Day 45: The Artist

Firstly, i know i said I would someday finish this and i've decided to give myself all year.. This is this years winner for best picture of the year. I watched it today with Salinger and I'm pleased to say it was sort of like watching that one cop movie of whose name i've already forgotten.

The Artist :2012

• Jean Dujardin as George Valentin
• Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller
• Uggie as Jack (the dog)
• John Goodman as Al Zimmer
• James Cromwell as Clifton
• Missi Pyle as Constance
• Penelope Ann Miller as Doris Valentin
• Malcolm McDowell as The Butler
• Bitsie Tulloch as Norma
• Beth Grant as Peppy's maid
• Ed Lauter as Peppy's first chauffeur
• Jen Lilley as Onlooker
• Nina Siemaszko as Admiring woman
• Jewel Shepard as Flapper starlet
• Basil Hoffman as Auctioneer
• Ben Kurland as Casting assistant
• Ken Davitian as Pawnbroker
• Bill Fagerbakke as Policeman
• Matt Skollar as Peppy's assistant

I watched this today with Salinger and it was he fourth time I had checked this movie out. I was sooo not in the mood to watch this shit. I really wasn't but Salinger said I must and so I did, and at first I was let down. I was really upset that the beginning of the film was so slow. Then it started to pick up momentum and some of the parts I really loved, mostly the scenes with Uggie the dog. To be honest this is like watching a reverse version of Sunset Blvd. Excpet in a comedy and less bent on revenge. Granted it had a spetacular score and granted it was cute it still didn't have the same charisma for me that Silent Films evoked in people. It was kind of a paradoy of the silent film and that was sad. Furthermore i was bothered by thee screen cards. The ones where they tell you what they say. If I hadn't been good at reading lips I would have been lost a couple of times. However the story gets it done, your drawn into the life of the Artist. One thing that bothered me to no end was the female characters name the main lead, Peppy.. REALLY? Peppy! I'm pretty sure there are other names for fmales of the 20 that are less ridiculous and obvioulsy ripped from Betty Boop! *sigh* Watch it if you want to see what all the hoopla is about, or because your curious, if you don't like silent films forget this, just skip. Skip!

Charlie/Ralfie...

Yesterday one of my biffles called me to tell me her sisters life long best friend died. I had briefly met him when we had all gone to Disneyland together about two to three years back. Actually he was the one that got us the tickets. Well anyway he took me along and sooner rather than later, i felt at home sitting in a car with practically total strangers. I only knew my biffle and her sister and even then i barely knew her. Charlie made me feel right at home and he was so nice. i was sad when they dropped me off, because i knew i wouldn't see him, unless they *my biffles family* had a huge party  or other social event. I didn't even facebook him which sounds ridics but maybe i should have i don't know. About a month ago my friend told me that he wasn't doing so good and that he was on his deathbed. i can't explain it to you but it made me super sad i almost wanted to cry. yesterday she called me crying and said he was dead. again i wanted to cry and this time i did. I shed a few tears and then i pondered why did this make me sad. I didn't even cry when my uncle died in January  however i figured it out quick. Last august was  my little godbrother Ralf's 1st anniversary of death. i had spent weeks in the families home preparing for the event and when i was finally at home i was a mess. i wanted to be home, i wanted to cry all the time and i swear death was all around me. It was the aftereffects of the week. i wish i had cried more, i think i would have felt the impact less. So as i was messaging back and forth with my friends sister she said "You have no idea what it feels like to lose your friend" i didn't say so but the truth is i do. Ralfie was my friend, my brother, my cousin. he was like family to me. And when he died i didn't know how to react so i kept busy and i would cry in public places when i would see a funny picture and think i should text it to him and then remembered i would get no reply. i would cry whenever "Someone like you" by Adele played (and sadly it played a lot) because that's the song i fell asleep to it the night he died, crying and feeling abandoned. It was hard, and im sure it would have been harder if he had died in a painful way, but i thank god he was merciful and took him at his greatest hour. i didn't want to write the day of his anniversary because i thought i could avoid  it. i couldn't because here i am almost exactly 2 months later and writing about him. i miss him today more than i did yesterday. Everyday i grow more at peace with the idea of him being gone but it doesnt mean that he isnt gone. it means i miss him more as time goes by. i did  however fix the whole crying in public places thing. i don't cry when i see his face or when i speak of him. i still light a candle for him every 13th of the month and i still keep him in my prayers. i don't think that'll ever change. So today when someone i care about lost thier best friend, i know it sounds selfish, but i remembered the day i found out ralfie was dead. It just hurt and it felt kind of when you pick a scab. But scabs heel and your skin grows a little tougher and im hoping thats whats gonna happen. so rest in peace Charlie you were an excellent human being and i know your in a better place. Ralfie, what else can i say to i havent already? I miss you , i know your up there watching down on me and everyone you care about. i love you giraffa petacon... tu pinguina malhecha=]

living the deranged vertically challenged life.

