It has come to my attention that today, the 8th of February, would have been James Dean's 80th birthday. Now, sure if he had somehow made it to this age he probably would be all wrinkly and never been immortalized, but as a cliche fan of his, today we celebrate him!
Who knows what it is about him that makes generation, after generation idolize him. Something about being a sensitive, brooding hero must really speak to the hoards of us drooling over him in Rebel Without a Cause.
If you think about it there are COUNTLESS songs that reference him, usually as their coolness goal.
Some that would be on my Jimmy Dean playlist would probably be;
*The Killers- Under the Gun
*The Eagles- James Dean
*Noah & The Whale- 5 Years Time
*Scouting for Girls- Famous
*Don McClean- American Pie
*Mando Diao- Cinderella
That's all the ones I can think of for now, but if you know of any others don't be afraid to leave a comment or something and share.
I shall now leave you with a video that made me spontaneously collapse with laughter for weeks.
**Note: I've decided to focus my efforts on stalking James Franco due to the fact that he is the closest living thing we have to James Dean. Fact: they are both named James and have good hair.
So of late I've seen over and over in magazines and online that the peter pan collar is all the rage. (Who knew the Pilgrims had it goin on when it came to fashion?) Even the slightly disturbed Alice Glass, from Crystal Castles, is rockin this look.
Needless to say, I want one.
I found an overwhelming number of dresses that incorporate puritan collars at Asos's site like these:
You can even buy a freestanding collar at Asos or Urban Outfitters to make any boring article of clothing look as hip as the Pilgrims!!
Topshop was kean on this trend this past December and basically all their fabulous dresses have sold out, but if you look hard enough you can find a few things.
Sadly this beauty may only exist somewhere on ebay these days
This 1700's/1960's look is definitely on my fashion lust list.
Today the Sun City was blanketed with what appears to be about an inch of snow causing mass hysteria, resembling this episode of King of the Hill (hmmm as it turns out I can't find the clip anywhere but this Russian site, so click here and just see if you can make any sense of it).
New Music.
Since the snow outside has created apocalyptic-like conditions that can only compare to a scene from The Road, I have spent most of my time indoors and discovered two of the best songs I've heard in a very long time.
First is this song by Ringo Deathstar (a name that is almost as great as that of the band Gringo Star)
and finally this masterpiece by my love Enrique Iglesias...you sure topped "I Like It" with this gem ol' boy.
Clothing.
In wardrobe news, my shoes finally came and I am ecstatic. You know that scene in Confessions of a Shopaholic where she describes that amazing feeling you get when you purchase something? How she compares it to a piece of warm butter sliding down a piece of toast? Yeah...I am in agreement with her. I think I have issues because buying clothes is such a high for me, but on the downside, not purchasing them gives me heart palpitations and extreme regret for months (damn it!! WHY, Why, why didn't I buy that fur coat when I had the chance!!!!).
Anyway, I also bought me some high rise skinny jeans and this fuckin amazing lip gloss with a special lid by Urban Decay...it's called Pocket Rocket *tee hee*
As I've previously mentioned I have spent a lot of my time watching Supernatural lately. It's such a great show, don't you think? If you have no idea what I'm talking about I suggest you go watch it somewhere or online or whatever the hell you do to watch tv shows.
In my mind the hot priest in back looked like my HEB crush
Anyway, I was watching some episode this morning and they were exercising a demon, it reminded me of the movie Julia and I went to see this weekend, The Rite.
Once again I found myself getting a good ol' dose of demonic story lines and proceed to nail up every cross, crucifix and rosary I own, around my bedroom that night to keep myself from being possessed over night. I did the same thing the night I saw Paranormal Activity. But you know what? it worked-- fortifying your room like the Vatican (minus hot Swiss Guards, sadly) kept me demon-free all weekend! YAY!
You might being thinking to yourself "Wow Clarisa, you sure are crazy and take movies way too seriously" and you know what, you're probably right. I mean you are reading the rants of a person who has thrown up/ fainted during 4 movies (Hey sometimes you have those kind of vomit-in-your-hair bad days as my awesome friend Yiechia explained to me).
So yeah, some of you, like my 2 Julia friends from here in EP and over in CS, know exactly what I'm talking about. They have witnessed my madness for themselves. I WILL NOT disclose which films caused this violent reaction but, lets just say 28 Days Later may have shit tons of blood in it yet that's not the type of film that does it for me. For some reason really dumb movies you would NEVER EVER guess do, and I'll leave it at that.
