Julie and Julia

So i watched this the other day.
Clearly its got me inspired to start this whole blogging thing again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_and_Julia
As someone who works in the hospitality industry it was great to watch from that aspect (technical) and but also very entertaining to watch as a no brainer.
I understood how obsessive Julia was about it, I get incredibly obsessive about my kimono sometimes and my wisteria!!!
It was good, funny, you should see it if you haven't already.

Originally what i wanted to do with this blog was to have a list of all the foreign films I've watched for personal reference.
I haven't been doing a very good job of this so I'll chuck some movies that i can remember up.

C.R.A.Z.Y.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.R.A.Z.Y.
Wikipedia does a better summary than I do.
I quite liked this one, i found all the relationships working together/against each other interesting to watch.

Goodbye Lenin!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin!
This is a great movie!
Many, many years ago I saw a single scene from this movie and it stuck with me for the next 3 or so years it took for me to actually see this movie in whole.
It was the scene where he meets his half siblings and they ask why he calls the cosmonauts... or some thing along those lines and he's so awkward around those kids.
I have non-purposefully seen a few of Daniel Bruhl's movies and I generally like them.

Love in thoughts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_in_Thoughts
Is another of his. Bit dark this one, so if you prefer lighter movies this probably isn't for you.Great 20's fashion in it too.

A friend of mine:
Tho wikipedia doesn't have a page for that one yet and it was a while ago that i saw it.
Two friends, one (Bruhl) who must be a white collar worker of some description goes "undercover" and meets this guy (whoever the other guy is, sorry I don't know!) who works as a.. i dunno... keeping rich guys cars in storage while they're away overseas, and then they go joy-riding.
Then Bruhl's character falls for his friend's girlfriend and then i can't remember the ending...
All i can really remember from the movie is his friend has a car that goes as fast backwards as it can go forwards.

Inglourious Bastards:
Eeek. Did not like this. Re-wrote history, was gruesome and just wasn't good.
The secondary plot of Bruhl's character falling for a Jewish girl masquerading as a French girl and trying to woo her was a much better plot line.
I found the "3 whiskeys" the English and German way an interesting thing. Its one of those cultural things that you probably wouldn't find in a book, its just something known.
Like how in Harry Potter those that are born into magical familys' just know things (like the legend of the hallows) and the muggleborns have to learn those things but they aren't in books.

Julietta:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248123/
I know this doesn't get the best rap, no, the plot isn't great but i still like it.

Run Lola Run:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_lola_run
I watched this in art class for the different array of camera angles.
I liked the "what-ifs" "what could've beens" and etc that it showed.

I watched a good martial arts one the other week too... Just can't remember the name...
I love on kung fu movies where they'll put the English voices on the people and the lips look funny, i LOL about it all the time.

Kimono arrived!

So my wisteria kimono arrived and its the beautiful purple! i know it looks blue in the photos bellow but really its a deep, rich purple.
I think i'll see if i can let the sleeves out and make them longer cuz there seems to be excess fabric sewn in.
I think i'll do a demo dressing next week, I've got this crimson ro obi with cream, gold and blue coloured maple leaves so paired together it should be a very strong, vibrant outfit! ( or so i hope)
I also got a 60's inspired shift dress in bold sky blue and deep purple, don't know if i really like it or what, maybe when i tan up a bit.
I've got some chilli seeds growing at the moment, they're doing really well.
My wisteria seedlings got potted up outside last week, before i got sick and spent a few days in bed.
so all shoud be good by next week i hope

Kimono fun! or will be when they arrive in the mail

So the cherry blossom festival season is almost here!
now i just need something to wear, so being a little obsessed with wisteria it was my first choice.
i wasn't gonna get into the politics of wearing sakura themed kimono to the festival not to mention i don't really like sakura as a motif anyway, so cliche.

so i bought a wisteria kimono, stylized wisteria mind you.

and cuz they were on ebay i bought a few more sets of kitsuke items, can never have enough of these things you know.

i was really keen to get these cuz it looks like a summer obi-ita, eri-shin, a lower back padding which i need (i don't generally use padding but i think this'll be a great improvment) that obi tying device and that obi clip thing (have no idea of their proper names tho)
so i'm looking forward to dressing with my new gadgets, hopefully it'l make the process a lot better!

Panna Cotta

So I'm doing a traineeship in hospitality right?
so, this is my first panna cotta- its orange with a choc sauce, so jaffa flavours.
I was worried about the liquid to gelatine ratio but all went good, so easy for such a lovely dessert!
And the choc sauce has a texture a bit like choc mousse.

Blogging virgin

Exactly as the title states, this is my first time, go gently on me.

Should i be random? why not.
I swear i literally just pulled a muscle in my shoulder, right then! while waiting for my slow internet to do something, takes about 5mins a page. Slight exaggeration. God i love spell check, makes the world as easier place, except when its on the mobile, then it causes some headaches for me- i can't spell for shit.

so besides randomness this'll be about my kimono, my love for growing plants and things i make. i guess there'll be the odd movie review cuz i like to watch SBS movies. Whatever your perception on that is, I'll guess its the standard "SBS are porn movies" well, slightly. Most involve sex in some form, but then again, so do Hollywood films.

That being said there's a movie on right now! called the "manual of love" its good, check it out at some point.

So, here's what i did today:
i sanded she-oak seeds and made beads out of them, they have this bee-hive type pattern on them when sanded down.
I either need to sand them more finely or use wood wax on them cuz their a but rough, but i'm happy enough.

And my wisteria seeds! these are about 2 weeks old (i think, don't really remember)
my plan for these are the grow them for a year then next year try my hand at grafting using these as rootstocks. Now i've never done any grafting before so it'll be interesting. But a friend gave me a bag of wisteria pods so i have plently to practice on!
I'm also thinking of trying the technique where seedlings are straped/molded together over a frame to fuse together. don't know the technical term bit that's the dumbed-down version.
and no, i don't care if it won't flower for 20yrs cuz i have bought grafted wisteria and have tried hardwood cuttings all thru this winter and hoping some will strike so i will not be short of wisteria, quite the opposite hopefully!