After my family got to it:
Seriously? I can die happy now.
A Paris court on Tuesday convicted Brigitte Bardot of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France.
The court also handed down a $23,325 fine against the former screen siren and animal rights campaigner.
A leading French anti-racism group known as MRAP filed a lawsuit last year over a letter she sent to then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. The remarks were published in her foundation's quarterly journal.
In the December 2006 letter to Sarkozy, now the president, Bardot said France is "tired of being led by the nose by this population that is destroying us, destroying our country by imposing its acts."
She was referring to the Muslim feast of Aid el-Kebir, celebrated by slaughtering sheep.
French anti-racism laws prevent inciting hatred and discrimination on racial or religious or racial grounds. Bardot had been convicted four times previously for inciting racial hatred.
I realized that one of the moments in life that I am at my most happiest is when I'm plummeting on a roller coaster.
Happy birthday to my favorite Bollywood actress, Rani Mukherjee!
I can't wait to see her and Saif in Kunal Kohli's newest film.
And while I'm at it, here are some nice articles on my favorite Hollywood actress, Natalie Portman:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23324431/fro
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_
I finally watched Atonement last night. It was really good, sweet and sad, and I cannot stress enough how sexy James McAvoy is, but the book was better...same for The Other Boleyn Girl, though Natalie was, of course, amazing. I think there has been only one case where I liked a movie better than the book it was based on, and that was A Walk to Remember.
I found this video on a website about a man who bought an out of service plane in India and charges people to come inside and have the experience of being on a flight. At first you think, "Wow, he's ripping people off," but then you realize he's doing it for children and people who are too poor to even buy shoes and have never been on a plane before...they pay to catch a glimse of it. The look of happiness and wonder on one boy's face brought me to tears...I am so lucky I have everything I need and so much more.
Summer always gets me so nostalgic. I start thinking of Al-Rahmah summer camp, road trips, playing in the sprinkler, gardening, barbeques, blockbuster movies, popsicles, sleepovers, Sam's Club, sandals, out-of-state relatives, Disney World, mango lassi, graduation parties, weddings...the list goes on and on.
This summer I've applied to many internships, we have my Uncle's wedding in Chicago to go to, after which my dad is planning a train trip to California, I plan on learning some Arabic and French, as well as having tons of sleepovers with Bollywood movies and my cousins, and my mom has promised me a road trip to Orlando. I'll take MCAT classes (because that never ends), I want to go swimming every weekend, and help out at Al-Rahmah/ Taqwa summer camp, and attend weekly halaqas. Oh, and this is an Olympics summer! The last A-Man-A-Beard one was so much fun.
I know I have a lot to get through (the hell known as finals, when I feel like throwing myself off the library balcony)....but not really. I only have a week and a half of school in March, then April. May 1st is the last day of classes. So the countdown has officially begun :)
I can't believe it's been a year since my last Spring Break. I keep saying it and I'll say it again- time is flying by for me now that I'm in college. Last week at school was hell with all my Microbiology exams and lab practicals. And I have a stupid Physics lab report due on Friday.
This random, but I have really been craving Southern food lately, like battered fries, chicken fried steak, cheesy biscuits, gravy....I need to stop. Or go to Texas. Come to think of it, I've been craving a vacation down South, too.
I slept until 2:45 today. And it felt really good.
The Olsen twins looked so cute at the Chanel Fashion Week show in Paris:
I love those glasses!
I also love Drake Bell, and this movie seems hilarious:
Haha.
...and at the Berlin premiere:
They both look amazing (Natalie normally isn't that fashion adventurous, but she is pulling off this crazy dress). I'm not a huge fan of Scarlett's, but it's cute how they're both friends.
Currently, I'm reading a biography on surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. She and Salvadore Dali worked together on many projects, and the book I'm reading has many images of Dali's paintings. So, absentmindedly, as I'm looking at one, I say, "I'd love to own a painting by Dali." Nidha says "Ok, I'll get you one," and I laugh it off.
She just gave me a painting.
Signed by "Dolly."
It's of a cartoon dog.
I now have an original Dolly painting.
Pictures of some of Schiaperelli's designs:
Her "shoe hat"
The lobster dress inspired by Dali's infamous lobster telephone. He wanted to spread mayonnaise on it, but she refused...understandably.
Torn flesh dress inspired by Necrophiliac Spring.
I have so much work to do and didn't get any of it done....but I got some cute shoes and jeans from the mall, so it wasn't a total waste of a day :)
So, I am really upset that the Patriots didn't win. I mean, I know everyone and their mom was rooting for the Giants, but I saw my brother get up in the morning all excited and ready to wear his Brady jersey :( At school it was fun aggravating all the New Yorkers, but I got silly strung in the end. Oh well, Tom still gets to go home to this:
I still love you Tom! Though I love Eli, too...and Peyton. Wow, I'm really promiscuous when it comes to football :P
So no more of this:
:(
But she will still be doing this:
(Also, even with all my love for Kate and Daria, I def think Natalia owns the David Yurman ads.)
