Friday, February 29, 2008

Recreating French Fashion

So at this presentation one of the most interesting things was this woman trying to recreate

This


She had started but that was just a trial.
She used satin instead of silk chiffon and fake rosettes so far etc...
I want to see the finished product. It looks like a massive undertaking

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Expressions

People in cardboard boxes were dancing around.

The best part of that was the expression on these Asian students faces.

They were scared/ surprised at first, then when they realized what was happening, they all laughed in unison!
Then they kinda got bored and went away
I love it

Monday, February 25, 2008

On a lighter note

I saw this and thought it was cute/cool

:)

Umm - Hairy

This morning early I was walking from the parking garage and I saw a guy in a dark blue ( I think) car just sitting there as I walked in his direction.
He was facing me and pulled a deep draught of his cigarette.
I saw the red of the burn the fire makes with the tobacco and the paper.
I could tell as I walked closer and closer toward the car that this couldn't be good at all. It was better for me to walk in his direction though than to walk back to the garage and have him follow me there.


I had my keys in my hand and was ready...for what I don't know, but it's time to walk with my pepper spray in hand again.
As I walked by he said something unintelligible, but he moved his car so he could get closer to say it...
All I heard was "Dunno what will do to you tomorrow"

I think I will park somewhere else tomorrow and in future

The guy's face was long and drawn (all his features were long and drawn), long face, long nose, and he had a camouflage cap on. He had a dark jacket on but I think he had a grey sweatshirt hoodie underneath because you know when they zip the jacket all the way up sometimes the hoodie part bunches up round the neck.

I made sure to look at him briefly, so I could describe him. That's all I really needed to know....
I am thinking I should let someone know there is a weirdo lurking at the parking garage but maybe later....

Only This

I went for a few minutes to that thing. I felt that it may be good but when I got there and sat down I felt tacky and uncomfortable so I left. I felt tacky because the whole thing was tacky, contrived and ick. I guess I shouldn't be so harsh because they did try...

I left before it started but not before I got a pic of this, which comforted me for a while, and the food (see my food blog), which I didn't eat, because I felt out of sorts, and I just didn't feel inclined to eat that stuff anyway....
I just felt ugh...

The Quinns

Last night I saw Anthony Quinn when he was younger
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Francesco Quinn

Man he looked exactly like Francesco!

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Short Films

These were nominated for Academy awards
At Night

Il Supplente
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Le Mozart Des Pickpockets
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Tanghi Argentini
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The Tonto Woman
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These were all good but my favorite was The Tonto Woman.
Francesco Quinn

Francesco Quinn, floored me.... All I remember was him, and not because I thought he was hot even though he was. He was such a good actor. He drew me in and kept me in. He looked different. He is a small man with HUGE hands and huge presence. The story was excellent. I hope this wins. I really do.

Honey Dripper

I am definitely going to have to see this movie...
Danny Glover, Charles S Dutton and Lisa Gay Hamilton, star in it...
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I can tell it's gonna be good

Friday, February 22, 2008

History of...

You know I had to do it...I'm not the only one...Where you think I get these from :)


1.Raised in: Geez- at my house at home
2. Planned baby: I'm gonna have to ask mummy
3. Birth month: October
4. Any siblings: Yeh
5. Younger or older: younger and older
6. Hair color: Black
7. Hair length: Longish
8. First school: Holy Family Prep school, then Agape Prep school. Why did we start school at age 2?
9. Eye color: Black
10. Shoe size: Medium
11. Mood: Content
12. Smell: Amber Romance
13.Height: 5'8
14. Lefty/righty: righty

♥LOVE LIFE:
1. Do you remember your first real relationship? yeh
2. Do you believe in love? Yeh
3. Shortest relationship? 2 months (three weeks in my mind but I was asked to 'see where it would go'-BLECH)-
I have a hard time extricating myself from things- thinking I am gonna hurt someone's feelings..now I just disappear...
4. Have you ever been heartbroken? Just the once yeh
5. Are you liking someone now? Nope
6. Have you ever fallen for a friend? A brief like yeh, but then it always goes away if I want it to
7. Are you afraid of commitment? Afraid if its the wrong person. Wrong people always try to trick you into thinking they are the right person lol
8. Do you believe in love at first sight? Nope but some people make you do a double take. You're walking along minding your own business, and then you see somebody and you're like WHOA!!!!!! What the.......?!!!!!!!
9. Longest relationship? (Stupidly) a few years


♥THIS OR THAT:
1. Love or money? Can't you have both?
2. Coffee or alcohol? I don't like coffee
3. One night stands or relationships? relationships (if they are good)
4. Television or internet? Toss up
5. Pepsi or Coke? Neither- don't drink carbonated stuff
6. Fun night out or romantic night in? Fun = romance!
7. Phone or in Person? person- you can see their face, their eyes, expression etc..Then you can 'see' what you need to.

