Snowdonia National Park - North Wales 2002

Snowdonia National Park - North Wales 2002, originally uploaded by Misteree.

The light. THE LIGHT.

In one of the rare instances

that I disagree with the GoFug girls, I must say- I adore La Moss's outfit. It's her birthday. Let the woman wear what she wants. She looks cute. Cute, not sulky or pouty or like she's attempting to sing.

Cute.

Random ten

1. Some Velvet Morning- Primal Scream
2. You're Not Alone- The Enemy
3. Raspberry Beret- Prince
4. Mayday- The Libertines
5. Dedicated To The One I Love- The Mamas And The Papas
6. Town Called Malice- The Jam
7. Melt Your Heart- Jenny Lewis And The Watson Twins
8. 505- Arctic Monkeys
9. Guilty In Here- Miranda Lambert
10. Barely Legal- The Strokes

Bonus-
11. Fuel- Metallica
12. Clementine-Babyshambles

Interesting.....

GUITAR HERO: After thrusting Mikhail Gorbachev into the fashion spotlight with its award-winning "core values" campaign, it looks like Louis Vuitton has gone casting in the world of rock 'n' roll for its next personality. Rumor has it Keith Richards, the legendary guitarist and Rolling Stone, recently posed for Vuitton spots during a shoot in New York.

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Babyshambles @ Olympia, Paris | 14.01.2008

http://www.flickr.com/photos/le-hiboo/2194366144/, originally uploaded by Rod Le-hibOO.com.

Mmmmmmm. I have nothing more coherent than this to add. Mmmmm.

WHEEEEEEE

'Fast Fuse' is on the new album! WOO! And may I say, Sergio looks FINE in that hat. Boy does love his hats. However, Thomas needs to get his hair 'Cutt Off.' You see what I did there? Am impressed with own cleverness.

Captain, my captain

Hollywood star Johnny Depp has paid tribute to the London hospital that saved his daughter's life - by donating a massive £1 million out of his own pocket.

Okay, that's wonderful enough- but this makes it truly squee-worthy...

...in November the actor had his Jack Sparrow costume flown over from LA specially, so he could treat the young patients to bedtime stories dressed as his popular Pirates Of The Caribbean character.

Oh, I'm going to NEED this

Babyshambles @ Olympia, Paris | 14.01.2008

http://www.flickr.com/photos/le-hiboo/2193578943/, originally uploaded by Rod Le-hibOO.com.

Nice shoes, Peter...

"Gift-wrapped kitty cats"

Brit Award noms came out today- my beloved Girls Aloud are nominated in the best British Group* category. YAY!

So here's some 'Love Machine'...


*where are the 'Shambles, though, dammit?!

The smart money is on

Hova, since Kanye hails from Chi-town.

Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis says he has booked "a black American headliner" in an attempt to attract a younger audience to this year's festival. The annual music event's line-up is traditionally kept under wraps until the gates open, so fans won't find out who the artist is until June.

...

Michael Eavis has hinted his headliner hails from New York, which would make Jay-Z a frontrunner.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Well, there's a first time for everything.... am guessing he mentioned 9/11.

Bradenton, FL — Is Florida “Rudy Country?” He better hope so since he is staking his entire candidacy on the Sunshine State. And, given the crowd Giuliani drew Saturday at a central Florida town hall meeting, maybe the campaign’s new Sunshine State motto is accurate. A standing room-only crowd of nearly 800 residents gathered today in Bradenton to hear the former NYC mayor talk taxes and terrorism.

May I just point out

that I am "friends" on MySpace with all parties in this pic? Oh yeah, I'm hot like that.

*raises eyebrows in a (hopefully) cool manner*

Cute!

Young Master Turner at the Lancashire Cricket Grounds

Plieux de Lomagne, Gers, Gascogne

Plieux de Lomagne, Gers, Gascogne, originally uploaded by Rannoch Moor.

Absolutely gorgeous- the village with the umber hills beyond- juxtaposed with the glorious colors of the rainbow...

Blooming Shrub at Bollullo Beach, Tenerife

Blooming Shrub at Bollullo Beach, Tenerife, originally uploaded by palestrina55.

