Girl Crush of the Week: Anne Hathaway.

Seeing as I own several of this leading lady's movies and yet I seem to always forget to mention her, I have finally decided to crown her as my Girl Crush of the Week. She's a phenomenal actress, all the hottest designers are dying to dress her and despite the fact that I sometimes think she looks like a duck- she's one of the prettiest lady's gracing the big screen today. Anne Hathaway will remain on many people's A-lists for many, many years to come.

The first role I ever saw her in was back in 2001 when she played Mia Thermopolis, the geeky high school girl who unknowingly was a Princess. To this day it's still one of my favourite movies and I'm still hoping for a kiss that makes my foot "pop". In 2004 she once again donned her crown in the Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, also that year she stared in Ella Enchanted (again one of my favourite movies) playing a girl very similar to Mia from the Princess Diaries. Thankfully she's stopped taking roles that involve crowns and magic. Her role in Brokeback Mountain was rather shocking for her fans who knew her as the sweet bubbly Princess. Shocking because in one scene she's topless- hello boobies. The Devil Wears Prada in 2006 almost felt like it was written for her, she played Andy, an up incoming writer who gets a job at a fashion magazine as a second assistant to the Editor in Chief. No matter what movie she's in she has this charisma about her that just captures you.

Her personal life has had it's ups and downs- she was in a relationship with Raffaelo Follieri, an Italian property developer who was arrested and charged with fraud... he's now in jail (I believe) and she ended up having a fantastic year. Good for her by the way, he was ugly anyways. She's the face of Lancome and she sung alongside Huge Jackman at the Oscars a few months ago. Girl has got a set of pipes on her! A lot of girls look up to her, which I think is great because she's a great role model for everyone. She doesn't go out partying and she's not seen stumbling out of rehab. Now if I could just not look at her and see a duck, she'd be perfect.

Photo credit: http://www.annehathawayfan.com

Last Night.

Last night I met him, the one I'd met before. The one my Dad gladly says can become his future son-in-law. It was dark and rainy outside. I willingly ran into the restaurant to escape from the rain. He was sitting at a table to my left, I spotted him right away. They lost. The crowd had booed him off the ice. He was still in his gear, minus his mostly blue helmet. I walked over and sat down. "I know how you must be feeling right now" I didn't really. He looked up and then back down at the empty table in front of him. He got up, walked away and went over to a table with the rest of them wearing their white, red and blue. He stopped and waved me over, I followed. I sat down next to him but didn't say anything. I felt invisible. They laughed and joked but he sat silent. He'd let them down, or at least that's how he looked at it. Then I talked- he listened. He laughed and I stared. Then I joined him. It blurred, then we were running. It was a race between the rest, searching for something. Under a blanket of darkness, the rain had stopped. We won, together.

I woke up this morning and thought it was Friday... it was only Tuesday.

Hey God- It's Tracy.

Okay. Enough is enough. Yeh, I'm talking to you up there! I understand that you might be a little pissed that I'm in no way religious and I've said your name in vain far more than I should. But please, please cut me a little slack here. Robert Pattinson and John Cusack- in my city- at the same time!? Talk about giving a girl anxiety.

Let's start with Rob. He's been in town well over a month filming New Moon, part of the Twilight Saga, also known as- my favourite books ever (so far). I've been good, really I have. I don't stalk, I don't hunt, I don't wander around the streets of Vancouver calling out his name. I don't even want a picture or an autograph! I know the hotels he's stayed at and haven't stood outside them. I hardly post on the IMDb board anymore and I've really, really tried to stop reading about other fan encounters. And I promise you I won't cry, bite or grope him if you should happen to send him in my direction.

Now for John, I'm going to be a little ticked at you if I miss out on seeing him again. He was in town filming 2012 last year and I was a good girl. Again, I didn't stalk, I didn't hunt and I didn't wander around the streets calling out his name. I'm a big fan of his- you should know that. I own 18 of his movies.. 18! That's gotta give me a little bit of points with you! Doesn't it? I don't know anyone else who owns 18 of his movies! He's been my favourite actor for 10 years, that's a whole decade God, half of my life! I promise if you work your magic and put us in the same place at the same time I will keep my composure, I will not cry or scream and I'll try my hardest to put words together to form a sentence.

