Take Home Chef

What a hunk. Love a good aussie with a strong chin. And he can cook. Which means I don't have to. I think I may have found my future husband.

What a disappointment...

I have been excited for "The Other Boleyn Girl" for a while... So, today I went to a matinée, which was , luckily, *free*. Seriously. With such a spectacular cast (Natalie Portman, ScarJo, and Kristin Scott Thomas) I expected a lot from this film. I did not expect anything from Eric Bana (wasn't he in "The Hulk" which I did not see?) The only thing I can say for him is that with a beard he is pretty darn attractive. If you can ignore his character in the film. Otherwise, enjoy his splendidly floral, exotic pouffy sleeves. Quite womanly, although I am sure the costumes were the least of my problems with the film.
Unfortunately, most of the characters were totally despicable. It is based on a novel, and I am not sure how historically accurate it is (if at all, although I did remember a few things from 8th grade history that lined up) but at one point I actually flipped off the screen. With both hands. That kind of strenuous effort was really not unfounded.
The father of the girls is all, 'oh, what a great opportunity for my daughter, to become mistress to the king, oh, wait... he doesn't like her? Well, how about the other, married daughter? Oh, good, glad at least one of my daughters can bed the king. Let's make sure we all have a conference about how many times they had sex. Oh, now she's pregnant and he won't be with her? Oh, let's bring back the other daughter so that at least one of my children can be living in sin with the king. Ha, ha, ha, what a great life for all of us!'
Basically, the mother and the brother are the only tolerable people in the whole story. I know, usually I like films for their acting and artistic value. The acting was great. It was a beautifully produced film. Unfortunately in this case I could not suppress my distaste for the subject matter enough to notice these things.
The Anne Boleyn character could have written a book about how to trick a man, by the way. She was an absolutely brilliant, horrible snake of a character. Oh, and the one good quote (by the mother, KST's character) follows: "... allowing the men to believe that they are in charge. That is the art of being a woman." Amen, sister.

"Semi-Pro"fessional Idiot

Ok, so not to be a traitor to my generation, or anything... and not to diminish the true love I have had for him in the past and certainly will again in the future... but why another stupid movie, Will Ferrell? (Oh, and I know my punctuation is all over the place in that sentence, umm... not entirely sure what would make it better.)

I love Will. A lot. But, I have no desire to see "Semi-Pro." It just looks exactly like "Talladega Nights," which looks exactly like "Blades of Glory," which looks exactly like "Old School." I love those movies. Especially "Old School," and certain scenes from "Blades of Glory" that led to me leaving the theater with mascara smeared all over my face and hands from laughing until I cried, but dude, another one?

I like it when he mixes it up with movies like "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Bewitched." He is still funny and stupid in those, but they give us a much needed break from the classic, but tiring Will Ferrell. I even think the "Mugatu" role in "Zoolander" (his first great role, in my opinion: "do me a favor and lose five pounds like now or get out of my building!" "'Am I the only one who notices that it's all one look? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" "Todd, are you not aware that I get all farty and bloated with a foamy latte'?") was a little different, if for no other reason than we don't see him in his tighty-whities for the space of a whole hour and thirty minutes.

Anyway, here's hoping that his next movie is a little smarter, and that I will see it. I just want him to be a little less obvious with his humor. He will be funny either way. He can't help it. He's Will Ferrell.

Photo by Frank Masi/New Line Cinema

H-H-H-Happy Leap Day!

From Donald Trump's hair.
What's the deal with that, anyway?

pic from allposters.com

Randomfulness

1. Tomorrow I am off work. Yay! I will be applying for a million jobs, writing in my novel, going to the gym, seeing a matinée movie, and generally smiling all day because I am not at work!
2. Three cheers for my accountant friend who agreed to do my taxes for me! What a swell guy. I enticed him to do the favor by offering "free practice." I know, how nice am I?
3. I am single again. Not that I was ever "not single..." Because you are single until you file joint income taxes, in my opinion. You are either single or married. Whatev. You know what I mean. But I am back on the market. Again. Guys, I believe the line is forming at the main Michael Kors table (the one by the piano in the front corner) in the shoe department at Nordstrom at the Dallas Galleria.
   
4. My t.v. started freaking out last night. Boo. I like to watch SATC reruns before I go to sleep. The audio is all wack. I am hoping tonight I will turn it on and it will have healed itself.
   
5. I love my Bath & Body Works Coconut Body Wash. It is discontinued (of course), and I got it for like 3 bucks. Hopefully I can spot a few more before they are all gone forever!