I love the contrast of the hot pink blooms with the cool blue of the Atlantic.

File this under "too much time on their hands"

Well, this is just fucking ridiculous. Bastards.

A St. Louis-area town is considering a bill that would ban swearing in bars, along with table-dancing, drinking contests and profane music.

Happy birthday, sweetie!

Hope you had a great one, Thomas, and that everyone showed you their hands today. Because that seems like something you'd enjoy...

Random ten

1. Don't Look Back Into The Sun- The View
2. Push It- Garbage
3. Dirty Harry- Gorillaz
4. Reprise- Doves
5. As Dust Dances- Biffy Clyro
6. Disappointed- Morrissey
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart- Joy Division
8. Lucky Star- Basement Jaxx feat. Dizzee Rascal
9. Your Star Will Shine- The Stone Roses
10. Waterloo Sunset- The Kinks

Bonus-
11. Hush- Deep Purple
12. Build Me Up Buttercup- The Foundations

York wall and Minster

York wall and Minster, originally uploaded by pezter_p.

wedding

This is a bride's bouquet from a wedding we did last March- Denise sewed an organza collar for it, and Jen made the arrangement- with Hydrangea, Sweet Pea, Ranunculus and Stock. Simple, fragrant and gorgeous.

I made this one- used similar content to the bouquet, but added in white Agapanthus, Snapdragons, Bear Grass and Curly Willow.

Herbes de Provence Soap Collection, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

Herbes de Provence Soap Collection, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, originally uploaded by Zinnie.

I love the colors of the soap and can just imagine how wonderful this shop smells....

LOVE

I love Jezebel.

This is why.

LOL cat-captioning French Vogue layouts.

More fleurs

These are some of the pieces that we did for the annual SE Iowa wedding show on Sunday- I made this bouquet with Freesia, spray Liatris, "Cool Water" roses and pips from Agapanthus that I wired in. I added sparkly beads in from Midwest of Cannon Falls, and wrapped the stems with ribbon from May Arts (my absolute fav ribbon enabler, er, wholesaler)

Jen made this one- she used "Hot Lavender" roses (which she left full-length), Salal leaves and loop-y bling-y things from Midwest.

Fleurs

This is an arrangement I did for a wedding last weekend-(the unity candle bit*)-I used white Oriental lillies, red roses, salal leaves, Dendrobiums and loops of bear grass. The bride wanted simple and sophisticated, but sparkly, so we weren't afraid of the spray glitter.



















and this is the absolutely gorg bouquet that Jen did for the bride- all Cymbidum and Dendrobium orchids, done in a bouquet holder.
We ran into a problem when she went to spray it with floral lock (to keep the flowers in the holder like they should be- kind of like superglue for bouquets)- we had at some point lost the straw for the adhesive. Thankfully, my dad kindly went and found a WD-40 straw for J, which worked like a charm.....

The bouquet was "hit" with silver spray glitter as well- really made the flowers pop at the 5PM candlelight ceremony.


























*thank God or whomever, they didn't do the weird pouring sand thing....

Awwwww

Nicole Kidman is expecting a baby with hubby Keith Urban, a favorite at my flower shop*. That is going to be one pretty bebeh. And thankfully, Nicole will have to lay off the Botox while knocked up.....bless her heart.

Australian Hollywood star and Chanel spokeswoman Nicole Kidman is expecting a baby with her husband, the country singer Keith Urban. A statement from her publicists said the couple were "thrilled".

*besides the usual indie Brits

As I'm entirely

too tired to write anything, here's a picture of my beloved pet, Holden Catfield.

Yes, he really is that floofy.

moribund trees in a pond in upper bavaria

moribund trees in a pond in upper bavaria, originally uploaded by myoakforest.

Budapest - 07-01-2007 - 14h33

Budapest - 07-01-2007 - 14h33, originally uploaded by Panoramas.

gorgeous shot.

Queen Bitch

A-freaking-men.

