HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I was looking for fun Halloween images to post and I came across this flickr set: Halloween in the Time of Cholera, a collection of Halloween photos from the early 1900s. Some of them are really, really creepy.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy 214th Birthday John Keats!

Born October 31, 1795
Died February 23, 1821

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination."

Happy 113th Birthday Ruth Gordon!

Born October 30, 1896
Died August 28, 1985

"So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?"

Where the Wild Things Are - My Uncertain Review

I’ve been trying to collect my thoughts about Where the Wild Things Are since I saw it last week. The fact that I’m still thinking about it and mulling it over in my brain is a positive sign. I’ve even amended my first reaction which was "I never want to watch this again," to "Ok, maybe I NEED to watch this again."

I went in sure that I was going to love the film. The trailers alone filled me with so much happiness that I would tear up a little bit. Yes, I cry when I’m happy as well as when I’m sad. I retained my initial positive attitude as the film began but it soon started spiraling downward as the film progressed. By the end I was a wreck: crying, depressed, disappointed. I’m still kind of angry that Spike Jonze chose to tell the story in such a gloomy way that I was not left buoyed by it at all, but rather deflated.

I get what he was trying to do. I understand completely what his intent was and I even admire his determination. But what’s wrong with a little bit of happiness? What’s wrong with a little bit of joy? Every time those emotions peeked through in the film, they were quickly choked back by jealousy, mean spiritedness, and loneliness. Ugh.

Things I liked:

Max Records - the kid is incredible and he carries the film firmly on his strong, little shoulders.
The look of the film – everything was absolutely freaking gorgeous: cinematography, the use of light, set design, the creatures, props, everything. There were scenes that made my heart ache they were so beautiful.
The music – I have the soundtrack by "Karen O and the Kids" and it’s wonderful. The music taken on its own gives me the feeling that I wanted the film itself to give me.
The voice actors – these actors contributed stunning voice work for the wild things and it was a seamless transition from the expressions in their voices to the physical expressiveness of the creatures.

In the end, I still don’t know how I feel about the film. I wanted to love it, but I didn’t. I never thought of Sendak’s book as being a sad story but Spike Jonze gave us a sad film. The film captured my imagination with its unique visual beauty, but it didn’t capture my heart.

Art I Love

Love
Gustav Klimt, 1895

Inglourious Basterds - My Review

I finally went to see Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. I like Tarantino films. I have no problem with their violence or their wordiness. In fact, I rather love the wordiness. I especially love it when all those words are spoken by fantastic actors like Christoph Waltz and Brad Pitt.

From the opening scene when Christoph Waltz as S.S. Col. Hans Landa, AKA The Jew Hunter, sits down with a dairy farmer and with calm charm and twinkling eyes, hypnotically talks and talks the farmer into revealing what Landa wants to know, I knew exactly what I was in for and I was excited. Essentially the film was just successive talky vignettes of such fun and witty dialogue that it could have gone on forever and I wouldn't have noticed. I was shocked once the film was over to find that it had run two and a half hours.

Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine, the head of an elite, semi-rogue group of Jewish-American Nazi killing soldiers, using Apache tactics to terrorize the Germans, was a hoot. He obviously savored every word Tarantino gave him and delivered his lines with humor, vigor, and a devilish wink of his eye. I'd like an Inglourious Basterds spin off where Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine is the main character and appears in every scene. And throw in a romantic entanglement. I'd love to see how this guy woos a woman.

Also enjoyable were the femme fatales of this film played by Melanie Laurent and Diane Kruger. Over the years Tarantino has become more and more adept at writing strong, capable women and these two were a joy to see onscreen.

Athough the film did have its share of gruesome images (scalpings, beatings, gunshot wounds, etc.) typical of a Tarantino film, it also had a good amount of tension created by uncomfortable silences, slips of the tongue and crafty conversation. I was often on the edge of my seat during the labyrinthine conversations that permeated the film waiting in fear for whatever reveal was coming and I didn't miss the bang bang violence in the least.