I know I've made fun of these leggings before...

The folks at American Apparel must hate me. Or, rather, they would if they knew I existed and that I make fun of their clothes a lot. But, really, they bring it upon themselves by
A) manufacturing the ugliest clothes ever aside from Forever 21 and
B) insisting on advertising on a lot of web-pages I visit.
Anywho...What is wrong with this picture? Aside from the fact they are all wearing hideous leggings. Aside from the fact they are standing like that.
I'll tell you. Check out lower-half lady #2 in the line-up.
Who does Miss Plum Leggings think she is? Why does she disrupt the pattern they so painstakingly form (or painfully, more like)? Were the leggings people just too dumb to form a proper drill-team-esque leg line? Were they just trying to spice things up a bit in Lycra land? I mean, continuity, people! Man, leggings suck.
Oh, and what is so "American" about their apparel, I 'd like to know?

Minimize, minimize, minimize...

I am trying to minimize things right now (by that logic, perhaps I should have only used one "minimize" in the title? Does the triplicate fight my goal? Anyway, off my literary device soapbox...)
I am trying to minimize things, aka my shoe collection, the sheer mass of stuff I have built up over the years, the squeezing of my face leading to breakouts, and well, my butt.
I have lost 4 lbs, and some days 5. Yay! So, to match my shrinking body, I am soon going to cleanse my life of all the excess. I just hate all the crap I have! I have an apartment that I chose based solely on the size of my closet (well, and the garden tub). I look in there, and in every other place that one can possibly cram stuff, and hate almost everything I see. It's just clutter. I am sick of clutter. I feel physically bogged down.
So, I am going to have a mass exodus of stuff from my apartment onto Craig's list. When it happens, I will let y'all know so that my stuff can become your stuff.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Project Runway

I was surprised that the fan favorite this season was the squealy pip-squeak Christian:I thought that the big sweet teddy-bear Chris was robbed, but I did like that Christian seemed as surprised that Chris didn't win as I was. I do like Christian's designs, even if he is annoying and his hair looks like a woodland creature.
Speaking of hair, here's my next hair-cut (well, after some growing):No, not on Tim Gunn, the man I would marry if he were only not gay (aside from Clinton Kelly), on Heidi Klum. I love it! So sassy. Now if I could only manage to also have her face...
Anyway, I can't wait to see who wins Project Runway at Fashion Week! Such a great show! If I could sew, I would so be on it! Unfortunately, I am no domestic goddess. Boo.

Oscars: the Good, the Bad, and the Molting

I agree:

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"

Isn't Daniel Day-Lewis always beyond incredible?
And I totally called this next one. If you haven't see it, you need to:

Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role
WINNER: Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"

Achievement In Makeup
WINNER: Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald for "La Vie en Rose"
The make-up people were really amazing. You could tell she had potential to be pretty, but was seriously unfortunate-looking in the movie. Her look at the Oscars was also one of my favorites. Gotta love a good mermaid dress. And, she's just so french. In a good way!
Something else that was good was the "Best Original Song" win for Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for "Falling Slowly" from "Once." As you know, I LOVE that movie, that song and well, them! I was so glad to see so many winners who were distinctly not-Hollywood this year. Cotillard, Hansard, Irglova, and Tilda Swinton helped make up a well-rounded group of actually talented, but not celebrity-type people winning Oscars.
So, for the Hollywood part, some of my favorite looks were surprising, including Calista Flockhart, Miley Ray Cyrus, Helen Mirren, and Jennifer Garner:






























I Disagree:
I had a lot to disagree with, starting with Collin Ferrell's greasy hair and earrings, Cate Blanchett's awkward necklace, Kathryn Heigl's blotchy face-tan, Hillary Swank's "Cache'" gown, and Cameron Diaz's pink hip-wings and strange bum-seams.














What is this dress doing to this girl's tiny frame? Hmm.... And Cate, you can be so glamorous. Remember Coco Chanel. "Before you leave the house, look in the mirror, and take one thing off." That necklace has got to go. Otherwise, you're fabulous.
















I think she is molting... I mean, I don't get it. At all. And Anne Hathaway here looks like she was attacked by a crazed cake-decorator.

DDL, let your wife know that she really must choose between red bows, giant plastic flower, or black and white checked shoes. She can't have all three and keep a clear conscious. And Cameron, sorry girl. Love the color. Hate the dress. At least from the waist down.

