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Bubble hem Blue Dot Print Matte Jersey Dress
Hey, this could hide all of my "problem" areas
ES One of One

Yellow and Tan Bear- Eco Friendly Plush
I am not yet too old for stuffed animals thank you very much.
Stitch Face

Lost in Austen

I am not as fanatical a fan of Jane Austen and her “Pride and Prejudice” as some are, but I am up there. With a collection of her works and as many movie adaptations as I can get my hands on, I can say that I am without a doubt an admirer. “Pride and Prejudice” being my favorite, I read it for the first time when I was in high school and I was lost in the romance. Now, there are multiple reproductions and continuations of this story and many of them flat out suck, however I have found many hours of enjoyment watching modern versions of the story, hell, there is a Bollywood adaptation for crying out loud. But what Lost in Austen does is take every woman’s dream of being part of the best loved story and makes it a reality for one Hammersmith girl.

Amanda Price is as much a fan of the story as one can be before they begin dressing in period clothing and getting institutionalized. She prefers staying at home and reading her favorite story to going out with her friends and her unfortunately un-Darcy like boyfriend. When one night she hears a commotion in her loo and upon investigation, she finds a young woman in Edwardian garb babbling about a secret door and claiming to be Elizabeth Bennet. When Elizabeth shows Amanda the door that leads to the upper most part of the Bennet household, she finds herself trapped at the very beginning of the novel and Elizabeth living in 21st century London. Amanda finds trust in Mr. Bennet and dislike from the marriage minded Mrs. Bennet who makes it clear that Amanda is not wanted.

Amanda does what she can to make sure the story progresses as it should even though Elizabeth is missing but finds it more difficult than she thought when Mr. Bingly becomes attracted to her instead. Attempting to force the story right, Amanda only finds that she makes it worse and alters the lives of her most loved characters.

Lost in Austen was a miniseries that aired late last year on some station I obviously do not have, and instantly gained high viewing numbers. Which is no wonder, every woman would love to switch places with Elizabeth and what Amanda Price gives us, is the opportunity to see what it would be like to live this dream. I am biased in my opinion I am afraid, I loved this series and find that I can’t wait to get home to watch it again.

Daily Memory

"You'll get ink poisoning!" I'm sure everyone has hear these words spoken by their mother at least once while growing up. It usually follows the surprise when you come walking through the house with dark blue ball point scribbles all over your arms. I heard it a lot surprisingly enough and even knew it was a load of rubbish, but I will say that it left an indelible impression on me.

When I was very young and my sister was even younger, my father had gone to Mexico for work or to run drugs and came back with a gift for each of us. The gift was a simple ball point pen that was encased in a wooden shaft with a matching wood sombrero at the top. I treasured this pen and loved the painted designs on it. But what I remember most is entering my baby sister's room who was no older than two at the time, and she was standing shirtless drawing furious little squiggles on her chest. I looked at her in surprise and suddenly my mother popped out of my mouth when I pointed and cried "You're going to get ink poisoning!"

the good, the bad, THE UGLY

If you find that nothing gets your pulse pounding like anthropomorphic visions of the animal kingdom but you are too timid to commit to the pejorative title of being a "furry". You can purchase a modest felt hat so you can at least be your favorite winged creature as well as keep your ears warm.

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Audrey floral necklace- snow white.
I think my boyfriend should buy this for me...
Babette World

Daily Food Journal
For my new obsession
Using Talents For Him

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's BliTZ
Aw fuck it, I need to buy this bad boy
Amazon

Saint Ange

Also known as House of Voices, this was an instant stream movie I found on Netflix. Being the fan that I am of the supernatural movie, I threw it into the queue. It was similar to The Other’s in atmosphere, however the story was dull and senseless and only achieved in puzzling the viewer instead of scaring them. I believe that the main reason for this lack of story was due mostly to the fact that they hired my toaster over to write the script. With barely a line spoken, it is no wonder that by the time the credits rolled you were left not understanding the story.

