Tuesday Tune: Sugarland 'All I Wanna Do'

The boy with blue eyes gets to Cape Town tomorrow. That is all.

I don't want to get up baby, let's turn off the phone

I don't want to go to work today, or even put my make-up on

I've got better things to do than my to-do list anyway

Hide under the covers and waste away the day

Let's just lay here and be lazy, baby drive me crazy

All I wanna do wo wo wo woo...

All I wanna do wo wo wo woo... is love you

I got my whole life to change the world and climb the ladders

Looking at you looking at me is the only thing that matters

Come a little closer baby, we can talk without the words

Hang a sign on the door, please do not disturb

Let's just lay here and be lazy, baby drive me crazy

All I wanna do wo wo wo woo..

All I wanna do wo wo wo woo.. is love you

Give me a kiss, from that Elvis lip

You don't want to miss this

All I wanna do wo wo wo woo...

All I wanna do wo wo wo woo... is love you

All I really want to do

All I really want to do

All I really want to do, is love you, love you, love you

Come a little closer baby, we can talk without the words

Hang a sign on the door, please do not, please do not, please do not, 

Please do not disturb

When I lay down in the evening, all I really want to do

When I wake up, when I wake up in the morning baby,

All I really wanna do... 

Happy Monday Morning!

Because people take videos of not much interest and put them on youtube

Happened across this random video. Nothing happens in it. I walk past someone. It goes on youtube. Tres amuse.

Thursday Thought

Camping

Oh, why yes - I would indeed like to go camping like this

TuesdayTune: Noah & the Whale 'Five Years Time'

Noah & the Whale are an English Indie band from Twickenham formed in 2006 and are named after film director Noah Baumbach and his film The Squid and the Whale. 


This music video has the most awesome 70s home video vibe to it, and the song is pretty darn rad too.

Oh well, in five years time we could be walking round a zooWith the sun shining down over me and youAnd there’ll be love in the bodies of the elephants tooAnd I’ll put my hand over your eyes but you’ll peek through

And there’ll be sun, sun, sun all over our bodiesAnd sun, sun, sun all down our necksAnd there’ll be sun, sun, sun all over our facesAnd sun, sun, sun, so what the heck?

'Cause we’ll be laughing at all your silly little jokesAnd we’ll be laughing about how we used to smokeAll those stupid little cigarettes and drink stupid wine'Cause it’s what we needed to have a good time

But it was fun, fun, fun when we were drinkingIt was fun, fun, fun when we were drunkAnd it was fun, fun, fun when we were laughingIt was fun, fun, fun, oh, it was fun

Oh well, I look at you and say it's the happiest that I’ve ever beenAnd I’ll say I no longer feel I have to be James DeanAnd she’d say, yeah well, I feel pretty a happy tooAnd I’m always pretty happy when I’m just kicking back with you

And it’ll be love, love, love all through our bodiesAnd love, love, love all through our mindsAnd it'll be love, love, love all over her faceAnd love, love, love all over mine

And though it's nearly all these moments are just in my headI’ll be thinking ‘bout them as I’m lying in bedAnd I know that it nearly that it might not even come trueBut in my mind I’m havin’ a pretty good time with you

Oh, in five years time I might not know youIn five years time we might not speakOh, in five years time we might not get alongIn five years time you might just prove me wrong

Oh, there’ll be love, love, love wherever you goThere’ll be love, love, love wherever you goThere’ll be love, love, love wherever you goThere’ll be love, love, love wherever you go

There’ll be love, love, love wherever you goThere’ll be love, love, love wherever you goThere’ll be love, love, love wherever you goThere’ll be love, love, love wherever you goThere’ll be love

'He and I' - Lang Leav

Emmy Nominations!

