Tea Time

Red

2010-07-22T22:29:00.003+01:00

Saw some wonderful stills from upcoming Red with Helen Mirren (and a whole bunch of other people) and I have to put it on my To-Watch list. Looks nice and I love Helen so I have to watch it. I like when I see movies with real actors and not just some busty girl who happens to be flavor of the month.

Way hotter that the silly plastic women of young Hollywood.

Love the dress she's wearing.

Keep your fingers crossed...

2010-07-11T13:25:00.001+01:00

Heat…

2010-07-11T11:58:00.000+01:00

It’s too darn hot for me… apparently yesterday was the hottest day in Sweden since 1994. I have been in bed a few days with headache and nausea. Today I bought myself a fan, I love my fan (but my mom said something silly, “You can get neck-pain from being too close to a fan” and I do have a little sore neck now, probably just my imagination). I trying to deal with the heat by drinking a lot of water and taking cool showers (but that makes me feel a little guilty because I’m wasting a lot of water).

Last time I check the temperature it was 33C outside. Too darn warm but I have to get out to the greenhouse and water the veggies, and the potatoes.

Any tips on coping with heat?

The Wolfman

2010-06-08T23:14:00.006+01:00

I have not been watching all that many movies lately, and my horror movie challenge is… well I stared watching “Körkarlen” and it’s really boring so the whole thing is on ice at the moment, maybe I have to change that movie to something else…

Anyway… haven’t seen the original “The Wolf Man” but I did read a script for the one with Benico and I really really hope it was an early draft that has been changed A LOT because it was sort of crap. Oh and I don’t like when they toss in real characters in movies and it seems like Inspector Abberline is in the movie. Why? Is there a reason? I remember when I read the script and it said “London 1888” and went, “Okay, so that means Jack the Ripper will appear…” and he did...

When I read the script some parts had a “Sleepy Hollow” vibe about them and it turns out that Andrew Kevin Walker has been working on this script as well.

Oh, I have to go and make some more tea before I start watching the movie… made I’ll find some snacks as well…

Name: The Wolfman
Country: UK/America
Tea: Rhubarb
Snack: Limpa with caviar on it.
Expectations: I like Benico and I like Emily and it’s Victorian times which I like. Hopefully there will be nice sets and costumes; I have more hope about the clothes being pretty than the movie being good.

Golem makes a little cameo, cute…

Thank God they changed the part when he (the werewolf) gets attacked by a crocodile and the wolves running around in London. Why are wolves always such weird psycho animals in movies? In the script I read the werewolf lets the wolves out from the cage at the zoo (after he’s been attack by a Nile crocodile) and the wolves just starts to hunt people in the streets, why? In “Day after tomorrow” the wolves also become weird killing machines; I just doesn’t make sense to me.

I must say that the movie, towards the end becomes a little tiresome for me. It would have been better if it was all taking place on the moors or in London, but if it was in London I would rather have followed the detectives work instead of the werewolf. Two hours is too much.

Best thing in the movie: Garden, houses and of course the topiary!

Turns out...

2010-06-03T14:51:00.002+01:00

that I don't like marmelade. It's like jam on a cracker, who wants that, ew! But it's fun to make stuff but there will be no more marmelade made in this house, at least not by me.

Rhubarb marmelade

2010-06-02T13:03:00.002+01:00

Rhubarb marmalade with ginger
1kg rhubarbs
1 lemon
1 orange
1kg sugar
1 table spoon of ginger

1. Rinse the rhubarb and slice it up and put it in a bowl. Grate lemon and orange peel and squeeze the juice out into the bowl and add HALF the sugar. Stir it around and cover it with cling film or similar and let it sit in room temperature for 12 hours.
2. Put it all in a pot and cook it for about 20 minutes, stir every now and then.
3. Add the rest of the sugar, little by little. Let it boil… heavily? (my cooking English sucks) without a lid for 15-20 minutes until it reaches 107-108C.
4. Take a little of the marmalade and add the ginger before adding that to the pot. (Why? I don’t know…)
5. Get warm jars for the marmalade, put the lid on right away and place the jars upside down until the marmalade is cool. (Why? I don’t know…)

It seems okay to me but I would add less ginger because it becomes very dominate. (Recipe found here, only in swedish)

French rhubarb marmalade
1kg rhubarb
1kg sugar
30g butter/margarine

1. Rinse the rhubarb and slice them into thin bits and add it with sugar in a bowl, cover with cling film or similar and let it rest of the night.
2. Pour the juice that has appeared over night into a pot and boil at heavily without lid until about half is left (why? I don’t know). Add the rhubarb and boil and stir. Add the butter when the marmalade is boiling the most.
3. Lower the heat and let the marmalade simmer for about 30-45 minutes. See if it has the right texture by putting a little of the marmalade on a plate and let it cool.
4. Pour it into jars, lid on and let the flavor develop for 24 hours.

I don’t know what’s French about it but it taste nice and has a pure rhubarb taste compared to the other one. I’m going to make some rusk next. (Recipe found here, only in swedish)

Rhubarb marmalade

2010-05-30T19:22:00.001+01:00

I’ve found two recipes for rhubarb marmalade, if the word “French” is in the name I always think it sound yummy. But what do I use the marmalade for? Does anyone have a recipe for some scones or similar, something one can eat along with a cup of tea?

(I’ll share my recipes after I make them in case they suck I won’t waste anyone’s times)

Food Inc

2010-05-21T19:10:00.000+01:00

When I was doing some research for the Oscars I came across Food Inc and I’ve been wanting to see it since then and now I finally did. It feels like they could have focus on one thing and dug a little deeper.

But it did make me want to grow even more food. I hate buying fruit and veggies in the store because you have to take one of those little plastic bags each time and they are so fragile you can’t save them and use them again. I need to come up with an alternative to these bags…

Repo! The Genetic Opera

2010-05-10T10:55:00.005+01:00

God how silly… silly silly silly AND Paris Hilton is in it, what a waste of time. I don’t understand why anyone would put that thing in a movie. No this was not a very good movie, it didn’t suck but it was… If you like Avril Lavigne and think that stuff is punk then you might actually like this and you probably have three different hair colors and striped cut off socks as arm warmers. I like the idea, I enjoy musical and darker things but this wasn't really dark, everything just felt forced.

But get "Phantom of the opera" instead and don't waste your time with this one.

Best thing in the movie: Sarah Brightman

Harry Brown

2010-05-07T21:11:00.002+01:00

I really liked this movie, perhaps the first part more than the second but still. Michael Caine is excellent like always and there is something special about vigilantes. I like that concept and I’ll do my best to find more vigilante movies (do you know of any let me know).