All in all Inglourious Basterds was an alternative reality WWII film filled with witty dialogue, biting satire, enough film references to satisfy any film geek, and fantastic performances by actors obviously having a blast.

Not a bad way to spend two and a half hours at the movies.

I want to see this.

TATTOO BEDDING

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What if your mom won’t let you have the tattoo bedding set that you want? I can’t say that I’m surprised to hear from some of the girls who come here for bedroom decorating advice that their mothers pulled the plug on their projects when they realized that their daughters were leaning toward skull bedding and the like.

This style of decor does take a little bit of getting used to if you can my drift. There’s not a lot I can do if your parents have really put their foot down and said that there will be no tattoo bedding for you, young lady.


But what I can do is point out some cute comforter sets that offer a bit of a compromise like the Hello Kitty tattoo bedding set for teen girls or a pretty bedding with teal blue birds on it and soft inspirational words like “Beautiful” and “Love” printed on banners floating over hot pink hearts on a field of white. You might even find butterflies on tattoo bedding and sheet sets if you try hard enough.

With some compromise, the distance between tattoo bedding Sets and tween girls bedroom decorating ideas can start to diminish before our very eyes!

The best residential design with tree landscaping

The best residential design with tree landscaping, its combining a great architecture with nice ideas design so it create very fascinating residential design. Second floor integrated, design plants, Modern exterior design,Grey Painted and fresh air guaranteed cause this residential located at a valley of mountain.

Modern Bungalow residential exterior design

This picture give you a guiding to build a bungalow residential with modern design. There is park as landscaping in front the bungalow, cross to one bungalow to another there is a border by garden so there is no limited border view. The architect design is almost the same from one to the other bungalow design.

Modern Home Remodeling with Contemporary Architect

Modern Home Remodeling with Contemporary Architect
From the outside this house look like elegant but before remodeling and renovation it look not more than an ordinal house. Architecture designer created a new house with a calm color.

Elizabethan Styled Fashion Editorial

This fashion spread is amazingly beautiful.

Dazed & Confused Magazine, November 2009
Styled by Kate Shillingford
Photographed by William Selden
Hair: Raphael Salley
Makeup: Anami Nishimura
Model: Katlin Aas

I found this spread on one of my favorite blogs: Tom & Lorenzo (click here). Go to their post to see who the designer is for each piece of clothing used in these shots and images of the pieces when they initially debuted on the runway.

Photo I Love

Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor
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Bungalow Exterior after wall renovation

Bungalow Exterior after wall renovation
Exterior oh home design is the most important keyword of house design, like the wall, paint, trim, door, etc. But from the all things wall and paint dominate factor.the wall like picture above created in many shape to shown the beauty of house design, The wall had painted with calm color make the house look like elegant and classy.

Exterior Home Improvement with new paint

Exterior home improvement with white new painted will give a new atmosphere and nuances. Before starting the paint its better for you to check the home condition and if there is broke we have to make home renovation first, after that home design to create home style that we want make. Modern exterior home will created after we improve the house with new color .

ED HARDY SKULL BEDDING SETS

SKULL BEDDING AND DECOR


In case this fact has managed to escape you as it did me for a bit; Ed Hardy skull bedding is unbelievably cool. I know that those of you who come here for girls’ bedroom decorating ideas on a regular basis are more than likely scratching your heads and wondering what is up with that because I have raved about other cute skull bedding sets more than a few times in the past.

Well, what’s up is that Ed Hardy skull bedding is not your usual pink skull comforter set nor is it similar to the colorful collections decorated with hearts and guitars that I used on a project a while back. Hey, this same designer had a set called "Ghost" that had lots of color that was fun to work with a background in an interesting shade of aqua blue.

But the Tanya collection is where gothic bedding and decor meet French toile. SERIOUSLY, if you don’t get too close and don’t inspect the comforter too closely the navy blue and white print will remind you of toile fabric. Certainly it's not something that granny would want in her room (unless she is one funky granny!), but certainly something fun and unusual to consider for a teen that prefers a less complicated color scheme.