Envy isn't what creates a classic bitch - who never feels threatened, and always feels superior - so that rules out the Kate-haters and Nigella-nigglers. It also keeps out your classic you're-not-going-out dressed-like-that old nag - see Vivienne Westwood and Fay Weldon blaming the Spice Girls for everything from the Black Death to global warming - because when the nipples go south the nose invariably heads north. Jade Jagger's "Slag" necklace, sent to Kate Moss after the alleged thieving of then-beau Dan Macmillan, was a low blow but hardly the act of a true bitch - just some well-connected nobody, peeved at losing her man to the Best of Breed. And there's a bitchy line, if you please.

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'Warwick Avenue'- Duffy

Getting a Dusty feeling here....

Argh

If I don't miss my mark, and I don't think I do, Billie Piper's wedding bouquet contains the elusive "Mimi Eden"* roses that Jen and I have been trying to get our hot little (arthritic) hands on for the past two years.

Our local suppliers (how rock and roll does that sound) claim they've never heard of them. Bastards.

*the pretty dark pink roses with the cream edge

Random ten

1. Black Cherry- Goldfrapp
2. We Gotta Get Out of This Place- The Animals
3. Sea Lion Woman- Feist
4. She Loves You- Babyshambles
5. Caught Up- Usher
6. Rip Her To Shreds- Blondie
7. You Fucking Love It- Dirty Pretty Things
8. Control Of The Knife- Girls Aloud
9. Come On Come On- Jet
10. Stutter- Elastica

Bonus-
11. Music When The Lights Go Out- The Libertines
12. Shadrach- Beastie Boys

Old Town Menton, French Riviera

Old Town Menton, French Riviera, originally uploaded by Rita Crane.

As it's supposed to get to -10 tonight, I'd much rather be here right now.

A few things

Tomorrow are the Iowa caucuses. You may have heard something about this.

As a resident of the Tall Corn State, I'd like to clear up a few misconceptions I've seen floating about on the Internet.

1. Iowa? Not flat. Most of the north part of the state was sculpted by glaciers, and we have the Loess Hills in western Iowa. NOT FLAT. That would be Nebraska.

2. Quit bemoaning the fact that a bunch of "hicks" and "farmers" are going to make an important (or not, as you may believe) decision for the country. You know, we actually do have cities here in flyover country. They have electricity. And indoor plumbing. They may wear shoes there. GOLLLEEE!

It also pisses me off that 'farmer' seems to be a code word for "uneducated rube." You know what you have to be good at to farm? Chemistry. (farm chemicals) Also, it smacks of classist bullshit to me, so knock it the fuck off.

3. Do you really think that we enjoy having (am not exaggerating) 25 MESSAGES FROM POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS ON THE ANSWERING MACHINE when we get home from work? At 2PM? Including one from the Mike Huckabee campaign (gag) and one that started with "I'm Newt Gingrich, and...." DELETE.

Now that rant is out of the way, I'm going to my first caucus tomorrow night, and am quite excited about it. Who am I supporting? Mr. John Edwards. In case you care.

superb morning light in Provence

superb morning light in Provence, originally uploaded by Judy B

I love the composition of this shot, and the weathered terracotta is just divine.

Interesting.....

so it's going to be a party album, then....

CSS singer Lovefoxxx is confirmed to guest on the new Primal Scream album, due out later this year.

I'm not ashamed to admit

that I screamed when I saw this.

Kasabian were joined onstage by pal Noel Gallagher as they rang in the New Year in the early hours of this morning (January 1) with a special Hogmanay show in Scotland.The band rounded off 2007 with a spectacular performance which saw fireworks blasted off at the climax of their hour-long set in Edinburgh Gardens. And the Oasis main-man joined them for the last three songs, performing on 'Club Foot', 'Stuntman' and 'LSF'.

Update- I also screamed when I saw this in The Independent.

WITH LAUGHTER. Oh Thomas, you silly, fashion-challenged boy....

...singer Tom Meighan – somewhat metrosexually outfitted in fitted black jeans and shirt, and high-heeled brothel creepers....

"Bum bum"

I swear that I nearly hurt myself laughing while watching 'The Big Fat Quiz Show' on YouTube today. I want to hang out with Russell and Noel.

Camden Town, London, 2007

Camden Town, London, 2007, originally uploaded by Yanice Idir.

