Everything Left

GLEE is BACK

2010-02-18T16:24:00.000-05:00

New promo. CHECK IT OUT!!! peeeopleeee

Palin does it again!

2010-02-08T20:35:00.002-05:00

I´m pretty sure that everyone has tried the old "i´m gonna write the french verbs in the palm of my hand for my final oral exam".Well, it´s been a around a year that I finished highschool, and even I know that doing that right now, is just ABSURD.
BUT, apparently Sarah Palin didn´t got the memo.
Sarah was making a speech at a Tea Party Convention, when she suddenly extended a little bit her hands, and of course people all over the web saw something unusual (very CSI like) and decided to "zoom in" at Palin´s hand.

The following words were found: "Energy, Budget cuts (with "budget" crossed out), Tax, Lift American Spirits." This is someone who plans in running for President in 2012. Moments like this, is when I believe that the end of the world is really going to be in 2012.

Well, at least we know that SNL is going to be fun on saturday. (LOL)

EXPLOSIVE SOUNDS

2010-02-08T15:51:00.005-05:00

Here are some new bands/solo artists that I think you should really…really give it a try.
First, Holly Miranda (http://www.myspace.com/hollymiranda). There is no doubt she has a unique voice, even Kanye West posted in his blog a few months ago about her, and now she has record deal with XL Recordings. She is going to open for Tegan and Sara in the US.

Next, Hello Seahorse! (http://www.myspace.com/helloseahorse). I´m not a big fan of south american bands but this is definitively an exception. They are a Mexican band with a very experimental sound.

Finally, School Of Seven Bells (http://www.myspace.com/schoolofsevenbells) formed in 2007 by Benjamin Curtis and identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. The twins met Curtis when they were opening for Interpol each with their own band. On 2008 they released Alpinisms, here is a song form their album. They are planning to release a new album this year.

The 36th Annual People´s Choice Awards

2010-02-08T15:37:00.010-05:00

First of all, just wanted to say that I was going to do a small recap of the weirdest segments of the Grammy´s but there were so maaaany segments that I got bored. But, for the people that read this blog, IF… someone reads this blog, here is a small recap of the 36th Annual People´s Choice Awards.

I love Queen Latifah, but the entrance with the song was just lame. I remember her singing in the movie Chicago and she was awesome, but yesterday her singing wasn´t so well.

Best Country Artist: Carrie Underwood won, not Taylor Swift. Surprise, considering that Taylor won at the Grammys, but then she won for “Best Female Artist”. For a moment I was sad that Keith Urban keeps going to the awards ceremonies and doesn´t win. BUT, later that night he won for “Favorite Male Artist”.

Hugh Laurie (House) won for TV drama actor. The TV show (House) won as well.
Favorite movie actress: Sandra Bullock. No surprise there, she won last year, she is a great actress.
Everyone that received the award thanks the people, the people, and the people. Just to be clear, neither MY people nor I voted.
I couldn´t understand anything Jackie Chan said…sorry.
Jacob…I mean….Taylor Lautner won for Breakthrough Actor.

Cobra Starship´s performance was o…k…..I guess. They sang with Nicole Scherzinger (singing Leighton Meester´s part). I don´t know, Cobra Starship just doesn´t do anything for me.

Favorite Web Celeb: I thought this award was for people that were NOT celebrities because they were in TV/movies, but because they make funny videos on the internet, like Shane Dawson (http://www.youtube.com/shanwdawsonTV). But, apparently does not it. This were the nominees.

Miley Cyrus?
P. Diddy?
Will Ferrel?
Ashton Kutcher?
Andy Samberg?

BTW…Ashton Kutcher won.

Favorite New TV Comedy: Glee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ink me, Karl!

2010-01-10T14:39:00.005-05:00

Is it just me, or do you also want trompe l'oeil tattos from Chanel? These were shown on their latest fashion show. Yeah, the one with the barn, Lily Allen and that threesome of muses at the end (Freja Beha, Lara Stone and that Baptiste what's his face). I need me some, since I am one of those who need change every three-four months I could never have an actual one. I wonder if these are special or are like all fake tattoos that leave your skin all wrinkly and gross after a couple of days.

God, I just realized that in two-three months crap people like Juicy Couture and Forever Plagiarism Bullshit, I mean, 21 will have badly made rip offs. Everyone is going to be walking around with this. Damn. I think we should go for the more hardcore version by Rodarte.

Do I even need to mention that I have wanted to get my hands on some body paint for months now? I was first, as always. No, not really but I've always wanted to have a henna sleeve. Next DIY, after the plexi glass chair of course.

Stefano Gabbana tweets the most interesting activities

2010-01-10T03:29:00.003-05:00

I'm checking a lot of male models for fashion show .....
4:49 PM Jan 7th from Tweetie

And this is why I want to become a fashion designer, just like Stefano Gabbana.

Gucci Spring/Summer 2010 Ad Campaign/I want to die

2010-01-08T05:40:00.003-05:00

Oh. My. God. I rarely say it becuase it is so overused, more commonly seen as "OMG". I hate it when they say it like that, is it that hard to say oh my god in its completeness? (I thougt I just badgrammarly invented that last word but it's actually accurate, only it's only used in mathematical, economic and blah contexts.)

I have no idea what is up with me today. I cannot write something as simple as "This campaign is so wonderful despite it being so typic Gucci with the blue, blue sky and very lightly clothed woman accompanied by fully covered man." wihtout getting into me trying to revolutionize the English language. I woke up at nine, after 7 hours of sleep. It's like a meteor rain, it never happens. Besides that I had an actual breakfast of fruit salad and yogurt. Maybe this is my brain actually doing some damn work for once. I like it. I shall now get back to expressing my love for this wonderful model.

This campaign is so wonderful despite it being so typic Gucci with the blue, blue sky and very lightly clothed woman accompanied by fully covered man. Only this time, I have no idea why, it is not the same!

More cut out trend for this spring/summer. I hope to god H&M doesn't launch some really awkward cut out dresses that exposes waaay too much of people in the wring places. They have a tendency towards doing so, those bastards.

The Shoes. The Shoes, the damn Shoes. I wan to die becuase I know that I will never be able to have them on my feet to love them as if they were my babies.

Ever since we had the subliminal manipulation in advertising class in English in school I cannot help but analyze all the male/female model interaction. Who is the dominant/submissive? Why is that so? How does it benefit the advertisers? Why? Can we not just get more clothes off the male model and be happy with it? My teacher would have been proud.

I cannot help but get slightly depressed by the fact that it's 10 degrees (celsius) below zero outside. The snow is falling and everything but I still freeze to death everytime I go out.

And the pièce de résistance!

The Shoes! The. Shoes. I shall try to mimic this pose because it is one of the best I have ever seen. Those mile long legs! Hip bones you could easily cut yourself on! The shoes.

Next DIY project: Plexiglass chair. Oh, yes. I get ambitious when I eat breakfast.

And to sum up; Some boring ads for sunglasses.

Shot by Mert & Marcus.

I laugh. Looking for the name of the photographers I came across some blogs that are all: Oh I hate this, looks like a cruise collection blah, so tacky. Fuck that, damn it. Yes, it is a very overkilled theme. The whole lygin by the pool in tropical place but the difference is the other campaigns have crap models that just stand around the pool with empty stares. Natasha Poly in my heart.

A FLAME IN YOUR HEART

2010-01-08T05:06:00.002-05:00

Good songs.

Matthew Williamson does the boys

2010-01-08T04:04:00.009-05:00

Matthew Williamson launches his menswear line. World domination, one step closer.

I really liked his men's collection for H&M last year (Come to me, studded pink jeans) so I was excited to see what he had come up with for this spring/summer of 2010.

I love it apart from the printed shirts (with the exception of the green one, an maybe the white one as well). The point is that the boys need some more colour. I am getting pretty sick and tired of seeing everyone in the same earthy/monochrome colours all the time.

Yes, B, the person that dresses in all grey and black just said that. I know I dress awfully monochrome but that's because the best garments come in those shades. Besides, I have no money for new clothes or fabric right now. Soon I will start wearing all magenta and purple. Oh, and that wonderful royal blue or whatever that hue is called (I way too brainwashed with my fathers coloursample for oil pain when it comes to naming colours) look so great on just about anyone.

Why. Isn't. Everyone. Designing. More. Like. This. And. Not. All. Difficult. Black/White. All. The. God. Damn. Time?.........

Most incoherent post of the year Award goes to...

My point was more colour for the males! Let's see some designer examples. Then let's go out to the streets and see how everyone is totally disregarding this revolution in menswear.

I cannot be bothered with making collages that don't take up a hundred metres of the front page. Yes, most (if not all) looks are from spring summer 2009, the dead season, but bear with me I'm too lazy to get the latest.

Gucci went all in for colour, as always but did I see any turqouise suits on anyone via street style blogs or similar? No. How can these fashion houses sirvive, I ask myself everyday.

Last season was all about this colour with an extremly politically incorrect name, the "nude". It is so neutral I want to die, why didn't we get an overload of this beigesalmonyblah colour? It's not like it's bright turqouise, boys.

Givenchy

Gaspard Yurkievich

I don't know why but I have a thing for pink suits/jeans. I keep talking about them all the time, ever since the sprng summer collection 2005 by Hedi Slimane. Everyone I know must be sick of them just by hearing about how I need a pair of bright magenta jeans but cannot find the fabric for them. Seriously though, I need it. Like now.

Here by Givenchy and Calvin Klein.

(Maybe I should add bright lemon green to the list of must have jeans colours)

Dolce & Gabbana has more subtle ways with it's colours. I thought this was being Cavalli trying to class it up a bit, but then I realized that is pretty much impossible.

And other more subtle colourings. So I now realize I had pretty much no point with this post, other than complaining of the lack of colour. Ironic, isn't it?

Okey, I swear I'll not buy anymore black fabric so I become obliged to follow my own advice. Pinky promise people.

Washed out

2010-01-05T00:41:00.003-05:00

Ah yes, I heard this song for the first time a long long time ago but for some reason I completely ignored it. No way. This is too good to be passed on. I re-found this guy yesterday when I was on the hunt for some new music. I strongly recomend the rest of his work. It was so perfect for running on the treadmill today because I completely forgot where I was and the fact that the lamest dating show was on the TV at that time (why do I keep going to the gym when the worst shows are on?).

Anyways, I am in love and you should be too!

Even the name is brilliant. Myspace!

Grease spoof

2010-01-03T15:54:00.001-05:00

Well, I must say this is just an average spoof of a Grease song.
But, on the other hand how fun is doing this with your husband. I hope that in the future I can do the same with mine, hahaha, imagine that a masterpiece version of the meadow scene with B's husband/boyfriend/whatever she has at the moment.
And L's Production, and you probably do not understand any of this but had to include it.
Leave you now with the Eva Longoria/ spoof of Summer Nights.

