Women who love Women

Goddam, I'm five shades of obsessed with Noomi Rapace's portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the film adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. Perhaps because she glorifies the pure Gothic style that has been seemingly dormant in mainstream culture for many years now, yet was the pulse of my teenage dreams? Or maybe because she has the stylish  gravitas that only a brilliant & scorned soul would possess and use to their advantage. Or maybe it's because Lisbeth just don't give a fuck, which is apparent in the lack of dull moments throughout the trilogy (particularly when she is being a complete badass and shooting people n' stuff). 

And don't even get me started on the leather jacket she dons in about 75% of the series. Ohhhh gurl....

Calling for backup

In case it wasn't already blatantly obvious, I'm on a semi-hiatus until I'm done with my travels. 

Raise it up, amigos y amigas. 

A life less ordinary

Skins Generation 1 is being adapted into a movie. OMFG. Hell-to-the-effing-YEAH.

Les Savy Fav

I love love this video and how the girl in it reminds me a lot of my friend Courtney. 

Super precious all around.

T-Minus two

Two weeks until I'm officially off to Europa.

Two weeks until I'm officially moved out of Austin.

Two weeks until my passport and international bank card become my best friends. 

Two weeks until 'Hello, please, excuse me and thank you' will become the only words I exchange with people in their native language. 

Two weeks to cram in as much quality time as possible with beloved friends/family.

Two weeks until endless exploration of new sights, sounds, thoughts, tastes, and folk. 

Two weeks. 

These two weeks will be rather overwhelming. 

PS - amazing photo to revel at on this lovely Hump Day. Wowsa. 

Mess up my heart and proceed to tempt me

I saw two genuinely wonderful movies recently: Young Victoria and Nine. Both of them were visual banquets of amazing costumes and had great story lines that played out with just the right amount of theatricality. Also, the casts - OMG the amazingly attractive and talented roster of thespians. Between Marion Cotillard's classy moves and Penelope Cruz's sexy solos, I'm pretty sure I went gay for about 90 minutes.

Also, I'm totally that much more excited about trips to Italy and the UK now! I'm kind of easily excitable.

A little sidenote: My mother and I both swooned over Rupert Friend's turn as Prince Albert in "Young Victoria." Having previously seen him as Mr. Wikham in Pride and Prejudice, I've mainly only seem him in period costumes. I became curious about the guy who was able to nab Kiera Knightly in real life and become her long-term beau. So, I looked up a photo of Mr. Friend in plainclothes.
Ohhhh big mistake:

Dear Lord. Distant cousin of Gollum? Like, seriously those eyes will continue to terrify me for weeks. At least.

Critical thinking

Oh, excuse me - have you SEEN the line-up for Rosklide Festival this year?? If not, take a look at the full line up here, which includes:

 This guy.

Robyn

 The National

Efterklang

Dirty Projectors 

The Temper Trap

Pavement

Gorillaz

 Miike Snow

 Vampire Weekend

I have been plotting with my Danish friend about a visit to Copenhagen over the summer. As it turns out, the dates that I planned on going to CPH coincide directly with this four day Danish music festival. Fate much?

The question now is - should I shell out the $150 for a one-day pass??? It's far far more than what I am used to paying for live music, but who wouldn't love to make musical commune with Scandinavian folk, like in these photos from past Roskilde's?

Tough. Effing. Decision.

Music is our love's foundation

Rememeber the other day when I posted about Damon Albarn/the AwesomeAmazingness that is Blur/Gorillaz/The Good, the Bad, the Queen? Wellll crap, I somehow missed this amazing amazing piece of photographic excellence. A reader (didn't even know I had those, lol) pointed out this pic of Damon et. al from what must have been the 90s, and I was in thoroughly agreement with her suggestion that it needed to go up stat. 

Hilarious and highly wonderful. I'd go gay for Damon  in this photo, oh absolutely I would.

 

And on this day of unearthing amazing photos, what else would happen other than me stumbling upon this mother-effing gem? Behold:

Sweet Lord in heaven, it's David Bowie & Brett Anderson!!! Together, looking profoundly stylish, British, contemplative and musical all at once!!!!!!!! Aaaaah it's like my 16-year old dream come true. Ok ok, it's still my dream come true. I wonder if this is from a fashion shoot, or if they did some work together or what? Wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall during a conversation between these two?

I'm so LOST without you

Let's all just go ahead and admit that if Driveshaft were a real band, we would be their biggest stinkin' fans. Especially on this sad sad day, on which LOST is officially no more. 

Also, I didn't realize that the band was based on Oasis. WIN.

I love my sisters on a Saturday night

//via josevillablog, tumblr, sylvialikewhoa, pickleisatreat, gluttonyisabliss//

Some good girlfriends of mine and I had been thinking for a while now that it would be such a fabulous idea to have a garden party of sorts. We finally had the chance to do so last Sunday, with lovely results. We stuffed our faces with finger sandwiches, strawberry short cake, pastries, cupcakes and an assortment of other delicious treats, and washed it all down with mimosas & elderflower cocktails. 

Some of us then played croquet out in the garden while others (like me, lol) lounged around and were spectators, for the most part. The Texas weather was uncharacteristically compliant, and just spending time with this wonderful group of amazing people was just what I needed after a harrowing week of finals. 

We also just laughed at the silliest things that meant nothing at all. Aah, don't you just love moments like that?

There's no other way

//via various//

My sound track for finals studying a week ago was a combination of several Blur albums and The Good, the Bad & the Queen. In that spirit, I wanted to give a nod to my Britpop roots, specifically to Damon Albarn and his ridiculous musical experimenting abilities. I'll still never know why he does what he does, and how he is able to do it so well. I mean, in addition to the two aforementioned amazing bands, the man is also the front man for the Gorillaz (whose latest album Plastic Beach is ohhhh so good for my soul!).

I'm thrilled that the band that originally made my 12-year old self fall madly, madly in love with Albarn - Blur - recently recorded a new song! They also performed a mini-tour last year. It's looking like Blur might maybe be the one band from my childhood that I get to see live. Maybe. 

I have my fingers, eyes, legs and armed crossed. Hear my plea, oh Damon!

Won't allow my affections to be recanted

I can't wait to be blonde again. I'm sporting a dip dye, which is admittedly sought-after and current, but I actually really love the bleached blonde look. I love it so much, in fact, that I don't even care that my South Asian, dark-toned skin might not be the most conducive to the look, nor is my very Indian nose.

S'okay though. I'm not into the natural blonde look anyway, and could care less for any "Gentleman prefer Blondes" proclamations. I'm into the edgy, processed dyed look that these lovely ladies are sporting, for example.

 aw yeah Lily Loveless AKA Naomi Campbell from Skins, Gen II 

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Call me crazy, but I'm looking forward to the point in mid-June when I'll be sitting in a beauty school in central Austin, bleach & toner burning into my scalp, yessssssss...