there's an idea of Raisa Al Mansoori, an illusion, some kind of an abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something imaginary. and despite the amount of efforts I put just hide my cold gaze, it still slips once in awhile. you'll shake my hand, you'll feel the flesh gripping yours, and maybe think that our lifestyles are probably comparable ...i simply am not there.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
emirati psycho*
there's an idea of Raisa Al Mansoori, an illusion, some kind of an abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something imaginary. and despite the amount of efforts I put just hide my cold gaze, it still slips once in awhile. you'll shake my hand, you'll feel the flesh gripping yours, and maybe think that our lifestyles are probably comparable ...i simply am not there.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
the grasshopper and the Ant
49400:40:06,337 --> 00:40:09,067 "The Grasshopper and The Ant."
49500:40:10,341 --> 00:40:12,400 Here we go.
49600:40:12,476 --> 00:40:17,539 "Once upon a time, there was a grasshopper and an ant.
49700:40:20,484 --> 00:40:22,975 The ant was very hardworking
49800:40:23,053 --> 00:40:25,544 and the grasshopper was not.
49900:40:25,656 --> 00:40:27,681 He liked to sing and sleep.
50000:40:27,758 --> 00:40:29,726 While the ant went about his tasks.
50100:40:31,328 --> 00:40:36,356 Time went by. The ant worked and worked all summer long.
50200:40:36,434 --> 00:40:39,301 He saved all he could and when winter came
50300:40:39,370 --> 00:40:41,861 the grasshopper was dying of hunger and cold
50400:40:41,939 --> 00:40:44,339 while the ant had everything."
50500:40:44,408 --> 00:40:46,740 That ant is a real bastard!
50600:40:46,811 --> 00:40:49,302 "The grasshopper knocked on the ant's door,
50700:40:49,413 --> 00:40:52,871 and the ant said to him,'Grasshopper,
50800:40:52,950 --> 00:40:54,850 if you had worked as I did
50900:40:54,919 --> 00:40:57,649 you wouldn't be hungry and cold now."'
51000:40:57,721 --> 00:41:00,189 And he didn't open the door!
51100:41:00,257 --> 00:41:01,690 Who wrote this?
51200:41:02,993 --> 00:41:05,621 Because this isn't how it is!
51300:41:05,696 --> 00:41:08,426 That ant is a piece of shit and a speculator.
51400:41:08,499 --> 00:41:11,525 And it doesn't say why some are born grasshoppers.
51500:41:11,602 --> 00:41:13,502 Because if you are, you're fucked.
51600:41:13,571 --> 00:41:15,129 And it doesn't say that here.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
1594
01:31:09,464 --> 01:31:11,632
(ON ANSWERlNG MACHlNE)
Hi, it's Florence.
Leave a message.
1595
01:31:11,716 --> 01:31:12,883
Florence.
1596
01:31:13,510 --> 01:31:16,262
Florence, l'm calling
to say l'm sorry
1597
01:31:16,346 --> 01:31:18,597
you had to go through
what you're going through.
1598
01:31:18,682 --> 01:31:22,643
And Mahler's fine.
He ate pizza.
1599
01:31:24,729 --> 01:31:27,982
l'm leaving this
in your voicemail,
but it's really a letter.
1600
01:31:28,066 --> 01:31:31,110
l get so angry about
the world, you know?
1601
01:31:32,445 --> 01:31:33,571
lf l knew who
to write a letter to
1602
01:31:33,655 --> 01:31:36,365
about all the stupidity
in the world, l'd do it.
1603
01:31:39,077 --> 01:31:43,080
You're 25.
l was just 27.
1604
01:31:44,541 --> 01:31:47,918
You're brave.
Young people are brave.
1605
01:31:49,421 --> 01:31:51,672
When l was a kid,
l was a leader
1606
01:31:51,756 --> 01:31:54,008
and most of the kids
always looked up to me.
1607
01:31:55,594 --> 01:31:58,470
l thought l might go
into space, you know,
as an astronaut.
1608
01:31:58,638 --> 01:32:01,682
(CHUCKLES) l can't even
swim in the fucking pool.
1609
01:32:01,766 --> 01:32:03,601
My brother's in Vietnam.
1610
01:32:03,685 --> 01:32:06,187
We have the same parents.
l can't blame that.
1611
01:32:10,192 --> 01:32:13,861
l really love Phillip,
but l'm not supposed
to be on his bed.
1612
01:32:15,989 --> 01:32:19,200
l love my parents.
l love Mahler.
1613
01:32:20,785 --> 01:32:22,244
l miss my mom.