Best resolution, ever

I resolve to handle every situation I encounter this year by thinking “How would Jordan from Scrubs handle this?”

Jeanne D'Arc at the Sacre Coeur, Paris

Jeanne D'Arc at the Sacre Coeur, Paris, originally uploaded by Rita Crane.

'Kerosene'- Miranda Lambert

As much as I complain about neu country, I love me some Miranda Lambert.

Bloody red purple door in Avignon, France

Bloody red purple door in Avignon, France, originally uploaded by Semi-detached.

Traumatized

Dear God. Went to a wedding reception this evening. The DJ only played neu country. Including the travesty that is 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.' I may never fully recover.

Now this is interesting

Xenomania* (Brian Higgins et al) is producing Franz's new album? REALLY? That is so cool!

Indie-rock purists might be shocked by Franz’s likely choice of producer: They’ve recorded tracks with Brian Higgins, a British pop hitmaker who’s previously worked with Kylie Minogue, Cher and the girl group Girls Aloud. “It appeals to my contrary side,” says Kapranos. “And I don’t like the distance between bands and pop music there is now. Dr. Dre or Timbaland or the Neptunes are making the songs you’ve never heard before, not the indie kids strumming their fucking guitars.”**

*producers of Girls Aloud's brand of innovative pop music
**may I point out that I have absolutely nothing against indie kids strumming their guitars, fucking or otherwise.....

Random ten

1. Shake Your Rump- Beastie Boys
2. Imperial Bodybags- Manic Street Preachers
3. Don't Look Back In Anger- Oasis
4. Ugly- Sugababes
5. Still Take You Home- Arctic Monkeys
6. Gypsy Road- Cinderella
7. Rip Off- T.Rex
8. Coming Down- The View
9. Edge Of Seventeen- Stevie Nicks
10. Sir Duke- Stevie Wonder

Bonus-
11. Pipedown- Babyshambles
12. Live Forever- Oasis

Sometimes I'm proud of the other

Senator from Iowa. Go Chuck!

The probe by Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has brought new scrutiny to the underlying belief that brings in millions of dollars and fills churches from Atlanta to Los Angeles — the "Gospel of Prosperity," or the notion that God wants to bless the faithful with earthly riches. All six ministries under investigation preach the prosperity gospel to varying degrees.

Kaz has been having kittens about this for DAYS

The new video from Biffy Clyro for 'Who's Got A Match?'

Known around Iowa's Coolest Flowershop as the 'Fireman Song.*'




*Jen thinks it sounds like "I'm a fireman and I'll burn burn burn tonight" instead of "I'm on fire and I'll burn burn burn tonight." Silly girl.

How have I missed this?

SARKOZY IS DATING CARLA BRUNI? Holllllllyyyyy crap.

Holding hands with Ms Bruni, the French president waved at onlookers as they arrived at their luxury hotel.

But security is tight with plainclothes guards deployed in the town and two journalists were briefly detained on Monday night after filming the hotel. Mr Sarkozy, 52, divorced his wife of 11 years, Cecilia, in October. He was first pictured in the French media with Ms Bruni, 39, in mid December during a visit to Disneyland Paris. The former model, who has been previously linked to men including Mick Jagger, Donald Trump and Eric Clapton, began a career as a singer after quitting the world of fashion.

Michael Kidd, RIP

The award-winning choreographer Michael Kidd, known for his work on Broadway musicals, has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 92.
On Broadway Mr Kidd won five Tony Awards and he also received an honorary Academy Award for his film work.

His nephew, Robert Greenwald, told The New York Times that Mr Kidd died on Sunday night of cancer.

His best-known film work was on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, a 1954 musical about the American frontier.

He created movements for ballet dancers who were not supposed to appear balletic, including a famous barn-raising sequence.

One of my favorite musicals-

Saint Chapelle

Saint Chapelle, originally uploaded by DiehardCanonUser.

Chartes Cathedral

Chartes Cathedral, originally uploaded by wggyfrog.

Too cool

Backstage at the Q Awards, Dame Shirley Bassey entertains Matt "better not win 'sexiest male' at the NME Awards" Bellamy, Nicky "freaking" Wire, King Monkey and Ginger Kaiser.