Xoxo, A.

A few fun videos for a Sunday morning

2010-01-03T12:43:00.010-05:00

1. I'm on a Mac

Haha, I lovee these guys. I always watch them even if I am all for PC. But who knows at this rate maybe I'll change to MAC someday. Nice parody especially if you have seen the real music video of I'm on a boat. You should check it out, it's by Lonely Island Ft. T-Pain.

2. Tiger Woods & Wifey sing Watcha Say

What better than mixing two hits, Jason DeRulos's song Watcha Say and the Tiger Woods scandal. Everybody knows Tiger likes to have more than one golf club, and here is a parody of the song with his wife or ex wife?

3. Kelly Pickler and her geography studies

If you don't remember her, Kelly Pickler was among the top 12 contestants on X season of American Idol. She was good with the country style and ocassionally funny with her comments, and here you can get a glimpse of her education.

4. College Humor, always fun.

College Humor, my fellow blogger B recommended their webpage and since then I am hooked with their ingenious witty parodies, comments, stories, facebookes comments jokes, and everything. Here is a parody of the hit song "I gotta feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas.

5. Three Best Friends song (the Hangover)

Well, if you haven't seen the movie these three spend the whole movie looking for the fourth friend who has gone missing and they don't know where is because of their amazing drunk state last night. I just saw it and thought this really applies to our situation, fellow bloggers and me since we are actually trying to contact this friend who has gone MIA on us.

6. Yo yo, it's walmart!

Who doesn't love some Walmart Humor?

7. Boyband

Just copying the channel description here: Official trailer for the upcoming indie comedy "Boyband," about a high school quarterback who quits the team his senior year to turn his heavy metal band into the first ever boyband in 1982.

8. Karate Kid, the remake

I was watching the other day the Concert for the Peace Nobel Prize that President Barack Obama had won and the hosts were Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. So, they talked about how they had lived in China for 11 months and I thought it had been for a Will Smith project but apparently it's Jaden Smith's turn. Loved the boy in the Pursuit of Happyness but I remember the "Karate Kid" kid actually being older or a bit more strongy looking, but I don't know maybe size isn't everything.

8. "Be Italian" Nine

This movie I need to see, such great actors like Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, and the recently Oscar winner Penelope Cruz. Well, of course also Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and Fergie. I was a little reluctant on Fergie's performance but apparently from the reviews I have read Fergie was a great addition to the cast and it was Kate Hudson who didn't measure up. I cannot judge without watching the movie but I love musicals. I recently went to the theatre to see Cabaret and this just gives exactly the same vibe.

Xoxo, A.

Videos I find to my liking

2010-01-01T18:58:00.005-05:00

It's so staged but whatever. Good, harmless things to do to passed out/sleeping people. Oh, yes. I plan evil.

One of those things you wished you had come up with.

Best. Cover. Ever.

You cannot get more synchronized than this.

I don't know how many times I've watched this video. Good therapeutical effects, it has.

I love the girl that made this video. Go watch her videos if you want to have a good laugh. If i ever had the guts to make videos they would have the same type of humour as hers, so you know it's good.

I gave up resisting the whole animalsdoingfunnyorcutethingsonvideoorphotos-bandwagon. It's great as a timekill and better than stalking people on Facebook. Not that I do the latter one...

Gaga got hit

2009-12-30T22:54:00.004-05:00

Atlanta, 29th.

Lady Gaga got hit in the head by a binch of flowers. There are two options. It was an angry fan because her performance wasn't living up and decided to smack her in the head to see if she fixed herself somehow, or somebody just wanted to show their admiration and has some serious bad aim.

Happened during pokerface. How's her face now?

Xoxo, A.

Young people get crazier by the second

2009-12-28T19:19:00.005-05:00

Aww, Audrina Patridge wants her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Sure, sure, and I'm getting and Oscar next year. WTF!. I am sorry for people out there who think Audrina will become the next Julia Roberts.. no no nooo...

The Hills is fun, sure I watch it because I love the full of drama, real/fake lives of the LA young adults. The same as The City which I find to be much more entertaining because ok, who doesn't love Olivia and especially her cousin. He's chic but at the same time crashing at Oli's house. And well Whitney actually seems to think. But people seriously, a star?? For being in a reality show where her lines are like this:

Well, yeaah like.... I mean why would she doo that.... like I don't know anymore likeee...
Justin!

Seriously, I don't think the Hollywood Walk of Fame standard has gone that low, and if it has it would be a disappointment. Fine, let's not attack I'm not saying that she will never get there, but at least let her work for it. Being on The Hills tv show is no enough for that.

A pal tells Star: “She said she thinks it’s only a matter of time before she gets a star. She told me she wants it to be in a cool location, like near James Dean or Johnny Depp….”

Oh and now she's being exquisite? Near Johnny Depp. You just have to compare Johnny's and her career to understand my point.
And what's with the outfit?

Xoxo, A.

Hardish

2009-12-28T18:46:00.003-05:00

After the whole Rihanna/Chris episode, we all know how Rihanna ended up physically but emotionally... not really. Her last two singles of the new CD "Rated R" are actually pretty different from how her music started. Is it just the artist transition, being this her "dark" album, or is she releasing some of those emotions.

First off, Russian Roulette.

On parts of the video you can see her in some kind of room where they keep people locked up. (mentally ill), somehow feeling trapped. And well, the rest with the crying and the gun, talk about happy.

Analyzing the lyrics:

Take a breath, take it deep
Calm yourself, he says to me
If you play, you play for keeps
Take a gun, and count to three
I’m sweating now, moving slow
No time to think, my turn to go

Chorus:
And you can see my heart beating
You can see it through my chest
And I’m terrified but I’m not leaving
Know that I must must pass this test
So just pull the trigger

Say a prayer to yourself
He says close your eyes
Sometimes it helps
And then I get a scary thought
That he’s here means he’s never lost

(Chorus)

As my life flashes before my eyes
I’m wondering will I ever see another sunrise?
So many won’t get the chance to say goodbye
But it’s too late too pick up the value of my life

(Chorus)

I think the lyrics speak for themselves. This really isn't complete proof that this has any connection with her incident or relationship with Chris Brown, but at least we can say Rihanna's music has come a long way since her "COME MR DJ SONG PON DE REPLAY".

Second, Hard.

Army? I don't think she's trying to make us reflect upon the Irak war.

Let's see the lyrics:

They can say whatever
I’ma do whatever
No pain is forever Yup!
You know this
Tougher than a lion
Ain’t no need in tryin
I live where the sky ends Yup!
You know this

Never lying
Truth teller
That Rihanna reign just won’t let up
All black on
Black top shades
Black top maybach
I’ma rock this sh*t
Like fashion
as in goin to this Gang stop
And my runway never looked so clear
But the hottest bit** in heels right here
No fear
And while you’re gettin your cry on
I’m gettin my fly on
Sincere
I see you aiming at my pedestal
I better let you know

[CHORUS]
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
So hard, So hard, So hard, So hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
So hard, So hard, So hard, So hard

All up on it
Know u wanna clone it
Aint like me (that chick to flaunt it)
Ride this beat beat beat (like a pony)
Meet me at the top (top) top
(Getting loaded)
Who think they test me now?
Run through this town I shut it down
Brilliant resilient fanmail from 27 million

And I want it all
Gonna take more than that
Hope that i know you got

I need it all
The money the fame the cars the clothes
I can’t just let you run up on me like that (all up on me like that) yeah

I see you aiming on my pedestal
So I think I gotta let u know

[YOUNG JEEZY]
???

[Rihanna]
Where them girls talkin trash at? x2 Where they at? x3
Where them bloggers at? x2 Where they at? x3
Where your lighters at? x2 Where they at? x3

So hard, So hard, So hard, So hard

[CHORUS]
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
That I, I, I, I’m so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I’m so hard
So hard, So hard, so hard
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (That rihanna range just wont let up)
So hard, so hard, so hard

Check the "NO PAIN IS FOREVER" part at the beginning, and saying she is "SO HARD". She is trying to make a point obviously, no idiot wannabe hip-hop star that I used to love... Because I did love Chris Brown before this... is going to take what she has made of herself so far and going to defeat her in some way. She wants us to know that she is here to stay and I think that is pretty good. My best wishes to Ri.

Xoxo, A.

PS: Enjoy the music videos while they last on youtube, copyright infringement is a bitch.

Balmain Homme Spring 2010

2009-12-28T18:41:00.001-05:00

I saw this and said in honor of my fellow blogger B,

She says she has a new infatuation but I do believe that in the deeps of her heart she still remembers her origins. The usual Clement Chabernaud stalking.

xoxo, A.

Robsessed documentary

2009-12-28T18:25:00.001-05:00

I am Robsessed. and now I can be completely Robsessed. Im quite a Robert Pattinson fanatic, actually I think we can separate Robert's life into two chapters.

BT and AT, Before Twilight, After Twilight. I am a BT fan, but the information about this actor has always been minimum until now. Revolver Entertainment is launching a documentary about Robert Pattinson.. but a pretty complete one I must say. Not only are they including all the "gone wild" fanatism after he became the Twilight saga star but also his previous movies (Harry Potter anyone?) and all the jobs he needed to take to become what he is now.

Remember it is a documentary people, don't expect to see a sneak peek of Eclipse it is just merely to get to know Rob better. Actually I wrote this post a month ago but I have been on hiatus from my writing skills haha, and now I'm back. It is better to start like this with something that I'm really obsessed with than with a lame "let's find something to write about" post. I know it's short and probably old news to most of you but whatever... I'm too lazy to think of anything more valuable right now.

xoxo, A.

Tisci Wants To Kill Me

2009-12-28T16:41:00.004-05:00

I would die for these spectacular clothes. The campaigns for the Spring/Summer 2010 collections are going public now and since I completly ignored all the fashion weeks except NY I am constantly surprised by all the clothes in these campaigns. Never again shall I dismiss runway reports becuase of my stupid laziness. To my defense, I have never been so updated on menswear as now becuase I ignored that season in womenswear. Keyword here is balance.

The point is that I am very much liking this black and white, graphic look that is goin on. The brightest example must still be the Gareth Pugh collection for this year's spring/summer.

A bit hard to translate the sculpural shapes of these looks on to streetwear. Raf Simons had a more wearable sculptural feel in the coats and suits he designed for his own label (Fall/Winter 09).

Bi-coloured garments are my huge love now. Of course I ripped the whole sleeveinadifferentcolour/fabric-thing right away when I was drawing my own winter coat.

Tyra Banks ditches us easily entertained

2009-12-28T15:03:00.004-05:00

Tyra, NO! Tyra Banks has decided to cancel her show.

