I was just pissed off with this movie. I've been wanting to see it for some time, I liked the trailer, I thought Matthew Goode's character the lead Oirish male was funny and Amy Adams character annoying as hell. I invested an hour of my time watching mediocre at best crap. I've seen this movie before, I've seen it in other movies and even Laws of Attraction (yes the not much known Pierce Brosnan Julianne Moore shit) and I never thought I'd be thinking do you know Monster in Law was actually alright.
I liked the two leads performance, I have really liked Amy Adams since Junebug, yeah I'm a movie swat I have no shame I will name drop like a pretentious bee and Matthew Goode has an easy but classy quality I like, like a fine wine.
WHICH MOTHER FUCKER WROTE THE SCRIPT FOR LEAP YEAR?! I loved the premise of the movie. Losing control, what are your NEEDS in life? Adams's character wants to make the most of herself. She flies to Ireland to propose to her one dimensional boyfriend. She spends three quarters of the movie trying to get to him. And Goode's character is helping her. And falling in love with her. Well we could tell from the trailer, but I wanted to see their journey. I was also interested in his past too. I'm making it sound deep and human but any things of romance, love, CHARGE, was let down by the script which was DIRE and STUPID series of events like that pub brawl when he 's rescuing her (God just leave it at the rescue, that was quite gorgeous).
One thing I can say about the movie is the kiss in the middle of the movie was alright. But again, that's the two leads.I could literally imagine him being soft and firm with her at that moment and clearly actors who knows their screen kisses can convey that without making silly noises.
The Irish land is of course gorgeous and the movie portrays Irish people as peasants. Let's not beat around the bush.
Arnand Tucker directed this and he did Shopgirl, Hilary and Jackie and When Did You Last See Your Father. Movies that have soul.
I'm going to have to leave it at this and not put a picture up for this movie because it does not deserve one in my opinion. One bloody star because I liked it in the movie when he called her idea "poo." Alright one extra star for her shoes.
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Body talk.
Sorry for the lame title.
I started changing my diet a week ago. I'm not overweight, I'm not underweight either and weight is something I have to watch mainly due to the fact that I have a minor condition since very early childhood which means any pressure on my heart is more fatal to me than to someone who does not have my condition. But, I love watching what I eat. Even when I get tempted. A warm, gooey pizza. *swoon* If I'm eating out with people that's probably what I will have, but instead if having the diet coke and pizza, I will take one with a salad option which means less pizza and I'll get olives and water. I know this is sickening but I see no problem in being a goody two shoes who wants to be in the best health she can be. I want my body to be controlled, like a machine, to be able to do things, to push it. For me having a fun life, is doing what you want and doing what you want is exploring your abilities. There are all sorts of people who fancy themselves as psychiatrists especially on the internet and I couldn't care less if I have self worth issues or esteem issues or my mum is actually my dad issues. If I have to prove myself to myself, so be it.
This is the life I want. And I believe in living the life you want and live and let live. If someone wants to have two pizzas, two colas and fries whilst I savour the taste of each lettuce leaf, then I am happy to be in their company. There are too many cliches and yes some rules are true but each indvidual has so many things going on in their body. I'm lucky, my body has the ability to bounce back from anything, a bruise, too much bread, I can lose weight easily and I control my stomach weight which is a mother fucker to control. But the person sitting next t me, bigger, smaller, may not be able to . And in turn, I'm not that flexible. I knew a girl who was bigger than me and she could do amazing cartwheels. I'd cry my bones and muscles out if I ever did one. So it's all about how you use your body. Don't let anyone tell you what your body can and can't do. I'm not saying that I expect anyone who is severely overweight or underweight to leap over me and land on their boobs without hurting them, I know the basics of the human body but I'm not one of those people who can't see past the basics.
