I Hate the Seaside

I caught this video a couple of months ago on Current TV and by the end I was in tears.

While I can't agree with all her views on the English seaside, I can agree that it is indeed a tad bit strange. You definitely get that freaky funhouse vibe going in some places. Which is why I'm absolutely MAD for it! Places like this don't exist in America, so why not love it. The closest thing we have to that is the Jersey Shore and you know what sort of freaks hang out there...

...Orange Ones.

Viva la English Seaside!

Breaking Blonde with K-Stew

I'm sure most of you have seen this by now and I bet you probably had to do the same neck breaking double-take it took me to realize it was Kristen Stewart.

So, I'm just gonna say it...

WTF Vogue?!?!

 I'm not put off by the blonde hair, and I'm not really turned off by how she is styled but what bothers me is the combination of the two. There is no resemblance of her in these photos and it doesn't look right. Not to mention, they've aged her dramatically. She looks nearly 30, which is a lot for some one that is only 20. I think this concept went off the rails for them. I'm not saying she has to look the same all the time, but unless this was an artsy shoot with heavy art direction, I think they should have centered the photos more closely around who she is, as opposed to creating something so vastly unfamiliar and distant from who we know her to be.

For most of us, this is how we are used to seeing Kristen Stewart. Edgy, looking slightly uncomfortable, but still not looking like she could give a flying bleep. All of which is cool, because it sort makes her a little more real. I would hang out with Nylon K-Stew, but not with Vogue K-Stew. Vogue K-Stew looks like she should be auditioning for one of the mom roles on 'Gossip Girl'. And that is just awful. Nobody likes 'Gossip Girl'.

Vogue isn't the first time we've seen K-Stew rocking the light locks. In 2007 'In the Land of Women' she played that angsty teen roll she does so well alongside blonde icon Meg Ryan.

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Red Carpet Review and Notes from the 2011 Golden Globes

The VERY GOOD

1. January Jones-Painted the town red in this feisty Versace number.

2. Hailee Steinfeld-Did an age appropriate pose in Prabal Gurung.

3. Claire Danes-Simply stood out in bubblegum pink Calvin Klein.

The REALLY BAD

1. Jennifer Lopez-Took a tip from Donna Summers in this Zuhair Murad sparkler.

2. Halle Berry-Stepped out of bed in a skimpy Nina Ricci "dress".

3. Tilda Swinton-Haunted the red carpet in Jil Sander.

The DISAPPOINTER

Michelle Williams-Usually dazzles us with her adorableness but this time around she pushed her luck in Valentino.

The HONORABLE MENTION

Mandy Moore-Didn't get the whole look down but this dress by Monique Lhuillier  is too fab not to mention.

The ONE LOOK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT

Helena Bonham Carter-Is mentally insane and we love her for it, because you know if it wasn't for her this whole little prom night parade would have been an absolute snooze. Dress by Vivienne Westwood.

NOTES:

-I noticed that if you closed your eyes while Ricky Gervais was talking, he can start to sound like Russell Brand...and that is just awful.

-My favorite winner of the night was Chris Colfer of Glee. I loved his sincerity and the look on his face when they announced his name. Well deserved.

-Brad Pitt and Anjelina Jolie should have gotten a room or a broom closet. They were watching the ceremony from their table like they were watching it at home on their flat screen. I didn't watch this show so I could watch them lean back and kick up their feet. They may as well had a bowl of popcorn and some open cartons of Chinese sitting around. They're just getting sloppy now.

-What was the deal with Robert DeNiro's stand up comedy act? This ain't Def Comedy Jam, this is the damn Golden Globes!

-Two thumbs up to Jake Gyllenhall for bringing the ultra fabulous Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley as his date. She is super groovy and super cooler than cupcake queen Taylor Swift.



Barbie meets Dexter

What happens when Ken has too many "play dates" with Midge?

Barbie goes psycho and Midge's head ends up in the refridgerator.

The Frisky, image by Mariel Clayton

Warmth In a Cup

Snow day, meet your match.

A delicious cup of tea.

Being Human...All Over Again

If you happen to know me, you know how obsessed I am with BBC America. I Love all shows BBC: Coupling, Skins, Hotel Babylon (this one not as much), Hollyoaks, Jonathan Ross (before he was a complete butt to Hugh Grant during an interview), Cash in the Attic, Countdown, The IT Crowd and more recently the absolutely addictive Being Human.

Being Human was a little gem I discovered a year or two ago on the BBC America preview list on Time Warner Cable. Although I only got a 15 minute peek at the show, I was instantly drawn into the wacky story line.

