Vanochtend krijg ik zoals elke maand mijn tijdschrift in de bus, en kijk ‘ns wie erin staat?

‘t Is een fantastisch artikel,  erg lovend. Heel het opzet van De Noorderzon wordt erin uitgelegd, en Femke zelf komt eruit zoals ze is – ik citeer:

Ze is jong, mooi, en ze bruist van energie. Dit is een ondernemende jonge vrouw die haar prille fortuin volledig heeft geïnvesteerd om zo een droom waar te maken.

Mijn vriendin-journaliste heeft dat perfect verwoord, vind ik. Femke zal fier zijn!

Maar nu over de trouw van Bianca en Tom…. Ze hebben nog altijd geen datum. Jenny’s geduld is op!

Aunque han pasado algunos episodios entre medias desde el último trailer que os deje, aquí os pongo la promo del siguiente episodio de Gossip Girl que se emitirá el día 30 de noviembre. Corresponde al episodio 11 de tercera temporada y lleva por título “The treasure of  the Serena Madre“.

Sinopsis: Blair sospecha que su madre le ha estado ocultando un gran secreto, que resulta ser algo trascendental. Vanessa tiene planeado pasar Acción De Gracias con su familia, pero tiene una pelea con su madre, y aparece en el portal de la casa de Dan. Rufus descubre que Lily le ha estado mintiendo sobre su madre, Cece. Chuck le cuenta a Nate  que tiene información ampliamente perjudicial sobre uno de sus amigos. Jenny descubre que Eric estaba detrás del bochorno público que le hicieron pasar en el Cotillón, y no deja pasar la oportunidad de vengarse. Serena es sometida a una situación embarazosa cuando Trip y Maureen se unen a ellos en la cena de Acción de Gracias.

Eu juro que não entendo a vibe da Taylor Momsen.

Ela que tinha cara meiga e se vestia como uma menina de 17 anos,

Deu uma surtada de uns tempos pra cá, não acham?

Sério, quantos anos você daria pra essa pessoa acima? Não entendo o porque de seeempre usar esse olhão preto com batom vermelho. Sempre meio over, exagerada.

Deixa a Jenny ver isso!

I haven’t posted in a while, and I wanted to make this one extra special, hopefully it will be!  First of all, I want to say thanks to all the people who have checked out Warm Warmer Disco, y’all are amazing–please stick with me, I swear I’ll write more!

Secondly, I’ve been thinking about my Crushes of ‘09 lately, and there are a lot of them. Soooo I thought it’d sort of be fun to do a post featuring a few of them. Here goes…

Warm Warmer Disco’s Crushes of ‘09:

Marina

1. Marina Diamandis – the lead singer of Marina and the Diamonds is a hottie with a body (& a voice). I love, love, love Marina and the Diamonds so much, their sound is pretty refreshing + their videos are out of control. I actually did a previous post about them here if you wanna peep their videos, & I’ve been really digging the Russ Chimes remix of Mowgli’s Road (link via hot biscuits, of course ) too. Also, they played Mowgli’s Road for BBC Radio 1, yum!

Hayley

2. Hayley Williams – the lead singer of Paramore is amazing. Paramore has been playing for only a few years and I’ve been with ‘em for most of the way. There’s something about her voice… I don’t know if it’s her intonation or her range but it works so well with the rest of the band, and it definitely pulls me in. Their sound is pretty popular and I think their latest album, brand new eyes, has sold the most records for them yet; power to them! Keep cranking out the tunes, and I’ll be here, stalking. PS Hayley we wanna have your babiez! PPS check out two previous posts featuring Paramore here and here. PPPS Hayley you are my idol… be mah friend?

Stefan

3. Paul Wesley – aka Stefan Salvatore of The Vampire Diaries is my new Edward. The Vampire Diaries is a new show that started this fall, and of course, it’s all about vampires. However, it’s not very Twilight-esque. Sure, there is a couple longing stares and cheesy lines in the mix, but in general, I think the acting is way better (*hint *hint Kristen Stewart) and that the story line is darker, and, ultimately, more interesting. Also, the music is really yummy. I’ve done a couple of previous posts about the VDiaries and its music here, here, and here. Sooooo, check ‘em out and check VDiaries out, guarantee you’ll be crushing too.

Nutella

4. Nutella: The Original Chocolate Hazelnut Spread – yeahhh, it’s really good on pretzels, pancakes, crackers, bread, strawberries, and EVERYTHING …om nom nom, Nutella in my mouf.