Update on Mr Fox

2010-05-04T11:15:00.002+01:00

I called early this morning and I was told not to feed him and to keep an eye out, the lady said I should call if I saw him again and they would come and collect him. He's too young to be on his own. I haven't seen him this morning though... I hope he's okay.

Since I can’t sleep

2010-05-03T21:28:00.001+01:00

I found a funny page where people pronounce things. I like to listen to different native English speakers so I took a very Australian word, “Kangaroo”. A woman in America pronounced sort of soft all the way through, perhaps some force on the K. A man from Victoria said more like kangaROOO and a woman from West Australia said, kanGAroo. I pronounce it like the American woman.

I can see myself spending the next hour or so here listening to people pronounce things, Forvo

Lost little fox pup?

2010-05-03T20:02:00.004+01:00

What seems like a little lost fox puppy is sneaking around. I don’t think it looks like a real fox, more like a wolf but we don’t have wolfs around here so… maybe it’s a dog? Either way it’s one scared little animal and I always get worried when animals are in trouble. He’s so tiny and you can tell it’s a baby, how will he get food? I have put some cat food out and water and tomorrow I’ll see if I can call someone and ask what to do to help the little thing. Dog barking, is he back? No, not back… he’s so little and cute. I want to keep him, but I won’t, but I will name him... Michael, or is that too obvious? I'm so worried, I won't get any sleep tonight and I will be up first thing in the morning to call someone.

Is it really so?

2010-04-29T17:32:00.003+01:00

I’m trying not to get too carried away here but… IT LOOKS LIKE MY BITCHY NEIGHBORS ARE MOVING!! I feel like singing! Let's dance everyone! I love this song, not really but it's so funny!

Taking advantage of my online library

2010-04-28T22:32:00.001+01:00

I don’t know why I doubt borrow more audio books from my library. I can borrow them online and listen right away. They all kind of books, a lot of nonfiction so why don’t I do this? I will from now on, it’s free and you can listen to a sample before you borrow it (you can only lend 5 books per week). When it comes to audio books the reader is very important, some are just so boring no matter how exciting the story is you can’t listen to it.

Read!

2010-04-27T20:45:00.002+01:00

I’ll try to read more nonfiction books from now on. I can’t remember the last time I read one…oh the last book I read was one, and the three after that… but I somehow feel I’m not reading enough of them so I’ll read more of them.

Street art

2010-04-20T17:24:00.003+01:00

Right now I’m obsessing about street art. Why not have art on the streets? I rather look at an elephant walking a tightrope holding an umbrella than anorexic photoshopped girls in underwear when I’m in the city. When I was out walking I kept an eye out to see what I would do if I had the talent and there were lots of things I would like to do. At the moment the people in my neighborhood don’t deserve any art though.

It is amazing the things people think of, and manage to create. Before I looked around on the net I didn’t think much about it and now I’m more open and thinking more on what can be done here? I can’t do shit because I’m useless but in my head I am brilliant and create lots of beautiful art.

When I looked around the internet I came across a trailer for a movie about British street artist Banksy and it looks like fun, reminds me of skateboard films. Banksy is one of those artists you have seen lots of thing by you just don’t know it.

So cute!

2010-04-17T11:07:00.004+01:00

I did not have the time to get my camera but the other day a pheasant stopped by. Not that common but they make a quick stop around here as the move to where ever it is they stay for the rest of the year.

It did remind me that children today are... less educated perhaps than I was as a child, “Look mommy, a chicken!” I heard a kid yell when he saw it. Oh well.

It also reminded me that I want chickens and perhaps a golden pheasant, or a peacock.

Franklyn

2010-04-17T10:46:00.009+01:00

Franklyn is a very beautiful movie visually but story is thin I’m afraid but very pretty indeed and I’ll keep an eye out to see what Gerald McMorrow (cool name) will do next. I like movies that have put money on “the look” of it and they have created a certain vibe, but that basically all there is in this movie. Not enough work on the actual story. Lovely darkness in it, I think it could have been a little bit more of that.

Apparently Ewan McGregor was supposed to be in it, don’t think it would have made the movie better but perhaps I would have heard of the movie earlier.

Feels like you can show any picture from this movie without spoiling anything.

I love Eva Green, something about her, she has that cunning secretive look and I hope she gets to play Catwoman if Catwoman is to make a comeback. And she's not a bad actress either.

As I said, not that much of a story but it’s the guys first feature film so I understand but I wish there was more because it’s so pretty. If you appreciate beautiful costumes and comic vibes then you can watch this movie and read at the same time and just watch it since there’s not much of a plot.

Rec

2010-04-16T09:38:00.003+01:00

Name: Rec
Country: Spain
Tea: None
Snack: None
Expectations: After watching the trailer I believe this movie to be scary and I’m not sure I should watch it before I go to bed. Oh, I have to go and lock the door!

We get to follow a Spanish TV crew on the show “While you were sleeping” as they follow the firemen. Despite the fact that it’s starting out slow and slightly dull… it manage to remain interesting, how? I don’t really know, maybe because I’m a sucker for reality shows?

It does get a little chaotic at times but the acting is good so I believe it. A few cheap things but all in all it’s interesting and at the end is pretty scary, I had to turn the sound down, things seem less scary when you turn the sound down. I found the last ten fifteen minutes of this really creepy and if more of the movie had been like that I would not have managed to watch all of it, I would have been too scared. It took me awhile to finish the movie because it was disturbing at the end and I need a break or two.

Parts of the end looked like a Marilyn Manson video but I won’t show any pictures or say anything, won’t spoil it if anyone wants to see it. Of course they made an American version of the movie because God forbid those poor souls should have to watch something with… subtitles! After looking at the trailer it looks like they copied it frame by frame, a few differences in the plot and I think I’ll see it just because. The american version is called Quarentine.

Prey

2010-04-16T09:28:00.007+01:00

Name: Prey
Country: South Africa
Tea: None
Snack: None
Expectations: None, don’t remember much from the trailer either. But since it’s from South Africa I assume there’s a lion in it.

I don’t know… angry lions in Africa aren’t as scary as an angry shark in New England. Lions eating tourist that invade their space is just animals being animals, I’m with the lions on this one. You see the lion right away so it’s not like a lurking menace in the deep so there’s no mystery of the unknown. It would be scarier if there were attacks in the dark and we did not get to see the “monster” but now it’s just a holiday gone wrong.

Cell phones have messed up horror/thrillers because everyone have a phone so you have to have a scene where they break the phone, lose the phone, the batteries are running low or they have no signal (seems to be the most common one used).

It’s hard to get scared when you see the “monster” and think they are cut. They remind me of my kitties, so cut!

It wasn’t a very good movie as far as I recall but “The Ghost and the Darkness” was better than this one, different kind of movies yes but at least there was some suspense in that one.

