Saturday, December 1, 2007

Once Upon A Time You Dressed So Fine

Happy December! It's almost Chrissssstmas :]

Cutting to the chase:

Today I saw I'm Not There, that Bob Dylan biopic that's getting a bad rap. I actually thought that it was really, really good and very well done. It's not directly "about" Bob Dylan, per se, rather about many people who are all Bob Dylan in different aspects. There are like six or so different story lines, and honestly I really only like 4, tops, but the four that I did like were absolutely amazing. I would definitely recommend seeing it if you get the opportunity!

Because that's pretty much all of my exciting news for the moment, I'm going to entertain all of you with a lovely survey to cure my boredom. I stole it from the witty emma over at if you cant think of anything nice to say... and I hope that I can even come close to humouring you as she did me!

1. What’s your favorite children’s book?
Well, this is a tough question because there are many a type of children's book (as I have ever so conveniently learned from working at a children's bookstore). My favorite picture book is a tie between Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt, and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. They are both hilarious and feature ridiculously cute and witty main character animal cartoons.

Exhibit A: Pigeon.
This adorable little Pigeon (much cuter than those that hover the streets of New York City, I must say) convinces various people to let him do various forbidden activities using the popular arguements of the average four year old. There are three pigeon picture books... it's like the fun never ends.

Exhibit B: Scaredy Squirrel.
Scaredy Squirrel is a little neurotic squirrel who is afraid to leave his tree. He has a very routine schedule and doesn't like when things get off the plan, but of course he plans what he should do in these cases, just in case. There's also a sequel to this one. (Wow, perhaps I should start getting more concise with my answers.)

2. What’s your favorite type of cake?
I don't really like cake too much, as I got sick after eating it once at my confirmation... so I much prefer Cupcakes. Marble with a little bit of white icing and sprinkles, please!

3. What is the last song you listened to?
Welcome To the Jungle by Guns n Roses. I just beat Slash in a battle on Guitar Hero and I couldn't resist playing the encore at the show 8]

4. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says-
"but Tom interrupted her by shifting heavily in his chair."

5. What are your 3 best qualities?
Well. I like to think that I am pretty witty despite the fact that some selects disagree. I'm usually a good friend... and of course, I've got a rad taste in music.

6. Do you think you're a kind person?
Sure, I suppose. Unless you are unkind to me, or you wear Ugg boots and a jean skirt.

7. What color is your toothbrush?
It is blue and white with some green bristles and some white bristles. I bought it at target and wondered why it was $6.99, then I got home and brushed my teeth realizing that it was one of those cool electric ones that I've wanted since i was five... I was as happy as a kid watching a new disney channel original movie.

8. Who was your first TV crush?
Let's see.. well I think there were two around the same time.

First was Zack Morris. Who could resist that perfect blonde hair and boyish charm... plus he had a killer cell phone.

Then there was Uncle Jesse,my first officially rocker crush which I never told anyone about because he was like 30 and I was... oh, maybe six... But really, have mercy.

9. If you had to choose one celebrity couple to hang out with for the holidays, who would it be?
Can it be a fictional couple? Because I would definitely 100% pick PB&J. PAM BEASLEY AND JIM from the Office. I can only imagine how many brilliant facial expressions Jim would make at my extensive family at Christmas dinner.


10. What's your all-time favorite, most-repeated movie quote?
[After coughing]: I think I'm getting the black lung, Pop.


11. What was your least favorite class in school?
Was, eh? Well, I'm still there. And my least favorite class is, by far, Pre Calculus. I'm never going to need that crap.

12. What was the last thing that made you laugh uproariously?
Well, the last time I remember laughing so hard that I cried and not being able to even sit up straight was in New York: My family and I were at Balthazar's in SoHo and we were getting some breakfast... So my mom ordered a soft boiled egg because it was the only item on the menu with protein. So, the soft boiled egg arrived in the little cup/stand thing and my mom looked at it, confusedly, and asked my father, "How are you supposed to eat this?" to which my dad had no answer. She proceeded to smash the top in and dip the toast inside, causing it to overflow. Meanwhile two aged hipsters glared at us and laughed, only to have their soft boiled eggs arrive and realize that they had the same amount of knowledge about eating soft boiled eggs as us.

