Is Lena Dunham the New Wes Anderson?

Whatever, whatever, who cares. I like the fashion video she shot for Rachel Anatoff.

Also: who saw the season two finale? I almost cried when the shirtless Adam scooped Hannah up.

Complicated Beings

Sometimes we're like this.

Other times we're like this.

A Bit of a Rant

I find it interesting that men AND women are attacking the new HBO show "Girls" --which is written and directed by a young woman, and about young women -- after only one episode. Why is this show getting picked apart by uppity bloggers when there are other TV shows that have no female presence/intellectual heart whatsoever? I think it's because girls (and "Girls") are easy to pick on. We have to find something wrong with a woman, whether she's too skinny, not skinny enough, has the wrong family, relates to men in the wrong way (because God knows they've always treated us correctly), isn't perfect, is too perfect... the list could go on.

I'm not meaning to be a defenseless, boo-hoo feminist here. I just think that these stupid internet tirades in general need to stop (which may be something I'm doing right now, but whatever) ... Like Lena Dunham, the creator of "Girls," I am a writer myself, and have always dreamed about writing something of relevance about the modern female, be it a TV show, a movie, a play, or a book... So with all this negativity towards what Dunham is doing, how am I supposed to feel? If I put my voice out there, will I get unfairly criticized and snarked at as well? Let a female express herself without being shot down and torn apart.

Yay: Refinery29 wrote a nice little in-defense-of piece.

PS: The show is great. I watched the first episode, and loved it.

Valentine's Date: GNO

WHAT TO WEAR:

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SING ALONG TO:



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WHO TO CHANNEL:


{Bettie Page}
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QUESTION OF THE NIGHT:



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MAKE-OUT WITH:



{Reynolds, Gosling, and Gyllenhaal}

The Treehouse

The weekend at the Treehouse (above Lake Wenatchee) was lovely!

Good meals,

Waterfalls,

Shady trees,

Funny girls,

Laughter,

AWESOME MEMORIES MADE WITH AWESOME LADIES.

I enjoy being a girl

When I have a brand new hairdo
With my eyelashes all in curl,
I float as the clouds on air do,
I enjoy being a girl!

The Artist's Way

Virginia Dare


Sparrow


Cakes

California artist Andrea Zuill, featured at the Gallerie Urbane

Wedding antics and hijinx

Attended a wedding this weekend and it definitely turned into a G.N.O., despite the presence of boyfriends and husbands.


Champagne was consumed.


Dancing commenced.
*(It kind of looks like I'm not wearing a top, but that's because my dress was tan)

International Women's Day

Some of my favorite women.


Happy International Women's Day.

A Little "Twilight" Humor...

Thanks, Cory. I am well aware of the fact that the series is completely ridiculous. However, I still friggin love it.

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Posted from npr.com:

Who's just as cute as a button? Who's the most deliciously delirious young woman, always up to her false eyelashes in madcap romps?

It's the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, of course.

Film critic Nathan Rabin coined the term after seeing actress Kirsten Dunst in the 2005 movie "Elizabethtown." The Manic Pixie is, in his words, "that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures."

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl isn't a recent creation: You've seen her in plenty of movies, including some real classics. (Rabin and his colleagues at the Onion A.V. Club came up with a list of the Top 16.) That list, not surprisingly, triggered cranky responses from various corners of the Internet — notably the feminist Web site Jezebel, which called the MPDG "the scourge of modern cinema." But then Manic Pixie Dream Girls are nothing if not provocative. Comment boards seethe with heated debate: Does Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" count as an MPDG, or does she evince signs of an inner life? What about Maggie Gyllenhaal, in "Stranger Than Fiction"? Is Ruth Gordon, in "Harold and Maude," too old to be an MPDG? And is there such a thing as a Manic Pixie Dream Guy?
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Wow. I am so glad they put a name to this archetypal character in cinema history, a character that I happen to always be drawn to in movies (but I never even knew the reason why!). Some of my favorite movies-- Breakfast at Tiffany's, Bringing Up Baby, Annie Hall-- contain MPDGs!



I think the reason that I am drawn to movies that feature MPDGs is because... I am a little of one myself. Or at least have subconsciously strove to be one since an early age. I can admit that I am a little more than zany, I get myself into predicaments, I have odd quirks, I enjoy life despite the ups and downs, and I am altogether lovely and charming in my own special way. And I don't mind saying so (Wink).

Do you have a favorite MPDG? Here is a list of some of the best and most famous:

1. Natalie Portman in Garden State
2. Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
3. Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby
4. Diane Keaton in Annie Hall
5. Babra Streisand in What's Up, Doc?
6. Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown
7. Kate Hudson in Almost Famous
8. Ruth Gordon in Harold & Maude
9. Amy Adams in Enchanted
10. Jennifer Aniston in Along Came Polly



Can you think of more? Let me know! And let me know who your fave/least fave MPDG is.