One by one
1. Go to the gyno and do a smear test or whatever it’s called (sounds like fun doesn’t it?) Check!
2. Get a haircut Check!
3. Buy a dress or a skirt. Oops…
Continuously
1. Keep a food diary to see what I need to add and remove from my “diet” Post it on the blog (and please yell at me when I’m not eating health) (Oops… doesn’t feel very necessary anymore)
2. Write X pages per X (have to figure out what amount of pages per day/week is reasonable) (Yes, I should have done this by now…)
3. Work on watching ALL 250 top movies on IMDB (some would call that a waste of time but…) (I’m doing well on this one but it takes time)
4. Get a pedicure (homemade, I’m pretty darn good) at least once a month. (started out good but…)
Projects
1. Finish one longer story (No!)
2. Finish a synopsis for a movie (No!)
3. Learn how to walk in heels (No!)
4. Learn how to do a decent manicure at home (No!)
5. Try to sew something, either finish the pants I have or make a simple dress (No!)
6. Try embroidery (No!)
7. Finish my brothers shirt and start knitting in the hats (that was last year’s new year’s resolution for Pete sake!) (No!)
All in all, I did not do well...
Thursday, December 31, 2009
I hate New Years!
It’s hard to start the New Year being positive when New Year is such a rough day. Fireworks… It starts early, around Christmas and people don’t understand what it does to animals. My dog refuse to walk outside and is acting really weird for a long time since people will continue sending off fireworks for weeks after New Years. My baby got stressed out around 4 o’clock and started scratching the walls and panting, and I could not get him to walk outside today, well at 10 in the morning but not after that which means I have to be prepared to take him out at any moment during the night when he has to go.
I also have to drug him every year to get him to calm down and I hate to do that but he’s panting like he ran a marathon in 40C heat and doing weird things like trying to knock the Christmas tree over.
If people only waited until midnight so that the torture didn’t went on all day at least, that would be a great relieve for my baby and I but no…
Next year I would love to rent a cabin in the middle of nowhere so I could enjoy New Years and just relax...
Monday, December 21, 2009
How to annoy your neighbors part five
Where I live you don’t need a permit to have chickens, it is advice that you ask your neighbors but… So maybe I should get a chicken coop, very cute and country-ish, especially with a rooster that crows at seven in the morning.
And they’ll give me eggs and fertilizer for the garden. I’ve also heard that chickens eat a lot of bad bugs in the garden such as ticks for example.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Oops, I did it again…
I got myself a Christmas present, books!
I just read Bill Brysons “Made in America” and I really liked it so I got another one of his books, “In a sunburned country” which is about Australia.
What else did I get…? More Australia, “The Explorers” by Tim Flannery.
Been into biographies lately so I got Marilyn Monroes “My Story”, Johnny Rottens “Rotten, No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” and Louis Brooks “Lulu in Hollywood”
Only two books were fiction, “Emma” by Jane Austen which I will give away and “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman.
I just read Bill Brysons “Made in America” and I really liked it so I got another one of his books, “In a sunburned country” which is about Australia.
What else did I get…? More Australia, “The Explorers” by Tim Flannery.
Been into biographies lately so I got Marilyn Monroes “My Story”, Johnny Rottens “Rotten, No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” and Louis Brooks “Lulu in Hollywood”
Only two books were fiction, “Emma” by Jane Austen which I will give away and “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
I want a house with a view
Our new neighbors seem very surprised (and upset) about the fact that you can see in through a window just as well as you can look out of it. Surely they can’t be surprised that our house is there since it was there before they started building theirs. And why build the house with huge windows facing our house if they were going to be annoyed with the lack of privacy? They knew the house is occupied and have windows as well so seeing us can’t be so hard to imagine can it?
I personally get pissed off a lot now since I can see straight into their house from most part of ours. I have the curtains constantly shut in my bedroom which is really gloomy. It’s so irritating to look at these people walking around in their house and it’s not like I’m staring but it’s impossible not to see them when their house is lit and it’s dark outside. They come storming to shut the blinders when I’m in the kitchen; I think they believe I’m spying on them…
(What if this was your view when you looked out the window during breakfast. I know I would be a happier persons if it was my view.)