I must have those shoes

Candie Payne in Q.

'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)'- Darlene Love

On Late Night With David Letterman, December 2006

"The jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse!"

I have watched 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' 15 times a year since it came out on video. On average.

'Pumpkin Soup'- Kate Nash

at Roppongi

at Roppongi, originally uploaded by Hiroki Blue.

'Sedative'- Babyshambles

With a cameo by Dinger....

Bah freaking humbug

The holidays? Bring out the stupid in people. As I'm so, so, so very tired from making millions of centerpieces and delivering them all over bumfuck Egypt today, here's a sequence of events.

-Woman comes into store last week and orders a very complicated centerpiece to be picked up this AM. You don't get complicated for 30 bucks, which is what she wanted it for.

Centerpieces are very time consuming, so the labor eats up a lot of value that could be applied to the flowers. You pay 50 bucks, now then you can be picky.

-Woman is slightly snooty. 30 bucks and snooty. Get down with your bad self.

-This AM, woman walks in and wants her centerpiece. Which isn't done. Or even started. (it's been slightly wild this week).

-Mom tells her we will deliver her masterpiece for free to a neighboring town.

-Woman is mollified, tells Mom that someone will be home all day.

-Fast forward a few hours. I'm driving around, trying to find the fucking house for delivery in London-esque fog.

-Okay, and listening to Babyshambles and Wee The View Lads at top volume.

-Alright, and texting Kaz. But for serious, I was actually paying attention to where I was going.

- I find the house. Knock on the door, carrying the most beautiful 30-dollar centerpiece EVER CREATED.

-No one is fucking home.

-Try to keep extremely friendly Lab from knocking me to the ice-covered ground.

-Really wish I didn't have on slippery, but cute shoes.

-Pound on the door. Can hear TV inside.

-Ring doorbell again. It's really fucking cold, and I have another 3 places to get to, and it's starting to get really farcking foggy.

-Check door. Is open. Leave centerpiece (in a protective pink bag- keeps flowers from dying) on stairs.

-Leave house.

-Get back to shop an hour later.

-Snooty woman calls and gives me the 5th (or whatever is the worst) degree about why her centerpiece hasn't been delivered. I'm like, "Au contraire. I did deliver it." She then asks me all sorts of details about the house I delivered it to, and I'm thinking, "Bitch, please! Do you know how many deliveries I did this afternoon?" (I turn into Snoop when confronted with stupid people)

-She asks her father if he's seen anything in a pink bag. He had. AND HE THREW IT AWAY. Now, you have to be a particular kind of idiot to throw something like that away. It was obviously, obviously flowers. The card was on the outside. It smelled good.

-Woman wanted us to deliver another one tonight. For free. Got snooty with Mom when she said that wasn't our responsibility. Mom refused to budge. Hanging up may have occurred.

-May I point out that on the way home an hour later, I drove 35 MPH because the fog was so bad. So I was supposed to risk my life for thirty fucking bucks because her father is a blooming moron. Yeah, that's about right.

I hate people sometimes. Merry Effing Christmas.

Random ten

1. Winterlong- Neil Young
2. The Only One I Know- Mark Ronson feat. Robbie Williams
3. Enchantment- Corinne Bailey Rae
4. On Your Own- Blur
5. Can't Get You Out Of My Head- Kylie Minogue
6. Boogie On Reggae Woman- Stevie Wonder
7. Sound And Vision- Franz Ferdinand feat. Girls Aloud
8. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out- The Smiths
9. Moving To New York- The Wombats
10. Ooh- Scissor Sisters

Bonus-
11. Whatever Happened To?- Buzzcocks
12. From The Floorboards Up- Paul Weller

Wow. WOW.

Sweet Jesus, I'm not sure which is the bigger moron.

A- The dude that got "Hot Rod" tattooed on his penis ON A BET

or....

B- THE Chief Resident of General Surgery AT MAYO CLINIC that took a picture of it while inserting a catheter

PHOENIX -- A surgeon faces a disciplinary hearing for snapping a photo of a patient's tattooed genitals during an operation and showing the photo around to other doctors.