What kind of idiots goes out in a car on a safari without lots and lots of water? And why drive like that?

Best part of the movie: The giraff and Mr. Crawfords house. It's a really nice house I have to say.

High Tension

2010-04-12T23:20:00.002+01:00

Name: High Tension
Country: France
Tea: Raspberry (milk on the side)
Snack: Raisins
Expectations: None, here we go…

22 minutes: I’m really really bored… very distracted, I want to look at shoes. I’m thinking of getting a pair of cute ballerina slippers, probably black because that’s my favorite color, some say black isn’t a color but I think some people are smartasses so…

24 minutes: Oh dear… I can’t do this right now. I need a break from this one. I’m going to watch Oscar winning documentary The Cove instead.

Okay, I’m giving it a go… this movie just made me forget all about this challenge. I can’t put my finger on it but just as this movie started I was sick of it, so dull and boring. Now I’m hoping that the girl dies, I’m cheering for the killer, get her!!

25 minutes: What the fuck!? What…? I hate this stupid movie! It’s not good when you don’t care about the main character in a horror movie.

33 minutes: Aimée rescued me for a little chat, lovely break…

51 minutes: Oh dear god! I hate the stupid bitch, die! I hate the movie more than I hate her however. I just want this damn movie to come to an end, Jesus fucking Christ!

52 minutes: I’m sure the movie isn’t THAT bad, we just started off on the wrong foot…

The UK title is the best thing about the movie, "Switchblade Romance" sounds sexy. I think I watched this movie in four or five parts, that how long it took me to finish it. DON'T watch this movie, watch "The Cove" instead.

How much water do you use in a day?

2010-03-26T12:14:00.005+01:00

My über green week has begun and I was curious on just how much water I use in a day and it did not start out well. I put a basin in the sink when I washed up and wow! That was a lot more water than I thought I used. I got a bucket and I could actually use that water to flush with. So I got some more buckets and collected some snow outside and I’ll use that water to flush with (yes this is extreme but I’m going to be a green as I can this week). It’s just noon and I feel I’ve used more water that I should in just one day. I like water, I should take better care of it.

Things to do

1. Buy a water boiler thingy, they say it takes less energy to use that than to boil water on the stove and when you think about all the tea I drink I guess it’s a good thing.
2. Switch laundry detergent to a soap based one. (I have to confess I have no clue what my laundry detergent contains at the moment)

Green Life

2010-03-24T12:55:00.002+01:00

I’m going to have a little green experiment this week, starting Thursday… We talk a lot in Sweden about the environment and how bad it is, we all have to work together and blah blah blah, just talk and no one cares what so ever I’m afraid.

I’ve seen plenty of people throwing paper in the trash instead of the recycling bins, you can’t leave this neighborhood without passing one of these bins and since most people take the car every morning to work why not take some paper along with you and throw it on your way?

Then there are people that still have their Christmas lights up… sigh. And they also have lots of decorative lights on their house and around the garden. Yes it looks warm and inviting but also a little like a theme park. Yesterday when I was out on my walk I noticed just how many lights people have. It’s not practical light but purely decorative, they are on the house, in the roof, in the drive way, in the walls, in the trees, on the trees, they are everywhere. Do you really need all of those lights? 10 – 15 years ago the only lights people had was one in the driveway and one above the door which is pretty darn practical when it’s jet black outside but apparently that is not enough anymore.

Then there is this one family that has had a fire lit close to every day this winter. Yes it’s cozy but every day? Come on! And it’s not a fire to warm up the house, just one of those things for ambience.

I’ve also been thinking, now when everyone build these glass boxes, insisting that it’s a house it must take more energy to warm them up a cold winter. Windows are as isolating as a wall is, are they? They also have much higher roofs which means more space, more space to heat and let’s throw in some windows in the roof as well. Doesn’t sound like the best design if you think about the environment but maybe there’s some fancy new technology that makes it all good, what do I know?

On Greenpeaces Swedish website there are ideas that you can do in your neighborhood to make it better… here are a few of them.

• Organize a “Clean up the beach” day. (Ha! No one would show up, well maybe some would show up and take a dip and ask if I was a criminal doing community service.
• Start a composting system. You can sell the soil to a gardener or a plant nursery to cover the expensive. (Well, I guess I could try to inform people about composting. Here people take all their garden trash and throw it in the wood and think Mother Nature will just make it go away. They throw whole Christmas trees there… are they retarded or do they simply don’t give a damn? I think it’s the latter I’m afraid.)
• Organize a tree planting campaign. (Ha ha ha ha!! People here HATE trees and cut them down and builds pools, wooden decks or lawns.)

I feel pretty damn alone in my neighborhood… I once said I didn’t want them to demolish a small patch of wood because I liked to watch the birds and the answer I got was something like, “Birds? Who gives a fuck about birds?”

Neighbors, everybody needs good neighbors…

2010-03-22T20:17:00.018+01:00

(Yes, that show made it all the way to Sweden) If you could pick your neighbors, what a joy! Who would you pick and why? There are six houses beside mine on our little street and here are my neighbors if I could pick them.

1. Oscar Wilde. There is some view into this house but hopefully not that much (they haven’t moved in) but I can picture Oscar living there and I would spot him sitting in a chair in front of the fire when I make tea (from the kitchen I can see straight into what probably is the living room). I would wave and he would raise his cup or glass, maybe wave me over for some tea or a brandy.

(Oscar dressed for Ms Marples annual spring tea party)

2. Who do I want to stare at all times? Johnny Depp or maybe Dita von Teese but then I would stare at them all the time and they wouldn’t like me so… maybe Batman/Bruce Wayne? He would never live there because it’s too small but let’s say he would. I’m sure he would come up with something cleaver to avoid the whole situation with the view straight into each other’s houses and I’m sure I would like Alfred. (Bet Oscar would love if Robin moved in next door.)

("Hurry up and get dressed, we'll will be late Master Bruce")

3. Beatrix Potter. I’m sure she would take good care of the yard and make it nice for birds and other animals and I’d ask her for help with building birdhouses ect. She doesn’t seem to be hard to live close to, a very nice and calm person. (I base this on the movie I saw, could be a bitch but I doubt it.)

(Beatrix waiting for her husband William to hurry up)

4. Hmm… can’t come up with anyone at the time, let’s pretend it’s vacant for now. Any idea’s who could movie in there?

5. The Bennets of course. Mrs Bennet seems like fun and she would fill me in on all the gossip, especially if they live next to Oscar Wilde and Batman. I love Elizabeth and Jane and hopefully we would be friends and take walks across the neighborhood.

(Red alert! The Bennets are coming!)