It’s 1958, and a young girl who looks an awful lot like Natalie Portman gets off a bus in the French Alps to begin work as a house cleaner in an orphanage. When Anna arrives at Saint Ange Orphanage, there is no explanation why the children are getting packed onto other busses and leaving the orphanage except the assumption that an adoption faire must be going on and it’s a “Buy One, Get One” extravaganza. So now the building is empty with the exception of the cook and Judith, a teenage nut bag who nobody wanted.

Anyway, again, all in silence, we see Anne unwrap an ace bandage from around her waist and find that this bitch is knocked up. And before you get excited that there will be a back story for Anna, there isn’t, you never find out who she is, where she came from and what is up with the whole bun in the oven thing. Anna spends a total of two scenes cleaning before her pregnancy is discovered by the cook and we spend the rest of the movie silently watching her look at things. Within this pantomime of a movie, we can deduce that Anne has uncovered a conspiracy within the orphanage in regards to the crop of kids that shipped in during the war and eventually died and left us Judith, the buck toothed basket case.

With Judith’s help, I use this term loosely, Anne embarks on uncovering the mystery behind what really killed these kids. My guess is boredom.

It is anybody’s guess what that the bloody hell this movie is about. In a desperate attempt to understand this story, I went so low as to read the message board on IMDB for this movie. It appears that they too are attempting to write the story that wasn’t written. The general consensus is that there must have been a lot of acid in the water because Anne was tripping balls and hallucinating everything. I am all for symbolism in a movie, but when your best guess comes down to the fact that the writer/director believes he is far too brilliant to be bothered with any semblance of a cohesive story I feel compelled to flip this movie the bird and pass it off as my own hallucination. Bloody French.

the good, THE BAD, the ugly

I have often been accused of having been raised in a barn, however I fear that I would only be insulted if I was accused of shopping in one. So it leaves me to wonder what the genius behind naming this mecca of mom jeans, stirrup pants and shoulder pads actually was by allowing you to shop in a building named for an area where a horse shits.

Could be worse, they could have opted for their second idea in opening the A Hair in your Sandwich diner.

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Rini
Help, I am drooling
Neiko Designs

Quarantine

Ahhhhh! I had my toes curled the entire time this movie was on. I actually had to pause it to walk about the house to relax. I can’t say this was a great movie, but it did what it set out to do. It created the feeling of being trapped with the characters in a quarantined building where a virus is spreading that acts like rabies but affects the host in minutes not months. If zombies were to exist, this would be how it happens.

The movie cuts right to it, forgoing credits and a fun introductory musical number and focuses on Angela, a reporter for some random LA television show which takes a look at “The Night Shift”. That evening, she and her camera man who will rarely be seen and I believe supposed to basically represent us since we see the action from his lens are spending the evening with the fire department. A few flubbed introduction takes and Angela goes in to the station and is introduced to the two men she will be shadowing, Fletcher and Jakes. For the first few hours they take a tour, poke at things, play hoops and partake in some flirty banter when the alarm goes off and we rush to the truck.

When they arrive at the apartment building, several cops are there already and it is explained that the call came in for a medical emergency. The landlord called in due to the fact that some old bitch in the building had been screaming her ass off all night but is now silent. The shit hits the fan when the door is unlocked and the firemen and officers enter the room and standing there is a salivating and growling granny who goes right for the officers neck and gives it a bit of a chew. Shortly after, Fletcher is attacked and thrown from the balcony. Taking the injured men who unbeknownst to the occupant are seriously fucked and will not be recovering, into the back of the building. Just like an LA apartment to house a textile sweat shop.

When they try to get help, the doors and windows become sealed and a wide range of guys in black with heavy artillery show up at every possible point of escape and communication has been cut making everyone’s expensive cell phone nothing more than something to throw at someone’s head. Luckily one tenant is a veterinarian and luckily the symptoms are similar to rabies, but the bad news is, rabies cannot be cured once symptoms start to show themselves which appears to be within moments of obtaining a bite from someone infected.

When the CDC arrive to collect brain and blood samples, a victim of the virus attacks and quickly they lose control of the situation and it becomes a white knuckled fight for survival in this small apartment building.

It was a tense movie that left me a little flustered. Beware if you are susceptible to motion sickness as this is filmed in the style of a hand held camera a la Blair Witch Project. Also beware if you do not like that girl from Dexter because she is all over this movie.