Jenny

5. Mia Kirshner – aka Jenny Schecter of The L Word is so awesome. The last and sixth season of The L Word premiered in January of this year. It was all about Jenny and I loved it, while everyone else secretly did (You know who you are B1). If you haven’t watched The L Word, you should. Season 1 & season 2 are the best ones in my opinion, but it’s definitely worth it to watch the whole series (Showtime knows what’s up when it comes to making good shows e.g. Dexter, Weeds, The Tudors, etc). PS this post is for B2 & Nate, holla .

Lolcats

6. Lolcats – I’ve been crushing on ‘em for a while, and the phrases, “I can haz”, “do want”, and “oh hai” are permanent parts of my vernacular… No, I’m not ashamed. Dey iz so funnyz! #WWDwillbeacatladysomeday

Edward...and his hair

7. Robert Pattinson – aka Edward Cullen from New Moon has a pretty permanent spot in my heart…once you go vampire you don’t go back I guess, and that’s pretty true for WWD (I’m all about ‘em). His jaw and hair speak for themselves I think, and even though he’s not really in New Moon that much, I’m still on ‘Team Edward’. Plus, New Moon’s soundtrack is pretty off the chain, and it makes up for his lack of onscreen time in the movie. In particular, Thom Yorke’s track “Hearing Damage” and the Bon Iver & St. Vincent collab “Roslyn” stuck out to me the most. Give ‘em a try, and get your indie on!

Eric

8. Alexander Skarsgård - aka Eric of True Blood is, well, a badass. He was more of a main character in this season of True Blood which aired this summer, and I loved every second of it. Of course, he’s a vampire (vampire #3 for this list actually), but he’s also extremely captivating on screen. Like VDiaries, True Blood is a show that I genuinely like, having vampires in it helps, but it’s not the only thing that draws me to it (I’m not about to rush out and see The Vampire’s Assistant, it looks horrendous). So get to it, jump on the vamp bandwagon, trust me.

Twitter

9. Twitter - this is actually my favorite social networking site. Sure, I see the ^fail whale once in a while, but I think it’s definitely a lot more fun than facebook. Well, it’s definitely a lot easier anyway. I think twitter has caught on with a lot of people, and I hope it sticks around, cuz WWD is hooked. #megacrush09. PS here comes a shameless plug: Follow @warmwarmerdisco on twitter here!

Disco

10. Disco – my biggest crush of ‘09 (and most likely of all time ). I’ve been digging disco/disco house for a really long time, but it wasn’t until this year that I really noticed how much I loved it. I owe a lot to this genre, after all, it’s what inspired me to get this blog rolling – Holla to all of you artists, musicians, and DJs out there, without you, Warm Warmer Disco would just be a line from Pulp Fiction…

Yohara tiene 20 años y es de Las Palmas. Lleva desde los cuatro años bailando. Siempre supo que quería bailar. “Me apasiona la danza y no he dejado de bailar ni un solo día de mi vida”.

Esta canaria trabaja como bailarina en hoteles de su ciudad, pero dice que lo que ella quiere es bailar en grandes compañías y ser una bailarina de primera línea. La gusta su trabajo, porque disfruta haciéndolo. “Deseo algún día poder bailar en grandes teatros y ser una bailarina famosa”.

Esta chica tiene muy claro lo que quiere y lucha por conseguirlo. Domina el lírico y el jazz, y lleva un tiempo recibiendo clases de hip hop. “Para ser una buena bailarina tienes que ser versátil, es por esto que siempre que puedo voy a clases para recibir formación en otros estilos que no controlo tanto”. Yohara se autodefine como una persona luchadora, exigente, impaciente y muy trabajadora.

Klockan är 07.16 och jag sitter på bussen på väg till jobbet. Varit vaken sedan 05.40 och har avnjutit kaffe, flingor och lite smörgås. Har också kokat lite pasta till mango chutney kycklingen som vi hade i frysen. Snabbt smidigt och enkelt. I lurarna spelas Matchbox Twenty och spellistan är en genius från Jewels “Standing still”. Får en bra känsla av musiken idag. Skönt stillsam, lagom tempo och stämmorna känns mjuka. Inte fy skam helt enkelt.

Till helgen blir det julmarknad i Flen, faktiskt den första någonsin som jag ska vara “med” på, alltså Inte som besökare utan som “företagare”. Huset mitt i byn ska vara med och jag får helt enkelt bjuda på lite assistans. Känns spännande och kul!

Förövrigt så är det 1:a advent till helgen och Jenny kämpar febrilt med julpyntningen medans jag får göra det där “manliga”. Tända brasan, måla en dörr, laga lite mat o.s.v… Kan bara ge Jenny en eloge: Fan vad du är bra mitt gull!!”

