Telly Tuesday: January 31st - February 6th

The 500 Episodes in a Year Challenge

The goal is simple: 500 episodes in a year. 

Each episode counts as just one: if it’s 20 min long, 

it’s still 1 episode, not just half. If it’s, lets say, a Sherlock episode,

one hour and a half, it’s still just 1 episode, not 2 or 3 or 4.

This is way less than 2 episodes per day, so it’s not impossible at all,

in fact in 2010 I reached this goal in half a year.

So yeah homes. Watch all the episodes!

{via}

So here I am on the blog holding myself accountable with the new segment Telly Tuesday!

Every Tuesday for 2012, I am going to recap all of my episodes!

You'll see a list with the show, the season/series, the episode

&& maybe a quick blip of my feelings toward the show/episode!

Sound fun!? I think so! Feel free to join in!

&& let me know in the comments if you do!

So here we go!

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• "New Girl" :: S1 :: Ep11 "Jess and Julia"
• The first 60 seconds and I can't stop laughing.

• "Parenthood" :: S3 :: Ep13 "Just Smile"
  S3 :: Ep14 "It Is What It Is"
• I find myself so involved in this show. I panic and hurt and laugh with and for these characters. It is great drama. So real.

• "The Big Bang Theory" :: S5 :: Ep15 "The Friendship Contraction"
• I heart these characters. ^.^

• "Parks & Recreation" :: S4 :: Ep14 "Operation Ann"
  
• I love that I can pick up in the middle of this shows 4th season and adore everyone!

• "Grey's Anatomy" :: S8  :: Ep13 "If/Then"
• It was interesting to re-imagine characters after 8 years of seeing them a certain way...

• "Criminal Minds" :: S2 :: Ep8 "Empty Planet"
• Yey for re-runs...
  

• "How I Met Your Mother" :: S7 :: Ep15 "The Burning Beekeeper "
  
• Dare, I say meh... =/
  

• "The Voice" :: S2 :: Ep2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2"
• The blind auditions are my favorite part! IDK if I will stay for the season yet. We shall see.
  

• "Castle" :: S4 :: Ep14 "The Blue Butterfly"
• Flashback Castle all nior style!

Telly Shows to Date:
{88}

Previous Telly Tuesday Posts
{Post 1}*{Post 2}*{Post 3}*{Post 4}*{Post 5}

7 Films Saturday :: Week 5

Short and Sweet Overview: Watch 365 films in the year 2012.


Confused? READ THIS.

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Every Saturday I am going to recap 7 movies I've watched that week!

Below you'll see a list with the film, the year, the director

&& maybe a quick blip of my feelings toward movie!

Sound fun!? I think so! Feel free to join in!

&& let me know in the comments if you do!

So here we go!

***

Sunday, January 29 - Saturday, February 4th:

• Finding Nemo :: 2003 :: Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
• Favourite! I can quote basically the whole film. Need I say more?
  Okay, it's being re-released in theaters soon in 3D and I am totally going! Probably more than once.

• Conversations with Other Women :: 2006 :: Hans Canosa
•  I flagged this film to watch because I enjoy performances by both Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart. I. Loved. The. Cinematography. LOVED IT. The whole film is shot in dual frame and it is beautiful. I also enjoyed that it was 84mins about one night, two lives and a story about love. Totally worth the watch.
  

• Confessions of a Superhero :: 2007 :: Matt Ogens
• As a fan of superheroes myself, I flagged this one on Hulu to watch ages ago but I never got around to it. It is currently available on Netflix so I figured it was time. It was a really interesting documentary and at times depressing. It takes a certain kind of wackadoodle to try to make it in Hollywood (some more wackadoodley than others, of course).

• Stick It :: 2006 :: Jessica Bendinger
•  "It's not called gym-nice-tics!" lawls

• The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down :: 2007 :: Paul Sapiano
•  idk. I like mockumentary movies but the review that this is a late night, nothing else better to do movie is accurate.

• TiMER :: 2009 :: Jac Schaeffer
• Anya from Buffy Emma Caulfield stars in what looked like a sci-fi romcom to me so I was IN. & guess what...I really liked it, like 5-star-liked it, like prolly-will-buy-it-liked it.
  

• Star Trek :: 2009 :: J.J. Abrams
• In honor of the sequel currently filming, I had to. I really adore this reboot.
  
  
"Live long and may the force be with you." 
;)

Past 7FS Posts:

{Week 1} {Week 2} {Week 3} {Week 4}

Book Recap: January 2012

Here is a recap of all the books I read this month!