13. If you had to choose between a million bucks or the ability to fly, which one would you choose?
I'd take both by exploiting my flying skills on Ripley's Believe It or Not.

14. Where were you when 9-11 happened?
I was sitting at school, fifth grade to be exact, next to my friend Niyah and this announcement came on telling the teachers to check their emails. Me and Niyah immediately started conspiring as to what this mysterious email was about which resulted in us writing our names on the board and getting 15 minutes on the bench at recess.

15. What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
Well, I usually kick it and yell, pretty much anything in my ability to cause a scene. I cause so much of a scene that naturally I am either asked to check myself into an Anger Management course or else people are all so scared of me that they offer me a dollar to get my processed treat. Or else I shrug and walk away.

16. Name three things that you have on you at all times?
Well... nothing really. If I could, I would surgically attach my cell phone to my thumbs, though.

17. Can you change the oil on a car?
Not a chance.

18. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?
I don't remember and I don't care to look, however, it most likely says something about my goodlooks and charm... i get those a lot.

19. Do you like to cook?
I like to bake, and I like to cook macaroni and cheese or other things that I deem simple enough for a five year old to make. I like making carry-out orders the most.

20. Would you rather wake up after surgery and find that they’ve accidentally given you Barbra Streisand’s nose or Dolly Parton’s breasts?
I would rather neither, but if I had to choose, I guess I'd go for Dolly's breasts (shush...you know what i meant). The idea of a nose job makes me want to vomit about half a centimeter more than Dolly Parton, so... there ya go.

21. What shampoo/conditioner do you use?
I don't know, something with a kiwi on the bottle that I think was stolen from a hotel... it was all I could find.... I should go buy some.

22. What are you wearing?
A tshirt advertising the Strokes and a nice pair of slacks. I'm kidding, never use the word slacks unless you're sixty or over. I'm wearing Jeans.

23. What kind of bear is the best?
That's a ridiculous question. FALSE! Black Bear. Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.

Too Bad Dwight K. Schrute doesn't have a celebrity girlfriend or else they'd fo sho be my answer to number nine.


24. What do you think of this quiz?
"Does this quiz make me look fat?"

25. What’s the last book you finished?
Well, I finished 'The Turn of the Screw' for school over Thanksgiving break. It was pretty lame for a school book, which I usually like a lot. (No sarcasm, honest!) It was too plot intense, I didn't care for the characters at all. Since then I've been reading Valley of the DOlls.

26. What fictional character is most like you?
Well, there's probably like a million, but I'll go with my top two).
First, there's Holden Caulfield (my brilliantly sarcastic hero) from the Catcher In the Rye.. Well, surely I'm not as mentally crazy as he is, well maybe I am, but shh. And I'm not a dude, but other than that, we've got quite similar qualities, and I like to use the term Roller Skate Skinny, too.

Next, there's Opie from Almost Famous. He's basically me in dude form. Exhbit A: Excessive interest in journalism at a young age. Exhibit B: Overall fasination with rock star culture. Exhibit C: Pulls everything off, despite extreme naïvity and lack of experience.

27. Do you like to dance?
Sometimes. Not really so much when anyone can see me... and none of that Soulja Boy business.

28. What did you have for dinner LAST NIGHT?
BD's Mongolian Barbeque, nutritious and delicious stir fry. What's not to love?

29. What’s your favorite painting?
I love everything by Andy Warhol, and I've always had a fond-ness for this one:


30. If you could have any hair in the world, what kind would you want?
Mine.


alright well...goodbye, then.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

New York City; la la land.

I HAVE RETURNED! for real.


so i just got back from New York City (for the first time in my life!) and it was uh-maze-ing. obviously. i did the usual stuff; we did a tour, and lots and lots of shopping with a stop at the MoMA.


we ate a lot in a lot of nice places. like ellens stardust diner, delicioso! we went there for thanksgiving, and the waiters are all aspiring broadway-ees, so they sing! its awesome.


we went to little italy for the paul frank store, which turned out to be ridiculously smaller than expected and full of Julius tshirts, which was kind of disappointing. i hoped to see more of their un-monkey clothes. we ate in little italy too... i can't remember what the place was called though.


