Cute Dog Picture of the Day

Just for happy feelings!

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96. Kat Dennings (1986-present)- An American actress, who recently starred in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist(Peter Sollett,2008). She is like the quirky counterpart of Michael Cera (without being quite as annoying) and is an avid blogger, whose video blogs can be viewed on youtube.












96. Hayden Christensen (1981- present)- He is probably best known for playing Anakin in the recent Star Wars films. Although I don;t care much for his acting skills (?) , he is hot enough for me to actually watch his films ( and maybe one day Star Wars). Also he's engaged to one of my favouritest actresses Rachel Bilson!

Musical Memories

So I've decided to occasionally write about certain songs that have affected me and that have specific time periods and people associated with them, because songs are so autobiographical in that way.

I'm listening to Rachel Yamagata''s 'Be be your love' which will always take me back to my first year at Stephen's, more specifically Harmony, our college fest. It was such an incredibly fun and memorable time of our lives, I think it was the first time our college group really came together and were in each others faces for 3 days straight that invaribly we became a family of sorts. For a lot of us it was our first taste of real 'freedom', no restrictions from parents and just being able to party, stay out all night and get to know each other.

The first night involved us going for a super fab (?) dinner at Wimpy's, watching random movies back at our friend Aakanksha's house and heading to college next morning (also had some unfortunate bathroom run ins ! LOL) It was the night of 'magical and intimate' , makeup being put on people's faces and our first Conti party was the next night (where I somehow ended up having a long conversation with a brick!)

I got my heart broken by a guy who turned out to like other boys and then moved on to someone else in a day (who turned out to be superboring and into nanotechnology!) , Noor and I became close friends, we got to know our seniors and I just look back at those three days as three of the best days of my life. So listening to this song has both made me happy to remember that time and sad that I can never go back to it. Music is strange that way.

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97. Natalie Portman (1981-current): A talented young actress, Natalie achieved fame at a young age and is one of the few child stars to have not turned into a drugged out mess. My favourite film of hers was Closer (Mike Nichols, 2004) in which she played Alice, a stripper. She is so beautiful, she pulled off the bald look effortlessly and made it seem almost fashionable.

97. Matthew Morrison (1978-current): I noticed him on the TV show 'Glee' where he plays the glee club coach Mr. Schuester. Although his character on the show is kind of annoying, his singing/dancing/general hotness makes it all worthwhile. And he even managed to sing Kanye's 'Golddigger' without making me want to shoot myself, him or the TV which is quite an accomplishment!

What were the chances?

I'm feeling down and unfortunately that means this is going to serve therapeutic purposes. I haven't written about this, but I feel like I have to. I feel like an utter fool... as usual I did something stupid and I suppose i'm paying the consequences. What I've learnt in this life is do not trust people. I mean this sounds harsh but it's sound advice. Because people tend to disappoint you.

This is linked to an earlier blog post of mine, and also kind of the reason I started writing here. I took a chance when maybe I shouldn't have. I don't know if i'm supposed to feel better for putting myself out there, because I don't. Also, it doesn't help that I'm getting all this new information about the person concerned, cos now I just feel dumber for being so vocal. And it doesn;t help me forget. I wish it did. I really and truly wish it did.

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98.Gael Garcia Bernal (1978- current): A Mexican Actor and director who has acted in films like Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron, 2001) and The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles, 2004). He once dated Natalie Portman, but now has a baby with girlfriend Dolores Fonzi.

98. Samaire Armstrong (1980- current): An American actress, she played the quirky Anna in the TV show The O.C as well as the spoilt Juliette Darling in Dirty Sexy Money. Armstrong has her own clothing brand NARU, knows judo and is of Scottish-Italian heritage.

