a nose that won't stop running. :( any suggestions? i've tried every cold & flu medication in existence without much success.

lily allen is in town tonight. and im not going to the show because its sold out. grrrrr....

synchronizelove @ 2006-10-05T06:57:00

2006-10-05T10:58:03Z

i had a dream last night that the scissor sisters came into my pharmacy because they were on the methadone program. haha... so i was telling ana and jake that i realllly wanted to go to their show next tuesday and ana is like 'girl, ill hook you up!'. i have odd dreams...

don't let icelandic poets lie to you.

2006-10-02T03:25:16Z

i just watched 'the boondock saints' for the first time (yeah i know... i'm a little behind on my movie watching). ohmygod. what an amazing film!!! willem dafoe was incredible.

this isnt much of an entry, but i just wanted to post about the film and how good it was!! my weekend was also pretty good... relaxing... which is exactly what i needed after a CRAAAAZY week at work. i spent most of it sleeping, going out for a bit, and spending way too much time on youtube. that site is seriously the best thing since sex. i found brass eye clips (very funny british satire), tons of music videos i'd never seen before (pulp, blur, bjork), and other random goodies. speaking of bjork... watch this ridiculously cute video of her talking about her tv....and her theories on dutch writers and icelandic poets who LIE!

and also... the scissor sisters are playing in town next tuesday (i think?)... since the lily allen gig is sold out, anyone wanna go?

edit: i just found this hilarious Blur Rock Profile clip on youtube! Rock Profile was a show that Matt & David did before Little Britain... and is a bit better I think. Anyway, watch this video!!! the alex james bit is hysterical!

(i swear thats the last time i'm gonna talk about youtube... at least for this week...)

oh hell yes.

2006-09-25T04:38:34Z

Lily Allen
Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
Sun, Oct 8, 2006 08:00 PM
$15

oh. my. god. i must go to this!!! i havent been to a show since sigur ros LAST september!
plus, it's only $15. you people must be on crack if you don't come out. :D
thanks shazad for letting me know!!

Mi dispiace, ma non parlo bene l'italiano

2006-09-24T02:00:40Z

i slept until 7pm today... but considering i worked a 12 hour shift yesterday, i think sleeping for that long is justified!

this week has been so ridiculously busy/stressful. several times throughout the week, i thought about applying to other pharmacies... just so i can work in a NORMAL environment without all the bullshit. having said that, there are alot of funny moments at this pharmacy... like this regular patient who comes in, came in yesterday... he points at me and shouts "AHHH! my favourite Calabrese!!!". i guess you had to be there, but it was really funny, cos he thinks that i'm calabrese... even though i don't look italian AT ALL.

speaking of italians... i really want to learn some conversational italian. mostly for work, because it's a bit of a downfall only speaking english in a predominatly italian pharmacy. it's a huge problem on the phone cos whenever patients call for a prescription renewal or whatever, they start going off in italian and i have to literally YELL "aspetta!" (wait) to get their attention.

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here's a "fun" quiz! cos i'm bored... so entertain me with your answers...

1.Your Middle Name: Valerie (my aunt's name) and Sumire (my Japanese name)
2. Age: 22
3. Single or Taken: Married... to Cillian Murphy... he just doesn't know it yet.
4. Favorite Movie: Kikojiro, 24 Hour Party People, The Heart of the World (even though it's a 5 minute short film, it still counts!), Battle Royale, Fireworks, Lost In Translation, Shallow Grave, Clockwork Orange, Amelie, Happiness of the Katakuri's,
5. Favorite Song: of all time?... "Enjoy the Silence" Depeche Mode. currently... "Yes" by McAlmont & Butler, "I Want You So Hard(Boy's Bad News)" The Eagles of Death Metal, "LDN" Lily Allen, "Everyday I Love You Less & Less" Kaiser Chiefs.
6. Favorite Band/Artist: Joy Division/New Order/Depeche Mode
7. Dirty or Clean: Zestfully clean.
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: 3 piercings in each ear, naval piercing, nose piercing (but it has pretty much grown over now). no tattoos.

HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...
1. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
2. Whats your philosophy on life?
3. Would you have my back in a fight?
4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
5. What is your favorite memory of us?
6. Would you give me a kidney?
7. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?
9. Can we get together and make a cake?
10. Have you heard any rumors of me lately?
11. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?
12. Do you think I'm a good person?
13. Would you drive across country with me?
14. Do you think I'm attractive?
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?
18. Would you go on a date with me if i asked you?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you?