Reading Mansfield Park right now and I find it a little harder to follow than I did Pride and Prejudice, perhaps because I had seen P&P the movie and was a little more familiar with the story or maybe since MP is written after P&P Austen has excelled as a writer and makes it harder for me to follow due to my English not being good enough? Anyway… I like the part where they are talking about houses, Mr. Rushworth says, “The approach now, is one of the finest in the country.” You don’t think about approaches today do you? I wish people did.
“It would be too ridiculous for me to attempt any thing where I am now, with my little half acre.” Poor Mrs. Norris with only half an acre, it would be ridiculous to do anything with such little space. I’d KILL for half an acre!
And Lady Bertram says, “if I were you, I would have a very pretty shrubbery. One likes to get out into a shrubbery in fine weather.” I would love to have enough space for a shrubbery and walking in it, spring and fall sounds like an excellent time to take a stroll in the shrubbery doesn’t it? And maybe have a gazebo at the end (or in the middle) of it where you can enjoy a cup tea with some friends.
I personally get pissed off a lot now since I can see straight into their house from most part of ours. I have the curtains constantly shut in my bedroom which is really gloomy. It’s so irritating to look at these people walking around in their house and it’s not like I’m staring but it’s impossible not to see them when their house is lit and it’s dark outside. They come storming to shut the blinders when I’m in the kitchen; I think they believe I’m spying on them…
(What if this was your view when you looked out the window during breakfast. I know I would be a happier persons if it was my view.)Reading Mansfield Park right now and I find it a little harder to follow than I did Pride and Prejudice, perhaps because I had seen P&P the movie and was a little more familiar with the story or maybe since MP is written after P&P Austen has excelled as a writer and makes it harder for me to follow due to my English not being good enough? Anyway… I like the part where they are talking about houses, Mr. Rushworth says, “The approach now, is one of the finest in the country.” You don’t think about approaches today do you? I wish people did.
“It would be too ridiculous for me to attempt any thing where I am now, with my little half acre.” Poor Mrs. Norris with only half an acre, it would be ridiculous to do anything with such little space. I’d KILL for half an acre!
And Lady Bertram says, “if I were you, I would have a very pretty shrubbery. One likes to get out into a shrubbery in fine weather.” I would love to have enough space for a shrubbery and walking in it, spring and fall sounds like an excellent time to take a stroll in the shrubbery doesn’t it? And maybe have a gazebo at the end (or in the middle) of it where you can enjoy a cup tea with some friends.
Fanny wants to see the avenue at Sotherton before it’s taken down (crazy fool, why take it down?). Imagine having an avenue leading up to the house; that would be some approach wouldn’t it?
“It is ill placed. It sands in one of the lowest spots of the park…” Location, location, location, everyone know it’s about location and yet they always build houses in bad places. “Oh, let’s blow this mountain to smithereens and build a house here. I know it’s barley any room for it and the only view will be of the neighbors kitchen but so what? Just build a huge brick wall around the place and it will be okay.”
I want to move and have a view, I want to have some space around the house for gardening and wildlife, I want to live close to nature and grow my own veggies. I also want to be able to take a long walk in nature, whether that’s my own yard or wilderness is less important. Enough place for my dog to run and to really stretch his legs. I don’t want to have walls around me to shut the neighbors out, I want an open area with enough distance to the neighbors for the both of us to feel relaxed and comfortable in our own backyards (now I’m not even comfortable inside my own house because of the lack of privacy) to do whatever we want.
“It is ill placed. It sands in one of the lowest spots of the park…” Location, location, location, everyone know it’s about location and yet they always build houses in bad places. “Oh, let’s blow this mountain to smithereens and build a house here. I know it’s barley any room for it and the only view will be of the neighbors kitchen but so what? Just build a huge brick wall around the place and it will be okay.”
I want to move and have a view, I want to have some space around the house for gardening and wildlife, I want to live close to nature and grow my own veggies. I also want to be able to take a long walk in nature, whether that’s my own yard or wilderness is less important. Enough place for my dog to run and to really stretch his legs. I don’t want to have walls around me to shut the neighbors out, I want an open area with enough distance to the neighbors for the both of us to feel relaxed and comfortable in our own backyards (now I’m not even comfortable inside my own house because of the lack of privacy) to do whatever we want.