I confess, I don't watch it much but on days when you're sick and all you have is daytime TV The Tyra Show is the highlight of the day. It saved my sorry ass from all the boring soap operas and crap sitcoms when I had whatIsuspectwastheswineflu and couldn't get out of bed.

Oh, well. We still have re-runs!

I wonder who is going to fill out the void after Tyra because I cannot stand Oprah 60% of the time becuase her show suffers from serious bipolar disorder. It's the giveaway-shows where everyone get amazing, expensive gifts or the serious theworldisasicksickplace-shows. Beautifully described by the comedian Dane Cook in the following clip.

Nice paint job, whoevermadethis.
Damn it. Who else is in the talk show industry? Rachel Ray and Martha Stewart? Fuck that. Rachel Ray is on too strong happy pills with side effect of yelling like crazy. Martha Stewart is funny when she has guests that are her complete opposites. They make jokes and 90& of the time she doesn't get them. So she dismisses them by telling them how completly and utterly incorrectly (bad or good grammar?) they are performing the task at hand leaving everyone slightly annoyed and frustrated at the same time as wanting to laugh and mock her.

Prime example:

Why am I talking about Martha Stewart?

Seth Meyers is hilarious on his on account but on SNL it's al blaaaah. Why SNL, WHY?

More, more, more Sexy Sushi until it becomes your favourite band!

2009-12-27T19:11:00.001-05:00

TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP ETC.

Awkward Taylor Lautner

2009-12-27T18:43:00.011-05:00

HOWCOULDIFORGETTOCOMMENTONTHESNLEPISODEWITHTAYLORLAUTNER

WHATISWRONWITHME,SERIOUSLY?

It. Was. So. Bad. I. Died. I know it's old news but this must be mentioned on the blog.

I laughed at the poor guy, not with him like they want you to. God damn it was bad. Of course I did not watch the whole thing because let's face it I would probably pass out after ten minutes. I always pass out watching SNL. It doesn't do anything for me anymore but since L, resident SNL watcher, seems to be on vacations I shall treat the subject.

Stupid NBC has deleted virtually all the videos but I found a good substitute.

He says everything I think but in a more upbeat and better way.

So bad.

I don't get why he comes across as awkward. I mean, look at what he does on a daily basis.

I mean if you can pose like this vfor virtually every camera ever you don't have the right to get all shy and etc. in fron of a camera. Is it the whole "in motion"-part that freaks you out, lil' T? Send me an essay explaining.

WHAT?

Some guy that used to be on Idol

2009-12-27T18:40:00.002-05:00

Hilarious.

Eye Candy

2009-12-27T17:42:00.008-05:00

If you started a band, what would you call it? I don't know why but that's one of those questions I always want to ask when I start to get to know someone. It's right up there with age, I was in a band once when I was sixteen. Realisation was our name and we were pretty tight for a band consisting of four girls that were complete rookies.

The point is that Vogue US has finally gotten their shit together and created an excellent editorial that I cannot stop looking at. After many years of hating on the magazine I shall cut them some slack for January 2010. Let's hope it's the new year's hope that has slapped them in the face and yelled "Get it together and do something that is not worthless!". Whatever it is, it has worked.

Or... maybe I am slightly biased by all the fine looking musicians in the editorial. It's a bit of both. It's nice to see guys that are not the usual malemodelthatlooksalmostlikeamaleversionofsomeotherfemalesupermodel-type in Vogue. US.

Normally I don't feel very excited over Sasha Pivovarova but this time I like, like.

Oh, I love this guy, his expression. Sasha is looking awfully harsh at him for being awkwardly cute.

If I get started I will never stop. MGMT... Andrew, come to me. [End] Teenage infatuation talk. [/End]
Caption this and win absolutely nothing!

Ombre hair is the new bleached eyebrows for next year I would suspect. Even I have it but it was not intentionally. I dyed my hair myself for the first time and for some reason the fringe did not get as light as the rest of the hair. If anyone asks, it was on purpose because I am always first with everything when it comes to fashion. Of course, keep telling yourself that. [End] Talking to yourself in a post[/End]

So excellent. MGMT, Sasha and YSL in the same frame. Ah, do you not feel the need to start wearing the the bow ties' hippie sister?

Ah. This is good.

Matthew Hitt

2009-12-26T21:33:00.004-05:00

Move over, Clément. Here's Matthew, the new infatuation.

The Comeback

2009-12-26T20:54:00.005-05:00

Yes, we took a long, long break from le blog but who cares. As long as we're alive it's all good. Whatever. I have been trapped in a whirlwind of lying on the bed doing absolutley nothing, watching South Park for hours and hours (seriously, I'm just wrapping up the seventh season), as well as debating the fact wether I'm clinically depressed or manic or something like that. It's all very fun. Apathy does not suit me and I have no one to put up with all the opinions I have so here I am.

So where were we?

It's been so long I don't remember how to do this. Ehmn. So much has happened! Everything from New Moon premiere to a winter wonderland christmas and well you know, the rest.

Baby steps, baby steps.

I'll not try to catch up what has happened because I would lose my mind doing that so let's start of fresh with some editorial material.

Of course I don't remember where I got this from. Wonderful colours nonetheless. The etherea feeling in most aspects. Relaxed settings make the whole underwater imagery even more surrealistic. Oh the colours, these are precisly the colours I want to wear absolutely all the time but cannot because of my early obsession for black, white and grey and present lack of fundings for a new spectrum of colour my wardrobe.

Like I said I'm rusty. I am going to try to be more eloquent and analytical when writing about fashion (amongst other things of course) because I need to train for future written assignments within my studies for my profession. Ah yes. Bear with me when I go over pretentious and all those adjectives. I'll also try to be more informative when it comes to the collections and actually make truth of what I said about making this almost like a job. I need to make my brain work more, more, more! Avoiding limiting myself to OH, I LOVE and/or OH, I HATE.

Let the games begin.

Ramdom youtube video

2009-12-01T16:13:00.001-05:00

This is a ramdom youtube video that I came across.
Funny funny and funny.

Idol Billboard cover

2009-11-22T21:46:00.004-05:00

I just had, HAD to show this cover to you. I mean, first of all see it and then I'll review.

First, Kris Allen, please, you are an "Idol", stop with the hunchback pose and the whole I'm from a small town and mih mih mih as B says... take the bull by the horns, stand up a little... on the other hand what can I say about my dear Adam Lambert, never quite liked him much less that bird he has as hairdo, but without the biased opinion he stand a little bit better than Kris, even though I am Team Kris all the way... don't agree with Adam's choice of wardrobe though, never did.

Xoxo, A.

Sarah Palin, SNL Spoof

2009-11-22T21:25:00.002-05:00

Beyond funny, even though SNL used Sarah Palin as the center topic for their shows during the whole McCain presidential campaign, the stuff they come up with are still so funny. We saw my fellow blogger L's video on that woman, I don't remember her name Carrie Prejean was it? and how she thought Sarah was everything blah blah, her life hero, whatever. Now the people over at Saturday Night Live, used the whole 2012 movie buzz and mixed it up with some Sarah Palin. Who doesn't think Sarah Palin and the end of the world make a good mix? Hahaha, kidding kidding, but here is a dose of good entertainment, and maybe a few laughs.

Xoxo, A.

TwiNews

2009-11-22T20:56:00.006-05:00

I keep betraying you my little cybernauts, or however you are called. I guess I was bit depressed due to the fact that our AVID readers, our LARGE fanbase, is actually nonexistent but that is how you start. So, first some news about twilight fever or NEW MOON week. I must say the buzz was expected, I, cannot wait too see the movie, I would have already be in the cinema but in my country the movie is not released until next thursday. I know, suffeeeer. So I won't recap until next thrusday because on the contrary of twilight I won't kill myself watching a sucky bad quality movie online.... I think.

First of all, waiting on December issue to confirm the Kristen/Rob romance, it is so true I don't think it is just publicity he clearly adores her since day 1 because he hasn't met me of course and well she better adore him because she couldn't get luckier, let's not be exquisite Kristen.... you know Michael Arangano ain't got shit on my Robby.

Second, well New Moon has already premiered in most important cities slash countries around the world... how did it do last week? Well, bye bye Batman... New Moon actually broke the all time single day showing box office records that Batman has with nothing less than 72.7 million while Batman had 67.2 million back in 2008. Not much difference huh? try 5 million people that's A LOT.

Third not so amazing news... ECLIPSE RATED R? Yes, I don't care if it is rated R because I will turn 18 next year so who cares, but is it a wise move... after all how many of that 72.7 million that watched New Moon the first day of showings... are underage??? It can be risky to rate it R, I mean who would see it apart from "adults", twilight moms? And why, you may ask. Not even sex scenes for those who have read the books, that's breaking dawn remember???
But, excesive violence scenes. CMON PEOPLE, how many little kids are playing those sickly disturbing violent games on their playstations, wii, xbox, whatever... do you think they don't know violence?? don't take your 5 year olds and they will be fine, or they won't remember it in a few years. Well, it's not my choice to make and it doesn't affect me but don't hold your breath for smashing records in box office in 2010.

Speaking to SiTV, Pattz said: “It’s a massively different movie to New Moon. There’s so many more main parts, and having these huge battle sequences, I’ve never done anything like it in any of the other movies. I think it’s really pushing the – I don’t know what rating Twilight was in England, like the American PG-13 or 18 – I think it’s pushing it to the absolute limit. It would be so funny if it was R-rated.”

Apparently Rob finds it funny, weird.

On the next chapter of our Twilight news... get this. Our Robby might become like the rich of the rich by accepting a TV deal, yes TV, they are so making a vampire diaries cover with this Twilight tv series, don't get me wrong I'm a huge Twilight saga fan, and Robert Pattinson even far, but isn't this pushing the limit?? If the project comes through Robert would be earning 1.5 million dollars an episode, and signing a contract for 500 million, yeah i wrote the right amount of zeros.... Well, well they are trying to negotiate with Kristen Stewart as well but would it be the continuation of Breaking Dawn??? would it be the same as the movies but with far more resemblance to the books and obviously slower??? what if the ratings come down? which I doubt because of the large fanbase.. but I don't know the risk of becoming monotonus?
Nothing is saids yet though, remember our Twistars are very "indie" and believe in independent movies and ended up in this movie without knowing what they were getting into, not that they don't enjoy the success i suppose.

Now, I leave you with a few stats to prove my points.

Here’s how the box office Top 10 rounded out:

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $140.7 million.

2. The Blind Side, $34.5 million.

3. 2012, $26.5 million.

4. Planet 51, $12.6 million.

5. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, $12.2 million.

6. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, $11 million.

7. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $2.8 million.

