Fabulousness

I'm sorry for being MIA this weekend. It was crazy busy as usual but hopefully things will calm down this week and I can catch up on everything. :)

I was recently given a few awards and wanted to share them with you.

The fabulous Missy from The Fashion Fusion gave me the following award. Her blog is freaking amazing, so I highly suggest you head over there immediately. (Well, after you finish reading my post, haha).



I am supposed to nominate 5 blogs for this award.

So here goes:

1. Inspiration in Italy (this blog features the most gorgeous photos EVER)
2. CosmiCaroline (she is so glamorous and fabulous it kills me)
3. Dina's Days (one of the coolest blogs out there)
4. The Panty Drawer (if you ever have a question about lingerie, this should be the first guy you go to!)
5. Mouthwash (Amber has the cutest blog but the poor girl also has swine flu. Definitely stop by her blog afterward and wish her a get well soon!)

I was also given the Inspiration Award from Liya at My Glittering Creation. I am in love with her blog, so I also recommend you checking it out as well.

I am going to pass on the Inspiration Award to all my BBs (blogging buddies) because you all inspire me every single day. Awww! Hehe. :)

And finally, I wanted to give a shout out to one of my favorite BBs, Barry. He recently featured me on his blog and you can find it here.

His blog, "Life in Quotations" is funny and uplifting and sweet. If you want your day to be a little better, definitely stop by his blog.

Well that's all I have time for today. I hope you are all having a lovely week.

xoxo!

Cactus Flower

I recently discovered this little gem of a movie at the library last week.

It's called "Cactus Flower" and it stars Goldie Hawn, Walter Matthau, and Ingrid Bergman.



The 1969 film was the first for Goldie and it earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

The film is kind of dorky, but sweet. Walter Matthau plays Julian, a dentist who pretends to be married so he won't have to settle down with his 21-year-old girlfriend, Toni (played by Goldie). When Toni declares she wants to meet his other half, Julian asks his secretary (played by an alarmingly plain Bergman) to act as his wife. Obviously, hilariousness ensues.

The film is a bit odd. It never explains what Toni finds attractive about the washed-up dentist. He's not particularly wealthy or good-looking. He doesn't even have that great of a personality.

Plus, it was kind of perplexing that in all the time she had been living in her Greenwich Village apartment, Toni seemed to never have noticed her hot 20-something year old beatnik neighbor, Igor. Um, this is a guy who walks around her apartment complex shirtless for no reason throughout the film.

The only aspect of the film that really made me cringe, however, was Ingrid Bergman. I always remembered Ingrid as the beautiful Golden Era movie star who took my breath away in Casablanca. Any memory of that I had is gone. Now when I think of Ingrid Bergman, all I can remember is her dancing awkwardly to a go-go beat with Goldie Hawn, trying so hard to look hip when she just looked like a middle-aged woman with no sense of rhythm. My heart cried. And the costumes didn't do any justice to the Hollywood legend, they just made her look frumpy.



But, of course, the acting and plot are not the reasons I love this film.

It is all Goldie.







Her character is adorably nutty and utterly fabulous. Toni lives in a tiny studio apartment that she decorates with the bright neon colors of the late 1960s. She works in a popular record shop, where she gets to wear cool artsy clothes and hang out with hipsters. She loves to dance no matter where she is. She is young, full of life and energy and sweetness, and loving every second of it.







If you love fabulousness and you love comedy and you love fashion, go rent this film.

Did I mention it's quite a gem?

In the Mix

First, I want to thank everyone for their kind comments regarding my laptop. I am going to try and save up for a netbook in the next month and buy an external hard drive to go with it. But until then, I will be borrowing my boyfriend's laptop.

Speaking of my boyfriend, I want to talk about a favorite subject of mine: mixed races.

Perhaps I am a little biased (I am half-Swedish, half-Indian) but I have always found that some of the best looking people are of mixed race.

The world is a melting pot and humans are humans, regardless of race. Living in the US, almost every single person I meet has a mixed ethnicity (whether it be a European blend, or more worldly).

I have always been attracted to mixed race guys. My first boyfriend was half-German, half-Egyptian. My boyfriend now is a quarter Native American.

Some of the reasons I like men of mixed race:

1. They get the benefits of looking exotic without even trying.
2. There's usually some interesting combination of features you don't see every day (i.e. Some guys have dark skin and light eyes, which I find really hot).
4. They will make beautiful babies with women of any race.
5. Their families might come from mixed cultures, which always does good things for their personalities; they will probably be a lot more open-minded.
6. You just can't stop looking at how beautiful they are :)

Here are some of my favorite multi-racial celebrities:

Taylor Lautner


actor; he is French, Dutch, German, and Native American (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi)


Alicia Keys


singer; she is Italian, Irish, and African-American


Tiger Woods


professional golfer; he is Chinese, Thai, African American, Native American and Dutch


Jennifer Beals


actress; she is half-Irish and half-African American


The Rock


actor, he is half Black Canadian and half Samoan


Norah Jones

singer, she is half-Caucasian and half-Indian


The most famous person of mixed-race:

Barack Obama


President of the United States; he is half Kenyan, half Caucasian

My favorite person of mixed race:

Guess who!

Rian, my boyfriend


Haha, okay I'm a dork.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on men (or women!) of mixed race? Do you find them attractive?

RIP Laptop Fabulous

It finally happened. My laptop died today.

The computer staff at Best Buy said the computer cannot be salvaged and they are unsure if they could even save my hard drive. The laptop was pretty old. I got it for my high school graduation, which was seven years ago.

I am very sad and in desperate need of a hug.