Sid & Nancy
It’s London and the year is 1977, year of punk and Sex Pistols. I want to be impressed, I want to say that I was glued to the screen but I’m not impressed at all, even Gary managed to disappoint me at times.
(I like this shot)Gary at the time is 28 and he’s playing 20 year old Sid Vicious, he’s good but not in every scene. Gary is the best thing in this movie and it’s fun to see him in the silly underwear. He apparently ended up in hospital because he lost too much weight when he prepared for the role.
(Nice little pants on a skinny Gary. Do you think that chick looks like she's 20?)
Courtney Love auditioned for the part as Nancy and I think she should have got it. I think she would have done a great job, she wouldn’t have to act that much, just pretend her name is Nancy; she’d be outstanding! She instead got the part of Gretchen and has like two three line and looks surprised most of the time (and is barely recognizable, she has had A LOT of surgery done, and her daughter Francis looks just like her).
(Courtney looking fresh as a daisy like usual)
Instead of Courtnet we have Chloe Webb as Nancy and who goes, “Ahhhhg” a lot. Nancy was only 20 when she died and Chloe is 30 but she looks at least 50. Her voice/accent is… At first I thought she was British and doing an awful American accent but apparently she’s an American.
(A nice shot of Chloe Webb)
Johnny Rotten wasn’t at all impressed with this movie, called it “the Peter Pan version” and I would too if I had such a lame actor portray me and the lip-sync is horrible.
Sid & Nancy at imdb
Best thing in the movie: Gary, dressed in black… Hm, I think I’ll buy a lot of black clothes this winter.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
At first it was pretty funny, the first few pages I laughed and thought it was sort of cute but the it becomes more like bad fan fiction.
It doesn’t feel like Grahame-Smith is a Janiet, quite the opposite. It feels like he’s making fun of the whole story (and not in a good way) and changing a lot of the characters. Would Mr. Bennet sleep with prostitutes while in China? Of course not! Would Jane be capable of hitting Kitty and Lydia with wet bamboo? Hell no! Would Mrs. Gardner have a polish lover called Sylak? No she wouldn’t!
Silly silly silly… I have to read “Mansfield Park” now to remedy myself from this experience.
It doesn’t feel like Grahame-Smith is a Janiet, quite the opposite. It feels like he’s making fun of the whole story (and not in a good way) and changing a lot of the characters. Would Mr. Bennet sleep with prostitutes while in China? Of course not! Would Jane be capable of hitting Kitty and Lydia with wet bamboo? Hell no! Would Mrs. Gardner have a polish lover called Sylak? No she wouldn’t!
Silly silly silly… I have to read “Mansfield Park” now to remedy myself from this experience.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
This is one of the reasons I’m not big on food
(picture by Anna Skoog and the to the right it says Divine salad, not so sure about that)I found this recipe on a salad and it looked so yummy and sounded pretty darn yummy too so I had to wait a year so that there were fresh blackberries in the store, they were a little expensive but I want to follow the recipe so I got them, along with the arugula salad which you get in a tiny little bag with a big juicy price tag on it and Serrano ham was 14 slices for 60 SEK. And the figs costs way more than apples…When you spend some money you (at least me) expect that it will taste lovely but I’m not so sure.
The dressing is just like any other dressing, don’t like it, taste blah and the ham! Ew, smells like feet/cheese!
Haven’t eaten the actual salad yet so we’ll see but… I always get disappointed in the kitchen unless I’m making desserts.
The dressing is just like any other dressing, don’t like it, taste blah and the ham! Ew, smells like feet/cheese!
Haven’t eaten the actual salad yet so we’ll see but… I always get disappointed in the kitchen unless I’m making desserts.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Waiting for the first storm
It’s time for the first fall storm, can’t wait. A few trees usually gets knocked down, unfortunately my neighbor cut all their trees down (illegally) so they can’t get squished under them (but maybe some other horrible things can happened to them?).
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Upcoming movies
The Nines: Written and directed by John August, he’s written a few scripts for Tim Burton so I feel it’s my duty to see what he’s up to on his own. I don’t know much about the movie; I want to be surprised so I’ll keep it that way.
Disturbia: I saw the trailer and it looked like fun so… There are a few things in the trailer that I liked, I hope I wasn’t fooled. Not a fan of that Shia guy but, I’ll live through it I’m sure.
