When Good Design Goes Bad

Finnish design is at the forefront. The aesthetic is simple, bold, colourful, and often natural. It's one of the most stylish places in the world, if you ignore the shoes. Deko is my favourite design magazine, but the taste for edgy and kitsch can go a lot overboard in their editorials department or wherever they set this shit up. This leads me to make D:-faces, and mock at length, like

( scanned pictures from 2008/01: Hillbilly wedding cake meets a packet of highlighters... in the Pac-Man bathroom from Hell! Toiletry bags mingle with salt and pepper shakers on the Dresser That an 80's Tshirt Threw Up On! Driftwood clashes with My Little Pony embroidery projects and a fugly tote bag while a vintage camera visits the Miniature Dentist! )

Next time on interior design theatre: Deko getting it right!

the nanny diaries

I just watched the shittiest movie I've seen in, oh, six months at least. Wax watching occasionally over my shoulder and I were both inspired to hurl invectives, groan aloud and froth at the mouth at the insipid turns of plot, clichéed and unlikeable supporting characters, and incredibly spineless and idiotic protagonist. I now feel dirty, like I've just read one of those godawful best-selling women's novels aimed at middle aged women. I've seen better made-for-the-family-channel TV movies. I've seen better episodes of Charmed, okay? I wish someone would go break the screenwriters' kneecaps. And now I'd really like to watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles to get the taste out of my mouth (I finally saw Terminator 2 last night). In related news (related because Natalie + Scarlett = The Other Boleyn Girl), Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium was originally supposed to be released this month here, but it's been bumped all the way back to June. Fuckers.

It could be ANYWHERE.

Oops.