Return to Girls Ed Hardy Skull Bedding Sets and Bedroom Decorating Ideas to find more of my thoughts on unusual comforter sets that I come across.

Happy 92nd Birthday Joan Fontaine!

Born October 22, 1917
(And still kicking!!)

"I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan."

Happy 66th Birthday Catherine Deneuve!

Born October 22, 1943

"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."

Teenage nieces, Drew Barrymore, and Whip It!

My niece, Kylie, is almost fourteen. Scary. She is doing very teenage-y things now like refusing to go outside the house without makeup on, giving occasional major attitude to her parents, texting her girlfriends incessantly, and talking to boys.

Over the years it’s been nice to have a young niece because whenever there was a great kids’ movie that I wanted to see I could take her: Corpse Bride, A Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D, Lemony Snicket, Bridge to Terabithia, The Golden Compass, Speed Racer, Kung Fu Panda, and Coraline just to name a few. Plus it’s a nice bonding activity for just me and my niece. I get to be the cool aunt who takes her to the movies and buys her soda, popcorn, and whatever candy she wants. But. . .but. . .but. . .she’s not a kid anymore. Soon I’m going to have to start turning to my much younger niece Hailey (she’s not even four yet, still too young for movies) to see all the cartoons.

Although Kylie is growing up, it doesn’t mean we can’t go to the movies anymore, we just have to see different movies now. This past Sunday we went to see our first grown up movie together: Whip It! I pretty much grew up loving Drew Barrymore and from E.T. to Firestarter, Poison Ivy to Mad Love , Never Been Kissed to Charlie's Angels, Little Girl Lost to flashing her boobs at Letterman, Guess? model to Cover Girl model, actor to producer to director, I've watched her through all her highs and lows. In fact, I have been very eager to support her in her directorial debut and saddened by the lack of support from the rest of America. Drew is practically a national treasure, why won't people go out and see her movie??

Anyway, a colorful comedy about kick ass roller derby girls featuring a really cute boy was a perfect choice for Kylie and me to go see! It wasn't the best movie ever made, but we enjoyed it. It was cute and sweet and had a positive girl power message: be your own hero. I was glad to see that Ellen Page can transcend her Juno character; I didn’t get an even slightly Juno feeling from her in this. And Marcia Gay Harden elevates any movie she’s in. I didn’t buy nerdy Daniel Stern as some Texas hillbilly though. He looked perfectly ridiculous in a cowboy hat. The roller girls were all fabulous, especially Juliette Lewis as the "villain." The actual derby sequences could have been a bit more exciting. I’ve been to live roller derby in Los Angeles and it is amped up about 20 times more than what came across onscreen. But the film was still fun and luckily there were no sex scenes to have to watch with Kylie - I'm not ready for that awkwardness yet!

Hopefully Hollywood will continue to make these kinds of women empowerment, fun and frolicy films for me to take my now teenage niece to see! But not if we don't support these films and filmmakers! Go see Whip It right now!

AC Sprain

I apologize for the delay between blog posts. It's been a hectic couple of weeks. Keeping with the theme of discussing current football injuries, I thought it would be good to talk about AC sprains. The acromioclavicular joint is the articulation between the distal end of the clavicle and the acromion process of the scapula. It is a critical link in proper functioning of the shoulder complex. Anytime you move your shoulder, the clavicle moves with it. The common term for an AC sprain is a "seperated" shoulder, because of the seperation that occurs between the two bones. This can be a very painful and debiliating injury, especially for a quaterback. This injury commonly occurs from falling on an outstretched hand, or by landing direclty on the joint. In Sam Bradford's case, he landed directly on the AC joint during the BYU game, and again this past weekend against Texas. Because the AC joint is very superficial, it is not easy to protect with padding. It is even harder for a quarterback to rehabilitate from this injury because of the throwing motion. Depending on the severity of the injury, players can be out anywhere from a few days to a few months, if surgery is required to repair the ligaments.