Oldboy: It’s on top 250 so I have to watch it but I think it looks interesting so hopefully it won’t be one of those movies were you suffer for a 120 minutes.
Disturbia: I saw the trailer and it looked like fun so… There are a few things in the trailer that I liked, I hope I wasn’t fooled. Not a fan of that Shia guy but, I’ll live through it I’m sure.
Oldboy: It’s on top 250 so I have to watch it but I think it looks interesting so hopefully it won’t be one of those movies were you suffer for a 120 minutes.
Monday, September 14, 2009
The Order
The Order: A young priest goes to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of his mentor and head of Order. As always when people go to Rome to investigate things within the church all hell breaks loose with a bunch of weird societies, demons and whatnot, you know the drill. There is no reason what so ever to see this movie unless you are a Heath fan and want to see all of his movies. There is no suspense, no nothing…
Best thing in the movie: Heath all dressed in black. Note to self, buy a new black coat this fall.
Best thing in the movie: Heath all dressed in black. Note to self, buy a new black coat this fall.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon The movie starts as a documentary where we get to follow Leslie Vernon who’s preparing himself to début as the new psycho killer in a world where the likes of Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers are real people and events. The film crew with Taylor Gentry in the lead tags along Leslie in his daily life and the preparations for the event that will make him a legend.
Maybe Jason Voorhees brings a crossword with him to the bathroom, maybe he has dinner in front of the TV watching The Simpsons but we don’t want to see that, we want to see what he does best, chasing and killing people with his machete while wearing his stylish mask. But in this movie we get to see the mass murderer in the makings life and it is a sad life with cardio exercise and living with his pet turtles. He makes lame jokes with the film crew and it reminds me of a sad interview with Ron Jeremy (who also has a pet turtle) and his attempt to be a standup comedian except then I felt for poor Ron but here the actor is not good enough for me to feel any kind of pity for him.
The movie makes a sudden turn at the end, from lame comedy to what seems to be an attempt to be an action/horror but it’s impossible to take it serious when we know that the “monster” lives with his pet turtles Church and Zoe. More of one genre and less of the other would have been nice because the mixture of the two is a complete failure.
There are a few interesting events when there’s a hint of chemistry between Leslie and Taylor similar to that of Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter but unfortunately they remain only hints and perhaps I was the only one that felt them. I liked the idea of the journalist getting to close to her subject and have a hard time to stay neutral but…
If you listen to the dialog and have seen at least one horror movie before I doubt there will be any surprises in this movie. Apparently it’s supposed to be a fun satire of the genre but I didn’t get it.
Checklist
Maybe Jason Voorhees brings a crossword with him to the bathroom, maybe he has dinner in front of the TV watching The Simpsons but we don’t want to see that, we want to see what he does best, chasing and killing people with his machete while wearing his stylish mask. But in this movie we get to see the mass murderer in the makings life and it is a sad life with cardio exercise and living with his pet turtles. He makes lame jokes with the film crew and it reminds me of a sad interview with Ron Jeremy (who also has a pet turtle) and his attempt to be a standup comedian except then I felt for poor Ron but here the actor is not good enough for me to feel any kind of pity for him.
The movie makes a sudden turn at the end, from lame comedy to what seems to be an attempt to be an action/horror but it’s impossible to take it serious when we know that the “monster” lives with his pet turtles Church and Zoe. More of one genre and less of the other would have been nice because the mixture of the two is a complete failure.
There are a few interesting events when there’s a hint of chemistry between Leslie and Taylor similar to that of Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter but unfortunately they remain only hints and perhaps I was the only one that felt them. I liked the idea of the journalist getting to close to her subject and have a hard time to stay neutral but…
If you listen to the dialog and have seen at least one horror movie before I doubt there will be any surprises in this movie. Apparently it’s supposed to be a fun satire of the genre but I didn’t get it.
