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I'm dreadfully, dreadfully late because this list was harder to put together than I thought it would be. Dio is totally the bee's knees and I am wishing her a very, very lovely solstice.
Books:
1. The Bride Stripped Bare - Nikki Gemmell
2. Silk - Caitlin R. Kiernan
3. Dragonsong - Anne McCaffery - Comfort reading. Not unlike The Chipmunk Adventure. I read it, always, when I'm having a bad time of it. I can read it and re-read it over and over, cover to cover, back to back.
4. Dragonsinger - Anne McCaffery - I'm kind of cheating because this is such a close sequel to Dragonsong that I really should count them as one book.
5. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak/Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - This was a hard one to decide on. Once upon a time, my favorite book was Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned. I don't know if it will hold up, now. I haven't read it in ages and ages. I always love Where the Wild Things Are.
Movies:
1. The Chipmunk Adventure - Total comfort movie. I watch it constantly. When I'm stressed, upset, pissed, tired, sad. It's my movie for all occasions. When my mom died I watched it every night for the first week and then quite regularly after that. The case in the bookshelf is ALWAYS empty because the tape is a permanent fixture in my VCR. Yes, it is that old. One day I will wear it out and then I guess I'll have to upgrade.
2. Lili - Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer. Sweet, sad and kinda tragic, but then hopeful at the end. I can't NOT watch this movie when it comes on TV.
3. Zathura - I have no clue why I enjoy this movie so much. Objectively, Jumangi is better. For some reason this movie totally floats my boat. It might have to do with Dax Sheppard, but I'm enthralled even before he shows up in a cloud of space dust at the door.
4. Now, Voyager - Another movie that I can't NOT watch when it's on. I still don't own it. One day I will. But like a lot of my favorite movies, there's this thing that I love where I wait for it on TV and it's just awesome to sit back and watch it. Something about knowing that I can watch any old time just ruins it a little. Except for The Chipmunk Adventure.
5. Toss up!! The Philadelphia Story, Bringing up Baby and The Goonies - I know, random!
Shoes:
1. Black Nine West Platform Slides
2. Chinese Laundry Red Peep-toe Slingbacks with the 4" heel -- These are my happy shoes. Just the thought of them is enough to make me happy. When I wear them, I am giddy with joy.
3. Chinese Laundry Brown Wedge Boots
4. Groove flat brown boots
5. Airtalk Black platform flip flops - In the summer I pretty much live in these shoes. Comes from years of living on or near the beach.
Make-up:
1. Mac lipliner in Vino
2. Lancome Juicy Tube lipgloss in Miracle - My most favorite lip gloss ever!!
3. Maybelline XXL Volume and Length Mascara in black
4. Tarte Eye Couture Day-to-Night Eye Palette -- You can do all kinds of things with this palette! I love it!!
5. Laura Mercier Oil-Free Foundation - Even though I'm currently using a much cheaper L'Oreal True Match Foundation, I ADORE Laura Mercier foundation. It is my favorite foundation ever. But at $44.00 per 1 oz bottle, I can't always indulge.
Skincare (you might notice my deep attachment to Neutrogena here):
1. Shea Butter (PURE, unwhipped, 100% shea butter -- the kind that smells vaguely of burned nuts)
2. Neutrogena Visibly Even Daily Moisturizer SPF 15
3. Neutrogena Advanced Solutions Acne Mark Fading Peel
4. Neutrogena Blackhead Elimination Daily Scrub
5. Shea Moisture African Black Soap
Books:
1. The Bride Stripped Bare - Nikki Gemmell
2. Silk - Caitlin R. Kiernan
3. Dragonsong - Anne McCaffery - Comfort reading. Not unlike The Chipmunk Adventure. I read it, always, when I'm having a bad time of it. I can read it and re-read it over and over, cover to cover, back to back.
4. Dragonsinger - Anne McCaffery - I'm kind of cheating because this is such a close sequel to Dragonsong that I really should count them as one book.
5. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak/Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - This was a hard one to decide on. Once upon a time, my favorite book was Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned. I don't know if it will hold up, now. I haven't read it in ages and ages. I always love Where the Wild Things Are.
Movies:
1. The Chipmunk Adventure - Total comfort movie. I watch it constantly. When I'm stressed, upset, pissed, tired, sad. It's my movie for all occasions. When my mom died I watched it every night for the first week and then quite regularly after that. The case in the bookshelf is ALWAYS empty because the tape is a permanent fixture in my VCR. Yes, it is that old. One day I will wear it out and then I guess I'll have to upgrade.
