Looks like after the greedy corporate fucks at fox got their million(s) dollar sucker in their mouth, looks like they finally decided to play nice.
After Fox dropped the law suite against Warner Bros in early February for permissions and rights over production, development, and distribution of the highly anticipated Watchman movie, WB marketing team went full throttle in dressing nyc with ads. Now with their quick, last minute attempts to promote the movie, every subway, billboard, comic book store, and wood panels in new york are posted with Watchman posters.
Looks like Fox Studio knew about the making of the movie for years and just filed the suite roughly only a month before release date. After corning and pulling a fast one on Warner Brothers, looks like it was just an another scheme for a quick paid day and walk to the bank. Seams like the employees at Fox fit perfectly with the studio's name. Coincidentally, they are sly, conniving, sneaky little squirrel dogs.
However, on the upside the date is on scheduled for its premier on March 3! whaoo!
Even literary snobs can go suck on a lemon, cause Time magazine named it one of the best 100 novels of all time. If you haven't read it, then my friend, you do not understand the magic. Though I have to say that I'm highly disappointed that the director didn't stay true to storyline in the book. gosh, and i was hoping for Hollywood mayhem and ooze all over the last scene. Honestly, who knows how they will, if they will, pull it all together in the end. oh, damn Americans, always wanting their happy endings! All in all, next Saturday i got a date with the watchman.
It was last July, I was sitting in the huge theater in time square& minutes away from my b-day, waiting for Batman to begin, when I saw the watchmen trailer for the first time.
watchmen trailer.
i peed a little in my pants i was so excited. I suppose i should of brought the dependables considering that i wasn't even there to see that movie. Funny thing was that only a hand full of people were clapping after it preview showed. Probably because no one knew what the hell the hell they just saw. Of course it's only going to be cool to the general public after the fact. ah, losers.
I gotta mention though, i mean how hot is the Silk Spectre in the movie, played by Malin Akerman. She is so hot in fact that in 2006 she was named by FHM magazine, one of the 100 Sexiest women in the world.
so my last entry was rather misleading. and frankly a little harsh. i do occasionally still find myself humming christmas songs at work and enjoy looking at snow fall from the window, really i do, but this cold has got the best of me. it has come to my attention that i have a 'condition'!
i'm S.A.D. you see, according to The US National Library of Medicine i ha(d) seasonal affective disorder. This is what they said, "some people experience a serious mood change when the seasons change. They may sleep too much, have little energy, and crave sweets and starchy foods."
either that, or they just called me a stoner. ha.
no, in actuality i don’t 'HATE' winter, but more like, it has run its course already! now, i want it to go away and give the sun a chance... damn it! ha. no really.
i just need a damn vacation. like pronto!
so lucky for me i was stuck working six days the week before and didnt have much of a weekend, but made up for it with this past weekend & did a lotta walking.
so friday after work we hit up the west village, ate too much, and got sauced with 2 long island and 1/4 bottle of coke&run!
saturday consisted of me having yet another lazy start, but caught some sun while heading into willy-b's local inside flea market. we went down to check it out and support one of my favorite locals, sable.
set up:
i had spent a lotta money the past couple days and was on a short leash that weekend. i ended up leaving with two mini food rings from the 3sD mamas! check em at their blog. http://3storydesign.blogspot.com/ great stuff from a great trio of ladies!
we ventured off more into brooklyn, grab some Indian food, then decided to take a stroll on the bridge. everything was fine until... crash!
Suddenly we see 20-30 feet from us, a biker down on the floor. I could see that they fell pretty hard and ran in haste to the scene. Appartently it was a woman who lost traction and hit her head on the steel bars of the bridge. Her face was tore up and she remained unconscious for while. Her son frantically calls out to her to wake up and she comes in and out of it, as the side of her face is bleeding.