And just in case you've forgotten what they look like, I've provided you with these:

Photos taken from various sources- they do not belong to me or this blog.

Girl Crush of the Week: Katherine Heigl.

"You're the blonde. Or the cheerleader. Or the girlfriend. It would have been really easy to fall back on the blonde and the bra size and just do that for the rest of my career"

Thankfully she hasn't.. she's a doctor, an alien and has a knack for playing characters named 'Isabel'. She got knocked up after a one night stand with Seth Rogan in Knocked Up and she's been a bridesmaid 27 times. This weeks Girl Crush is the beautifully statuesque Katherine Heigl.

Born in Washington, DC in 1978 this golden haired girl began modeling as a child and then got her first commercial a national ad for Cheerios when she was nine. She would later get the role as Isobel Evans in the sci-fi show Roswell. After the show was cancelled in 2002, Katherine went on to have small roles in random movies and tv shows. It wasn't until she got the role as Isobel Stevens in Grey's Anatomy did she become a household name.

Knocked Up and 27 Dresses are my favourite movies of hers- well of course I love her in Grey's Anatomy as well. I cried along with her when Denny died and freaked out with her when she drunkenly slept with a married George. Now Izzie has a type of cancer with a 5% survival rate and no one knows if she'll live or die. There has been talk that Katherine doesn't want to continue with Grey's but nothing has been made fact yet.

On July 29th her new movie, The Ugly Truth, which she stars next to Gerard Butler comes out. It looks cute but.. I don't know yet, he bothers me. I think she's adorable though except that her teeth bother me. Every time she talks or smiles or something I just see these weird looking teeth.

All photo's were found at http://www.katherine-heigl.com/

View From The Top.

Umm...?

Blogging has been utterly painful for me the over the past few weeks. It's really made me see just how fucking boring I am. I started off today writing about my hair. Seriously? My hair! By the way for those who actually care my hair is now red..ish. It's reddish brown indoors but once I step outside it's like flaming red. I'll have to get used to it. I literally had written out an entire page about my hair. Then I got mad and deleted it. I don't know what's wrong with me I've just had nothing to write about, nothing much to say.

On the weekend I surprised my parents by showing up at their place. I won't be doing that again, my mom freaked and thought someone was breaking into the house. I only stayed there for about a day and went home after the Habs game Saturday night. Sunday I was just a lazy ass and stayed in bed, ate and read. I finished the Twilight Saga again, only this time I finished Breaking Dawn 100%- and by that I mean I read the last chapter... and then I cried for a solid 20 minutes. I'm pathetic. I have other books to read but I just can't seem to get into them. I should actually start reading the Harry Potter books again because with the new movie coming out in less than 3 months.. I know what happens but I don't really know what happens. Maybe that should be my new reading goal. Read all the Harry Potter books- up to book 6 in the next 3 months... I should be able to do it.

I was supposed to hang out with a boy two weeks ago, plans changed and I was hoping to hang out with him last week.. plans changed again and I suggested today to hang out. I suggested this on Friday and I still haven't heard from him. I'm angry. Angry because he was the one who fucking said that we should hang out, it was all his idea! I hadn't spoken with him in months and then out of the blue I get a message "hey you, we should hang out sometime soon" have we? Of course not. Is he like all the rest? Of course he is. What a douche bag. I still am thinking I should make a move on my cute courier, but I haven't seen him in over a week (boo hiss). We shall see.

Anyways, for those who have been wanting an update, here ya go, I'm alive- just really fucking boring and pathetic.

Update: I had lunch with Chelsea today and apparently my hair isn't as red and I had been thinking it was- which is good to know.

Girl Crush of the Week: Blake Lively.

"I don't know, I'm ... large? They put me in six-inch heels, and I tower over every man. I've got this long hair and lots of clothes and makeup on. I just feel really big a lot of the time, and I'm surrounded by a lot of tiny people. I feel like a man sometimes."