"he doesn't look a thing like jesus"... um what?

2006-09-18T04:25:00Z

i was going to make another vblog tonight but then realized that i still have NO freakin clue how to make the audio less annoying and have it sync up. help??

my arm is in serious pain right now from being on the phone with marisa for 2 hours. i'm not a phone person i don't think... if you've ever tried calling me, you'll know this to be true. lol (i.e. i hardly ever answer my phone...). although i guess being on the phone for 2 hours is a bit of a contridiction...

so i saw viggo mortensen last tuesday at the film festival. oh. my. lord. i usually don't find blonde men attractive, but HOLYSMOKES. i'm all about the nordic men now! pictures to follow later this week....

what else?

um... i secretly love 'sexyback' from justin timberlake... yeah... i think working in woodbridge is having an effect on my music tastes... but dudes, seriously... the suit he's wearing in the music video is QUITE hot. if only all men could dress like that. one of the pharmacists i work with said the song sounds like what rave kids would listen to while high on ecstasy and then she proceeded to dance like she was posessed. i guess you had to be there.. haha. it was hilarious.

i also reallllly love 'when you were young' by the killers... i wasn't really digging the dirty, grungy look that brandon flowers is sporting these days, but who cares.... the song is KILLER! get it? killer? the killers? i should have my own standup night at yuk yuks. ;p yeah ... maybe i'll do a kareoke themed vblog .... if i ever figure out the fucking audio syncing issues!!!!!

one more song you should download is the scissor sisters' 'i don't feel like dancing'. it's very bee gees-esqe. love it.

and this just in....
i'm going to london 100% next spring or summer. finally!! and perhaps a trip to oxford and cambridge on a day trip or something...
yay!
it was either iceland or london. i chose london. am i crazy? probably.

london

2006-09-10T04:23:14Z

so if i was thinking of going to london (england, not ontario lol) sometime next year, what time of the year is best (weather-wise, things going on in the city, etc)?

i figure it's finally time for me to check it out. i'm sure i'll still like manchester more, but it would be cool to see what's happening there and stalk my favourite radio 1 dj's! plus, maybe even get to meet you london-based lj friends!

in other news...i just read that karen o. of the yeah yeah yeahs is half korean & half polish?!?! WTF! she doesn't look part asian at all. i look full japanese compared to her.

black holes and revelations

2006-09-04T22:24:25Z

since i've been living in my apartment for 2 months now, i thought it was time to take some pics of the place! it's a little messy, so bear with me...

the kitchen. the oven doesn't work and i havent bothered to call the manager to fix it. at least the stove works? lol

dining room.

japanese print that's hanging in the dining room window.

i love the dinner table and chairs. they're alfred sung. and they're hot.

living room.

my three favourite things right now...

view from the living room window, looking out onto bathurst street.

computer desk...where i create livejournal magic.

che poster in the living room.

living room...pretty much all the furniture in here is from ikea... except the nasty looking couch which i need to replace eventually.

hallway.

bathroom. notice the palm tree theme? lol

magazine rack in the bathroom. required reading: "everyone poops"

postcard from japan that i have in the bathroom...break wind anytime you like!

and finally, the bedroom..

i still have to hang up pictures and some prints i bought off deviantart.com last year.
kay now its time to make dinner... and watch coronation street.
oh yeah i have some new icons as well.. not very exciting ones though.

PS: download 'starlight' by muse... you will love me for it. trust me. it quite possibly has the cutest lyrics ever. more and more, muse are becoming one of my favourite bands. perhaps even in the top 3!

shopping escapades.

2006-09-04T03:32:17Z

i hope everyone is having a good long weekend cos mine has been dreadfully boring! i met up with dan yesterday and we went for lunch, then did some shoppin' at hmv. i ended up buying some cd's... razorlight, boy kill boy, and the new thom yorke one (which is so amazingly beautiful. love. it.). also got the royal tennenbaums criterion dvd, trainspotting special edition, and coupling season 4. i used to think coupling was a pathetic excuse for a show, but i really like it now.

today i went to eaton centre (what a horrible idea, considering it was full of kids doing their back to school shopping..*shudders*) in search of finding a pair of lacoste sneakers. i wasn't very lucky. this is most likely going to sound ridiculous, but 5 years ago a friend of mine in vancouver had these lacoste shoes that she bought in france... ever since then i've been in love with lacoste and have NEVER found the right shoe. how fucking hard is it to find a nice pair in this city?! who's up to going to france with me?

anyway, the main purpose of this post was to complain about abercrombie & fitch... even though i was suckered into buying some shirts and a VERY cute sweater.. ahem. seriously though, what is the deal with the place REAKING of men's colonge? where is it coming from? and more importantly, why is the smell so overpowering?! i mean, i'm guessing it's an attempt to sell their line of colonge but dudes... ease up a little. it was like i was drowning in a swimming pool of Axe or Tag.

and on other shopping related news... i've finally given in and bought a motorolla razr to replace my nokia. and yes. i'm pretty impressed with the hotness factor of it.