Familjen Andersson kommer på besök på lördag också, första gången de ser huset så det blir spännande, helt klart. Vem vet, kanske kan det bli en liten festmåltid med trevlig dryck. Den som lever får se.

Jag har en nytänd dröm i mitt liv. En musik-nytändning. Inte som band, inte som världstjärna eller något sånt utan: Hemmastudio!!! Saknar att kunna spela in lite när som helst. Behöver inte vara så märkvärdigt, men det är så himla kul att ha möjligheten…

Här ett steg till den möjligheten, ha det gott!

TPM/—South Carolina’s ethics commission is investigating 37 allegations of lawbreaking by Gov. Mark Sanford in connection with travel and use of campaign funds — charges his lawyer described just last week as “minor, technical matters.”

Sanford is accused of violating ethics laws barring officials from buying high-priced airfare — including on trips to visit his lover in Argentina last year — as well as using state airplanes for personal travel, The State reports.

Sanford’s lawyers told The State that amid the investigation, the governor had added disclosures of flights he took on planes owned by friends and donors, as required by law.

Meanwhile, a bipartisan panel of South Carolina legislators are set to take up impeachment proceedings against Sanford on Tuesday. He has over a year left in his term.

SC State Ethics Commission Complaint Against Gov. Mark Sanford (11/23/09)

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**44-D Update**:
SC legislators begin Sanford impeachment hearings

Columbia, S.C. (AP) –

Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford’s summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure Tuesday that ultimately would remove him from office.

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WINNERS LIST at the AMAs 2009

ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Taylor Swift

POP/ROCK

Favorite Male Artist: Michael Jackson
Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite Band, Duo, or Group: The Blackeyed Peas
Favorite Album: Number Ones, Michael Jackson

COUNTRY

Favorite Male Artist: Keith Urban
Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite Band, Duo, or Group: Rascal Flatts
Favorite Album: Fearless, Taylor Swift

SOUL/R&B

Favorite Male Artist: Michael Jackson
Favorite Female Artist: Beyonce
Favorite Band, Duo, or Group: The Black Eyed Peas
Favorite Album: Number Ones, Michael Jackson

RAP/HIP-HOP

Favorite Male Artist: Jay-Z
Favorite Album: Blueprint 3, Jay-Z

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Favorite Artist: Taylor Swift
LATIN MUSIC

Favorite Artist: Aventura

ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC

Favorite Artist: Green Day

CONTEMPORARY/ INSPIRATIONAL

Favorite Artist: Mary Mary

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PERFORMANCES

Adam Lambert’s Provacative Performance

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Jennifer Lopez Falls during Performance (VIDEO)



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To make things clear, as some of the material you’ll find here is very light-hearted, this is an actual news report. All quotes are original. I welcome comments below.

Gay Christians Criticise ‘Hate’ Bill

Dan Bloom

Senior gay and transgender Christians have attacked a pro-discrimination law which was defeated four times in the House of Commons and criticised by the European commission.

The clause, which allows “criticism of sexual conduct” on religious grounds, was kept in the Coroners and Justice Bill in the dying hours of the last parliamentary session despite being defeated in the House of Commons. Justice minister Jack Straw retreated after lords voted to keep it for the fourth time on 11 November.

But the comments from within the UK’s gay Christian community put pressure on the mainstream church, after the European commission wrote to the government last week to say its discrimination laws were “broader than permitted”, effectively forcing churches to end bans on homosexual staff.

Pastor Kieren Bourne of the Living Springs church, Bath, had a sex change operation in 1999 and is part of a small minority of gay or transgender Christians in the UK. He said: “I think it’s appalling. It seems to me that the church is being allowed to get away with discrimination when every other section of society is not.”

Brought up in New Zealand, Rev Bourne, 51, moved to Bath 14 years ago but was surprised by what he perceived as a less liberal atmosphere in the mainstream church. He joined Living Springs, a branch of the 95 per cent gay Metropolitan Community Church (MCC).

“Having the opportunity to question the appropriateness of [gay sex] should be open to people, but without being critical of the individuals concerned.”

-Patrick Whitworth, rural dean of Bath

Now living with a woman in Bathford, Avon, he said the pressure put on gay Christians by employment bans and discrimination leaves many feeling forced out of the mainstream church, and into organisations like the MCC.

And although the minority church, which was founded in 1968, holds tri-annual conferences – the next is in Acapulco, Mexico next year – it does not have the same political weight as other organisations. It has fewer than 15 churches in the UK and the Bath branch has only 13 full-time members.

