Mad Men

Now that Legend of the Seeker is officially over, I have latched onto a new current TV show: Mad Men. And I love it! It's all very 60s, right between the classy and the mod.

Betty Draper is the exact image of Grace Kelly, but with all the character [from what I gleaned from two episodes] of Marilyn Monroe. Which reminds me. I want to re-watch Some Like It Hot.

January Jones as Betty Draper

Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway

And then we have Don Draper [Jon Hamm]. Oh, Don Draper, how do I even begin to describe Don Draper? He's perfect, but also bad, but likeable in his badness. He's smart, witty, charming. He's a gentleman who can, as his boss Roger Sterling said, easily run for President.

Speaking of Roger: Is this man minus about 40 years incredibly handsome or what?

John Slattery as Roger Sterling

I mean, what is it about the 50s and early 60s that make everything so...suave? I can totally see how smoking was cool. The vintage cigarette holders on the show alone are to die for.

Alas, the end of the 60s got too trashy for me. It's back in time I go. Which reminds me: I need to do a period piece post on the 80s!

P.S. Some Like It Hot. Funniest movie ever.

"?" by Robert William Service

"If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
And yet in the past (I grieve to state),
She never had been exactly "straight".

And the second -- she was beyond all cavil,
A model of virtue, I must confess;
And yet, alas! she was dull as the devil,
And rather a dowd in the way of dress;
Though what she was lacking in wit and beauty,
She more than made up for in "sense of duty".

Now, suppose you must wed, and make no blunder,
And either would love you, and let you win her --
Which of the two would you choose, I wonder,
The stolid saint or the sparkling sinner?"

Which would you choose?

post-AP post

i am done. APs are finished with. YAY.

i can't believe this is the last AP that's going to really be worth working hard for! Come this time, senior year, I'll be in college! (hopefully)

So I've gotten caught up on my Legend of the Seeker. But more importantly, I've discovered my future husband.

Well maybe not. Alex Day does live on the other side of the Atlantic. But he did date a girl from Seattle! And they made that work! So judging by the relative distances of our locations, Alex and I ought to work out twice as well as Alex and Kristina.

But I digress. Who is Alex Day? An incredibly handsome, very British and, most importantly, super cynical less-famous friend of Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike). Both are very wonderful people who do crazy spontaneous things in keeping with the title of my blog [in keeping...as if they follow the guidelines of MY blog].

Everyone kept telling me to watch Charlieissocoollike on youtube. I finally agreed, [peer pressure, tis a powerful force!] and though I found him very cute and entertaining, I didn't bother checking out all his videos or subscribe.

Contrast that with the first time I laid eyes on Alex Day. The video was of quite a different subject matter; he was explaining the British elections and the concept of a hung parliament to the masses on youtube through the use of well-drawn Post-it note illustrations. For some reason, I was hooked. Most people say Charlie is the more handsome of the two [and that's probably why he is the #1 subscribed youtuber in the UK whereas Alex is #2] but Alex is just SO SARCASTIC, opinionated and has a take on everything!

Alex is the man for me. But the two are best friends and incredibly cute together.

Charlie and Alex [I love it when he laughs]

check him out at http://www.youtube.com/user/nerimon

Weekend Update

Long time no post. Having just finished a round of finals, auditions, and SAT IIs, I thought a blog post would be something to freshen up with.

I was at Costco today, and they had both Point Break and St. Elmo's Fire. FOR $5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unfortunately, my parents wouldn't let me buy them. When and where else am I going to find these more-than-20-year-old films on DVD??? Not to mention my favorites, and such a bargain!

I also have resolved to exercise more. I hate coming down with a weak illness of ambiguous type, not strong enough to require a visit to the doctor but enough to annoy me throughout the day.

I'm so proud of myself; since Legend of the Seeker is getting cancelled [NOOOOOOO!] and APs are coming up, I decided to hold off watching until after the testing. Then I'll be able to celebrate afterward the hotness of both Craigs, the outfits of everyone and the gorge New Zealand landscape with all my concentration.