Film/tv series review

...super short reviews lol.



In Treatment Developed by rodrigo Garcia starring Gabriel Byrne as Dr Paul Weston....this show was amazing! its 2 seasons and you just learn so much from listening in on Dr Westons patients.
There is one character in particular i learned alot from,
and you will too. From all his patience, one will touch on subjects that you can identify with on some level and thats what makes this show so good. you watch because the way he helps the characters connect dots...you really cant help but to pay attention and try to apply his advise to your own life...even if 'Dr Weston" is created by a team of writers...:)

Now im checking out the Ladies detective Agency.
Just started the series but it seems pretty interesting, starring Jill Scott

thanksgiving summary and a dream report:)

You know those dreams where you actually realize that you're dreaming? well yesterday I dreamt that i was flying over mountains..like the ones you'd see in places like Alaska or Sweden..and it was super cold so deff winter time. so anyway, I realised i was flying and i got so..HAPPY and stressed.. almost like i was scared the awareness would yank me out of my dream:( So i touched the ground for a sec..it was cold under my feet but i liked it...anyway i cant be scared AND fly. So i collected myself...and its kinda crazy that even in my dreams where I'm toying with a reality created by my mind only...im defiant lol . I actually remember thinking if i wake up its gonna be AFTER I  stop fearing it. it was such a beautiful dream that i got....offended that fear was there clouding it. So I shook it off and started flying again...till the moment i woke up! and i went... everywhere:) I just feel like there is some message in knowing our minds can do that. I didn't even feel solid...i just felt like energy connected to everything.  i KNEW i was in bed 'sleeping' on some level but... i just didn't care. i was on a journey. I am on a journey.  and i really think the message was that we cannot bloom or fly if we give into fear.
just had to share:)

And of course thanksgiving. The day was spent with Project Abel http://projectabel.blogspot.com/,
in the afternoon I went to a lovely thanksgiving dinner at a friends house.
 it was DELICIOUS!!! thank you to my wonderful friends that had me over....love you !!!!
I was raised in mostly in Europe but also in Ethiopia so I've never really celebrated Thanksgiving. To be frank its history bothers me quite a bit but the word 'Thanksgiving' is something im very attached to. I tell my family I love them everyday. Im thankful for my blessings Everyday. Thanksgiving is something is a part of my life everyday.

Halloween Poetry                           

                                          Emily Dickinson

                  The Inner World

I felt a funeral in my brain,
And mourners, to and fro,
Kept treading, treading, till it seemed
That sense was breaking through.

And when they all were seated,
A service like a drum
Kept beating, beating, till I thought
My mind was going numb. And then I heard them lift a box,
And creak across my soul
With those same boots of lead,
Then space began to toll

As all the heavens were a bell,
And Being but an ear,
And I and silence some strange race,
Wrecked, solitary, here And then a plank in reason, broke,
And I dropped down and down—

And hit a world at every plunge

And finished knowing then

                                                                                                        

Halloween goodies and Drinks!

Here are just a couple of my MANY favorite recipes for Halloween. I'll probably post a few more. I found them online,
and have posted the Link for you as well so you can look around and see what else you like there!

http://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/h/halloween_cupcakes_with_chocolate_fudge_icing.html




These are AWESOME!

http://www.food.com/recipe/severed-fingers-halloween-cookies-135850





HALLOWEEN DRINKS!!


Eyeballs Halloween Cocktail

http://www.divinedinnerparty.com/halloween-cocktail-recipes.html

Mulled Red Wine

(really does look like blood when served)

                                    

               http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/mulled-red-wine-muscovado-sugar-recipe

DrinkoftheWeek.com  has some really cool looking drinks  for Halloween as well as the pics above show. I love how creative people get with EVERYTHING when focused. its like everyone who thinks they don't have a creative bone in their body FORGET what they think....and just...do it.

