A Ginger For Your Thoughts

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:07:36 -0500

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.

OMG DAVE FRANCO ON GREEK. I love life right now.

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:57:47 -0500

OMG DAVE FRANCO ON GREEK.

I love life right now.

Les Mis

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:09:40 -0500

Okay. So I am currently 200-some odd pages into this 1,400 page book and decided to see the movie tonight. Maybe not my best decision, but it was a TRULY amazing way to end my Christmas.

My first issue is a little nit-picky and comes from the fact that Fantine is supposed to be blonde (I’ll get over it) and is supposed to lose her FRONT teeth (I get why they changed that). My only other REAL issue with the film is the damn close ups of the faces while they’re singing. It was WAY overused and got in the way. It was divisive and annoying.

I didn’t grow up listening to this musical and felt iffy about the music, but there were some insanely powerful numbers that brought tears to my eyes. (I admit I came straight home and made some purchases).

I enjoyed the acting (Although Russel Crowe is boring). I could even stomach Ann Hathaway…okay she was actually pretty fantastic. If I’m honest I wasn’t UNimpressed by anyone, but I was substantially impressed by Eddie Redmayne and Aaron Tveit. Their acting was top noche and their singing was astounding. But I’m a sucker for a bromance with killer chemistry.

Overall I really enjoyed this movie. Considering that I am only 1/7 of the way through the book and all that has happened so far happened in the first 5 minutes of the movie…I feel like there are a few major plot gaps…but that isn’t the fault of the movie seeing as it is an adaptation of the stage musical which is an adaptation of the novel. So I can forgive the multiple “So many Years Later” screen captions…although they weren’t my favorite.

Isn’t it, though?

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:21:12 -0500

Isn’t it, though?

Peyton Sawyer Alphabet → OT3Crack whore!Slut!Liar! Best...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:48:34 -0500

Peyton Sawyer Alphabet → OT3
Crack whore!
Slut!
Liar!

Best friends are the best.

NYC. I want to be inside you.

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:24:13 -0400

NYC. I want to be inside you.

This video has kept me laugh crying for the last...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:11:19 -0400

This video has kept me laugh crying for the last week.

“You don’t know us.”

Downton Abbey

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:47:40 -0400

Does anyone else watch a TV show, pick a character that is most similar to themselves, and then mentally adopt all their positive and negative personality traits?

….No? Just me? Okay. Fine.

Well, while watching Downton Abbey, I find myself relating most closely to Lady Mary. However, all the media buzz surrounding the eldest daughter at Downton is all negative. And let me just add, this is a dynamic, well-written show. NO character is all good or all bad. Even Thomas has had endearing moments (few and far between…but still there).

After seeing that….all I can think is “ouch.” PLUS that is not how I would define Lady Mary at all. Sure she comes off as cold, but she is hiding her passion. Take for example the scene in season 2 where she walks away from Matthews bedside, holding back her sobs so that he can talk with his fiance. Girl keeps her emotions hidden. That doesn’t make her mean or desperate, it makes her strong.

But then again, this is just me defending how I perceive myself in 1920’s England.

Great (Intern) Expectations

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:31:23 -0400

Television and movies would never lead me astray…right?

WRONG.

Tomorrow is the last day of my internship and I am having the following bittersweet emotions, due to the expectations I set up for myself based on television and film:

I have yet to have a quippy, intra-office flirtation. (I’m not holding my breath)
Nothing I have done, thus far, has dramatically changed/effected/influenced the organization as a whole.
I don’t march around daily in heels and a pencil skirt communicating vital information.
My summer tan is seriously lacking.
No after hours drinks.
No one has imparted life-changing wisdom, nor have they been mean and caused me to give a life/career altering speech where I stick it to the man.

Alas…I am left, yet again, wondering why my life is not a TV show…

To Justin Timberlake: Our Man-Date Itinerary

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:55:22 -0400

To Justin Timberlake: Our Man-Date Itinerary:

Dear Justin, Are you doing anything this Saturday? I’d really like to chill with you, and I think we’d have a great time. I already planned out the

Twins? Brothers? Photos from the future? Justin Bieber and Paul...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:24:23 -0400

Twins? Brothers? Photos from the future?

