Ugly Shoe of the Week

I have recently stumbled upon something that totally made my day. Its a blog of the ugliest shoes. As an avid shoe lover I have to admit that very few things compare to a beautifully designed shoe. But I also realize the potential for shoe disasters is great. Like these examples from the blog. Check it out here, its updated weekly.

Sleepless Nights Filled With Newsies

So last night I had the wonderful experience of waking up at 3:45 am and not being able to fall back asleep for 2 hours. I have this annoyingly alert mind that once it wakes up and starts thinking, it is impossible to shut it down. My fatigued and irritated body was like "Just fall asleep already, MIND!" So what do you think I was thinking about last night? Well, I couldn't stop thinking about etsy art and at one moment I had the thought, "Why did Dr. Bennell escape the invasion for so long?" And "My son is not my son." My favorite thing about last night though was laying in bed having "I'm the king of New York" in my head while Bill Pullman danced around and all I could think was "Saturday night with the mayor's daughter." Suffice it to say I'm going to be very grumpy come 2:00 pm when I am overwhelmed by fatigue and my blood sugar drops.

Have a great Thursday everyone!

Kohl's? Really?

Is anyone else as ridiculously excited that Vera Wang is doing a line of reasonably priced ready to wear for Kohl's? I am so excited about it! Even though I probably won't buy anything, I'm definately going to go try it on. It looks like its going to be a lot of purple, gray and khaki just like everyone else this fall. I'm very excited for this known wedding dress mogul who dreams of branching out beyond the bride, you go Vera!

Summer of Remakes

This summer Hollywood remade two of my favorite classic thrillers. First for a girl's night we saw Disturbia, a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. I have to admit, I was scared during the movie, it was just as thrilling but it lacked the overwhelming artistry of a Hitchcock film. The thrills came from violent sequences instead of edge of your seat anticipation. The acting was blah and the plot changes, unruly kid on house arrest versus man in wheelchair with broken leg left the overall effect empty in comparison.
This last weekend Steve and I saw The Invasion with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig which I had been anticipating in remembrance of watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers with my mom. I liked it and although it wasn't THAT scary I was gripping Steve's arm during some scenes. It had more of the original feel than Disturbia did which I appreciated. Except (Attn: Spoiler) they found a cure to the alien invasion! which I felt made it less credible and took away that final creepy moment when almost everyone is an alien. Obviously playing on advanced technology, they could decipher exactly what the virus was and make an antidote. I didn't like that part but the rest of the emotionally void aliens just leave you feeling creepy which I liked. I also felt Jeremy Northam did an excellent job as creepy alien ex-husband.
What I have discovered in my thoughts about these recent remakes is that I find the slow pace and lack of details more thrilling. The originals are not so fantastic that they couldn't happen and thats what makes it truly scary, the reality potential. Sure you know that aliens aren't going to take over the planet and rob us of our emotional DNA but the possiblity that they could and we would have no solution is a lot scarier and believable than finding a miraculous cure within 48 hours.

$32 = A million bucks

Nothing makes me feel better about my appearance than getting a haircut and I don't know why I've been putting it off for 8 months. I love my hair stylist-Desra-she gives me the best layers for curly hair and nothing beats the way she straightens it. And P.S. when did my hair get so long?

Suri Cruise=Adorable

Okay I know we all hate Tom Cruise these days and poor Katie is guilty by association but how can you not think that little Suri is the cutest thing ever? Cutest celebrity child of the moment-definately. And how jealous are we that she spent the whole summer in europe.

Becoming Jane-kind of

Well, I saw it. I didn't think I was going to but I guess deep down inside I knew I would eventually. I have always been a fan of Austen, ever since I spent an entire school night reading Pride and Prejudice my sophomore year of high school and then reading back to back Austen until I had read her complete works. I took a class on her in college, have seen almost all of the movies based on her books and read the spin-off books like "The Jane Austen Book Club." I do however REFUSE to even think about reading those books written by others who wanted to extend the Darcy's life beyond the Austen page, come on! why ruin a perfectly fine story by speculating about My. Darcy's daughters?
Jane Austen is not my favorite author and I feel snobby when people say she is theirs because for all her merit and genius especially considering the time she wrote, I've read better. Her prose is witty, her observations poignant but I refuse to deify her-maybe I am revolting against a mass hysteria of fans who have popped up in the recent years including Hollywood.
The movie was fine, they have taken a brief romantic encounter and turned it into a 2 hour movie with constant allusions to her novels. From what I have studied about Jane... well, lets just say they took dramatic liberties. And to top it off, they end the movie with a 20 year flash forward with creepy older looking Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy. The acting was mediocre with some unconvincing key moments that shatter potentially powerful scenes (I cannot live like this...) but the cinematography was interesting with plenty of plays on reflection and focus shifts. The whole thing left an unrecognizable taste in my mouth which makes me uncomfortable, maybe I was just disappointed in a recent interview I read with Anne Hathaway. I almost felt sad for Jane.