Filed under: celebrities | Tags: comedy, fashion, idols, magazines, Tina Fey
I love that Tina Fey is on the cover of this month’s issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. She looks absolutely gorgeous. Tina is a writer, movie star, political lightning rod, Emmy-winning actress, and budding (if reluctant) feminist icon. She has embodied that all-too-rare brainy/funny/sexy trifecta since she first snarked her way through Saturday Night Live‘s ”Weekend Update.” I’m currently obsessed with her television brainchild 30 Rock, which depicts what I would basically classify as my dream job. Now this woman is a celebrity I’d like to emulate.
You can read the complete Harper’s article about the lovely Ms. Fey right here.
Photo credits: Alexi Lubomirski via Harper’s Bazaar
Photo via Joey C
I’m going to a pre-screening of the newest Twilight film tonight. Super excited!
After four days of crying at the drop of a hat and just generally being totally tense and grumpy for no one reason in particular, I decided to take matters into my own hands. Or the hands of a massage therapist at Spa Utopia, rather. I booked in for a massage therapy session. How was it, you ask?
One word. Three syllables:
Ahh-maze-ing.
I was finally able to turn my brain off for an hour, while releasing some of the stress and tension that I’d been holding onto like my life depended on it. The whole experience was exactly what I needed. I almost fell asleep in the eucalyptus steam room afterward, because I was so completely relaxed. Why the hell don’t I do things like this for myself more often? It was worth every penny, let me tell you.
Things are about to get crazy again, so I’m trying to take advantage of my freedom while I have it. I’m already up to my eyeballs in Fall 2010 samples.
Opportunity.
Risks.
Everything in between.
Floating in the middle
of carrying on,
and new starting points.
It does feel good.
It does scare me.
But I believe in something.
Knowing there is boundless passion
in the veins.
Knowing there is wild excitement
in the mind.
Knowing there is steady focus
in the heart.
Knowing this makes the risk
easier to bear.
New changes will make
new thoughts on old times
dissipate; sleepless nights
will dissolve into dreams.
Photo: Virgin Media
I absolutely adore this album. In fact, it has been my soundtrack for this rainy weekend. I know I mentioned the first single when it was released, but it has to be said that the entire record is just lovely. It has this kind of sweet, classic, romantic feel to it. I’m not sure whether the songs are comforting or enabling to my current state of emo-ness, but either way, it is what it is. I love the sound of Pete and Scarlett’s voices together.
Photo: We Heart It
I’m in this kind of weird head space that I can’t quite seem to articulate. I’m still not feeling back to normal after flying home a couple days ago. It’s been all awkward sleeps and crazy dreams. I’m not really here, it seems.
And it’s Sunday night.
“There’s something about Sunday night
that really makes you want to kill yourself.
Especially if you’ve just been totally made a fool of,
by the only person you’ll ever love, and you have a
geometry midterm on Monday, which you still haven’t
studied for because you can’t because Brian Krakow
has your text book and you’re too embarrassed to even
deal with it, and your little sister’s completely finished
with her homework which is just, like, so simple and
mindless a child could do it, and that creepy 60 minutes
watch that sounds like your whole life ticking away….”
-Angela Chase
I could do my own version tonight,
but this pretty much just sums it up.
It’s that worry and that 60 minutes watch….
There’s more I want to say, but there are just so many things
reeling around my brain and I can’t concentrate….
Sundays. Why?
Filed under: concerts, music | Tags: Abbotsford, live, matthew good, mgtour2009, music, Vancouver Tour
Matthew Good and his band kicked off their cross-Canada Vancouver Tour last night with a show at The Abbey Arts Centre in Abbotsford, BC.
Diane and I met up with Duane, his totally sweet mom and his friend Tony for a pre-show bite to eat and a few drinks at Earl’s. It was super nice to catch up with Duane. It had been quite sometime since we last got together and we both agreed that it needs to happen more often.
I opted to see Matt and the guys play this date out in the valley on account of the fact that I have to travel for work next week, so I will miss both shows in the city. It also fit quite well into my little staycation. Although the Abbotsford crowd had a noticeably different vibe than is usual for his shows, I always welcome the opportunity to see Matt play in these smaller venues. Plus, I lucked out with front row tickets, which gave us a fantastic perspective.