This quote is why I chose this girl. I know exactly how she feels, though, she's 5 '10" and I'm only 5' 7"- I still know what it's like to feel "large". She plays Serena van der Woodsen on the hugely popular tv show Gossip Girls, has an adorable boyfriend and she's also in one of my favourite movies ever. This week's Girl Crush is a beautiful blonde named Blake Lively.

Blake was literally destined to become a star- her father, Ernie Lively (who played her father in the Travelling Pants series) is an actor. Her mother, Elaine Lively is a talent manager and her four siblings are also actors. She was class president and a cheerleader at her high school and didn't get her first real job until she auditioned for the role as Brigit in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants movie. She can currently be seen on The CW's Gossip Girls alongside her real life boyfriend Penn Badgley, who Brenny crowned her Magnet for last week. Though her voice kind of annoys me, I still adore her. She's got amazing style- on and off the show. Her little dog is too cute for words and I'd kill for legs like hers.

Photos have been taken from various sources. Neither my blog nor I own these.

Untitled.

I've been lame and haven't been writing anything lately because well- I don't have anything to write about. The most exciting thing I've done in the past couple of days is spend almost 3 hours hanging pictures and floating shelves on my wall, after many unnecessary holes- I made it look pretty damn good. I was definitely wishing I had a boy to call up and help me with it, I'm not a handywoman.

I honestly have nothing else to talk about. Sorry.

Sunday's Secret- My Secret.

I've failed to post a Sunday's Secret entry for the past few weeks because well, to be honest I haven't liked any of the secrets that have been posted- this weeks included. So I have decided to post a secret of mine. It's actually more of a wish than an actual secret. A secret wish maybe? I found this picture on flickr, randomly actually. I don't know who's it is, and it clearly didn't belong to the person who posted it so I don't have anyone to give credit to- but boy I wish I did.

When I was about 16 and 17 I was really into hockey, more the boys than the actual hockey like I am now. I used to work at Junior A hockey games and became friends with some of the girls who frequented the games and one or two of the players themselves. Boy was I young and naive. It was nothing like what I had thought. These girls were not hockey fans- they were sluts, "puck bunnies". These hockey boys, well they only wanted one thing and that was not something that I was going to start offering. It kind of put me off from hockey players, even though I eventually dated one of them for a couple of months and a few years later reconnected with another. That said I still think they are hot, they're pricks but they are hot. You all know that I just adore Carey Price, but it came as a shock to me that apparently he likes to party pretty hard in the off season- sometimes during the regular season (or so I've read). I know it shouldn't have, but it did. Sweet, giant Carey- the party boy. I know that hockey teams have crazy parties and this picture was taken at a Halloween one, now I'm not sure if it was 07 or 08. Anyways, it's gold and I'm happily surprised (and majorly turned on) I had no idea these boys looked like that underneath all their gear, especially my boy.

Why can't hockey be played wearing only these little black and yellow speedos?

Just wait until I rule the world- it'll be mandatory.

Left to right: Chris Higgins, Ryan O'Byrne, Carey Price and Josh Gorges.

(do I know my Habs or what?)

Things That Suck.

I have anger issues. People who know this are thankful I don't drive, own a gun or go out very often. I swear the littlest thing can just send me on a rampage. I'm not a violent person- I've never been in a fight in my life, I don't even know how to punch someone. So I guess that's good. But I really need to learn to calm down. Anyways, here's a list of things that I think suck.

• The Habs lost tonight. Crosby and Malkin need to collide and shatter each others knees- maybe Ovechkin can be in there too- I can't stand him. My love Carey Price played great though.
• In keeping with the hockey theme- Carey likes country music. I do not. This could be a problem when we start dating (yes- you heard me).
• Robert Pattinson is still in Vancouver- I live in Vancouver and I haven't seen him. This really sucks.
• People who copy other people. Well they fucking suck. Get a life and stop copying what I do.
• How my iPhone doesn't work at times. I'll call someone and I can hear them, they can't hear me. It freezes and sometimes it just doesn't turn on when I press the power button or the home button. Way to go Apple, I can't wait to get a Blackberry.
• Lindsay Lohan is going crazy again.
• My skin isn't as soft in the winter as it is in the summer, it blows I hate rough skin.
• Dallas Green is turning into a grumpy old man at the age of 29. I'm not blaming any one person in particular... okay well I am but I'm not mentioning names...
• People who leave.
• People who bail on plans.
• People who are constantly late for things.
• My iPod is dying a slow death, I've had him for 3 years and I don't think he'll live to see 2010.
• I don't have money to replace my iPod when he does eventually die.
• They don't make the iPod I have anymore.
• All these new people on twitter who just follow celebrities. Get a pen pal.
• Postsecrets lately. Jesus they've all sucked.
• The fact that I've had babies on the brain for the past month or so.
• I want to go to Toronto and I can't.
• I have more, I just can't remember them.
• Forgetting things- that sucks.
• You.

