Red Lips in Provo: January 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

confessional

I know you may not be able to tell just by looking at me on a typical day

(hair not done, clothes that can get pee, spit, blood, snot, and the like on them, and winter appropriate (Ugg, snow) boots)

but I love the fashion world.

I love it so much.

I love how clothes are an expression of self.

An identifier.

A way to be unique
and a way to enclose yourself into a specified group.

I love the colors

the patterns (except camo. I can't get behind camo)

I just love it. And I don't "just love" many things.

So there it is. I'm a Sociology major, Women Studies and Communications minor. Who works at a school for kids with Autism. That just loves fashion.

Where do I go from here?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

VEGAS: LOVE

The reason we left Provo for Vegas

Leaving Provo's pink mountains

Leaving Provo's copper haze

back lit mountains

front lit buildings

natural wonders of red rock

love

rock love

lovesquared

love and nature

nature

nature and love and happy and warm

warm and joy

fish faces at Mandalay Bay

New York New York

Beatles LOVE and psychedelic ceilings

love

Vegas Temple

Comfy love

crazy love

Asian love

Saturday, January 5, 2013

stories

So I realize that I already failed my new years resolution to write something every day but it's okay... keep trying right? I have some great stories though. One from yesterday and one from today!

Yesterday's first "Provo: the Magical Place"

So in the 3 days I have been to the grocery store three times... Smith's wasn't well stocked and then I forgot cilantro at Sunflower Market. Anyway not important. I went to go get gas at the local Sinclair and went home to watch movies and relax after work. I had to buy books that night, so after I went and found all of the best deals on my required readings I went to locate my debit card. And it wasn't in my wallet. It wasn't in my purse. It was like -37 degrees F outside and it wasn't in my car that I could tell. The last place I knew I had it was at the gas station. So I thought "crap, it fell out of my pocket/car into the parking lot. crap crap crap. crap." So the next morning when it was only -5 outside I went back to the Sinclair and walked inside and asked if someone had turned in a debit card last night. And guess what! They had!!! Only in Provo. Dear Provo, even though your winter is SUCKY, and your drivers and rude, and I'm consistently uncomfortably dry in some fashion, your people are honest and good people. Everyone make note: Provo is the best place to lose a debit card

Today's story "The mysterious voice of the morning"

This morning I was awoken at about 4:30 to a mysterious noise and talking. It was two men talking to each other. I couldn't figure out what they were saying it sounded like truckers or a police scanner. But it was clearly coming from my room and it was CREEPY! I don't have a radio and I for the life of me couldn't figure out what the heck was going on. I thought that maybe my space heater was possessed so I unplugged it. I finally realized that it was in fact the walkie talkie from work that I accidentally took home the night before. I had put it in my purse and forgotten to turn it off. So that was sufficiently creepy and confusing for 4:30 am. The good thing though is that my space heater is not possessed because it is currently -2 degrees out side.

And with that I wish you all a good night. May you dream of warmer places and wake up with all your toes. And not to police scanners.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Movies

I've been in provo virtually all alone for about 5 days in total over this break. Without roommates, friends, or Dan I've been watching a lot {I mean A LOT} of netflix as of late. I also saw a handful of movies while I was home. Not all the movies I watched were new to me, not all were that good. One of my new years resolutions is to try to write something everyday so for today I'm going to review the movies I've been watching the past few weeks.

Dumbo- classic Disney that I think I now have only seen twice in my life. This movie is not my favorite Disney movie by far. It's short and has a very thin plot even for a kids movie. It's fun to watch old movies though because there are so many things that we can't get away with now. Like naming crow who is supposed to obviously portray a black man "Jim". Overall this is probably my least favorite movie I watched over break but now I know what it's about and can talk about the crazy scene where Dumbo gets drunk.

James and the Giant Peach- It is amazing to me how Tim Burton didn't entirely freak me out as a kid. I LOVED James and the Giant Peach as a kid but looking back I should have been entirely frightened. Giant bugs? Robotic shark? Horrifying aunts? Definitely some frightening stuff. Aside from that it's a really incredible movie. Especially for how old it is. Still like it- don't love it. I'll make my kids read the book {I'll have to read it too} and watch the movie just for fun.

How to Steal a Million- I love Audrey Hepburn movies. I really do. She is so classy. I also love old movies. They have such better plots, better twists. I feel like I can usually predict the plots of movies now and it's so annoying. In old movies they really thought about what the plot was and made it difficult to guess. They're just so exciting! This one was my favorite movie I watched on netflix this break. It's about an con artist- literally- this guy is selling fake paintings and sculptures. His daughter (Audrey) is trying to set him on the straight and narrow when someone comes to steal one of his paintings. Audrey ends up letting the burglar go and solicits his help to steal a fake sculpture her father sold to a museum. It's awesome.

Sleep Walk With Me- This one was written and produced by This American Life host- Ira Glass and a contributor I don't know his name. Essentially this guy and his girlfriend have been dating 7+ years and he's terrified of marriage. He's a horrible comedian starting to get gigs around the country. As he is working him and his girlfriend start getting more serious about marriage and he starts sleep walking- actually acting out his dreams and ends up jumping out a window. I thought this movie would be better... unfortunately it wasn't. I was disappointed but the movie wasn't horrible. I'd probably give it a 3/5 stars and never watch it again on my own time.

Lincoln- I loved this movie. Such great acting, incredible script. I think this will win all the grammies and other awards along with Les Mis. It was funny, it was intelligent, it was deep, it was suspenseful, it was everything you wanted it to be and MORE. The more is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. If someone had told me JGL was in it I would have gone opening day. 4.5/5 stars {nothing gets 5/5}

Les Misérables- I dreamed a dream and this movie was the dream I dreamed it would be. Other than Russell Crow... sad. And Jean Valjean kind of wasn't the best but you know what he tried and did actually a very good job considering he's not a singer. But really who knew that Anne Hathaway could sing???!? She was INCREDIBLE, her best work to date in my opinion and I'm a biiiig Anne Hathaway fan. Eponine was incredible as well but she's a professional broadway singer so no suprise there. Marius was great, and extremely adorable. Loved him- didn't love Amanda Seyfried but that's really only because I don't love Cosset. She did a great job hitting those high notes though. WOW. 4.5/5 stars. No question now that I have to read the book.

The Hobbit- I thought I wouldn't like this movie. I didn't really get into LOTR and I've never read the book but my mom wanted to see it so I went with the family. So I was wrong, okay. I liked it. I was surprised and drawn into what was going to happen. It was visually stunning. I did get dizzy a couple of times... too much moving the camera I think. It was great though, loved it. Annoyed as heck though that it's 3 movies.

We Bought a Zoo- such a cute family movie. I really like this one. The little girl I'm pretty sure is paid to be adorable and she earned her money. Matt Damon is a sweet father and I actually don't mind Scarlet Johansen in this one. Cute story, GREAT MUSIC by Jonsi, and the animals are fun. It's a great family movie.

The Graduate- didn't like it, didn't like the plot, didn't like the actors, liked the music. Plot was weird, weak, and not very well thought out. Creepy. I want to know what happens next though. Are they happy? Did she have to get her marriage annulled? Don't understand why it's a classic but people are entitled to their own opinion. (also should be rated PG-13 AT LEAST. Definitely not PG)

That's all the movies for now but Dan doesn't get home until Saturday so I'm watching more as the week goes on

xx