i am beyond excited for this. favorite director? tim burton. favorite disney movie of all time? alice in wonderland. one of my favorite actors? johnny depp. march 5, 2010 cannot get here fast enough. USA today leaked some pics from the movie set today. just thought i'd post them for anyone who is interested.
anne hathaway as the white queen.
johnny depp as the mad hatter.
helena bonham carter as the red queen.
mia wasikowska as alice.
matt lucas as tweedle dee and tweedle dum.
I AM ZO EXCITED! the new official alice in wonderland movie site is up and running at disney.com. you can sign up there to receive emails about updates and stuff.
here is a list of my pluses and minuses of the week, straight from this girl (me):
plus: joe jonas' you tube video of him dancing to "single ladies" by beyonce. hate the song, love this leotard. enjoy.
joe gets +500 for dancing in that thing. and +100 more just for being a jonas.
minus: that stupid eminem and bruno stunt at the mtv movie awards. google it if you don't know what that's all about. i can't post it on here. it's too ridiculous. minus a thousand for both of them. meh, minus a thousand and one for eminem.
plus: coldplay's free album. they kind of sort of stole this idea from radiohead, in the sense that well, radiohead did it two years ago, but still. coldplay isn't my favorite band, but they're good enough. thanks, coldplay. download the album for yourself at coldplay.com
+100 for coldplay. and +150 for radiohead because they did it first. oh and -50 for chris martin (lead singer of coldplay) for being married to g. pal.
minus: jon and kate plus a thousand magazine covers. really, guys? there's nothing else to talk about? didn't any of you see the joe jonas video? let's discuss that some more. -300 EACH for jon and kate. but +150 to him for being married to her.
plus: lauren conrad leaving "the hills". couldn't be more happy. that show has gotten zuper lame lately. i'm glad she is moving on. i lobe her quite alot. i'm not going to lie though. i may watch the next season of "the hills" just to see what a b. kristen is. +500 for lauren because i like her. just minus everything for the rest of the cast.
minus: lauren conrad writing a book. yeah, not even like a biography. like an actual real teen novel. i read a snippet of it in "teen vogue" the other day and yikes. bad move, lauren. you're on thin ice with this one. i'm going to award you -150 points.
plus: johnny depp. he turned 49 this week and still has amazing the bone structure he had in the 80's. happy birthday, j.d. plus 50 for you.
minus: 70's on 7. boy howdy am i sick of 70's music. as i'm typing this, alice cooper is serenading me with "school's out". indeed. minus 70 for this station.
plus: 90's music. what's not to like? you got the good rock(ish) bands like wallflowers and goo goo dolls, you've got good pop music like *NSYNC and britney spears, and you've got the random ridiculous classics like biz markie and new kids on the block. and who could forget "ice ice baby" or "hammer time"? plus 90 for the 90's!!
minus: telemarketers. i get about four calls a day from telemarketers. and they are constantly asking for a man named "regino". hmmm... never hoid of him. for some reason they don't understand when i say that this is a business, not a residence. they always ask, "well then do you know a regino?" or "do you know where i can reach regino?" negatron on both accounts, telly market men. i've no idea where reggie has run off to. and even if i did, i wouldn't reveal his whereabouts to you people. so there. minus 100 each for every person who asks for regino. also, minus 500 for regino for giving people my number. thanks for nothing, buddy.
plus: disney/pixar's UP. man. i cried for about the first 15 minutes of this movie. just a straight streamline of tears down my face, creating a puddle on my chest. then, a couple times in the middle my nose got burny like i was maybe going to start up again. to finish things off, i shed a few tears (only a few) at the end. this movie was spactacular. it was an amazing and clever story line and it was visually stunning. if you get the chance, see it in 3D. and don't be late because there is a teaser trailer for "toy story 3" in the beginning. plus 68.1 million for "up" because that's how much it made at the box office opening weekend.