6. Miss Marple maybe… a nice lady and she would like the place I’m sure. I think she would be a wonderful neighbor and I can picture myself stopping and chatting a little when I take the dog out, and he would like her too since he loves little old ladies.

(Miss Marple and friend is waiting for the guests in the garden, they probably just spotted Oscar)

Imagine the tea parties with the neighbors! I want these neighbors! I'll pretend they live here... imaginary friends, that sounds healthy.

Time Flies…

2010-03-21T16:38:00.004+01:00

When I look at the stuff I wrote in the beginning… let’s just say that I’ve changed a bit (what was I thinking? No taste what so ever). When I first started out writing here it was supposed to be about tea but that doesn’t happen very often so I’ll try to do it more because tea is wonderful.

Right now I’m having the famous “Söderblandning” from the store where it all happened, “The Tea Centre of Stockholm”. I remember reading somewhere that Vernon (the creator) doesn’t like the blend himself, I find that funny, like writing a bestseller and not liking it. Anyway, my first visit at “The Tea Centre of Stockholm” and they had these super cute tins with the store on them. I had to buy them! Six different teas for 299kr which means that each tin cost almost 50kr which I would have paid just for the tin.

But it’s small things like that that makes people buy perhaps more tea than they intended (aka good for business). It can’t cost that much to make these tins and they are so cute! The store smelled of tea when I stepped inside and it was pretty dark and almost gloomy because they have this old fashion vibe going on which is one of the reasons they only accepts cash which is silly because they have plastic bags and carpets with rubber on it so… Cozy but the lack of light almost made me a little depressed. There was a candle or two lit but that was it. I don’t think some proper lights and accepting credit cards would hurt the business.

Birds in the garden

2010-03-21T16:28:00.002+01:00

The change in the number of birds is absolutely shocking after the cut the wooded area down! I never thought it would be like this but I am sad and amazed what a difference it is now and the fact that no one seems to care what so ever about it. Due to this I will try and keep an eye out for birds that I see.

I won’t mention these birds:
1. Magpies are doing well but they are scavengers and do well around humans (aka raiding the garbage cans) and I see them on a daily bases.
2. The crows population is smaller, they have moved up on the hill where there are more pines left standing, they seem to prefer pines over other trees. I like crows so I’m a little sad that we don’t have more of them here.
3. Blackbirds are doing well too, one of the few birds that has visit the birdfeeder regularly this winter.

Today I saw a Eurasian Jay which was a nice surprise since I haven’t seen on this winter, also saw a woodpecker and I haven’t seen them either. Maybe they are coming back for spring?

What I’m doing this weekend

2010-03-19T16:13:00.001+01:00

Organizing my desk… the chaos! I can’t find anything, it’s such a mess I barely have room for my tea cup, imagine the horror! I need a place for the tea cup, letters that I should answer, bills to pay… what else? Well, I’ll start with that and we’ll see where it goes.

My books are here!

2010-03-05T18:46:00.003+01:00

I don’t want to know how much money I spend on books… I think I would scare myself if I looked into it so I won’t.

What did I get?
· “Northanger Abbey” by Jane Austen: Because I don’t have it and need it for my Jane Austen reading.
· “The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket (Swedish): If I remember correctly my friend Shalyn (and her auntie) like the series so I want to give it a go and the first book was on sale so…
· “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen: I only have it in Swedish and I didn’t like it. I will read it in English and hope it’s better.
· “Antigone” Sofokles (Swedish): I was on sale and I have a buddy in Greece name Antigone so I just had to have it.
· “Madame de Pompadour” by Herman Lindqvist (Swedish): On sale and I like history but I don’t read enough about it so this was great. Madame de Pompadour was Louis XV mistress.
· “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens: I liked “Great Expectations” and want to read more Dickens, and I really liked the BBC series “Bleak House” and wanted to read it, I know that the ending is different in the book.
· “Our Mutual Friend” by Charles Dickens: I saw this one on TV and liked it so I want to read it. I love the Victorian era so…
· “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë: I really liked it when I read it in Swedish so I want to read the original version.
· “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë (Swedish): Read it in English and I didn’t like it at all but maybe I didn’t understand as much as I thought I did? Read it in Swedish and I’ll see if I like it better or if I did understand it and still don’t like it.
· “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë: I liked her sister Charlottes book so I want to read something from each sister and this was cheap so why not?
· “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë (Swedish): It was on sale.
· “Krigets Färger” by Arkadij Babtjenko: For some strange reason it seems like this book is not translated into English, it probably will be soon. It’s none fiction, Arkadij was only 18 when he was sent to war in Chechnya and this is his story. He works as a journalist now for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
· Mystery book but a mystery author: Birthday present to someone whose birthday is coming up.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

2010-03-04T22:56:00.003+01:00

(Pretty poster)

Okay fourth film in the challenge, Germany, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari silent film from 1920, about 50 minutes long so it will be perfect before bedtime. And knock on wood, silent films are never scary so…

Tea: None
Snack: None (because you should snack all the time, and I’m still stuffed since dinner)

Not a good start, 44 seconds and what does somnambulist mean? Sounds like it has something to do with sleep… ah, sleepwalker, okay now I can continue to watch the movie.

(Funny picture, had to show it)

I liked it, silent films are usually very charming and this was no exception. It reminded me of Tim Burton, apparently the light and shadows were painted directly on the set, background ect and I think that could be one of the things that gives it a Burton vibe.

(Very Burton to me with the curles on the wall. The shadow on the wall is a door, pretty neat)

Apparently they did a remake of the movie 2005 and it seems that they couldn’t come up with anything on their own and shot the thing using green screen and used footage from the original film. Be inspired by all means, I can understand that the original movie gets people excited but use that inspiration and do something of you own.

(2005 version)

(Original version from 1920)

Best thing in the movie: Lil Dagover who reminds me of my mom back in the day, without the Leno chin but I don't remember that from the movie, bad ligh hopefully.

And the winner is…

2010-03-01T13:00:00.002+01:00

My little Jane Austen give away winner is none other than, Brittan! Who seem to share my fondness of owls and will receive a copy of Emma! I hope more people will have give aways, look through your bookcase and give away the books you don’t need, want or like.

Black Water

2010-02-28T21:53:00.002+01:00

So, third movie is from Australia and it’s called Black Water, “This movie is based to true event”, that always makes me suspicious. But I guess it doesn’t have to be a lie, if a person gets killed by a crocodile (which I’m pretty sure has happened) you can base a story on that, everything is fabricated but it is based on the story were a person was killed by a crocodile. But I don’t get why? I don’t think it adds anything to the story by claiming it is based on truth; it doesn’t get scarier so why bother? Thoughts on this one anyone?