8. Couples Retreat, $2 million.

9. The Fourth Kind, $1.7 million.

10. Law Abiding Citizen, $1.6 million.

You know you love me, xoxo, A. (i'm back)

Mathias Lauridsen and Clement Chabernaud

2009-11-20T16:08:00.001-05:00

Mathias Lauridsen and Clement Chabernaud
Originally uploaded by honeybeecruz

I think this photo was taken just for me and A.
Wonderful. Best way to finish up an eating round of home made notsogoodbutcheap sushi. Now, moving on to the candy and trying to think of more posts to make.

STOP SMILING!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-15T17:34:00.002-05:00

Seriously!!!!! pleeeeaaasseeee, STOP SMILING!!!
So, Carrie Prejean, the chick that got kick off the US pageant and is against gay marriage, went to Larry King and the interview was just funny because Carrie Prejean is stupid.
The video is kinda long, but in case you are interested, this is some of the things she said.
Carrie Prejean: "I´ve been PALIN-IZED"
Carrie Prejean: "Sarah Palin is my hero"
Carrie Prejean: "She´d make a great president" (on Sarah Palin)
Carrie Prejean: "Larry, you are being INAPPROPRIATE" (which she said more than 5 times)

Oh yeah....apparently, she tries to leave the studio, and talks to "someone"?

People with too much time on their hands

2009-11-10T15:42:00.002-05:00

I like people with too much spare time. They can always find ways of entertaining the People that waste precious time, me being a part of that category since I am sick and can't function properly. Thank you virus in combination with failing immune system.

I cannot even imagine how long it took for these girls to get it coordinated and not fail horribly in front of the camera. Gosh.

Youtube Hits

2009-11-10T15:31:00.002-05:00

One of the best commercials in a long, long time on Swedish television. Judit and Judit are the "spokespersons" for ComHem that delivers internet, cable and phoneservices to the Swedish households. Now they have done their own take on these famous Youtube hits. Hilarious.

Taylor Swift on SNL

2009-11-10T15:18:00.004-05:00

I was watching SNL like an hour ago, and Taylor Swift appeared in my screen...wasn´t sure what was going on and then I realized she was hosting the episode. Apparently she has like 5 or 6 nominations for the American Music Awards. She is way better than Miley Cyrus, because she is nice and acts like a normal person. Not a fan of her music, but at least she can actually sing and play the guitar, not like some other peple that I just mentioned two lines behind. So, here is a video of the funniest moments in SNL, or at least, what I though it was funny.

Horatio

2009-11-04T14:31:00.002-05:00

"It's been a long time since I saw anything with Jim Carrey" I thought the other day just as this was on tv. Much appreciated becuase watch tv is almost everything I do now a days. I've been so sick to the point of wanting to die. It's all better now and Jim Carrey makes recovery just a little bit funnier and entertaining!

Emo takes over

2009-11-03T08:37:00.000-05:00

The dying continues.

I'm sick in all possible ways

2009-11-02T19:46:00.002-05:00

I'll fill up the emo-quota of the blog with this post.

I'll go die now.

The Ellen DeGeneres Pranks

2009-11-01T10:33:00.003-05:00

No explanation needed. Just watch the video.

If you laught as much as I did, then you may want to watch this other video of ALL the pranks.....and if you are not as happy as you were with the first video, go straight to 2:45....hahaha.....no kidding...DO IT.

America´s Next AVERAGE Model

2009-10-29T11:40:00.006-05:00

A few weeks ago, I posted a clip of comedian Liz Feldman on The Jay Leno Show, teaching old people how to twitter. Now, she appeared one more time in Jay´s show, and this time she had the mission in becoming a MODEL, having a few tips from some experts and Janice Dickinson. Liz is extremely funny, you should totally check out the video.

Fun Theory

2009-10-28T06:19:00.003-05:00

It's so annoying how I seem to miss all these random public events in Stockholm. First the Michael Jackson tribute en masse and now this? I walk up that subway exit shown in the piano steps video everyday going to school. I say an encore is more than welcome. I would spend a good five minutes running up and down those stairs instead of sctually doing some "normal" exercise.

I wonder if these experiments would give the same or similar results in other cities, other countries.

This needs to be fake

2009-10-27T18:21:00.003-05:00

Title means (roughly): A guy doing the voice of LL Cool J, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and DMX.

I hope none of these artists use some kind of voice analyzing software to protect password guarded things/mansions/anything. Or else they better watch out or add an eye-scan!

Sidenote:

Best quote ever from Jaywalking:

Jay Leno: Where is the UN?

Girl that looks average but with bad makeup but has big mamary glands (with extra silicone padding) that claims to be a model = we all know what that means: I don't know.

Leno: So if these diplomats wanted you to go do a modeling job for them, where would you go?

Model/Youknowwhat: Google?

Finally. A voice of reason. Moment number one: By simply answering 'I don't know', admiting the lack of knowledge instead of guessing horribly wrong and looking down right idiotic.

Moment number two: Recognizing the possibility of using the biggest source of knowledge.

I'm in love.

Songs of the Day

2009-10-26T18:06:00.002-05:00

I want to go and die. This is the soundtrack.

Advanced Time Killing, Part I

2009-10-24T10:48:00.002-05:00

Best of today

http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://googlelolz.com/

Broken Doll Makeup Tutorial

2009-10-23T10:00:00.002-05:00

Weird makeup tutorial. Good for halloween I guess and I'm sure he is skilled but still very weird...

The reason why I don´t watch MTV

2009-10-18T17:30:00.003-05:00

So, if you have been checking the blog, weeks ago I wrote about the VMAs. And the only reason I saw them was because of the MJ tribute. Now, this thrusday or friday, i don´t remember... was the MTV awards Latin America version. And i didn´t saw them (because MTV was ruined the music industry) but on Sunday... as usual.... there isn´t much to do, so I was watching TV, zapping as always and I saw a few minutes of the re-run. It SUCKED!!!!!!!!!
I saw the performance of Cobra Starship. Everything was going ok, I´m not a BIG FAN of the group but it was going ok, until.....PAULINA RUBIO ruined the show. OMG!!!!! OMG!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!Seriously, I´m not overreacting. Watch it for yourself.

Disney haters

2009-10-18T16:52:00.006-05:00

So, a few years ago, when I heard the word "Disney" the first think that came to my mind was pretty much Mickey Mouse and the other cartoons that make me happy being a kid. Now, when I hear the word "Disney" I think: ugghhhhhh. I though i was the only one, apparently my good friend YOUTUBE has show me different. I mean, I knew there were other people out there that are not disney fans because of Miley Cyrus and some others actors, but seriously you have to check out the video.

Sorry you have to watch that....if you even watched it.
If you haven´t noticed yet, I was bored when I wrote this.

Current musical obsession: Zeigeist

2009-10-18T12:58:00.005-05:00

This is the soundtrack of this weekend. I've been sewing all weekend working on a costume for someone else and my own coat. The cold is attacking Stockholm and I need to be a bit more guarded against it. Right now I'm walking around with fours layers of regular jersey intead of wearing a proper coat. Hence the absense, dear readers.

Yesterday I took a break from the making of Le Coat to look for some new music and thank god I did!

I discovered Zeigeist. They're from Stockholm and sound a lot like The Knife. Specially when it comes to the vocals. You know that almostinpain-kind of sound that is typical of The Knife. Although here it is a lot higher and exagerated while Karin Dreijer makes it more subtle... eeh... Okey, maybe not I don't know. I have a really hard time describing music and couldn't write a decent music review even if my life depended on it but still I want you to get my point which is:
These songs are so good. Soo good. And look at how she moves when she sings! I mean just look at them.

I rest my case.

Strings and backplays

2009-10-14T13:14:00.003-05:00

This is having way too much time on your hands:

This is having so much time on your hands you start seeing everything in slowmotion, frame by frame:

Entertaining nonetheless.

Images from sources I don't quite recall

2009-10-11T18:38:00.004-05:00

Random pictures I like at the moment. Tomorrow I'll do girls. In the non-literal sense.

Alison Mossheart by Hedi Slimane

2009-10-11T17:58:00.000-05:00

Yes! About time, Hedi. Yes, I write like it's me talking directly to him. On the phone probably. I would say something like this:

About time, H! I should make a list of people you should shoot in between the shoots you always have with the awkward boys and girls of the cooler inner circle of where ever. That way we could all be happy and get nice wallpaper for our MacBooks. Not the fact that I am the first person on that list. I'll meet up with you in a few. Kiss, kiss, hug, hug.

God, no. I would never call Hedi Slimane 'H'. I could neve call him. I would be too nervous. The nervosity would take over and I would end up in a hyperventilating mess. The phone would slip out my hand because it would be too sweaty to hold onto anything for more than two seconds.

Okey, maybe not but that's how I imagine it would look if I got ahold of his number today. Maybe I should beg for an internship as well. Sidetracking as hell again. Well, back to Alison. She's coming to Stockholm soon. I don't know what to do. I can't go see the show because I'm poor and I'm not feeling the whole stalking thing. I'll do the meetalisonmossheart-dance the whole week before her arrival. Let's see how that works out. God, she is too hot.

Tim Gunn on How I Met Your Mother

2009-10-11T17:54:00.005-05:00

I can't imagine the glorious Tim Gunn mixed with the humour of Barney Stinson and the appearance of former OCer Rachel Bilson. Of course, I am more excited for the first two!
Before you get too excited... learn that they will be appearing on the 100th episode which airs on .... WAIT FOR IT... JANUARY. Tearing eyes... I have to wait for 2 months and something to get to see these masterpiece of episode.

HOW AWESOME IS THIS AWESOMENESS?!

Ok, now the more interesting part. What role will Tim be playing?? Suit up? Well, yes... he will be Barney's personal tailor and fashion consultant. Because in this ep apparently there is a SUIT UP disaster which Tim will have to fix. Also, Rachel Bilson will guest appear as Ted's love interest (expected) and the episode will feature a musical. Pss... Besides.. they say that this episode will be the closest that Ted gets to MEETING .. his kids MOTHER.

HIMYM co-creator Craig Thomas: Tim is basically like Barney's ER physician for a serious suit emergency.

Hope Tim can make it work. But I think it will be LEGEN WAIT FOR IT AND I HOPE YOURE NOT LACTOSE INTOLERANT BECAUSE THE NEXT WORD IS DAAAARYYYYYY

Xoxo, A.

Where's my tall boy?

2009-10-11T17:15:00.005-05:00

Well, I was surfing through Youtube and found this video that yes, features Eva Mendes. The video is "Tall Boy" by Har Mar Superstar. Here it goes:

Ok, first of all, what's up with the n'sync - pop sound at the beginning? I thought those n'sync miniatures were going to pop out any second. And the you see people, jumping.. I don't know maybe trying to give the idea of lack of gravity... but you see someone FAT in a very tight suit. or at least with an undersized suit. Also, women including Eva Mendes just posing or doing some shit in slow motion. And WTF with the one licking the "US" ice cream in slowmo at 2:15 or so... What is that supposed to mean... I don't understand the video at all much less the lyrics.