our hotel was right across the street from the church of scientology, which was busily getting decorated for Tom Cruise.. i mean Christmas. I ended up with a bunch of nice 'literature' from them about psychological testing and logical likenesses.


there were a lot of these types of advertisements. i like them.


my mother informed me that we weren't going to have time to see the Hotel Chelsea.... which saddened me mucho. BUT! On the last day we were in a cab going to the village or something and my dad cleverly saw the neon sign out the window. i was v. v. excited and really got quite a view for the five seconds we went passed it. i cleverly thanked the cab drivier for slowing down to let me take pictures, and then realized he was stopping at a red light.

we went shopping a lot there. mostly in soho, and on fifth avenue. black friday was surprisingly dead... and there weren't that many sales? but that's ok. i got an awesome bcbg sweater regular $140 for $48 at bloomingdales which i was preettty freaking stoked about. also there's an urban outfitters like every time you turn around, so i bought some tops there (even though i visit the local one weekly and the goods were quite similar).


this is what i bought: the first thingy is a vest smocky thingy. it's got a cool pattern and it's soft. the second is just a comfy sweater which i enjoy. the third is a cool tshirt sweater with a back hole!! so cool. and the fourth i didn't actually buy because i felt it was ridiculously over priced, but it's really really cute!


also, if i had a dollar for every person in flat brown knee high boots, i'd be a bajillionaire. i'm basically obsessed with them, but i have yet to find a [what i deem] reasonably priced pair. i'm going to have to splurge, but i have a feeling i'll get my money's worth of wear from them!


and finally, i updated my music player for those of you who never want to hear the song Last Dance With Mary Jane ever ever EVER again. now it's:
1. The Virgins - Rich Girls
2. Seahorse - Devendra Banhart
3. Ode To LRC - Band of Horses
4. Nothing Changes Round Here - The Thrills
5. Black Shoes - The Films

Also, if I could just give you one piece of musical advice... BUY THE VIRGINS EP 07. it's absolutely phenomenal. they're the best band to come out of new york since the strokes, i swear it!

well december starts my lists of the best of 2007, so i'll surely be writing agains soon as i quite like lists.... au revoir!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

i'm not dead.

i didn't drop off the face of the earth. i've been superbusy. im going to new york and i'll have a post when i get back :]

Sunday, September 30, 2007

I've Just Seen A Face

Hi! I'm sorry it's been more than a week, that's just crazy. But I feel like this is a pretty good post to make up for it. Forgive me please :)




Last night we FINALLYFINALLYFINALLY saw Across the Universe. And let me emphasize the 'finally' because we are obsesive beatlemania girls still and we've been waiting for this movie to finally come out for about six months. it was AMAZING. we really had low expectations because our hopes were so high, but it exceded all hopes and expectations.


As if the beatles music and plot weren't good enough... let's throw Jim Sturgess in the mix. He has to be one of the most beautiful people to walk the planet. And his accent. And his poetic thoughts. Gah, i think I died a little bit when the movie was over and realized he wasn't forever haha. Also, Evan Rachel Wood wasn't nearly as creepy as I remembered her to be. Which I was greatful for, she is such a great actress and was perfect for the part.


However, it was kind of long and I feel like some of the acid scenes could have been cut out. They were entertaining, but a bit excessive and kind of creepy.


I would also definitely recommend the soundtrack, which I am going to buy today when Best Buy opens precisely at noon. I have been listening to Jim Sturgess' beautiful voice sing I've Just Seen A Face on repeat for all the hours I've been awake since I got home last night. Swoooooon.


In other goodlookin dudes news.... I went to a John Edwards rally on Friday night and that dude is rockin. That's all I have to say. He definitely has my support for the 08 election.


Shopping news. WOOO. I bought this dress yesterday at Forever 21... and it's exactly what I've been wanting since I saw the Nanny Diaries. It will look very cute with slouchy boots and a cute jacket! I'm excited to wear it this week. Forever 21 is really the place to go for cute dresses because they're very cute and very cheap. And they have this newish line thing called Heritage 1981 with a lot of vintagey but not too vintagey clothes. Go check it out.


Also!!!! I FOUND THESE AT URBAN OUTFITTERS. oh my goodness, I was so freakin excited. I've wanted brass knuckles since (you're really going to laugh and I could probably get beat up regardless of the fact that I have brass knuckles for saying this but...) I saw Hilary Duff wearing them in the Why Not music video that came out circa the Lizzie McGuire movie. That was like 5 years ago, and I finally found some and I'm so stoked.

