Decades: 1930s

Jean Harlow getting the popular finger waves hairstyle done

Ooh, swish!

It Happened One Night, 1934

Hats

A Ziegfield Girl

Bringing Up Baby, 1938

And this clip, because it was too good to not add here. Screwball comedies involving jaguars for the win!!

Famous Anti-Marijuana Propaganda movie, also known as Tell Your Children (or, Terrify Your Parents)

Before Marilyn... There was the ever fantastic Joan Blondell. Dated in pre-code Hollywood.

While the 30s were rather, down and out so to speak, thank goodness for those splashy musicals by means of escapism!


Images from here, here, here here, here here, here, here, here, here

Friday in the Pink

-Home Again! As of yesterday.

-What an exciting few days.

-Well, almost, because it did have its dull moments.

-Its? It's?

-Its.

-I am gramatically correct.

-Buying Birthday Cake flavoured tea was probably the best decision I've made this week.

-Yes, you read that correctly.

-Second to that is Strawberry Shortcake Tea.

-Yes!

-Want to know my third great decision? Cupcakes.

-Can't go wrong with a lemon flavoured one.

-That is, unless you don't like lemon.

-Speaking of cake, I like this idea.

-Almost reminds me of Christmas.

-My god, there's that horrible reminder that I've eaten crap all week.

-Definitely not something I'm proud of.

-Or should I be?

-Now I'm on a cleanse.

-A bad example of a cleanse.

-Which in fact, is probably not a cleanse at all.

-Gatsby!

-I saw the trailer the other day, but when I saw that it was directed by Baz Lurman, my first thought was that it was probably going to be strange.

-Hopefully not as strange as Moulin Rouge.

-Gah.

-Would that be something that Leo, Carey and Tobey would go for??

-I guess so, as it's F. Scott Fitzgerald.

-I'll have to add that to my things to read list.

-Belugas!

-How I adore them.

-How did I go from the Great Gatsby to belugas?

-Reminds me of this.

-Ooh! And more mariachi-beluga fun times.

-I can't figure out my font.

-Sometimes blogger can be a mystery unto itself.

-Complex, like if sudoku and algebra made a baby.

-Pshhew.

-If you've seen that Leon's commercial, you'll know what I'm talking about.
-Lusty month of May.
-Honestly, I just googled it to confirm where that quote came from (Le Morte D'Arthur, which I studied in my second year of uni, btw), and that's what I found.
-So naturally, I added it here.
-Medieval times meet... 1960s hippy culture.

-Lala!

A nice catchy song for your Friday!

From here, here

Victoria Day weekend schenanigans

I am house/teen-sitting. For my younger cousins, who's parents are in Vegas for a conference (which to me means they are lounging somewhere beside a pool in the hot Nevada sun). I've been here since Sunday morning, and while it has had it's dull moments during the days (not counting today or tomorrow), it has also had it's more interesting moments. I start on

Sunday afternoon/evening

As soon as the afternoon melted away into Sunday evening (after a few hours straight of watching enough of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and youtube vids* to make my eyes and ears burn), one of the girls and I decide to order some dinner. Pizza, to be precise. The older boy M* is down in the basement (he never leaves his video games); I learn from the older of the two girls that her brother is having some friends over (starting out with two, but then three more showing up, coming in through the basement door and only the basement door. I figured this out through the older of the two girls who was downstairs with them.) When asked what they wanted on their pizza (thankfully not by me), one of them says--wait for it--"women." Them being a bunch of horny seventeen year olds, I wasn't surprised by that answer. Though it still made me shake my head in wonder. So, I ordered them a bacon covered pizza to quell their fervent desire (and a pizza for ourselves).

The pizza eventually arrived within forty minutes, and one by one the boys emerged from the dungeons for their grub.

The big anticipation of the night, though, was the premiere of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. My youngest cousin looooves them; I don't know a thing/don't really care about them. But there I was, sitting and watching drama unfold in that great big mansion of theirs (mainly, paternity tests).

Monday

And about them boys... They didn't leave til late, and I think one or two of them slept over, because I came down the next morning to find a sleeping bag on the couch in the living room. I'm glad there was no one sleeping in it, because that would have been awkward-nass. 

The real awkward moment, however, came when M's math tutor showed up around 10:00, and I didn't know that he was supposed to come. Whoops! I kept him waiting outside a few minutes, unsure of what to do, other than make sure M got up. And when M came to the door to let in his tutor (named Gene, btw), I hear his tutor say to him, "were you up late partying last night???!" Ahh, tutors that know you far too well. And later on in the morning, another one of his friends emerge from the basement, asking where M was. Almighty. Then he went home when he learned the truth. 

