Uni-Tasche gesucht!

Ich suche eine Tasche für die Uni. Bedingung: DinA4 sollte reinpassen, eventuell auch der Laptop. Letzteres muss nicht unbedingt sein. Leider ist mir meine Bertine-Tasche ein einer mir nicht erklärbaren Stelle gerissen (und zwar ein "Lederriemen", nicht an einer Naht, sondern komplett durch!) - und das, obwohl ich die Tasche nicht sehr oft stark belastet habe.







Meine Vive Maria Tasche hat momentan auch ein Problem, und zwar hat sich der Verschluss für den Schulterriemen ausgedehnt. Das muss ebenfalls erst irgendwo repariert werden...



Preislimit gibt es erst mal keins, aber günstig ist immer gut ;)



Mein H&M Koffer (super für Laptop etc) hält immerhin die Stellung (unten)

EBAY!

Peeptoes, Stiefel, Pumps und Tücher gibt es momentan in meinem Ebay-Sale!

It's Coming Back,Girls!

Last month, they decided to give the charity money to an orphanage, and this month will be the same..

So, I will definitely come back again!

See you all there,girls!!

Gold in Them Thar Hills! - Photoplay and Vintage Film/Media Magazine Digitation Project

David Pierce (of The Silent Film Bookshelf) reported recently on Nitrateville the following exciting news:

I've been working on a project to digitize trade and fan magazines, and the first batch, from the collection of the Pacific Film Archive, is now on-line.

There are eight volumes (four years) of Photoplay, and one volume each of Motion Picture Classic (1920) and Moving Picture World (April-June 1913). Thanks to Nancy Goldman of the Pacific Film Archive for working with me on this group of materials. As always with the Internet Archive, you can download high-quality PDFs, embed their viewer on your webpage, and download the original full-quality scans. (the July-December 1925 volume of Photoplay is still in work; I can send the PDF to anyone who can't wait).

I have grant funding to do much more (it costs about 10c per page) and am working with several other libraries and archives to coordinate scanning of material from their collections. Leonard Maltin has given the effort a nice launch on his blog: and the project brochure is on-line here. If any Nitrateville readers have bound volumes that they would be willing to allow the project to scan (and be willing to cover shipping or transport to an Internet Archive scanning center) then let me know through PM. I hope to do another batch of materials in the next few months. Enjoy these volumes and let all of us know what you find! David Pierce

To say this is exciting news and an absolute GOLD MINE for cinema researchers, well that's a mighty large understatement. I'm thrilled and am hopefull that other libraries still holding the bound volumes of Moving Picture World and other trade magazines and studio house organs of the era will come forth and allow scanning. Thank you to David for the hard work and getting this fabulous project started.

"The Caucasian Chalk Circle" at ACT: Would Brecht Have Loved It?

A week ago I went to see the John Doyle-directed production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle at ACT. (By the way, this is how you know the American theater has come down with a crippling case of "premier-itis": the posters for this show advertised it as a "world premiere!" Yes, it's a new translation/adaptation... but it's still Brecht!) The play, in true epic theater style, requires a huge cast of characters--many of them playing very short parts--but, due to the budget constraints of the modern theater, this staging used just 9 actors.

I am not sure how well this worked, and how much it related to some of the problems I had with the production. On the one hand, I never wished for there to be more bodies onstage filling out the scenes, and I thought the actors who played multiple roles did a good job of distinguishing their different characters from one another. Brecht was all about storytelling and breaking the fourth wall and drawing attention to theatrical artifice, so, while modern productions of many older plays trim down the cast size and require extensive doubling, this works especially well for Brecht's plays.

On the other hand, I thought the play was sometimes confusing--though the central characters' predicaments were always clear, the play takes place in the middle of a war somewhere in the Caucasus Mountains, and I was confused throughout about who was supposed to be fighting whom. (One could perhaps read this as a deliberate choice, a comment about the futility of all wars. But mostly it bugged me that I was sure Brecht had written a play that made sense, but nobody in the production seemed concerned with making everything clear to the audience!) And I wonder, maybe I would have been less confused if there'd been less doubling--particularly in the first few scenes, as I struggled to get my bearings on the story?

Also, though I said that the actors did a good job of distinguishing their characters from one another, they sometimes needed to do this by means of accents, wacky physicality, etc. For instance, when René Augesen played the governor's wife, she spoke with a déclassé New Jersey accent; and in her scene as a noblewoman fleeing the city, she used a languid Southern accent. My theatergoing companions found this very distracting--"hammy," they said, and also reinforcing unfortunate stereotypes about New Jerseyans, Southerners, etc. I argued that this was a necessary consequence of having only 9 actors--if ACT had been able to afford a bigger cast, such external tricks to differentiate the characters would have been less needed. (Which raises the question: in theaters' ongoing quest to save money by producing small-cast shows that require extensive doubling, are they shooting themselves in the foot? Are they turning off audiences, when people see hammy acting from actors who have to play multiple roles?)