shit shit shit. i get my phone and call 911! it had to be seriously 45 minutes for the damn ambulance to comprehend 'we are on the Williamsburg bridge, if you are looking at brooklyn from the city we on the left hand side. we are not in brooklyn. we are over the water in the city, the side closest to manhatten.' it was like wtf man?! the damn cops were there before them.& that usually isnt the case. the whole time we all waited, all i can think was 'damn, these people our suppose to come save our lives and they cant even follow directions?!' eeep. leave me for dead then! I’ve been to a brooklyn hospital & i don’t know if the ones in the cities’ are better or worst, either way i do not want to end up there again! gees what a horrible experience!
i do remember though that in this whole bike/bridge fiasco that this man, a concern pedestrian, asked if we needed further assistance. We informed him that we already did all we could and then thanked him. he nodes and just before he is on his way, the man points to the sky and says,' you guys are good people. this is going to score some big points with the man up stairs'.
i smirk at the comment, but I really never know how to take those comments
on a more random note, why the hell has this song been stuck in my head for the last couples days?!
On Sunday i hit up the streets and dressed up for absolutely no reason other then wanting to look cute. It was working against me quickly, thanks to the super evil winter wind chill!
but before I spiral into a winter rant I will direct it to a more worthy cause! hot dogs!!! i looove hot dogs and i feel it is my duty as a dedicate admirer to inform you about
'The New York food scene is always looking for some fancy-free food to gourmet-up, be it Gorgonzola burgers, duck-fat French fries or thin-crust artichoke pizza.
This year's candidate for yuppie-fixation is the simple hot dog, currently being fancified at Dogmatic Sausage Systems, a new Union Square-area eatery run by the former chef at West Village hot spot Employees Only. What started as a street cart at Bleecker Street Playground is now a full-scale restaurant, and if the lines during opening week are any gauge, Dogmatic could give the ubiquitous Gray's Papaya a run for its money.
Just don't ask for a Ballpark frank with yellow mustard. The dogs here are made from free-range chicken, grass-fed pork, turkey and lamb, served on baguettes and topped with sauces like truffle Gruyere and sun-dried tomato feta.' –ny res08.
check it!
in movies, i'm super glad i skipped 'he's just not that into you', though the book is rather informative and gives me reasons to slap and laugh at myself, the reviews are trash talking-hardcore about its weak script. However if you are looking for an experience at the theaters, I suggest watching coraline in 3d!
old teaser traler:
It visually beautiful and amazingly eerie. I heard it described as 'the mad hatters version of Alice in wonderland'. But don’t veer off for a chance to see it. You know you secretly want too!!!
so lately i've been having pretty insane scary dreams. yet on most occasions when i have nightmares, i'm left slightly terrified in the morings. i do admit i'm a little weired out when i wake up, but almost chuckle at the ridiculous subconscious mesh my mind produces.
however, there was a dream i did have a couple weeks ago that was rather odd as well, but carried a completely different feeling. i vaguely remember most of it, but it makes no different because those details are trivial anyways. The part i recall quite clearly is the glowing pumpkins!!! yes a field as far as the eye can see of glowing pumpkins!
somehow i was on this farmland part of a kingdom, that was stricken by poverty and desperate to get the prince's attention, who lived over the mountain, to come save them. so the plan was, if i could get his majesty to come to the common land and get married off to him, then i could aid the people from their hungry woes. so somehow i had these seeds that i planted all through the farmers land and like magic, hundreds and hundreds of glowing pumpkins grew. they produced so much light and energy over this darken land that the royals could see the orange hue from the castle. the prince was then intrigued by the illuminating source and headed towards it quickly.
the people had then realized that those pumpkins produced energy to help bring fresh water, heat, and to cultivate the land. the prince still wanted to marry me which was a chick perk for any girl, but the entire thing was greatly mythical and yet strangely inspiring.
so then... fast forward to a week later i go to check my email, as usually, and bombarded with advertisments all over the tops and sides, as usually, only this time one quickly catches my eye. a grey banner that read solar-aid.org 'SolarAid is a brand new charity that works with rural communities in developing countries to use solar power to fight poverty and climate change.' and i was like whaaaa?!!!?
i'm awed. what an amazing concept, and in that moment i had a flash back of my crazy dream. ironic? mmmm. well i suppose only i would make a connection like that, still this is an fantastic idea worth spreading. and this is without a doubt inspiring! take a look to see what this organizations about:
go on there website to read more info or become a youtube fan and keep up to date with there project video blogs.