Snacks: Raisins (waiting for dinner)

Three people head off for holiday… um, why would you want to spend Christmas break with your sister and her boyfriend? Sounds really boring and third wheel to me.

I just hate scene when people are trying to get out of the water, Jaws flashbacks from when I was six I guess. I get stressed out watching it and want to yell at the screen. Don’t these people watch animal shows? I can hear Sir David Attenborough sighing, “Crocs can jump you stupid fools!”

Like with all horror movies you questions people’s actions, I’m sure I would be of no use if there was a scary crocodile in the water (unless you think crying and pissing oneself is helpful) but it looks so silly when people don’t act the way you want them to in these situations. Like in Friday the 13th when all hell breaks loose and the girl decides to make coffee… maybe that’s what you would do because you are scared senseless but it looks so stupid.

Got to take a break, dinner and my dog is expecting his dinner too and then a walk. I’m glad I didn’t watch a movie with some killer who kills people who walk their dogs; I think I’m safe from crocodiles in the snow…

What’s with movies that make you want to eat? I just want to stuff my face with something but I’m not hungry.

Not that scary but horror movies rarely are and I’m not sure I would really call this horror. Yes, it was absolutely uncomfortable to watch each time anyone was close to water but scary as a movie? No. There were some things I don’t believe are normal crocodile behavior but the crocodile isn’t really a monster, more just a crocodile.

The girl is cute, she reminds me of someone… maybe if Scarlett Johansson and Naomi Watts had a baby?

Best thing in the movie: The cute little frill-necked lizard that hurries across the road, so cute!

Dead Snow

2010-02-28T00:51:00.010+01:00

I need a break from all the garden work… I rather be out raking and digging than looking up how to sow stuff and whatnot on the net (all garden stuff is posted here). So movie time it is. Norwegian horror, how bad can it be? The last and only Norwegian movie I’ve seen was Cold Prey and thinking back I don’t remember hating it but apparently I didn’t when I watched it. So second movie in my little challenge is Dead Snow from Norway. Undead Nazi...

Tea: Raspberry (because it’s the only one left)
Snack: Falun rågrut (crisp bread)

Yellow Bastard Production, that’s a funny name. Movie starts with “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Grieg and we see lovely scenery of Norwegian wilderness. I’m expecting lusekoftor within a minute… No, no lusekofta but the movie is far from over so hopefully there will be one and a pair of skis before it’s over.

Some Guy: Why do we even play this game?
Some Other Guy: Because Hollywood has told us it’s super fun.

So true, they are always playing Twister in American movies and TV shows. I never have and it doesn’t look like that much fun.

(Nice little cottage though)

I think I’ve figured out who’s going to die first… (Update: I was way off)

They like to have snow scene, either a guy on a scooter, sled, whatever and “cool” music… “Cool” music always sounds stupid to me since it’s so obvious that they want the scene to “cool” and it never is when it’s force, looks more like a low budget coke commercial.

(Looks like a nice place for a tea party, without the undead Nazis of course)

There are a few issues I have with the plot and I won’t spoil it if anyone wants to see the film but, surely someone who read the script would have commented on it.

(If this was an american movie I think this guy would look different in that version)

I don’t know how old they are supposed to be but one of them act like he’s a really dull 40 year old and they are all boring losers. I don’t get the feeling it is always intended to be funny but it is; it’s like a campy movie without the campy.

After 49 minutes it is getting a little dull. I find it hard to remember people’s names. In Sweden we don’t use names unless the person we are talking about isn’t there, we don’t tell Anna, “Anna you have to call him.” And I’m guessing it’s the same in Norway so they don’t use people’s names as often and it makes it harder to remember them, at least that’s my theory at the time (it’s way past midnight and my head is weird so…).

Leading Actor

2010-02-27T13:10:00.002+01:00

The Oscars are only a few days away and every year we try to guess who’s going to win and see who with can get most of the right (I never win…) Print a ballot and play the game too, only eight days left! I haven’t seen any of the nominated movies, at least I don’t think so.

Leading Actor
Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner “The Hurt Locker”

Morgan Freeman has an Oscar, support in “Million Dollar Baby” but this is the fifth time Jeff is nominated so… I think he should get one. I don’t think I’ve seen Jeremy in anything, oh I lied, I’ve seen him in “North Country” anyway, based on what I have seen from these people Morgan is the best actor but I think it’s Jeffs turn.

Crazy Heart trailer

I Sell the Dead

2010-02-26T22:44:00.008+01:00

Friday and first movie in my little horror challenge is “I Sell The Dead”, I read something about this movie and I had to look it up and I liked the trailer but for some reason it went straight to DVD here in Sweden.

Tea: Raspberry
Snack: Sponge cake

The intro, where nothing happens just an illustrated background that goes on and on for 2 minutes and 25 seconds, eaten all of the sponge cake…

Fun film and a very pretty one, I really like the atmosphere and I will keep an eye on director Glenn McQuaid and see what he will do next, there are rumors about a sort of sequel and he's making "I Sell the Dead" into a comic.

For everyone who likes darker movies, not much horror more humor. I started to think of Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" but with a little more gore (not much though).

Larry Fessenden and Dominic Monaghan

Horror movie challenge

2010-02-26T21:04:00.003+01:00

I came up with a challenge, watch ten horror movies from ten different countries. I’m into horror right now so horror it is. Don’t think I know that many foreign horror movies (a few Asians)…

1. I Sell The Dead (USA)
2. Black Water (Australia)
3. Dead Snow (Norway)
4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany)
5. High Tension (france)
6. Surviving Evil (UK/South Africa)
7. Prey (South Africa)
8. Rec (Spain)
9. Sauna (Finland)
10. Körkarlen (Sweden)

Cold... + Jane Austen

2010-02-22T00:18:00.003+01:00

A long and cold winter... right now it's about -18C which is according to my little converter somewhere around -0,4F. Not funny! I will get my flannel pyjamas on and my angora sock and go to bed, just after I finish listening to The History of England by Jane Austen online.

Nighty night...

Mansfield Park X 2

2010-01-25T22:41:00.004+01:00

Managed to read the book and see the movie (2009). No matter which of the two you pick first the second will be a surprise because they’ve changed a lot from the book. If I had seen the movie first I would have expected the book to be better… not that the movie was good. They have changed big things like a no to yes, I hope I don’t give too much away here… The leading lady, Fanny Price is two different people. The movie is actually based not only on the book but also on Jane Austens letters which give Fanny a lot more spunk than she has in the book.

If you can only pick one way to experience Mansfield Park I would pick the movie simply because it’s faster to watch it than to read it.