1614
01:32:23,455 --> 01:32:26,999
l really like you.
1615
01:32:28,126 --> 01:32:32,087
l just hate how
embarrassing it all is.
l don't understand.
1616
01:32:32,339 --> 01:32:33,714
What happened to me?
1617
01:32:34,341 --> 01:32:36,258
Where does experience go?
1618
01:32:37,219 --> 01:32:40,763
Remember Charlie Sheen
standing on his balcony
in Wall Street?
1619
01:32:40,847 --> 01:32:43,682
Did you see that movie?
Saying, "Who am l?"
1620
01:32:44,726 --> 01:32:46,810
Phillip and l used to
make so much fun of it.
1621
01:32:46,895 --> 01:32:48,979
l'm thinking, now,
it wasn't so stupid.
1622
01:32:49,981 --> 01:32:54,735
Somebody once said to me,
"Hurt people hurt people."
1623
01:32:56,655 --> 01:32:59,240
lt's kind of trite,
but it stayed with me.
1624
01:32:59,324 --> 01:33:03,786
Oh, man ! That was you,
like, a few days ago.
1625
01:33:03,870 --> 01:33:06,413
l used to have
a really good memory, too.
1626
01:33:06,498 --> 01:33:10,084
Anyway, we do. . .
l do hurt people.
1627
01:33:11,503 --> 01:33:14,171
Hurt people.
1628
01:33:16,424 --> 01:33:18,676
l think lvan and l broke up.
1629
01:33:24,224 --> 01:33:28,936
Florence, l really like you.
1630
01:33:30,355 --> 01:33:31,981
Love, Roger.
Friday, October 29, 2010
* ناس بزيت و ناس بسمنه
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
"un film de Pedro Almodovar"

منذ فترة قريبة حظيت بفرصة مشاهدة آخر أعمال ألمودوفار "لوس أبرازوس روتوس" أو عناقات مكسورة. رغم محاولاتي الفاشلة بعدم الإقتراب من أي مقالات أو مراجعات عن الفلم إلا أنني قرأت عدداً منها لكن بعد مشاهدتي للفلم لم أجد الصلة بين تلك المقالات و الفلم الذي شاهدته للتو. لسبب أو لآخر لم تفضِ أي مقالة بالكثير. أتذكر منها أن الكاتب قال أن الفلم كان يمثل امتنان بيدرو لفن السينما بل شبه الفلم بقصة الحب القديمة التي تجمع الاثنين, بيدرو و السينما, خصوصاً لمن تابع أفلام بيدرو سيلاحظ وجوهاً نسائية كثيرة يختارها المخرج لتظهر في أفلامه دائماً, ما عزّز لدي هذه الفكرة فقد كان ذلك كنوع من الشكر (ربما) أو العرفان لهن
بداية هذا الفلم اختلفت قليلاً عما تعودته في أفلام بيدرو. حيث يبدأ الفلم بموسيقى هادئة و مشهد افتتاحي منظّم لوجوه كثيرة تظهر ثم تختفي أمام كاميرا في ما يشبه تجارب الأداء (الكاستنج) لترى بعد ذلك وجهاً مألوفاً, بطلة القصة "لينا" أو بينيلوبي كروز, تعود لتختفي مرة أخرى حتى تتذكرها احدى شخصيات القصة و كمعظم أفلام ألمودوفار عليك المحافظة على ذاكرة عريضة لتربط شريط الأحداث و الشخصيات لأنها غالباً ما تأتي مبعثرة ما بين سنوات مضت و شخصيات تظهر ثم تختفي. لا أريد الخوض في تفاصيل قصة الفلم, لأنها من القصص التي لا تلخّص بكلمات مفهومة و إن استطعت فلن تتمكن من ذلك دون شرح و هذا الشرح سيعبث بمشاهدتك للفلم لاحقاً
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Eternal Sunshine.
Random thoughts
for Valentine's Day, 2010
Today is a holiday invented
by greeting card companies
to make people
feel like crap.
I ditched work today
for good.
Took the car to Abu Dhabi.
I didn't bother to tell anybody.
Just packed. Said good bye to mom,
and left.
I don't know why.
Aaah!
I'm not an impulsive person.
I guess I just woke up
in a funk this morning. This year.
I gotta buy a new pair of shoes.
It's goddamn freezing on this beach.
Beach walk in February.
Brilliant, Raisa.
So many drafts. So many.
Don't remember writing that much.
It appears this is
my hundred something entry.
Friends are overrated.
They're just people who know what cup size you are.
If only I could
meet someone new.
I guess my chances of that happening
are somewhat diminished,
Seeing that I'm a cautious,
Self-obsessed person,
Who is bored with people.