(as promised)

Click the covers to open their Goodreads page.

4 Jan	8 Jan	11 Jan	15 Jan
17 Jan	19 Jan	23 Jan	25 Jan

 Dates listed are dates finished.

• The Girl in the Steel Corset :: Kady Cross
• If ever there was a single book that makes me love steam-punk, this is it!
  Plus it is set in London. So there is that. I am very excited for the next one! 
• Additionally, this is one of those books where if done correctly would look really good on the silver screen. Jus' sayin'

•  Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? :: Mindy Kaling
• I don't watch The Office other than the random re-runs on TBS but home-girl is ADORABLE and hilarious. Equally, this book is adorable and hilarious! I especially loved the chapter 'Best Friend Rights and Responsibilities;' it was both funny and accurate and I want to share it with every one of my best friends!

• The Fault in Our Stars :: John Green
• I. Love. John Green. Admittedly I have not read or loved EVERY book of his (LFA-really good, AoK-couldn't finish, PT-pledge to read by this summer, LiS comp-not yet read, WGWG w/David Levithan=love) but the man behind the career is pretty phenomenal. #FTL That is why I pre-ordered TFiOS on Day 1 back in June when I knew very little about it. Now, months later, I know I also went in knowing little about it and I think that way is a great way to read this glorious book about young love and life as a kid with terminal cancer which is NOT as sad as it sounds. Promise.
  JUST GO READ THIS BOOK, OKAY?!

• The Future of Us :: Jay Acker & Caroline Mackler
• I really liked the concept of knowing your future and then how to cause "ripples" to change it. Honestly, Josh and Emma kind of got on my nerves at times. There's definitely laughy moments both with talk of AOL (I remember my first IM and email address!!!) and then the talk of Netflix and Facebook.

• Lola and the Boy Next Door :: Stephanie Perkins
• I had no idea I was going to enjoy this book so much!! Lola is everything I dreamed of being in high school and yet never was (except for the confidence); I enjoyed her themed outfits and wigs even though they creep me out in real life. I loved learning more and more about Cricket (COOL NAME ALERT) as she did. Plus, It was wonderful to have Anna and St. Clair back for a chunk of everything.
  But what kept me reading while I was wary in the first two chapters is that Lola's parents are two men who love each other dearly and who she deems as more strict than her parents friends. I love that they are front and center in the book. I love that Lola has a good/great relationship with them. I love that they are just like any other parents in real life (vs book parents who sometimes are hardly present and don't notice when their kids are {insert terrible plot/character here}.

• The Secret To Lying :: Todd Mitchell
• I didn't know what to make of this book. I liked it, yes, but it hasn't stuck with me the way most books do. I was drawn to the cover in the book store but ended it getting it from the library months later. Here is the summary if you are interested yourself.

• Mercy :: Rebecca Lim
• For me, the first 100 pages were torture but since I was reading late at night, I didn't notice that I had already hit halfway until I was too tired to read. I felt the first half was too slow and like I didn't know enough about Mercy to care about her. Maybe the way the voice is written left me with scattered information. Yet, the second half I really liked. In that last 100 pages I found myself trying to solve the mystery and couldn't put it down until I finished 3am.

• Tempest Rising :: Tracy Deebs
• At first I was a tad bit wary but ultimately I feel in love with this book and it's version of mermaids. But seriously, how would I not? says the girl with the water/dolphin tattoo. Book 2 comes out this summer! ;)

 && Harry Potter

I love my leather bound edition! #nerd

Separate from my challenge to read 100 new books, I also decided to re-read Harry Potter this year.

Harry Potter and the PhiloSorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

• This is actually my first re-read of any Harry Potter books since the third movie was released in 2004!
  
• I also have realised how much I miss Harry's world within the pages vs the screen or on Pottermore. (Though I have enjoyed Pottermore!)
  



via tumblr search "snitch"

• I cried. Yep.
  Again.

What books have you read this month?

Please feel free to leave recs in the comments!

♡

PROJECT TELL TAYLOR & GIVEAWAY!!!

Hosts: Michelle Madow and For Those About to Read

Co-Hosts: Book Briefs, Xpresso Reads, Book Love 101, My Cute Bookshelf

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WHAT IS "PROJECT TELL TAYLOR?"

I have an eFriend who wrote a book inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video.
Her name is Michelle Madow her debut novel is called Remembrance.
She wrote a blog entry a few months ago about how Remembrance was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video. She even wrote a letter to Taylor Swift and sent it to her, along with a signed book!