On to Emma soon in my little Jane Austen experience and I loved that Sarah gave away a copy of “Pride and Prejudice” so I said I would steal that idea and I did. I have a spanking new copy of Emma (but I think someone sat on the package though…). All you need to do is to leave a comment and by the end of the month (or when there is more than one comment, which is more likely the case) I will pick a name and see who wins.

UPDATE: Due to Sarahs nice little promo the last day to sign up will be February 28 and Mars 1 I will pick a winner. And I hope it inspires more people to give away books.

Movies

2010-01-13T15:48:00.002+01:00

I saw more than 209 movies in 2009 (since 1 June) some might say I have a problem but I would like to call it a hobby.

Worthy of your time: The acting in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” is very impressive, you rarely see acting like that today. And Elizabeth Taylor is a gorgeous looking woman. I got a crush on her and she have a lot of fun costumes in Cleopatra but I found the movie a little too long and tedious for my liking, but if you want to look at some amazing costumes get some tea and popcorn and watch it.

I’m a sucker for Baz Luhrmann so I had no problem with Australia and it’s a pretty movie visually but I understand why some people hate it so it might not be for everyone.

I didn’t have any expectations what so ever when I sat down and watched “The Wrestler” but it was a pleasant surprise, Mickey Rourke is wonderful and there’s a rumor that Nicolas Cage was at one point supposed to have the leading role and man what suck fest it would have been so good that that didn’t work out.

Maybe it’s more for hardcore movie fans but Metropolis was wonderful, it felt very modern despite being a silent film from 1927. Beautiful but again, not for everyone.

Singin’ in the Rain, easy to like, fun and perfect for a rainy day. Makes you want to sing and dance. And if you like that you will probably like Gypsy too, which also makes you want to sing and dance but also take you clothes of so be careful.

Not sure if I got a director’s cut version or what but at times “Once upon a Time in the West” didn’t make sense but the first half is movie history and a must for everyone who’s interested in movies.

Loved “Rebel Without a Cause”, it was great and I have to get it on DVD. Wonderful movie and again it felt very modern, it could have been done yesterday. I do find it weird that no one has attempted to do a remake, I’m not saying they should (absolutely not) but with such a good story it is surprising that they haven’t, especially when you think about the remakes that have been done over the years.

“The Fall”, a movie I hadn’t heard anything about but after seeing a still from it I knew I had to see it, I like pretty movies and this movie wasn’t only pretty it was good too. Lee Pace was super cute, is he single? Anyway… I liked it and it’s a movie I can see over and over again.

Whenever something sticks out from the standard American movies I get happy. “This is England”, the opening scene and my first thought, “This would never been okayed by an American company”, there’s a charm here. I can’t really put my finger on what it was that I liked about it but I enjoyed it.

“Sunshine Cleaning”, charming and enjoyable. It feels like, if you liked “Little Miss Sunshine” you will like this movie too.

“A Very Long Engagement” isn’t as good as “Amelie” but it’s good and beautiful like usual when Jean-Pierre Jeunet is involved.

Books

2010-01-13T15:09:00.001+01:00

Did some calculations and it turns out I’ve read 45 books in 2009 (!) which I find amazing since a few years ago I barely read at all. Some of them were young adult books and you can read one of those in a day but some of them were in English and that takes longer so I guess it evens out.

My "101 books in 1001 days" doesn't seem impossible which I thought it would be.

Best books 2009: I liked Oscar Wilde, his language is so colorful and fun. I also enjoyed Charles Dickens “Great Expectations” (I love Victorian times) and I’ll read more of him in the future. Gypsy Rose Lee was interesting too. Oh and I almost forgot “Pride and Prejudice” which I really enjoyed (everyone should read it).

In Swedish: 25
In English: 20

What happened to all the birds?

2010-01-13T14:52:00.006+01:00

(Picture found here)

I used to fill the birdfeeder several times and their little table too. Especially when the ground is covered with snow and finding food is harder. I could sit there for hours watching all the birds swooping around but now… where are they? The peanuts are all there, haven’t seen a single bird there. Seen a few blue tit and great tit and that’s it, unless you count the magpies of course. There used to be so many birds, woodpecker in all sizes, Eurasian jay, nuthatch, finches… there were loads of birds and now there is nothing. I guess that’s what’s happen when you cut down a wooden area and remove their water supply, who could have thought right…

The only time I have to refill the table is after it’s been raided by the magpies or crows. I miss my little birds and the squirrel hasn’t been there a single time since the wood was cut down. The heron wasn’t spotted as often as before (could it be the apartment complex they build next to his lake? For some reason the people living there have the lake confused with a garbage bin…)

The wooden area across the street wasn’t that large but it’s evident now just how many animals thought of it as their home.

Cold!

2010-01-05T18:13:00.002+01:00

Right now I’m happy my dog doesn’t want to go out. He only takes one walk in the morning and then he refuse to leave the house, which I don’t mind now when it’s -16,9C outside! My toes get cold just thinking about it. The last few weeks has been cold and we have plenty of snow, we had a white Christmas which was a very long time since I last experienced.

I think I have experience at least -28C in my life, perhaps a few times when I was young that it was -30C. What is the coldest weather you’ve ever experienced?

2010

2010-01-01T00:35:00.000+01:00

I’ll try to come up with more realistic things than before, I am the master of postponing things, “Why do today what I can do tomorrow?” (Oh, right now I feel like murdering a few people on my block, slowly… They are sending off fireworks like crazy, it’s 23:27 and I want them to die! Have to check my baby… Poor thing, it hurts to see him like this, scared and drugged up like Courtney Love.)

1. Read at least one scripted per week
2. Control my anger, take a deep breath and count to ten when I get mad

To be continued…

Last Year’s New Years Resolutions

2009-12-31T23:23:00.001+01:00

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...

I hate New Years!

2009-12-31T23:11:00.004+01:00

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...

How to annoy your neighbors part five

2009-12-21T12:56:00.006+01:00

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.

(Picture found here)

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.

(Picture found here)

Oops, I did it again…

2009-12-20T23:11:00.001+01:00

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 want a house with a view

2009-10-08T14:55:00.005+01:00

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.

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.

Sid & Nancy

2009-10-08T09:48:00.006+01:00

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.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2009-09-28T17:13:00.002+01:00

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.

This is one of the reasons I’m not big on food

2009-09-26T16:03:00.002+01:00

(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.

Waiting for the first storm

2009-09-23T11:31:00.004+01:00

(Photo by Deoradhain)

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?).

Upcoming movies

2009-09-15T15:53:00.001+01:00

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.

The Order

2009-09-14T00:04:00.003+01:00

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.

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

2009-09-13T23:09:00.004+01:00

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

· 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

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

2009-09-11T23:02:00.000+01:00

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.

