Salma Is A Hottie

Salma Hayek for V Spain Magazine wearing Alexander McQueen and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. She is gorgeous. The dresses are insane. Plus, I'm a sucker for McQueen and cap sleeves.

And if you haven't seen Salma's infamous table dance in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), it's pretty redic. Her beauty is mesmerizing. If you didn't have lesbian tendencies before... you will now!

Day and Knightley

Keira Knightley graces the cover of British Vogue's January 2011 magazine. I've been a huge admirer of Keira ever since Bend It Like Beckham. And Love Actually is one of my all time favorite movies. I actually watched it recently with my sister during Thanksgiving holiday. We both fell asleep on the couch mid-movie. We were both in food comas (figures).

Love her.

Sky Of The Sky

I was watching 'In Her Shoes' tonight (best movie ever by the way), and it inspired me to share this poem by E.E. Cummings, that Cameron Diaz's character Maggie reads in the last scene at the wedding. It is so beautiful - it speaks volumes...

I Carry Your Heart With Me by E E Cummings

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

Gramazing

You know when you think of two words and accidentally combine them into one awkward non-existent word. Like deciding between 'great' and 'amazing' in your head and it comes out in conversation as 'Gramazing'!!?

Well, I kept saying 'When Halle met Sally' when I was talking to my mom the other day. I was thinking 'Harry' and combined it with Sally...

"I meant HENRY!! No Harry. Harry!!" I completely confused her. She said is 'When Halle Met Sally' some sort of lesbian porno? No mom... (sigh). Anywhoo, I love this quote. I'm such a hopeless romantic!

"I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible".

- Harry, 'When Harry Met Sally' 1989

Movie Night With Milo & Otis

I am one of the few people who still go to the video store. Because of a certain $78 Blockbuster bill, my boyfriend and I no longer rent movies, but rather buy them. And sometimes you can find really great deals like 3 DVDs for $30!

As we're making our way through the isles my boyfriend is reminiscing on classic movies (I nod in silent agreement as I have seen hardly any classic movies, which is quite embarrassing, but my definition of a classic is more along the lines of 'Clueless' and 'Legally Blonde'), anyhow, he picks his few boring "boy picks". I choose 'There's Something About Mary', 'Enchanted', and 'Milo and Otis'.

Last time we had movie night my boyfriend made me watch 'Dances With Wolves' which he said was a classic. Actually, this was our third attempt to watch 'Dances With Wolves', as I fell asleep 20 minutes into the movie time1 and time2. I'm sorry but that movie was really dusty and boring, not a cute pair of shoes in sight!

So tonight is my pick, and we are going to watch 'The Adventure of Milo and Otis', a favorite from my childhood. It's a tale of a pug and an orange tabby cat who live on a farm and go off on an adventure. And they have English accents which makes it even cuter!!! I seriously thought this movie should have won an Oscar and I was extremely passionate about it in Blockbuster, ranting and raving about how great of a film it is. However as we started watching, things weren't exactly how I remembered them... It was really cute and silly, but more... "elementary" than I remembered and literally was 2 hours of a talking pug and cat done by the same voiceover guy. No CGI, this was before 'Babe'. The movie came out in 1989. I kept looking over nervously to make sure that the bf was enjoying my movie pick.

I made popcorn obviously - it's my favorite food to shove my face with. I am hunting for yellows, as we all know the white ones just aren't as delicious, and about halfway through the movie my boyfriend says, "Let me get this straight. You have NEVER seen 'The Godfather' but you've seen THIS movie FIVE times?!!!". He looks at me and laughs shaking his head in disbelief (and adoration).

I give him a concerned look... "Do you want to watch 'Enchanted' instead?"

A Lesson Learned

If you know me, you know that I apply makeup nine hundred times a day. Makeup is my favorite subject in school. Me + Makeup is the backdrop to this story...

It was one of me and my boyfriend's first dates.. maybe our 4th or 5th date and we went out to the movies. We saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall, opening night (which I just googled out of curiosity. It was April 18th, 2008) at the Arclight in Hollywood.

It was nearing the end of the movie when I reached to get my makeup bag out of my purse. I had to freshen my lipstick, so that when the movie finished and the lights go on, Poof! I am magically beautiful and my lips are pink and glossy (and yes my lips are this naturally shiny and beautiful all the time)!!

So in the dark, I take out and apply what I think is my Trish McEvoy lip pencil. Sneak it back in my purse. Pheww. No one saw. I'm magically beautiful again. The movie ends. Credit role. Lights.

A nervous look and laughter: "What the fuck Lex!", he says. My lips are smeared with black. I put black eyeliner on my lips.

I try rubbing it off with my hand which only makes it worse and now my entire mouth area is grey. My boyfriend is laughing uncontrollably. I am mortified. Not only do I look dirty, but my cover is blown as I later explain that I was putting makeup on in the movie. Deep heavy sigh.

I can't believe we actually ended up together!

Note to self: ALL OF THE ABOVE

Once Upon A Beefy

Channing Tatum in a shirt + tie = porn for girls.

He is soooo hot. I first fell in love with Beefy LaRue in 2006's Step-Up (dance movies are so inspirational by the way). And I think it's so cute that he's married.

Business Woman's Special

Michele: Did you lose weight?

Romy: Actually, I have been trying this new fat free diet I invented. All I've had to eat for the past six days are gummy bears, jelly beans, and candy corns.

Michele: God, I wish I had your discipline.

- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, 1997

Community Service

"Excuse me, but I have donated many expensive Italian outfits to Lucy, and as soon I get my license, I fully intend to brake for animals, and I have contributed many hours to helping two lonely teachers find romance"

- Cher Horowitz, Clueless, 1995