There is pleasure to be gained by using your body. I never thought there would be. I'm all about the reading, writing, the mind (dur) and even when i was young I used to admire athletes and tennis players, and I was a plump beautiful little child, so I could admire them and play tennis till sunset, but I never looked at them to change my weight. Until I changed my whole lifestyle, went out for two hour walks, did the chores the same every day, started "belly" "dancing" (quote marks nec when you really aren't belly dancing so much as er, flailing/isolating certain limbs) AND replaced bread and potatoes with more fruit and evil carrots, cut out desserts, until I actually changed my lifestyle fully, I had shit metabolism and I was always solid looking. Now I'm not and it amazes me that I did something and it worked. It gave me hope and it gave two fingers to the nay sayers and there are plenty of those around.
I started changing my diet a week ago. I'm not overweight, I'm not underweight either and weight is something I have to watch mainly due to the fact that I have a minor condition since very early childhood which means any pressure on my heart is more fatal to me than to someone who does not have my condition. But, I love watching what I eat. Even when I get tempted. A warm, gooey pizza. *swoon* If I'm eating out with people that's probably what I will have, but instead if having the diet coke and pizza, I will take one with a salad option which means less pizza and I'll get olives and water. I know this is sickening but I see no problem in being a goody two shoes who wants to be in the best health she can be. I want my body to be controlled, like a machine, to be able to do things, to push it. For me having a fun life, is doing what you want and doing what you want is exploring your abilities. There are all sorts of people who fancy themselves as psychiatrists especially on the internet and I couldn't care less if I have self worth issues or esteem issues or my mum is actually my dad issues. If I have to prove myself to myself, so be it.
This is the life I want. And I believe in living the life you want and live and let live. If someone wants to have two pizzas, two colas and fries whilst I savour the taste of each lettuce leaf, then I am happy to be in their company. There are too many cliches and yes some rules are true but each indvidual has so many things going on in their body. I'm lucky, my body has the ability to bounce back from anything, a bruise, too much bread, I can lose weight easily and I control my stomach weight which is a mother fucker to control. But the person sitting next t me, bigger, smaller, may not be able to . And in turn, I'm not that flexible. I knew a girl who was bigger than me and she could do amazing cartwheels. I'd cry my bones and muscles out if I ever did one. So it's all about how you use your body. Don't let anyone tell you what your body can and can't do. I'm not saying that I expect anyone who is severely overweight or underweight to leap over me and land on their boobs without hurting them, I know the basics of the human body but I'm not one of those people who can't see past the basics.
There is pleasure to be gained by using your body. I never thought there would be. I'm all about the reading, writing, the mind (dur) and even when i was young I used to admire athletes and tennis players, and I was a plump beautiful little child, so I could admire them and play tennis till sunset, but I never looked at them to change my weight. Until I changed my whole lifestyle, went out for two hour walks, did the chores the same every day, started "belly" "dancing" (quote marks nec when you really aren't belly dancing so much as er, flailing/isolating certain limbs) AND replaced bread and potatoes with more fruit and evil carrots, cut out desserts, until I actually changed my lifestyle fully, I had shit metabolism and I was always solid looking. Now I'm not and it amazes me that I did something and it worked. It gave me hope and it gave two fingers to the nay sayers and there are plenty of those around.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Thought this was quite fun and important too.
15 books I would go back to in an instant.
None of the books below are fillers including my erotica ebooks, they are as valued as the more classic novels. I respect a lot of authors and that includes the late Dickens, Hardy, Austen, Plath, playwright Shakespeare but I am into the books below more these days.
1. Story of O by Pauline Reage
2.Into The Wild by Jon Krakeur
3.Secretary, a short story from Bad Behaviour by Mary Gaitskill
4.Catcher In The Rye by Holden Caulfield (I actually meant JD Salinger)
5.To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6.Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas
7.Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
8.On The Road by Jack Kerouac
9.Marie Antoinette A Journey by Antonia Fraser
10.Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
11.As She's Told by Anneke Jacob
12.Sweet Caroline by Lissa Matthews
13. Do As I Say by Penn Halligan
14. Stripped Bare by Lena Matthews
15 The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
16. Though I wouldn't put this one last, I'd HAVE to add At Her Captain's Command. It was this short erotic story I read which was actually explosive to me. I re read that one so many times I lost count.