It's been a few months now, and she has yet to hear back from Taylor that she received the letter and book. She really wants to tell Taylor about how inspiring she and her music have been to her, but since Taylor Swift is an international superstar, she’s a little hard to reach. 

This is where YOUR help comes into play! Michelle is giving away the biggest prize pack she's offered yet, and the ways to enter to win are by telling Taylor Swift about Remembrance.

The Goal: Get Taylor Swift to Tweet about Remembrance!

Here is the MASSIVE PRIZE PACK for the Project Tell Taylor Giveaway!

~ A signed copy of Remembrance

~ A signed copy of Vengeance

~ A mask that resembles the one on the Remembrance cover
~ A mask that resembles the one on the Vengeance cover
~ Three signed Remembrance bookmarks

~ Two Remembrance stickers

~ Taylor Swift's "Fearless" CD
(on it is "Love Story," the song that started it all!)

~ Taylor Swift's debut album
("Our Song" and "Teardrops on my Guitar" were also influential to the creation of Remembrance)

~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, since it's referred to many times in Remembrance.
(And the new HarperTeen cover is so pretty!)

~ A one-of-a-kind replica of the bracelet Drew gives Lizzie.

You best believe I am entering this giveaway myself!!!

About Remembrance

 Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet. 

Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's high school, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she get him out of her mind? 

Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, fighting fate isn't going to be easy.


So you may be asking:

But Kat, have you even read Remembrance?

YES! & you can read my thoughts on it here
OR read other reviews on Goodreads!

I find it sofrakkingcool that Michelle was inspired by Taylor Swift.
Inspiration is hard to come by.

Michelle has been my eFriend for over 7 years since I found her writing blog on mySpace
and being able to watch her follow her dreams has been something beautiful.
But what impresses me most is the fact that Michelle wrote a frikkin book that so many people have read and been inspired by themselves.

So a few weeks ago when I saw Michelle asking on Twitter for bloggers
to help spread the word of Project Tell Taylor, I knew I wanted to help out!

Now how do you help & enter the giveaway..?
 Well Michelle has shared the Rafflecopter widget with us
so you can enter direct from my blog! TECH IS SO COOL!

Telly Tuesday: January 24th - January 30th

The 500 Episodes in a Year Challenge

The goal is simple: 500 episodes in a year. 

Each episode counts as just one: if it’s 20 min long, 

it’s still 1 episode, not just half. If it’s, lets say, a Sherlock episode,

one hour and a half, it’s still just 1 episode, not 2 or 3 or 4.

This is way less than 2 episodes per day, so it’s not impossible at all,

in fact in 2010 I reached this goal in half a year.

So yeah homes. Watch all the episodes!

{via}

So here I am on the blog holding myself accountable with the new segment Telly Tuesday!

Every Tuesday for 2012, I am going to recap all of my episodes!

You'll see a list with the show, the season/series, the episode

&& maybe a quick blip of my feelings toward the show/episode!

Sound fun!? I think so! Feel free to join in!

&& let me know in the comments if you do!

So here we go!

***

• "Eureka" :: S3 :: Ep15 "Shower the People"S3 :: Ep16 "You Don't Know Jack"
• Only two more episodes are available on Netflix =(

• "Glee" :: S3 :: Ep8 "Hold on to Sixteen"
  S3 :: Ep9 "Extraordinary Merry Christmas"
  S3 :: Ep10 "Yes/No"
  
• Had a mini marathon to try to catch up.

• "Castle" :: S4 :: Ep13 "An Embarrassment of Bitches"
  
• Justin Hartley was a guest star and I got double the swoon and it was excellent!

• "Modern Family" :: S3 :: Ep13 "Little Bo Bleep"
• "I am sorry. But you know I have two weaknesses—children cursing and old people rapping."

• "One Tree Hill" :: S9 :: Ep3 "Love The Way You Lie"
• Oh OTH, you know how to play with and break my heart!

• "The Big Bang Theory" :: S5 :: Ep14 "The Beta Test Initiation"
• Doctor Who reference, holla!

• "Parks & Recreation" :: S4 :: Ep13 "Bowling for Votes"
• This is the first full episode I have watched and I know I have a few friends who are now very happy.

• "Pan Am" :: S1 :: Ep12 "New Frontiers"
  
• Not my fav episode but big for a lot of characters, so there is that...

• "Skins" :: S6 :: Ep2 "Rich"

• "Once Upon a Time" :: S1 :: Ep9 "True North"
  S1 :: Ep10 "7:15AM"
• Man, this show is going to get on my nerves! Always more questions and very few answers...
  