Justin Bieber and Paul Wesley

My Current Television Playlist

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:51:51 -0400

On my internet-less/cable-less farm, there have been a few shows helping me survive. Surprisingly they are both political dramas. Below are the reasons I love them.

The West Wing:

As douchey as I think Aaron Sorkin is, the writing is just wow.
Can I please be CJ Cregg?
The walking through the halls dialogue…hilarious yet terribly effective.
President Bartlet and Leo McGarry have the best bromance on television (in the early 2000’s)
Josh&Donna4ever

Political Animals:

Sigourney Weaver drives me insane, yet I still love it.
Greg Berlanti is the king of family dramas.
James Wolk is a baby Kyle Chandler and I die.
Who is the baby on Georgia’s desk?
This is Carla Gugino’s best role since Spy Kids.

Downton Abbey meets Friday Night Lights. I love TV mashups.

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:31:07 -0400

Downton Abbey meets Friday Night Lights. I love TV mashups.

Photo

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:48:44 -0400

fuckyyeahfridaynightlights: just-chiara:lindcherry:(giveme-a-rea...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:38:06 -0400

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Mean Girls meets Friday Night Lights. So much love.

In The Heights is the ONLY thing getting me through this day.

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:08:01 -0400

In The Heights is the ONLY thing getting me through this day.

I will see the Fifty Shades of Grey movie if any of these three...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:44:24 -0400

I will see the Fifty Shades of Grey movie if any of these three beautiful men play Christian. And I will be uncomfortable throughout the whole thing.

Fifty Shades in 50 bullets (or less)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:32:50 -0400

As much as I hate to admit it, I am currently reading the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy. Yes it’s shameful, raunchy, poorly written and plot-lacking, but it’s pop culture; I was drawn in. After reading the first book, I should’ve stopped. I could see where it was going, I was bored and unamused. Unfortunately I have a thing where I can’t stop once I’ve started (reflected in how many ~~bad~~ awful television series I have watched from start to finish).

I started this thing where the morning after an evening spent reading I would text my friends (who refused to read more than the first book and only read that for comic relief) key points from the previous nights selection. It inspired me. Below is my synopsis of the three Fifty Shades books in 50 bullet-points (or less).

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD (as if you couldn’t tell what was going to happen from the first chapter of the first book)