Monday, January 26, 2009
so this weekend didn't consist of me endangering myself,unless you count saturday when i wore my pea coat that lost all its buttons, being held together only by one silver broach. otherwise i felt i was rather productive. maybe not in doing chores but i didnt stay in the apartment all weekend. :)
i went to Pete's candy store in brooklyn for the first time and had this amazing sandwich with a hot cup of spiked apple cider. mmm.
saturday i headed to the Whitney, and honestly i dont think i ever disliked a museum in my life, but for whatever reason the first two times i went, it had felt so mundane. however, it had faded away that evening. it was two days before the William Eggleston: Democratic Camera - Photographs and Video, 1961-2008 ended & it was a must see! the lighting was a little low and there was this mist around the entire floor, a kind of wetness almost. nonetheless the entire thing was eye candy. beautiful prints with very saturated colors. love love love.
on the fourth floor was the Alexander Calder exhibition, the paris years. i walked around with those headphones they pass out and had the little device narrated his colorful life to me. i was so impressed in fact, that i purchased a tee down stair at the gift shop!
calder tee.
we headed to china town where i took some pictures and we ate dirty Chinese. there where people up and down the street selling countless flowers and fruit. the sidewalks where crowed, people every where getting ready for the Chinese new year. year of the ox!
after feeling inspired and our tummy's full, we go down to the angelica to watch a movie i've been wanting to see for awhile now. slumdog millionaire. 'set and filmed in India, Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young, uneducated man from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai who appears on an Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and exceeds people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.'
its an incredible movie that kept my heart racing. it's a beautiful raw story about the extremes in life. If you havent seen it, I highly recommend the film. If you havent heard about it then you must!
side not: the girl who plays latikka is such a hottie.
ah, but my saturday night didnt end there. i get a text from ruthie that a sick party is going down in brooklyn 'valerie collective house party tonite!!! russ chimes. anoraak. college love! bradley d! starts at 12:)'.
when i got that text, i didnt care if my tired bones wanted to go home. i was going to that house party and dancing my legs to nubs if i had to!!! i had missed the show the night before at webster hall cause i was working and it had slipped my mind, so i was so excited that this was going down! i get lost of course and finally find the crowed smoked filled loft. and well into the night i partied up. dancing front and center of russ chimes! gooood times.
check out there blogger page http://valeriecherie.blogspot.com/ and free stream at http://www.myspace.com/valeriejetaime
so in my morning attempts to function, doing the least amount of work is key. so instead of getting up and getting my camera from a white paper bag accompanied by the new york times, i grab my phone which is bedside, to take a picture of my knee.
why you may ask? cause i want to remember the trail of idiocy that can happen when you had too much kool-aid (up). but i decided that it was just way to eww to post. this time i wasnt flying off of bikes, but unknowingly walking home and tripped over a fence. (important detail: fence was on the ground.)
jan1st: which brings me to my new years. i was fortunate enough to be working on the eve but did get the glimpse of the ball dropping in time square on the LCD, which coincidentally i was only 3 block from.
if you by chance missed the drop here it is for your viewing:
quick note: dick clark creepy. ryan sea.crust way creepier.
i heart demi l. sorry for the lame shout out
nonetheless midnight didnt stop me from going out and dancing until the wee morning hours.
the buddies again where throwing a sweet party in greenpoint, so off i was brooklyn bound.
in a nutshell i danced, i shaked, i found an iPhone, i got mad @ taking care of way drunk people, and hit a hummer limo with the taxi door, oh, & then ran off. haa. all in all it was an eventful new years.
jan 10: jeff's ptay!
as always in support my lovable ruth asked for an order for jeff's gig & of course was happy to accept. and there they are. it was a great time for cupcakes and friends a like.
please check out more great pictures of the event on my cupcake random page @
myspace.com/cupcakerandom
well, i suppose after that my amour rachel was convinced she waned to have my cupcakes at her bro's party. which i may add, seams like a super fun awsume interesting dude. he traveled around the world for more or less then a year.