Day Watch

2009-09-11T22:48:00.002+01:00

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.

Next movies are…

2009-09-11T14:39:00.002+01:00

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).

An American Haunting

2009-09-07T23:45:00.002+01:00

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.

Upcoming movie

2009-09-07T12:43:00.002+01:00

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

2009-09-07T11:56:00.002+01:00

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)

The Informant!

2009-09-06T12:54:00.000+01:00

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.

The Devil’s Foot Steps

2009-09-06T12:04:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-06T11:37:00.002+01:00

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.

Franklyn

2009-09-05T17:47:00.006+01:00

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

2009-09-05T17:34:00.003+01:00

“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.”

Found this cute site

2009-09-04T12:10:00.004+01:00

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…

2009-09-04T11:58:00.001+01:00

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.

Free movies!

2009-09-01T23:00:00.002+01:00

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...

September Crafting Challenge

2009-08-25T15:08:00.003+01:00

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

Some links on how-to

Make your own masquerade mask

Martha always knows

Some movies I’m (hopefully) going to see

2009-08-25T12:05:00.004+01:00

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…

Movies to see

2009-08-25T11:32:00.003+01:00

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

I’m a 90’s whore…

2009-08-17T15:40:00.004+01:00

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 always liked Angelas hair, I'm having a redhead phase)

Sølve Sundsbø

2009-08-16T20:40:00.003+01:00

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

Last seen movie…

2009-08-03T20:16:00.001+01:00

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

2009-08-03T20:01:00.006+01:00

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.

I’m officially scared of bunnies…

2009-08-01T22:34:00.003+01:00

And a little something for Shalyn, poor bunny...

Some goodies from Swedish real estate

2009-08-01T21:34:00.007+01:00

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.

Lovely!

2009-08-01T19:42:00.006+01:00

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.

Alice trailer

2009-07-28T11:35:00.002+01:00

I like that the tree looks like the on the Sleepy Hollow... Still not sure about this one... All I can do is hope. (Johnny looks like Madonna/Elijah Wood, very very creepy)

The Fall

2009-07-27T15:11:00.008+01:00

“What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them, a thousand times over…”

I just saw a still from this movie and felt that I had to see it. Distracting myself from reality at the time, have been saving this movie for the right time and today was the day. And what a distraction it was… I have a crush on Roy/The Bandit. Such colors and lovely costumes and sets. Wonderful, but I would have liked a little more satisfying ending but you can’t have it all. Defiantly worth watching if you get the chance, The Fall.

Lillian Gish

2009-07-25T20:20:00.004+01:00

I don’t know what it is but there’s something… maybe it’s the tiny little mouth? She reminds me a little of my mom…

More pictures

2009-07-20T13:16:00.003+01:00

Not as nice as the other pictures if you ask me... Still doubtfull about this movie. Found pictures here and here.

Living the life

2009-07-05T12:37:00.001+01:00

Of a writer which means write so, get up and write even if I’m not “inspired”. Trying to write, trying to stick with this one story until it’s done and not jump around among all the stories I have. One at the time, one at the time…

What’s your eye color?

2009-06-25T17:26:00.003+01:00

(My eye!)

It says blue in my passport but I think they look more grey than blue. I have a feeling they change and might be more blue at times but…

I wish I had really blue eyes, or bright green eyes… (I’m never satisfied)

Haven’t been looking forward to this but…

2009-06-22T20:35:00.007+01:00

The pictures look pretty darn nice. Well, Johnny looks intense and creepy, a little like Elijah Wood. He might give me nightmares.

Anna looks divine, makes me want to go blond which has never happened before. I would probably look freaky as a platinum blond…

Helena looks great, love the eyebrows and heart-shaped mouth. And the hair is killer, maybe I should go red?

The gardens look amazing; I think there’s a little crazy gardener in Tim somewhere. He can fix my garden if he wants to.

Not only Louise Brooks

2009-06-03T23:14:00.002+01:00

American actress Colleen Moore also have “the bob”, adorable!

It’s not on the list?

2009-06-03T22:55:00.004+01:00

How the H can it be that “Rebel without a cause” is not on IMDB top 250!? It’s better than Se7en, it’s better than Fight Club, The Matrix, The Usual Suspects and I can go on… What the H?! Anyway, I really like it, they don’t make movies like these anymore. If you haven’t seen it, do it now!

Movies left to see on IMDB top 250: 141

I won’t stop talking about this do until I make the horrible mistake in getting it

2009-06-02T22:50:00.002+01:00

I really like the look but like a lot of things I like it’s not for me. How the H would my hair react to that? My hair is wavy and frizzy. How on earth do you keep it nice? It’s easy to take a picture with good hair when you have a team of professionals with you but in real life? Picture from Hairfinder.

Mothers Day cake

2009-06-01T15:32:00.002+01:00

Yesterday was Mother’s Day here in Sweden and I wanted to make my mom a fourteen layer cake (I was inspired by this cake, maybe some other time...) but I realized it would be too high and it wouldn’t fit in the fridge and/or fall over so instead I made an eight layer cake.

(I suck at taking pictures... especially of food.)

101 movies in 1001 days

2009-06-01T15:30:00.000+01:00

Didn’t need the 1001 days and I think I’ve seen more than 101 movies but I never remember. I’ll continue to write them down just to see how many movies I have seen when the 1001 days are over.

Hm…

2009-05-23T11:49:00.005+01:00

When I read “Twilight” I couldn’t help thinking it was very similar to a story I wrote when I was… 15-ish perhaps. Well, it was like we both made a potato soup, different but the same dish. I tossed it aside thinking people will say, “It’s like Buffy come up with something else.”

Yesterday I read, ”Hex Education” and it was also very similar to a story I wrote about that time… I didn’t finish it because I felt it was silly and no one wants to read crap like that. But maybe my stories aren’t crap after all? Very similar ones have been published so…

(Found picture here)

Dreams

2009-05-23T11:40:00.001+01:00

I don’t know when but it was a few days ago I dreamt that… I don’t really know why but I was being chased, and yesterday I did again. Not me running down a dark alley with a scary monster behind me kind of chase but more like in “The Fugitive”, constantly being on the run and hiding, getting spotted and forced to run again. I was hiding, wearing wigs and there was no one I could trust.

Not sure it’s important but the first dream I was in Brazil (?) and being chased by some gang of drug people and the second dream I was in some eastern European country and being chased by a group of people. So, in both dreams I’m abroad and more than one person after me.

So many books, so little time

2009-05-21T20:20:00.003+01:00

I still haven’t finished the books I got from the library or “The Dubliners” (yes Sarah, it does take surprisingly long time to read such a short book) and today I got my package from Adlibris!! I want to start read all of them at once! Which one should I read? Tricky...