Checklist
· Spooky abandoned house
· Stoned teenagers
· Blonde virgin
· Cars that doesn’t start
· Creepy mask
· Things we’ve seen before
The best thing in the movie: Leslies mask and Zelda Rubinstein
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Didn’t get the story, or the other two short stories in the book. Now I’m afraid that the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s will be dull too. But the movie looks incredible stylish, it could be a spread in any fashion magazine. Very pretty indeed, and it looks better than the book so, I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Day Watch
Day Watch: Anton is back to fight more forces of darkness… Um I have to admit I didn’t completely follow what is going on. It’s not as good as the first one and by the end of it I’m not really sure what happened or what to think of it.
Because it’s Russian I don’t mind the silliness, I guess this is what it’s like for foreigners when they watch a movie like, “Let the right one in”, I can’t stand that movie but maybe others go, “But it’s Swedish so I don’t mind”’
It does feel refreshing something different from your typical American action film but it’s 140 minutes long!
Best thing in the movie: Svetlanas blue Muppet coat. Only Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous and Svetlana can get away with wearing something like that.
Because it’s Russian I don’t mind the silliness, I guess this is what it’s like for foreigners when they watch a movie like, “Let the right one in”, I can’t stand that movie but maybe others go, “But it’s Swedish so I don’t mind”’
It does feel refreshing something different from your typical American action film but it’s 140 minutes long!
Best thing in the movie: Svetlanas blue Muppet coat. Only Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous and Svetlana can get away with wearing something like that.
Next movies are…
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon The trailer is probably very misleading, in the beginning it’s a bit spooky with Zelda Rubinsteins (Tangina in Poltergiest) monolog and then it looks like a comedy all of a sudden and then back to horror, doubt it will be a scary film but I bet it’s scarier than Saw. Not only is Zelda in the movie, we also have Robert Englund aka Freddie Krueger and Angela Goethals who plays Kevins sister in Home Alone so I’ll expected her to go: “you're what the French call les incompetents” Oh, and there is one guy with the name Britain Spellings which I just think is funny enough to mention.
Day Watch: The sequel to Night Watch by Russian director Timur Bekmambetov who did Wanted (which I have to see one of these days because it looks like crap). The first movie ended sort of abruptly so I want closer in this one but… I might be disappointed.
The car thing in the trailer is ridicules (and not in a good way).
Day Watch: The sequel to Night Watch by Russian director Timur Bekmambetov who did Wanted (which I have to see one of these days because it looks like crap). The first movie ended sort of abruptly so I want closer in this one but… I might be disappointed.
The car thing in the trailer is ridicules (and not in a good way).
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
An American Haunting
A little scared as I’m about to put the disc in, keeping on light on and I’m watching it on the computer which is extra scary because you’re so close to the screen then. 87 minutes and go…
It begins with “based on a true story” so naturally that means that it is not. It’s 1817 and strange things are happening in the Bell family house in Red River Tennessee. Betsy the family’s precious daughter is suffering from violent nightmares.
It starts off as being very promising, I got scared. Angles, creepy noises, the wind through the trees and mist but it doesn’t last I’m afraid (well actually it’s a good thing since I’m off to bed). Turns cliché in the middle and by the end of the movie I’m no longer scared at all.
I like Donald and Sissy but you need more than good actors to make a good movie. The movie could not live up to my expectations, you’re better off to watch the trailer or the first 40-50 minutes of the movie.
The trailer is pretty misleading, it makes the movie look scary and I did feel it wasn’t the same story as the actual movie. The feeling I got when I watched the trailer was better than the movie and it’s not the first time I’ve been fooled by the trailer, and probably not the last.
It begins with “based on a true story” so naturally that means that it is not. It’s 1817 and strange things are happening in the Bell family house in Red River Tennessee. Betsy the family’s precious daughter is suffering from violent nightmares.
It starts off as being very promising, I got scared. Angles, creepy noises, the wind through the trees and mist but it doesn’t last I’m afraid (well actually it’s a good thing since I’m off to bed). Turns cliché in the middle and by the end of the movie I’m no longer scared at all.
I like Donald and Sissy but you need more than good actors to make a good movie. The movie could not live up to my expectations, you’re better off to watch the trailer or the first 40-50 minutes of the movie.