Mother Mother opened the show. Admittedly, I only knew one of their tunes going in. Hayloft is my current number one pump up running track and gets a lot of play on my iPod, so I was stoked to hear it live. I enjoyed their whole set enormously and loved their fresh, offbeat sound. I also may want to get sexy, blunt bangs cut into my blonde mane so that I can fit right in.
Matt and the band made a dramatic entrance, getting right into it with my favourite song from the new record, The Boy Who Could Explode. Despite the fact that it was the first show of the tour and my friend, Mr. Perfectionist was less than pleased with it himself, I can pretty much guarantee you that every single person sitting inside that venue thought the show was amazing. And it was.
Matt is, of course, famous for his intelligence, his political savvy, his quick and sardonic humour, and his unwillingness to suffer fools. Incredible songs aside, Matt’s witty interludes have always been a high point of his concerts (for me, anyway). Last night in particular, Matt was on fire. I swear, if he ever decides to retire from music, there’s no doubt in my mind that he could have a career as a stand up comedian. The show was a hell of a lot of fun- and I’m sure that from a technical stand point, it will only continue get better from here. That’s what the first show’s all about- it’s a jumping off point.
I’m currently working on getting some videos posted to my You Tube page. You can check out some clips from last night’s show here as well as some more photos here.
Wishing Matt, Stu, Blake and Milos all the best on the road.
Filed under: concerts, Uncategorized | Tags: live, music, Regina Spektor, The Orpheum, vancouver
My Dad and I had the great pleasure of getting to see the lovely and talented Regina Spektor perform at The Orpheum Theatre last night. It’s still one of my favourite venues in this city. The beauty inside that building astounds me every single time that I attend an event there.
When Regina took the stage, the audience gave her a warm welcome. Everyone went absolutely wild, pretty much giving her a standing ovation before she even opened her mouth. She just smiled, sat down at the piano and started singing. A warm yellow spotlight struck her from stage right. Grinning and blushing, her intimate connection with the audience was powerful. People yelled out, not because they were heckling, but because they genuinely wanted to talk to her. At one point, somebody asked her if she wanted to come over to their house for dinner. She laughed and then continued to play.
Seeing her perform the complicated vocal affectations and scat-lines was utterly impressive. She played with the music, changing lines and amping up the exciting parts. She switched instruments throughout, staying mostly on the piano (with drumsticks on a chair beside her at times), and also switching to a keyboard and then a guitar for a few tunes, including the whimsical “That Time,” which is one of my favourites.
With her endearing and sweet personality combined with the incredible music that she played and her beautiful voice (that woman has pipes,) it couldn’t have been a better show.
When the house lights came up, nobody could stop talking about how precious she was.
Photo via [Music Remedy]
Filed under: humour, Uncategorized | Tags: comedy, idols, Kristen Wiig, SNL
Photo: Levitt/Entertainment Weekly
With her subtly deranged characters — from the way-over-eager Target lady to the one-upping basket-case Penelope to a boozed-up Kathie Lee Gifford and the insecure Judy Grimes, who punctuates her nervous stuttering with a barrage of “just kidding!” disclaimers– Kristen Wiig is making SNL fun again.
In my opinion, Kristen is holding court as the queen bee of Saturday Night Live these days, killing it in nearly every skit.
The humour in her character portrayals lies in their abrasive tics, which gradually intensify — Wiig’s characters are amusing and skin-crawlingly annoying in direct proportion. And beneath the caricatures, these smartly sketched weirdos are universally recognizable: Penelope is that awful twit whom nobody wants to invite to a house party (though she somehow always shows up); Judy Grimes probably works in your office.
She has also perfected a series of spot-on impersonations — her shifty-eyed Nancy Pelosi is second only to her pants-peeingly perfect take on financial guru Suze Orman. As with her broader caricatures, Wiig’s skill is in mimicking those precise speech patterns and minute physical quirks that allow her to fully embody real-life figures. Even better, Wiig’s picked up where the wonderful Rachel Dratch left off, throwing herself into awesomely absurd roles on a regular basis.
Kristen is someone who takes the little things–tics, accents, weird gestures–and creates a full-on personality out of them. She’s my kind of person. I think we should be best friends.
