Saw this yesterday on my way to work and it made me laugh so hard, so I had to hold up foot traffic and take a picture.
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A new friend of mine invited me to check out a movie at the San Francisco International Film Fest. At first when I heard the name, I thought it was going to be a documentary about an Asian chick. OOPS. Nope, it’s a movie cowritten by Noah Baumbach + Greta Gerwig! Â Even better. I liked Greta in Lola Versus (she seriously saved that terrible movie), so I was pretty excited about checking out the film. Â They (and the film) Â appeared in a story in The New Yorker last week, so I took it as a sign that it was going to be awesome.
As an extra bonus, Baumbach and Gerwig were both at the screening to answer questions. In the past Gerwig has played  clumsy yet lovable space cadets, and she’s pretty similar in real life. A bit unpolished but utterly charming. Also, whoa she’s really tall. How did I never notice that?
Here’s the official movie blurb:
Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but shes not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. Frances Ha is a modern comic fable that explores New York, friendship,class, ambition, failure, and redemption
Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie. It was pretty short, but all ninety five minutes of it felt intoxicatingly frothy and hopeful about life. It didn’t hurt that it was also beautifully shot on the fly in New York. The film captures pretty well the way that close friendships change over time, and also that unsettled feeling of being left behind as your friends move on to other jobs, cities, relationships.
Definitely a must watch!
Trailer? Ugh.
Movie tie in book? Looks like a Master P album cover.
Soundtrack? Digging it!
It’s streaming over on NPRs First Listen at the moment. Check it out.
Time to go home and do sudoku! YEAHHHHH
I don’t normally take 6pm office bathroom selfies or share outfit photos ever because  I pretty much wear the same thing every day. Also, my mom reads my blog so I’d either hear “Did you lose weight?” or “You look fat.” Seriously, on Sunday  she asked if I lost weight based on just a face post! But today I tried a few new things and was able to finally wear a pair of shoes I’ve owned for almost 3 years. So, thought I’d share this time. What the hell.
First off, I finally tried the jewelry website BaubleBar. I guess it wants to be the Warby Parker of accessories, but it’s really more like the Forever21.com of jewelry stores. There is just so much bounty, with some gems here and there, but a lot of crap too. 99% of their wares are not my style at all, but for some reason I enjoy looking at the site and daydreaming about their customers.
Who are they? Where do they live? Is their purchase for a special occasion? Big job interview? Hot date? What will Jared the ex-that-got-away think of that crazy Medusa thang  necklace staring back at him over holiday catch up cocktails? DEEP QUESTIONS.
I ordered the Mosaic Triad Bib necklace when it was marked down as part of a promotion. The quality was lacking as a couple of the orange triangle pieces were not properly glued down into their setting, but live and learn and lose 20 dollars. I still really like the graphic effect on my boring clothes and you can’t see the imperfection unless you’re… me.
I was running late today and going through my usual stressed out throwing together of clothes. Every day I try on at least 3 outfits before I head to work. Today for fun I threw together a bunch of clothing trends that have jumped the shark.
The gang’s all here! Skinny colored jeans! Bib necklaces! Blazers! Red lipstick! A clutch/wallet thing with some trendy studs! Summer wedges! Then I looked in the mirror and thought it didn’t look half bad. So I resisted the urge to take it all off and start over, and went to work. It was also like 8:50 by that point. That helped. I got lots of compliments at work. That felt good, but then I realized that I need to up my game. Crap.
I have had these black braided leather wedges since Summer 2010 and I have NEVER WORN THEM before today. Before you go shaking your heads at my wastefulness let me tell you that once I got home I realized they were SQUEAKY SHOES. I spent days trying to break them in, rubbed lotion on them, conditioned them with special balm, massaged them with my hands while I watched TV. I did so much to these shoes I started to feel like a shoe fetishist. Nothing worked.
Every now and then throughout the years I would take them out of my closet, try them on, and then take them off within minutes because I sounded like a dog toy. Today on a whim I tried something new- baby powder. It works! Basically just work it into the friction points, let it settle, then wipe away the excess with a damp cloth. Who knew? So happy.
