Common Stand-by Costumes for Procrastinators and Lazy People

Happy Halloween you crazy kids! Hopefully you all had wonderful weekends! For myself, I had a lovely night followed by a not-so-lovely morning. And so, I am starting a movement to grant Halloween ONE day of fun. One. Not a weekend. Not a 5-day costume-filled spree. My body can't take the pressure. It hurts too much. Which is why, after slaving away for days on the perfect Gaga costume (pictures to come), I have decided that tonight--on actual Halloween--I am going to be a lazy Halloweener (haha weener...) and go as a comfy biker girl with no heels or special adornment of any kind. I am protesting. And in passionate protests like these, you have to start with numero uno: yourself.

In this regard, I am writing out a list of the easiest and comfiest Halloween costumes you can find at home.

Common Stand-by Costumes for Procrastinators and Lazy People:

#1: A Ghost: Oooo scary....all you need is a sheet and some scissors and you're a scary ghost or a friendly Casper.

#2: A Cowgirl: Easy. A jean skirt or some shorts plus a tied-up checked shirt and some pigtails. Hello, five minute costume. 

#3: Bubblegum: This is mainly a color-dependent outfit. Throw on all the pink you own. You might be mistaken for Pepto Bismol, but only quitters let that hold them back.

#4: White Trash: Litterally (get it? ahh, puns) all you need is a white trash bag. So yes, you'll be wearing a trash bag all night, but that won't stop you from being awesome.

#5: Dexter: If you're feeling in the mood for a cultural reference, go as this good guy serial killer. All you need is an olive-colored shirt, some darker pants, maybe some gloves if you're feeling fancy, and a splash of blood (lipstick is an acceptable substitute).

#6: A Biker Chic: This is my choice for the morrow. You need a bandana, shirt with cut-off sleeves, and draw on some quick skull tattoos, and you're good to go! We can be twinsies.

 
I hope this was helpful for ya'll. Now have a crazy night, you youngsters! Eat way too much candy and silly string the heck out of things.


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Chop Chop

Oh man, lately I've been getting a hankering to cut my hair. Every few years or so I just want to chop it all off, and right now there are so many cute cuts to have. The problem to this hair cut dream, currently, is that I am an actor, and an actor's hair has to match her headshot at all times. They're really stodgy about those sort of things. Unfortunately, my hair in my headshot is long, so I'm stuck with long, flowing hair for the foreseeable future. Curses.

But in the meantime, I'm going to live vicariously with these cute, cute hair pictures.

Pictures thanks to tumblr.

Off I Go!

IT'S MOVING DAY, PEOPLE! I'm off to California! Los Angeles to be specific. I'm so excited. And scared. And anxious. And happy. And relieved. And I have no idea what's going to happen. It was all so fast, this move, and I don't know about any of it. Frankly, I'm as curious as the next guy as to how it will turn out. We'll see. I might miss my family too much and want to come back. Or they'll visit, and I'll go home for the holidays, and it'll be enough. I hope I'll see that I can live my life how and where I want to live it and be really happy. I'm like Liz Lemon, I just want to have it all.

So wish me luck! It's anyone's guess how it'll turn out.


Painting by Ann Sullivan

Navy Men

I'm not sure I mentioned this last week, but I spent the weekend in San Antonio. It was the Navy Ball--haha, blue balls--ahem (composure), there on Friday. I gotta say, I had a great time! I felt like Cinderella emerging from her normal everyday boring clothes into pretty diamonds and expensive shoes. That was, by far, the most dressed up I've been since my high school prom, and it was nice to spend the afternoon getting pretty.

I think every girl needs to go to a ball in her lifetime. Frankly it's kinda sexy. All those men in uniform. Hoo! Plus, there are times during the dinner when all the men stand up and recite their various pledges to the Navy. It may not sound like a big deal, but when 200 men stand with big muscles and booming voices (and they're all very passionate about what they're saying)...oh man, it looks good on them.

Here's some pictures of my night. My biggest regret of the night is that I didn't get a picture of the back of my dress. It was the best part of the dress! It had a open, swoop back (technical term) with a string of diamonds (real, of course) that lined the seam of it. I feel like a fool for not doing an over-the-shoulder picture. What can I say, you don't win 'em all.

I wore Celine shoes with a White House Black Market dress and vintage earrings. 

Jenny Packham strikes again!

Jenny Packham has designed some beautiful bridal dresses for Spring/Summer 2012. I thought I would show them off for her. But honestly, it makes me wonder...why can't you wear wedding dresses on a day other than your wedding? These are just so pretty! I want to wear them to the store. Or brunch. Or a day at the salon.

Hysteria

And another movie about sex...these are flying off the shelves today.

This film, Hysteria, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal describes the invention of the vibrator. Apparently there was a time where doctors would cure women's "hysteria" by giving them a little pleasure downtown. 

(I hear it releases endorphins.) Anyhow, the doctors who were giving this treatment realized they had too much work and too few hands for the, ahem, necessary procedures. Hence the invention of the vibrator. 

Hysteria looks like a grand old time if you ask me. Here's the trailer:

A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method--a movie about Freud and Jung.

“Why should we put so much effort into suppressing our most basic natural instincts?”

Prepare yourselves, I'm going to be terribly Freudian today. This movie looks so messed up--penis--but I kind of love it. It seems like--big penis--there's going to be some incredible performances in this movie. It's getting loads of Oscar buzz--on your PENIS.

It's going to be released--sexually, if you know what I mean--on November 23. Just in time for the holidays.