Girl Crush of the Week: Britney Spears.

You all should have seen this one coming. Today's entry is a mixture of a concert review and my Girl Crush of the Week. There was a smokin' hot ticket in town last night (pun intended) and your's truly had one. Britney Jean Spears was born December 2nd 1981 in Kentwood, Louisiana. Stardom was always something she lusted after. At the age of 11 she won a spot on Disney's Mickey Mouse Club, which turned into a huge stepping stone for other young kids who eventually grew up to become household names. Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling- just to name a few. When she was just 17 years old Britney Spears got her big break. In early 1999 "Baby One More Time" flooded the airwaves and she never looked back. She released album after album after album, touring all over the world and never taking a step out of the limelight. ...Baby One More Time, Oops! I Did It Again, Britney, In the Zone, Blackout and finally Circus- this gal's has them all.

You've probably all heard about the drama that happened last night, it's been everywhere. Perez, People, Vancouver Sun, The Province- even went as far as the UK. But what I think is that it was blown somewhat out of proportion. She didn't storm off the stage or walk away- it was in between songs and costumes. She probably didn't even know what was going on. Once gone she didn't return for 30 minutes- not 40 or more as some places have been reporting. At first we thought it might have just been part of the show but after 20 minutes or so a woman came over the speakers and that's when all hell, almost, broke loose. Check out the first video below. The stadium filled with the crowd booing, calling out bullshit, began chanting "Britney, Britney, Britney" and my favourite of the night "We want Britney" *clap clap clapclapclap*. Finally once things started back up one of my favourite parts of the night occured. On the giant circular video screens we started seeing some sexy stuff (Mom's with little kids must have been covering their eyes) and the amazing sound of Marilyn Manson's Sweet Dreams which then turned into Britney singing it. Check out the second video below for half of that (I was so enthralled I forgot to start recording it). My next favourite part of the night was when she did a Bollywood version of Me Against the Music. I think that's when it kind of hit me that I was finally watching the Britney Spears. I took over 350 pictures from the night, but sadly 90% of them are blurry and not good enough for me to want to share. I did however put some of my favourites up on my Flickr page, which you should all check out.

I don't think a lot of people were satisfied with the show, I've really read nothing but bad reviews about it- which I think it kind of mostly to do with the fact that she wasn't on stage for 30 minutes and we were all left in the dark, literally. I had an amazing time though, beat the Spice Girls in my opinion. She's definitely is one of the greatest performers in the history of the world- yes, the history of the world. I'd actually love it if they made this show into a concert DVD, I'd watch it over and over until I wore it out.

Oh and I did get my wish. At the very end of the show as she was walking around the stage she said:

"Thank you Vancouver, you guys have a wonderful night! Drive safe, don't smoke weed and rock out with your cocks out. Peace motherfuckers!"

Oh Britney- I love ya.

The top and bottom video do not belong to me or my blog. All photo's however, belong to me and this blog.

The Circus Has Come To Vancouver.

Today I've basically been nothing but an over excited 11 year old. That's how old I was when "Baby One More Time" filled the airwaves. I had all her cds, posters on my wall- thankfully I never tried to dress like her. I was there while she was with Justin and her downward spiral after they broke up. That whole K-Fed mess, her two.. cute children, and not one but two crazy hospital stays. I've seen her va-jay-jay more times than I would like and yet I still have been rooting for her this entire time.

Tonight I finally get to see her.