Other things I didn't like:

Best Motion Picture
WINNER: "No Country for Old Men"

You all know how I felt about that movie. I just hate brutality for brutality's sake, and pure human evil. Maybe I just didn't get it.

Random thing I realized, and don't like: did anyone notice that Oscar has a very dominant forehead? He's like "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" from the good ol' days of SNL. Cro-magnum man (sp?).

I was also sad that "Juno" won "Original Screenplay" over "Lars and the Real Girl." I LOVE "Lars," and although I really liked "Juno," it just wasn't as emotional. Also, the win by "Juno" forced us to listen to the less-than-eloquent Diablo Cody, and to look at her dress and tattoo for longer than two seconds. Ick! However, on a side note, "Diablo" is my favorite color of NARS lipstick.

Oh, my gosh...

This just doesn't have the same charm and humor as the "Meet Joe Black" getting-hit-by-a-truck scene. Perhaps if she wasn't just laying in the street afterward, it would be less disturbing and more funny, which I think was their goal. Somehow, it missed funny and went strait to "what the...?"

Huh?

So, here I was happily scrolling through new platform pumps on endless.com, when I was unpleasantly surprised and frankly, horrified by this:Ummm... I didn't know they were allowed to make shoes like that anymore, and really, did they ever actually make them for humans or just cartoon characters? There were some others that were similar but had piano keys painted all around the platform. They were equally, and perhaps more revolting, but the gods of the internets would not allow me to save the picture for some reason. I think it was just too evil. Or, my computer actually chose what content to allow to be saved to itself, maybe. My computer was too personally offended to save the picture. Now that's bad.

Presidents' Day

In honor of Presidents' Day, I would like to say, whether you like George W or not, he's got nice legs for an older guy:

He runs the mile in, like, 7-8 minutes, which beats a lot of us. I remember in 2002, he was on the cover of "Runners' World" in running shorts, and I don't usually like guys in shorts, but he looked quite good. So, thanks, GW, for being such a great President. Of legs.

Oh, and this is from a movie (I don't remember which, but it's one from the '90s, in which some oaf takes over the White House because he looks like the President):
(To the tune of "Hail to the Chief," and sung in the shower):
Hail to the Chief,
he's the one we all say 'hail' to,
I am the Chief,
so you better watch your step, you bastards.

You HAVE to click this:

http://hiccupmel.blogspot.com/2008/02/sick-of-sick-time-to-laugh.html
I am SERIOUS!!!
Here's a preview:Can you hear me laughing? Because I am.

Question

On this, Valentine's Day, I have to ask, whatever happened to Ma$e?


With such timeless classics as "Feel So Good"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UGEGPq7XvqI
and "Why You Over There Lookin' at Me?"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lLVKJyGyw7Q
I gotta wonder why he's not still rapping. New rap just isn't the same. Give me Ma$e, Busta, Snoop, even Eminem. The new stuff mostly sticks, and all sounds the same. Boo.
I thought I heard his name about six months ago, but the end-all information source Wikipedia says he is hanging with his family in Georgia.
Happy Valentine's Day. Sorry if I ruined it with the news about Georgia.

Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching...

Here are my thoughts:

1. I used to wear head-to-toe black on Valentine's Day. Even my socks and underwear. Some of you already know that. I don't hate love, I just think that V-day is a big marketing ploy in general.
2. Jim Gaffigan: "Who is Saint Valentine anyway? I can only assume he's the patron saint of overpriced greeting cards... You can get either the big read heart filled with the gamble chocolates ('OH! I got the one that's filled with toothpaste!') or the tiny chalk heart-shaped antacids ('I know I make you nauseous, here's a Tums with 'hug me' written on it.')"
3. Referring to #1, I don't know if I've ever had a real boyfriend on Valentine's Day. Not anything that would guarantee a dinner date, anyway. Richard did bring me a dozen roses to school senior year, but felt so bad for all my non-flower-receiving girlfriends that he passed one out to each of us. That was sweet, but I was like, 'I want my dang roses!' Anyway, this year I actually do have a boyfriend, so it's kind of like we have all slipped into some sort of alternate universe. I have to admit, it's kind of fun to not be celebrating 'Single Awareness Day' this year.
   