Hate the fat guy dancing around with the worst costume I've ever seen.. is that latex? or something..
I don't mind fat people, but wear something suitable pleaaa-se.

Well, aster saying the video actually sucks. I conclude that I actualy like Har Mar, and the song is kind of catchy even if it probably not singable if that exists. Well, this is the first single of their new album Dark Touches andddd it was featured on the October 6 episode of The Hills .. La La Land.

Xoxo, A.

Light up my shoes

2009-10-11T16:56:00.006-05:00

I was just taking a break from my exhaustive study-math-day (I start exams on Monday) and I found these amazing shoes from the house of Chanel. At first, I thought, hey they must be so uncomfortable and what's the point of using shoes with lightbulbs on them... they are not exactly used for mining or something like it. But then, what if the light goes out?

Oh, and how much weight can they hold? If you are not super skinny then you can burst them right? I obviously assume they work with switches and some kind of battery but I personally love them! I love the color and the idea... But how comfy are they? Well, who cares looking beautiful is the best thing, right?

"She walks in, and lights up the room"

Xoxo, A.

Photo credits: Luxirare

Tokyo Police Club

2009-10-11T16:29:00.005-05:00

Have I told you about Tokyo Police Club? Oh, I haven't?
Well, let's fix that.

Perfect for when you're feeling uneasy about how still you're sitting while working and that ohIsoneedtodancerandomlyallaloneinmykitchenrightnow feeling strikes you.

Photoshop strikes again

2009-10-09T16:48:00.004-05:00

I haven´t manipulated this picture, this has Ralph Lauren´s name all over it, literally.

Really????Really????.....come oooooon!!! This picture just make me sick. I mean.....Filippa Hamilton is not even fat for them to change the picture. Look how hooooot she looks:

Twittering old people

2009-10-06T10:10:00.003-05:00

Out of nowhere, I decided to watch The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Thank god i did. Comedian Liz Feldman, did a small video where she taught elder people how to twitter.....it was hilarious.

Madonna and Lady GaGa on SNL

2009-10-06T09:37:00.005-05:00

Madonna and Lady GaGa on SNL. There are really no words to describe the video. Madonna is hilarious as always in all her guest appearances on SNL. Lady Gaga no so much, and she looks weird without her glasses, she tries to be funny but I think is just not her thing. I think pop culture fans prefer Lady Gaga as the misterious possibly hermophrodite....sorry Lady Gaga...love your music .....but is not like you are ever going to read this.

Cats entertain, as in not the musical with humans running around in fake fur jump suits singing

2009-10-05T17:15:00.002-05:00

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

I'm obsessed with Lolcats. And I don't even like cats that much still it always cheers me up. THen it should be able to cheer anyone up!

Amber Rose & Elle Magazine

2009-10-03T14:59:00.003-05:00

As you all know, Amber Rose is Kanye West's girlfriend. So, she is becoming the new "IT" girl just because he has Kanye as her boyfriend which equals money? no, no, no. Apparently she wants to become someone and what else that becoming the face of Naughty by Nature.

Also, she has already walked her first runway show, is this all Kanye's work or is she booking all this on her own? I personally think is Kanye, there are far much better models out there, and I hate her look. But that's me, probably someone out there loves her. And I'm not judging because she was a former stripper I'm just saying that models nowadays have different body types and even if she carries a commercial look I do not buy it. (talking from my lack of knowledge on this)

Well, we will see how her whole new model occupation will go, here is a photoshoot for Elle magazine... Naughty by Nature. How weird is that you boyfriend has got more style than you?

Xoxo, A.

Andy Warhol on Nike

2009-10-03T14:40:00.005-05:00

Who hasn't seen before the famous work of Andy Warhol and the higlight of his collection, the Marylin Monroe portrait?

Nike has launched a new air design featuring Marilyn Monroe on its shoes, who wouldn't want to wear that? I love them. I could go on and on describing this but a picture is worth a thousand words, or something like that.

Xoxo, A.

a Nightmare on Elm St.

2009-10-03T13:45:00.004-05:00

Brilliant. I personally love horror movies, and when I heard that there was going to be a remake I almost hit my head with something, remakes are good sometimes.. those sometimes are exceptions of nature. Nowadays, people want to SELL. So they remake horror movies buyt instead of making them freakier and scarier they put the cute highschool cheerleader screaming to death when Jason comes. no no no. not good. Well, there is also going to be a remake of a Nightmare on Elm Street.

The original was made by the master of horror movies: Wes Craven, besides it's an amazing Johnny Depp debut.

Critics praised the film's ability to transgress "the boundaries between the imaginary and real", toying with audience perceptions. Some movie historians interpreted this overriding theme as a social subtext, "the struggles of adolescents in American society", and their overwhelming need to confront "the harsh realities of life".

Remake trailer:

Xoxo, A.

New Moon Soundtraack

2009-10-03T13:20:00.006-05:00

Cannot wait for november 20th, I have seen the previews and it is obvious that it will be much much better than Twilight. Yes, yes, I'm actually a big fan, and I know all the lines in the Twilight movie by heart but I hated the meadow scene and how cheesy it became and all the glitter on Rob's body, eww, I would have done a better job on special effects.

But, New Moon looks promising so who knows maybe it will be, I know one thing for sure Jacob or Taylor Lautner is hot, but no one will take Rob's place in my heart. As for Kristen Stweart I do not care, she can do whatever she wants, she is already dating my Rob so screw her. Also excited for Dakota Fanning's performance, how edgy will she be?

Leave you with the Track list.
1. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX
2. BAND OF SKULLS – FRIENDS
3. THOM YORKE – HEARING DAMAGE
4. LYKKE LI – POSSIBILITY
5. THE KILLERS – A WHITE DEMON LOVE SONG
6. ANYA MARINA – SATELLITE HEART
7. MUSE – I BELONG TO YOU (NEW MOON REMIX)
8. BON IVER & ST. VINCENT – ROSYLN
9. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB – DONE ALL WRONG
10. HURRICANE BELLS – MONSTERS
11. SEA WOLF – THE VIOLET HOUR
12. OK GO – SHOOTING THE MOON
13. GRIZZLY BEAR WITH VICTORIA LEGRAND – SLOW LIFE
14. EDITORS – NO SOUND BUT THE WIND
15. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – NEW MOON (THE MEADOW)

Xoxo, A.

Now you can even 'fix' your eye colour. When will this slightly extreme alteration-era end?

2009-10-03T04:15:00.000-05:00

Had I found this four years ago I would have been thrilled. However, now I have made peace with the utter darkness that is my irises. It's never going to change so I might as well accept and embrace it I said to myself, and have done so ever since. So now this comes along? At first I was just curious as to how the procedure had been designed. Like, how the fuck do you just change your eyecolour just like that without doing a Minority Raport-esque operation? Well, dear reader, apparently you make a small incision in the eye (don't ask me to get more specific than that) and shove in a coloured lens that will cover the iris to replace its colour.

Being as observant as I am I have noticed that all the patient represented here want to change from dark to blue eyes. What the fuck people? I know blue eyes are nice, but so are brown, green, grey and all the other colours out there! This is just another example of this completly fucked up ideal we have. I can understand you want to go through this procedure if you, like one of the women in the video, have heterochromia and blablabla (I think i's pretty cool but I may have thought differently if I were the one that actually lived with two differently coloured eyes) but for random vanity reasons?

The surgery is only available in Panama. Just that says a whole lot. Nobody anywhere else wants to approve it becuase they know shoving little plastiv films in your eyes will have serious consequences.

I just found this text on New Color Iris's website:

If You've ever dreamed of what it would be like; the attention you would get with blue or green eyes, this is one way you can finally make that dream a reality.

So fucked. Ah well, not unexpected seeing as how the human individual will go to the extremes to please others in order to semi-please themselves. All fun and game until someone loses their sight.

Behold youtube-covers that don't suck! I know, I didn't think I'd ever hear/see this either!

2009-10-02T20:27:00.006-05:00

I've been hanging out quite a bit on youtube these past weeks (which has clearly left its mark on this blog). For no special reason/enlightenment at all really. I deleted my account on some site called the picture diary so I had one empty slot of rutine wasting of time since I no longer upload any random pictures of myself there. And behold what I found today!

A duo that makes covers! Not so rare on youtube/Youtube is fucking infected with some talentless, some wonderful 24330434324 different channels with cover-content. But these guys from Canada are on to something here.

I love Soft shock by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and to hear it in another version (that doesn't suck and does not in any shape or form involve a damn acoustic guitar, thank god) is just great. Specially since I've played the original song about a million times and frankly I am not as excited as I should be when I hear it. I should be all OOOOHhooOOOhoooOOOOhhh AAH AAAH (the last part while the guitar reaches its peak). In the words of youknowwho: I die.

Here we have another version of a song I've played literally over twohundred times according to my last.fm page. Damn it, it's sounding nice non-digital. The playing is so nicely excecuted that it doesn't really need any song. This is quite a lot coming from me since the piano is my sworn musical enemy ever since I quit my piano lessons at the age of eight becuase I realized I would never be able to do two things with both my hands at the same time like you have to at the piano. Thank god for the violin!

You saw them here first, people!

This one is the best since it's the most random thing you can play on a piano really. A song called 'Meeting Paris Hilton'. Cansei de ser sexy would be proud I'd reckon. Let's subscribe in order to support the dying art of being even a bit original and at the same time turn down the same old same old acoutsticguitarcoverwithexageratedlysoulyvoiceandexcessivewailing(spelling?). I can't belive they only have a couple of hundred subscribers. It's like this blog.

Waiting to happen!

For more covers!

Tim's Halloween

2009-10-02T10:41:00.006-05:00

Well, its not actually his photoshoot, but is based on his previous movies such as Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory... etc. I'm actually a huge fan, he manages to put something dark to small details and in this way turn something as an ordinary children movie to a masterpiece. But this post is not actually to praise Tim Burton which I should, but to show how Bazaar's October photoshoot is based on some of his movies, to give a special edge to the halloween theme.

Xoxo, A.

Tyra is not happy with this

2009-10-01T11:08:00.002-05:00

Hello Ed Westwick. Good bye Neck.

Hedi Slimane?

2009-09-29T17:42:00.003-05:00

The moment we have all been waiting for. Okey, not really. But the combination Hedi Slimane, photoshoot and Robert Pattinson is something at least I've been expecting for about six months now. It is finally here. So what do I think?

Blah. I mean, he is looking extremly good in all the photos, but has he ever not done just that? I get more excited when I see Slimane's other portraits of awkward boys and girls and what not. Why does this not appeal to me in the same way? Hedi, have you let me down because I pronounced your name like a girl's name in the very beginning? Is this you way of punishing me other than not designing anything other than pictures? Is it?