One of these, Bill Fraser, has been a full-time churchwarden in Bath for five years. He first contacted the MCC last year after announcing his sexuality at an annual parish meeting. But he stayed in the mainstream church to “fight from the inside”, following the example of controversial gay American bishop Gene Robinson.

Another, 64-year-old lay delegate Jenny Bailey, was a long-time member of the Church of England when she began attending the MCC. She revealed her sexuality to her vicar in 1997, and said his hostile reception made her feel pressured to leave.

She said: “I did not feel my personal preferences were relevant inside the church. He said they were. He seemed to think I was going to walk in holding hands with another woman.

“Just a few weeks after that I had a serious accident and broke my ankle into about seven or eight pieces. Nobody phoned to check up and see how I was. I thought, ‘Why am I kidding myself?’. They didn’t want me.”

“I did not feel my personal preferences were relevant inside the church. My vicar said they were.”

-Jenny Bailey, lay delegate, Metropolitan Community Church

But Ms Bailey, who was married for more than 22 years before realising she was gay in her 40s, also issued words of caution about restricting free speech. She said: “I want it for myself, so why should I not want it for other people? It’s up to them, and it’s their personal opinion. But they should not be able to impose it on me.”

While the MCC argues anti-homosexual readings of the bible do not reflect its meaning, the mainstream church in Bath is more traditional.

The Church of England rural dean of Bath, Patrick Whitworth, said: “From the church’s point of view it is not God’s view. So having the opportunity to question the appropriateness of it should be open to people, but without being critical of the individuals concerned.”

Meanwhile a group hosted by the MP Clare Short will meet at the Commons this Tuesday to campaign against similar clauses in the Equality Bill drawn up by Harriet Harman, Labour’s deputy leader.

The bill is designed to ensure greater equality between people of different gender, race, religion and social class. But the group argues religious ‘opt-out’ clauses could be added as the bill progresses to the House of Lords.

Well, who would have guessed that I wouldn’t update my blog until the first semester of my sophomore year was almost over? I see several virtual hands raised. Real funny, guys.

Well, a lot has changed, including me. As a freshman, I was sweet girl, a bit rough around the edges. But lets just say that when you have friends like Jamie, Jenny, Krystle, and Crys, innocence is impossible. But doesn’t mean I’m not the good girl. I was bad once, and it doesn’t suit me. I’m still posture-perfect, not-that-mean old Tabby.

Anyway, the catchup game aside, my weekend is packed! I’m hanging with Krystle tonight, then tommorow, I’ve got a date (yes, a date. You heard me right!). On Sunday Soph (one of the few of the freshie bundle I still see daily) and I are going to see New Moon. And I may drop into the show choir’s dinner theatre crap if I can.

The big problem?Throat has been bugging me, and I sound like I’ve been sucking all the helium out of a balloon.

Oh well. Bouken desho, desho?

POLLYANNA COWGIRL RECORDS PODCAST

SHOW #52

November 18, 2009

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Song 01: DIRTY ON PURPOSE – “Your Summer Dress” 

Song 02: PREFONTAINE – “Stupid Beneath Myself” 

Song 03: RUSSELL KILBEY – “Tara” 

Song 04: DEASTRO – “The Shaded Forests” 

Song 05: PAPERCUTS – “Future Primitive” 

Song 06: MARCHING BAND – “For Your Love” 

Song 07: THE LIFE THERE IS – “Garrie” 

Song 08: PLUS MINUS – “Unsung” 

Song 09: TRACY REDHEAD – “Where It Fits” 

Song 10: AFTER TOUCH – “Mr. Sunshine” 

Song 11: TECHNOIR – “Manifseto” 

Song 12: PRETTY POP feat. FRAU – “Seaside Solution” 

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Enquanto uma saiu totalmente da linha, a outra está simplesmente maravilhosa. Taylor Momsen a Jenny Humphrey de Gossip Girl, foi fotografa com esse vestido Andrew Gn com o casaco Moschino nas gravaçoes ontem em Nova York.

Looking at the current music industry, I find it interesting how a lot of the biggest stars have attached themselves to one another.  Beyoncé and Jay-Z are considered the golden couple of R&B / hip-hop, and although they are both megastars and extremely talented in their own right (and have lots of independent ventures, and carved out their own careers independently before getting together), it’s the fact that they are together which makes them seem almost invincible.  When you listen to some of Beyoncé’s love songs, you can imagine her singing about Jay-Z; when she has a song like “Diva” which exudes confidence in a hip-hop style, you assume that Jay-Z had something to do with that attitude.  Even if it’s not the case.  Likewise, on Robin Thicke’s new song “Meiplé”, Jay-Z raps about Beyoncé being the “black Brigitte Bardot”.