My Playlist

So these are the songs I've been listening to back to back these days:

• Lonely- Tom Waits
• Luka - Suzanna Vega *
• Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk- Rufus Wainwright
• Hey Ya- Karthik calling Karthik *
• Starstrukk- 3OH3! Ft. Katy Perry *
• Do The Panic- Phantom Planet
• United States of Pop 2009- DJ Earworm *
• Secrets- Onerepublic *
• Elevator Love- Stars *
• Something in the Air- Thunderclap Newman*
• Amie- Damien Rice
• Sugar Town- Zooey Deschanel
• Blah Blah Blah- Ke$ha *
• Dog Days Are Over- Florence and the Machine *
• Wasted- Cartel
• Maps- Yeah Yeah Yeahs *
• Strict Machine- Goldfrapp
• Doesn't Mean Anything- Alicia Keys
• Oopsy Daisy- Chipmunk *
• Carmencita- Devendra Banhart *
• Black and Gold- Sam Sparro
• I See You- Mika
• Sit Down- James *
• Tom's Diner- Suzanna Vega *
• Hollywood- Marina and the Diamonds *
• Heads Will Roll- Yeah Yeah Yeahs *
• Not Myself Tonight- Christina Aguilera*
• Delicate- Damien Rice
• Paralyzer- Finger Eleven
• Eet- Regina Spektor *
• Do I Disappoint You? - Rufus Wainwright*
• All the Right Moves- Onerepublic *
• Spiralling- Keane*
• Don't Trust Me- 3OH3!*
• Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? -She & Him *
• Shampoo- Scarlett Johanssen and Pete Yorn
• Airplanes- B.o.B *
• Ageless Beauty- Stars *
• Toy Piano- Dawn Landes
• Peach Plum Pear- Joanna Newsom *
• Building a Mystery- Sarah Mclachan*
• Uff Teri Aada- Karthik calling Karthik *
• She's Not There- The Zombies*
• California Gurls- Katy Perry*
• Motorcycle Emptiness- Manic Street Preachers
• Shout- Tears For Fears*
• Stop Running Away- Telepopmusik
• Crimson and Clover-Tommy James and The Shondells
• Elenore-The Turtles
• When Did Your Heart Go Missing- Rooney
• Coin operated Boy- Dresden Dolls

(The * is teh songs you have to Dwload for me Namrata!)

Crazy Awesome

So I stumbled upon yet another fabulous Marchesa gown...this one was worn by Katy Perry in 2009. I absolutely love the lace sleeve...so sexy and the contrast of hard and soft. Crazy/ Beautiful, Totally Marchesa.!

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99. Milla Jovovich (1975- current) is an American model, designer, actress and musician. High career points include The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997) and Resident Evil (Paul W.S. Anderson, 2002). She has been on the cover of a 100+ magazines and practices martial arts.

99. Hugh Dancy (1975- current) is an English actor who has starred in films like Blood and Chocolate (Katja von Garnier, 2007) and Adam (Max Mayer, 2009). He is currently married to Claire Danes.

I Love Oscar De La Renta

Yet another fabulous De La Renta gown, coincidentally black (matches my mood) yet is glam enough and sexy enough to make me feel Happy! With or without the necklace, this gown is a showstopper as are most of his creations. Oscar, I salute you!

Get out of the High School Mold

So it's come to my attention, that some people who I hold very dear are making life very traumatic for a friend of mine. Maybe not directly, but passive aggressively. See this just pisses me off. Firstly, because, like her, I have been through that situation. Secondly, high school ended forever ago and it's sad that their mentality is stuck there.

Let me elaborate: We had a small group in college, but yet within this small group there were smaller divisions. This is natural, as not everyone gets along with each other, some people have more in common and will naturally enjoy each other's company more. Fine. My problem starts with EXCLUSION. Why invite everyone in that group to a party or an event, full well knowing that the excluded person will find out and feel bad? I may sound preachy but I recall full well that in college , me and a girl from that group did not get along. Yet, never once did I not invite her for a party if I invited everyone else, nor did I tell her she couldn't come along with us (if travelling by my car). She may not have extended the same courtesies, but that was fine by me. My conscience was clean.

The problem began with the others in the group. Some just stood by when she was mean. This may seem as if they are not taking sides, but to me it just represents weakness. For instance: Said girl and a guy, let's call him Kingpin, were and are very close friends. Kingpin had issues with me. Not because of my personality, but because I got something he always wanted, and that hurt his ego. So Kingpin and girl actively Excluded me from gatherings. This hurt me. Not because I was dying to go to these things, but because my other friends went for them, told me about them (all the while sounding disgruntled about my exclusion) and did not really stand up for me. But I just sucked it up and three years later, I find these attitudes ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm far removed from it, or because I always had other friends to rely on, who always backed me up.