I know she's more of an entertainer than an actual singer. Seriously, who can dance around as much as she does and still have a perfect sounding voice. Thankfully this isn't the first stop on her tour, so hopefully any problems that might have occurred will be ironed out. One thing I do think is funny though is that for some reason her mic is on... strange for someone who isn't actually singing during her concert. And she has been saying some pretty strange stuff. Just Monday night in Edmonton she told the crowd that "We're gonna rock it out with our cocks out" (6:49 in). Then in Houston she randomly yelled out "woooo, bitch!" (0:03 in) during a dance break. And during her show in Washington, DC she said "Merry Christmas!!" (0:48 in)- it was March, Britney. But besides all that I'm finally happy to be able to cross her name off of my "Concert Bucket List". All that remains in my "Childhood Dream Shows" section is now Nsync (I saw the Spice Girls during their goodbye tour). Check back tomorrow for my review of the show as we as hopefully some pictures- if my camera decides to play nice.

Oh please, please Britney say something random tonight!

Photo credit: jtmchanel on Flickr.

You Should Know.

That I don't even know where to begin with this picture. Oh the things I would do to him. Definitely not something I can get into here, even I won't get that graphic for you all. I can't think of anything to write, so I'm going to leave all my fellow Rob lovers with this. There were other ones from the shoot, but so far only this one with the leather jacket.

If anyone knows where I can find a copy (or twelve) of Dossier Journal, please, please, please email me.

I don't know who the photo belongs to, but it's not me or my blog.

"Tapes"

"I am someone easy to leave"

"Even easier to forget" a voice, if inaccurate.

Again: "I'm the one they all run from"

Diatribes of clouded sun. Someone help me find the pause button.

All these tapes in my head swirl around. Keeping my vibe down. All these thoughts in my head aren't my own. Wreaking havoc.

"I'm too exhausting to be loved"

"a volatile chemical"

"best to quarantine and cut off"

All these tapes in my head swirl around. Keeping my vibe down. All these thoughts in my head aren't my own. Wreaking havoc.

"I'm but thorn in your sweet side"

"You are better off without me"

"It'd be best to leave at once"

All these tapes in my head swirl around. Keeping my vibe down. All these thoughts in my head aren't my own. Wreaking havoc.

Grow Up Already.

This weekend sucked. I'm not going to get into details, but it blew. I came home Saturday night around 11pm, read for an hour and promptly went to bed at midnight. I did have fun spending time with Chelsea though. I wasted Sunday, the entire day, watching 5 episodes of Grey's Anatomy, reading for about five hours, and falling a sleep for about two. Before I knew it, it was 7:30 and I hadn't even showered yet.

Today has been a beautifully sunny and surprisingly warm day. I should have worn a skirt- maybe tomorrow. My cute courier has been in twice so far, I've avoided him both times even though I haven't talked to him in almost three weeks. I don't feel pretty and I only want him seeing me at my best. Tonight the Hills are back for their fifth and possibly last season, should be good times, you all know how much I adore Lauren.

I have something that I've been wanting to write about since Friday but just haven't gotten the chance to do so until now. It's a bit of a rant, be warned. I have to say I'm pretty disgusted about this. No, not about the picture, about the comments written by some "Twilight/Rob fans". They should be ashamed of themselves for acting the way they have. It's because of people like that Twilight fans and Rob fans have such a bad reputation. Not only are they clearly jealous that the woman who took the picture got to see/meet him but they look ridiculously stupid because they don't even have their story straight. They are attacking one person, not realizing that there were two involved. If these two women had of been Rob fans there wouldn't have been any issue about the photo but because they aren't, they get attacked. The worst part is they are probably 40+ year old women who should have better things to worry about than attacking someone through the internet. I have to say I'm pretty embarrassed I'm a Twilight/Rob fan right now and I hope people realize that 'we' all are not the same.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

I'm off to Whistler this weekend, so sadly there will be no entries the next couple of days. But hopefully it means I'll have some great stories to tell- or even just stories to tell would be good. I'm not drinking my face off, I've learnt my lesson. I will be sipping on raspberry Sour Puss and sprite though. No vodka for this chick. I've never been to Whistler before which kind of shocked my friend Leila- winter sports aren't my forte. Chelsea is coming too which I'm excited about, it's been too long since I've seen her (we are also going to see Britney Spears next week- woo!).