His face looks disproportional on the first picture anyways. I don't get this. I was so excited when I first saw it and now it's like someone burst my bubble of something I can't quite put my finger on. Oh well. I'll go to sleep now instead of looking through Slimane's comlete Diary archive: fashion and regular.

Plastic Fantastic

2009-09-29T17:12:00.003-05:00

So what do we feel when we see this image? What do we think it is? Who did this? Who paid for it?

Miuccia Prada of course! She ordered the manicurists to do this work on the models for her spring summer 2010 fashion show at Milan fashion week. Only she could get away with it and have the fashion writers do a retorical/howdowefeelaboutthisreally-article instead of a OHMYFUCKINGGODWHATTHEFUCKISWRONGWITHTHISMOTHERFUCKER?-article. They all want to be in the high fashion gang that didn't diss on the avant garde stuff that will supposedly later become the trend (let's hope to god this doesn't become one of those....).

I for once think this is just..... ugly. However I do think this woud look rather nice on the hands with the tips a bit rounded.

Nothing like a little crazed Japanese fan girl to save the day!

2009-09-28T14:48:00.006-05:00

This practically saved my weekend which consisted of lying in my tiny little bed being sick and knitting while watching movies, some bad and some good. Topic of the next post, if I can gather up the strength to do one after today's agonizing babysitting.

Not only does she smell him, she touched his 'silver eyelashes' but she gets a piggy back ride. What those actors won't do for some popularity and liking from the fans as well as general mass media.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Robsten

2009-09-24T14:40:00.004-05:00

YES YES YES YES YES YES. OFFICIALLY A COUPLE. I FEEL LIKE CRYING NOW.

My baby is just fooling around because he hasn't met me yet, but once he does he will leave Kristen Stewart to go back to her weed.
Well, the magazine Harper's Bazaar will be confirmirng their off-screen romance in their December issue.

"The tell-all interview with confirm months of speculaton romantically-linking the young stars of the wildy-successful vampire francise, insiders reveal in the Oct. 5 edition of In Touch Weekly."
I will cut my veins now, seriously. Well if he's happy, I'm happy for him and I assume the rest of twilight fans are all oh Edward and Bella live, not. But it wass to be assumed with all the rob: will you marry me Kristen shit. He was interested since back then, about her I cannot judge, she had her little "superhero" bf.

Well, we'll have to wait and see and I'm so buying that issue.

Xoxo, A.

TAYLOR SWIFT. KANYE WEST. HITLER

2009-09-23T21:40:00.006-05:00

Ok, so VMAs. The Hollywood "teen" awards shiw of the year. C'mon, if you are a "somebody" in the Hollywood world nowadays you must work the MTV red carpet. But of course, the award show where you can show up with jeans or the ugliest dresses ever and go all oh she's so revolutionary, not. But, this is not a post about worst dressed ever, I leave that task to my fellow blogger B who has better taste & knowledge in fashion than me. Although, this I must post. WTF WITH LADY GAGA?

She killed a bird, wore it around her neck.. used my grandma's tablecloth as a skirt, noo im insulting my grandma. her tablecloths are actually pretty nice, if i even start to describe why this outfit is so wrong, and i hope you agree with me, i will never finish this post. Well, well, The HIGHLIGHT of the night. Taylor Swift, Kanye West and the whole Beyonce issue.

Yes, peopleee. Personally I don't care who should have won. These are not the Oscar's fans are the ones who vote.. so if fans want Taylor Swift, miss country, bff of Miley Cyrus to win, so be it. She goes to receive her award and out of nowhere appears Kanye West and goes all can I borrow the mic for a second Taylor, I'll let you finish I promise.. and ... I'll let you watch the rest of it.

So disrespectful. I mean, even though I don't like Taylor Swift please Kanye, seriously that much in need of atenttion? It is ok if you state that you should have won as you have done in previous ocassions. Fineee, lets face it her video sucked, but fans wanted her to win. VMA's are fan voted awards. On the other hand, Kanye's got somee balls, one thing I like about him is the fact that he stands up and speaks up his mind no matter what even if the world hates him and whatev. besides he doesnt need to be liked by everyonee because his fan base won't abandon him, including me. Perhaps i'm contradicting myself with this post, first saying that what Kanye did was wrong buut I'm actually writing a perfect report by including both sides of the story hahaha. Here is Kanye really regretting his VMA episode on Jay Leno.

Nowww, you can see a parody by Hitleer. I loveee it. Hope you will too
Xoxo, A.

Im back, megavideo sucks.

2009-09-22T21:22:00.004-05:00

I admit I have abandoned again. god im such a liar, i keep saying this is my return but its not i wasnt expecting so much pressure from university i swear, but then again i have torture. i still promise that at least i will post on weekends. One thing I can abandon, and it's not for being selfish are my tv showw, i have abandoned a lot though. seriously i don't know how i did it, maybe because of the "search for this ep on other player that is not megavideo because of the stupid time limit kind of thing" well yes, megavideo's time limit annoys me, and why not write about something that actually bothers rather than the usual, what can I write about shit.

I found this amazing add-on that only works for Firefox. Its called Illimitux, and it allows you to remove the time limit for megavideo, megaupload and 30 other similar applications, also rapidshare big plus. its absolutely great, when you open a page where there is a video with megavideo application it asks if you want to remove time limit, you click on yes, a new windowo opens and voila you get to see your video, you can see 324587349 in a row and no timee limit to bother you, its genius. google it.

Xoxo, A.

No Gisele. Say it ain't so!

2009-09-21T15:56:00.003-05:00

Blasphemy!

I like Gisele but no. NO. No. Penelope Tree by Avedon is Penelope Tree by Avedon. Gisele can't come and do some "updated version" of it and make it any justice. No. No. No. Like the Yeah yeah yeahs song. The original is far too wonderful.

And I just spent the last half hours googleing up pictures of Penelope Tree becuase I am going to become her clone. Over and out.

All PR is Good PR!

2009-09-21T13:47:00.003-05:00

It is decided. For sure this time. I will take this blog more seriously. Yes, I am starting to sound like a constantly relapsing junkie in and out of rehab but this time I think I really mean it. First of all (Google should be sending me checks for all the times I have mentioned Google Analytics in this blog) Analytics is smiling on us. I know someone from South Korea has been checking us out for quite a bit as well as someone/some in Germany have even come back to the blog for the updates! It makes me happy that people from all around the world are crouching in front of their respective computer to read whatever crap that comes out of our mind. Makes me al warm and fuzzy inside!

Anyways, let's avoid getting sidetracked allt he god damned time! I'll make writing in the blog a fun obligation posting at least a few things everyday as long as I don't have mayor homework. Well, that's not gonna happen for a while because now my homework are things like: finish sewing zipper, tack some shit and finish some pattern for a skirt. All of these I do on the bus ride to school (one can acomplish a lot on a bumpy one hour bus ride to the city if one drinks a lot of coffee in the morning) becuase I am too tired to do it when I get home. Besided now that I'm more actively involved in the whole fashion thing I feel a lot more motivated to write and look at other people's work that's related to it. It's all very good and I am in a very good creative learning place so let the commited writing comence!

Speaking of the VMAs, Taylor Swift, Kanye West and how adorable everyone thinks Beyonce is now (including me I must say and that last part of the sentence is so gramatically wrong but I can seriously not write that any more correct. I've been reading too much French lately, I think.). Everyone is making a video about it. Seriously, everyone that has heard of the chain of events going from Kanye getting some fit at the VMAs to Kanye almost crying about the whole thing at Jay Leno's new show (What is up with the lack of desk, Leno? It looks like you're sitting in the living room with your daughter's date before the big prom questioning all intentions, doing a background check. Not nice at all.)

I discovered this guy, Shane Dawson, a couple of days ago. No, I think it was a week ago. For now I am posting this video becuase I am too lazy to decide which one is the funniest becuase there are a lot more that beat this one I must say. Anyways, I admit I have seen like very video out there starring him or made by him or anything that has to do with him because that is the way I work. I find something I like. I watch/listen/read everything out there about the subject/person/persons/whatever until I think that I have gotten enough (this takes a while and usually takes several hours of abusing google). Then I either stop completely and totally ignore the object of my fascination or I turn to less time consuming actions such as subscribing/bookmarking a website about it/she/he/them that I check once a month or something.

He is hilarious. Specially his character Shanaynay that is just too much. He starrs in all of his videos like a one man-show. Gosh, and he does them so well. But seriously even the random talk in the introductions to every video cracks me up. I just want to see them all over again.

"See they would be so lazy they would rather not wrap it themselves, and let me an ex convict, former drug addict, prositute, heroin addicted, HIV positive bitch wrap their shit for them! Haa, girl I know it's crazy."

That's all I've got to say. Go check him out!

"OH, my English teabags!"

2009-09-20T10:12:00.002-05:00

I be too lazy to even comment. Just had the bigest dinner ever and I just want to lie down and process all the nutrients.
I'll just leave you with the mental picture of me almost spitting out all the juice I had in my mouth when the Harry Potter-part came up.

When you realize your dad loves for who you are...

2009-09-16T16:23:00.004-05:00

No words to describe this...this is one of those moments when you realize your dad loves you for who you are.

Oh no! He'll make believe!

2009-09-15T13:04:00.004-05:00

I love this song so much. I know, so unexpected. Listen to it and sing along even though you, like I, have flawed vocal chords. I've sung it for like a half an hour now and I will probably not be able to talk properly tomorrow. Well, not that is matters because my class is like the most silent class ever during lessons.

ARETHA <3 I need to listen to her whole discography.

Anyways, old school is the best. I feel like I want to record myself singing this in a magenta dress and do those steps and shouldermovements typical of the sixties. I am so taking singing lessons in the future damn it. I will be able to sing without getting told to shut up! Mark my words. Now I will leave for my photoshoot with me, myself and I.

Michael Jackson saved the VMAs

2009-09-14T22:52:00.012-05:00

I´m back. Well, i never really left. So, yesterday I tuned MTV to watch the 2009 VMAs. I don´t really even was aware of who were the nominees. The only why I tuned was to see Janet Jackson´s tribute to Michael. I really didn´t know what to expect, I knew for sure she was going to sing “Scream” (which she did). I think that was the only time they ever did a duet, or at least that is the only song I´m aware of.
The tribute started with several dancers dressed as Michael´s famous outfits, and dancing “Thriller”, “Bad”, “Smooth Criminal”, and ended with Janet singing “Scream”. I really enjoy the scene where Janet dances with Michael in the video. This is the last part of the tribute (with Janet Jackson):

Because I liked the beginning of the VMAs, I decided to keep watching, thank god for that. When Taylor Swift won for something (I don´t recall the category and really I don´t care), Kanye West for the THIRD TME he went of stage while Taylor was thanking the people, Kanye said that Beyonce has the best videos of all times, pretty much saying that Beyonce should have won in that category. Obviously, Taylor was speechless and didn´t know what to do and then her time run off and they turn off her microphone. But later, like an hour later, Beyonce won for BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR (“Single ladies”). Now…..Andy Samberg and Jimmy Fallon were the one who announced that Beyonce won in this category, and I have a flashback. I remembered A´s post about the SNL´s parody with Andy Samberg dancing with Beyonce: http://everythingleft.blogspot.com/2008/11/snl-beyonce-skit.html

And also, Beyonce let Taylor finish her speech, and now everyone loves Beyonce even more.

