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This film demonstrates the point that many are trying to get across now as the luxury market slowly climbs into recovery: fashion is about being different, not being beautiful (whatever that means). It’s about expression and personality. And awesome music.
The randomness and absurdity of 2010 continues to astonish me. Cosmo models are winning elections. Movies about glorified smurfs are making millions. Bin Laden has returned. Kate Moss is getting married. Brad and Angelina might have split. Late night TV wars. James Franco everywhere. Whole countries basically disappearing. You get my point. It’s been a rough 3 weeks. Here are a few more examples:
Video of the week: “Hallelujah,” Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris @ the “Hope For Haiti Now” Telethon. Only Timberlake can make an ordinarily cliche song into something very moving.
On January 9, there was a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Northern California. A 7.0 in Haiti on the 12th. A 5.9 in Venezuela and a 4.0 in Oklahoma on the 16th. And then a 6.3 this morning in Argentina. A quick glance at the USGS site reveals that earthquakes are actually ridiculously common. That doesn’t change the fact, however, that Haiti has been devastated and that 2010 is off to a shaky start.
FRANCE: Sarkozy finally announced his support for banning the Muslim veil in France. Is this sexual equality or religious intolerance? Either way, 2010 is going to be a long year in France.
BANKS: From bonuses to bailouts, America’s banking sector is still in shambles. But are we really surprised?
SENATE: From Martha Coakley to Harold Ford, the Senate races in MA and NY are turning into episodes of Real Housewives of the Democratic Party. Expect a sequel to Game Changer by 2011.
DOMINOS: Dominos pizza is changing their recipe. Pizza delivery will never be the same.
I don’t think there is anyone on campus. No one. At all. OK, so maybe there are 3 or 4 in the library, a few groups in the dining halls and some random clusters that form their own late night basement dance parties, but, really, where is everyone? Still abroad? Newly abroad? Still stranded in Newark? Just at home? Or are they hibernating in their dorms because, let’s face it, it’s wicked cold right now? Oh well, it doesn’t really matter because you don’t have to go outside to read any of these articles:
TELEVISION: It’s like “Project Runway” over at NBC (or something from Advocate magazine). Is Leno in or is he out? And Conan? Jimmy? Also in television this week, “Lost” fans and Obama actually had to battle it out over who is going to own Groundhog Day this year. Wars all around.
REALITY: This week, Giuliani tried to claim that there were no domestic terror attacks when G.W. Bush was president. Umm…Fortunately, the NYT punches us back to reality this morning with four heavy-hitting, reality-checking editorials on China, Women, Obama and Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction. Hello 2010.
POLIO: There are 2 very disturbing things about the idea that the Taliban is helping to fight the spread of polio. First, that the Taliban is cooperating with anyone. Second, that polio still even exists. Just proves that, at the end of the day, we all want the same thing.
STAYING WARM: For the best tips on how to stay warm, check out Lifehacker, The Daily Beast and GQ. Food seems to be a recurring theme in all of these articles. Works for me.
BOOKS: Looks like Sarah Palin started a trend. For the next decade, political tell-alls and memoirs are going to be the new fiction must-reads. RNC Chair Michael Steele can’t remember when he wrote his. Jenny Sanford, whose husband went hiking in the Adirondacks this year, probably has nothing nice to say. Elizabeth Edwards apparently really did live in hell on earth. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said some not very PC things about Obama.When will Dodd publish his?
Video of the Week: The security breach in Newark last Sunday just turned out to be a Rutgers student who, excited at having a real woman for a girlfriend, wanted to kiss her goodbye. Dude, everyone knows all things “Love Actually” related must come before the holidays.
I’ve had an epiphany. When I was returning to school from break (in which I read a lot, watched NCIS marathons and got locked out of the house) while flying somewhere over the great lakes I came to several realizations about my blog: what it’s focus should be, its title, its style, etc. This has been something that I’ve felt coming for awhile but took a cramped airplane seat and a book about Chanel to come to fruition. It won’t change much, but it will change because, after six years, I finally have found a happy medium between what I like writing about and what people like to read. I apologize now for any loading problems or inconsistencies that may occur in the next couple of weeks as I move things around. Please bear with me.
Emily.
PS: Here’s a song to keep you happy in the mean time.
I saw Editors live in Summer of ‘07 in London and immediately fell in love. Here’s their newest music video for “You Don’t Know Love.” It’s freaky, I know. But isn’t it great to hear Tom Smith’s voice again?
Winter at Middlebury means lots of snow, morning trips to the gym in sub-zero temperatures, static hair and boots that, while practical and comfortable, are unattractive and make your legs look short. Life overall, however, is much less complicated in this term than in the Fall or Spring. My days are spent in the library writing my thesis (which is about food and finance in Europe) and evenings with friends at wine tasting workshops, watching movies, playing trivia and generally trying to stay warm. My weaknesses this month are anything about Coco Chanel, a good G&T and Jim Collins' book "Good to Great".
