So far, the 7th season looks promising for sytycd. The first episode aired tonight and I think the person who stood out for me is Teddy Tedholm. This quirky looking guy came on the screen, I did not expect him to do what he did, and mostly I did not expect him to make me feel the way he did.

The song chosen, Prague by Damien Rice, a haunted song, is one of my favorites. According to his youtube account the dance is choreographed by Billy Larson. It was, nay, is fantastic to watch!

I skipped all the “woo it’s soo crazy in NY today” crap. I don’t like the sappy stuff and I particularly hate the sob stories they put on these shows. I like getting to the point. An amazing dancer, an emotionally charged dancer. Please disregard the judges crying and blabbering. The dance, by itself is enough.

Here’s another video in case the top one gets deleted (copyright violations *rolls eyes*).

Cartier has always been a heavy hitter in the jewelry world. Ever since it opened it’s doors in Paris in 1847 when Louis-François Cartier took over the jewelery workshop where he did his apprenticeship in Paris the rich, famous and the esteemed have followed the brand religiously. Cartier’s world wide fame came with Alfred Cartier’s sons Pierre, Jacques, Louis, the grandsons of Louis-Francois. Cartier opened it’s first store in England in 1902 and finally opened it’s first store in New York City in 1909. After Pierre’s death the family sold all three stores which were later all bought by Joseph Kanoui and a group of investors to restore Cartier to it’s old glory.

As you enter the exhibit it’s easy to see why Cartier was called the “Jeweller to Kings, King of Jewellers”. A diamond clock awaits curious wanderers as the entrance piece. Information posters on the walls celebrate Cartier’s 100th anniversary in America. As you move on to the second piece, a diamond and platinum tiara you’re already intoxicated by the beauty and dreams of waking up a princess, crowned in such exquisite jewels. The pieces and rooms are in chronological order so it’s easy to see the difference in the fashion and the changes that happened within the company. The first room shows a clear interest in Chinese and Buddhist art splattered with the touch of art deco. Clocks with monks carved in enamel and belts made of rubies and gold to replicate a piece made for the Qing dynasty; the influence is evident. Soon you get to the brooch which graces the poster of the exhibit. Made of emeralds, diamonds, platinum and enamel, this piece is definitely a master piece. Names like Ernest Cassel, Gloria Swanson, Mary Scott, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Vanderbilt and Princess Anastasia of Greece flash by as the crowd glides into the next room. The style makes an abrupt change to Ancient Egypt as Tutankhamun’s tomb is discovered in 1922. Clocks are based on the Temple of Khonsu with similar murals carved in gold. Turquoise is used in many items as well as the silhouette of scarabs. The social influence, America’s own royalty, the socialites become the center of attention. Head bands take the place of tiaras, like the one purchased by Doris Duke made to fit the 20’s shorter hair style.

Cartier’s secret may lay in the brand’s consistency. As 1920’s style morphed into colorful jewelery, Cartier continued to use white diamonds. More names flash by as the years progress, Mrs. J. F. Kennedy, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Lady Astor, Paul-Louis Weiller, Duchess of Windsor. More and more animals start appearing on the jewelery. New ideas and styles -like surrealism influenced the brand. With the dolphin bangle, made out of 1028 diamonds and emerald eyes, you can almost see the shimmering ocean. Maybe the exhibit’s most ironic piece, 18 carat gold replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module made by Michael Collins in 1969 sits in the corner, a bit lonely. Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels quickly drew everyone to it’s self. 69.42 carat diamond bought for Taylor by Richard Burton for one million dollars is maybe the only thing that could have over-shone the iconic Taylor’s beauty. As you exit you gaze at illustrations, photo-books and casts of the pieces made throughout decades. Some of the most famous diamonds have been trusted to Cartier, like the 47.69 carat diamond, Star of South Africa discovered in 1869, also the first significant discovery in South Africa and the Hope diamond.

When you leave the exhibit, the feelings it creates follows you. A euphoric state followed by resentment of having to go back to normal life. Cartier’s pieces are an ode to the American dream, a fairytale life. Rendering the visitor speechless, the exhibit makes you feel like a child, dreaming of being a princess -feeling like a princess. There is no doubt that Cartier’s pieces have evoked emotions in everyone with its immaculate technique and beauty and now with it’s added history. The exhibit is a definite success and an incredible experience for those who can visit.

Who the fuck names their main character Bella Swan. SERIOUSLY. WTF? Beautiful swan? The book and the movies are full of – no scratch that – made out of such cliches that it actually hurts. I highly doubt that a emo 13 year old could ever come up with something so unimaginative.

Sparkling vampires? Vampires who can, but choose to not fuck? Here, this is a quote from the douchess: “one of the great things about fantasy is that research rarely applies”. Seriously. Did I just travel to bizarro land? Oh, oh here’s another one “When I write the story, it’s not like I’m thinking about what I’m doing” I rest my case.

Also, why the hell is she advising tween girls “to threaten to kill themselves if their boyfriends want to leave them”. The movie (which I watched -not in the theaters-, since I’m not going to read the crappy books) is so full of sexism that I was in shock for a few full hours. The lead female is spineless and has a creepily dependent personality, the lead male is an asshole, and is emotionally abusive.