Maybe I should
get back together with him.
He was nice.
Nice? ________eek!
Well. He loved me.
Why do I fall in love
with every man I see...
who shows me
the least bit of attention?
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Well, it's complicated.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
friday's coffee breaks.

Thursday, August 20, 2009
mystery dresses.
it's been ten years now since Anna Scot, met William Thacker. ten years since i have been a fan of she. ten years since i had the pleasure of meeting Spike. ten years sincei heard someone say they never heard someone say "Whoopsidaisies." ten years.
and someone actually uploaded the whole movie on youtube, wow.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
meet me in montauk.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
a girl in a stripped red jumpsuite with a hoodie once told me that, if you liked this movie then you're not anyone. you're unique. well, maybe. and maybe this applys to a lot of other movies, but this is our grey territory. to prove this theory, we're starting a fanlisting.
Rules.
1. never type the word "nice" here.
2. must believe in liars.
3. must at least know one french word, says mr. Gondry.
4. have to be a believer in the free will of acting stupid.
5. must have been to a bookstore.
Entries.
1. your name.
2. place of exsistance.
3. favorite scene.
4. you're a Clementine or a Joel.
5. you liked the movie because.
spread the joy!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
paint me a memory
من الأفلام ..و الأحذية ..بل و حتى الأشخاص

the curious case of benjamin button
الذي انتظرني كثيراً أولاً في صالات العرض و ثانياً في ملف برنامج التورنت
كنت قد شاهدت الكثير عنه إما في التلفاز أو على أحد المواقع حتى أصبت بنوّع من التشبّع
أوّد شكر مشكلة الاتصال التي واجهتها من فترة قريبة, و التي لولا حدوثها ما كنت لأفكر بمشاهدة الفيلم
على الأقل حالياً
fight club و أخرى كـ se7en 12أو حتى monkeys
سيفهم معنى الاعجاب بممثل يختار "بتلقائية" ربما, أفلاماً أقل ما يقال عنها أنها جيدة
و الحديث هنا عن براد بت
نعود للفيلم, بصراحه لم أقع في حبه لم أنبهر لم أتأثر كثيراً, لم أكن على حافة الكرسي
و للامانه لم أكن على أي كرسي لكن بكلمات أخرى,
لم يعجبني كثيراً
كل ما كان يجول في ذهني حين بدأت المشاهدة هو كيف يبدو شكل الشخصية الرئيسية
benjamin button
عندما كان طفلاًو كيف سيموت, أي بأي سن أو هل سيظل يعود به الزمن حتى يختفي أم .. أم .. و أم؟
و كل هذه تساؤلات "عبيطه" ربما لم يكن من المفروض وجودها في بادئ الأمر
لكن هذا ما جرى
كذلك لم أفهم سبب ذكر تلك القصة السخيفه عن السّاعاتي الذي
صنع ساعة عقاربها تعود للوراء, أملاً أن يعود ابنه للحياه بعد أن مات في الحرب
قد تكون السبب وراء كل هذه المعاناة رغم أني لم ألحظ وجود الرابط بين القصه و الأحداث
! تظل سخيفه
من الناحية الفنية كان جيداً
الاضاءة و اللقطات و المؤثرات الخاصة و الماكياج كلها كانت جيدة, لا اعتراض
الفكرة موجودة و أعني فكرة ماذا لو يعود الزمن بالإنسان للوراء, لكن مشكلة السيد
button
أن الزمن لم يتوقف عن العودة ليكمل حياته كإنسان طبيعي
بل أصبحت مرحلة الشباب هي النهايه
افتقد شيئاً ما, عنصراً مهماً, كوجوه خضعت لعمليات جراحية حتى فقدت انسانيتها
شعرت بأنني أشاهد فيلم خيال علمي لا يمت لي "كإنسانه" أي صلة
فيلم لن يظل في البال طويلاً
Saturday, March 14, 2009
it's about time!
Los Abrazos Rotos ( broken embracess )
a Pedro Almodovar film
Penelope Cruz, and a bunch of other españoles actors
can't wait to see this one, can't wait.