None of the books below are fillers including my erotica ebooks, they are as valued as the more classic novels. I respect a lot of authors and that includes the late Dickens, Hardy, Austen, Plath, playwright Shakespeare but I am into the books below more these days.
1. Story of O by Pauline Reage
2.Into The Wild by Jon Krakeur
3.Secretary, a short story from Bad Behaviour by Mary Gaitskill
4.Catcher In The Rye by Holden Caulfield (I actually meant JD Salinger)
5.To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6.Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas
7.Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
8.On The Road by Jack Kerouac
9.Marie Antoinette A Journey by Antonia Fraser
10.Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
11.As She's Told by Anneke Jacob
12.Sweet Caroline by Lissa Matthews
13. Do As I Say by Penn Halligan
14. Stripped Bare by Lena Matthews
15 The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
16. Though I wouldn't put this one last, I'd HAVE to add At Her Captain's Command. It was this short erotic story I read which was actually explosive to me. I re read that one so many times I lost count.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Well hello.
I haven't written on here for some time. There are times when I want to put finger to keyboard and just go crazy. I mean shoot off, fingers pressing the wrong keys because you just can't stop for a second, what's on mind has to go out here. I don't have a problem with that but I do have a problem with what is on my mind.
I'm stronger than the behaviour of some people. That's what a lot of my previous posts were about; people, how they affected me. I have tried with them and in the past month, due to a big, brilliant, ongoing experience in my life, I know I am my own woman when it comes to the outside world, by that I mean my heart, brain, it's not theirs.
So what I give out to them, I should be careful of, I should choose, I should see who is listening and ignore the rest. There are times when you ask why? What? You can't always reach out. I have no desire to be friends with everyone and whilst I am shy, I do not tip toe around, I have something to say and I say it. The difference is saying it FIRMLY. That can be done in such a way that it doesn't upset you and you don't think it has upset them. Some people will say they are upset, they aren't always but they'll say they are.
I learnt that I need to take a breath, remember who I am, not to lose myself.
I'm not acting or acting out and I won't. There are people I have niggles with and I will confront them sooner or later rather than writing about them on here. I think it's now best for me to try that route. Not that I haven't had confrontation before, but I think it takes practice to become better equipped at it. It doesn't mean war, fighting, it means peace, diplomatic questions and answers. I never expected any closure, clarity, anything to be resolved but I did get emotional before. For other people's behaviour, I asked what's wrong with ME? Well, guess what, whatever is "wrong" with me, is part of my humanity.
Peace. To just be civil as much as you can as well as firm whilst you are living.
I'm stronger than the behaviour of some people. That's what a lot of my previous posts were about; people, how they affected me. I have tried with them and in the past month, due to a big, brilliant, ongoing experience in my life, I know I am my own woman when it comes to the outside world, by that I mean my heart, brain, it's not theirs.
So what I give out to them, I should be careful of, I should choose, I should see who is listening and ignore the rest. There are times when you ask why? What? You can't always reach out. I have no desire to be friends with everyone and whilst I am shy, I do not tip toe around, I have something to say and I say it. The difference is saying it FIRMLY. That can be done in such a way that it doesn't upset you and you don't think it has upset them. Some people will say they are upset, they aren't always but they'll say they are.
I learnt that I need to take a breath, remember who I am, not to lose myself.
I'm not acting or acting out and I won't. There are people I have niggles with and I will confront them sooner or later rather than writing about them on here. I think it's now best for me to try that route. Not that I haven't had confrontation before, but I think it takes practice to become better equipped at it. It doesn't mean war, fighting, it means peace, diplomatic questions and answers. I never expected any closure, clarity, anything to be resolved but I did get emotional before. For other people's behaviour, I asked what's wrong with ME? Well, guess what, whatever is "wrong" with me, is part of my humanity.