Running with the Beyoncé example, she teams up with artists such as Shakira and Lady Gaga (whoever’s hot, basically) to cement her status as one of music’s elite.  Just like Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, or Timbaland and Nelly Furtado.  Relationships-wise, remember the furore over Britney Spears and Justin back in the day?  Their relationship elevated them to supernova-level megastardom, and was a massive element in their fame and success.  Interestingly, when they broke up, things just weren’t the same.  I think as members of the public, we like a couple who are balanced musically and seem to fit each other personally – it seems like fairytales can happen.  And when they self-destruct and we’re forced to admit that the fairytale was something created by the public and the media that the celebrities could never live up to, it’s just not the same.  I’m sure that there are some people who would attribute Britney’s entire marriage to Kevin Federline and her subsequent meltdown to the fact that her and Justin broke up, regardless of the reasons behind that breakup or the other factors in Britney’s life that added to her downward spiral (and subsequent resurgence).  I think that the same is happening with Rihanna and Chris Brown at the moment – however good their music / dancing / fashion might be, the fact that they were part of a couple – however much they would deny it to the paparazzi – made them seem that little bit more gilded in superstardom.  Now that they’ve split up, regardless of who beat who, they’re both experiencing some backlash (despite the fact that in both cases, their new material is certainly up to par, if not better, than their previous work).  What’s up with that?

I was thinking about this not because I ruminate daily on Beyoncé and Rihanna’s love lives, but because the same kind of thing has happened at uni.  Consciously or not, several of us within our course have paired off – not in a romantic sense, but just attached ourselves to one best friend.  There’s Pete and Emma, Penny and Daisy, Julie and Clare, among others – and of course me and Mike.  Talking about Mike and me, we’re the unofficial ‘leaders’ of our group – everyone seems to look to us whenever we speak in class, whenever someone needs to volunteer to do something in the group, organising social events.  I dread to think what would have happened if one of us didn’t smoke – we wouldn’t have had the chance to gel so instantly (on the first morning, Mike came up to me and said “Do you smoke?” “Yes.” “I thought it was you outside.  THANK GOD.  I smoke too!” and that was it!).  But I still think that because of the people we are, we would have found each other before too long.  It’s interesting how we seem to attract others around us, be they members of the aforementioned pairs, or others.  At first, there was a pair of the two youngest girls, Jenny and Sian, but as time’s gone on, Jenny has started to explore life on the dark side (i.e. she’s hanging out with me, Mike and Vikki) and loosened up to have some fun.  There’s a sense of charisma and magnetism that pairs who get on well exude without even much effort.  I wonder if those in our group who don’t come out for social drinks, who turn up to uni alone and go home alone, are enjoying it quite as much?  I know that the point of the course is not to have fun and socialise, but I like to work hard and play hard, and I think it’s a good balance for getting the most from this experience.

The funny thing was one night recently when Mike couldn’t come out.  I was still the social ringleader, but I did have a couple of comments such as “So what is Mike doing tonight?”  ”How is Mike?” “You won’t smoke as much tonight since your smoking partner isn’t here.”  Me and Mike texted during the evening (he was sad he couldn’t be there, I was updating him on the scandal and gossip as the night progressed), but I thought it was interesting how people still kinda saw me as the ringleader, but thought that he and me were inseparable to the point of knowing each other’s business inside out.  I told Mike about it on Sunday when I saw him, and we laughed at the fact people seem to have the conception that we cannot exist without one another (I’ve heard one person say “Mike loves you, he follows you everywhere!” when I don’t see it as following, I just see it as a natural gravitation towards one another) – last time I checked, I managed 23.8 years of my life without Mike, and he managed even more without me.

Once you become a part of a “power couple” in whatever sense, does that make you inferior when you act on your own?  As much as I enjoy being part of the “Mike & I” leadership party, I’m still my own person.  Me and Mike have a lot in common, but we’re different in a lot of ways too, and I don’t need him to function.  And vice versa!  I think that having a companion or partner in crime makes you feel stronger, bolder and more confident, but it doesn’t mean that without the other person, you’re nothing.  I wonder what Jay-Z thinks about his position in hip-hop’s elite, and whether this position would be compromised were he to divorce Beyoncé tomorrow.  Sometimes a friendship or relationship brings along with it a certain amount of social bank or clout, but that’s not the sole reason why we should be friends with anyone – we just gel with people and connect from there.  Because at the end of the day, people may see a certain facet of us in the public eye – whether we’re celebrities or just day-to-day people – but behind closed doors or in the privacy of our own relationship, we have that connection for reasons people don’t understand unless they’re willing to plumb the depths below the surface.