4. My favorite Valentine's poem I ever gave anyone: "Roses are red, violets are blue, if you don't ask me out soon, I'll have to keep dating chumps." I made that up. I really like it. I need to come up with a good "roses are red" poem this year. They are my favorite kind. If you are in a very serious relationship, feel free to use this one: "roses are red, violets are blue, if you don't propose soon, I'll find someone who will." Or, on a lighter note, "roses are red, violets are blue, under no circumstances are you to go commando." Someday, these poems will be greeting cards, which is why they exist at all.
   

Happy Valentine's Day, people! Here's one just for you: Roses are red, violets are blue, I had you at hello and you know it.
One more: roses are red, violets are blue, don't even think about voting for Hillary.
I could go on like this all night.
I love you! XOXO! I know I make you nauseous, here's a Tums with 'hug me' written on it! Goodnight!

*Sigh* purple!

So, I used to hate purple with a fiery hot passion, but now I kind of love it. Especially if it's the right shade, and particularly if it's done like this.
The whole theory behind my purple loathing was founded upon two primary precepts:

1. Barney the dinosaur
2. The fact that people who liked purple didn't just like it, they loved it. Crazily. Like, their car was purple, all their clothing was purple, they shopped at "Purple Passion" (an actual store, at least at one time, at the Dallas Galleria) and stores like it. You know these people. They are the women who (and I think it's on purpose) when their hair goes gray, invite an overtone of purple to adorn their head like a freaky hair-hat. (Mom, sorry, this is in no way a reference to the hair-dying tragedy of yore in which your blonde turned out to have a purpleish shimmer... You did not choose it.) They are the men who wear Ralph Lauren button-down oxfords in lavender with khaki shorts and boat shoes with no socks, bringing to mind an Easter egg, and making you wish it were Easter, so that you would have an excuse to eat way too many of those Robin's Eggs candies. (You know those men were dressed by a crazy purple-loving wife.) I realize some of you prefer Peeps, though I really can't say why...
   

I am glad I can now like purple, even love some shades of it, without having purple take over my life. It's a happy medium, really.

Blind date? No worries...

One of my friends has a blind date this weekend. To her, and those like her, I offer the following advice:
Just entertain yourself, and if your date is entertained as well, it's an extra added bonus. Have fun, I mean, hey, you're still with you, right? Hello! You're fabulous!
Anyway, it has worked for me (particularly in Provo days past), and offers a 98% rate of return on a subsequent date invitation.

It's a little thing I like to call 'productivity'

So, today I have been muy productive.
I have:

• attended a mandatory meeting at work (on my day off, mind you)
• called my uncle to harass him into giving me a job
• gone to the bank
• filled up my car with super-expensive gas
• gotten all my tax documents together, including printing some stuff off of the internets
  
• ordered a present online
• worked out at the gym
• done an online search for possible companies to work for (with one very promising idea as a result)
  
• taken my friend to a very belated birthday lunch (sorry, girl!)
  
• sent some important emails
• watched SATC
• cleaned my bathroom
• put away laundry

And there is yet more to accomplish! Whew!
I think maybe I should always get up at 7:20 on my days off... Then again, maybe not.

Once

This is a scene from "Once." I think this song is amazing! It makes my heart happy. I love to sing along with it in my car! (Thanks for the c.d., George!)

Things that must go (I stole this idea from Jana who stole it from somebody named Dean)

1. Sitting in traffic, especially when you are close enough to see your destination, are late, and are not moving.
2. Dish Network. I swear, it's even windy outside, you have no telly.
3. "NCIS" taking over "Law and Order SVU" slots on USA.
4. "Trading Spaces" in general, that it seems to be taking over WNTW slots, and especially Paige Davis, and more specifically, her new hair-do. Not that I watch "Trading Spaces," but I used to just because it was funny to see people wreck each others' houses.
5. Enzyte commercials. How many innuendos for "penis" do we need to hear in one 30 second spot?
6. Hillary Clinton.
7. Loud 1:30 a.m. crazy music playing neighbors.
8. Mexican rice. I love tex-mex, but the rice is no bueno.
9. Dirk. Used to love you, dude.
10. Nina Garcia, editor of some fashion mag and annoying judge on "Project Runway," whose style I do not like much.
11. Allergies. I constantly feel like someone is tickling the inside of my face with a feather duster.
12. Icy Hot. I used it last week for some sore muscles, and it, well, remember in 4th grade when they talked about how the H-bomb melted the skin of people who were a certain distance away, not close enough to die instantly, but too close to go unscathed? Umm, yeah, it feels like that, or at least how I would imagine that to feel.
13. "Skinny B****." I bought that book, but returned it after a few flip-throughs. If I want to be called a "fat pig" I 'll just go hang out with some fourth graders, not pay for and read a book by some glorified mean teenagers in the form of ex-models with filthy vocabularies and little or no class. I get that it's about bad food, but don't think the fluffy girls in this world need anything else telling them how completely unattractive and unfabulous and undesirable and worthless they are. We do that to ourselves, anyway. Wow, I'm pissed.
14. "American Idol." Haven't watched it since the second season, but it just keeps going on and on and on... It was on while I was on the treadmill at the gym this week and even without sound, it's painful.