Mayo Clinic Hospital administrators said Dr. Adam Hansen, chief resident of general surgery, admitted taking the photo with his cell phone on Dec. 11. The tattoo on strip club owner Sean Dubowik's penis reads: "Hot Rod." (my emphasis)

Dubowik, who had undergone a gallbladder operation, said he learned of the photo Monday when the Mayo Clinic called.

This part slayed me.

Dubowik said he got the tattoo on a bet and that "it was the most horrible thing I ever went through in my life."

You don't say. Who would ever think that getting a tattoo ON YOUR PENIS would hurt? I would have NEVER guessed that.

Knees Up

Chas & Dave were never, and are not, cool. They haven't been given the critical rehabilitation of, say, Ian Dury or Madness. And yet, in the age of The X Factor and punk foursomes who weren't even born in 1977, Chas & Dave sell out live dates across the UK. Pete Doherty, a long-time admirer, says he was inspired to pick up a guitar thanks to their music – and Doherty supported them at a rowdy Saturday night gig in Chatham, Kent, waving a flag as he accompanied Chas on vocals for "Ain't No Pleasing You", an insanely catchy ballad of wounded male pride, which reached No 2 in 1982.

This year, they had three slots at Glastonbury, their second appearance at the event. Their Christmas Beano has become a festive tradition, not only for Libertines fans but also for self-proclaimed "geezers" who identify with the band's working-class values and find authenticity in their trad music and un-Americanised accents.

And awwww, it's Fanboy Pete! I love Fanboy Pete! Almost as much as I love Pete's tendency to take his cat everywhere with him. And he actually sounds REALLY good here.

Please feed a girlband member

Sarah. EAT A SANDWICH. Look how cute Kim looks. And Nicola. And Nadine. And for God's Sake, Cheryl.

Darling, eat. I'd hate to nominate you for "Sternum Watch."

From the 'St. Trinian's' premiere.....

A little creepy, totally cute

'Janie Jones'- Babyshambles and friends

Amy, Amy, Amy

In one of her comedy specials, Kathy Griffin did a routine at a women's prison. She asked the inmates that were in the clink because of a man to raise their hands. Nearly all the women did.

Amy Winehouse was arrested in London today (December 18).The singer is currently being held at Shoreditch Police Station in Hackney in connection with the bribery plot for which her husband is currently in prison. Blake Fielder-Civil has been in prison since last month after being arrested for trying to pay James King to withdraw a statement he made to police. King is a victim in an alleged assault case against Fielder-Civil. Police in London confirmed that a 24 year-old woman was arrested by appointment and that the arrest was “in connection with an investigation into perverting the course of justice”.

And Mitch? Maybe if you spent more time with your daughter, and less time talking to the tabloids, your girl wouldn't be in so much fucking trouble.... Just a thought.

Oh HELL YES (part 2)

Girl Power was back with a bang in the UK this weekend as Posh, Sporty, Baby, Scary and Ginger spiced up the lives of fans in London - and performed together in the UK for the first time in almost a decade.

A star-studded audience, including celeb chef Gordon Ramsay, Peaches Geldof, singer Will Young and Roberto Cavalli - who designed the girls' costumes for the tour - saw Geri Halliwell wow the 20,000-strong crowd in a replica of the iconic Union flag dress she donned for the 1997 Brit Awards.

And Emma Bunton, who suffered a sprained ankle during the fivesome's Las Vegas gig and has been receiving treatment from David Beckham's doctor, soldiered on wearing an ankle support for the show - though she had to pull out of some of the more demanding dance routines.

The London gig has been dubbed the girls' raunchiest to date. However, earlier on in the week it was strictly a family affair for the Beckham family, as Victoria was joined by her footie-ace husband and three sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz for a festive spin on the ice-rink at Hyde Park.

Oh HELL yes!

Manic Street Preachers are set to receive the Godlike Genius award at the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards, we can reveal.

The Welsh band are set to be honoured for an outstanding, unique and innovative career in music.

I want Cheryl's hat

'Lost In Translation'

, originally uploaded by Mark Burdett.