♥HAVE YOU EVER:
1. Have you ever been caught sneaking out? Nope- never snuck out
2. Have you ever skinny dipped? nope
3. Have you ever done something you regret? maybe
4. Have you ever been on a house boat? I've been on a few cruises.. thats BIG house boat!
5. Have you ever finished an entire jaw breaker? No
6. Have you ever colored your hair? I tried once..you couldn't see the color
7. Have you ever been streaking? no way...

♥ARE YOU:
1. Are you missing someone right now? no
2. Are you talking to anyone right now? No
3. Are your parents still married? yeh

♥DO YOU:
1. Do you get depressed about things easily? nope. I move on fast.
Trouble = run far fast and hard and disappear

2. Do you live life to the fullest? I like to think so.

3. Are you comfortable with the way you look? Yep.

4. How do you dress? I like to wear nice things. No frumpy grossness

5. Are you scared of growing old alone? nope. But I do like kickin it with people

6. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to help disadvantaged children and their parents with education and access to food and health care.

7. Favorite season? Summer

8. Are you a vegetarian? nope

9. Current song you're listening to? Warren Hill - Fallin on last fm!

Quarter Life

This is going to be interesting...because I really like:
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This guy Scott Foster, who I think can actually make it big if he, in a couple of years starts taking more serious roles.
The idea of Quarter life is good..The writing is really iffy and some of the cast...eh :(
Scott you'll make it...
I love this guy's potential

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Very Rainy Day

Today...

Can't wait to get home- later.

Much Later

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Pac Pac

Sis ah luv it
Abesinia comin dong!
Shadow

Monday, February 18, 2008

7 things

I dunno if I'll get to 7 but the thing is that they say to tell seven strange things about yourself. I dunno if these are strange but...

1. A while ago a friend of mine and I would do laundry.
It was great if we did a huge load. Then when it came out of the dryer I would lay on the bed and he would throw all the warm clothes on top me and then dive in.
We would throw the clothes up in the air and scream and laugh..it was so warm and good and fun! Hahah I am a kid at heart
Then we would fold and put away

2. Much as I like the laundry thing, the detergent smell makes me feel ill...

3. On cold nights I like to turn on my fan. That way I have an excuse to pile blankets on me and scrunch down underneath them with music on....

4. I think romance is someone offering to run errands with you and then you guys end up having a good time and laughing...eh that's just me I guess.

5. Ease of laughter is the way I can tell that someone has a heart at ease and if the friendship will be one that can develop.

6. I like when small things are shiny. I always do a double take and think "oooohhh shiny" I always reach out to touch it (yeh I'm childish hahah)

7. Food on a plate. I eat the 'yucky' things first (intersperse with some good things), but leave the best for last. :)

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Love this article

I watched the movie American Gangster again last night and loved it even more....
Then I read this article, which looked at the factual nature of the movie.
The only thing I objected to was Richie Roberts saying that Frank Lucas was not a family man and that the scene with his whole family together disgusted him.
Well of course it disgusted him. Anybody who has no clue as to what family lifeis like would not believe that anybody else could have it!
I thought, get a grip Richie...It's not that deep...
American Gangster Article.

Frank's daughter with his wife Julie (Eva), has her own site too!

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Of Course


1. Were you smiling when you woke up this morning?
I was a little tired so I don't think so...

2. When was the last time you felt guilty?
I left a lot of food on my plate and pushed it all round to make it look like I hadn't...

