Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Battle: My Stomach
After dinner with a friend, we settled on going to see the latest offering at the cinema - Battle: Los Angeles. I must say that I prefer to attend movies with low expectations in mind, that way I'm either pleasantly surprised, or not... But at any rate, I spent the first half of this movie trying to get the nausea in my stomach under control from the hand-held camera the cinematographer decided to use. After that, I was able to relax into a nice adrenal rush. Half 'Blackhawk Down', half 'Independence Day', there were some gripping, and not so gripping moments in this one. This fellow here:
He had some great lines... until the dialogue swung more toward ID4 at the end of his monologue; then cue the uplifting score. Ah well, I guess it can't all be gritty. Anyway, my suggestion, don't eat before you go see this...
Adieu.
He had some great lines... until the dialogue swung more toward ID4 at the end of his monologue; then cue the uplifting score. Ah well, I guess it can't all be gritty. Anyway, my suggestion, don't eat before you go see this...
Adieu.
Friday, February 18, 2011
No one wears weird as well as Ms. Carter. I'm fairly certain I'm in love here...
When explaining her eccentric fashion choices on the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Helena Bonham Carter quipped: "I'm here because I'm supposed to act well, not dress well."
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 21, 2010
You too can be hungry and annoyed...follow these simple steps:
If you've followed these steps, you're probably be asking yourself the same question I am: "Why?!"
1) Forget to bring your lunch.
2) Take phone calls from frantic people who want you to fix something you have no control over.
3) Be the intermediary between two people who refuse to act like grown adults.
If you've followed these steps, you're probably be asking yourself the same question I am: "Why?!"
Friday, January 15, 2010
Monday, July 27, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
I have a theory that there's a conspiracy in the world of women's business fashion: To keep us forever shopping in hope, they leave us less than satisfied with an abysmally small selection of styles and colors.
Not that it's my idea of divine to have a job that requires a business casual dress code, mind you, but shopping for business clothes is a complete, utter, and absolute bitch. First off, if you don't make a lot of money to begin with, it's difficult to afford any type of somewhat stylish, well-made clothes. (Ok, skip the last part. Well-made, off the rack clothes are a myth anyway.)
Second, I wonder if it occurred to the fashion industry, that women don' t have the time or resources to dry clean all their clothes, unless they're waaaay up the corporate ladder. Truly, if we're in that world, the washing machine is our best friend. Give me cotton, rayon, and polyester blends anyday - they hold up in the dryer. Silk, wool, angora.... belong on lingerie, sheep, and bunnies. (Yeah, ok, the mental pictures of lingerie on sheep and bunnies made me giggle too.)
Third, who the hell decided that women really want to wear short skirts in the winter, in an office that is always freezing year round? Please God, make the clothes warmer! There's absolutely no point to wearing a cute, stylish outfit to the office in the middle of winter, when you're going to cover it up with a blanket and sweater while turning on the space heater in your office because fashion decided that summer-weight material works for winter. Winter = cold, ergo, I'm going to need some heavier cloth in my clothing.
Fourth - black, tan, vanilla, gray. Black, tan, vanilla, gray. Does winter mean that we bury all our colored clothing until spring? Are they like perennials that go into hibernation during the winter months? The weather's already darker and gloomier, let's not assist it. I say bring out the brights! Let the jewel-tones, pastels, corals, aquas, fuschias, and rainbows shimmer! Think about it - you're probably already sitting in a dull, monotone, beige-schemed office with fluorescent tube lights. Trust me, there's nothing appealing to the eye beyond whatever desktop picture you've saved to your computer.
There's a market out there waiting for someone to catch on to the idea that if women have to conform to a dress code, they want clothes that are washable, moderately interesting in style, affordable (and I don't mean Neiman Marcus affordable), and that have a greater color range than the office interior decor.
Sincerely,
An irritable female shopper.
Not that it's my idea of divine to have a job that requires a business casual dress code, mind you, but shopping for business clothes is a complete, utter, and absolute bitch. First off, if you don't make a lot of money to begin with, it's difficult to afford any type of somewhat stylish, well-made clothes. (Ok, skip the last part. Well-made, off the rack clothes are a myth anyway.)
Second, I wonder if it occurred to the fashion industry, that women don' t have the time or resources to dry clean all their clothes, unless they're waaaay up the corporate ladder. Truly, if we're in that world, the washing machine is our best friend. Give me cotton, rayon, and polyester blends anyday - they hold up in the dryer. Silk, wool, angora.... belong on lingerie, sheep, and bunnies. (Yeah, ok, the mental pictures of lingerie on sheep and bunnies made me giggle too.)
Third, who the hell decided that women really want to wear short skirts in the winter, in an office that is always freezing year round? Please God, make the clothes warmer! There's absolutely no point to wearing a cute, stylish outfit to the office in the middle of winter, when you're going to cover it up with a blanket and sweater while turning on the space heater in your office because fashion decided that summer-weight material works for winter. Winter = cold, ergo, I'm going to need some heavier cloth in my clothing.
Fourth - black, tan, vanilla, gray. Black, tan, vanilla, gray. Does winter mean that we bury all our colored clothing until spring? Are they like perennials that go into hibernation during the winter months? The weather's already darker and gloomier, let's not assist it. I say bring out the brights! Let the jewel-tones, pastels, corals, aquas, fuschias, and rainbows shimmer! Think about it - you're probably already sitting in a dull, monotone, beige-schemed office with fluorescent tube lights. Trust me, there's nothing appealing to the eye beyond whatever desktop picture you've saved to your computer.
There's a market out there waiting for someone to catch on to the idea that if women have to conform to a dress code, they want clothes that are washable, moderately interesting in style, affordable (and I don't mean Neiman Marcus affordable), and that have a greater color range than the office interior decor.
Sincerely,
An irritable female shopper.
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