“The Gun Seller” by Hugh Laurie. Apparently he wrote it back in 1996 (feels like yesterday to me…) On the back of the book: When Thomas Lang, a hired gun with a soft heart, is contracted to assassinate an American industrialist, he opts instead to warn the intended victim – a good deed that doesn’t go unpunished. Within hours Lang is butting heads with a Buddha statue, matching wits with evil billionaires, and putting his life (among other things) in the hands of a bevy of femme fatales, whilst trying to save a beautify lady… and prevent an international bloodbath to boot.

“The Duchess” by Amanda Foreman. Wanted to read the book before I saw the movie. Back of the book: Beautiful, glamorous and charismatic, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, was an icon of her age; she was also a compulsive gambler, an influential political operator, a drug addict, a doting mother and adulteress.
In a world of decadence and excess, of great houses. Extravagant parties and sexual intrigue, Georgiana, like her descendant, Diana, Princess of Wales, was publically adored but personally troubled. From her complex ménage à trios with her husband and best friend to her vast gambling debts; from her adoration of her children to her passionate but doomed love for Earl Grey. She was a fascinating, contradictory woman whose story still resonates today. I’m guessing they don’t mean tea when they are talking about Earl Grey.

“American Eve” by Paula Uruburu (which is a very funny name). I read that Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the books about Anne of Green Gables used Evelyn Nesbit to base her character Anne on. Anyway, I read some about this Evelyn and I wanted to read more so I got the book. Back of the book: By the time of her sixteenth birthday in 190, Evelyn Nesbit was already know to millions as the most photographed woman of her era, an iconic figure who set the standard for female beauty, and whose innocent sexuality was used to sell everything from chocolate to perfume. Women wanted to be her. Men just wanted her. But when Evelyn’s life of fantasy became all too real and her insanely jealous millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw, murdered her lover, New York City architect Sanford White, the most famous woman in the world became infamous as she found herself at the center of the “crime of the century” and a scandal that signaled the beginning of a national obsession with youth, beauty, celebrity and sex.

“Gypsy, a memoir” by Gypsy Rose Lee. I have been wanting to read this book for some time now but I never got around to buy it, then the other day (week) I saw the movie and loved it so I had to get the book. Back of the book: The memoir, which Gypsy began as a series of pieces of ‘The New Yorker’, contains photographs and newspaper clippings from her personal scrapbooks and an afterword by her son, Erik Lee Preminger. At turns touching and hilarious, Gypsy describes her childhood trouping across 1920’s America through her rise to stardom as The Queen of Burlesque in 1930’s New York – where gin came in bathtubs, gangsters were celebrities, and Walter Winchell was king.
Gypsy’s story features outrageous characters – among them Broadway’s funny girl, Fanny Brice, who schooled Gypsy in how to be a star; gangster Waxy Gordon, who fixed her teeth; and her indomitable mother, Rose, who lived by her own Golden Rules: “Do unto others… before they do you.” I have no clue who Walter Winchell is… or Waxy Gordon.

Aw…

2009-05-09T16:13:00.005+01:00

Finished “Pride and Prejudice” last night and it was so… dreamy! I want a white muslin gown and take a walk in the garden with a perfect gentleman and later have tea in front of a fire and discuss the day with my beloved sister (too bad I don't have one). Analyzing people’s character &c, while embroidering a cushion.

My favorite character was probably Mr Bennet, seems like such a sweetheart and I love his humor. But Mr Bingley was adorable too, such a puppy.

I’ll read more Austen real soon and I’ll read them in chronological order so next in line is Mansfield Park. And I’ll finish with “Sense and Sensibility” since that was the first book I read but in Swedish and hated every minute of it so I hope it will be better this time.

Picture found here

Summer reading

2009-05-07T10:55:00.003+01:00

(I am so copying my friend Sarahs idea)

“Do you prefer reading to cards? That is rather singular.'' Mr Hurst to Elizabeth, Pride and Prejudice

Summer Reading List
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Atonement by Ian McEwan (if I can snatch it from the library)
And the rest to be decided

Four easy steps to the perfect summer reading:
1. If the weather allows it read outside, either at your favorite spot in the shade or on the beach while sun bathing. If the weather is “Swedish” sit by the window or under a big umbrella and listen to the rain.
2. Make sure you’re comfortable, sun block, mosquito net, pillows, blanket, sunglasses etcetera
3. Something cold to drink or a cup of tea and/or some strawberries or a salad to nibble on.
4. A stalk of good books

Be your own best friend

2009-04-29T23:17:00.001+01:00

Okay, look yourself in the mirror and take a look at your new best friend. Don’t be your own enemy; there are plenty of people out there willing to be that person but your best friend? Who’s better to be your best friend than you?
Me 1: Yeah right, I'll give it a week...
Me 2: Oh shut up, you'll do great!

Cutie

2009-04-21T11:59:00.000+01:00

I might have a little crush on Howlin’ Pelle… He was singing live the other day and it’s pretty horrible but I like it. Around 1:43 he messes up, so cute.

Movies

2009-04-19T23:38:00.005+01:00

Twelve Monkeys: Terry is a weird man… (On Top 250)

Bladerunner: Um… what’s so brilliant about this movie? But Daryl Hannah was kind of hot. (On Top 250)

Heathers: What a weird-ass movie… but Christian Slater was actually kind of cute, and I like vintage Winona too. It’s pretty far from the info at IMDB “A girl who half-heartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics”

Cheaper by the dozen II: Sucks! There was nothing good about this movie (well, I love Bonnie Hunt, she’s so cute).

Singin' in the Rain: I like it, it was cute! And I feel like dancing. (On Top 250)

Ziegfeld Follies: (Recommended by Dita Von Teese) I have a crush on the pink ballerina, think it's Cyd Charisse.

Found picture here

I always forget to write down what movies I see, I know I forgotten a few. Um, a Russian movie (my first) Night Watch, which I kind of liked, there’s was a mood and atmosphere that I really enjoyed, maybe the story wasn’t that good but… I just know I’ve seen more movies… Oh, Pan’s Labyrinth (On Top 250), which I had high hopes for but I clearly expected too much. Atonement, um… okay I guess but I was mainly checking out the garden and the house.

Weird dream…

2009-04-15T23:49:00.002+01:00

I have weird dreams sometimes. Yesterday I dreamt that I discovered a sixth finger on my left hand, between my pinky and ring finger, a small weak sick looking finger, sharp and boney. As the dream progressed the finger got bigger and I could retract it like a cat do with its claws, and then I got another finger between the thumb and the index finger on the left hand, it was under the skin and more like a cat claw feel to it, curbed you know. Ideas? What the hell was this one about?