SO excited to see peoples outfits and see people get into the Halloween spirit! FUN!!!

http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/blog/spooky-halloween-cocktails/ check it out and find your favorite spooky drink!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Mad Men (season 4 spoiler)

A little Review on an episode before i post some recipes for Halloween:)
I never catch this when its on TV so i just get the DVD when i get the chance hence my late review on it:)
Joan Holloway

Season 4 Finale :
I love that 'Joan' is the one apologizing when she gets pregnant by 'Roger'

 I need to say that i actually love this character....she's a survivor and runs her bees  so she is far from passive. But in scenes like this...you can tell that alot of times even the strongest of women would back down. not all women mind you...i just think those times would have been hard on any woman today.

 I do not look down or mean to disrespect any women from those days nor am i trying to suggest that they were all miserable prisoners of men. I don't think so at all. But this particular scene is agitating. there are several great things about women then that i think is unfortunately not considered as important today  like family values  and mostly, cooking. nobody COOKS anymore uggghhh men or women. Its like...not 'in' or somethin...its all about eating 'out' now.
I've cooked for as long as i can remember and so does my family. we're  no chefs but we're not lost in a kitchen. not at all.
and cooking at home is both healthier and less expensive that eating breakfast lunch and dinner out. Even if you're in a position to do it...i just dont believe in too much of...anything.

Obviously the character didn't up and get herself pregnant. People were generally less concerned about condoms so this isn't more HIS or HER fault. its equal. they both knew pregnancy is a possibility when they had unprotected sex. umm....why is SHE sorry? why isn't he sorry for  not...umm...removing himself (lol) on time? why isn't he sorry that she may need to go through an abortion?  douchebag.  or should she considered herself blessed to have  his eye to begin with?
why? i feel its because she's 'supposed' to be sorry. and I think considering her environment at the time, a part of her may genuinely blame herself...but that just further supports that she was conditioned to think so as it is JUST NOT POSSIBLE for a woman's pregnancy..to be only her fault. yes?
I'm always open to new thoughts and learning so I'm not stating facts, just thoughts that came to me from this scene.

THANK YOU to ALL the women that made sure we have a voice today.
I am so happy to see women unafraid  and making space for themselves. You all inspire me and I know you will keep changing things for the better for women, as i hope to do.

Mad Men is one of the best shows out there right now, and I think the writers do a great job.
it makes me think about these things. I would say it provokes alot of female viewers all over the world lol. Its definitely the kind of show i'd like to be on. the characters they write seem so real...the bohemic Midge..sort of a hippie female character that i think intrigues Don.
OR Joyce...very independent lesbian character who is friend with Peggy Olson.
I like how outspoken Joyce is and she is deff NOT ok with people being in her business.ever.
The secretary Don Draper ends up getting engaged to at the end of season for is ...interesting. at first i found her to be passive and boring. I think her character is plain but the more we got to see of her, we realized she's really not another submissive secretary. but I dont know if she is strong enough for Don draper...he's really not an easy guy to deal with. I prefer him back with Betty or if he started a new thing with Peggy...her i LOVE. she is so smart, outspoken, confident. The only thing that saddens me is while i understand she felt that was necessary (and maybe it was) but she shouldn't have had to carry the burden of how her pregnancy situation played out, on her own.

both her and Joan are different but similar in the sense that they are strong women. But when it came down to something like 'pregnancy' they felt that they had to handle that on their own...however they handled it. just makes me sad. So many women die trying to get an abortion in secret..or they cant have kids anymore cause it wasn't done right.
it shouldn't be that way.
So anyway, while i don't agree with the extremes certain advocates for female rights go to to make a point today or in the past at time,
 think about how far back this goes for a second: even female roles were played by male actors Way back...cause a women couldn't be trusted to even portray female roles right!...i mean come on fellas..yea some advocates for women's rights take it too far but,don't act like you guys didn't start shit lol. you totally did.

Samhain, Halloween, Film tips!

Halloween is such a fun night! Being a nut job myself i naturally vibe on crazy so Halloween appeals to me in MANY ways lol
i don't always feel 'halloween'...on Halloween though..so in the past I've been kinda whatever on doing anything but when i really get in the mood for that, i like elaborate outfits! like...seriously elaborate. I even check out BEST COSTUME competitions online to get ideas lol.
So i can def get in the mood. I think its history is very cool. Halloween was called Samhain in the old days and comes from the Ireland area created by a group of people called Celts about 2000 years ago. I should say that I've always been fascinated by Ireland's history. And Scotland as well for that matter. As an artist and actress i just go crazy for their tales of  *druids and *Bersekers but Ireland is in general very rich in history. I hope to visit soon!