here's one more plus to finish off the week: "away we go". i've been so very excited for this movie ever since i saw the trailer back in february. i love the director (sam mendes), i love the writers (dave eggers and vendela vida), and i love the actors (john krasinski, catherine o'hara, allison janney, to name a few). i'm a bit concerned that it will just be the typical indie flick (a la juno) but i have high hopes for it. it's gets released today, but since i live in no man's land i will have to wait to see it. as of now i'm not sure when it'll be released here in good old arizona. so here i wait.
oh, hi. random texts are the best. the past couple of days it seems like i've gotten more random texts than usual, which makes me happy. here are a few of note (is that even a saying or did i make it up?):
d.w.: "did you know that in the e.r. 'gsw' stands for 'gun shot wound', not 'gabby sue walz'?" *she thought that was pretty cool, until i informed her that "gw" also stand for "genital warts" in the medical world. she still thought that was pretty cool, i had to inform her that it was, in fact, not that cool.
jordan: "i just saw my two favorite ladies tearin' up the sidewalk!" *he sent this after he saw me and d.w. on our nightly neighborhood jaunt, to which i replied: "you mean mary kate and ashley?!"
samantha: "you were his best student. he (Lenny, her dog) framed your thesis paper. it's next to his doggy bed" *this was actually notso random. it was in reply to my text reminding her when her dog lenny was my professor.
kenny: "at the airport. this little girl says 'daddy why can't i bring my bubbles?' and he says, dead serious, 'because of al-qaeda' " *there are so many great ones from kenny. this one is actually from a while back, but i still have it and i still love it.
leslie: "thank you for being my friend. i would have it NO other way. i would be sore lost without you."
jim: "open the internet, go to google and type 'define: pangs' to get a dictionary of pangs as i did." *ok, this is my fave kind of randoms to get. he sent me this at 10:49 pm. and when i did as he asked, i found that the definition of pangs that he got was "an episode of the fourth season of buffy the vampire slayer" or something to that affect. he always used to say how lame i am for loving that show so much. at the time i got this text, we weren't really friends anymore, so that made it all the more random. but the point is, he thought of me because of that definition and so he texted me to tell me that he thought of me. such a lovely thing.
lincoln: "gabbi we have not seen each other for over two months... it's time we take care of that."
and this one comes from chanel, this very morning.
chanel: "knock knock" me: "who's there?" chanel: "britney spears." me: "oh boy" chanel: "no, no. you are supposed to say 'britney spears who' ! do it!" me: "ugh. i am more concerned about what miss spears is doing at my door at 7 a.m. britney spears who?" chanel: "knock knock" me: "i already said who's there! i can't type alot because i am driving!" chanel: "well this joke is super hard to do over text. but the point is i'm supposed to start the joke twice and then say 'oops, i did it again!' i'll make a note that it doesn't work too well over text." me: "dang. that actually is pretty funny." *sorry i ruined your joke, chanel. i didn't mean to. you know i'm a grouch in the morning. i don't see colors before noon. have fun in the specific northwest. come back soon.
yeah so the moral of this story is SEND ME RANDOM TEXTS.
i was trying to figure out what i should do for my 100th blog, but i had absolutely no ideas. also, who really cares about 100 posts anyways? it probably should be a sign to me that i should better spend my time. tonight i went to ulta to get some shampoo and i came across this little gem:
big whoop, gabs. who cares, right? well i do, i care. since 2000, bonne bell dr. pepper chapstick has been my go-to chappy. i wear it everyday. in fact, some days it is all i wear (on my face i mean, pervies). since about 2001 i have been petitioning (aka asking my magic 8 ball) for bonne bell to come out with GLOSS versions of my lip savior. eight years later... BAM. i wasn't expecting this, i wasn't even looking for it, but i found it by accident and i bought every set that they had there. (gotta stock up in case of the apocolypse, duh) yeah, so... i think that this is a pretty good way to celebrate 100 posts. go me! long live my delicious lips!
it seems as though everyone but me is getting married these days. that's quite alright with me, weddings are big helpings of stress. leslie's wedding was really fun though. it was my first experience of being in someone's wedding video (three times!!), being an official bridesmaid, and having a bouquet. so so much fun. but really very hot. if it ever happens, i'm getting married in january.