So good

Based upon the stellar review the Smart Bitches gave it, I purchased Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Even though it's a teen book. A book for teenagers with one of the hottest love scenes I've ever had the good fortune to read. And the characters are rock snobs. Did I mention the hotness? Because I was fanning myself. Seriously.

And let me echo Smart Bitch Candy here-

but seriously? I’d do Nick, and do him hard.

Amen, Sister Candy. Amen.

'Teddy Picker'- Arctic Monkeys

Because my mom has started requesting this song at work....and because I haven't said it this week- Helders is so awesome. Love that kid.

For no reason

and with no logic whatsoever, my favorite singers of all time, and of the moment-

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Natalie Maines
3. Al Green
4. Pete Doherty
5. Beth Ditto
6. Wee Kyle Falconer

Random ten

1. Give Out But Don't Give Up- Primal Scream
2. Misty Mountain Hop- Led Zeppelin
3. Spinning Around- Kylie Minogue
4. Betcha By Golly Wow- Sugababes
5. Up The Bracket- The Libertines
6. Heatwave- The Jam
7. Tightrope- The Stone Roses
8. I Like It- Dixie Chicks
9. The Irish Rover- The Pogues
10. I Can't Give You Anything But Love- Judy Garland

Bonus-
11. Queen Bitch- David Bowie
12. Portions For Foxes- Rilo Kiley

I MUST see this movie

Nuh uh

Let it be said, I absolutely will not watch any big-screen adaptation of 'The A-Team' unless George Clooney plays Hannibal.* NEVER.

Boyz 'N the Hood's John Singleton has reportedly signed on to direct the long-awaited big screen version of cheesy 80s TV show The A-Team. Latino Review says the film-maker, whose portfolio in recent years has included the likes of 2 Fast 2 Furious and the remake of Shaft, has agreed to shoot a new version of the story of Colonel Hannibal Smith and his merry band of Vietnam vets.

Series creator Stephen J Cannell has been trying to get an A-Team feature off the ground for a number of years. The plan is to update the series to the modern day, with Smith's team now comprising veterans of the Iraq war. There would also be a more serious tone than the TV show, and - in a landmark move - characters who are shot at in the new version may actually expire.

*at one point, I recall reading that The Clooney had read for the role of Hannibal, and have since become ever so slightly fixated this. Just a little bit.

Eeeek!

Wow, La Moss doesn't make many fashion missteps, but when she does- good LORD.

Coat looks like a yeti.

I'm going to quietly hyperventilate over in the corner

Led Zeppelin played a storming show at their first UK in 19 years at the 02 Arena in London tonight (December 10).The long-awaited performance was the headline slot at a tribute show for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died earlier this year and was instrumental in building the band's career in the 1970s. Frontman Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones were joined by Jason Bonham on drums - son of John, the band's original drummer who died in 1980 signalling the end of the original band's 12-year career.

There had been brief reformations before - including Live Aid in 1985 - but tonight was the first full set the group had played since headlining Knebworth in 1979.

An estimated nine million people applied for the 18,000 tickets, and despite the quiet sound there was mass hysteria as the band performed their classics before a crowd including Paul McCartney, Oasis' Noel and Liam Gallagher, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Lulu, Arctic Monkeys, Kate Moss and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Led Zeppelin played:
'Good Times Bad Times'
'Ramble On'

'Black Dog'
'In My Time Of Dying'
'For Your Life'
'Trampled Under Foot'
'Nobody's Fault But Mine'
'No Quarter'
'Since I've Been Loving You'
'Dazed And Confused'
'Stairway To Heaven'
'The Song Remains The Same'
'Misty Mountain Hop'
'Kashmir'
'Whole Lotta Love'
'Rock And Roll'

If you want it....

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'She Loves You'- Babyshambles

This? Is entirely too cute!

Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló, originally uploaded by SophieMuc.

Daisy

Daisy, originally uploaded by samantha.jones68.

Saint Dolly visits across the pond

What an amazing person. Seriously, this makes me want to cry.

Nine To Five star Dolly Parton is used to performing in some of the world's biggest and best known venues. Yesterday, though, the globally famous blonde took her unique style to the unlikely setting of the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham - in a bid to improve the literacy of British children.