Yet while i've left, that group is still intact. Now the problem is Kingpin has decided to make one of my other friends- for convenience I'll call her Crescent, feel Excluded. What annoys me is not his attitude (i've come to expect it) but the attitude of my other friend's around her. I always thought they were mature enough to defend what they felt was right (or maybe they don't feel it's right) and instead they are letting him carry out his Exclusionary tactics. I hope i'm misjudging them, but it seems like everyone is sinking back into their bitchy, high school ways which is a shame. I don't really have a remedy or a solution to the situation but it rankled with me. To me watching and not doing anything, is as bad as advocating an action. It's a quiet way of accepting what I feel is a bad attitude. Anyway that's all I want to say on that. Hopefully, i'm mistaken.

Fun Spring Cupcakes

Spring is here and may as well celebrate it with pretty, flowery cupcakes. :)

HOT 100

So here's the deal: Over the past 2 years I have compiled a list of the 100 hottest men and women (according to moi) which may seem like a waste of time to most, but to me it was super fun. So every day I post, I shall add one more man and woman to my list (in no particular order)

100. Takeshi Kaneshiro (1973-current) is an actor of mixed Japanese and Chinese origin. Some of his more notable films include Red Cliff (John Woo, 2008) and The House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou, 2004). Kaneshiro speaks five languages and is notorious for avoiding the media.

100. Josie Maran (1978-current) is an American model and sometimes actress, who has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated three consecutive time and starred in music videos as well as having small roles is films like Little Black Book (Nick Hurran, 2004) and The Aviator (Martin Scorsese ,2004). Weird Fact: She was in a rock band with Nicole Ritchie!

Yummy Food Picture of the day

BREAKFAST PIZZA : http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/03/breakfast-pizza/#more-5827

1/2 teaspoon dry active yeast
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons bread flour, plus more for dusting
Kosher salt
6 strips bacon
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
2 cups grated mozzarella
6 large eggs
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons minced flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons minced chives
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 shallot, minced

The night before, prepare the dough: Place 3/4 cup lukewarm water in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Sprinkle in the yeast, stir and let sit for 5 minutes. Add the flour and 1 teaspoon of salt and mix on low for 1 minute. Increase the speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes, then increase the speed to high and mix until a smooth dough forms, about 2 minutes more. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, divide into two equal pieces and form each half into a tight ball. Place on a large floured sheet pan, place the pan in a plastic garbage bag, tie the bag loosely and refrigerate overnight.

One to two hours* before baking, place the dough in a warm spot. Adjust the oven rack to the lowest position and set a pizza stone on it. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees 30 minutes before you are ready to bake the pizza.

Prepare the dough and toppings: Fry the bacon in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat until crisp. Cool on a paper-towel-lined plate; roughly chop.

Dip your hands and a ball of dough into the flour. On a lightly floured countertop, pat the dough into a disc with your fingertips, then drape the dough over your fists and carefully stretch it from beneath to form a 12-inch circle.

Generously dust the surface of a pizza peel or large inverted sheet pan with flour and place the stretched dough on it. Sprinkle the dough with half of the Parmesan, mozzarella and bacon. Crack 3 eggs over the top and season with salt and pepper.

Bake the pizza: Shake the pizza peel slightly to make sure the dough is not sticking. Carefully lift any sections that are sticking and sprinkle a bit more flour underneath, then slide the pizza directly onto the baking stone in one quick forward-and-back motion. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, rotating after 5 minutes. When the crust is golden, the cheese is melted and the egg yolks are cooked, use the peel to transfer the pizza to a cutting board. Sprinkle half of the parsley, chives, scallions and shallot on top. Let cool for 2 minutes, slice and serve immediately. Prepare the second pizza in the same way.

The End

LOST

So it’s finally over. After six seasons of mystery, heartache and struggle, the most intriguing show on TV has finally taken its last breath. And what a way to go! Reunions abounded, Flashbacks reminded viewers of the journeys the lead characters had taken and the last shot of Jack’s eye brought tears to the viewers who reminisced about the beginning of the series.