So, school has been pretty chill lately. I have more Microbiology tests, but with more tests there is less material to study each time, which I prefer. So I have been able to catch up with my movies, especially Bollywood. On that note, I think my roomie and I have gotten our whole campus Bollywood obsessed. People keep stopping by to borrow Veer Zaara and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. A girl had to excuse herself while we were watching KANK, and we heard her sobbing in the bathroom. My friend has ordered a Shah Rukh documentary from Amazon, and my other friend just bought Chalte Chalte. I was in the cafeteria and people just broke out into "Where's The Party Tonight." It's pretty hilarious :). To quote my friend, "Once you go Bollywood, you can't go back."
Also, LOST IS BACK! AND IT IS AMAZING! AND I MISSED IT SOOOOOOOOO MUCH! And I totally cried :(
And this is what my post subject refers to:
And from Kristin at E! Online:
"This just might be the best news we Arrested fans have heard in a very long time.
Jason Bateman has just confirmed to me that the creative minds behind Arrested Development (Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard) have put the wheels in motion toward a major motion picture of the Fox TV comedy so many of us adore. I'm told by insiders that Jason and other Bluth family members have received calls from producers (Hurwitz and Howard) asking if they would be willing to shoot a movie.
"I can confirm that a round of sniffing has started," Bateman says. "Any talk is targeting a poststrike situation, of course. I think, as always, that it's a question of whether the people with the money are willing to give our leader, Mitch Hurwitz, what he deserves for his participation. And I can speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed."
Jeffrey Tambor also revealed on XM Radio's the Ron and Fez Show that he has been approached by Ron Howard to see if he's willing to do an Arrested film. (You can hear that interview below.)
For the record, both Jason and Jeffrey's answers were: Hells yeah. And I hear from other sources that other castmembers were called and that everyone seems to be very much on board and excited by the prospect.
Insiders also tell me that while creator Mitch Hurwitz does not yet have a script, he has a good, solid understanding of what he'd like to do for the movie, and Universal is very much interested.
And so it seems that a few good—wait, no, outrageously amazing—things just might come out of this unfortunate writers' strike, as the creative minds in this town have had time to pause, regroup and think about their dream projects.
And an Arrested movie is a pretty great dream, is it not?
So, let's join our crossed fingers with the rest of the cast, shall we?"
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/i
If this happens, I can die a happy girl.
Arrested Development owns my life.
Inorganic Chem- my professor is notorious for being easy and an easy grader. He's teaching us what pH is right now- mind you, I've had about three years of advanced chemistry.
Spanish- Learning what "mesa" means (again, I have taken 3 years of Spanish).
Microbiology- Will be difficult, but fun. We're actually going to start thinking in medical terms now...and I've done my Hopkins internship on Staph infections, so my end of the year project will be on that- easy.
Physics- Have a new professor from Slovenia. He wants us to work hard, but I feel he's going to be an easy grader; he's already said the lowest we can get in lab is a B.
Plus, no classes Tuesdays! I guess what this means to me is I have to concentrate on MCATs this semester. College is passing by so quickly! I'm halfway through it- scary. And I'm already looking up internships for my last year...my dream would be to get one with the Smithsonian Institute in DC. Fingers crossed!
I watched two really good movies recently: The Great Gatsby and Taare Zameen Par. I know everyone says that The Great Gatsby sucks, but I really loved it. It was slow and languid at parts, but that was like the novel, I felt. Mia Farrow looked gorgeous, and the style of the 20s...! It was kind of like Marie Antoinette, more visual than vocal, but hey- both were done by Coppolas.
Taare Zameen Par made me cry, in a good way. The cruelty parents sometimes show towards their kids, to get them to "succeed" on their terms is so awful. And I know it exists. Amir was amazing, as usual, and he looked really fine in it. The kid (I don't know his name) is probably the best Indian child actor I've seen. I highly recommend it.
I leave you with the fourth Bollywood actor to make it into Madame Tussauds: Salman!
My family and I have so much love for him.
My new movie obsession? La Vie en Rose. I've read about Edith Piaf, and what with her miraculous return of eyesight, aid of Jews during the Holocaust, and multiple marriages to celebrities, her life seems like it would be fascinating to watch on screen (maybe as much as Akshay's). Marion Cotillard, the actress who plays her, is beautiful and chic and so...French. She looked gorgeous yesterday at whatever award show they were playing on VH1:
Plus, when we were in France, ads for La Vie en Rose were plastered all over the subways. So, it reminds me of Paris. *sigh*
I read a hilarious book yesterday, I Love You, Beth Cooper. It's by Larry Doyle, who has written for The Simpsons and lives outside Baltimore. These two facts make him awesome. Anyway, it's pretty much Superbad in book form (but it came out before, so it takes all credit); it's soooooo funny, in a dirty way, takes place in a day, deals with high school graduation, has two socially-inept dorks as the leads, and the hot popular girl is the catalyst of all the activity. To end with a cliche: I laughed out loud!
Au revoir!
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for the MCATs.
Also, James Franco is in the next Judd Apatow movie? Yay!
not like Chloe Sevigny's; maybe I'll end up with my own Raj then). Then we went to a kabob restaurant and stuffed our faces and talked and teased my cousin and brother and laughed so hard about random stuff, like the pictures of scary bearded men on the wall. We ended up at my uncle's friends' house, where we watched Save the Last Dance and part of Transformers and talked and laughed some more; we finally reached home at 1:45. This is the stuff I really miss at college: just being with my family, having a random, spontaneous good time.
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