I've said it before; I'll say it again: I LOVE AWARD SHOWS! The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards will be hosted in Los Angeles on Sunday 23 September. And the nominations have just been announced by Jimmy Kimmel and Kerry Washington. Here are some, but not all of them:


Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Girls (HBO)
Modern Family (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Veep (HBO)


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath (Girls)
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn (Mike & Molly)
Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day (New Girl)
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope (Parks And Recreation)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon (30 Rock)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer (Veep)


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory)
Larry Davids as himself (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan (House of Lies)
Louis C.K. as Louie (Louie)
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler (Big Bang Theory)
Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey (Desperate Housewives)
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett (Modern Family)
Merritt Weaver as Zoey Barkow (Nurse Jackie)
Kristen Wiig as various characters (Saturday Night Live)


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett (Modern Family)
Jesse Tyler-Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy (Modern Family)
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)
Max Greenfield as Schmidt (New Girl)
Bill Hader as various characters (Saturday Night Live)


Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste (Glee)
Maya Rudolph as Host (Saturday Night Live)
Melissa McCarthy as Host (Saturday Night Live)
Elizabeth Banks as Avery Jessup (30 Rock)
Margaret Cho as Kim Jong-il (30 Rock)
Kathy Bates as Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)


Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Michael J. Fox as himself (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Greg Kinnear as Tad (Modern Family)
Bobby Cannavale as Dr Mike Cruz (Nurse Jackie)
Jimmy Fallon as Host (Saturday Night Live)
Will Arnett as Devon Banks (30 Rock)
Jon Hamm as Abner and David Brinkley (30 Rock)


Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes in Damages
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick in The Good Wife
Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn in Harry's Law
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in Mad Men


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in Dexter
Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham in Downton Abbey
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Homeland
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Anna Gunn as Skyler White in Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt as Anna in Downton Abbey
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway in Mad Men


Outstanding Support Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo 'Gus' Fring in Breaking Bad
Brendan Coyle as John Bates in Downton Abbey
Jim Carter as Mr Carson in Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones
Jared Harris as Lane Pryce in Mad Men


Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Martha Plimpton as Patti Nyholm in The Good Wife
Loretta Devine as Adele Webber in Grey's Anatomy
Jean Smart as D.A. Roseanna Remmick in Harry's Law
Julia Ormond as Marie Calvet in Mad Men
Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson in Shameless
Uma Thurman as Rebecca Duvall in Smash


Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Mark Margolis as Tio Salamanca in Breaking Bad
Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney in The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning in The Good Wife
Jeremy Davies as Dickie Bennett in Justified
Jason Ritter as Mark Cyr in Parenthood


Outstanding Mini-Series or Movie
American Horror Story (FX Networks)
Game Change (HBO)
Hatfields & McCoys (HISTORY)
Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Luther (BBC America)
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Masterpiece)


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie
Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon in American Horror Story
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in Game Change
Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn in Hemingway & Gellhorn
Ashley Judd as Rebecca Winstone in Missing
Emma Thompson as She in The Song of Lunch


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie
Woody Harrelson as Steve Schimdt in Game Change
Kevin Costner as 'Devil' Anse Hatfield in Hatfields & McCoys
Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy in Hatfields & McCoys
Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway in Hemingway & Gellhorn
Idris Elba as John Luther in Luther
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie
Frances Conroy as Moira in American Horror Story
Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story
Sarah Paulson as Nicolle Wallace in Game Change
Mare Winningham as Sally McCoy in Hatfields & McCoys
Judy Davis as Jill Tankard in Page Eight


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie
Denis O'Hare as Larry Harvey in American Horror Story
Ed Harris as John McCain in Game Change
Tom Berenger as Jim Vance in Hatfields & McCoys
David Strathairn as John Dos Passos in Hemingway & Gellhorn
Martin Freeman as Dr Watson in Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Thursday Thought

Sweet Feet

My fashionista blonde Glitter&Garbage is a rather creative one. She spruced up a pair of New Look heels with colourful 100s&1000s - how utterly rad!

To check out how she managed this feat and to see a few more pics, pop over here
xoxo

Tuesday Tunes: Eliza Doolittle 'Skinny Genes'

This song makes me want to silly smile with a naughty glint in my eyes. It's quirky and cool in the best of ways. How could I not like a singer with 'Eliza Doolittle' as a stage name (if you are missing the literary and musical reference take a gander here). The British singer-songwriter was born Eliza Sophie Caird in 1988 (what a fab year to be born!) and released her debut self-titled album on 12 July 2010. Her parents are both thespians / musicians and she chose 'Eliza Doolittle' as her stagename as it was her nickname as a child.


