Diary Entry: St. Patrick and a $5 mai-tai

I saw Nosferatu (release 1922) two nights ago when it was on cable and all I could remember is a freaky looking Dracula lurking after the freaky looking beautiful girl, and that in the end the girl dies (sorry for the spoiler). I don't know what lured me into watching it since silent films freak me out, but I was certainly intrigued. For a horror movie with characters that don't speak (which ultimately makes every silent film a bit freaky to me), they certainly showed what little technology they have to bother with the special effects. Freaky Dracula didn't even have a dramatic death. Instead, he just disappeared and a little smoke came out. That almost said "poof!".

When the film require you to read two sentences of the script every five scenes, it doesn't get any scarier than the makeup, the background music, and the silent facial expressions.

Go classic movies!

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Monday nights in a bar is not exactly the best day to go if you're looking to be social. It's not necessarily less drinking, but definitely less people. Since I've dodged tons of invitations from my 20-something friends to go out drinking, I finally decided to go when one of them was celebrating for getting his old job back. I ended up spending $5 on a mai-tai while I sit and lounge in one of their sofa. Fun, but I could also do that at home.
For free.

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My Internet was down last night when I got home. I didn't get to do a flick-a-day!

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Lastly...HAPPY St. Patrick's day!
Stay sober enough to be safe.

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Filipino word of the Day: inuman [i-noo-mahn]
English translation: drinking time; happy hour