Archive for March, 2009
Jay Baruchel
With all of the notable performances in “Knocked Up”, you may have overlooked Jay Baruchel as the lovable Canadian, so creatively named, “Jay”. A regular on the TV show “Undeclared”, I didn’t realize Jay was such a babe until his awesome, geeky/sexy performance in ”Tropic Thunder”.
3 comments March 27, 2009
Packing Plastic
Hey barbies, get a load of this, it’s saccharine, PERFECT POP!
Lily Allen’s music video “The Fear”.
I wanted to post this to share the exquisite loftiness and joy I feel watching it!
I like it because I like her in it. She’s become such a diva.
Her dress with swatches of lockets and black tights are pretty banging and pretty easy for any one to pull off. I also admire her long shiny black hair and bangs.
AD (art direction): reminds me of Marie Antoinette.
Props: vanity mirror (excellence).
Character: Lily Allen has transformed into a total Veruca Salt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Additional comments: “Lots of fun…”
3:11- Best special effect.
1 comment March 23, 2009
I Love You, Man
What happens when Judd Apatow is too busy with his own films to take on another? The result is a planned script that tries to haphazardly include improvised jokes. These stand-alone incidents are, sadly, what carries the film of this connect-the-dots plot. Like dancing around a baseball diamond, “I Love You, Man” is more of an exercise in awkward, unscripted moments than cohesive filmmaking.
3 comments March 23, 2009
Doug Funny & Arnold
Sometimes the perfect guys aren’t exactly within our grasp.
Sometimes, they don’t even exist in real life. 
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3 comments March 20, 2009
Gender and Violence
One of my favorite things about Googly Eyes (besides the fact that it’s awesome) is the intelligent debates/conversations we often have through comments. I would like to use this post mostly as a means of creating a discourse to consider an ever-growing topic in the news: violence and gender.
So we all know the Chris Brown/Rihanna story, and I’m pretty certain that any woman who was raised with a shred of self-respect would say that this was not okay. Regardless of if she pissed him off or read his texts or whatthefuckever, there’s no excuse to hit a woman and especially no excuse or justification for beating a woman as badly as Brown beat Rihanna. He should serve time for assault, and she should get the hell away from him as soon as possible, and permanently.
9 comments March 19, 2009
How To: Navigate the NYC Subway
Despite its shortcomings, New York City has one of the best subways in the world. Yes, the world. London’s tube probably comes in second place, but it’s London*, so like, who really gives a fuck? The trick to the New York City subway isn’t so much as making sure there’s a stop near you. It’s making sure it’s the right line. Since the MTA’s subway system initially consisted of a collective of companies such as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), the Interborough Transit Company (IRT), and the Independent Subway System (IND), their union through the MTA has been anything but smooth. With different sized cars, tunnels, and train-tracks, the MTA absorbed every companies’ different gauges and schedules. The result is what we have today: a series of interconnecting lines of varying quality and speed.
So before you make the move to NYC, take heed. Getting around is an art, especially during a recession. In honor of the glorious fare hike about to take place, I’ll be giving you installments of how to work one of the quirkiest transit systems in the world, sans subterranean cellphone service.
7 comments March 19, 2009
If U Seek Amy
I had revived hope in Britney Spears’ pop value and her chosen production team after the “Circus” video, but now I see that I was mistaken. Nevermind that this song is a hot mess, including a very annunciated “ha ha he he ha ha ho” and ridiculous grammatic aberrations (“all of the boys and all of the girls can’t wait to if u seek Amy,” and yes, I get it that she’s spelling “FUCK ME,”) in the lyrics, it’s just a “conceptual disaster” all around, as Tom Colicchio would say. As a song, I deem it worse than Womanizer.
Check it.
5 comments March 14, 2009
Researching crazy outfits leads to cross media pollination
PCD and sasha
The girl on the left wearing the beautiful, red half-sari with jeans, high brown boots, and big brown glasses is Nicole Scherzinger, Pussy Cat Doll. For me, this outfit seems a little bizarre to wear at least publicly in the US but I think the concept is pretty radical. I support the entrance of a new wave of Indian garb meets western wear. This outfit is one of the first I’ve seen which matches that description (with the exception of Gwen Stefani in the 90s).
5 comments March 13, 2009
Peaches: Shit, I Miss Summer
After spending February in LA and Argentina, I’d gotten used to living in the lap of luxury. Plums, nectarines, fresh squeezed OJ, and yes, peaches, were in plentiful supply. Always there for me when I needed a delicious friend. Offering a fuzzy, sweet hand.
I remembered landing from Buenos Aires at JFK during a snowstorm, the ice crystals whizzing past my window in silver streaks. “Welcome back, Olivia” They seemed to say. “We are bent on making you feel as chilly as possible: emotionally, and gastronomically.” The next couple of days, I had the repeated problem where I would pad to the kitchen in my cozy apartment only to give a surprised yell. My roommates would come rushing in to see what’s wrong, and there I’d be lying on the floor, mumbling about a lack of stone fruits and why is the windowpane so cold?
Just a couple of months left, right? I can do this. I am counting down the days until the lifeguard of my neighborhood pool blows his memorial-day whistle and I can call open-season on the greenmarket produce. Until then, here are some of the things I miss about summer. Badly.
1 comment March 11, 2009
