Read, read, and more read. I call it “a reading marathon.”
Month: August 2010
Andre and Stefanie
It was serendipity. When Andre and Brooke are about to get married, Brooke Shields post a picture of a woman in the door fridge because she wants that kind of leg and body when she wears her wedding gown. The girl in the picture is Stefi Graf, the famous tennis player. And Andre’s second wife. This is how Andre describe that specific moment where he keeps his foot forward (papansin) in his book “Open.”
They are about to play practice tennis in Florida. Here’s how he describes it:
“I tie my shoes quickly. I pull a racket out of the bag and walk onto the court–then impulsively whip off my shirt. It’s shameless, I realise, but I’m desperate. Steffi looks and does a barely detectable double take…We start to hit. She’s flawless, of course, and I’m struggling to get the ball over the net. Relax, I tell myself. Stop thinking. Come on, Andre, it’s only a practice session…But I can’t help myself. I’ve never seen a woman so beautiful. Standing still, she’s a goddess; in motion, she’s poetry. I’m a suitor, but also a fan. I’ve wondered for so long what Steffi Graf’s forehand feels like. I’ve watched her on TV and at tournaments and I’ve wondered how that ball feels when it comes flying off her racket. A ball feels different off every player’s racket–there are minute but concrete subtleties of force and spin. Now, hitting with her, I feel her subtleties. It’s like touching her, though we’re forty feet apart. Every forehand is foreplay.”
Welcome back, Santana!
Track Listings
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| 1. Whole Lotta Love (featuring Chris Cornell) |
| 2. Can t You Hear Me Knocking (featuring Scott Weiland) |
| 3. Sunshine Of Your Love (featuring Rob Thomas) |
| 4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (featuring India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma) |
| 5. Photograph (featuring Chris Daughtry) |
| 6. Back In Black (featuring Nas and Janelle Monáe) |
| 7. Riders On The Storm (featuring Chester Bennington & Ray Manzarek) |
| 8. Smoke On The Water (featuring Jacoby Shaddix) |
| 9. Dance The Night Away (featuring Pat Monahan) |
| 10. Bang A Gong (featuring Gavin Rossdale) |
| 11. Little Wing (featuring Joe Cocker) |
| 12. I Ain t Superstitious (featuring Jonny Lang)
The new CD will be release on Sep 21, 2010. I cannot wait! |
Parallel Universe
Lost has an island beset with a dark smoke, The Others, and a polar bear.
Fringe has a parallel universe. But more like an afterlife for me.
Andre and Brooke
From his book “Open” this is what Andre’s kilig moment with Brooke Shields.
Andre: This isn’t easy Brooke. But look, I’ve been losing my hair for quite some time and I wear a hairpiece to cover it up.
He reach out Brooke’s hand, put it in his hairpiece. She smiles. He had a feeling she says:
Brooke: You did? It’s no big deal. You’re not just saying that? It’s your eyes I find attractive. And your heart. Not your hair.
He stare at the eyeless, hairless faces around and wonder if he is falling.
Lisbeth Salander personified
Rooney Mara will personify the new literary character, Lisbeth Salander in the big screen after she is cast to play the lead in the Hollywood adaptation of the Millenium trilogy.
If this is not reason enough, what else?
Watch True Blood. It is on its 3rd season.
My Brain Farts 