The day was spent lounging, again, but I did manage to do my nails a bright coral colour, and without messing up (woo) because I didn't bring nail polish remover. After his tutoring, M (now clearly taking advantage of the fact his parents aren't home!) went out with his chums for the rest of the day. In the evening, there were fireworks (a la Victoria Day), which were cool. And loud. And we had take out again.

Tuesday

Kids back to school (this is now starting to sound like an online journal entry, baha), but today I ventured down town! A nice sunny day for wandering, though I heard it was supposed to rain. So far, that is not the case (wait a sec, are those clouds rolling in?). I bought a few items, including cupcakes! I worried the icing on them would melt from the sun by the time I got home, but they miraculously kept their swirly shapes. And I can't wait to try one later.

Now that leaves Wednesday, which is tomorrow (and when I go home). Hasn't happened yet obviously, but I don't know how interesting it will be compared to these past few days.  

Overall, it has been a refreshing change from life at home to live in another household, and away from the regulars and dogs. In fact, it is very unusual to not have dogs around, constantly barking and getting into trouble. As of tomorrow evening, that reality will come back and hit me in the face like a ton of bricks. Home sweet home!

And if you ever happen to sit for a bunch of teens... Be warned that one of them will probably will take advantage of the fact that they can basically do whatever while the parents are not here (when the measly older cousin is staying!). Score!

But right now... Doctor Phil is making me hungry, and it's for all the wrong reasons. Time for that cupcake.

*WHO THE EFF IS THIS CHICK AND WHY DOES BAD SINGING  ALWAYS ATTRACT 20000000 HITS

from here here, here

Thoughts on a Friday

-I'm baaaack.
-Long weekend up ahead.
-How lovely it is outside today.
-I can't wait for those warm summer days when I can hang my laundry out in the sun.
-But I like rainy days as much as sunny ones, of course.
-I get productive on those days.
-Apparently 20 (or was it 40?) percent of us are allergic to rainy days.
-Well, not so much allergic as much as getting into grumpy/depressive moods.
-Not so surprising, I guess.
-Grey skies does make one slightly more miserable than blue.
-As do wet sidewalks dotted with worms.
-Ewgh.
-And that smell!
-I wonder how much longer facebook will keep up?
-With all this CEO and shares/stock news that's going on.
-What could possibly outdo facebook virtually?
-I always figured I'd keep it going until at least reached my 30s.

-If it lasted that long, that is.
-But then again, all our personal stuff will still be out there.
-Damn you, Zuckerberg.
-Back in the day when you thought it was a good idea to just shut it down and forget about it (because it was friggin addictive), it was considered impressive.
-Especially if you went months and months and months.
-Kudos to those who have lasted that long. It is impressive.
-I did this the odd time, mainly during exams.
-For a few measly weeks.
-Then came back.
-Now when you say "I'mma quit facebook", it's just like, who are you trying to impress? Yourself?
-Sorry, those of you who intend to quit.
-Seeing the Bolshoi's Swan Lake tomorrow afternoon! (eat that Natalie Portman)
-Exciting stuff.
-That was a long rant about facebook.
-What kind of name is that anyway?
-A name for your face? Outside of a book? In a computer?
-Never mind.
-"They're in the computer??"
-It finally feels like May.
-Now all I need is to go swimming.
-And to get hired somewhere.
-That is my current blight.
-A sound remark for a sound occasion.
-I don't watch Grey's Anatomy, but I watched it last night.
-When did Grey's Anatomy turn into Lost?
-I wish they made some Lost references.
-Too light hearted for a serious situation, I guess.
-Oh well!
-I also watched Missing last night, and watched in amusement/shock as whatshername's son Michael lose his shit as to find his mother vanished from her car.
-What a funny turn of events.
-Tra-la!

While looking for Swan Lake clips, this made me laugh. 

From here, here

Taken last October somewhere along the Cabot Trail.

"It's funny these trips we take, to beaches and cottages, to mountains and lakes, and sometimes to the highways, to the place between places. We leave the things that we love, the things that are familiar to us, and trade them for the new and the different. City folks like me often head to the country; country folks are often city bound. We see things big and small, old and new and we collide with one another, we come together as strangers, and, if we're lucky, learn over and over how much we are connected to one another, how even, in our differences, we are the same, and how, when we consider it, how safe the world usually is, full of people, just like us who are trying their best to do the right thing, and be their best self."

Stuart Mclean, Vinyl Cafe, September 2010

In Aankhon Ki Masti

'Intoxicating Eyes'

This reminds me of my World Music and Pop Culture class that I took last summer at the University of Toronto. Man, I never would have guessed I'd be nostalgic for that class by this time nearly a year later!