mr and mrs sam mckenna. he is scotish, like for reals. he is from the uk. his accent is sooooo cool. and his family was top shelf. really nice people. the bridesmaids all got a pearl bracelet from england. woo hoo.
leslie and sam getting their smooch on by the themple.
my temple feet and tan gams. woo.
the ACE gang post wedding.
the temple, i love to see it.
sunny day....
me and chanel.... besties.
sam and les's candy bar. sweet stuff, eh?
our bouquets. and some cool pics of the bride and groom.
bubble blowing contest between bridesmaids. chanel goes:
while i go:
(i won.)
had time between wedding and reception. what happens when i have extra time? i can has photoshoot?
leslie and the maids of the bride.
sam and leslie's cake.
me and chan with my favorite part of the wedding... the bouquets we got to carry.
the bouquet looked like it had broccoli in it. it was so cool.
i was quite sad when i had to throw mine away today :( i wanted to keep it forever.
me and connor. he is old now. almost seventeen. shoot.
samantha got married! which is weird bc i have known her since she was 16. we've talked numerous times about boys and how we are never going to find the "right" one, how we are going to be spinsters/cat ladies together. oh, and members of the red hat society. but alas, those plans have been thwarted, as she has left me to reign in cat lady land alone. i forgive her, though. i got to help make stuff for the wedding, like crafts and cupcakes, which was really fun. sam is in amsterdam right now with her husband (still sounds weird) justin.
i got to oversee the frosting/sprinkling of the cupcakes. sam mixed up the beautiful colors.
sam and grandma betty, who is the patron saint of cupcakes. she made them all along with the frosting-from scratch. she really is a saint.
sam and i at the wedding. she had a beatle's themed wedding which, as far as weddings go, is a pretty awesome theme. it was fun to see the crafts that i helped with all on display. everything looked really amazing. she walked down the aisle to "all you need is love" which was pretty awesome too.
jessica, me, and erica. jessica is my sister for life bc she knows the joy of the jonai as i do. on friday night during the "rehearsal" dinner, sam, jess, and i were talking and uncle tracy asked sam who her favorite jonas is.
sam: nick! all the way.
jess: mine is joe.
(no, mine is joe. but i didn't say anything)
sam: ooohhhhh, gabby likes joe! you guys have to battle it out now.
jess: that's ok, i can have kevin instead. i'll take one for the team.
idk why, but that really meant alot to me. haha it sounds stupid, it probably is stupid, since none of us GET any of the jonai. but she so willingly let me have joe, no question. jess is pretty much the coolest, not just bc she takes one for the team, but bc she makes bank working at costco making pizzas in L.A. secretly, i am jealous of her pizza girl status.
well, pretty much the cutest bride and groom ever. this isn't a great representation of the photo since you can see my reflection in it, but i love this photo so much, i had to take a pic of it.
samantha and justin.
these past few weeks have been weird for me kind of. i'm saying goodbye to alot of stuff. i have like, five, maybe six girls that i consider to be in my inner circle. i am losing four of them within a month. sandee just moved with her family to utah. malia is moving to boston next month so her very smart husband can go to harvard. leslie is getting married on thursday. samantha just got married. it's an epidemic i tell you. people are leaving me all over the place. i don't know how to feel about it all, or if i should feel anything at all since there's little i can do to stop what is happening. lots of emotions attached to each person, and it just feels like a part of my life is ending when they leave. i'm getting older, and i can't stop it. the time to act like a grown up is now. and, truth be told, i HATE it more than anything.
gone are the days where summer meant no school, eating popsicles by the pool, and requesting my favorite song on the radio. not that i don't love my life right now, because i do, but sometimes i miss those days. there's no cure for getting older. i can't fight it, i might as well embrace it.
there's no point to this post, except to say... weren't they a darling couple? i miss them. how depressing is it that the tattoo on his arm which once read "winona forever" now reads "wino forever"?
perhaps they were just too good looking to last forever. it makes me sad for her. i don't know why i get sad over things like this, there's no point really. but to make myself feel better, i like to tell myself they're still together.