Yes, they really are this beautiful in person
So back to what I was saying, Julia and I went and saw the Rite this past weekend because it had a hot priest in it, and it took place in Italy. We reminisced about Roman adventures and how we wish we could go back and meet some well dressed Italian men or Swiss Guards.
Her and I discuss this quite regularly, actually. We used to wonder how it was for the Swiss Guards to live inside the Vatican, as Julia said,"maybe there's a cafeteria inside! and they all call it the Vat Caf!!" I don't really know but it sounds freakin awesome.
Anyway this post is much too long now, and I wouldn't want to read something this wordy myself so I will leave you with some pictures related and not related to this topic. --THE END.
Drinking water from a fountain at the Spanish steps--this did NOT give me Dysentery
Totally not with the program at the Coliseum with Julia
Trevi Fountain with my BFF/Hero Julia
Pretending to be one of those gondola dudes while in Venice
Note: it is extremely hard to update a blog each day when you don't actually do anything all day but watch Supernatural and American Dad, but I'll try to be more exciting from now on.
So my amazing friend Julia and I were cramming our faces with sushi the other day (the great thing about sushi is you can devour 3 pounds of the stuff and feel great after) when we started to reminisce about how much we loved the new Tron movie.
OK sure it came out almost 2 months ago but wasn't it great? We also found ourselves discussing how at times movies inspire our mood/style.
Maybe the reason we are influenced by these flicks is because it's our way of getting closer to the characters and feeling like our lives are a bit more exciting? Or maybe we are just no match for the corporations that brainwash us into becoming consumer whores...either way here's some of the stuff we thought of that made of feel oh so Tron;
OK so first off I bought this Milani nail polish called Cyberspace, and I feel like my nails are made of glittering, high resolution, pixels.
Please excuse the dry fingers--El Paso is freakin dry, and no amount of lotion can solve this.
Then Julia divulged that she recently purchased some white eyeliner because it seemed veryTron. I couldn't agree more, plus I've been told white eyeliner is a girls best friend because it makes your face look fresh and your eyes seem bigger.
I mean check it out, even the dudes in that movie rock the white liner!
I on the other hand went for the super dark eyes (member like those siren girls who undress Sam--NICE), which is a total mess to take off and totally inappropriate when you're basically wearing it to sit around the house or eat lunch with your grandma at Golden Corral...
I also found out through various sources (my dear former roommate, Elizabeth, who pointed out the advert in a magazine I was reading, but apparently not reading)
that Hurley has a whole Tron clothing line, why I have not bought this totally legit dress, I have no idea.
Another item I'm pretty sure I purchased because it made me feel futuristic were these wedges. I think they look like Quorra's shoes, I have also just decided that my asymmetrical bangs will for now on be considered intentional and not just a result of me cutting my own bangs...
I know a lot of people are die hard 80's fans and adore the Brat Pack, but I just finished watching the 1986 film Lucas and I keep asking myself if that really just happen. Is this really considered an 80's classic?
Sure watching a young Charlie Sheen is always great, so is finding out Jeremy Piven started balding at 21.
But seriously the movie actually ended with a slow clap and a freeze-frame of Lucas (Corey Haim) throwing his arms up in triumph, just like every single movie of that decade did...
Is it just me or are most 80's teen flicks overly glorified, after school specials? And what is with the obsession back then for pastel colored, southwest decor? It seems to contradict their love of neon spandex. Just my opinion is all.
It's hard to top an exciting weekend in New Mexico, and I didn't. I spent the weekend feeling sick, painting stuff, and I actually went to some home improvement showcase with my mom. So...yeah...kinda lame. But here's a picture of some clothes I was proud to have put together!
So once the soul crushing disappointment of my surroundings sunk in I spent the next 2 days wearing the same thing (sometimes one can completely lose all inspiration)
That's right, for 2 days straight I wore the same pair of Levis and a Zara sweatshirt, granted, it is the GREATEST sweatshirt ever created by underpaid, sweatshop workers.
I wish I could say my life is as glamorous as I make it out to seem, believe it or not, the picture below is NOT real. I actually used MS Paint to create that cliche fantasy of Jimmy Dean.
But sadly, I don't actually attend galas with dead celebs. I'm actually sitting on my parents couch watching Adult Swim.