3. How is life going for you right now?
like butter :)

4. When was the last time you held someone's hand?
Recently I guess...

7. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
mom-


8. Last words you spoke?
What's the name of that place we went to?


9. Have you ever kissed anyone who's name started with a C?
i don't think so?...


13. How do you feel about marriage?
People shouldn't enter into it lightly or for the wrong reasons..

14. What is the next concert you're going to?
dunno

17. Can you play guitar hero?

never tried

18. Do you like someone?
Lots of people but serious like- no

19. Why?
No inclination now...

20. Do you prefer warm or cold weather?

definitely warm

21. Is any part of your body sore?
throat

22. What do you wear more jeans, sweatpants, or dresspants?
Never sweatpants, everything else

23. What is the last movie you watched?
Why did I get married

24. What do you currently hear right now?
clinking


27.Who did you kiss this new year (2008)?
eh

28. Where did you sleep last?
my bed-it was cold and snuggled down :)

31. An ipod or a cellphone?
cell

32. Do fish have feelings?
well they have nerves so they feel physically..don't know about emotionally though...

33. What do you think of the person you took this from?
she's great :)

34. What do you currently smell like?
Japanese Cherry Blossom

35.When do you think you will be finally ready to have kids?
Maybe 5 years or so....

36. Would you rather watch football or baseball?
football has better stuff to watch

37. Who was the last person you hung out with?
Wil and them and Kimmi and them

38. What's the strangest fact about you?

I dunno - I just want to believe good about people even when they do heinous things...

39. Where is your crush right now
Hopefully Australia, if not then California

41. Do you feel like dancing?
sure! :)

43. How much money do you have on you?
a few dollars...


44. Do you sleep naked?
not usually!

45. Is there someone on your mind that shouldn't be?
nope- only people that are supposed to be there!

46. Do you burn easily in the sun?
lol

47. What made you happy today?
A lot of blessings this week so it carries over...

48. Who were the last people you went out to dinner with?
Wil and them

49. What's the most important thing you've discovered about yourself lately?
That I don't have to be the 'fixer of everything' all the time.

50.Where did your last kiss take place?
Somewhere...

Later on

We went to this place and had more laughs...

They love the jazz too so it was mad fun...

The best part was trading stories...
One of these guys has size 18 feet LOL..we laughed so hard at all the stuff he told us about his trips and swimming etc.....


I have to say it over and over..these guys are too funny...

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Letters

The Museum of Letters and Manuscripts is having a special Exhibit today :)
Awwww
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I love Snail mail...one day I will see this place....

But Then...
Oh No!- Ah L'amour

Perils of Love
I love that one

Tom Tom Club
Adore it!!!!!!!!!

The Snuggler
I saw this guy perform live..He is hilarious!
Snuggle it out

Monday, February 11, 2008

Pride and Prejudice

I'd seen it before when I was younger, but never got into it for a few reasons
Mr Darcy & Lizzie (Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle)


1. They did say that the girls were pretty and I never thought they were, as a result I couldn't believe anything else

2. I had no time for dark brooding men who said mean things, and you were supposed to understand that there is a deep inner life inside them, full of hurt and pain. Mean is mean- get over yourself and join the human race.
Everybody's got pain, not everybody has to turn it into rude meanness

3. I couldn't abide their clothes

4. Mr. Bingley's sisters were hideous
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5. I was a serious teenager. I just couldn't get into them fannying about, giggling and waiting round for husbands who had 5000 or 10,000 pounds a year. It was all they talked about.

6. Then there were a lot of military men in this plot. Talking about love and wooing girls. Everyone knows that military men are whores.
Making themselves 'known' in every port, and every harbor at the four corners of the earth. It's true even today. Most women I know would never trust a military man in that way.
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So where does that leave me now.
Well I love Colin Firth as an actor so I watched again. With new eyes this time.

I really like Crispin Bonham-Carter in this movie. His pretty, kind and welcoming eyes draw you into his character, of the trusting and kindly Mr. Bingley. Very sweet.
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/graphics/crispin.jpg
Adorable really.

Great choice of actors in this movie.
All the mean spirited, smarmy, or disagreeable characters have very sharp features, noses, eyebrows, thin pursed lips, never smiling unless they felt they'd one-upped someone else. Like Mr. Wickham. Charming and made friends easily. Not so easy to keep the friends when they sense his inner nastiness...

Mr Wickham (Adrian Lukis)

Great choices.
Innocent, artless characters had fresh faced, big eyed awareness.