So, when formed it was a festival to mark the end of October and gathering of harvest for the winter. It was preparation for the 'dark' months to come. The Celts also believed that ghosts would come on October 31st and scare people so they decided it would be best to look even scarier lol. well it became tradition...i just assumed the whole scary bit was to scare or blend in with the ghosts.
I was a curious little girl so i was all over this stuff when i was 12...and I'm a little disappointed that i don't always make a fuss about Halloween...it IS pretty cool.

Anyways, So when the Romans conquered the area the Celts lived The Romans combined 2 festivals they had : one that paid respects to the dead, and one honoring the goddess of harvest, and combined it with the Celts samhain.

In the 7th century Pope Boniface IV declared November 1st 'All saints day' . October 31st became 'all hollows eve' which eventually became Halloween. pretty cool.

and now Its almost Halloween! are you dressing up? As what? got Any cool ideas on costumes for meeee? cant think of any ideas im especially excited about YET so hit me with Musiiiiic <3 ..sorry, had a bob Marley moment lol.
 hit me with ideas if u got any for me!

I was gonna bail and keep working but I've almost decided completely against it. I wanna celebrate it!

*Pagan is a term used to describe a wide group of people that practice modern religious movements such as Wicca and Neo-druidism which actually originated in Britain in the 18th century by people who of course took guidance from Celtic history.

*Druids were ...well in theory many things. Some say they were priests with magical powers, and others say they were evil and sacrificed anything from animals to humans in their rituals.
they were an educated group of people from musicians to writers to poets

*Bersekers were warriors who fought in extreme rage called the berserkergang. this is also where the term 'going beserk' comes from.

MOVIE TIPS!

Naturally i have to include my favorite films for Halloween.
Im generally not big on remakes so All titles below are the original for this post.


Top Halloween flicks:                                                                  

-The nightmare before Christmas
-corpse bride                                                I <3 jack! these two Tim Burton's flicks are almost 
                                                                              always on TV during Halloween.

Beetle Juice                                      An awesome family Halloween film that
                                                                  I still remember with a smile from my childhood.
Hocus Pocus                                     sarah JP, Bette Midler and Cathy Najimy are badass!


Texas Chainsaw Massacre                  If you're actually trying to get nauseous and
                                                                     seriously have your peace disturbed
Candy Man                                               either Texas chainsaw massacre or Candy man will
                                                                     Happily do that for you. Alfred Hitchcock's
FRENZY                                                    'Frenzy' is pretty unnerving too, as is SAW.

SAW

CARRIE                                         What girl could forget that mean tampon scene in Carry?
                                                              Mean AND gross. 'carrie' is a  classic.
The Mothman Prophecies        Me and mom saw this one together. mom being a devoted christian
                                                                  isnt a fan but she can hangout:) one of the few
                                                      times i got her to watch a movie that's scary on a
                                                      psychological level. Ingrid Cold is a scary character in
                                                    The mothman prophecies that you never see.
                                                    I recommend it  just for extreme discomfort and paranoia it triggers.
                                                                        
                                                                      
My Favorite Ghost movies include

Ghost                                         -Actors Patrick Sawyze and Demi moore were great here.
                                                     as was Whoopi Goldberg
White noise                                is a movie I watched with mommy and little bro.
                                                    with Michael Keaton in the lead.

I'd like to also include The emperors New groove in this mix. I NEED a laugh after a marathon horror night. 'Kuzco' and 'Kronk' are badass, voices by David spade, Legendary singer Eartha Kitt, John Goodman and Patrick  Warburton. My family is ALL about movies especially cartoons ...we never grow out of it:)





 and if you haven't followed the series, DEFF go get True Blood. There is all shades  of crazy
in that show:)                    

I'll follow up with ideas on to cook and bake for Halloween and cool drinks -i have a friend thats a badass bartender and she ALWAYS tells me about these cool drinks for Halloween so i'll share with ya asap!


What are your favorit movies? Hit me up on FB or on my Blog if you have any  and let me know:)
xoxo                                   




                                                                       

All those vibes

So i was talking to my friend about a year ago and just remembered the conversation the other day when i was writing. totally random.