Last night I was super boring, so boring I couldn't believe it. I did four loads of laundry, watched the Habs game, read for about two hours in bed before I fell asleep. I didn't even make dinner. How lazy is that? Actually to be honest I wasn't really hungry which is strange because I was starving all day. My body has been really fucked up. My Mom's right I need to go see the doctor. Too bad I'm scared of them and probably won't go. Things heal on their own.. right?

I'm reading a story called Wide Awake, it's actually a Twilight fan fiction (don't judge) but it's so amazing, it's almost better than the books Stephenie Meyer wrote. It has nothing to do with Twilight though, it's just got most of the same characters (minus Jacob) and they are paired the way they were in the movie (Bella/Edward, Alice/Jasper etc). Each chapter is titled after a cookie that Bella makes- I know it doesn't sound very good but it is, I swear. So far there are 47 chapters and almost 300, 000 words which is extremely rare for a fan fiction. If the author changed the name of the characters she'd probably get published. Yes! It's that good. It's dark and sexy yet thoughtful and caring at the same time. So I read the latest three chapters last night and love this one paragraph- which is eerily true if you think about it.

"I had become a rocket ship. I tried to invoke a more appropriate metaphor for how I was feeling, but nothing came close to that one in particular. News programs cover the lift-off of rocket ships whenever it happens. They aren’t doing it just because it’s an interesting thing to watch. People watch the launches because they are waiting for something to go wrong. They are all waiting for the ship to encounter some awful circumstance and explode into billions of tiny particles-killing everyone on board in the process. The moment the “accident” occurs, the airing network has hit the royalty jackpot. Everyone wants a front-row seat to a good fatal catastrophe."

Girl Crush of the Week: Hilarie Burton.

Getting back into the swing of things, I just decided this morning who my Girl Crush of the Week was going to be (yesterday I lied- again). I adore this lovely lady. She plays one of my favourite television characters and I can't believe I've managed to forget about her. Hilaire Burton is my Girl Crush of the Week. For the past six years she has played Peyton Sawyer, the edgy (sometimes emo), Lucas Scott loving, music fanatic on the CW's One Tree Hill. It has been a favourite show of mine for about three years (it used to be on The WB which I didn't get- so I bought all the dvds). This Virgina born skinny gal got her start in the business by landing a job as a VJ on MTV. Shortly after is when she won the role in One Tree Hill and would to work Monday to Thursday down in North Carolina then headed up to New York on Friday's to work at MTV. Her list of movies isn't very impressive, Normal Adolescent Behavior, The Secret Lives of Bees and The List- yeh I haven't seen any of those either, but she sure does a great job on One Tree Hill. Jack's Mannequin asked her to be in their video for "The Mixed Tape" (which apparently I couldn't find anywhere on youtube) in which kind of crosses over with One Tree Hill (ie- her painting "Peyton's" room). You won't see this starlet out and about partying every night. She's an easy going, laid back chick who enjoys knitting, collecting antiques and listening to some of her favourite artists (Dolly Parton, David Bowie and Elvis Costello).

Photo credit: http://www.hilarie-burton.com/

I Lied.

On twitter this afternoon I said I was blogging, in truth, the page stayed blank and then I finally closed it. I don't have anything to talk about today. One interesting thing about a boy coming back but I don't want to talk about him. I took a shit load of pictures when I got home, I was feeling the glasses and the messy hair. I took 99% of them naked (no nothing showed- I was just more comfortable) Just remember that from now on when you see pictures and it doesn't look like I'm wearing a top- I'm probably not wearing clothes. I like being naked.

I ate a popsicle and took a picture (see left) and twittered it. I thought it was cute. I'll probably take it down once I stare at it so many times that I start hating it. I do that all the time. I'll see my nose is too big or my eye looks wonky. I can take really ugly pictures- it's scary to think I actually look like that.

Girl Crush tomorrow- debating between two (that in all honesty I don't really like).

Well here you go, here's your entry.