Dolly's Imagination Library scheme - which has been hugely successful in the US - is now being launched in the South Yorkshire town, after a local councillor brought the idea back following a visit to the singer's home state of Tennessee. Under the new initiative every child under the age of five will be sent a free book to read every month.

Random ten

1. Wanderlust- Bjork
2. Call The Shots- Girls Aloud
3. The Man Who Came To Stay- Babyshambles
4. Tomorrow Never Knows- Noel Gallagher
5. Pictures Of Matchstick Men- Kasabian
6. Merry Christmas Darling- Carpenters
7. Breathless- Corinne Bailey Rae
8. Last Nite- The Strokes
9. Try All You Want- Electronic
10. Weirdo- Charlatans

Bonus-
11. Gimme Some Love- Graham Coxon
12. Pride And Joy- SRV

I'll take you to the candyshop...

I'll take you to the candyshop..., originally uploaded by SophieMuc.

Christmas is coming....

I have poor impulse control

#979 in an ongoing series. I purchased this today. Bad Cy. BAD.

'Horrorshow'- The Libertines

Holy moly! This, my friends? Is rock and roll.

If loving these are wrong,

I don't want to be right. How trite. Also, how cute are these?

Paris Oct 2007

Paris Oct 2007, originally uploaded by lazyeye2007.

I think my brain just leaked out my ear. Good Lord.

*fangirls*

Calling Londoners...

Calling Londoners..., originally uploaded by Ayoumali.

I need a nap

Why?

1. Bloody ice storm is raging outside
2. My hands ache from making so many Christmas wreaths this week
3. I slid on glitter at the shop, and jacked up my knee. How new rave....

and in the last half hour, I have-

4. Splashed hot sauce in my eye

and the piece de resistance-

5. Disposed of a dead mouse. Unfortunately, the dead rodent was discovered by my 15 month-old niece, who picked it up. Her mom did not, repeat, NOT, handle this well. Can't blame her.

Ahhhhh, sweet lady sofa.

'Gimme Shelter'

Alicia Keys and Keith Urban- at Live Earth

Random ten

1. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm- Frank Sinatra
2. Always On My Mind- Ryan Adams
3. I've Just Seen A Face- The Beatles
4. Pipedown- Babyshambles
5. Superstar Tradesman- The View
6. Common People- Pulp
7. Black Jacks- Girls Aloud
8. Out On The Tiles- Led Zeppelin
9. Hey Ya!- OutKast
10. Love Somebody- Robbie Williams

Bonus-
11. A Northern Soul- The Verve
12. Push It- Garbage

Cutie pie

AmEx Agyness wins "model of the year" at the Brit Fashion Awards. Love her.

Key creatives in the fashion world gathered to honour the industry's brightest stars this week at the annual British fashion Awards. And there was, of course, only one choice for model of the year – Agyness Deyn, who has been dubbed the new Kate Moss. The leggy blonde, who used to work in a chip shop, made her entrance in a black Giles number with trailing hemline.

Twenty-four-year-old Agyness, who is the face of Burberry, took to the stage to collect her award from designer Roland Mouret holding her mobile phone to her ear. "It's my mum on the phone," she told the crowd, which included Lily Allen and Kelly Osbourne.

Christmas #1

As addressed in 'Love, Actually,' having the number one single on Christmas is a rather big deal in Blighty. Today, Stereogum posted a list of all the songs to achieve this since 1952.

I must confess, I am completely wild to hear the entry from 1980, 'There's No One Quite Like Grandma.' Martin Hannett allegedly once snorted some illicit substance off its gold record. And I don't know what Stereogum is smoking, dissing the entries since 1999. 'Sound Of The Underground' is an AMAZING single.

LA LA LA

Despite the fact that Christmas, and hopefully, presents, are less than a month away, I just ordered this book.

Oh yes, I'm working my way into a nice little frenzy here....

Obsessions, volume 1

I adore OPI nail polish. Adore it. Especially this shade. Just so deep and lovely.

'Tis the season

Ms. Darlene Love performing '(Christmas) Baby Please Come Home' on Late Night With David Letterman, 2003