Fun Fact: The Coracoacromial ligament actually connects to the same bone, the acromion process and coracoid process of the scaupula. Almost all ligaments connect two different bones together.
Fun Fact 2: One way to test for damage to the AC joint is to press down on the clavicle. If the clavicle "pops up" more than the non-injured side, then the person may have an AC sprain. This popping up of the clavicle is referred to as the "piano key" sign.

Photo I Love

Walter Huston as Mr. Scratch in The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941
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Yellow apartment interior Designs

The way Interior Designer Janie Hirsch often use one color scheme throughout a whole house, really fascinate me! Look at these gorgeous Yello apartment interiors.

Yellow interior design - Yellow homes

Yellow Dining Room

Modern and Inspirational Dining Room Designs

This time she has used a soft shade of yellow which she has combined with both white and dark stained wood:

• Yellow apartment interior Designs
• New Italian Furniture Collection
• Luxury interior

Classic dining room with chandelier and a bouquet of white tulips.

Yellow Kitchen

Kitchen Cabinets Design - AID kitchen islands

The kitchen is very modern with stainless steel appliances.

Yellow apartment interior

Minimalist apartment interior decorating ideas

• Modern Bathroom Vanities
• Italian Beds Collection - Bedroom Designs

But further into the room is the classic styles kitchen dining area. Cute blinds.

Yellow apartment interior with Fireplace

Fireplace - Luxury interiors

The living room is in an open plan solution with the kitchen as far as I can tell. Take a look at that mirror!

Yellow Bedroom

Even the bedroom is yellow. Bedroom idea: hang a curtain behind the bed to create a draped fond wall. And instead of a bench at the end of your bed, why not place you desk?

You can see the rest of the photos from this all-yellow home at Janie Hirsch’s website!

Colorful Home Decor - An Italian Apartment

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Happy 51st Birthday Viggo Mortensen!

Born October 20, 1958

"We each have only a limited amount of time here. We have to do more with it--pay attention, explore, be open to all of life. Because we have only one chance, we have to make life seem longer than it really is."

Living Room Wallpapers - Apartment wallpapers

Apartment wallpapers

Return of the wallpaper decoration
Osborne & Little : Featuring fabric from Walk in the Park, Kediri Silk, Lomond Wools, Serengeti and Stanza. Wallpaper features Dulwich Stripe and Richmond.
Luxury Interior Decoration with wallpapers

In one room at a large area walls (+ ceilings). Accordingly, it is so great and their role in shaping the style and quality of the interior. The color combination, the idea incorporated in the coatings of the walls, forming the first impression of an area. Furniture in need thereof a suitable background and supporting them, otherwise we will not be far away from the interior of the store are beautiful, fashionable and expensive furniture.

Living room wallpapers
Luxury Yachts - Picture Gallery and Wallpapers
Osborne & Little : Featuring fabric and wallpaper from Folia and Papilio Plains 2 collections Living room Sofa
Featuring fabric from Serang Silks and Papilio Plains 2
Curtains

Similar Room Decoration Design Wallpapers

Modern high-tech manufacturing gives us the opportunity to put in rooms similar to ourselves - to produce costumes for the rooms of several parts - wallpaper, curtains, fabrics, carpets and some accessories, developed a serial of one producer, a designer, even the manufacturer can is branded and designer - even a star. In the room, dressed in this way, they stood in a stylish and absolutely uninteresting, simple furniture. Do not even need to be new, just add a few pillows with patterns of the wallpaper - and ready.
Apartment wallpapers and curtains
Nina Campbell : Featuring fabrics from the Belzoro collection
Curtains Ideas and Pictures
Lorca : Featuring fabric and wallpaper from the Imperia and Flaminia collections
Featuring fabric and wallpaper from Stanza collections
Osborne & Little : Featuring fabric from Vintage Silks collection
Elegant Mosaic Wallpaper from Trend

Wallpaper borders - decorate your kitchenSmall Kitchens - Space Tips
Featuring wallpaper and fabrics from Stanza collections
Nina Campbell : Featuring wallpaper from Perroquet collection and fabric from Perroquet, Bovary Chenille and Peruzzi
painting over wallpapers - wallpaper ideas
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