Peace. To just be civil as much as you can as well as firm whilst you are living.
Monday, 6 September 2010
Hey there. I have an update on my Jack Kerouac project.
The intentions behind the documentary are to illustrate Kerouac's origins and how it affected his mature lit like On The Road of which there is a movie adaptation in production. Francis Ford Coppolla is producing the movie which stars Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund and Viggo Mortensen. It would be interesting to see how they interpret one of Jack Kerouac's masterpieces and in making our documentary it would give audiences the chance to also know the man behind all this.
http://www.indiegogo.com/Home-Ill-Never-Be-Jack-Kerouac-and-Lowell
http://www.indiegogo.com/Home-Ill-Never-Be-Jack-Kerouac-and-Lowell
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
"Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth."
I read something yesterday, about living on the outside, about being isolated, about living in your bubble or cell. It's funny but in that I find liberation. Freedom comes from knowing what I want and going after it, nervous, fearful, terrified perhaps.
I've been ignoring people, being a quiet woman, perhaps rude to most. I've been thinking a lot about what I want. I orignally typed what it was but actually, why should I say. But in this thing that I want, I get pushed. I want to be pushed, don't take me as I am when I don't know what I could be. I want to be presented for the sake of being used. Now take what you want from that word. It's as simplistic or deep as you make it. I can be all different things on the outside but inside, ME, that hasn't gone anywhere. Ultimately I want the simple life. Basic. I have possessions but you can take them away from me. Yes, even technology. I don't have an interest in gadgets, in buying small things, I think they look nice and pretty but nice and pretty is just that to me. I'm interested and single mindedly so nowadays in being the woman in the corner who doesn't say or do anything but to survive basically and have a few laughs, much like how I was when I was a child, and going into, reading and writing literature, films and erotica.
I've always wanted to be institutionalised in some way. I used to think it was to make friends but it's actually because I love something about it. Safety? Conformity? Belonging? The day it becomes about that, that's the day I quit the instituition. I want truth, more than love, pleasure (money, faith, fame- mean bullshit to me) and truth comes from where there is honesty. There's too much shallowness in this world for honesty and honesty doesn't come from anything bad, it comes from a good place.
"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."— Chris McCandless
I've been ignoring people, being a quiet woman, perhaps rude to most. I've been thinking a lot about what I want. I orignally typed what it was but actually, why should I say. But in this thing that I want, I get pushed. I want to be pushed, don't take me as I am when I don't know what I could be. I want to be presented for the sake of being used. Now take what you want from that word. It's as simplistic or deep as you make it. I can be all different things on the outside but inside, ME, that hasn't gone anywhere. Ultimately I want the simple life. Basic. I have possessions but you can take them away from me. Yes, even technology. I don't have an interest in gadgets, in buying small things, I think they look nice and pretty but nice and pretty is just that to me. I'm interested and single mindedly so nowadays in being the woman in the corner who doesn't say or do anything but to survive basically and have a few laughs, much like how I was when I was a child, and going into, reading and writing literature, films and erotica.
I've always wanted to be institutionalised in some way. I used to think it was to make friends but it's actually because I love something about it. Safety? Conformity? Belonging? The day it becomes about that, that's the day I quit the instituition. I want truth, more than love, pleasure (money, faith, fame- mean bullshit to me) and truth comes from where there is honesty. There's too much shallowness in this world for honesty and honesty doesn't come from anything bad, it comes from a good place.
"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."— Chris McCandless
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
You can't touch this. HI!
http://expressyourkink.blogspot.com/2010/08/hey-honeys.html
I'd post more but am a bit tired really! (cos I used this thing called my brain today as opposed to just my big fat sex appeal *snort).
http://www.indiegogo.com/Home-Ill-Never-Be-Jack-Kerouac-and-Lowell?i=pite
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