i highly recommend his blog!!! globestomper.com
it was from this i got my ideas for his cupcakes.
in my most recent notable adventure, same weekend as the 'hit and fall' incident, i some how found my self on the road during a crazy snow storm and heading to Providence Rhode island. being born and raised in the sun (which i miss my summer glow) had left me ignorant to winter roads and the dangers they cause. so after seeing countless cars stranded and swarved off, it was a sure sign that mother nature had won this battle.
we cozied into a AAA approved hotel that to my surprise was really nice and came with access to its indoor swimming pool. so of course i couldnt turn down the opportunity. boy it felt good to be in the water, even though i could clearly see the snow from the glass door.
the really only downer was that mystic or more the entire state of Connecticut stops serving /selling liquor at 10pm! and never sells it on sundays. it happened to be sunday.
haa in any case i loved my mini vacay and being able to play in the snow and go swimming the nite before, well that rocked!
i've been working on a painting the last couple a days, which is a great outlet and artistic comforter. i finally going to put all those throw away frames into use. what restricts me from my projects is myself. i get so caught up in the standards of well, standards and then i'm so sure that its stupid and unqualified. ha. i'm a real tough critic.
so its cold outside. oh, right freezing and of course for some unknown reason our heater's busted. man, is everything in our house broken? wtf is the landlord/super when you need them? we still must enduring hard nipples in our own home and walk with snow hats and janky socks. err.
so it had to be 2ish months ago that me & sam had been star brushed twice in two days. our first hollywood encounter was vincent d'onofrio. it was a beautiful evening, still warm outside, as we headed towards moma for their free friday nights. as we scadooed along the Manhattan ciaos,there on a random street lamp pole, a filming paper was posted, "law and order: ci", it read. i freaked. i frantically analyse the entire area in hope to spot anyone form the show. no luck. then my "wheres Waldo" partner spots him. sweet sweet vincent. i wont go into details how i approached him and made a fool out of myself, but i'll tell you thatthe first thing to come out of my mouth was "oh geez your so handsome". he sat in the huge shiny black Cadillac escalate. his smile was big, face scuffed and he himself almost bear-like. oh he's so adorable. if i'm lucky my brain wont shut down and i can say something witty to make him laugh next time. hey, i mean, it could happen. as well as not be a bigger idiot and not take a picture with him.geesh.
the following day we were at grand central when yet again, my co-pilot spots another movie star. this time i'm not excited. but found it humourous how he was like the pink elelphant in the room, in this case the subway. everyone tired to act normal. and yes, it was really ethan hawke.
i mean i liked him in before sunrise, it was the movie that won my heart over but the minute that slut cheated on uma. he was no better then those throw away goods, like usher and jude law. &if you think he's not a douche, here he is being one at the 2007 tonys
i mean "he was asked about this video and was honest in an interview, he said he was not familiar with her work and did not know why such a big fuss was made over her....he is a cocky bastard and....disrespectful. " douche.
d that i was going to miss the outcome of the election but we headed into brooklyn to grab some brews to either cry into our cups or celebrate with them.
as i got off the train i immediately hear cheering and people along the street, arms up and jumping, for what sounded like something good had happen
.
is it true?! is it?! we run to the bar awkwardly with our stuff to see on the HD flat screen that our next president of the UNITED STATES IS.....
ah...aWWWWWW yes!!!!! OBAMA!!!
taylor, my roomie, was so excited in fact she made a video.
mad props!
awesome!
it was a clip of just what was going on in new york. it felt like new years eve.
people on the streets cheering and ranting.
It was the first time i really genuinely felt proud to be AMERICAN!
people united.