2. Lili - Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer. Sweet, sad and kinda tragic, but then hopeful at the end. I can't NOT watch this movie when it comes on TV.
3. Zathura - I have no clue why I enjoy this movie so much. Objectively, Jumangi is better. For some reason this movie totally floats my boat. It might have to do with Dax Sheppard, but I'm enthralled even before he shows up in a cloud of space dust at the door.
4. Now, Voyager - Another movie that I can't NOT watch when it's on. I still don't own it. One day I will. But like a lot of my favorite movies, there's this thing that I love where I wait for it on TV and it's just awesome to sit back and watch it. Something about knowing that I can watch any old time just ruins it a little. Except for The Chipmunk Adventure.
5. Toss up!! The Philadelphia Story, Bringing up Baby and The Goonies - I know, random!
Shoes:
1. Black Nine West Platform Slides
2. Chinese Laundry Red Peep-toe Slingbacks with the 4" heel -- These are my happy shoes. Just the thought of them is enough to make me happy. When I wear them, I am giddy with joy.
3. Chinese Laundry Brown Wedge Boots
4. Groove flat brown boots
5. Airtalk Black platform flip flops - In the summer I pretty much live in these shoes. Comes from years of living on or near the beach.
Make-up:
1. Mac lipliner in Vino
2. Lancome Juicy Tube lipgloss in Miracle - My most favorite lip gloss ever!!
3. Maybelline XXL Volume and Length Mascara in black
4. Tarte Eye Couture Day-to-Night Eye Palette -- You can do all kinds of things with this palette! I love it!!
5. Laura Mercier Oil-Free Foundation - Even though I'm currently using a much cheaper L'Oreal True Match Foundation, I ADORE Laura Mercier foundation. It is my favorite foundation ever. But at $44.00 per 1 oz bottle, I can't always indulge.
Skincare (you might notice my deep attachment to Neutrogena here):
1. Shea Butter (PURE, unwhipped, 100% shea butter -- the kind that smells vaguely of burned nuts)
2. Neutrogena Visibly Even Daily Moisturizer SPF 15
3. Neutrogena Advanced Solutions Acne Mark Fading Peel
4. Neutrogena Blackhead Elimination Daily Scrub
5. Shea Moisture African Black Soap
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Date: 2008-12-21 10:24 pm (UTC)From:(Books)
OMG! I can't believe I have not read any of these except for both of the #5, and Queen of the Damned - I know what you mean, I really loved that when I first read it, but I wonder if it'd hold up as well now. I'm putting all these others on my Amazon list now.
(Movies)
I have seen none of these either except for The Goonies. I've come to realize fairly recently that I really haven't seen that many movies. Probably because I don't go to the theater, haven't rented for years, don't have cable, and am usually watching TV series collections on DVD instead of films. I actually buy them sight unseen more often than rent, based on recommendations and reviews that I trust. Amelie and Brokeback Mountain are still waiting to get watched.
I must see this "Chipmunk Adventure." I bet the niblings would enjoy it too.
(Shoes)
Oooh, cute! Here's a pair (http://www.dmusastore.com/pc-2019-10-triumph-1460-w.aspx) that I am planning to get soonish, if I can work them into the budget.
(Makeup)
I must try Juicy Tubes. I used to buy Lancome and other dept. store brands, but have been using more "hippie" brands/types of makeup for a long time now. Lots of mineral powder makeup and tinted lip balms. Still haven't found the "perfect" mascara but it's fun trying the ones recommended in beauty blogs.
(Skincare)
Just yesterday I ordered some Karite Gold shea butter (http://karitegold.com/shea-butter-products/shea-butter-pure-kg112.htm) - however it is blended with olive oil to give it spreadability. How do you "work with" the unwhipped 100% shea butter? I hear it's very time-consuming and difficult to apply, and takes a long time to absorb, but I'm sure you have a method.
This was fun! Thanks for doing it!
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Date: 2008-12-22 03:27 am (UTC)From:I'm really happy that you enjoyed the list! I meant to include pictures of the shoes, but I kept holding off posting, so I decided to just go without them. The Chinese Laundry Slinbacks are AWESOME! My next pair of shoes should be ankle boots/booties, I think. Although, I don't know what kind I want. Ross is my best friend and I always find cute shoes there, so I almost never have a set pair of shoes in mind when I go shoe shopping.
Amelie is definitely a movie to watch. It's one of my fave's. Sweet, quirky ... very awesome.
Also?
That is the best icon ever!