• "How I Met Your Mother" :: S7 :: Ep3 "Ducky Tie"
  
• I missed this one the first time round. #btw I love the ducky tie!

Telly Shows to Date:
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Previous Telly Tuesday Posts
{Post 1}*{Post 2}*{Post 3}*{Post 4}

Am I the only one?

Am I the only one who isn't sold on this?

*takes deep breath*

I just can't. I have tried so hard to stay neutral until the movie...

&& I might eat my words come March because I want so desperately
to have my mind changed over these outfits but for realsthey look like
a blend between Queen Amidala reject outfits and X-men jumpsuits...

A few redesigns later and you've got the Tributes from District 12...

Although I would totally rock Effie's outfit to a costume party, no lie!

 

I guess I just pictured Cinna and his team designing them something more sleek...Sure it would be mind-blowing but an equal balance between understated and fantastical.
"I am in a simple black unitard that covers me from ankle to neck.
Shiny leather boots lace up to my knees. But it's the fluttering cape
made of streams of orange, yellow, and red and the matching head-piece that define this costume. Cinna plans to light them on fire justbefore our chariot rolls into the streets.
[...]
My face is relatively clear of makeup, just a bit of highlightinghere and there. My hair has been brushed out and then braideddown my back in my usual style. " - page 67
I know that the movie adaptation will ultimately be different. But I stare at the picture above and think of an interview Hugh Jackmandid for X-men press; he said that the faux-leather suits were absolutely
awkward and impractical. Then I sit here and think of the weird rubbing
and squeaking noises that the suits Jennifer and Josh probably make whilewalking around on set and I just can't-- *le sigh* I guess I am just sad and wish that I was as talented asthe folks on deviantART and could draw you my own idea.. So until I wake up one morning with the gift of illustration,I will just have to leave you with a few I found...

via
I like everything here but the crown things...

 

 

via
I feel that this drawing gives off the idea of a layered costume which I liked.

via
I included this one because I think the firey headpiece
would have given the illusion of burning coals within the hair
and flickering fire would trail behind them...

IDK.I am just a picky fangirl is all! ;)

7 Films Sat..oops..Sunday :: Week 4

Short and Sweet Overview: Watch 365 films in the year 2012.


Confused? READ THIS.

***

Every Saturday I am going to recap 7 movies I've watched that week!

Below you'll see a list with the film, the year, the director

&& maybe a quick blip of my feelings toward movie!

Sound fun!? I think so! Feel free to join in!

&& let me know in the comments if you do!

So here we go!

***

Sunday, January 22 - Saturday, January 28th:

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: 2011 :: David Fincher
• I am wickedly loyal to the original Swedish movies so I went to see the "American" version for Daniel Craig lusting opportunities. It worked; I did lust after Craig's Mikael Blomkvist quite a lot. Also, I did like Roony Mara because Lisbeth Salander is one of those roles--a phenomenally complex character; you can't cast someone who can't act to play Salander, the role is too important.
  Overall, it was good but I still rate the Swedish film higher.
  FUN FACT: The director (Fincher) is from Colorado. Holla!

• WALL E :: 2008 :: Andrew Stanton
•  I love everything about this movie.
  

• Wet Hot American Summer :: 2001 :: David Wain
•  So funny. I love comedies like this!

• Tangled Ever After :: 2012 :: Nathan Greno & Byron Howard
•  I don't care that this is a 6min short film. It was the cutest 6mins of my week! I heart Maximus and Pascal!!!

• The Incredible Hulk :: 2008 :: Louis Leterrier
•  My next movie in Ryan's "you must watch all of the Avengers before Avengers" request. I also lawl'd at Lou Ferrigno's cameo!

• The Prince & Me :: 2005 :: Martha Coolidge
•  Please excuse me as I swoon over Luke Mably over and over.
  

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: 2009 ::
  Niels Arden Oplev
•  Män Som Hatar Kvinnor
•  After seeing the new version, I had to jump on Netflix and re-watch this one; I just love listening to svenska so much! Michael Nyqvist still captures Mikael Blomkvist in a way that makes me oddly attracted to him and Noomi Rapace is obviously still a complete bad ass!
  Plus, I just love the way the story is told. This verison is just less likely to spell out every single detail (unlike the 2011 version) and asks the audience to puzzle out the mystery with Mikael and Lisbeth.
  
 

PS. I forgot to post this yesterday & didn't realize until just now...

That's what I get for forgetting to schedule my post!

Next weeks shall be on time! ;)

Past 7FS Posts:

{Week 1} {Week 2} {Week 3}