Lady Gaga´s performance was very visual, this is how it ends:

Another great performance was Pink´s. She pretty much sang the song holding this position:

And she didn´t go off key. And my dad, who was in the room at this time, saw the performance and said:” When the voice isn´t enough, they have to do other things.” And I was like WTF!!!??? He was saying that Pink´s voice isn´t that big deal, and I was sooooo upset at that moment because I am a true Pink fan, so I said to my dad: “SHUT UP”.

At the end of the show, Jay-Z sang or….actually….rap.….with Alicia Keys in the piano. And let me tell you, the song wasn´t that great, the only thing that was great was Alicia Keys and Alicia Keys’ shoes.

Here is Lady Gaga who seems she is not an hermophrodite, she is an ESKIMO.

Tiesto new album featuring Tegan and Sara and more

2009-09-14T18:46:00.004-05:00

Tiesto´s fourth album will be out on October 6th. I actually wasn´t a fan of Tiesto until he remixed the song “Back in your head” by Tegan and Sara. And was even more awesome, when Tiesto share the stage with Tegan and Sara, was awesome, check it out.

Well, in Tiesto´s new album, Tegan and Sara also sing in a song call “Feel it in My Bones”, and artists like Nelly Furtado, Sneaky Sound System, Calvin Harris, Emily Hanes (from Metric) and more. This is “Feel it in My Bones”:

A taste for metallic shine

2009-09-06T16:25:00.003-05:00

Raf Simons for Dr. Martens.

I love these. Too bad I'm poor and look like shit in Docs. I don't know what it is but I always think it looks like I'm walking with two giant submarines on my feet when I try these on. It's so sad becuase I've been wanting to own a pair since 2006! The silvery pair, first pair in the first photo is to die for!

Hot Raw Fish from France

2009-09-06T10:10:00.006-05:00

I thought I'd share my latest obsession with you. These two songs amongst others from Sexy Sushi's discography. Yes, I just linked you to it because I'm so kind but have in mind that Deezer can be a little whore and deny you streaming music if you, like I, don't have an account. Get me one, will you? I don't want to download music ilegally, and I'm too poor to pay for it, so I have to rely on Youtube, Spotify and similar sites. EDIT: Never mind I just got me a Deezer account. So weird that the last time I tried I didn't get anywhere past the registration page...

This is perfect music when you feel a bit tired or in general very dull. Chances are you won't understand the lyrics but it doesn't matter, eventhough half the charm is the random topics that are treated. I mean I don't soeak french very well but somehow I manage to mor or less understand parts of it, specially after finding the lyrics and leaving the into the hands of my friend Google Translator.

Now enjoy!

Sexy Ghetto is actually the song that has rescued me from missing my bus stop on my way to school the past week. You get all hyper in the morning if you listen to it on full volume on the bus. Better than downing a big latte everyday. Cheaper as well!

Diddy wants you to work for him

2009-09-06T08:30:00.005-05:00

Post number #250, people! Just one fourth of one thousand!

So as I'm writing I'm watching yet another reality show. I want to work for Diddy to be more specific. Up until now it seems like a less sophisticated version of The Apprentice. It's logic because an assistant position never is sophisticated because you're basically a rich persons' personal slave. However in this case there is an actual possibility of getting somewhere with your career. I know the series is probably already over since it has just started airing here in Sweden. Anyway I just need to remark how great the idea is from the perspective of Diddy's bank account.

One: He's not actually in them in the beginning, he just has these little bits of wise words pre-recorded inserted every now and then during the show. No annpying recording schedules for Diddy!

Two: All PR is good PR, right? Even if the thing that is representing your activity on the television is a bunch of hungry, ambitious, stressed out career climbers

Three: I'm asuming he gets a decent assistant out of this whole circus...

The real reason behind this post is to share one of the best lines ever said on shows like these:

"One day someone came into the office and said: 'I'm tired' I said: 'You know what rhymes with tired?' "

Then he gives this takeahintboy/girl-look and throws his head back and laughs. So good.

"LA can suck it!"

2009-09-01T13:10:00.005-05:00

I love the Rachel Zoe Project. Seriously. I have to watch it every time it comes on tv, and that's quite a lot. The first season is airing here now, well I think they just finished. Anyhow they randomly put in an episode every now and then into the schedule no matter what for us weekend insomniacs with an interest in stressed out people, fashion and drama in the same equation.

Stressed out people are the best kind! As long as you're not one of them, that is.

As I was watching the first episode of the second season I realized that I and A are just like Brad and Taylor in so many ways it's fucking scary. I swear. The whole interaction between these persons is the most intersting thing in the show really. That, and the contant moaning of Team Girlfirends a.k.a. Rachel Zoe and Brad. You'll see what I mean if you watch the episode. And let's not leave L aside. Rodger, the loyal husband of Rachel Zoe has the exact same attitude of let the chips fall wehere they may with absolutely everything and is always comforting everyone with wise words like stop worrying so much! Yes, L you have saved our lives with those exact words and complementing facial expression that says oh, why do I even bother? as well.

Watch it. It's the best fashion humour since Absolutely Fabulous which I will write about in an upcoming post. I know what you may be thinking. Oh isn't Rachel Zoe that stylist that made all her clients staaarve so that they coud get into designer sample dresses and haute couture? And that was dealing illegal dieting pills from Mexico?

Since when did the tabloids write anything remotely true?

I watched the first episode on youtube but I just discovered that they've been taken down! All five parts. I think. So you are going to have to settle for the first three parts of the less funny but still amusing/entertaining second episode.

Okey, you find the other parts. I'm going to go eat my raspberry cupcakes that caused three burns on my left hand. They better be worth it!

"My friends call me Lord Ferdinand"

2009-08-24T21:49:00.000-05:00

I feel that I would ruin the grandeur of this by commenting. That's how good it is. The only thing I can even think of remarking is the fact that they never change outfit becuase obviously it would be nicer some variation and showcasting more of the collection. Now silence and watch.

Why can't everyone just stop launching perfumes every five minutes?

2009-08-24T20:44:00.000-05:00

I did not sign up for a world in which Arvil Lavigne lauches a perfume called Black Star (tagline: slit your wrists after applying). Ah, fuck it. I will not be diplomatic with this one. This is way too bad for mercy, or being open to how someone wil like this because everyone is unique and have different tastes and bla bla bla. This is horrid in all ways possible. Ever since she sold out bigtime (I don't think I've ever seen anyone take such a 180 turn from pretty decent to total fuckhead). I mean, this makes Britney Spears' commercial for the latest of her perfumes look like French film noir!

I'm almost too upset to continue writing. I should be so over this becuase now I have something to do during the day. But I'm not. It's the worst thing I have ever seen. Paris Hilton's perfumes look pretty legit compared to this. Come on, it's targeted towards mainstream poser emo kids. Lavigne is such a sell out. I know it's the second time I say it but that's how mch of a sell out she is. She had some pretty good songs way back when. Then came the green corset thing and that fucking song about being a better girlfriend that sounds like a cheerleading song. I guess the dollars and The Industry can really fuck you and your artistic integrity (if she ever had any in the first place. note: questionable fact) up.

The one million dollar question now is: Does it smell good? I am conflicted about wether to not to go try-sniff this sometime after school. The worst thing that could happen if that it's not so bad. However, this would be the end of me. Liking a perfume that is merchansized in this manner. I am sticking to my Flowerbomb by V&R. This can go die.

Over and out.

Perez Hilton just made my day

2009-08-24T14:38:00.005-05:00

There are no words for this. Just laughter. And some sadness.

This is a lot of sadness.

I knew Twifans could get upset and that they have pretty extreme ways of dealing with it (I speak of own experience, but in their defence it was true Twilight-ness based on the literary work and not the combination of hormonal rollercoaster + male persona), but I didn't know they could get THIS upset. I recomend you skim through the first couple f 30 posts which all say that Perez Hilton is a jerk and jelous of Kristen Stewart because he can't have Robert Pattinson. Then we come to around the middle of the total of 99 posts which is the post of user dayzdncnfuzd, I quote:

OMG, people, get a sense of humor. I can't believe how incensed some of you are over something as trivial as this.

Look at the comebacks they have! So fucked up I cannot even put it in words. It makes me want to post a link to this entry so that they could have some kind of a reality check. How can you not see the similairy? It's like they're intergalactical brothers! Clearly they are blinded with missdirected obsession. I would be afraid if I were you, Robert Pattinson (I know you are reading this). Be very afraid.

(I must confess I'm too chicken to post this in the same comment sector since they'd probably massacre the blog or something but imagine how apeshit our visitor count would get, people! I'll sleep on it...)

Solo act of Paul Banks

2009-08-23T18:21:00.006-05:00

Julian Plenti a.k.a. Paul Banks af Interpol has a solo act, a solo album an a debut video for the debut single. I like it but I must confess that I like "Only if you run" a lot more than this song.
However I do love the acting of mr Plenti/Banks as the darker character (the one in which he is dressed in all black, of course). So snug and playful, like we've never seen him before.

This is the other, better song.

Speaking of Interpol. An oldie but a goodie!

Random thought at the end of a post: What is up with everyone getting second names? FIrst came Sasha Fierce and now Julian Plenti? I am already thinking of my own "nom de plume". Well, one besides "B" which is used here I mean.

I don't even know, nor do I want to know

2009-08-23T16:56:00.008-05:00

After some time of trying to ignore the phenomena that is Lady Gaga I have now decided that I cannot stand it anymore. It has gone beyond wether or not the music is bearable. Which it sort of is. I don't like it but I don't hate it. Except love game, that one sucks. Everyone is calling her an icon, fashion and music one. Well, I'll give her the first one just because she does her "over the top"-thing and gets away with it. Still, I do not need to see her in every second fashion editorial out there. What happened to the models? Where are they? First they got pushed away from the covers, leaving actresses to grace them with more or less failed performances (yes, I am looking at you Gwenyth Paltrow on the May Issue of American Vogue anno 2008) and now more and more non-models are doing editorials. Even bloggers are taking over a bit of the model's tasks! However I think the bloggers have more right in doing so because they're all (well, almost all I'd reckon) very passionate about fashion but when it comes to the actresses/actors/whatevers you cannot be sure. Let's be realistic. The majority of them just want publicity and people to be aware of their movies and etc.