In the sleepy seaside city of Bristol, UK a vampire, werewolf and ghost try to live a 'normal' life despite the ever growing pull to assume their proper role in the universe. Basically, vampires are suppose to be blood driven vicious killers, werewolves should live quiet lives in the wild, and ghost should cross over immediately after death. Instead, there's a vampire that doesn't want to suck blood, a werewolf eager to regain his prior life as a friendly neighborhood everyman, and a ghost that wants to pick up where her life ended before her fiance killed her.

You would think that such a story line would have to lack in substance, but it does carry some weight in the meat department. Over time, you start to feel for the characters and their lust to live life as normal human beings.

The series was going rather great in the UK when news came stateside that US based cable network SYFY was set to air its own version of Being Human.

If this isn't a WTF moment, then I don't know what one is!

I wanted to be cool about it and be open about the whole idea but after viewing the US series preview, I can't help but to be annoyed. This was once again the US getting it wrong. One of the things I like about the UK, is that they cast people for reasons outside how someone looks. What made the UK series so great was that the characters weren't exactly what you would call classically good-looking. In fact, they're a bit strange looking and that's cool, because that makes them more real. On this new US version, all I can think about is how plastic and handsome they look. What's up with that? I'm so tired of sex selling.

Another problem I have is with how they changed the character's situations slightly. They made the US characters so much wimpier and cheesy. I shake my head in disgrace...generally in the direction of the SYFY channel. Shame on them for ruining yet another UK classic. Jerks!

Making It Happen As I Go

OK, so here I am, doing absolutely nothing on a Monday. Usually, by this time of the day I'm counting down the minutes till I can run out the door of my job at a photo lab on the Upper West Side, and make my way back east to my comfy abode in Astoria. That's usually a Monday for me, but not any more. I QUIT MY JOB!!! For a handful of reasons, I decided to ditch the only consistently paying source in my life, for a little dream I like to call 2011 Life Odyssey of Virtue!!!

While I haven't decided whether this was a genius idea or a complete and total disaster in the making, I knew that it was time to grab life by the neck and choke it. I had to make a change. Three years ago I moved to NYC in hopes of becoming a magazine photo extraordinaire. Things were looking up for a while. I did two great photo department internships and one quasi internship at a fashion website start-up, but nothing turned from it. Here I was thinking I had created myself into the total package, only to find out that I was a package without all the content ready to ship. I was crushed for a while and I felt rather depressed about it. I even considered starting my life over somewhere else. But the fat lady hadn't sung yet and I knew I had to get my bum back out there and get a new internship... and I had to get ready to re-gift. So I got out there and landed an awesome new internship at a super big men's magazine.

Now that I have my internship secured I now have to find a job that pays. Here is where a game plan comes into play. I've decided that I can't spend every hour of my free time thinking about this. I've done that before and it made me rather ill. That's why I have decided to dedicate 3 hours a day to searching and applying for jobs. That doesn't count time I spend while I'm around town, passing out resumes.

Now that I have my 3 hours of job searching squared, I now have to figure out what to do with my spare time. So, below I have listed a few ideas for things I could do when I'm not job hunting and working my internship:

1. Join a Knitting Group-I would have to consider aging my personality by at least 20 years to fit in with the other grandmas in the circle, but I think this could be doable.

2. Become a Coffee Shop Laptop Loiterer-I love coffee and tea but my computer is so old that I don't think I could take it off the electro juice long enough to even check my email.

3. Get Fat-I'm not a stress eater but I do eat out of boredom. Anytime I have nothing to do, all I want to do is munch. Unfortunately, if I'm poor, that could be a problem. Food cost money and I'm a picky eater.

4. Go to Movie Screenings-One of the cool things about living in NYC is that they have movie screenings going on all the time. They are FREE and would work great for someone like me with a wide open schedule. Not to mention, I get bragging rights to seeing all types of movies before everyone else.

5. Write a Novel Equivalent to Twilight Magnitude-This wouldn't pay off now but it could later.

6. Create a Photo Essay-I've been wanting to do this for a long time but I'm so indecisive. I can never settle on anything to focus on.

7. Go to Seminars and Workshops-They aren't all free but they are usually cheap. Not to mention you can see some pretty awesome people, that you wouldn't see anywhere else. Who knows, I may even learn something.

8. Work Out...Too Much-I could become a lady body builder person. Which would be hilarious If I could afford a gym membership. So, I guess I'll just be sticking to my Yoga DVDs.

9. Become a Justin Beiber Fan-Luckily, this has an expiration date. He has to be hitting puberty in the next two weeks, so I only have to dedicate every waking hour of the next two weeks to a kid with swishy hair.