2009:

cool! found on ontd.

more:

Quick break from studying. No, that's a lie. I've been on a break for a while now. Most of the day, actually. I need to stop doing this.
But more trailers I like:

A Single Man, Directed by Tom Ford.

Apparently, they de-gayed this in the American trailer. It's looks so beautiful, and you know Tom Ford has made sure that at least visually its going to be amazing.

and this is not a new film, but:

The Fall, Directed by Tarsem Singh.

Again, so beautiful looking! Apparently there were no special effects used at all. I need to find this in a dvd store stat. And what exactly does it mean by 'David Fincher and Spike Jonze present:'? Do they invest some money into it? Do they just like it and want to show it off? WHAT?!

The Clash of Civilisations:

One exam down, two to go!

Decided kicking my Globalisation reader was the best way to celebrate end of exams. It took forever to get photos though, so I have about 53 photos of my legs kicking the air or papers just dropping on the floor.


Japan soon!

Films I am most looking forward to based on their trailers:

Sad fact is that I can spend plenty of hours on youtube just watching trailers, and they arent limited to 'coming soon' films either, they include films ive already seen.

Firstly, stating the obvious.

I have this on my iPod, probably the best preview of the year. But im going to be in Japan when it comes out, argh! Spike Jonze <3

I'll start with 'Nine' by Rob Marshall, The guy who directed Memoirs of a Geisha and Chicago.
Youtube wont let me embed, so click click.
The trailer doesnt tell me much, except that its going to be epic, and pretty, and starring... Fergie.

'An Education'

Peter Sarsgaard and Doc Ock! Everthing looks pretty and like Sofia Coppola's dior advert. I tried to explain the story to a friend, and she was like "that sounds like crap, Emi". Whatever, I'm still seeing it.
And, uh, is Rosamund Pike not one of the most beautiful people ever?

The Brothers Bloom

I saw the first few minutes of this somwhere, and it was really cutesy and adorable. and I have a bit of a crush on Mark Ruffalo.

Dorian Gray
mainly because a. Colin Firth, and b. when I was reading this, I thought 'if they made this into a film, I can imagine Prince Caspian as Dorian', depite the fact that he doesnt have blonde hair and blue eyes. Then I decided to see if there was a film version, and found out that Ben Barnes was going to play him. I AM SO GOOD!

Fantastic Mr Fox

furry talking animals. and jason schwartzman, even though his last film I saw was a complete crap house. I will say that he was probably the most redeeming factor of Funny People. And I have more faith in Wes Anderson.



And films I am not looking forward to based on their trailers:
New York, I Love You: I liked that most comments are like "I LOVE THIS SONG!" or "COOL! PHOENIX!" because thats exactly the same thing I thought.
Alice in Wonderland: I'll probably end up seeing it, but it seems a bit 'meh' to me. I can do without it.

masterchef:

Decided to conquer the Macaron despite being constantly told that they were hard to make and fatty for you. But I found a recipe that would make everything eeeeasy. From here: My Food Geek's Almost Fool Proof Macarons
I guess it was slightly cheating because they used a italian meringue instead of a french one? But to be honest, I dont know the difference, and neither does my mother and brother, and we're the ones eating them, so I dont think it matters too much.
But, luckily they were a success! Well, I'm assuming a success.

The recipe doesnt say how to make the macaron pink, so I just added a drop of red food dye in while combining the egg white and the almond/sugar mix, and that worked out to be fine. Also, I got the Bittersweet Chocolate Cream Ganache recipe from here. I fluffed the Ganache up a bit, because I just went "LALALALA!" and combined everything together at once instead of the butter last, but I sort of saved it by adding a little extra butter at the end.

Also had some left over egg yolk left, so I attempted a Nigella Egg Yolk Sponge Cake, which so far looks like a fail, and Im willing to blame it all on myself, and being unable to line a cake tin.

Redheads:

Ninemsn had this on their webpage:

Red Head Fever Hits Dutch Town

Eager participants of all ages have painted a Dutch town "ginger" for the annual Redhead Day in the Netherlands.

Thousands of redheads including a legion of children celebrated their day at Breda with picnics, art, workshops and competitions.

The event, Roodharigendag, was created in part to help spread awareness about redheads — who make up about 1 percent of the population worldwide and are becoming rarer, according to genetic research.

WHAT?!

Red Heads cannot die out! I love red hair. Especially since dreamy red head from the train said "hi". I would very much like to marry a red head, my friend told me she saw a red headed asian baby once, we're not sure if its possible, but that would be amazing! Except potential husbands must not be one of those "are they/aren't they" red heads. You must be pure red. No strawberry blondes, or its kind of brown like Tom Gleeson. Whether you are or aren't a red head should never be a topic of debate.

Friendly Fires

Although my Phoenix obsession is not diminishing at all, I think im sort of liking Friendly Fires.
But it may be mainly due to the lead singer's dancing in their video for 'Kiss of Life'.
I wish all people danced like him, and then I would have more fun going out, instead of not fun dancing to R'n B music. I dont like dancing to that music. Everyone's doing the same thing, or there are slutty girls dancing that just make you feel major second hand embarassment for them.



Also, Kiss of Life came on TV last week, and i was like "WHAT?! TOMAS BERDYCH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON TV DANCING IN A DRUM CIRCLE?! GET BACK ON THE COURT!"


Well, I think he's pretty. His name is Ed MacFarlane.
(JACK2000!)