Also, my Cobra Snake tshirt came, it was blue. Not my first choice, but much better than orange, let me tell ya. And the stickers are uh maze ing.

But that's all because I have no money left to go out of the house anymore. Except to buy the soundtrack of course.... :)

adois!

Monday, September 17, 2007

An Empty Room Can Be So Loud

Hey. Wow. Sorry, that didn't seem like a week at all. Well i mean it did because school makes everything go by slower, but dang. Homework and work and having a life. This school thing sucks.

Anyway.... I forgot to write one of my articles for Journalism this week, when asked why I replied "...It's fashion week."

Usually I like more reserved and classy stuff, but this season I'm really feeling the rockstar vibe, and I loved the bright colors. Here are some of my favorites:


Anna Sui


L.A.M.B.


Betsey Johnson

I haven't really had a chance to look through everything like I've wanted to yet. But maybe this weekend I will.

P.S. Today I ordered my cobra snake tshirttttt :] i'm ecstatic. they're rockin this time. the only downside is that i couldn't chose what color I wanted, so of course I'll probably end up with orange or something.


Annnnd I bought the Jonas Brothers cd (go ahead and scoff), because I'm going to see them when they come with Hannah Montana (i have a little sister.... yeah. that's why i'm going. not like i still watch disney channel or anything.) and i'm not going to lie, i'm really excited. And the CD is pretty catchy. SOS is still my favorite, but they're like the hanson of the future, and i still love me some mmmbop.



well. i guess that's it for now. i'll try to start writing more but honestly i keep forgetting after school! :[


Oh!! Also! I saw Arctic Monkeys last tuesday. and they were amazing and my love for Alex Turner continued!

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Me Likey.

Erg... I don't know how a week went by. But school has been intense. I had like five projects and tests this week. blaghhslkjfadhfkja. I dont really have anything to say. Except that I'm in love love love with Elizabeth and James, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's contemporary new line. I haven't been able to find much of the Row, but from what I can tell, E&J is more "affordable" and real-life fitting.


As we all know, i love plaid.


If i was a 00 I would buy those shorts... now.


pretty pretty.


oh clothes. how i've missed buying you since summer.


ooooh and im also obsessed with my new blackjack



it's fun and small and light and fast and awesome.
if anyone knows how to get music on this thing without actually connecting it to the computer, enlighten me.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

All the gold dust in her eyes won't reform into rain

Hiiiiiii
So I found out I am, indeed, supposed to pass on the Rockin' Girl Blogger award on to five other Rockin' Girl Bloggers! So here goes...


1 The Weekly Blogette
2 Plain Jayne
3 Discotheque Confusion
4 C.B.*
5 Fashion Fleur

They are all fabulous in my book :]
(If I tagged you, you get to tag 5 new people that haven't been tagged yet!)

Anywhoo...

Tonight I went to go see The Nanny Diaries and it was uh-maze-ing. It was about a zillion times better than the book (I assume, because I never actually got that far into the book). It was so funny and happy and sad and everything and it made me kind of want to be a nanny but kind of not. Just go see it.


Also Scarlett Johansson looked great in the movie. Although the fashion was a bit dated (it was filmed more than a year ago and production pushed the release date back a couple times) she still looked cute. The first picture I love because she pulled of plaid correctly, yay. Her boots were great in the second picture. The third outfit, though, is my absolutely favorite. The dress was so pretty and the chucks made it nanny-casual.

The soundtrack was also pretty good. It featured LDN by Lily Allen and Closer by Josh Radin. I am now back into a Josh Radin phase...he is sad and happy at the same time. Fitting for the movie then, eh?

Paix for now :]


P.S. I updated the playlist on the right. Now it doesn't autostart, and it should shuffle so you don't have to listen to the same song every time you visit!

Here's what's on it
-Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty
-No Cars Go - Arcade Fire
-Everything's Just Wonderful - Lily Allen
-Barely Legal - The Strokes
-Samson - Regina Spektor
-Wicker Chair - Kings of Leon
-Love Hurts - Incubus
-Sad Song - Au Revoir Simone