Thursday, December 10, 2009



 

  • Walk around your house doing daily tasks in your highest heels.


     

  • Go to the foreign section of your local DVD rental store and learn a new language from some of the movies there.


     

  • Make a music playlist. Here are some I prepared earlier: Happy Happy Joy Joy! songs (songs that make you gleefully happy), songs about New York, songs with a girl's name in the lyrics or title...


     

  • Take ridiculous photographs of yourself. Put them on Facebook. Giggle at the confused comments. (Note: By "ridiculous" I mean something like "dressed up as a llama sitting on a grand piano with ice skates", not "completely naked". The latter will probably get you banned from Facebook. You have been warned.)


     

  • Dress up as Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's and visit your nearest Tiffany's & Co. store. If you don't have one near you, just go to any classy jewellery store.


     

  • Or you could dress up as Marilyn Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, either one is fine!


     

  • Send postcards to your friends. Pretend you are somewhere else, like a Greek island. Describe the scenery there, what you have been doing, etc.


     

  • Read the dictionary. Twice.


     

  • Dress like a secretary. Buy fake glasses and wear a black skirt and white t-shirt. Style your hair in an up-do and wander around the city.


     

  • Make a pillow fort, with sheets and chairs. Proceed to have a tea party with your dolls in the pillow fort (if you don't have your childhood dolls, steal some from an unsuspecting infant). If a five year old can do it, so can you.


     

  • Create peculiar and quirky characters. Pretend to be them for the day. If you lack an imagination, find a book or film character who is a bit odd and pretend to be them instead.


     

  • Walk your dog. If you don't have a dog, walk an invisible dog.


     

Smile at nothing in particular.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Music Review – The Gossip Girl Soundtrack


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Continuing in The OC's tradition, the music plays a major role in Gossip Girl, almost as big as the fashion. The show has featured everyone from indie burlesque band Sohodolls to Ed Westwick's own band, The Filthy Youth. The location also features in the music, as shown in the soundtrack with songs such as Oppenheimer's "Breakfast in NYC" and Albert Hammond Jr's "Hard To Live In the City". The soundtrack even features fictional band Lincoln Hawk (Rufus Humphrey's band), and the also fictitious Constance Billard A Cappella Choir with their rendition of Fergie's "Glamorous". Overall, the soundtrack is a mix of indie rock, but also electro pop, with artists such as Crystal Castles and Junkie XL. Though there are certainly much better songs that have featured on the show that could have been on this soundtrack, it is a good listen nonetheless. I give it three stars. ***

OMFGG is available from iTunes or most music retailers.

Monday, May 25, 2009

13 Chuck Bass Quotes


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  • "Have sex with me."

    -Chuck gets straight to the point with Blair.


  • "I'm honoured to be playing even a small role in your deflowering."

    -Chuck perhaps showing his psychic abilities to Blair in "The Wild Brunch".


  • Blair: Isn't there someone else you can torture?
    Chuck: Probably. But I choose you.

    -Chuck should get that on a Valentine's Day card, from "School Lies".


  • Serena: Okay let's get one thing straight. Our parents might be insisting on blending our households but I am not your sister. I do not share any of your DNA, nor do I ever wish to.
    Chuck: Then I suggest you get new hand towels.

    -Chuck, the perfect brother, from "The Blair Bitch Project".


  • Lily: (to Serena) Don't leave your dirty package on the table.
    Chuck: If I had a nickel for every time I heard that.

    -Chuck would be even richer, from "The Blair Bitch Project".


  • Blair: Don't worry; I can be a bitch enough for both of us.
    Chuck: I still got the scars on my back to prove it.

    -Chuck probably doesn't mind having those scars, from "Much I Do About Nothing".


  • Dan: You should put a bell on.
    Chuck: Kinky. I'll think about it.

    -If you like it then you should've put a bell on it, from "The Ex Files".


  • "Smells like desperation."

    -Chuck demonstrates his grunge music knowledge to Blair in "Pret-A-Poor-J".


  • "If you're talking about the dress, I say higher."

    -Chuck offers his fashion advice to Serena in "The Magnificent Archibalds".


  • "If you needed to mark your territory so badly, Nathaniel, maybe you should just pee on her."

    -Maybe Chuck's advice isn't so good, from "Southern Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".


  • "I gave you a shot, and while your efforts were admirable ... I'm bored. You ruined my pants."

    -Chuck's pants are not a game, Blair, from "Pret-A-Poor-J".


  • Chuck: I'm gonna have to tell my parents the hotel they just bought is serving minors.
    Serena: And if you order a drink, they're also serving pigs.
    Chuck: I love it when you talk dirty.

    Serena: You just love it when a girl talks to you.

    Chuck: Actually I prefer them when they're not talking.

    Serena: Ah, I've missed your witty banter.

    Chuck: So, let's catch up...take our clothes off...stare at each other.

    -Chuck and Serena catch up in the Pilot.


  • "I'm Chuck Bass."

    -Because a list of Chuck Bass quotes simply wouldn't be complete without it.


PS: Thanks to the recent season two season finale of Gossip Girl, this week is officially Gossip Girl Week! Expect more GG-related articles soon!