Fortunately, Rian is letting me borrow his laptop when he is not using it. But tonight that only means I get it for ten minutes. So this is going to be a quick post.

I cannot afford a new laptop right now. This couldn't have happened at a worst time. It is even more devastating to me because if they can't save my hard drive, that means I lose a lot of valuable files. Family photos, short stories, poems, and even work-related documents.

I hate technology.

Well, I didn't want to end this post on a depressing note, so I'm putting up a photo of two things I am obsessed with: bunny and Coke.



I hope you are all having a better week than I am!

Halloween 2009

I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween.

Mine was a lot of fun.

I went as Pocahontas.


(Sorry for my messy apartment!)

Rian and I kicked off the night by attending a seance held at a haunted bookstore near our apartment.



There were two psychics there from New Orleans who told us our future using tarot cards and by reading our palms. We also met a medium from St. Louis who tried to contact the ghost who haunts the bookstore.

I drank a lot of vampire wine there.

Later that night I went to my friend Nadine's Halloween party, which she has every year. She always has the best parties with fun games and delicious food.



My friend Brittany showed up as a Native American to the party as well, except she represented a different tribe. She tried to kill me.



It was a goofy, fun night. I got drunk. That's really all that's left to say about that. Haha.

On a completely different note, my laptop computer is dying a slow death. It now takes me one hour and forty-five minutes to post a blog. It takes 15 minutes for me to post a comment. It takes me 30 minutes to attach something in an e-mail. It takes 20 minutes for every single e-mail to send. It is torture. I can't afford a new laptop so I'm not sure what I'm going to do.

And I have to work the afternoon crime shift today.

Boo!

Outfits

It has been a while since I have done an outfit post, so I thought I would show you a few I wore this past week.

The weather has been lovely. Not too cold but not hot either. Just a perfect crisp fall breeze.

I wore this upcoming outfit when Kerrie and I had our last shopping day. We had dinner with her Native American grandmother that night so that evening I replaced the moccasins with my brown Tod flats because I didn't want to offend her.


Halogen shirt, Ralph Lauren denim skirt, and Minnetonka woodstock moccasins. Please excuse the strange pose. I think I was about to tell my photographer to pause for a second. Nice.


Close up of the moccasins


The following outfit is one of my favorites. I got this dress at an estate sale of this wealthy little old lady who loved to travel. She had gorgeous insanely expensive pieces of jewelry from all over the world, fabulous furs, and handmade dresses from Africa. This is one of those dresses. I wore this outfit to a poetry reading with Rian earlier this week.

Handmade dress, Banana Republic cashmere cardigan, Target black tights, and Gap shoes.


And finally, I wore this outfit yesterday. I was having a really bad day but when I came home, Rian said I looked beautiful, which made me very happy. I have only worn this beaded skirt twice in the past year because it is so delicate.


Thrifted skirt, cashmere Banana Republic sweater, White House/Black Market necklace, Gap shoes.


A close-up of the skirt.

I hope you all had a lovely week. I took the day off today so I could get all my chores out of the way for Halloween. And then Kerrie is coming over tonight to bake pumpkin cookies and watch movies. Tomorrow we have a busy night planned, with a few Halloween parties to attend. I'm really, really excited!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Awards Again!

Amy from The Bargain Hunter Extraordinaire passed on this lovely award to me:




The rules are simple:
1. Thank the person who nominated me for this award.
2. Copy the award & place it on my blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated me for this award.
4. Tell us 7 interesting things about yourself.
5. Nominate 7 bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs I nominate.
Ready! Let's Go:

Thank you Amy for this fabulous award!

If any of you are a recessionista like me, you should definitely check out Amy's blog. She finds the cutest and most amazing bargains!

Seven interesting things about me (oh my gosh I have done so many of these):

1. I hate black licorice.
2. I dread holidays more than enjoy them. Something always goes wrong.
3. I miss cheesy half-hour comedy shows like Growing Pains and Full House.
4. Reality television is my frenemy.
5. I own and frequently listen to Les Baxter's greatest hits CD.
6. I grit my teeth all day and all night. So twice a year I get them polished. I'm worried I am going to turn them into dust before I'm 50.
7. I own a brown/orange canary who irritates me as much as I irritate him.

Can you tell I'm not in the best mood right now? Oh, dear. It's been a long day.

Anyway, I am passing this award on to the following seven blogs. They are lovely and quite deserve it. :)

1. OceanDreams
2. The Panty Drawer
3. The Couture Cookie
4. Tia Cherie
5. Audrey Allure
6. Try to Be Stylish
7. The Fashion Fusion


I also recieved the Over the Top award from OceanDreams.



Now, as a part of the Over The Top Award, I need to answer these questions and use one word for my answer!

1. Where is your cell phone? dresser
2. Your hair? messy
3. Your mother? tired
4. Your father? home
5. Your favorite food? hummus
6. Your dream last night? attack
7. Your favorite drink? Coke
8. Your dream/goal? rich
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? write
11. Your fear? illness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? mansion
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something you aren't? tall
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. Wish list item? camera
17. Where did you grow up? USA
18. Last thing you did? shower
19. What are you wearing? nightgown
20. Your TV? big
21. Your pets? bird
22. Your friends? gone
24. Your mood? irritated
25. Missing someone? mom
26. Vehicle? Toyota
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? F21
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? dunno
32. Your best friend? sister
33. One place that I go over and over? library
34. One person who emails me regularly? editor
35. Favorite place to eat? Chipotle

Phew. I give ten points to anyone who read through all that. (Side note: the ten points don't count towards anything except being awesome).

I pass this award on to all my readers! Enjoy! xoxo

I hope everyone is having a fantastic week!