So as I sat behind the drumset, your heartbeat's what I tried to play.

currently listening to: Bright Eyes - "I will be Grateful for this Day"





THREE WORDS: Johnathan. Rhys. Meyers.






(On if he saw similarities between him and Elvis Presley) Yeah, of course. I know, I saw the things I have in common with Elvis and I latched onto them, like he was a poor boy from Mississippi, I was a poor boy from Cork. We didn't get on well at school, either of us. We weren't liked by the students particularly. We were very, very different in the way we dressed, in the way we looked. We both bought houses for our Mama out of our first big paycheck. We both daydreamed and then went and fought to make our dreams a reality.

-(taken from imdb.com)







Seems like he only does a movie every once in a blue moon, so I feel like I have to jump on them while I can. Therefore, he is the ONLY, (I repeat, ONLY), reason I wanna watch From Paris with Love.

Seems like kinda a stupid movie, aside from that. But, I mean, come on now.

It's JOHNATHAN. RHYS. MEYERS.

I think he's my second fave actor, after the infamous Johnny Depp. (Coincidentally enough, one of Myers' idols).

What *IS* it with guys named John/Johnathan?!? It's like they're all inherently MEANT to be hot, and er, talented. Yes.

(wait - I take that back. Not ALL of them are great. That's ALL I'm ganna say).


But yeah, I totally have to find a copy of that Elvis movie he did.. (it was a made-for-tv deal, apparantly). And I never got to see August Rush, either!! MAN... how rude. But I *did* watch a lot of the Tudors back when I had free HBO. And Velvet Goldmine. Oh goodness, how did he not win an oscar for that one???



shutting up now...
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Crazy with it. Crazier without. Never certain. Never full of doubt. Now you feel it. Now you don't. Do you know what you're feeling?

As Karen O once said: "Get your leather, leather, leather ON".

I SPY: STYLISH ROCKSTAR OF THE WEEK - WEEK THIRTEEN - GERARD WAY (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE)

So there I was last night- sifting through my countless emails, when the fashion universe decided to send a true gem my way.

I got the latest notification from the MCRmy newsletter informing me of the confirmed cover shot for the upcoming January 2010 issue of AlternativePress magazine, featuring MCR themselves. The band with the most anticipated album of 2010.

Mr. Chemical-Frontman Gerard Way has always been a silent fashion assassin. He's always been able to stop an obsessive fashion-freak like myself dead in her tracks because he's never afraid to push the envelope or bore anyone to tears. He is the master of reinvention. He comes out with fresh, new, complete head to toe looks and ideas every. Single. Time. He NEVER blends in, ALWAYS marches to the beat of his own drummer...

and more importantly? He NEVER GIVES A F**K WHAT ANYONE THINKS.

Classic example: remember when all the girls the world over had heart attacks when he decided to chop off his gorgeous raven locks for the "Ghost of You" WWII-themed music video? I'm sure all the MCR agents/managers/whatever tried to convince him against doing so... "why mess with a good thing", right? Did he care? Nope. He needed to do everything in his power to make sure the vision he was going for was accurate. Like a professional. (And he was to repeat the process for his transformation as the sickly, dead front man of The Black Parade, by bleaching his hair platinum blonde).


When My Chem first burst onto the mainstream scene in 2004, we were introduced to this pale, pretty face with a big voice wearing the darkest shade of pure black from head to toe, (the top part in the form of a leather jacket).


(Remember, kids, this was 2004 when leather jackets were nowhere near becoming a huge trend yet).


Another example of his fashion worthiness: If you were to look up the word "trend" in some kind of awesome fashion dictionary, you would see this story. Some time after the release of their second single, "Helena", off of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, I noticed that all these other rockstars were wearing a similar look consisting of solid black, button down shirts paired with bright red ties.

Billy Armstrong from Green Day... uh, where did you get the idea for this look?




Oh nevermind. I thought I recognized it from this guy:



I'm telling you. The bright red tie with a solid black shirt look was HUGE at this time. I remember seeing shiny red ties in the men's departments of all the stores. I remember seeing high school boys (who weren't necessarily MCR fans), wearing this look to their proms. Nobody ever gave Gerard Way credit for starting this look!!

And I've blogged about how huge the marching band uniform was in 2007, (remember? click).I even used the example of this trend exploding all over the place in one of my classes. Kind of was a huge success.


But I digress.

Back to current times. I get this photo in my inbox:



It seems to me that Mr. Way might be going back to his roots. Obviously he's a firm believer that leather jackets are a true fashion staple. He's worn different variations of them throughout the years, but this particular one reminded me of the one in the first picture (above) that I posted.


And you know who else I couldn't help but be reminded of???




Johnny "Crybaby Walker" Depp:


Do you see the resemblance?!
I'm anxious to see the rest of the magazine's pictorial. AP always seems to put their cover models in fun, themed photoshoots for the inside article/interviews. I wonder if whoever shot/styled this was inspired by the Crybaby movie.

Everything from the standing collar to the hair in the eyes. LOVING IT.




Even in his studio downtime, Gerard seems to be looking like a 'throwback' these days:


In yet another style of leather jacket. How gorgeous is this one? The quilting detail on the back. I don't even know where to begin looking for a design like this.



I don't feel like searching.

Find your own awesome leather jacket and drink a caffeine-iated toast to this stylish trendsetter.

Read his comics while you're at it.

I can't wait to see what looks he comes up with in 2010. I'm positive I'll be mentioning him again in future "I Spy" posts to come.








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p.s. I'm still so elated that Johnny Depp is The Sexiest Man Alive. I mean come on now, did you have a doubt??

We could be perfect one last time... and die like star crossed lovers when we fight.

currently listening to: My Chemical Romance - I brought you my bullets you brought me your love

currently reading: White Oleander, The Joy of Photography, The Kodak Guide to 35mm photography





Leave it to American Apparel to try to bring back the fanny pack:




Not in this lifetime, people. No way.



And whatever you do, please do NOT pair one of those with this lovely, baggy-polyester-with-vinyl-bust-pantsuit that has surely been on the clearance rack since Forever21 first opened it's doors:





In the words of Christian Siriano, it is "not cute", folks. Not cute at all.


I love shopping

In other news...

-It is so damn hot outside it's not even funny. Not even one tiny bit.

-My box of Kleenex is officially a teddy bear.

-Have you seen that smoking pictorial of Johnny Depp in the latest Vanity Fair??







And finally,

-that crazy raccoon needs to post another blog soon.



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I had a friend who changed his name but couldn’t change himself. Never quite figured out how to deal with what life had dealt.

Old people shouldn't be allowed to drive. Sounds mean, but come on now... you know you feel the same way.

Movies I saw this past week: Romeo + Juliet (said it once and I'll say it again: I'll NEVER get tired of that movie! I'm getting better at memorizing Shakesperean lines. Fun.), Paranoid Park featuring Taylor Momsen of Gossip Girl...

... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Johnnyyyyyyy), first half of The Matrix (hadn't seen this one in a while, but I couldn't stay up too late and so I called it quits by 2a.m. seeing as how it was messing with my mind a little too much), and finally tonight I caught the first half of Fight Club. For some reason I've never been able to make it through that entire film. I don't know why. Tonight I think I just lost interest. But I do always enjoy seeing Brad Pitt walking around in that funny lilac bathrobe with the cutesy coffe mug appliques... oh my god I just found the actual site that sells them!!

Too hilarious.

Tyler DURden.

Wonder what moogies I'll watch this week. Can't wait.

If anyone cares to make any suggestions/recommendations, please do :) I'm still trying to decide whether Twilight is worth watching or not. Someone wanna convince me?