It's like David Bowie's hair all over again! Damn it!

Yesterday I decided that it should be a mother/daughter movie night; and knowing that my Mum adores Julia Child and Meryl Streep, of course it was evident that I chose the new movie "Julie & Julia".

  Although it wasn't an earth-shattering moving movie, it definitely got some charms.  Anyone who likes Julia Child to begin with, they will absolutely love her more by the end of the movie.  And Meryl Streep's performance is rather refreshing...(makes me have the acting itch all over again...darn it...).

One thing disturbs me though.  I wasn't sure if I liked the main character Julie Powell from the beginning of the movie.  She seemed self-absorbed, neurotic, and whiny.  It's like she depended on her husband to solve every problem for her.  At the end when she realized she had under-appreciated her husband, I finally accepted her as a lovable, admirable, honest person.  And me being the movie nerd, I had to read up the info of this movie on my forever beloved imdb website and the Wikipedia to learn more about Julie Powell.  I was let down in the most horrible way.  I felt like I was being cheated and lied to throughout this movie.  According to Wikipedia: "Powell's second book, Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession, which details an affair she had after the first book's publication and which is unmentioned in the film, has had its publication date postponed until December 2009"  Affair!?!  What happened to all the o o o I love you hubby bullshit?!?  And to openly describe her affair!?!  That makes her the most horrible hypocrite ever!  Though I shouldn't judge her completely before reading her books.  Or perhaps the "affair" is a selling gimmick referring to her obsession with another master cook or something.  I hope it is the latter.  I hope it's not like the whole ordeal where I found out David Bowie's awesome labyrinth hair was only a wig.  Yes the naive me thought David Bowie walked around in daily life with that wicked cool spikey do while he was filming the movie.  But even though that was a wig, David Bowie is still the King of wicked hair! 

Target mirrors are horrible to your sex life

I was looking through the Target website trying to see if they have a cheap full-length mirror for sale. And yes I found one. But one interesting thing caught my eye -- a huge list of review for a simple little mirror. And being a curious person that I am, I had to check it out. Here is the funniest review I've read in history:

"My husband and I agree with the previously mentioned distortion of this mirror. Didn't notice it in the store but it didn't take long before both of us noticed that our hips looked much bigger!! Very unflattering and not practical for the purpose we had intended. We returned our mirror and are still looking for something with the same contemporary style because the overall look was very nice."

I wonder what purpose was those couples trying to use that mirror for and made both of their hips look big *evil grin*

The Narcisse Mirror collection

(Picture borrowed from one of my favorite website called Oddee that comes up with a list of the oddest things in the world everyday.  The Narcisse Mirror collection is mentioned in the "10 most unusual mirrors" list -- http://www.oddee.com/item_96878.aspx.  Go check it out :)

Can I order up a Hugh Jackman or Gerard Butler please?

This morning I was happily munching on my breakfast while working through a crossword puzzle (or the granny sport as my sister like to refer it) from the free daily newspaper. I had already skimmed through the pages earlier on the bus and noted the infamous scandal of Tiger Woods. Underneath the article was a mentioning of 8 other male celebrities who had cheated on their significant others. As I work like a feign on the puzzle, two girls sat next to me and began a conversation while reading the same paper:

A: Did you read about the whole Tiger Wood thing?
B: Yes! And hey look! Since when did Ben Affleck cheat on someone? Who?
A: Jenny from the block as it says.
B: Oh his wife?
A: No I think it refers to J. Lo.
B: Ooooooo. All these men are just nasty.
A: Yes! It just goes to show you how often do guys cheat!...

Since when does celebrities represent the general population!?! If that is the case, then can we also have the general population resemble the looks and charms of these good looking people?? I do hate people cheating. But I also think women are as likely to cheat as men these days in the society. As a matter of fact I have heard of it being a very common issue in Hong Kong (girls with boyfriends are cheating because they like the thrill of it and they want a little variety in their lifestyles). And just as there are as much men cheating, there are as much men who are loyal to their significant others. People should really be less sexist towards the guys.

But no need for a Hugh Jackman nor a Gerard Butler for me. I got a yummy goodie to myself already.