Violently Happy

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Grand Budapest Hotel

I don't get to the cinema as often as my pre-kid days which is actually making me much more selective in my film choices. The last movie I saw was Gravity which was amazing. I am highly anticipating the new Wes Anderson movie.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Antz says his films are all the same and I say "Good!" His formulaic approach makes me happy. I am elated to see my yummy Jeff Goldblum and Jason Schwartzman and my favorite crazy kooks Tilda Swinton and Willem Dafoe. Saoirse *which I always pronounce Say-oh-err-see* is a nice addition to his regular cast. I am a bit disappointed Anjelica Huston was missing from Fantastic Mr Fox and this one but maybe she lost her cool cred for appearing on that Smash show which is, of course, now cancelled. I am also missing Waris Ahluwalia from the cast. Bet you didn't know he's an amazing jewelry designer and a stone cold fox. I would melt if Antz would ever dress this dapper.

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Homie is wearing a muu-muu and still looks like a MAN!

I LOVE this dude! I wanna make him laugh so hard that milk comes out of his nose and then I'll shampoo his magnificent beard and comb it all night long. Wes, we want more Waris!! Here's some more photos for you to drool over. Sex-say!

A few weeks ago Kumar Pallana passed away. He is the Grandpa I wish I had. He was so cute in Rushmore and The Royal Tenebaums. Did you ever catch the scene when Etheline is bringing out Margot's birthday cake and her hair almost catches fire, you see Kumar react to it if you look closely. He still win's for best character name ever. Good night, Mr. Littlejeans!

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He used to do a spinning plates act on the Mickey Mouse Club

I am hoping Santa*Antz* stuffs my stocking with these lovely bookie wookies.

The Wes Anderson Collection

The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox

So, seen any good movies or read any good books lately?

Still my third favorite movie

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Michael K is my homeboy

Remember last month I whined about sucking at a job writing for D-listed? Then despite my lack of qualifications and overall uncoolness, I still applied? Well, Mister K wrote me via email this evening!!

"Hi!

I owe you a whole lot of balloons with "I'm Sowwy" written on each of them, because I am so late in responding to you. I had a lot of applications to read and since I'm lazy and kind of slow in the head it took me a while. Thank you for taking time out of your life to apply to be an intern for my mess of a blog, but I have decided to go with another candidate.

I will drink to you tonight, and since this is obviously a form letter (see: me being lazy) I have a lot of drinking to do tonight. So I should get to it.

Thank you again. If you do hate me because of this, let's meet out back and handle it by catfighting, because I've always want to Vaseline up my face.

Love and Lucite,

Michael"

Why am I all giddy like the time I met Björk and asked her *like a complete dörk* if I could take a picture with her and she told me "NO!" and I followed her all night trying to get a photo with her anyway?! I find celebrity rejection hilarious!

PS Never piss Björk off...She's tiny yet ratchet!

I'm so happy he was kind enough to let me *and the rest of us who applied* down gently. I wasn't even expecting a response. Now he's making me wanna Single White Female him even more.

Now I must go pray to my Michael K shrine made of cheeto bags and lucite heels!!

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Laptop still broken

50 Things About Me.

1. I am an only child
2. My Mom is also an only child
3. My three year old daughter is an only child
4. I won the Showcase Showdown on the Price is Right when I was 19

5. I won a trip to Venice, Italy, living room furniture and $1,000
6. I have been with my husband for 17 years
7. We have been happily married for 11 years
8. My first job was a camp counselor
9. I was a girl scout for 5 years
10. I prefer being hot to being cold
11. My favorite color is pink
12. I adore freckles
13. I am addicted to instagram
14. and Pinterest
15. I was a child model
16. Bjork is my favorite singer
17. I have seen her live 5 times
18. I went to Paris just to see her live
19. I snuck into her after party after a concert and partied with her
20. I am a celebrity stalker
21. I have met Bjork, Jodie Foster, Spike Lee, Kevin Spacey, Jessica Alba, *I grew up knowing Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood*, *used to play kickball with Mena Suvari*, Jeff Goldblum, Alan Cumming, Tori Spelling, and more D-list celebs to name, *I live in LA* PS Tony Kanal from No Doubt most adorable daughter goes to Liv's preschool but I pretend I have no idea who he is. Coco and Liv are homies.
22. I love maps and geography
23. I wish I was a world ambassador
24. I can not stand car air conditioning
25. I was wearing my Hot dog on a Stick uniform when I got my drivers license at age 16
26. I am obsessed with Marina Abramovic
27. My favorite movie is The Shining
28. I have a cat named Lola
29. She is named after Dolores Haze from Lolita
30. I love to swim
31. I hate to exercise
32. I wish I had better grammar and a stronger vocabulary
33. I love making lists
34. I love eating ice
35. Jason Schwartzman is my celebrity crush
36. My favorite directors are Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, PT Anderson and Quentin Tarintino
37. I was almost named Ira
38. I desperately want to learn how to speak French
39. Are you bored yet?
40. Planning and throwing a party is my idea of fun
41. I love balloons, flowers, desserts and pretty handwriting
42. I want a pen pal
43. My favorite song *of the moment* is École Buissonnière by Jean Constantin
44. I believe in life after death
45. Halloween is my favorite holiday
46. I am superstitious
47. I have been trying to get my daughter an agent for the last three years
48. I think popular sports are dumb and pointless
49. I hate raw onions
50. I’m going make more of these about me lists

#my life #list #50thingsabout me #hello I'm awesome

I took this from my tumblr. Liv was featured on Children with Swag *whatever that is*

Monday, October 14, 2013

The little kitchen that could!

Good morning lovelies!
It feels like an eternity since I've blogged but I am back and with exciting news to share! Our sweet little cucina made her debut on theKitchn this morning. I can't help but cringe at our before photos, yet it's funny how so in love I was with that awful orangish/yellow kitchen when we first bought our house seven years ago. I really, really love my kitchen.


That fabric swatch we picked up at the Ban.do garage sale really functioned well for us! A steal at $7!

I'm normally not a huge fan of blue but I love how the colors pop in such a neutral palette.

Enough about our kitchen, I finally have some photos I salvaged from my Instagram since I still can't upload any to my laptop *so lame!* Last weekend we went to Liv's good friend Jianna's 5th birthday party at an indoor party place called Scooter's Jungle. It was super fun, the adults were playing just as hard as the kiddos. Here are a video of us being dorks on my Instagram, Super slide.