& for the first time, in a long time, it was our nation celebrating the good
and not the tragic.
gba!
well, in other news the economy is still in the toilet hole from what it was before and one of the reasons my job was "letting people go" b.s. was happening.
lets just say there was a lot of kaka mouth syndrome that went on there anyways. up to the very end.
what was a mix feeling of liberation and
disappointment, has transfered into a great job with sundays off!!!
getting paid a bit more, awesome benefits, and located essentially closer to home.
its kinda cool working in the MET LIFE building, perhaps cause its one of the skyscrapers that you can still see from brooklyn.
the smaller down side is working at night. i stay up late, wake up later the next day a
nd dont get to do much. yet being any type of cook, chef, restaurant related anything getting sundays off is a hard thing to pass up. but i'm in a better place now.
cupcake.random
!!!
so yet other project and love has evolved to make cupcake.random. still fairly new, but has received great feed back from many.
ruth whose awesome, asked me to do the cmj event, to help promote my little business.
thank you for being supportive!
including taylor&sam.
thanks again.
of course my customers &
the cupcake admirers!
i dont have an official website, but i do have a myspace account where i post picture and updates! become our friend if you have an ounce of cupcake desires in your blood.
(will also link on this page.top right hand corner)
halloween
good times halloween. i was broke as a joke but manage to put something together last minute. face paint is great and semi-fun. i say semi cause at one point its just a pain in the butt trying not to smear it, eat it, or get it in your eye. haa.
my theme was day of the dead. i think i did alright. i had fun anyways and met some great people at the parties.
i think despite my last minute efforts this year, i really had a appreciation for halloween & day of the dead.
most of it came from a subconscious level.
i lost an uncle that same month, and disclosing the details
is not important, but it has made my soul restless.
deaths in the past have always been a painful sting in my heart,
but this one, this time, the string remains.
maybe its the fact i'm so far away and haven't made my peace.
maybe i feel everything that happen, shouldn't have, and i wasn't there
to do anything.
its crazy how even an uncontrollable situation can still
make you feel guilty.
its childish, but its hard when you lose some one you loved.
So as they say things happen for a reason and i hate to be the bearer of bad news but we as human beings are meant to fail. ah yes, well, we are but we don't have to like it.
this past weekend, or i should say week, has change my whole word upside down. but its okay.
i've seen the good, bad, and ugly and we have to remember that not everyone is out to get us, but dont forget that those maggots are still out there.
revenge tip toes around moral issues, but can feel devilishly comforting at times. yet i've come to learn that it is always better to be the bigger person. every time! i will never forget when my grandma told me that all the anger and hate she had for people in her life, had finally turn against her. she meant her cancer. medically the idea is far fetch, but i understood what she meant.
theres no point in harvesting such ugliness in you because what you hate will be what you will become.
and life is too awsume to always be pist!
i know i have every right to be angry at people, specially the recent situation, but
so i thought when i was gonna call into work yesterday that my head was gonna be on a plate. but some reason the chef were being human & understanding.
i mean its not my fault they havent found a cure for the common cold, right. gees. & if someone still thinks you sexy when you sound like the love child of Fran Drescher & a character from revenge of the nerds keep them around!
i wanted to do a little short video more for my buddy aracelis and i guess a bit randomness
so watch & throw tomatoes if you must but hope u enjoy:
so just in case you didnt get to see the shot heres a better look!
mmm.dee.lish!
well it hurts like a bitch and i've been walking like i have a wooden leg! poop!
let me tell you though the bike ride was so sweet! and i was actually laughing while i was falling off the bike! i was like oh shit. haaa!
and then crash!
i tell you though, there nothing like that sweet wind as you ride through brooklyn& i want this so bad now, even post crash!
so if you are in new york and love naked women then you gotta hit up a little place off of orchard and stanton on the lower eastside. women dance and take off there clothes with a little more taste then your average stripper.
on the left you can see this all women chick dancer as my roomie taylor doing the 'i approve this message' pose.
good times after words we got crepes at this place down the street where this foreign women behind the counter made this natella deliciousness with a separate order sun dried tomatoes and goat cheese stuffed crepes mmm.
so me & the roomie stand different when it comes to team miliey and team demi/selena!
so i do have to admit how i adore demi and selena and i wouldnt be a fan at heart if i didnt tell you that her cd dont forget is coming out and i'm getting it!
perez hilton has a thing for the jonie bros and i gotta support the young women who are smart and talented.
i may get stonded for being such a kid at heart but i cant help it.
new season coming! fall/winter in new york that means cozy time and more scarfs!
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