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<br />Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-11663010543524375552011-11-14T17:26:00.000-08:002011-11-14T17:26:56.431-08:00It's Not About Love!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Happy Monday, I don't have a lot of time to put together a post today, but my love for Zach G. was rekindled in <i>Puss in Boots</i>, yes, I saw that. (Humpty wore a golden egg suit! What's not to love?!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Anyways, here's one of his finest, little known works. Enjoy!</span></div>Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-72221847373403746262011-11-09T15:32:00.000-08:002011-11-09T15:34:53.527-08:00It Almost Seems Like You're Avoiding Me<center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="365" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p02DgHeGdyI" width="470"></iframe></center>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Last weekend, I visited some friends in Pittsburgh for our friend Ali's birthday. It was magical. I love Pittsburgh so much. It's the perfect collision between Pennsylvania's mountains and city life. I miss everyone more now, but we'll see each other soon. </span></div>Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-11254638075655699792011-10-31T13:02:00.000-07:002011-10-31T13:02:19.169-07:00This is Halloween! This is Halloween!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> This novel is about the porn industry. Specifically focused on Cassie Wright, a fictional aging porn star who hopes to break the world record with 600 men on screen in one day. (Palahniuk, people.) The story is told from the perspectives of Mr. 600, the man who got Cassie into the industry, Mr. 72, an adopted 20-something who claims to be Cassie's son, Mr. 137, a TV has-been who hopes to jump-start his fading career with Cassie as his publicity stunt, and Sheila, Cassie's assistant.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> It's a quick read, yet can be slow at times. I dug the narrative style and how information was delivered in snippets by each character. Definitely worth the read due to intrigue, a very strange premise, Palahniuk's writing style, and various surprising tidbits about Marilyn Monroe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> You all know what this one's about. You've seen the movie, think Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden is soosuperhot/badass, and think Marla is absolutely insane (but she's totally relate-able, READ IT). The film is great. The novel is great.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> If for nothing else, just read this for the writing style. The screenwriter (Jim Uhls) did a great job at infusing Chuck's style and the fast-paced, insomniac ridden vibe that runs throughout the book and film. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Not to mention that it's filled with useful quotes to help start your next office revolution and possible Project Mayhem chapter. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> This book pisses me off and makes me want to barf. Is that what it's supposed to do? Is it a jab at angry feminists? Is it a jab at how women act towards men? Is it a jab at how men act towards women? Is it a jab at how men act in general?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> I want to smash the patriarchy, but at times, this book made me laugh out loud. It was candid, funny, and is the male version of my tongue-in-cheek diary. (Still pisses me off and makes me want to retch.) Also, you have to take a moment to look at the two women in the book and shake your head over how we let men influence us.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> RISE UP, LADIES! Read this book. This is the insider's handbook. </span>Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-24291283824460424082011-10-24T12:47:00.000-07:002011-10-24T12:47:50.300-07:00Rockin' Down the Highway<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Perfect for this blustery fall day! Enjoy!</span></div>Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-59967087967508100792011-09-26T13:13:00.000-07:002011-09-26T13:13:05.539-07:00It's the First Week of Fall!<br />
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Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-83485599923992697412011-08-29T09:00:00.000-07:002011-08-29T09:00:08.253-07:00Youtube Porn<center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oiMZa8flyYY" width="560"></iframe></center><center>
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Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-79582995707875414942011-08-23T09:00:00.000-07:002011-08-23T09:00:00.365-07:00More Ganni Fall/Winter 2011 & a Rant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Looking at these makes me weep for my future business professional self. I hate dressing within the lines of what conservative homemaker's husbands have deemed as socially acceptable. All that comes to mind are bad Easter dresses and nude pantyhose. Oh Catholicism! How growing up near you but not in your inner-circle (thank God!) made me feel like a freak of nature at school functions in a tribal print puff-sleeved dress next to <a href="http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1SKPM_enUS421US421&q=little+girl+easter+dress&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1366&bih=643#um=1&hl=en&rlz=1C1SKPM_enUS421US421&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=easter+dress&pbx=1&oq=easter+dress&aq=f&aqi=g5g-m2&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=8979l9728l0l10043l5l4l0l0l0l1l250l683l1.1.2l4l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=42fd3c4c3fbefa47&biw=1366&bih=643">this</a>. But that's just how <i>I</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> feel. (Hello college!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> But then again, that <i>IS</i> all bullshit and maybe I'll just end up living in an apartment that I've decorated to look like Pee Wee's house in his Big Adventure and make crafts all day. All I can really say is to bring on the corduroy, wool, khaki, and chambray--your Easter dress will pale in comparison to <i>my</i> office kicks.</span><br />
Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-16176974849610557982011-08-22T08:53:00.000-07:002011-08-22T08:53:48.397-07:00There's Magic in the Music: Takagi Masakatsu<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After I saw this sweater by Ganni for their F/W 2011 collection I want to knit something similar in some really off color, like bright orange or a pastel purple. Some color I've never worn before.</span></div>
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Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-80505367747133507722011-08-08T11:42:00.000-07:002011-08-08T11:42:43.446-07:00Hardcore Girls<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I love M.I.A., and her girl Rye Rye is every bit as fly as my girl Maya.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I love the fuzzy, glowing light the fire gave to these photos.</span>Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-78182169420117861542011-07-24T23:52:00.000-07:002011-07-25T01:24:12.254-07:00Panoramas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> At the beginning of the summer I started reading <i>Lolita</i> and began a trend. A trend of reading books I found difficult and tedious to read, but loved after I finished them. (Don't let that stop you- it was an enrapturing read, it's merely Nabokov's narrator's style and the third quarter of the book is slow- which is necessary to the plot.) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> First off, <i>Lolita</i> was MORE than I had expected it would be. After its American publication in 1958, it remains a masterpiece. The writing is flawless, the story, incomparable. Not to mention the fact that it's written in Nabokov's second language, his first being Russian.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> We all pretty much know what <i>Lolita</i> is about. Humbert Humbert, our narrator, writes his story in the first person, referring to his audience as his "jury" in a hopeful attempt to set his story straight and atone for his sins. Humbert, a pedophile, falls for Dolores Haze--or as Humbert and the world lovingly refer to her, Lolita--the daughter of Charlotte Haze while living at their boarding house. The rest of the story follows Humbert and Lolita's relationship and travels throughout America.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> The best part of the novel, in my opinion, includes Nabokov's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">impeccable description of the American landscape during Humbert and Lolita's road trip across the country. Also, Nabokov's protagonist-as-villain set up is perfect. Creating an engrossing (and repulsing) read, truly a novel that cannot be put down.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Should you read it?</b>: In the words of <a href="http://www.dearcoketalk.com/post/4169858931/on-my-favorite-books">Coke Talk</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, "Duh."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> In the wake of an all-nighter spent cleaning my office and preparing for a two day trip to Virgina I decided to act on my urge to start this thing back up again and keep it going.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> I write this as I struggle to stay awake, knowing that in the event that I fall asleep, I'll become a raging monster fighting tooth and nail for sleep.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> So, I plan on taking a nap in the car, and (fingers crossed) having someone in the car wake me up by yelling something like, "FIRE!" or, "THE ALIENS HAVE LANDED AND ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN THEIR DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH!", or (most favorably) "OH MY GOD. ALEX TURNER AND KID CUDI ARE MAKING OUT ON THE MEDIAN WHILE PLAYING A DUET."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> You know, to get the adrenaline pumping.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> See you (God willing) later with posts on music, summer reading, and the things I've been sewing, knitting, and reading this summer.</span></div>Alainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488647624683443927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139790019230945863.post-79434827928912006072011-05-05T21:47:00.000-07:002011-05-05T21:47:19.519-07:00Because This Is My Sense of Humor & I Don't Care How You React<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm going to prom this weekend. To, you know, THE promenade.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Back to the genius! Arrested Development and Snooki allusions, Sarah Silverman, spray tans in the bathroom, and I Don't Understand Job is something me and I friends would do.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Girls, go grab your keyboards and say what you want. It's time you did.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> I'm a mess. I've been waking up so damn late, dashing off to school, and have been wearing my hair in its naturally wavy state. And I just got a wonderful haircut.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> In the midst of prom dress sewing madness I took a break to watch <i>Vicky Christina Barcelona</i>, which might actually be my favorite Woody Allen.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> When Penelope Cruz's character, Maria Elena, first graces the screen, wonderfully disheveled and woefully dispositioned, its love at first sight (at least in my mind).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> She's got your classic Penelope elements, mussed hair, perfect eyeliner-semi-dramatic yet wearable-and, ahem, low cut tops:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Part of me just wants to get over myself and grow my hair out like hers. Go all hippie and shit. But alas, how does one accrue such volume? Maybe lots of naps (in my dreams).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> When I'm able to tear my eyes away from Penelope's hat, all I can think about is how I want to sew up a shirt like Scarlett's. Oh man.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> In conclusion, her outfit here embodies exactly what I need to be going for. I'm constantly fighting with dressing the character that is me and trying to be comfortable in "normal" clothes. </span></div>
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