So, this list rounded out to be kind of t.v. oriented. I don't know why, I'm not watching too much lately, although you might doubt that...

'Grammar, y'all' the sequal

So, after I wrote "Grammar, y'all," I realized I spelled grammar wrong, like this: grammER.
Luckily, I caught it, but for those of you who saw it, I apologize.
Who's the hillbilly now?

Grammar, y'all

I heard a girl, nay, (at this particular shining moment) a hillbilly, say "powerfulness." Now, I won't admit the context, because if nothing else, it makes me look like a real jerk-face, but whatever. That is not a real word. Just like "Timber" and "Talon" are not real names (but that's a whole different story).
Power is a noun.
Adding -ful makes it an adjective.
Adding -ness makes it a noun again.
Hey, girl, just say "power" next time.
Hmm... I think regardless of the context I just might be a real jerk-face anyway.

Sawin' logs

So, one night lo many moons ago, I was laying in bed trying to sleep, when I was startled to realize my upstairs neighbor was vacuuming (at like 3 am).
I don't know why this surprised me, after all, these are the neighbors for whom I penned this little haiku (so it's not a real haiku, but how often in life do you get to use that word? It rocks!):
"We are your new neighbors downstairs,
we don't want to sound like old squares,
but we have to work, we don't want to be jerks,
but when we don't sleep, our looks scare.
We're sure that you are tons of fun.
Your parties last well after one.
Please remember our grace, and turn down the bass,
and when your friends stay keep it down."
(To be made into a greeting card and delivered with cookies for optimal result.)

Anywho, back to the vacuuming... I laid there listening intently. It really wasn't loud enough to be a vacuum... And that's when it hit me! It was him. Snoring.
True story.

Law school?

Lately, I have had some support for going to law school from an unexpected source, and it leaves me thinking... Perhaps I can go to law school. It's been what I wanted to do since senior year of high school. I know I would be good at it. Hmmm...
I think I will start studying for the LSAT, and take it. If I do awesome, then yeah, maybe I will follow this dream. If I bomb it, then at least I know. And what will I lose, the exam fee? Oh, and my pride. Meh.
What do we all think?
Love,
me, ESQ.

"Fool" is right!

Is it just me, or does "Fool's Gold" seem like the lamest, least sincere, most contrived "romantic" "comedy" in years? I mean, I'd rather chop my arm off than see it. Not literally. But, almost literally.

Ahhh! My EYES!

I would just like to thank gofugyourself.com for alerting me to this little number:


Do I even need to say anything?

Quote of the week. By: well, me.

"Kids are like high-tech dogs."

Lunesta ad

Direct quote:
"Call your doctor if, after taking Lunesta, you walk, drive, eat, or engage in other activities while asleep."
They say it really fast, so you almost can't hear it.
If you're walking, driving, or eating while asleep, I think you may have bigger problems than not being able to sleep.
I'm just sayin'.

It really tastes more like regular Coke...

Ahhh! Coca-cola Zero! Not only is it ice-cold and refreshing, it's also delicious!

Candidate quiz

I took this find-your-candidate quiz (which is only based on like, 10 questions) that told me I have the most in common with these guys, in this order (yep, it's the same one I took a while ago, but I have been educated a little more on the issues since then):
McCain
Romney
Huckabee
Paul
I didn't think I liked McCain, but I guess we match up on several major issues. I liked Romney already (because of his health-care ideas, plus he's handsome [c'mon, y'all, we all know the handsomest, or at least tallest, candidate wins] and mo). The other two, whatev. Well, aside from a good quote by Paul that I blogged about a month or two ago.

I try to remember to do this daily...

If you go here:
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2
and click the "click here" button, their sponsors donate money for free mammograms. You can do it every day, it takes 2 seconds, and is a great cause.

My favorite movie scenes

Below I have put together some of my favorite scenes ever. I wish I could have done it all as one post, but I am not technologically inclined enough to figure that whole thing out!
The only one that I could think of off the top of my head that I could not find is from "The Age of Innocence," the couch scene. If you have seen it, you know what I'm talking about.

