Clothes makin' the man

If you want a cool illustration of the difference that just makeup, clothes, and hairstyles can make, watch Lars and the Real Girl. Then check out an episode of Pan Am to see Kelli Garner as a total bombshell and... basically anything else with Ryan Gosling to see him very, very yummy. (The Notebook, if you've a high saccharine tolerance; Fracture was good too.)



I watched Lars last night, and man, that movie rocks so hard. Every single performance is impeccable, touching without being sappy; I love it. I keep it with our holiday movies because the setting is so wintery and cold, I can't ever get into it any other time of year.


Anyway, last night the first scene featuring Kelli Garner had me bolting upright on the couch: That's the girl from Pan Am. No way. Because she looks SO different, it's crazy. When I first saw "Lars," I never in a million years thought that actress could be done up to be the bombshell she is on the TV drama. In fact, though I've been watching the show all season, I didn't even recognize her from my favorite movie until I re-watched it last night.


It makes me wonder if eyeliner and red hair would work the same wonders for me!

Love, J

She gets her yoga moves from her mama

~ When Lily chews on the bottom of her own foot, like so, it absolutely slays me.

~ I sold almost 30 jars of beans at this weekend's craft fair. I'm still playing with the numbers to see if I can get the bucks to make sense enough to make a go of it, but in the meantime I sure do enjoy standing at a table and receiving compliments all day ; )

~ The best part of The Rachel Zoe Project has got to be how Rachel and Rog get each other ridiculous gifts like an Escalade or a $60k watch and then act so cavalier about it they may as well have just picked up a Kit Kat from the Circle K for each other a la me & the hubs.

~ G texted me this week to ask if I'd go trick-or-treating with her this year. I'd thought she was over that activity, but apparently she just needed a two year hiatus. This makes me about as happy as the above-pictured foot chewing.

Love,
J

Old but new to me

Just popping in to say I've discovered a new-to-me show that I'm sure everyone and their mom has seen but I just discovered for the first time on Hulu: Hearts Afire.

It's kind of awesome, and not just in a "good for an old sitcom" way, but actually laugh out loud funny. I never thought I'd develop a crush on John Ritter, but it appears to have happened. It's just perfect to watch marathon-style while I sit here and snap beans.

And my labels ought to be here by Friday, so hopefully I'll have a photo of the finished product soon!

Okay, back to the snapping.

Love, J

Zooey on TV

Zooey Deschanel has been in my top 5 girl crushes since Elf (and have you HEARD She & Him?!?) Which is why now, when I am absolutely zombie-tired and ought to be dragging myself to bed, I am instead blogging about a very exciting thing I just learned: she's in a new show this fall! The trailer below actually makes the show look really terrible, but I will watch it anyway. Because I watch tons of really terrible TV, and at least this will be really terrible TV starring Zooey. (Sorry for the reeeeeeally long and stupid ad before this video.)



Love (and goodnight),
J

PS ~ In case you haven't heard She & Him...



And one more, this one also starring one of my top boy crushes:

Uncomfortable

I adore him, but this is uncomfortable to watch:

Love, J

So very gleeful

I've probably posted more than my fair share of Glee trailers, but I have to say I cannot WAIT for tonight's episode:



Yay for more episodes that show off Heather Morris dancing!

Love, J

I love Chuck

Very sure I'm committing copyright infringement by using this collage.
If it helps, I found it here.

From Pushing Daisies, that is.

I like a lot of things about her character (and the show, holy technicolor!), but mostly am OBSESSED with her wardrobe.

After a mini-marathon of online episodes last night, I feel inspired to get cracking on a shirt dress of my own. And since my oh-so-accommodating husband hopped to and snagged my birthday dream dress for me a while back, I even have a well-fitting starter piece to model it after.

I do hate messing up the clean living room with scraps and fabrics and notions, but that's the price you pay...

Love, J

Right now we are 5

This little crew is living in our guest room.


And when one afternoon I described to them Battle of the Bods, my latest grotesquely offensive television program discovery, God love 'em, they instantly demanded to see it for themselves, and were soon as enthralled as me. So now we spend each evening gathered around the laptop, arguing over which contestant has the best legs. There is something irresistible in the unparalleled trashiness of a show that bleeps out comments uttered by the host herself.*


Only Baby has the good sense to shield her eyes from the unbridled depravity.


Love, J

* Even I could only stomach one episode of this show on my own. The trick, it seems, is to watch it as a group and treat it as an interactive horror show, rather than a passive spectating experience.

What Fox is giving me for my birthday

Love, J

Destined to someday be a classic

In my quest to someday have a kitchen sink AND a bathroom sink AND a dishwasher all in working order at the same time, our plumbers came over to do some work around the house yesterday. And knowing how nice it is to enjoy some music while you work, I told them 'of course' when they asked if they could put their radio on. After about 10 minutes of blaring gangster rap, I fled to the back bedroom, abandoning my studying in search of something to drown out the gunshot noises that accompanied each chorus.

I switched the computer on and surfed over to Hulu, thinking I'd watch some Bewitched* episodes while I worked on the gloves I'm making. And then I saw it.

WARNING: IF YOU HAVE EVEN SLIGHTLY TRASHY TASTE IN TELEVISION, AND YOU HOPE TO BE PRODUCTIVE THIS WEEKEND, DO NOT - I REPEAT, DO NOT - READ ANY FURTHER.

Did you know there is a reality show called 'Househusbands of Hollywood'? HOUSEHUSBANDS OF HOLLYWOOD?!? I thought I'd bottomed out with 'Toddlers & Tiaras,' but this show gives that one a run for its money. The pure tastelessness is truly a thing to behold. It is glorious. I think I'm in love.

By yesterday evening, we'd taken several steps back, and currently neither sink works, nor does the dishwasher. But I still consider the day a rousing success because it included my discovering this gem.

And also because I got to wash our dishes in the bathtub.

Love, J


*Bewitched conversations:

Me: Don't you think Sam's too good for Darrin?

Hubs: No. He's just a dorky 60's husband. It's not his fault he's like that.

Later that day, at Grandma R's house:

Me: Grandma, did you ever watch 'Bewitched'?

Grandma: Yes.

Me: Don't you think Elizabeth Montgomery is too good for Dick York?

Grandma: Absolutely.