Lindsay Lohan: VID (Very Important Diliquent)

Soon to be her fourth visit to jail since 2007, one would think Miss Lohan would get special VIP treatment for being a frequent guest. Or did she? After stealing (or mistakenly walking out with) a $2,500 necklace and violating her probation, she was ‘awarded’ 120 days behind bars with $75,000 bail after processing at the lockup.

Without ‘F--- you’ on her nails, an extra low V-neck to accentuate her famous cleavage or a skin colored mini dress, she seemed to respect the court system this time around, covering herself up from head to toe. She immediately posted bail following her exit from the courthouse in handcuffs, and she stands a free woman until her trial in June. Ironically, her charge is for violating the probation of one of her past DUIs, not the theft of the necklace. Judge Sautner reduced her theft charge to a misdemeanor, ultimately because she says the necklace ‘was worth less than $1,000 dollars. Despite the fact that some say this is “celebrity justice,” Lohan got a big break. If she was charged with a felony, she could have been facing up to three years in prison.

Not only has this store gotten immense publicity from this entire incident, but Lindsay Lohan has probably made Kamofie & Co. Jewelry in Los Angeles more money than they could have ever expected. It’s bizarre how the media can work in a subversive way; someone steals from you, you end up benefitting. Only in Hollywood.

According to Nancy Dillon of the New York Daily News, “In addition to the jail time, the judge also ordered Lohan to perform 120 hours of community service at the county morgue and 360 hours at a women's center.” He wanted Lohan to see the hardships that women face in reality. But Lindsay Lohan doesn’t live in reality, she lives in the spotlight and her hungry career is nourished by her inability to stay out of trouble.



Luke Christopher- NEW ARTIST TO CHECK OUT

As you all know, my mission is to get real, genuine talent EXPOSED. I feel that substance in the entertainment industry is lacking, especially in music. Here's an artist that was just recommended to me by a very credible person, Jason Salvador.

Luke Christopher is a 17-year-old multi-talented individual who is a gifted singer, songwriter, producer and MC. He produces his own music and has created a studio out of his own home. Substance is clearly an understatement here... Check it out.

This is one of his latest videos, "The Social Network"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ_C8mqyNCM&feature=player_embedded

Prince Charming, where the f*** are you???

Do you still remember when you were a young girl, watching disney films, love seemed such a promising and quite easy thing. You figured one day, when you'd be a bit older, you'd fall in love with this amazing man, he'd ask you to marry and you'd have babies and he'd totally adore you and all would be great! As a teenager you already started realising slightly that it's not as easy as that, you would come to the conclusion that some guys are jerks and you would get your heart broken. But still hope remained, it was normal to go through a few heartbreaks before finding mr right! He'd come along soon enough, so you got over the jerks and went on your merry way to fall in love once again.

But for some he doesn't come along soon enough. Sometimes you have to wait years before you find someone again. Happened to me once in college, not fun, especially not when surrounded by people in really long relationships and throwing it in your face. You just wanna punch those annoying happy people! You're wondering where the f*** your prince Charming is, did his train get delayed or what?

I guess for some of us the rollercoasterride that is life is slighty bumpier and loopier than for others. But it will happen guys, don't despair !

So what do you all look for in a man (or a woman if any of you who read me are men). Do you think you have very high standards?
I do think I have a type, but to be honest that doesn't mean much, you can have the hots easily for a guy who looks a certain way but end up with a guy who looks totally the opposite.
I once met a man who said he always loved girls like me, pale, little freckly, with reddish hair, and he married a tanned woman with black hair and dark eyes. So having a type, doesn't mean you refuse to date other types.

What's my type? hmm..

Let's think, I usually get weak in the knees for guys with the following appearance:
- blue eyes (or green)
- curly hair
- dark hair
- relatively pale usually
- tall (but not giantesk)

And so far most guys I dated had all or some of those qualities. But honestly, I'm not that fussed :D As long as there's a spark (we're talking just looks here, of course personality is key) a guy might just as well be tanny, dark eyed and light haired.
The most important thing, something that isn't always very clear when you first go out with someone, is his/her personality. Sure, you get the general idea in the beginning, but people tend to hold back the annoying for later on unfortunately.
I know there's plenty of fish in the sea, but people hate hearing that, the sea is a bloody big place and how do you know what fish to pick? If only the holy grail appeared over someone's head if he's your mr perfect, looking would be a lot easier.