Lost In Translation

Great scene, they are parting ways forever, they are in love but can't be together... You know, the whole spiel. And, his whisper is purposely unintelligible.

When Harry Met Sally

My favorite movie!!! For many reasons... Including "but I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie."

When Harry Met Sally

I sometimes say "oh, but 'baby fish mouth' is sweeping the nation." No one ever get it.

Continuation of Love Actually scene

This is the end of the scene, which is the best part. I always cry.

Ghost World

Whenever I watch "Ghost World," which I LOVE, by the way, I rewind this scene over and over. SO funny! (And, where I picked up my habit of saying "MOVE IT!" either under my breath when walking past people, or very loudly while driving.)

I found the "best" blog tonight!

Seriously, check it out! Especially if you are Michelle, or are really, really annoyed by grammatical errors like Michelle and me.
http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/
It is "the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks." SO brilliant!

Cutest puppy ever

Walter Santa "Little Jerry Seinfeld" B.
Since I couldn't seem to make it any bigger, I decided to go for a Warhol-type thing.

And now, we talk about make-up...

I once subjected Alex to a ten minute dissertation on eyeshadow and lip-gloss, which he plugged through like a trooper, and actually participated in (only enough to let me know he was paying attention, not enough to make him seem any less manly, or anything) and now, it is your turn.
Here are make-up looks I want to emulate in the near future:

You can barely see it, but Jessica Biel's make-up in "The Illusionist" rocked. The eyes have brown shadow, no liner, and mascera. Pink cheeks, pink lips. Very fresh.

Similar to the Jessica Biel look, and I love the hair, too!

And we all know I love a red lip. This look is all glowy. Love the thick(ish) eyebrows!

No eye make-up, light lashes, matte red lips. It's very 40s, or something.

I like the peach and red contrast. Oh, and of course, the hair! I love tall hair (as you can see below).

This is one of my most successful make-up looks so far (dude, see how pretty I look? Yeah, I had food poisoning in this photo: no sleep, and had been throwing up for like, the past 12 hours. Make-up can literally do magic sometimes). But guess what? I lost the eyeshadow. Oh, and it was limited edition. Why does that always happen to me? I either lose them, or watch as they spill (a loose powder eyeshadow bouncing in slow-mo around my bathroom sink, my dramatic "noooooooo..." and reach was of course, too little, too late), or tragically watch my supply dissipate knowing there will be but naught to replace it. (Oh, and why do they even make special editions? It is downright mean, because by the time you realize that it is like, the best color ever, you can't get it anymore.)

And now, a moment of silence for all the make-up no longer available... (I actually stopped typing for a second)... I bid fond adieu to you, glamorous goldy brown L'Oreal loose powder eyeshadow (of which color I know not the name, so as to search on Ebay and pay $25 for now, even though the original cost like, $7) , and Airy Azure of the same make and model. Also, L'Oreal 'Pinch of Colour' lip and cheek stain (the best blush and lip stain in the world-- its dwindling bottle is what I will use to achieve the "Illusionist" look). Too Faced Juicy Jewels in Pave Pink (or "sex-gloss" as my friend Jana referred to it... it was sexy!), Mac Lipglass in Blossom, you will be missed. Oh, and no lie, I am still upset about an eyeshadow that I bought at The Gap, of all places, during the holidays like 10 years ago, and could never find anything even remotely comparable to replace it.

I will try to find substitutions, but to no avail... It is a mournful plight, set only for disappointment. I tell you what, guys, we women go through a lot of crap to look as good as we do. You should totally buy us more flowers.

Superbowl not-so-super

If the Cowboys aren't there, I don't really care too much about the Superbowl (aside from attending a fun party, which I did...), but I do usually enjoy the ads at least. Was anyone else surprised at how few good ads there were? I mean, come on! You're paying millions of dollars to advertise, come up with something people will remember!
The other thing that made me kind of sad was that the Patriots lost. Don't get me wrong, I haven't been a Patriots fan, or ever followed them, or even realized they were a team until this year (yeah, that's right), but I would have liked to see them make the record 19-0. That would have been a really cool part of football history. Oh, well.
At least I got to eat some a-ma-zing fajitas and cookies!

Runways rock in NYC!

It's Fashion Week in New York, why, oh, why am I in Dallas?

Some faves:BCBG

DVF