Lydia (Julia Sawalha)

Lovely.
The costuming was brilliant and the scenery.

Ok I love it. I still can't get into giving one's self over to a man who starts off as a very disagreeable person.
Snide and critical (sorry Colin I know the character develops into something more but that rarely happens in real life).

Darcy (Colin Firth)

Oh sure one can be 'friends' or friendly at least, and muck about as much as one wants, but never ever consider the possibility of anything more than that. That's what I think anyway.
Anyway lovely movie.
See this version (not that awful pile of who-ha starring Kiera Knightly).

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Starting de Countdown

Trini massive
And de Jungle Juice.
Bunji Garlin :) (Front seat)
All Carnival

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Super Movie

I loved this movie. I thought it would be not so good because sometimes Tyler tries to do too much in his movies.
But OMG. Why Did I Get Married?
http://showtime.arkansasonline.com/e/img/movies/2007/married1.jpg
It was wonderful.
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ALL the characters were so real and true.
All the situations you could relate to.
The sad bits made me tear up, funny bits made me laugh, the 'bastardry' incensed me, not over the top just normal.
I know these 'people' and these 'situations' etc..
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/071017/married_l.jpg
Jill Scott and Tasha Smith captured me with their characters.http://gritsncheese.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/why-did-i-i-get-married.jpg
BUT then of course they used all the gorgeous guys in Hollywood they could find :)
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I am going to buy this movie
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Dark Came

I was doing my thing and enjoying myself and total darkness came
They said a plane crashed nearby.

I had to walk with other people to the car and get out.
Everything was dark. Cellphones make good torch lights :)

Friday, February 08, 2008

Squeal!

Iron and Wine
Sam Beam
My favorite video of his Southern Anthem
Very good work..Perfect- Except you kinda wanna look away as it nears the end but whatever
But he directed the video himself and I love that he has such a good eye for shots etc...
He is atypical
My favorite song of his Such Great Heights
April!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVERYBODY is going!!!!!!!

Just Remembered

Dunno why this came to mind except I am currently listening this music and it popped up-but it struck me as funny
Uncle Cherry had a guitar.
I dunno if I ever hear him play but he made a big deal over the silly guitar.
I think I was 5 or 6 and he was trying to tune it or something.
He couldn't tune it and accused us of messing with his stupid guitar.
Remember this sis?
Then Tantie said she was sure I did it.
I was so upset, but I didn't move, cry or anything.
I found the guitar a couple days later, and strummed and strummed as hard as I could and as long as I could, and turned those tuning keys as hard as I could, till I got bored...
Funnily enough he didn't realise THEN that someone had REALLY messed with it
That's what I'm looking for :)

That's about as wicked as my wicked side got when I was little...
I thought I may as well enjoy myself, if stuff was going to start getting stressy...I think that's a little bit how I see things still.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Ira Lippke

Is really the best. Izzy was right.

I have looked and looked at so many photographers.

He has an eye for just the best shots.

Then he sets the shots to music and oh my.....I keep visiting the pages

I was trying to explain him to the guy for my thing next week.
I hope he gets it.

In his studio there is only one pic that resembles Ira's work
I hope I am not disappointed.

Meanwhile I am blown away by Ira. He gets the faces and the eyes and the feeling behind the thing..

Blown away. Whenever it's the right time I am going to look him up.
This is one of my favorites

But this one..omg you can FEEL the Happy

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Want to see

I'm making a list for when I get some time.
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly- directed by Julian Schnabel

Mathieu Amalric and Marie-Josée Croze in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

It is the story of Jean Dominique Bauby, a former French journalist and editor of ELLE magazine who was paralysed by a stroke at the age of 43

I also want to see
Blood and Chocolate
Un Secret
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Profs

Are really sweet.
Gave me stuff and are making me leave...

They've already been ill

Committments

Promises and obligations today. Nice as they are....
Only reason I am not in bed laid up.
Somewhere somehow someone transmitted to me the flu.
In and out of sleep
Nice dreams though (Clint Eastwood saves me from attackers and I get big warm hugs) :)
Sitting up cuz of headaches
Pacing cuz I'm too hot
Under covers because one second later is too cold

This blows
I took the Echinacea.
My last.
I will get some more and hopefully I won't be laid up. :(
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