Maybe that hilarious facebook group is right: sometimes your knight in shining armour is just a retard in tin foil. It happens to all of us at some point.

But hey, as feminists would say, be your own knight! Hell yea. Elizabeth the First didn't need no knight either!

Ugh who am I kidding? I want loooooooove. Corny, romantic, barfingly perfect to others loooove

Pregnacy: It's the New Fad

Acadamy Award winner Benicio Del Toro is going to be a dad! Most notably known for his roles in Traffic and The Usual Suspects, the 44-year-old's rep announced the exciting news on April 11th. So who's the lucky lady? None other than Kimberly Stewart (wait... what?). Yes, the same socialite daughter of famed rockstar, Rod Stewart. "Benicio is the father and is very supportive. Although they are not a couple, they are looking forward to the arrival of the baby." Not a couple??? Wow. This brings the premarital Hollywood pregnancy situation to a whole new level. Mike Huckabee will have a ball with this one. But kudos to you, Benicio, for supporting your baby mama.

For all of you who are not familiar with Mike Huckabee, he was the one who called out Natalie Portman for being pregnant out of wedlock. After her Oscar win, Huckabee says the Black Swan star should have gotten "a wedding ring" instead of finding out "the perfect gift" of having a baby. Hollywood wasn't so happy. At least we know who won't be voting for him if he runs for president.

The lovely and amazing yet narrowcasted Kate Hudson: One of my favorite actresses, is pregnant with baby number two. Already mother to adorable Ryder, 6, from Black Crows lead singer Chris Robinson, she is now openly sporting her baby bumb for everyone to see. In a recent interview on Entertainment Tonight, she said she believed she was having a girl. When I heard the news, I couldn't believe Alex Rodriguez was going to be a father. Oh wait, just kidding, this baby is with Muse rocker Matthew Bellamy. Who is that? I didn't know either. Clearly, she has been out of the spotlight because I was almost positive she was still dating A-Rod, and they broke up last year. Anyhow, in the current issue of InStyle magazine, she quotes in regards to her boyfriend and father of her unborn child, "I love that Matthew knows how to express himself. He shows his love. He communicates." She was recently asked 'why she loves him' because no one knew who this mystery man was. She was recently seen in Rio de Janeiro kayaking and enjoying her pregnancy to the fullest. I'm rooting for you, Kate! I really do wish her the best.

Fantasy fair!

So I went to the fantasy fair this Saturday :) I mentioned my love for fantasy in my 'geekyness' post, and the yearly fantasy fair in Holland where I looove to go to. Most people dress up for it, so naturally I do too. Maybe it's silly, but sometimes you have to let out your inner child and have a bit of fun! It was quite a long drive to get there, but totally worth it. The weather was nice for this time of the year, quite sunny, about 20 degrees, so that really helps create an atmosphere. The fair is set on the grounds of a castle, and wow it's so beautiful there. So green and foresty, and water everywhere and little bridges, it's an idyllic garden and the perfect setting for a fantasy fair.

What can a person do there you wonder? Well there's lots! There's a whole bunch of stands all over the place, where you can buy random fantasy related trinkets, books, medieval drinks, paintings..etc There are also book signings, lectures, medieval fighting reenactments, workshops, costume contest, live folk music.. Things like that :)
And everywhere you see people with amazing costumes. I bought mine online, as I can't make anything myself unfortunately. I got a long blue medieval dress, and added some elf ears, and a head circled jewelry thing, to make it look elfy. I thought it looked pretty nice, although compared to some others (some people really go all out, and look like they stepped right out of the Tudors) mine felt inadequate :D But those really fancy costumes, corsets and all, cost a fortune to get made or bought online, and that's a bit over the top for just one day. Most people go for medieval style things, but some have these giant wings and paint their faces, which is really cool to see.

I know it's not for everyone, but I really had so much fun, and I'm secretly thinking of going to the one in Arcen (Germany) in September as well :p Why not eh! I'd love to wear one of those fancy costumes with a corset, as I'm totally in love with anything vintage, but I don't really know where to find that.
Oh and I had mead beer, which was sooo good! It's like beer with a sweet honey flavour, really nice. Medieval times must have been fun, well, not counting the whole plague bit.