Now that I’ve made myself clear. Please get the hell out of my life. If I ever see that emo poster again, I’m going to barf on it. It’s the most shittiest editing job I’ve seen on a hollywood poster.

On a final note, Robert Pattinson is not hot, he is scrawny and just plain regular. Not showering does not make you a hot, bad guy, neither does sparkling like a fucking diamond. If you seriously think he’s so fine that he blows your mind, please gtfo and go suck a lemon.

And that is the end of my rant. Now something nice to listen to to do away with all the crappiness I’ve been talking about.

It’s basically a blog about lipstick but, it has something clever and new in it. Previews. It’s full of lipstick brands and shades and pictures of what they look like in real life. We are all (or should be) aware of the fact that the little stickers that come beneath the lipsticks are not what the lipstick looks like, and catalog pictures always have tons of photoshop. So it would be very helpful to go take a look at it before buying lipsticks online. They also have a nail polish section. You can also send in your own lips and previews.

Yes, this was a very “women” oriented post, but not to worry men. The chick has total blowjob lips. Hawt I tell ya…

And… here is the part that annoys me. The chick has full and awesome lips, why the hell is she pouting? I just can’t get over the fact that she is putting tremendous effort towards making her upper lip (which is already on angelina jolie level) look gigantic.

Anyways, boys and girls, go enjoy the lips. But since it has other people contributing to it, there are some gnarly lips to be aware of.

Wednesday, Sept. 9
America’s Next Top Model, 8 p.m. (CW)

Thursday, Sept. 10
*The Vampire Diaries, 8 p.m. (CW)

Monday, Sept. 14
Gossip Girl, 9 p.m. (CW)

Thursday, Sept. 17
Bones, 8 p.m. (Fox)
Fringe, 9 p.m. (Fox)
The Office, 9 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 21
Heroes, 8 p.m. (NBC)
House, 8 p.m. (Fox)
How I Met Your Mother, 8 p.m. (CBS)

Thursday, Sept. 24
Grey’s Anatomy, 9 p.m. (ABC)

Friday, Sept. 25
Dollhouse, 9 p.m. (Fox)

Sunday, Sept. 27
Family Guy, 9 p.m. (Fox)
The Simpsons, 8 p.m. (Fox)
American Dad, 9:30 p.m. (Fox)
*The Cleveland Show, 8:30 p.m. (Fox)

*New shows worth checking out.

I’m still waiting for the release dates of Lost and Chuck.

For a complete list go here.

It’s a strictly political. Everyone gives their highest points to their neighbors. Turkey always gets high points from Germany, Holland etc because of the Turkish minorities.

Anyways, Turkey entered the contest with a singer named hadise, and her song and performance sucked. Nothing new there. But for some reason, other countries, especially the big three England, Germany and France (who fund the competition) busted their asses this year.

For England, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote and composed the song, and he also had a “reality show” to pick who would sing it. It bombed.

For France, Patricia Kaas sang.

For Germany, Dita Von Teese showed her titties.

Now for the Winner, RYBAK.

Alexander Rybak was my favorite, I wanted him to win. His song was called Fairytale. Which I loved and added to my song list. Bla bla bla. whatever.

The interesting thing was, how men reacted to him.

They called him a monkey, talentless, ugly. They said they wanted to punch him in the face. They said he was horrible. They compared him to extremely ugly people.

What the women did was swoon. Most women I saw, loved him too. They thought he was cute, and talented and looked young. What more can a girl want.

The guy is extremely charismatic. He got up on stage and filled it. He smiled. He was charming.

So for men, I personally think many were jealous.

For women, this kinda proves that women rather like a man who looks like they would be romantic and curl up in the bed with you and sing songs to you etc etc. He looks sincere. I think that won him many points.

So most women choose a cute, lively man over a douche bag like this. Joel Rush, who was the runner up in “True Beauty”, a reality show “searching for America’s most beautiful person”.

Decide for yourself, here is fairytale, by Rybak.

She’s this Scottish woman who was on Britain’s got talent.

So what’s her deal that everyone is going crazy over her.

First of all she has an amazing voice. So far so good. Over the past years many similar shows had some pretty talented people on them. Nobody became this famous, or got this much attention.

So the big deal with Susan Boyle is that, she is UGLY, OLD and FAT.

OH MY.

What a big bloody talent. She’s fat and ugly so it’s impossible for her to have talent, but here she is breaking every law of physics.

This is where I come to the conclusion that people are idiots and EXTREMELY superficial. Of course no surprise there.

For the past few days I’ve been noticing how people on friendfeed like to discriminate against others who are different. I’ve seen them discriminate against people with birth defects, people overweight, homosexuals etc. But then again, that’s another subject.

So, back to what I was saying. I’d much rather watch this lovely, very talented girl blossom into an amazing artist than freak out about an ugly fat woman that can sing. I also have to admit that I was intrigued when I watched Paul Potts the mobile phone salesman from wales who just got up and started to sing opera, it was interesting because it seemed like a hidden passion of his.

I’m not saying Susan Boyle is not talented or not worthy of fame or attention. I just feel like it’s the wrong kind of attention. Wikipedia refers to her as “another unexpected singing talent discovered by British reality television”. Why does being ugly make her an unexpected talent? Argh, I just find it twisted and unjustifiable. Bunch of bigots. Fucking pisses me off.