black & blue.

 I did my nails dark blue with one singly sea blue & glittery nail. One of my favorite manicures this year. I'm wearing a new skit, peplum bustier, & lace embellished cotton motorcycle jacket all from Renuar. My pumps are new from To-Go and though they are super high and intense, I really like them! I always wanted a mirrored heel.

 

 

 

I've also been hitting the Moesha-inspired braids pretty heavy this summer because my hair is getting crazy long and is a lot of work in the summer. So much frizz, knots, sweat, just a hassle. Braiding is great and can last two or three days no fuss, no problems!

xx

errands.

I'm running out of paper in my To-Do list pad so I'm officially going to start doing them on my blog. Even if it's just temporary, I need to stay on top of my organization skills/lacking organizing.
I really can't believe I only have 7 weeks of my program in Israel.
I'm determined to hang in here and make the most of what I have left and stop looking to forward and remain in the moment...
Happy Mama's Day to you & yours!
xx

if i can only keep that feeling.

 

No big deal, just one of the most amazing weekends of my life.

I will never forget any of it...
xx

movies.

Brave. 
a movie that I couldn't decide exactly how I felt about it afterwards. I thought about it for days. The mother-daughter rivalry was nothing new, it was touching and heartwarming and made me cry
At the same time too though, I couldn't help but crave a sequel, a love match. She was a princess, yes, a great one and a very feisty one! Yet, she had no prince. Is this good or bad? It is good, I was pretty sure, the feminist parts of me were cheering and insisting but at the same time I felt a sort of emptiness and sadness that Merida hadn't met her match. I'm curious as to what you guys think though, please do share!

Practical Magic.
even though I didn't see the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and her love interest, I still found the movie charming, funny, and tongue-in-cheek. It was perfect for the girls' night that my friends and I built around it, and I'm glad I finally saw it after putting it off for years. One of those Romantic Comedy staples I suppose! The super 90's vibes and fashion were a big plus for me as well.

Four Rooms. 
one of Tarantino's first ever films, this is a movie that is entertaining and action-packed and very satisfying for the men in your lives as well. This was a film my ex encouraged me watch with him a while ago and when I saw the topless scenes in the first part, I immediatley understood why! It's a movie pieced together by four different directors with four different stories that each take place in a hotel and revolve around the link of the well-played bell-hop to piece them together. Personally, the third bit was my favorite but largely because of Antonio Banderas. That man check into my hotel any damn night of the week.

Garden State. 
I heard so much about this movie but I never actually saw it until recently and I'm glad I did. It's not amazing but it's good and it has a dark sense of humor that I can really dig. Plus the music? Stellar. A big sell for me. Soft spot for Zach Braff doesn't hurt either.

Pitch Perfect.
So psyched for the sequel, so in love with this movie and it just sold me and won me over completely on every single level. Moviegasm. Seriously. Love. Must see. Workaholics fans and acapella fans, 80's fans, and girl power fans, just go see it already!

 Leonard the Professional.
Definitely one of the best movies I've seen in a really long time. I can't even express how invested I was in the characters and the film, it was genius, brilliant, poetic, heart-breaking, & inspiring. I want to watch the director's other films I haven't seen now. Maybe I'll even go through a French cinema phase. This movie just spoke to me on a crazy deep level!

Thumbelina.
I'm pretty sure I saw this when I was a little girl but I never really liked it or thought about it, 'Anastasia' was always my favorite princess tale and Thumbelina just seemed to fall a bit short (no pun intended) as far as the music and story went. Really though, watching it again as an adult was super interesting. I didn't realize that she was only 17 years old, that she almost got married off to a mole and taken advantage of by a beetle...this story is made of much darker stuff than I realized and it was really fascinating to dig a bit into the original story. Plus Thumbelina is such a wide-eyed and naive girl, you really are rooting for her to be okay in the end and get her happiness and sense of belonging. We all know what it's like to feel different.

The Road to El Dorado.
I never saw this movie. I'm going through a heavy non-Disney phase this year and trying to catch up on those animated films that fell through the cracks of my pretty full and rich childhood experience in cinema. So I watched this with my roommate and man, was it wonderful! So entertaining and cute, and the adult jokes that were implied were really quite brilliant as well. It was some hussy that ended up falling in love with one of the thieves---she knew how to work it! She got the seduction ball rolling with her swinging hips and orgasmic massage (the scene was really hilarious). A classic, to be sure!

The Five-Year Engagement. 
I'm just going to be completely honest and confess that I couldn't even sit through t his movie. It bored me to pieces and generally just sucked as far as I am concerned.
Maybe I'm just sick of Jason Segal at this point, maybe I didn't feel the chemistry, maybe the whole concept didn't impress me as a writer, I don't know what it is exactly or if it could even be pinpointed but I hated this movie so much.
There are full and more fleshed out reviews of people that saw the whole film like thiso ne HERE if you are interested.

What do you think?
See any good or bad movies lately?
Favorites of 2013?