I'm at home and maybe its because I'm listening to Lana del Rey or the sky is overcast and it makes me sentimental. Maybe it's because I'm on my period or the knowledge that in a month I will reach the age where no one really counts birthdays any longer. I don't know but I want to cry. I want to cry because i didn't fulfill all the goals i had set up for myself when i was 18. I know and people tell me all the time that its ok to be where i am. But i don't fell that way. It makes me feel worse in fact, truth is at my age i wanted to have my bachelors, i wanted to have a job, i wanted my driver's license, and i wanted a boyfriend. Thats what me at 18 would have told you that i wanted that i was going to achieve. Yet here i am, i'm not finished with school and to top it off, i'm not being held back because i can't get my shit together it's mostly only because i can't get one class finished! Math! its frustrating to know that i could be at a university already, well could have two years ago and because of this subject i havent been accepted is just heartbreaking. then there's that job shit, i've applied to twenty places and no one will hire me. i had a job in the summer that i loved and i wish i still worked there but it was seasonal. I wish i had a source of income and i hate feeling like a leech. i also hate being without money. The juxtaposition of these places irks me and i can't seem to do anything about it. I hate talking to people who make things happen for themselves because i feel bad i can't be like them. In short i kind of hate being me sometimes. mostly when it's about the job search shit. Is there no one that will hire a tri-lingual intellectual? you'd think right? yeah nope. Then there's the driver's license which is probably the last thing i worry about mainly because theres so much other shit i need to worry about. And i know how to drive, it's not like i can't i just haven't gotten my license. However it just reminds me of how ridiculous it is when in LA the car capital of the world, (seriously its so fucking necessary out here) i don't actually have it. Ah that leaves me with the boyfriend front. I die, so everyone of my friends call me unproductive on that front until last yr where they said too much productiveness and with the wrong dude so to hell with it. i do want a man, but finding someone that fits me is harder than it seems. I cant just date someone who i will have to keep a world separate from my family or friends. I've had my friends do it, it's just too complicated. i want a guy, a mr.right now that will just fit in with my lifestyle. i won't change my life for someone until i know they are worth the change. i want him to like my friends, to be able to hang out together and he has to understand that i'm family first everything else after. i don't want a guy who is always with his friends and never knows when not to bring them or invite them. My friends says that im just too picky, maybe i am but i just dont want to date a guy who is so full of shit he'll bring me down, i just dont deal with bullshit, i know what i like i just wish i knew how to attain it. Maybe im too lazy to chase what i really want, i don't know why i stop myself, i dont know how to take emotional risks, im not good at it, and  so i never do. Unless your wearing a sign that says Hi I'm into you, you might as well shake my hand and call me your friend. it took me years to figure out that this one dude liked me and not only passively but aggresivley, i don't like to toot my horn but it's true and that took me years, btw he wore the sign: Hi i'm hard for you, that aggresive. Today i was in French and for the first time in a long time i saw how pointless it all is. The carreer i've chosen the idea of taking French 3 because i want a certificate not because i need it. Maybe it's because im taking it and so far i understand very little and its getting harder and i don't know how to deal with harder? Maybe its because i'm also taking math and it exasperates me to worlds end and the one thing i thought i would understand has become literally foreign to me. Whatever it is i want to cry but i won't because it's too easy to just cry. it'll give me a headache make my eyes puffy and i wish i could be like one of those people who cry and look the same afterwards but im like a crimescene so i wont i have to wait till im in bed or in the shower. Today im depressed tomorrow i'll be ok.. in fact tomorrow i'll be great but today i just want to cry.

