Joni Mitchell in Laurel Canyon
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Smile For Me Now
Kate Moss, Jamie Hince and some rando in a wheel chair.
Let the holdiays (drinking season) begin.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Apartment Tour
Photographic Tour of the new apartment:
1) Stereo system with Rolling Stones- Emotional Rescue on vinyl.
2) Himalayan Rock Salt Lamp, to reduce the ions in the air.
3) Rolling Stones- Emotional Rescue.
4) Aloe Vera and cactus collection on vintage record holder.
5) Def Leppard- Hysteria on cassette.
6) Weird native throw blanket.
7) Cassettes: Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Yardbirds, Bruce Springsteen, Crosby, Stills , Nash and Young, Meat Loaf and a mixtape.
8) Crappy view from the balcony
9) Free golden sun mirror
10) Roommates records
11) Haida carved mini totem and oil burner
12) Red wine, green ginger tea, cherry red nail polish, vintage 1940's automan complete with cigarette burns, free black shag carpet, and Spanish Moss on Style LikeU.
13) Dolce and Gabanna eau de parfume L'imperatrice and a Mexican vase.
14) Various books,( Jim Morrison bio, native books, Catcher in the Rye) a Inuit doll, American Spirit Cigarettes, Viewmaster, and photographs from this Korean guy I met in a coffee shop.
15) Fur and felt hat collection, rings, perfume, Mexican vase.
16) Wolf mask from Zoo, moccasins, CD collection in stolen milk crate ( which includes Death Cab for Cutie, the Doors, Bachman- Turner Overdrive, and Patrick Wolf.)
Monday, November 21, 2011
Miss You
Time is flying. I'm three weeks into school and I'm falling behind. Three weeks into living in the new apartment and I have yet to come up with a kitschy name for it. Any suggestions? The Apartment Tour photos will be up in a few days. We are quickly approaching the holiday season and there is nothing that I love more, besides summer. It's time to don the parkas, eat cranberry bliss bars, decorate the Christmas tree, wear glitzy holiday attire, and hope and pray you get some kisses under the mistletoe, or at least a super awesome present.
I am a Christmas fanatic. I can't wait to watch Rudolph and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation over and over. I set up my tree yesterday (Nov. 20th for the record) and is it ever looking like a drag queen decorated it. So here's to the holiday season. I hope to keep my adventures well documented.
Monday, November 14, 2011
We Found Love
What do you get when you add Rihanna, a Chris Brown look-alike, a trans-am, and Trainspotting together?
You get this masterpiece of a video. Minus the Calvin Harris part.
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- "We Found Love"
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Bridge and Scotch
Period films are not for everyone. Books made into movies are not always appreciated by everyone. But The Help is one of the exceptions where it's all the above and it's a win, a definite must see.
The Help (2011) takes place in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1950's during the starting of the civil rights movement. Jackson is a world that is stuck in the plantation ideal where mothers play bridge and fathers drink scotch at supper clubs.
And the children? They are raised from babes to adulthood by black maids. The children often form stronger bonds with their maids than their own mothers, and The Help tunes in on that.
Skeeter, played by a ravishing Emma Stone, is a fresh out of college wanna be journalist who stumbles upon a story that needs to be told. She was raised by a maid, Constantine, and understands both points of view of the high flouted white people and the plight of the maids.
Before we have only seen Emma Stone as Easy A, a slutty high schooler with higher potential, and as a sassy young woman in the rom/com Crazy Stupid Love lying next to Ryan Goseling. But now we see her in a whole new light. As a strong confident quirky woman who does what she believes in. And don't worry. We still get to hear her quirky awkward laugh.
This film has many levels. Like Shrek says "Onions have layers" and so does the film. On the surface level The Help is a heartwarming dramatic comedy that shows the human condition and relationships.
On a lower, below the surface level, it is social commentary on the civil rights movement on the time. That the issues about black maids raising white children is really about how black people were treated in society during that particular time period.
And yet another lower level is the true issue. This period piece is direct social commentary on the issues of today. Do we still treat certain minorities similar to how the black maids were treated? Do some white people still live on cloud nine, ignoring their children, attending galas to raise money for aids in Africa while Mexican "nannies" tend to their children?
This film hits home emotionally and it is also full of laughs. Emma Stone is enchanting, playing a woman coming of age and realizing her dreams. Aibileen is played nose to the nail by Viola Davis. Minny is played by Octavia Davis and is often the comedic relief. Bryce Dallas Howard plays a stunning "bitch" of a character and is really convincing as a conniving narrow minded control freak.
True, this film may be in a way a sophisticated chick flick, but I think it's message can hit home with anyone.
We need to follow the golden rule. Treat others as we want to be treated.
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