I don't even remember the point of my post. I think I'll just carry on rambling opinions that more or less contradict themselves sooner or later. The thing is that I start school tomorrow and I am a bit nervous about the whole situation of meeting a whole lot of new persons that will instinctively pick or reject you. It's almost like being thrown into a reality show come to think about it... There's always the little groups formed whithin the first minutes of arrival, the loners/outsiders, the miss popularity person and so on. Since I know people get a rather odd first impression of me I am freaking out as we speak. So talking about Lady Gaga and her attempts at taking over the world is a way of cooling off and making the world a better place for my nerves.

I heard Lady Gaga spoke Swedish in one of her music videos. Of course I checked it out and of course I laughed until I could not laugh anymore! It's cute but at the same time highly disturbing because she sounds like a little kid. What is up with her videos? It feels like they're made just to be over the top and nothing else. Almost as if the whole excentricity is ther just for the sake of the excentricity and not because the mind behind it happens to be a bit odd but genius, you know what I mean? Further explanation with examples then for the ones left behind. Good excentric: Genius Anna Piaggi. A lot of things going on but she still looks great becuase she knows what she's doing in a weird but good way.

Bad "excentric"/doesn't have mirror nor sense of self-image: Pheobe Price. She chases the paparazzi, not the other way around, and she makes them take her picture in order to get PR for the work she doesn't even do. Here less is more, it all feels very forced.

I would say Lady Gaga is one step above Beyonce in the quest for fashion credability. Beyonce went bananas with the whole multiple personality I am Sacha Fierce-thing and pseudo-name dropped every single avant garde designer ever in her videos and appearances. Let us not forget the attempt at trademarking the robot glove!

Didn't go so well now did it?

Ah, this was my point. What is up with Gaga looking like a ganguro girl? Or does the Ganguro girl look like Lady Gaga? Hmm?

That is the real question...

Over and out from the most uncohesive and near incomprehensible post of all time.

Cheatahs

2009-08-18T19:49:00.004-05:00

So after falling in love with the song "Some powers" by Cheatah I discovered this delightful video on his myspace.

Cheatahs ♥ Warrior from Alexander Turvey on Vimeo.

And the making of the video.

Cheatahs ♥ Warrior - Making Of from Alexander Turvey on Vimeo.

More editorials should be this great

2009-08-18T15:47:00.003-05:00

I don't know which magazine it's from, who the photographer is nor who the models are. However, I do know that this is some crazy stuff that is just amazing. It's almost surreal to see so many asian women in these proportions.

Divine Message of Truth

2009-08-15T17:41:00.002-05:00

Christopher Sauvé brings us this in his latest collection inspired by religion amongst other things.

I want it.

I want to see you and go to the movies

2009-08-12T15:13:00.016-05:00

These last few days I have been watching a lot of movies. I have found them to be the perfect cure for intense feeling of solitude. You have voices that aren't heard only by you and movement, of course there is also some moments in which some character looks straight into the camera and it's like they know you're there, watching. I sound psycho, I know but maybe that's because I havent talked to anyone face-to-face for more than 10 minutes since friday. One starts to dwell on previous conversations and lack of human presence. Luckily I am accompanied by fish, better than nothing, and an orchid wihtout flowers.

Anyways, so I'm watching movies like a maniac. Yesterday I got through five. That's a whole lot considering the fact that before now I haven't been the greatest movie freak of them all, I find it hard to dedicate a full 90 minutes to something unless I have planned for it like when you go to the cinema or really, really, really want to see a movie. Therefore I suggest we start a list.

A list of movies you must see before you die. But not one of those pretentious ones that put Citizen Kane on the top just because everyone else does it. I mean I haven't seen it despite people always remarking on its genius and overall must-see factor. I am traumatized from seeing The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957). The classic. The masterpiece. I thought I was going to die of boredom after one hour. The tempo in which the plot events come along in movies from that era is extremly slow compared to today, specielly if we're talking american action movies. Come to think of it I was fifteen when I saw it... Maybe I should see it again because when I was fifteen I was intellectually messed up and narrow minded. I'll get back to you about it. However, I do remember that the parts in which the main character actually plays chess with death (imdb, wikipedia and google The Seventh Seal if you feel lost, you should know this. Basic film history here) are excellent, so maybe it's not so bad after all... Maybe I should give Dickens' David Copperfield a go too while I'm at it. Another classic I sent to hell after reading a hundred pages and falling asleep after every five.

So let's (well maybe I'll be the only one doing this since I haven't really discussed this the fellow writers but I'm sure they'll be up for it) start with my own all time favourite movies:

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

Starring: Audrey Tautou & Mathieu Kassovitz

I have seen this movie about 20-something times, no joke. It has come to the point where I can almost understand everything they say without subtitles. Not the classic love story with the classic end. I don't know what else to say other than if you don't see this movie you are dead to me.

Fight Club

Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt & Helena Bonham Carter

I recently finished reading the book and I have to say that this may be the best adaptation I have seen so far. See if you like dystopian views of the world and seeing Brad Pitt toppless.

Pineapple Express

Starring: Seth Rogen & James Franco
This is the best stupid-potheads-get-together-for-a-mission-and-fuck-up-everything-in-their-way-movie ever made. Quotes such as "Angie, you're a fucking idiot, I say that with love", "BFFF? Best fucking friends forever!" and "Enjoy your last meal. [throws bills at Dale] Here, supersize it, bitch. [throws change]" makes this one of the best comedies out there.

10 things I hate about you

Starring: Julia Stiles & Heath Ledger

Based on Shakespeares play "The Taming of the Shrew" this movie is not the classic American High School drama based on the rivalry between the geeks and the popular that bore people to death to this day. Highly recomended.

Constantine (2005)

Starring: Keanu Reeves & Rachel Weisz

Such a great movie. The visual aspect of this movie is just wonderful, from how they depict hell and the demons to camera angles and such. I don't know what to say about the main character other than he's great in his own way. Just see it.

Superbad (2007)

Starring: Jonah Hil, Michael Cera & Christofer Mintz-Plasse

Teenage desperation, the good kind that makes you laugh.

Seth: I just wanna go to the rooftops and scream, "I love my best friend, Evan."
Evan: Let's... go on my roof.

Seth: You know when you hear girls say 'Ah man, I was so shit-faced last night, I shouldn't have fucked that guy?' We could be that mistake!

Need I say more?

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood & Sal Mineo

A classic nobodyunderstandsmethebroodingteenager-movie. One of the first one I expect since it's from the mid 50s.

Jim Stark: I'll bet you'd go to a hanging.

Plato: I guess it's just my morbid personality.

Nightmare Before Christmas (1997)

Starring: Chris Sarandon & Catherine O'Hara (voices)

Virtually all Swedes gather around the TV religiously to watch a christmas special that shows the same cartoons year after year after year. I have never seen this special despite the fact that I have spent all my childhood here. Instead I would probably be watching this movie because I'm so damn alternative and indie. Unfortunately all the damn emos have given this movie a bad reputation because of its slightly morbid undertones. Let's face it, the stopmotion is wonderful and so is the story.

The Dreamers (2003)

Starring: Eva Green, Louis Garrel & Michael Pitt

A different kind of triangle drama, set in the 60s Paris during the student revolts. Eva Green's and Louis Garrel's characters play an excentric twin couple that introduces Micheal Pitt's character to a somewhat twisted everyday life. They obsess over movies, slacker around and challenge eachother in the most unexpected ways.

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Starring: Old voices

Hands down the best Disney movie ever made. Based on a literary work by Lewis Carrol this is a "children's movie" set apart from its peers. Countless fashion editorials are based on this movie because of the wonderful absurdity of everything that happens to Alice. The VHS I have has been played so many times its barely functioning as it should. The new Disney productions cannot measure up to this movie, they might as well give up.

Closer (2004)
Starring: Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen & Julia Roberts

Usually I can't take overly dramatic movies that don't contain a single laughter and are filled with dramaticpausesandstaringintonothingtoproveapoint because they're normally too slow and unoriginal. If I want to see that I'll just go stare at a wall myslef and place a mirror strategically so that I can feel as if someone else is in the same room. The main themes here are love and the ways it fuck you up and over. The characters interchange partners, creating a web of betrayal, lies and in general very intense situations. Things revolve a lot around sex and ways of using it in manipulation but you don't get that feeling of producers-getting-as-many-love-scenes-as-possible-in-90-minutes-because-sex-sells.

Seven Pounds (2008)
Starring: Will Smith & Rosario Dawson

I never cry because of movies. I can get sad and a little choked up but I have never been able to produce actual tears. That is until I saw Seven pounds. You know that scene in Titanic that makes everyone cry? That 'aint got shit on this movie, I swear. It's one of the best movies I've seen. The story is unbelieavble and almost surreal. The portrayal of human nature and it's complexity reaches a new level and goes beyond the typical re-telling of a series of events that leads to a conclusion. Not very surprising considering Will Smith starrs in it.

This post has taken me an aproximately four-five days to write becuase it's been a long time since I actually wrote something that reseambles an analysis or summary of something artistic. After all it's been like eight months since my last schoolday in which I swore I would take a break from everything mildly analytical in order to not go mad efter two years of intense analysis within various academic subjects on a day-to-day basis. However, now I must get back in the game because I start my foundation year on monday and it will require me to be all intellectual. I hope that my rusty summary skills will encourage you to discover how great these movies are instead of spending way too much time stalking your ex on facebook or something similar.

These heels were not made for walking

2009-08-10T17:10:00.009-05:00

"I couldn't imagine coming home drunk and trying to unlace these."

About fucking time someone did this! Shit, these women I assume live in heels. Normal heels. Watching this video I have realized just how stressful modelling can be. I would be a total nervous wreck before each show hoping that I don't fall on my face or ass. I can barely walk in my own heels and they are pretty friendly. I think it's my heel's fault, apparently it is very "skinny" or narrow whatever but it makes me reluctant towards wearing pumps because it becomes like wearing flopfuckingflops. Pumps can never stay on my feet wihtout additional straps.

However, I would still kill to walk in these shoes for just one day. I'd probably die myself at the end of the day from being so stunning and not feeling my feet along with other maladies. Not important, one can always dream.

Still, most of the women from the video did the walk pretty nicely. The best were the Nina Ricci and Rodarte ones. The Gallianos were so funny to see. It will make anyone's feet with a BM over 15 look like they have two hams strapped to their ankles unfortunately.

PS: A mentioned Nicolas Ghesquière in the previous post. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside when someone does so without being mad obsessed with fashion.