Monday, January 5, 2009
let's spend the day in bed,
usually alone, lights off, and you're in Paris, ..Barcelona, or somewhere else for a couple of hours,
and then, you come back :)
here's some movies I've watched recently,
The Savages
this is one is a year old, I heard so much about it but finally watched it recently, torrent related issues :p
anyways, it's about a middle aged woman played by Laura Lenny, whom was awsome! if I may add :) and her profssor brother who lives somewhere on the other side of the american coast ..or whatever the term is, their father loses his girlfriend of 20 years and they're in their late 70's, and ends up being kick'd out an eldery society/home because of his behavior, anyways ..the movie will take you through their strugle choosing a home for their dying any day father, .. the father n' son relationship, their sister brother relationships, and that sort of things
I enjoy'd the movie tbh, it was real, human, blue, and reeeally depressing, but again it was good, and I'd definately recommend it
Australia,
this one I watched at the theatre, I went there with a couple of my sisters at the Marina mall, we met a friend at a café, ..fuelled up with caffien, chatt'd, then we headed to the theatre and settled down, it was about 3:30 pm and ..dadum, the movie started!
it's a story about this British lady Nicole Kidman, who went after her husband, well ..to get him back to England, but he 'surprisingly' gets murdered as she lands on Australia, and I gotta say her lips look'd a bit bigger than the last time I saw her, ok back to the movie ..she take over her husband's farm trying to save it, then meets this, umm ..man Hugh Jackman and yes she falls for him, they go places, things happens, and then a happy ending! ..hope I didn't ruin it for ya :
ok, now for me it wasn't my kind of movies, it was sort of fun to watch, funny at times, but it wasn't the movie that will stay in mind, it was very predictiple, I thought that they sort of epic'd everything about it, I mean the music was very eppicy, when a car was moving away they'd play this ear-dropping sad music and so on, seriously WHY?
I'd say watch it if you didn't have any other choice, however, there's a big chance you might like it, so it's your call, ..oh did I mention it was about 3 hours? :/
Things We Lost in the Fire
We lost a lot. And I remember, I...
I went to him and I said, you know,"How can you be so calm?"
And he said, "Hey, you know,those are just things, Audrey.
"Those are just the stuff.That's just stuff.
"We still have each other."
another depressing movie, and you'd expect a lot like this conversation
about this family, Hale Berry as the mother, that lost a member, but gained a friend, I read about the movie somewhere so I decided to watch it, it wasn't a masterpeice but it wasn't bad either, it was somewhere in between I'd say watch it, it was good, but a bit soacked up in drama, if you're up to it :)
Hotel Chevalier
I've never heard of this movie before, and it's a Natalie Portman movie which make it even weird-er not knowing about, ..anyways, it's a short movie, about 15 mins or less, I watched it based on a recommendation by a friend,
the whole movie takes place in a French hotel room, there's the ex-girlfriend and there's also the ex-boyfriend, whom suposedly was avoidng or rather fleeing this ex, umm .. the conversations were interesting, the song played in the movie was ..memorable :) everything seemed beautifuly placed, but you'll have to fill in the missing peices 'cause the movie doesn't give much
the over all is, it was good, you might ..hate it, but I'd still recommend it to people with artistic, ..Frenchy tastes maybe?
Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T'Aime
translation to that is, I've love'd you so long, I read about el movie at one of the blogs I stalk, so I thought it's French ..and it's drama, it's a combination that usually result into something good,
am not about to tell the story of the movie, I don't think telling the plot's a good idea you have to watch the movie, and don't try read anything of IMDB, trust me just don't :)
La Flor de Mi Secreto
ok it means, the flower of my secret, it's Spanish, and it's a 1995 production, it feels and tastes ventage, although it's not that old but it's ..I dunno, I've to mention that am completely in love with the director Pedro Almodovar, don't ask I just hove him! ..anyways,
the movie is about this lady writer who writes love novels under the name: Amanda Gris, she's married, but not that married, her husband is some sort of a solider, and was sent to Bosnia, due to the war ..and they're having troubles with their marrige, but she's being a woman, and just trying, and trying, ..and trying!
I'm pretty sure you won't like it, it's a movie about women, the difficult ones, ..I just had to write about it, cause I watched it a couple of days ago, thinking about it it wasn't bad at all, but it's the kind that am not recommending, however, am planing to watch it again :)

Saturday, May 31, 2008
كيف تصنع حلماً ؟
كان غابرييل غارسيا بيرنال السبب الأول و الرئيسي في اختياري للفلم, قد يكون كون الفلم أوروبياً سبب آخر .. و قد يكون البوستر كذلك عاملاً لا يستهان به
ستيفان ينتقل للعيش مع أمه الفرنسية بعد وفاة والده المكسيكي, يعود ليعيش في غرفته التي عاش فيها عندما كان طفلاً و يضطر فيما بعد للعمل في شركة صغيرة و هو عمل وجدته له أمه, لإنتاج التقويمات السنويه "الرخيصه" .. و من أول يوم عمل له يبدي ستيفان عدم رضاه