The trailer is pretty misleading, it makes the movie look scary and I did feel it wasn’t the same story as the actual movie. The feeling I got when I watched the trailer was better than the movie and it’s not the first time I’ve been fooled by the trailer, and probably not the last.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Upcoming movie
An American Haunting, I don’t really like horror, A) I get scared and B) they are rarely good movies but Donald Sutherland is in it and it sets, partially in the 1800’s which is a time period I really like so. I just hope it’s not too scary…
Saw
People have been talking about these Saw movies and they’ve made five(!) of them so I thought it was time to see what the fuss was about, and I still don’t know.
Twenty minutes in and it feels more like forty, it’s going to be a long movie. At times it looks like an old 90’s video but without music. The setup with flashbacks makes the story less scary, well it’s not scary at all, I didn’t even feel the need to pick up feet up from the floor until was tired and lay down on the sofa.
They put a lot of focus on the “scary” details to make sure no one misses them which make them less scary and like I’m being treated like an idiot.
Maybe I have seen too many movies because there were no surprises in this one. A little like “The Village” where you quickly realize that things aren’t what they seem and they will try to make as many “unexpected” turns as they can to surprised us which makes it so much easier to figure out what is going to happened next.
The whole movie makes me thing of “The Shinning” and when the black guy rushes up to the house on a scoter (if I remember correctly) only to get an axe in the back minutes after entering the house.
Best thing in the movie: Danny Glover (mainly because I watched a lot of his movies growing up so I just like to see his face)
Sunday, September 6, 2009
The Informant!
I don’t like Matt Damon, in fact I avoid him (I give him the cold shoulder every time I pass him in the street) but it looks like he can portrait an idiot pretty well so I might have to sit through one of his films yet again.
Steven Soderberghs new film The Informant! Is based on the book with the same name by Kurt Eichenwald and based on the trailer it looks like fun.
Steven Soderberghs new film The Informant! Is based on the book with the same name by Kurt Eichenwald and based on the trailer it looks like fun.
The Devil’s Foot Steps
I quickly started to think of the movies based on Stephen King stuff when I read this book. Apparently it’s EE Richardson first book and he was only 19 when the publishers bought it so… I guess I’m too old for it but there story is plain and there are no ups and downs or any struggle, the events just neatly unfolds without any drama.
V for Vendetta
I find it a little hard to take Natalie Portman serious at time because she (speaks with a British accent) looks like a child, a very pretty child but a child none the less. She’s a good actress but she looks so young I expect her to stomp her feet, throw fits and slam doors.
I like the theatricals of the film but… there was something missing for me to really like this movie. I feel like such a snob because I’m so picky about movies.
Loved Stephen Fry, he was the best thing in the movie, he’s always so adorable. I want to sit down and have tea with him, seems like a nice tea drinking buddy.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Franklyn
It was a link to the Franklyn trailer after something else I had watched on Youtube and I ended up clicking on it and it looks interesting. I don’t like Ryan Phillippe at all but maybe Eva Green can make up for it. It looks nice, a good film to watch this autumn, but if it gets here it will probably be in the springtime…
Eva Green
Day after tomorrow
“Day after tomorrow” is one of those movies where they rely on “cool” effects and pay very little attention to plot and characters.
When the hurricanes hit LA I wanted to laugh, it was such bad acting if felt like a parody. The lovely Ian Holm was in the back and didn’t get any room and did you ever find out what happened to him? Assumed dead but it was never confirmed, I like to believe he made it but I’m very doubtful.
The movie left me without making any impressions whatsoever, well other than “Hey, that Emmy chick is really cute. What is she up to these days?” that and, “That Jake guy is kind of cute too.”
When the hurricanes hit LA I wanted to laugh, it was such bad acting if felt like a parody. The lovely Ian Holm was in the back and didn’t get any room and did you ever find out what happened to him? Assumed dead but it was never confirmed, I like to believe he made it but I’m very doubtful.
The movie left me without making any impressions whatsoever, well other than “Hey, that Emmy chick is really cute. What is she up to these days?” that and, “That Jake guy is kind of cute too.”
Friday, September 4, 2009
Found this cute site
I found a link on Old Hollywood Glamour to this nice site called The Black Wardrobes Blog. It’s a digital showroom for my hand-made dark little pieces and there’s stuff on goth fashion, goth and fashion in genre, art nouveau and other nice dark things. Her store is of course called The Black Wardrobe and is handmade film noir inspired clothing.
This is apparently a picture that inspired her and I can see why, love it!