This is a live acoustic version of her track'Skinny Genes'

I really don't like your point of viewI know you'll never changeStinging me with your attitudeI've got the mind to walk away

I really don't like your arroganceOr your policiesYou're ninety-nine percent an embarrassmentOf just wrong qualities

[Chorus:]I don't mind it when you [whistles]Brings out the best in me when you [whistles]Show your expertiseWhen the night always ends with a fight I'm excitedWhen you wind up next to me

I like it when you [whistles]Can I have some please of that [whistles]Satisfy my needsSometimes I fake that I hate you and make upAnd you wind up next to me

I really don't like your skinny jeansSo take them off for meShow me what you've got underneathSo we can do this properly

I really don't like the way you smileWhen you think you're rightBut I will forgive you, the yoke is in the middleAnd I'm chewing through the white

[Chorus]

I dreamt that you were on a trainAnd you were leaving, you were leavingYou made me think of what I'd missDo you believe it, you believe it

I don't mind it when you [whistles]Brings out the best in me when you [whistles]Show your expertiseWhen the night always ends with a fight I'm excitedWhen you wind up next to me

I like it when you [whistles]Can I have some please of thatTake off your skinny jeansSometimes I fake that I hate you and make upAnd you wind up next to me

I dreamed that you were on a trainAnd you were leaving, you were leaving

Tribeca

Down the main road, along the seaside, within a little fishing village of a Cape Town suburb known as Kalk Bay, lies my favourite coffee shop / bakery Tribeca. The lattes come in huge soup bowl sized cups and the coffee apparently has been voted 'Top 3 in SA'. Which I won't care to argue too much over, as it really is good coffee. Says me; confessed coffee snob.

They also potentially make my favourite Eggs Benedict. I say this with caution, but as Eggs Benedict is my absolute favourite breakfast, I've sampled a good many varieties, and Tribeca's is pretty darn wonderful. Also, I always have salmon with my EB - can't skimp on the Omega-3 now kids (and it just tastes so. darn. good).

One can imagine my absolute delight when Tribeca opened a store one block away from me. Yes, I can WALK to Tribeca now. Or take a bike (when it doesn't have a flat). Or have people pick me up from when I have convinced them to join me. There is also a third store not particularly far from me either. So now one can find a Tribeca in Kalk Bay, Bergvliet and Tokai. But that's not all folks: because there's a little Tribakery vibe in the new Blue Route Mall. Lovely.

We also like it because they donate all their day olds to a local schools feeding program, and they have free Wi-Fi.Everyone likes free Wi-Fi.

There is currently a R25 coffee and cake special on Mon - Fri from 2pm. On Sat (when I last popped in) there was White Chocolate Cheesecake and Red Velvet Cheesecake. Too much of goodness. And if you're wondering about the name: yes, it IS named after the area in New York City and is filled with gorgeous New York pictures. Perfection.

Happy Monday Morning!

Try not procrastinate TOO much guys...

Thursday Thought: Part of a Tree

True Friendship

Thursday Thought

In a previous life...

Found this random little piece of silliness on the interwebs and OBVIOUSLY googled as directed :P

Seems I was a Welsh pro-footballer (Elfred Evans). Go figure.


And then I couldn't resist looking at the rest of the Blondes...
The CEO was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist (Konrad Lorenz).
Mizz Honey was a Major League Baseball Pitcher (Rick Anderson)
Dr Lem was an American artist who began as a graffiti artist and transitioned into a Neo-Expressionist painter. 


So, now you know. 

Tuesday Tune: Plush 'Erla'

This song is a few years old, but a continuous favourite from an awesome South African band Plush. It's the kind of song one wishes a delightful boy would write about one. 

I can't lie to myself anymore

Cause I can't convince myself that

Losing you won't be painful

Cos God only knows

There's only so much I can tolerate

Here we go

I'm falling for you to realise the situation

No I, can't let you go beneath my skin

Cause I'm weakening and not that strong

I can't lie to myself anymore

Lost all my hesitance

Oh Erla I'm all yours

Now don't go paddling away from me

Cause there are no more fish in the sea

Here we go

I'm falling for you to realise the situation

No I, can't let you go beneath my skin

Cause I'm weakening and not that strong

Oh, I can't lie to myself anymore

Oh, I try to prove you wrong

but these forces, they are way too strong

Cause I, can't let you go

No I, I can't let, you

I can't let you go

I can't let you go

Won't you stay with me

Oh yeah, won't you stay with me, forever

This is gonna last forever

Cause I'm falling for you

I'm falling for you

I'm falling for you

I'm falling for you

Hello July!