I'll add some pictures on here tonight! Was hoping to add them here at work, but I didn't know the USB ports were all blocked, sigh! How can work not trust us :p

UPDATE: here they are! clicky for bigger :) Hope you like!

A movie review: Buried

During my long trainride home yesterday I decided to watch a film on my netbook. I have a whole bunch of films on there that I uploaded from a friend's computer. I saw Buried and I remembered my friend telling me it was good, but not your average film, as the whole film takes place under the ground in a coffin. I delayed watching it as I thought an hour and a half of someone in a coffin sounded really heavy and possibly dull. But yesterday I decided to give it a shot. And yes, it is a heavy film, but anything but dull. I may have spent most of the film with my hand in front of my mouth looking terrified and shocked, probably giving the people around me a good laugh, but I thought it was an amazing and unique film.

I'll give you a quick re-cap of the storyline. Paul Conroy is an American truckdriver who has been deployed to Iraq to drive around supplies. He and his convoy get attacked by a bunch of Iraqis, shooting everyone. Paul gets hit on the head and wakes up in hell. He finds himself in a wooden coffin under the ground. He only has a lighter and a phone and starts a race against time to try and call someone who might be able to help him out. Of course the poor man is totally panicking, especially when an Iraqi man calls him on the phone and tells him he wants money and a video of him in the coffin.

I never thought a movie that takes places in a dark coffin from the first second to the last would be this exciting. It's heartclenchingly good, you spend the entire film freaking out along with Paul, annoyed at the unhelpful people on the phone, and praying he makes it out.
Ryan Reynolds, who plays Paul Conroy, was a big suprise to me. I remember him as a silly actor who played in annoying comedies, but wow did he prove me wrong in this film. He plays the role of his life, displaying a whole range of emotions going from total panic to screaming at people over the phone in anger and frustration.

The camera work is brilliant, one moment you're there in the claustrophic box with Paul, the other you're watching from afar as he lies there surrounded by darkness. There are even moments when the screen is just utterly black, just hearing Paul's panicking breath, which really adds to the horror of the situation.

And the ending of the film! Well, I won't tell you, but I can say that I was biting my nails and freaking out, wanting to shout out at the screen..it was the most gutwrenching and suspenseful last five minutes of a film I've ever seen. I was left staring with mouth open at the end. I just had to write a review about this film, because it made a huge impact on me.

I realise this kind of minimalistic film is not for everyone, but if you enjoy suspense and sitting at the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next give this film a try.

It's really a gem of a film, really really surprised me.

¡Àndale!

I finally found out where I'm going on holiday this year! I'm going to Almeria, the very south of Spain. You can see it right there on the map. Why Almeria you say? Well, at the end of secondary school me and my group of friends said we should go on a trip together. That unfortunately never happened, you know how those type of spur of the moment plans tend to go, but we recently mentioned it and said let's do it now! We talked for a bit about where we could go, and we thought about our friend Romina (also from secondary school) who is now married and living in Almeria since a few years. We haven't seen her since we were 18, so we though wouldn't it be great if we could surprise her and show up there!

We all thought it was a fabulous idea. To make for a great surprise, we thought we would contact her husband (who's Welsh. yes she's Belgian, he's Welsh, and they live in Spain, complicated stuff). So they told me to contact him, as I'm the whole English linguist person. And I did, and he was all for it, and now we're looking for a hotel and/or a car. YAY!
Finally some plans are forming! We're planning to go end of September, as in summer it would just be unbearably hot there. September will be a nice 25-30 degrees, which is hot, but not "I'm melting, o what a world what a world!" hot.

I have never been that low in Spain, so I'm quite excited to see what it's like. No way I'm going to lie by the beach/pool all day and just do nothing, that's totally not my thing. Also, I'd burn to a crisp. I want to go exploring and see everything! And take lots of pictures, which I will then of course share with all of you! Except the crazy drunken ones. Unless you insist :p

One thing I will definately need to bring is sunblock, factor 50 or more! Now before you say:"How will you tan if you put on that high a factor?" I CANT TAN! Nope not at all.
First I go:

And after that I go back to being as pale as ever. I blame it on the hair. I have skintype nr 1, or the 'celtic skintype', which means I can forget about ever tanning and I'm not allowed to go under a sunbed due to big risk of skincancer. Oh well, pale is the new tan! And a redhead with a tan would look kinda silly anyway.