Hmm…
Okay, so I watched “The Prestige”, what was the point with that movie? Dull dull dull… I enjoyed “Lesbian Vampire Killers” way more and that says a lot doesn’t it.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Free movies!
I got an offer to try this thing where you get dvds in your mailbox, free for two month so there’s going to be LOTS of movies these two months!
First up Casino Royale: Okay a hairless guy opens the door for a guy with a Hitler do and a scar; can this be the bad guy? I know the guy is Danish aka accent, aka The Bad Guy. Oh, and he’s weeping blood insisting that it’s nothing sinister… Only a Bad Guy says that.
I only wanted to see it because it’s one of those movies people talk about, I don’t know why because it was just a movie… What’s good about it? The best thing Vesper Lynds lipstick.
Next up: The Prestige. Have a little crush on Bale (since I was a little girl and he played Jim in Treasure Island) and it’s on top 250 so I have to see it eventually anyway. Michael Caine is always good and I like Hugh Jackman, a little frosty feelings towards Scarlett Johansson but… I have no expectations what so ever about this movie. (I prefer the word film… I think I’ll start to use it more often)
I'm not the bad guy, really I'm not...
First up Casino Royale: Okay a hairless guy opens the door for a guy with a Hitler do and a scar; can this be the bad guy? I know the guy is Danish aka accent, aka The Bad Guy. Oh, and he’s weeping blood insisting that it’s nothing sinister… Only a Bad Guy says that.
I only wanted to see it because it’s one of those movies people talk about, I don’t know why because it was just a movie… What’s good about it? The best thing Vesper Lynds lipstick.
Next up: The Prestige. Have a little crush on Bale (since I was a little girl and he played Jim in Treasure Island) and it’s on top 250 so I have to see it eventually anyway. Michael Caine is always good and I like Hugh Jackman, a little frosty feelings towards Scarlett Johansson but… I have no expectations what so ever about this movie. (I prefer the word film… I think I’ll start to use it more often)
I'm not the bad guy, really I'm not...Tuesday, August 25, 2009
September Crafting Challenge
Okay, my current obsession, masks. And to me, knock on wood, it doesn’t seem that hard to make. You can buy simple white ones in crafting stores or similar and glue all sort of fancy stuff to them, at least it looks simple but I never tried it so what do I know… But I say we all try to do our own mask this September and post the results on our blogs, come on! It’ll be fun (I hope)!
Things to buy:
· Glue gun
· Feathers
· Glitter
· Ribbons
· Loads of more stuff…
Some pictures for inspiration
Things to buy:
· Glue gun
· Feathers
· Glitter
· Ribbons
· Loads of more stuff…
Some pictures for inspiration
Some links on how-to
Martha always knows
Some movies I’m (hopefully) going to see
The Countess: A movie about the legendary Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory who is said to have killed and tortured hundreds of virgins. She was known for her “lustrous black hair and pale skin”; she was also of royal blood. “By many accounts, she was also a petty and vain narcissist. She changed her clothing five or six times a day and spent hours admiring her legendary beauty in mirrors. She used all manner of oils and unguents to preserve and whiten her skin. No one denied her whatever she wanted and she demanded continuous praise. No one knows what she might have become had she not teamed up with her husband, but there is no doubt that she was fertile ground for his sadistic encouragement.”
She seems to have been married to a really cutie pie too “He also showed Elizabeth the art of freezing a girl to death during the winter by pouring water over her naked body until it hardened and she was unable to move. Sometimes he sent black magic spells from another land where he was at war for his wife to try out at home—a token of his love.”
Looks like the movie is slight different, a cleaner version, a “love story”…
(Got the info here, more to read if anyone is interested)
(Don't like that they have used the soundtrack from The Village in the trailer, get a new track for F sake.)
I Sell The Dead: It reminds me of RL Stevensons “The Body Snatcher” and the whole Burke and Hare Murders. Looks like fun and I have never heard a word about this movie, which based on the trailer is a little odd to me, a big bowl of popcorn and some good friends and this would be a great night I bet.
“If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that you never, ever, trust a corpse.”