So anyway,  we spoke about how to keep good energy in our home. so i decided to write a little piece about it and my thoughts around it. I'm a moody person by nature but honestly it just sucks on those days you cant figure out why you're having an off day and just want your home to comfort you. Most of the time when you have an off day...its JUST an off day and the next day whatever it was is gone right? those we cant do much about so this isn't my crazy experiment  about eliminating bad days forever. i don't even think that's possible lol
but i do have some thoughts about why that happens,

so Me and my friend spoke in depth about what we have in our homes...clothes, pictures...paintings...anything and started thinking..
Doesn't it make a difference if you put up a painting that was...say.. on a wall during the most horrible time of your life? even if it was in another house? what about the furniture? or the TV?
isn't it possible that looking or wearing these items may be triggering a reaction from you subconsciously?

just because YOU don't remember that certain items were around during difficult times of your life, it does not mean you forgot either, not entirely. I'm not stating this as facts I'm only a psychology fan but as far as i can tell no one has a full map on how we store memories.
 remember that the brain has the ability to block out hurtful memories.

I just think that we should be open to what we may not be seeing and do our best to live good, and at peace especially in our homes. I think we forget how powerful our mind is.

Lets take PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder).
Alot of soldiers and people in abusive situations suffer from this.
that can get so serious that your brain can be convinced that you are back to wherever it is you got traumatized.
Ever heard of broken heart syndrom? http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press_releases/2005/02_10_05.html

that's literally when your heart mimics a heart attack from emotional shock. yea.. You can literally die from a broken heart...if your trauma is strong enough. the show 'ER' did an episode about a woman who went to the E.R with her husband. The husband dies, she goes into extreme shock and gets BHS
that's LOVE.....but its also a reaction to your brain being unable to block, hide or trick you into survival mode.

Then think about all the ways when your brain TRIES to protect you but doesn't always go right:
 battered wife syndrome/Battered person syndrom

Basically its when you rationalize the situation you are in or are too paralyzed by fear to act. here are some of the reactions to BPS:

The abused believes that the violence was his or her fault.

The abused has an inability to place the responsibility for the violence elsewhere.

The abused fears for his/her life and/or the lives of his/her children (if present).

The abused has an irrational belief that the abuser is omnipresent and omniscient.

 the abused 'believes' -again, your mind at work.

Which isn't miles away from 'stockholm syndrom' . its name is from a robbery in Stockholm Sweden in 1973. the victims became emotionally attached to their captors after being held for 6 days. sometimes as we also have seen in films, while its NOT OK to hurt people, the captors may have their reasons for robbing a bank so its not always an irrational thing for a human being to sympathise and understand another human beings desperation. not at all. But then sometimes...it kinda is freakin irrational. it really depends.


so the brain can do all of that right? and about a gazillion other things too.

So back to my point: don't you think items that were around during negative and difficult times of your life carry a vibe? don't you think your Mind picks up on that vibe on some level even if you don't. what if the vibe these items(s) carries isn't that strong...but on a day you are tired and sensitive..you'd pick up on it? possible?

so if you keep items that were around in the house you were unhappy in...or clothes you wore frequently when you were in a bad relationship perhaps...isn't it possible that they're a part of the seemingly 'out of the blue' bad days we have?
Am i suggesting that you get rid of things that were around during hard times even if its something that is a part of your home and makes you happy? not at all.

And I'm really not saying over analyze this to the point where you toss out complete unnecessary things JUST BECAUSE they were around during those times.
I'm saying...think about HOW what you Do have in your home, affects you. that's all. I doubt we ever do. I think we decorate our homes based on what looks good and on how we're influenced to decorated it. and that's really not a terrible thing lol but it could at the end of the day play a part in your own discomfort in your home. I also believe you can have a hard time feeling at home in your home if you had nothing to do with decorating it. but that's just what I BELIEVE. now this isn't with everyone, because some people really don't NEED to expand their mark on their walls and floors to feel 'at home'. I just think our mind works very hard to protect us from alot of things and that once you go home, you should be at peace.



just something to think about i guess.

Thanks for reading:) x