October

Have i ever mentioned how much i abhor October? No well then here it is i have a hate and love relatioship with October, for the sole reason that everyone i know was baisically born in October!!! It is exhausting for both myself and my wallet to buy presents as if it was christmas.
However i will say this, an ode to October:
Oh October with your semi-menopausal weather
with your sweet scented air and gray skies
how i hate and therefore love thee.
You inotxicate me with your tinge of winter's promise
you wrap in a frenzy and ignite my inner fire
Autumns baby, you celebrate the
advent of the terror and the horror
of fabricated Hollywood lies.
You demonstrate to me your limited powers
with the defecation of yellowing leaves
on the streets i wander..
oh october you asshole
or shall i say you lucky bastard
you who were unwillingly chosen to
be the crowning glory for expectant mothers
and who in turn broke my bank
i hate and therefore love you
-me
Im antsy leave me alone

End of Watch

This movie was freaking spectacular. I went this weekend with my biffle and another friend. First of I didn’t want to see this movie because I don’t generally like cop movies or shoddy shot movies. But I was outnumbered and we went to watch it. It was with sadness I let go of my credit card to pay for it. However once the movie started it got interesting fast. The movies premise is about to cops who are more than just partners. They are friends and brothers, a bromance! The story centers around how these two guys unintentionally end up pissing off the Mexican cartel’s head honcho. The story mostly takes place in the ghetto’s of LA, mainly south central and east la. The movie really takes you by surprise at how funny it is. I expected all thriller and action with little jeers. I was unprepared for the funny that comes from the fusion of Michael Pena and Jake Gyllenhal. By the end of the movie I was so devastated and I was crying like a baby and I know I wasn’t the only one. My whole row was sniffling and the theatre was silent. This movie was like watching Rachel Getting Married… you can only watch it once because the emotion is so powerful! I don’t think I’d have the heart to watch it again, but definitely one to check out.

Emmys 2012

TV's biggest night! Well my dear blog readers it is Thanksgiving in Hollywood right now. We have just celebrated teh acolades of the tube's biggest moneymakers. The big winners of the night of course being Homeland for best Drama Series and Modern Family for best Comedy Series. These and many more you can look for yourselves up on wiki or abc emmy shmemmy info if you like. My job is to tell everyone of the calamitys and the spark of genius brought to you by dress makers around the world and the celebrities who deign to don.

This year i'm going to do four for the emmys becasuse i feel that they were all so well dressed. Plus I am really digging the color pallette.. Finally Burgundy is getting the recognition it deserves.. And the blues it is now no longer only navy's that are getting noticced but the icy tones as well. Btw, icy blues were a huge hit today not only for evoking that wonderfully ice princess tone, but because today it was 101 degrees in LA . I was sweating more than a fat women in a southern state! It was caliente

As per usual I'm going to start with the best dressed.

 

Lucy Liu

 

This is probably one of my alltime favorite looks .. ever! This is very similar to the Jessie J dress worn in this year's grammy awards. I love this dress cuz it looks supple but it's more like armour (seeing as how it;s made out of metal) I love the corseted bodice and the shiny applique to keep it in check so to speak with the rest of the gown. I love Lucy Liu but don't always share her fashion sense, but I think that for someone who wasn't going as a nominee or presenter (I'm not actually sure why she was there) she looked phenomenal!

Julianne Hough

Ryan Seacrest is telling all his buddies, " yeah that's what I'm going home too." This girl is gorgeous, I mentioned icy blues were fantastic and this is more aquamarine icy than blue but it's downright gorgeous. I love that it's tight at the top and then simply with construction til the very end where it has a feather/tassle effect. I'm not actually a fan of mermaid dresses, but I feel like if you have to do mermaid this is the way to do it. Not too tight in at the knees and no bunching! Her hair is cute too and she's so damn pretty anything would look good on her but this, this is a awesome dress!

Tina Fey

 

 

Love this look on Tina Fey, she always chooses too wear black or  a more subded color like navy or deep forest green. Well Tina, welcome to the world of burgundy, plum and wine! I love this on her and my favorite part is the tiny applique of black and gold bodice underneath! So genius! Plus this dress doesn't hang on her and shows of how stunning she looks and those earrings Perfection! Love this Lots! It would have been my fave but I had issus with the back so beh, but do love this alot!

 



Kelly Osbourne

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firstly let me tell you I love Kelly! I watch Fashion Police and i have to admit that sometimes i believe she is wrong but mostly i love her. This for me is a beautiful gown on her and for being a comentator i felt like she outdid some of the nominees for the night and thats why she has to be my fave of the night! Granted her dress matches her hair, but I do believe that she has never looked better and that it's only a matter of time before she starts her own clothing line.

 

now ladies and gentlemen comes the darker part of my tirade... The Worst Dressed List!