While the ending was satisfying and seemed (after much thought) the only logical ending to the series, many questions were left unanswered. What was the island? Why was it so hard to find? Who were the ‘they’ Jacob referred to before dying? Where was Christian’s body? What was the extent and nature of Walt’s powers? Who built the statue? How exactly was Smokey born?

While Cuse and Lindelof promise to answer some of these questions on the Blu Ray , there are several which will forever remain unaddressed. While this may seem frustrating, and disappointing, I will probably rewatch the entire series and try to see if I can pick up on anything I may have missed earlier.

What upsets me more is not the lack of answers, but the lack of familiar faces and the lack of the island’s presence on my computer (/TV) screen. I will still have TV shows to watch but none inspire so much anticipation and expectation as LOST did. Yet, I’m happy that this was a show that I was able to watch in my lifetime because it really changed my expectations from what a TV show should be, and for that I’m content.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SHOW:

· Jack, Jack, Jack. From his ability to take on responsibilities, to his ‘Live Together Die Alone’ catchphrase. Even in his bearded phase, he was the one I always waited to watch.

· Driveshaft and their diaper commercial, singing ‘You All Everybody’

· The scene where Jack shoots the marshall because Sawyer (in his usual blustering way) failed to give the man a quick, painless death

· Every Sun and Jin reunion

· When Daniel encounters a young Charlotte and attempts to warn her, knowing full well his warnings will go unheeded.

· The opening scene of Season 2 creeped me out.

· Everytime Ben Linus got beat up

The list could go on and on but I’ll stop here. Goodbye LOST, I’ll miss you.

FASHION POST

When feeling down and it's all sunny and happy outside, I would opt to do spring in a Vera Wang way (although probably in a more affordable way) . Wear a cute black and gray dress, like this one (from her spring 2010 collection) made party-friendly with the beautiful sequin encrusted belt, as well as shoulder applique.!

Project Runway Vs. ANTM

So since I have the time I'm in a totally reality television driven phase of my life, and I seem to have focused on 2 fashion related shows. Both are great and awful to some extent but let's break it down:

Project Runway

• Has an awesome mentor a.k.a Tim Gunn with a cool catchphrase 'MAKE IT WORK!!!' (+10)
• Annoying Host Heidi Klum, who always looks like she's about to shoot out a baby mid program, plus is always so fake with her 'Bye now/Auf Wiedersehen' crap (-5)
• The contestants seem way more talented than in ANTM, there is much less bitchiness and when a new winner is announced, the viewer is often genuinely happy for them (+5)
• The prizes for most challanges is just immunity so meh (-3)
• Contestants like Seth Aaron, Santino and Anthony (+3)
• The challanges are not as innovative as in ANTM (-2)
• But probably have more real world applictaion (+4)

ANTM

• Although most people think she's super annoying, Tyra is THE BOMB! (+10)
• Makeovers!!! (+3)
• Seriously delusional contestants like Angelea, and a half dozen others whose names I can;t be bothered with (-8)
• Nigel Barker(+5)
• The Jays(-6)
• Cool challenges like Mixed ethnicity shoots, Zodiac signs et al (+6)
• Yeah not so great in actual fashion magazine shoots (-5)
• Smize-ing! (+3)
• Awesome prizes (+5)

So to add up, Project Runway = 12, ANTM = 13??? Well, I guess the answers are clear. Although Project Runway is way more interesting and of a higher caliber than ANTM, the latter makes GREAT TV and appeals to the shallow side of me! Ah well!

I See You

How many times does the situation arise when you see someone, don't really know them at all and yet create this perfect image of them in your mind, hoping upon hope that this crazy fabrication will somehow amount to something?

Well if you're anything like me, then this often happens. And each time, it seems I don't really learn anything except repeat the whole sick cycle again and again. A more confident and resourceful person would summon up the courage to walk up to the person and confess their feelings in the hope that this would lead to some sort of affirmation or a rejection that would enable them to continue with their daily life.

That's why 'I See You' summarizes my emotions to perfection. You don't want to risk losing the person or having the image that you've built up for them to crumble all around you. You may love them from afar because it's the easier option to take (even though it doesn't feel that way). Rejection is a bitter pill to swallow.