(fucking hell, what a boring post eh? lol sorry about that...)

PS: I FOUND A COVER OF 'OH MY GOD' (ORIGINALLY BY THE KAISER CHIEFS) DONE BY LILY ALLEN!!!!!!! ITS SO GOOD... IF YOU WANT IT, EMAIL ME!

lily allen...

2006-09-01T04:55:06Z

...is my current guily pleasure. she's so adorable! plus, she's the daughter of keith allen (among his many talents, co-wrote a new order song and played the dead naked guy at the beginning of "shallow grave"). although she is a bit of a chav isn't she?... (http://www.chavscum.co.uk/ haha). anyway, she's playing a show in toronto in october. i wanna go.

download her song song 'smile' or better yet... watch the video!!

i want that dress. now.

synchronizelove @ 2006-08-28T22:40:00

2006-08-29T02:43:28Z

before i go to bed... i want to post this video that these kids made for a radio 1 contest in the uk... around the same time i was over there in the spring. obviously the original is alot better, but these guys ROCK! i love it! watch and you will too. mkay then.

in other news i look like a deranged chipmunk in this user icon...

posh + becks

2006-08-24T00:44:28Z

you can tell i'm over-worked and tired when...

i seriously consider buying a pair of victoria beckham jeans that i saw in yorkdale. the catch? they cost $300. for jeans. oy vey.

my justification for it is that a.) i do need new jeans b.) they make me look hawt and c.) they're purdy.

what has happened to my journal?! i've resorted to posting about overpriced clothing...wow... i need to go to bed. lol

we trace the skyline

2006-08-19T03:16:00Z

so what has sabrina been up to lately? i've been working. alot. and that's about it. exciting huh?
i bought some dvd's last week... the beastie boys dvd 'awesome, i fuckin' shot that!' dvd which is pretty awesome. and i bought 'v for vendetta'. holychrist... i went to see this movie when it first came out, & i had goosebumps. good goosebumps... i loooove it. hugo weaving is really good in it, and natalie portman... well... she's adorable. ANNND... one of the special features has this saturday night live sketch that natalie did where she plays this hardcore hiphop chick.... it's hilarious.

i finally got a raise at work! thank freakin' god. i still think i deserve to get more, but i'm not going to push my luck...

work has been mental. in every way possible. people are such morons who come into pharmacies. a little info for you folks... i work in woodbridge... it's safe to say that most people in woodbridge are loaded with money.... they only carry hundred dollar bills and drive their bmw's and camaro's. im convinced that some of them work for the mafia lol. when they're not driving around like arrogant assholes, they come into the pharmacy that i work in, and proceed to tell me that they dont want to pay for their prescriptions. they are so fucking cheap!!! i mean... this one woman didnt want to pay $12!!!! and yeah another thing that pisses me off is how certain people whom i work with (actually, just one person in particular) always fucks up things and never takes the blame. i also find it amusing that this person keeps putting prescriptions through the computer, even though she never pays attention to what's on the screen... important info like uh... how much we're getting paid from the insurance company for each medication we bill to them. OKAY... enough complaining? okay. but in all seriousness... most of the italians in woodbridge are good people... so this isn't meant to sound like a 'i hate italians' rant. not much anyway... :)

actually... one more thing to complain about! it took me almost 3 hours to get home yesterday. there was a really bad accident at weston rd & hwy 7, so i was stuck on the bus for hours sitting in stand-still traffic. it was painful let me tell you.

anyway, good news is that after a busy day at work, i came home, checked the mail and got a parcel from my dad. he just got back from san francisco and it sounds like he had an amazing time. he went to the japanese area and bought me this wind-chime. i'm not really sure what the mirror is for on the bottom, but i love it anyway. he said the store that he bought it in had some really great stuff so if you're in san francisco check out the store! it's called... Asakichi, japan center, 1730 Geary Blvd.

i finally have saturday AND sunday off. i haven't had a whole weekend off in AGES!
have a good weekend everyone!