 

 

Christina Hendricks

 

 

 

Now this girl is gorgeous no doubt but this dress just fucking drives me nuts. She could have chosen anything else and she chooses the one thing that looks like shit! Why? There are three major problems with this dress. 1. It is ill fitting. Yes believe it is see the bunching in the abdomen area, where you'd think she'd prefer to have flat and smooth? Look how gigantic her hips look because the material seems to be beyond stretched! 2.The color definetly washes her out. Ivory with old ivory does not make you pop it makes you look like a faded flower and she is sooo not that! She has worn red, green which are  natural colors for her hair and skin tone and I feel like she should stick to the that recipe. It works. 3. The style of the dress really, really and I mean really irks me. I feel like the designer saw a trench coat and said "ohh lets make a dress out of that" I mean a belt like that really? The mermaid flair necessary? Hell to the muthafucking nooo! This is a fucking hot mess, Christina you can do better! You must do better!

 

 

Julianne Margolis

 

 

I don't know much about her except she won last  year  for best actress and that Chris Noth is her co star! S'bout it. But I do feel the intense hate for this dress.. holy hell did her stylist die? Was she physically unable to leave her house? Because thats the only explanation for this biznatch to go ahead and sew up her grandma's quilt, belt it, put a petticoat underneath and call it a dress! What the hell was she thinking, there's floral and then there's the secret garden print! This is Secret Garden, and thats why it should be kept secret!!!!!!!! Ughhayyayyayayay! Sometimes I watch and wonder does this look better in the sun? Does it just not photograph well? What is the reason behind the madness. As a nominee she could have chosen any other dress, why this why? Get a stylist girl!

 

 

Lena Dunham

 

This girl is said to be the next Carrie Bradshaw. And I'm sorry to say Carrie is sorely dissapointed in her looks. I know she txtd me saying this was hell to the eye. But i txtd back and said "yo, chill girl is her first time".. Now that Len has popped her cherry on the red carpet, lets hope her style evolves, because this little girl gone old age look is not working for her. She doesn't have to show skin to look good. She just has to clean this up. The sleeves shorter the skirt less wide. The lace makes her look heavy and ughh.. why don't they know how to dress for thier bodies? Why? I am liking the new hair do though!

 

 

Ginnifer Goodwin

 

 

 

I like her sort of.. Well she kind of annoys me, but what is bothering me the most is that damn dress. Holy hell it's orange and crochet! Halloween ain't here yet! I have issues with the dress mainly becaus eof the color and the way it's made hate Crochet and orange omg puke! And the top is all wrong if your gonna make it that icky please show some top skin, it covers everything it's like orange yarn has eaten you whole! Definelty not feeling this dress..

 

Well ladies and gents tis my rant for the day.. and this is the finally award show of the year.. so till next year ta-ta for now=]

-Fashionista outskies!

 

 

 

Winter Movie Extraveganza!

So it feels like a meeting with the ex you still love. .... I'm back on blogger and have loads too say but for the moment I want to focus on the thing that as of now is holding all my attention..



Winter Movie Extravaganza...
I remember posting something about the Hobbit sometime in early Feb or late Jan. I have been waiting for the Hobbit to made into a movie for about 7 years when the last LOTR film was made. Well last night I saw the sneak preview on E! (good I love that channel) and it was glorious.

Here's a pic of the movie poster

If you are not at akll related on the subject of the LOTR series it is OK ,becasue the Hobbit is the fun version of LOTR, not so serious or dramatic and no end of the world crisis. This book was my favorite from the LOTR series because it was an adventure and fantasy... it was great. 

Another movie i have been expecting for about well since the beginining of the year is "The perks of being a wallflower" it is a sweet book about the real life drama of growing up and it just.. ughh... it just made me want to go back to high school and be in a Rocky Horror Picture Show re-enactment. This is the movie that is going to kick start the winter movie fest ... so excited

Following the movie above will be the story of the whoretastic Anna Karenina, now i'm very happy about this movie because I'm loving the story. It is beacause i saw the trailer for this movie that i decided to read the book which is long but worth it. Plus I love Keira Knightly, that skinny bitch is amazing in period pieces. (As Salinger and I have discussed) I'm also thinking this movie might be a musical or some dance extravaganza  or artsy fartsy, because the trailer, which I also saw on E, has some intresting elements on it. Well looking fwd to it and of course shall post about it lates.

And now for the piece de resistance! Les Miserables, the renowned muscial is making its debut in a couple of months and the antici-anticipation is killing me and murdering Salinger. The film starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russel Crowe and Amanda Seyfried is sure to be a bonafide hit and i heard some of the singing it was just fantastic! I haven't finished the book because it's about a hundered pages longer than anna karenina but the story, I feel just doesn't flow as fast? Its a beautiful story, dont get me wrong but not as easy to read perhaps? Anyway I'm so going to finish it and watch this fabulous-ness

These are all books as most of you are aware and I've read two almost three of the movies on the list and I hope I will not be dissapointed by the outcome of any of the three.
*Crosses Fingers*