January 2011
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ofanotherfashion:
The first Miss Chinatown beauty contestants, San Francisco 1948. The eventual winner, Penny Wong, stands at the far left.
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“Poignant (adj) : pungently pervasive
a (1) : painfully affecting the...”
– Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Crystal Riffs on Life Plans... Again
I feel strangely inspired and optimistic now. Yes, I did just finish watching the scene in which Tom draws all over his chalkboard walls.
I’m one of those annoying people who declares a new future career path for themselves every few months. In the last two years, I’ve gone from fashion designer to costume designer to journalist to magazine art editor to film art director, or...
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"Tom! Mais tu es toujours mon meilleur ami!"
Watching (500) Days of Summer in French, sans sous-titres. Look at me, being a big girl. I still stand my belief that it is a grossly underrated film, and that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a phenomenal actor, and that Marc Webb is a brilliant director. Now that I’ve accepted that I am moving to LA because I can’t afford New York, and even accepted that it fits me better, I’m...
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“EW: If you’re not crazy about teen films, why did you do ”10 Things”?...”
– Wild ‘Things’ | Movies | EW.com
Stiles and Gordon-Levitt interview from 1999.
(via deepdarksouth)
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“The traditional Hollywood sentiment is contempt for the audience. I’ve heard...”
– Joseph Gordon-Levitt (via fuckyeahjgl, citystates)
But You Are...
The Scarlett Johansson to my Woody Allen! The Karl Lagerfield to my Coco Chanel! The Tom Ford to my Guccio Gucci! The Thomas Mars to my Sofia Coppola! The wine to my Francis Ford Coppola!
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nicoleoshea:
I’m beginning to doubt its existence.
Only if willed to.
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6. Five People Who Mean a Lot, In No Paricular...
I’m sorry for flaking out on another post, but this is just too personal for me to write.
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We Learned About Sexism in History Today
We learned about sexism in history today and the class became a stark reflection of the lesson. We live in California, the land of liberals and these crazy kids with their crazy new ideas. But in all of these new ideas, the acknowledgment of women as real people with real problems is still hazy.
One pig in particular almost sent me over the edge. He made me feel extremely uncomfortable. ...
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5. Six Things That I Wish I Never Did
Honestly, I can’t think of anything. I know it’s banal to say that I have no regrets (SUMMER 2010 NO REGRETZ <3), but there’s nothing I regret that strongly. I doubt that many people still hold on to enough regrets to compile a list. Life goes on.
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My Day
All in one day, I’ve been called “forward” and a “bitch” and the owner of a “heart made of petrified wood.” Lovely.
I digress, two of those were in good humor.
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4. Seven Things That Often Cross My Mind
1. Reminding myself to breathe.
2. Choosing fonts.
3. Music, films, literature.
4. How any given thing can be related to a bigger picture and find a place in influencing or reflecting today’s society.
5. The future, the rest of my life.
6. Trying to find the perfect, most precise way to describe something or someone.
7. Magazines; mostly Condé Nast.
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3. Eight Ways to Win My Metaphorical Heart
1. Say beautiful things. Not about me, but about anything, everything else. I’m a sucker for English nerds!
2. Do you like the National, Wavves, Sufjan Stevens, Animal Collective, and/or the White Stripes? Well then, hop right on up! We’re off to a great head start!*
3. I have an odd attraction to large, crooked noses -they are a symbol of democracy, after all -and nasal...
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Crystal Riffs on Inception
So I know that I’m late on this, but I finally saw Inception tonight. Remind me never again to watch a film with my chattery parents.
Before I saw Inception, I heard that it “was a mindfuck, man.” I don’t mean to sound pretentious, but in order to segue into my purpose, I must say that it was a very mainstream mindfuck. In recent years, it has become the standard,...
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My Personal Top Songs of 2010
Every year, I jot down a list of my personal top songs of the year. More often than not, they were not released in said year. They just highlighted my year. Not yours, not the music industry’s. Okay? Should I make the disclaimer clearer?
I really wish that I could put the National on the list, but they fell in toward the end of the year. ...
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2. Nine Things About Myself
1. I love being an amateur art director. I love it, absolutely love it. It consumes me.
2. Therefore, I scrutinize details. I need everything to be perfectly tessellated. I’m excruciatingly orderly… but only in design.
3. Although I’m constantly thinking about progressivism, I hope that it’s not all that I’m known for. It’s unjustified to categorize...
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1. Ten Things I Want to Say to Ten People Right...
1. “Details of your incompetence do not interest me.”*
2. “By all means, move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.”*
3. Oh my god, shut up.
4. Stop. Stop. No, no, no. No, stop. Really. Stop.
5. Just shut up. Please.
6. Hey, so I’m going to be legal real soon…
7. Oh, so you are accepting applications from high school students? ...
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2010 Wasn't That Exciting
Face it: the only slight reason to anticipate 2011 is because 2010 was a bore. Even commercially, there hasn’t been the same level of hype.
Maybe I’m just never able to see the significance in a new year because I’m a student. It’s the end of the school year that marks change. I suppose some great cultural things might have happened this year. Film industry seems to...