Anastasia (Ana) Steele stumbles into Christian Grey’s office. He is a beautiful billionaire. She is uncomfortable.
Ana can’t stop thinking about Christian (this has never happened before). Plus they keep running into each other! “Thank goodness I wore my good jeans!”
Christian claims he is no good for Ana.
Ana signs a non-disclosure agreement. Their relationship must be secret! She is hesitant but signs anyway (smart)
Christian wants Ana to be his submissive and consent to a BDSM relationship, including soft and hard limits and the “Red Room of Pain.”
But Ana is a virgin! Christian quickly and explicitly deflowers her.
Ana graduates from WSU Vancouver (how prestigious) and Christian is introduced to her father as her boyfriend.
Erotic sex continues. Christian bestows many expensive technological gifts on Ana.
Ana has three inner voices (multiple personality disorder?) Her “inner goddess (wtf), her normal self, and a subconscious she refers to as “Steele.” It’s like a porn star, book nerd, athlete. She really is every woman. Way to make her relatable…not.
The audience learns that Christian’s first BDSM experience was with an older, Mrs. Robinson figure. Yikes. It lasted for more than 5 years.
Ana visits her mom in Georgia. Christian follows her there and they do it in the hotel.
Everyone insists the two are in love. But he won’t let Ana touch his chest or officially commit. He references his “crack-whore” birthmother.
Ana returns to Seattle and tries to push her “hard limits” and lets Christian spank her with a belt.
That doesn’t go so well. She leaves his apartment. They are broken up. End of book 1.
Book 2 commences three days later. Ana only gets out of bed for work at a publishing company. She cries herself to sleep every night and has visibly lost weight. (totally believable)
Christian contacts Ana. He is going to be her date to her friends’ art showing. But she knows they can’t be together.
They talk. They get back together. “Kinky-fuckery” commences, again.
Leila, one of Christian’s ex-subs, is a suicidal, gun-wielding, stalker.
Christian and Ana have a couple run-ins with Mrs. Robinson. They are uncomfortable.
Christian’s family loves Ana. She is the first girl he introduces to them.
Christian continually shows insecurity about Ana “leaving him” again. He therefore agrees to a “hearts and flowers” or “vanilla” relationship.
Ana still wants some kink.
Ana’s boss, Jack…Jeff…some nondescript “J” name, comes onto her. She kicks his ass, Christian freaks out and fires him. Since, obviously, the wealthy Mr. Grey has purchased the company Ana works at.
Leila holds Ana at gunpoint, kinda, in her apartment. But Christian solves everything by being his Dominant self.
Christian admits to being a sadist who likes to beat women that look like “the crackwhore” aka his mom.
Within the same conversation, Christian proposes. Ana needs time. But she is now allowed to touch him.
Christians helicopter goes missing with him on it. (But it’s the safest helicopter in production!)
Christian is safe. And his birthday is coming up! He also buys Ana a mansion on Lake Washington.
For his birthday, Ana gives Christian an answer to his proposal (YES!) and naughty sex in the playroom.
Mama Grey (adoptive mother) finds out about Mrs. Robinson, bitch slaps her and kicks her out of Christian’s birthday party.
Christian re-proposes with a boathouse full of flowers (awww…hearts and flowers). After they have told every member of the family. Good timing.
CHANGE OF P.O.V.! We are in Jeff/Jacks head (Ana’s ex-boss) and he is looking for revenge and stalking the couple. End of book 2.
Book 3 opens in a dream-like sequence of the couples honeymoon and wedding. Essentially a series of flashbacks including joining the mile-high club, expensive jewely, jet-skis and the South of France. (I’m jealous of 1-dimensional characters vacation location. Awesome.)
Mr. and Mrs. Grey return to Seattle only to participate in a car chase! Who is driving?! A woman….not Jeff/Jack apparently. The plot thickens. The chase ends in car sex.
Just kidding. It was Jeff/Jack. They forgot he had long hair. BUT he is apprehended when he sneaks into the apartment to kidnap Ana.
Christian takes Ana to Aspen with their friends.
Ana’s dad is in a car accident and in critical condition at a hospital in Portland.
Ana spends her birthday with her dad in the hospital, but also at a surprise party Christian planned for her (the man does it all).
Ana finds out she’s pregnant. Womp womp. (real shocked by that) Christian freaks out, gets pissed, and leaves. (Another shocker) The real surprise here is that he gets drunk! And Ana finds out he talked to Mrs. Robinson. So obviously the newlyweds don’t talk for two days because they are so angry.
Ana receives a call at work from Jeff/Jack. He is ransoming Christian’s sister. If Ana calls anyone he will “fuck her up and then kill her” (wow…that hasn’t been done in every mystery book/movie/tvshow ever…clever).
She goes to the bank but needs Christian’s approval for the $5 million. When they talk on the phone he thinks she is leaving him. She, of course, realizes this is the only way he won’t follow her and says she is. (This is the only part of the series that has an emotional impact. At all.)
Ana goes and saves Christian’s sister, shoots Jeff/Jack in the knee and gets the shit kicked out of her, to the point of unconsciousness. Oh and she’s worried about “Little Blip” (that is what she calls the unborn child…embarrassing).
Ana is now in the hospital fading in and out of consciousness picking up on bits of conversations. Christian and Mama G, Christian and her dad, Christian and the detective. Whatever. Nothing important.
Once she is all-better, Christian tells her everything. About Jeff/Jack having a tie to his history (they shared a foster home for a few months), about how his relationship with Mrs. Robinson started…it’s all on the table now.
Christian and Ana have sex in a meadow.
Flash forward two years and Ana is pregnant again and Christian is playing with their son at their big house on the water. Happy ending.
The book ends with two chapters of POV change to Christian’s early life and the first time he met Ana. It’s weird, unnecessary, and awkward.

There it is. All three books in 47 bullet points. And I might have given more detail and less repetition than the original work. Does this count as fanfiction? #jokes

I could listen to this song all day, every day.

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:55:20 -0400

I could listen to this song all day, every day.

WHEN I CHECK OUT DILFS AT THE GYM

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:47:47 -0400

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