Then I remembered that Brecht hated "realistic" acting! His whole idea was to make clear to the audience that the actors are not "becoming" a character, they are "demonstrating" that character. All the terms I had learned in college came flooding back: "alienation effect," "gestus." Weren't the Caucasian Chalk Circle actors doing that, to some extent? Mightn't Brecht have loved Augesen's use of a New Jersey accent as shorthand for "this character is trashy and nouveau-riche"? (Or, because I'm not an expert on Brechtian acting techniques, would he have preferred that Augesen had found some other way to convey the governor's wife's essential qualities of being callous, self-centered, frivolous? A way that didn't rely on stereotypes about regional accents?)

And my theatergoing companions and me: had we simply seen some bad, hammy acting? Or had we seen a perfect example of epic-theater acting, exactly the kind of thing that Brecht would have wanted--and the fact that we didn't like it just proves that we are too hopelessly bourgeois to ever appreciate the Epic Theater?

Invisible Dry Shampoo Salon Grafix Review

Good day everyone,

I know it's been a little while, but since my back surgery

I've been out of energy, and it's been harder then I thought to recuperate.

So please excuse me, for abandoning my blog this way.

Please do forgive me.

I will try to do better in the weeks that come.

But I do have a good news, today I have a review and giveaway.

Today I'm reviewing 

Salon Grafix Invisible Dry Spray Shampoo.

When I first was asked to try this invisible shampoo, i immediately answered yes.

why you'll ask me?

Mainly because I'm a person that doesn't wash her hair often because I believe in saving my hair,s 

natural oil the longest, and the more you wash your hair the dryer it gets, and the your scalp get dryer and dryer.  I use to be that way until one day I got fed up of dry hair and dried scalp.

So I quit shampooing 3-4 times a week, and started only to shampoo twice a week.

I will admit, it took some time to adjust to this new kind of hair treatment.  My hair look greasy at first but after it got used to it, it looked great. So now I only wash my hair once a week.

But it can sometimes use a little help, like on those hot and humid days.

So when  I was offered the chance to try this invisible shampoo, I jumped at it.

So the day it finally arrived at the house, I was really happy. But had to wait 3 days to use, cause my hair didn't really need it right then.  So after 3 days, I checked to see if my hair really needed it, and yes sir, it did need it.

After reading the directions, I shake the bottle very well.

From 6-8 inches away I spray in quick, short bursts to roots or layers.

Wait one minute to dry and then brush hair thoroughly.

There is no powder on your shoulder like the other kinds of invisible shampoos.

So you are ready to go to work, shopping, volunteer work, or wherever you want to go.

I was quite impress, I just brushed my hair the usual way, it left a pretty scent,

and nobody noticed anything.

So this product is excellent, imagine you are due to wash your hair on a Wednesday but something really urgent happens and your hair is greasy, so you use the Grafix Salon Invisible Shampoo,

wait one minute, brush your hair and wham!|

You are ready for that emergency.

It took only one minute. instead of shower to wash your hair.

I think this is a time saver.

Or if you are traveling for work, can not be to careful. pack it with you.

Remember no white powder residue, cleans and refreshes,

Safe for all hair colors,

Oil absorbing.

Here is where you can get the Salon Grafix Invisible Spray Shampoo

http://www.Salon Grafix.com

Thanks all for reading this review.

Nathalie

Casting Call 03-22-2010

Casting Call Monday March 22, 2010.

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-Video Editing

-Website Creations

-Portfolio Development

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Rudolph Valentino Writes #1

In the silent era, many a film star had a newspaper column. Mary Pickford was one of the first and her column was ghostwritten by her good friend and famed screenwriter Frances Marion. Rudolph Valentino also penned a newspaper column. The first in an occasional series at Strctly Vintage Hollywood begins with the article below.

Sommerlacke von Catrice!

Am Montag hatte ich Glück: bei meinem Müller gab es bereits die neuen Catrice-Lacke! Ich habe mich vorerst für zwei entschieden.

240 Sold out forever & 230 (?) irgendwas mit Clay-ton (die Angabe wird auf Wunsch ergänzt)



Die Lacke kosten 2,49 (10ml). Und es gibt noch jede erdenkliche Trendfarbe! Mauve, Grau, helles Flieder, Peach&Coral!



Der "Mint"-Ton ist nicht wirklich Mint und auch nicht mit dem O.P.I. wirklich zu vergleichen, wie bei dem Namen schon zu vermuten war, geht er eher in die Richtung Jade (Chanel) mit einem goldenen Creme-Finish. Also ist der Kauf immerhin gerechtfertigt, auch wenn ich erst eine weniger "grünliche" Farbe erwartet hatte.







Einige Tage zuvor holte ich mir den H&M Dupe, der dem O.P.I relativ nahe kommt, er ist jedoch knalliger.







Meine Sammlung :) Für mich ist die Dupe-Suche eher schon zum Hobby geworden. Mir ist klar, dass es wenig Sinn macht, eine Farbfamilie zu horten!



Zur Bürste: Der erste Lack, abgesehen von O.P.I, der mit einer dicken Bürste kommt. Der Lack könnte meiner Meinung nach etwas dünner sein, das kann aber auch an der Temperatur hier liegen. Er deckt gut und ich habe 2 Schichten gemacht. Eine wäre aber teils auch ok gewesen.







