Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot (Explicit) ft. Cory Gunz

Monday morning - who needs coffee when you have Lil Wayne?

Feeling like a boss.

In Time review

With all the media coverage about the Wall Street protests, it was only a matter of time before the inevitable irony occurred.

Hollywood has decided to make a movie with a 'message' - people don't live past 25 years of age unless they work for their time. In essence, time becomes the new money. Cue poor Justin Timberlake getting in trouble, turning the system upside down and bagging the (absolutely gorgeous) Amanda Seyfried.

Aside from the fact I kept waiting for Timberlake to break into song, In Time's sincerity left me incredulous and amused. Seriously? Trying to jump on the OWS bandwagon and cash in on the protest mentality by making a (speculative) multi-million dollar budget movie criticising the very people who own the studio?

It's an unintentional meta-film.

I will say that Timberlake is getting better at acting, and also that I want Amanda Seyfried's outfits. They look good together on film, I didn't get bored.

Love the haircut - can you believe this was the same wild-haired blondie in Mama Mia? Femme fatale much

Seyfried wore similar heels for the duration of the movie
unrealistic but cute

Casual diet coke and glock

Smoulder

It's worth watching on the big screen, even if only to see Seyfried tottering adorably on heels. 

★★★

Legend

Best anti drink-driving ad I've seen in a looonggg time. The 'Kiwiness' - nailed it.

SpringClean: Clothes

Challenge accepted

In what is an unprecedentedly ambitious move (just kidding, I dream big all the time. "Gonna play guitar!" "Gonna learn photoshop!" "Gonna lose 10kgs!) I will attempt to completely declutter my clothing situation.

Start: November 1st
End: December 1st

Just over four weeks, go me.

Hilarity ensues, I'm sure. Will try to post photos of progress/lack of

Those shoes...

You know that feeling, of looking across the room and catching someone's eye?

The moment passes, and you're left wondering (maybe forever) who it was, what you were thinking at the time.

I had this moment - with a pair of shoes. Sometime, somewhere during my traipse around the cyberhood, I saw a pair of shoes that made me go ^_-

Then it disappeared from my browser, never to appear again...till now

Saw it on one of my favourite blogs, which I read whenever I'm feeling like a lady/trying to convince myself that just because I tear my cotton balls in two to last longer, does NOT mean I'm without class.

MIU.MIU.FALL.2011

Now the fashionistas will be rolling their eyes, justifying their superiority through my lack of knowledge and foresight.

...Or maybe nobody's ever going to read this post.

The following is a series of images best described as 'shoe porn'

(this is my first go at an image board, apologies for lack of references, different pixelation and other various mistakes!)

Ciao ciao

Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond review

(Allen & Unwin, $54.99 rrp)

Reading Black Heels to Tractor Wheels is like eating a chocolate bar. The first bite is heavily anticipated, the ‘New York Times Bestseller’ wrapper torn away by eager fingers.

With sugary descriptions such as “but he was a vision, this Marlborough man-esque, rugged character across the room”, Ree Drummond’s real life encounter is quickly devoured. Recently separated from her long-time boyfriend, Ree moves back home to Oklahoma for a quick pit-stop before heading to Chicago. In a chance encounter, she meets the love of her life – described only as ‘the cowboy.’

Savouring the sweetness of each romantic encounter between Ree and her cowboy, the quietness of the country, the reader finds solace between the pages and is content, floating in a glucose-induced peace.

Somewhere along the way however, the sweetness becomes overpowering. There is no depth to Ree, the cowboy, or Oklahoma for that matter. There are bite sized struggles – Ree’s conviction that her mother is to blame for the Drummond family’s collapse, the cowboy’s ‘palpable’ disappointment when Ree gives birth to a girl instead of a boy. Rather than expand on these morsels of substance however, Ree quickly adds another layer of the filling which is by now, a little nauseating.

There is nothing wrong with predictability. ­­The reader knows exactly how Ree’s story will end, and is willing to go along for the laughs. The real problem here is Ree’s lack of focus and knowledge of what’s important in the recipe for the perfect chocolate bar novel. Underneath the calorie-loaded, syrupy prose there is a need for plot momentum.

Ree’s obsession with the exact shade of the cowboy’s eyes and his every outfit, (“his delicious boots...the kind of shirt that perfectly emphasized biceps born from labour) whilst descriptive, veer parts of the book dangerously toward the ‘Mills and Boon’ category of writing.

Ree is actually a very successful blogger and food writer – this book is yet another example that the blogging platform does not necessarily translate successfully to novel platform.

Black Heels to Tractor Wheels is a great book for those with a sweet tooth. For others, it is best to stay away from this food group and opt for something a little healthier. 

Abduction movie review for New Zealand Woman's Weekly

Abduction
RATED M
If you want to get on your teenage daughter’s good side, take them to Abduction. Starring Taylor Lautner, the shirtless werewolf in the Twilight series, this action film is set in suburbia with
a storyline that is fast paced and predictable. Nathan (played by Taylor) finds out he is not who he thinks he is, and must run from assassins while trying to uncover the truth about his identity. Watching Taylor trying to muster up a tear will have your daughter swooning and you, mildly amused.

★★

Alicia Li