... this sleaze. can't help it. chuck bass is the sole reason i tune into gossip girl every week. (also, partly to see what blair is wearing.) he has the funny lines, he has the killer wardrobe, he is LOADED, and he kind of is a doll when he loves blair. male-skank aside, he's quite a dish. one question: where oh where did the signature scarf go? i miss it.
don't knock the bowtie, i LOVE the bowtie.
oh, it's "fun-in-the-sun" chuck, complete with fedora and swim trunks. wonder if he comes with a spray-on tan?
chuck in plaid? yum.
croquet is the new golf. there are so many awesome things about this outfit, i don't know where to begin.
chuck bass is the ultimate best friend. he pays for everything and if anyone messes with you, he pretty much ruins their life. good looking, rich, smarmy... what's not to like?
jonas brothers released their new single exclusively to members of their facebook fan group last night. the single is available tuesday may 12th for download so until then, this will have to do.
play it really loud and have a DANCE PARTY!! because dancing is good excercise and it makes you feel HAPPY!!
here are the lyrics for those who want to learn them before we drive around and listen to it in my car on repeat on tuesday (ahem chanel ahem):
i make the most of all the stress i try to live without regret but i m about to break a sweat im freaking out its like a poison in my brain its like a fog that blurs the scene its like a vine you cant untangle oh i’m freaking out
everytime i turn around something don’t feel right i might be paranoid i’m boarding the lines cause they just might split can someone stop the noise? i don’t know what it is but it just don’t fit i’m paranoid yeah
i take the next stairway steps to get some air into my chest cant hear the thoughts inside my head i’m still freaking out that’s why my ex is still my ex i never trust a word she says i’m runnin all the background checks and shes freaking out
everytime i turn around somethings just not right might be paranoid i’m boardin the lines cause they just might split can someone stop the noise? i don’t know what it is but it just don’t fit consider me destroyed cause i don’t know how to act cause i lost my head i must be paranoid i never thought it would come to this i’m paranoid stuck in the room were staring faces ohh i’m caught in a nightmare i cant wake up if you hear my cry running through her streets i’m about to freak come and rescue me she might be paranoid yeah i’m boarding the lines cause they just might split can someone stop the noise? i don’t know what it is but it just don’t fit consider me destroyed i don’t know how to act cause i lost cause i lost my head i must be paranoid
(someone else's lyrics, don't have time to edit...)
THERE ISN'T MUCH TO BE SAID ABOUT WHAT GOES ON AROUND HERE. I WRITE ABOUT MY LIFE, AS I SEE FIT. I LAUGH LOUD, CRY HARD, AND DANCE LIKE A DREAM. DARK HORSE. BLEEDING HEART. GO-TO GAL. NIGHT OWL. PACK RAT. AGONY AUNT. DESPITE MY RESISTANCE TO GROW UP, I AM GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS.
"I'm not like them, but i can pretend." -Kurt Cobain.
"That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
"I don't even know what I was running for - I guess I just felt like it." -J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
"Make the decision to be someone not something." -Gabrielle Chanel.
“Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.” - Mark Twain.
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney.
"To move the world we must first move ourselves." -Socrates.
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." -Oscar Wilde.
"I'm just trying to matter." -June Carter Cash.
"We accept the love we think we deserve." -Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -Albus Dumbledore.
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
"Ugh, boy brains. You might as well scoop them out and store nuts up there." -Hannah Montana.
"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."- Jack Kerouac. "If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." -A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh.
"Because, in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." -Anne Frank.
anne hathaway as the white queen.
johnny depp as the mad hatter.
helena bonham carter as the red queen.
anne hathaway as the white queen.
johnny depp as the mad hatter.
helena bonham carter as the red queen.
the bouquet looked like it had broccoli in it. it was so cool.
