For A Day Like Today...

May today be filled with the kind of happiness and rosy cheeks only the bubbly can bring.

It's all too much...

I'm addicted to entertainment. What's going on? I currently have 2 library books, a third on the way, 2 books borrowed from people, 2 books I have been reading for 2 years, an entire season of Futurama and Chuck Season 1 borrowed from friends, along with 2 discs of The Wire to watch from Netflix, a DVR full of various TV shows and movies, a design blog addiction, and a Nintendo DS with two games left to beat: Super Mario Brothers and Professor Layton and the Diabolical box.

The funny part? My life is kind of like this right now. I work 3 jobs up to 6 days a week, I'm on 2 improv teams, one of which rehearses twice a week, I play piano, I write, sing and probably my favorite part are the auditions and acting related events. Not to mention I am enrolled in two classes, one improv, one acting, a gym nut, try to cook regularly, bake sweet things and am smack dab in the middle of cleaning out/painting/re-furnishing my home.

Sometimes I sleep too. Honestly all I care about are my family, my friends and my boyfriend. I would like to take all of them to an island where we can live together, read together, watch movies together, make funny short films, form improv teams and start performing together, cook meals for each other, make music together, watch whole seasons of great TV shows on DVD for at least 5 hours a day...and...that solved nothing.

I'm not complaining at all or trying to prove that I'm busier than anyone else so please don't take it that way. I just would like to simplify my life. And I'm going to. I just need to finish this episode of Modern Family I'm watching while playing Professor Layton and checking my Farmville.

Words of Wisdom?

This entire thing is worth watching, but for this blogs sake start watching at 2:57-3:29. Harvey Keitel is honoring De Niro.



Hey, it's the truth.

Sing-Off

My mom recorded all the episodes of NBC's The Sing Off. So naturally, while I was lazing on my parents couch over Christmas week, we watched all of them within a two day period. Nota won*. And they are my favorite. Here is my favorite performance they did. It's more than awesome.

NOTA!!!!



* Sorry if you didn't know that already.

Music Babe

I love music. I play it, I sing it, write it. I usually get inspired to write and play by buying and discovering new music. I live on a pretty tight budget these days, so discovering new music is super hard because listening to the 00:30 clips on iTunes isn't really enough. It's enough for me to think, "Oh man, that's so cool I want to hear..." That's when the clip ends. I sometimes look up stuff on YouTube but YouTube has terrible sound quality and I'm super picky about sound quality. For example, when I buy new headphones I need at least $100 in my pocket for some Bose or JBL. Someday I will get the really cool ones. You have to get a mold of your ear made and they custom make them to fit only you, and they are crazy noise reduction style.

Someday...

So, I'm perusing iTunes at this current moment and just fell in love with an album. It's only $7.99, so I'm think I should get it but at the same time I should also pay my mortgage. So there's a trade-off.

Buy the album in my honor until I make up my mind, please:


Sondre Lerche and The Faces Down Quartet, Duper Sessions.

I'm just gonna buy it. I have to, right? I have to because if I don't, Sondre Lerche and some other songwriters won't get paid, and they need to get paid right? They have bills too. I'm only contributing to their well-being, which is helping someone else. Treat others how you want to be treated and all. He's from Norway. Support Norway. They've never hurt anyone, right?

Okay.

I bought it.

So much for that. Of course, $7.99 isn't a lot for a splurge, right?

Justify, justify, justify.

Uh-oh.

I own this bikini.

Gretchen and I have the same taste in swimwear. What does that mean? What does it all mean now? We definitely don't have the same taste in men. Although, as of last season of RHofOC Gretchen was my favorite. But that's not saying much since I really think all those womens is crazy.

Click the pick for a website that I kind of hate that I found.

Old Movies: The Suspense of It

I love old movies. I love them. I can watch TCM all day, never leave the couch, and be completely content. Sometimes I'm that guy who says, "They don't make movies like they used to..." Not ashamed. I REALLY love all old movies, but especially in the genres of suspense, thriller, and drama.

Here are a few of my favs:




It's wonderful. I've eaten at the restaurant from the opening scene. Also, this is a great nap movie.

Blind Audrey Hepburn? Go it. Creepy Alan Alda? Got it. Drug smuggling? Got it. Creepy scene where everything is in the dark and someone is chasing Audrey Hepburn but can't see her because it's dark until she opens the fridge and the fridge light reveals where she is but she doesn't know that because (as mentioned earlier) she's blind so she still thinks she safe but she's not? Got it.

I mean, what's not awesome about a child star who grows up to loathe her sister who becomes famous as an adult for actually being talented and not just cute? I mean, so many things can happen when themes like jealousy and family are involved.

Of course not pictured are Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock) and Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (gotta love those Bette Davis eyes). Both good as well.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh movies. They are so much fun times.