Zu Semesterbeginn ein kleines Geschenk an mich selbst :) Mein Shopping-Volumen ist für diesen Monat aber auch erschöpft...







Die Farben sind aber alles, was man so für ein Augen Make-Up braucht. Die Palette ist aus der aktuellen LE.

One Little Closet, So Many Ways!

Tuesday. It was all about hot pink and hot pants accompanied by a classic trench.

Amanda

One Little Closet, So Many Ways!

Here you go! This is my outfit from Monday. I am wearing a silk blouse from Joe Fresh that I love and oh so chic dark skinny jeans! (My favourite!)

Amanda

Gillian Downes Does it Again: Burlesque Baby!

From the lady that brought your Frugal Fashion Week, here comes yet another one of her fun and fabulous events.

It's Burlesque Baby! Mark your calendars on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 for 7pm and look forward to viewing an evening of vintage fashion shows presented by Yvette Le Roy, Dia Kingly and Cabaret Vintage with burlesque performances by Aradia Fitness to boot!

Presented at Nyood Bar located at 1096 Queen Street West this event is $10 and as with all of Gillian's events proceeds will benefit Windfall.

Amanda

Outfit: Daytime

Nachdem ich gestern ein eher abendliches Outfit vorgestellt habe, gibt es an dieser Stelle heute den Daytime-Look. Eher gemütlich und viele Schichten, da kann man sich je nach Wetterlage anpassen :) Außerdem gibt es neues von mir bei EBAY! :)











Shirt Wühli







Shirt H&M, Hose Cheap Monday, Cardigan AA, Schuhe Doc Martens, Tasche SSAW, Kette Flohmarkt, Schal H&M



Desweiteren schreibe ich nun auch über ein anderes Thema, und zwar Blingblingbling... Luxus! Wer da einmal reinlesen möchte, bitter HIER entlang. Es lohnt sich übrigens auch meinen YT Channel zu abonnieren, weil nicht jedes Video hier im Blog eingebunden wird.

RFL Clothing Fair

Finally we got to set up our booth at the Clothing Fair!

At the Fair is the only place where you can get our 3 NEWEST Designs along with our most popular items! Purchases from 2 of them will go straight for RFL, helping Cancer research.

CheerNo★ gives back!

Love,
Casa★CheerNo

Click here to TP!

RFL Clothing Fair

Finally we got to set up our booth at the Clothing Fair!

At the Fair is the only place where you can get our 3 NEWEST Designs along with our most popular items! Purchases from 2 of them will go straight for RFL, helping Cancer research.

CheerNo★ gives back!

Love,
Casa★CheerNo

Click here to TP!

One Little Closet, So Many Ways!

Alrighty! Here we go! Since I went out last night here is my outfit:

And here is what I wore today:

Thoughts?

Amanda

Frauchen geht feiern.

Das letzte Wochenende der Semesterferien musste natürlich noch einmal gefeiert werden. Jimmy schlummerte tief und ich warf mich in mein Partyoutfit.



Body Sonia Rykiel für H&M, Hose & Strumpfi H&M, Weste NYer

"Mirrors in Every Corner": Talkin' 'Bout My Generation

San Francisco folks: You have one week left to see Mirrors in Every Corner at Intersection for the Arts, and I strongly recommend that you do. Let me put it this way: it is the best play I have ever seen by someone of my generation (people born in the mid-1980s)--the play that made me realize that my generation is going to make some awesome theater in the coming years, and we've only just started to have our voices heard.

Mirrors in Every Corner was written by 25-year-old Chinaka Hodge, a poet and playwright from Oakland. It tells the story of what happens when a white girl (strawberry blonde, green-eyed) is mysteriously born into an African-American family that's already got problems of its own. So it's deeply, deeply about racial identity and cultural identity. The cleverness of the idea didn't even hit me till after the show, when I remembered learning in college about an archetype in American literature called the "tragic mulatta." A mixed-race woman who can "pass" for white, she meets a sad end, because she is caught between the black and white social spheres with no place for her in either one. Hodge's brilliance is to update this to a modern context by making it a magical-realist fable (white child born into black family) rather than a literal-minded exploration of the trope (mixed-race girl is mixed-up). In the old "tragic mulatta" works, usually the heroine falls in love with a white man, but cannot be with him because she is black. In Hodge's play, the heroine gets crushes on the black boys at school, but her brother tells her that this is dangerous and she should try to date white boys instead, because society still has a problem seeing black men together with white women! A brilliant twist. And obviously my hat goes off to anybody who can write about race in such a bold and perceptive way while still so young--especially because it still scares me to think about writing about race.

But Mirrors in Every Corner is also an exploration of social history--my generation's social history, from Iran-Contra to the Iraq War. And it is just wonderful to see this onstage, and realize that my peers and I are adults now, and we've lived through some interesting stuff, and we have stories to tell, and we're going to be telling them, more and more, in this new decade of ours! This is smart, fresh, truly inspiring theater. (And I haven't even gone into Chinaka Hodge's use of language and structure and the other more "crafty" elements of playwriting, but trust me, it's all at a very high level.) Get your tickets now!

photo of the cast by Pak Han