Zombieland: Probably not a good movie but it looks entertaining and Wood Harrelson is always fun. I prefer zombies in comedies, they aren’t very scary when they are horror and they are always cliché so…
She seems to have been married to a really cutie pie too “He also showed Elizabeth the art of freezing a girl to death during the winter by pouring water over her naked body until it hardened and she was unable to move. Sometimes he sent black magic spells from another land where he was at war for his wife to try out at home—a token of his love.”
Looks like the movie is slight different, a cleaner version, a “love story”…
(Got the info here, more to read if anyone is interested)
(Don't like that they have used the soundtrack from The Village in the trailer, get a new track for F sake.)
I Sell The Dead: It reminds me of RL Stevensons “The Body Snatcher” and the whole Burke and Hare Murders. Looks like fun and I have never heard a word about this movie, which based on the trailer is a little odd to me, a big bowl of popcorn and some good friends and this would be a great night I bet.
“If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that you never, ever, trust a corpse.”
Zombieland: Probably not a good movie but it looks entertaining and Wood Harrelson is always fun. I prefer zombies in comedies, they aren’t very scary when they are horror and they are always cliché so…
Movies to see
I’ll start a list (!) of movies that I want to see, or I won’t remember them all. Do you know any good movies I should add to the list?
1. How to be
2. Taking Woodstock
3. Withnail and I
4. The Darjeeling Limited
5. The great train robbery
6. Les vampires
7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
8. I’m not there
9. The Duchess
10. The Brothers Bloom
11. Chicken Run
12. Birds of a feather
13. Les Ripoux
14. Sueurs
15. Chéri
16. Up
17. The Countess
18. Zombieland
19. I Sell The Dead
1. How to be
2. Taking Woodstock
3. Withnail and I
4. The Darjeeling Limited
5. The great train robbery
6. Les vampires
7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
8. I’m not there
9. The Duchess
10. The Brothers Bloom
11. Chicken Run
12. Birds of a feather
13. Les Ripoux
14. Sueurs
15. Chéri
16. Up
17. The Countess
18. Zombieland
19. I Sell The Dead
Monday, August 17, 2009
I’m a 90’s whore…
I was watching “Foxfire” and then it hit me like a sledgehammer in the stomach; I’m a 90’s whore. I so miss those days! I want to wear a filthy tee (but back then it was known as a t-shirt), flannel shirt and Dr Martin boots and watch “My so called life” (remember Jordan Catalano, he was yummy) and listen to all the sad music and a suffering soul who no one gets and have a Robert Smith hairdo! I’m getting a flannel, nostalgia overdoes… Where the H is my copy of “The Crow”?
(I love the sunglasses!)
(I love the sunglasses!)(I always liked Angelas hair, I'm having a redhead phase)
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Sølve Sundsbø
I know it’s just a naked woman on a stool but I really like the picture. I wonder if I can get bangs like that… Anyways, the picture is by Norwegian photographer Sølve Sundsbø and the model is Daisy Lowe. She also took the other two pictures. Can’t refuse a redhead and the other picture was sort of cool and creepy at the same time so…
Daisy Lowe
Lily Cole
Susie Bick
Monday, August 3, 2009
Last seen movie…
Tristan + Isolde, what a waste of time… Yawn, the only thing I liked in the movie was perhaps Isoldes hair, and the names Tristan and Isolde, got a certain ring to it.
Research
Doing a little research for Aimées (and my…) story. It’s a romantic one so this picture by Annie Leibovits is just want I need. Going to the library tomorrow and picking up something romantic… any recommendations? Other than Romeo and Juliet I mean? More pictures here.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Some goodies from Swedish real estate
Pictures I found at swedish real estate sites.
Not much but closeup below on the kitchen floor, love it! Old wine crates or something.
Bonus pictures from Australia, Melbourne I think. Both picture from the same house. Was for sale maybe two years ago... I hope someone renovated it properly.
Not much but closeup below on the kitchen floor, love it! Old wine crates or something.
Bonus pictures from Australia, Melbourne I think. Both picture from the same house. Was for sale maybe two years ago... I hope someone renovated it properly.
Lovely!
Found this lovely site called The Land Between Solar Systems… Not sure how (like always) and there’s just tones of pretty pictures! She’s an artist with her own Etsy shop. Some nude stuff that I could live without, but whatever floats your boat. Some nice pictures I found there.
I really like this tattoo, very art nouveu.
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