Musical Movies' Songs

Here you have a list of songs you can listen to at spotify. Hope you like it. If you hate musical movies, just don't click, it could be like hell to you. Some of them, to be honest, I prefer them in Spanish, mainly Disney ones; and some others, like The Little Mermaid, just couldn't find them. Let me know what you think of it and, of course, I accept suggestions to make a greater list.

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Merry Christmas Best Song Ever

 Not only the best Christmas song ever but also the saddest one. I'm so sorry to do this to you, but I love this song. Have you ever seen  "Meet me in St Louis"? If you didn't, do it now, it's one of the best musical films and a must. If you did, you may remember the context of this song. The family is moving far away and that's why the little girl bursts into tears when she listens to her sister's song, played by Judy Garland. (For the record, all ends well)

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
Next year all our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the yule-tide gay
Next year all our troubles will be miles away
Once again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who were dear to us
Will be near to us once more
Someday soon, we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS

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First Outfit Post: Reader Look #1: Philip

This is my first post on one of my outfits so, please, be kind and don't laugh more than necessary. 

After several tries in which I looked like, in this order, a nerd, an child prostitute, an old woman who just lost the bus and a middle-aged version of myself, I decided to cover my face and its sleepy look for the better and resolved that I'm better photographer than model.

So here you have the result:

Glasses: Boss Orange

Bracelet: Primark

Necklace: Salto de Pulga

Dress: Mango

Tights: Primark

Boots: Zara

Bag: Blanco

Philip Larkin book: The Marvell Press and faber and faber




MY SIZE IS OVER 40 (UK 12) AND I CAN LOOK AWESOME!
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Cheesecake, not New York style, but even better

Hi everybody!
I'm so sorry I stopped writing interesting stuff, or at least mine (remember my last post was a copy from Andrea's). Any news? Well, yes, I passed my CAE (cambridge exam on advanced level of English) but I'm not staisfied at all with my grade, so fuck 'em! At least I had an "excelent" on the Listening part. I listen really well...
I received an offer to translate something, good news as long as I find an alternative to teaching.
Yesterday I watched a great movie, "Le Scaphandre et le Papillon" (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), and some days ago "My Left Foot", both about men somehow trapped in their bodies. I fell in love with Daniel Day Lewis in the latest, and his character, Christy Brown, so I bought his autobiography.
Yesterday my boyfriend gave me one of my christmas presents, the Complete Chronicles of Narnia. I know it's a children's book, but I'm curious about it. Notice that the first movie is the second book and the second movie the fourth...
But now, let's go to the important part, the recipe.

This one was given to me by my uncle David. I was looking for some cheesecake recipe, but not the typical one, I wanted one of those that are baked. It's so easy to do that he knew it by heart, so take note:

Ingredients:
-600 g Mascarpone cheese
-3        Eggs
-2        Greek yogurts
-1        yogurt measure of cream
-1        yogurt measure of sugar
-1        yogurt measure of flour
-2        teaspoons of baking powder

Preheat the oven, 200º
Put everything together in a bowl and whisk.
Grease a recipient with butter, sprinkle with flour and put on the base baking paper.
Pour the mixture into the recipient.
Put it inside the oven for 1 hour.
Once 50 min have passed check if it's cooked with a knife. If it goes out clean, it's ok.
Leave it outside until it's cold and then inside the fridge for at least 24 hours. DO NOT EAT IT WARM.
Serve with jam or plain, it's tasty both ways.

The result should be something like this:

Try it and let me know. xx

Re-bloggin My Friend Andrea

This is the post my friend Andrea wrote today and I feel the need to share it with you all:

 

 

Our fake thanksgiving dinner/fake birthday celebration

 

A couple of weeks ago, before all the shit stuff happened, my friends decided that, being English majors and all, it'd be nice to embrace another foreign tradition and have a fake thanksgiving dinner. I obviously thought this was a great idea, but when I entered Esther's living room I found it decorated with these funny looking horses and a banner that said "happy birthday".

For a moment I stood there thinking. "Wait a minute. Is it someone's birthday today? Whose? Oh crap, I missed it and I'm gonna look like a shit friend", but then I realised it was my birthday that we were celebrating. And this was my first ever surprise party.

We ate some pretty looking food. And the karma was so good we got a heart-shaped piece of bread.

The mood was so good that Lou Lou left us a little present on a napkin, and we moved on to the desserts. Yes, plural.

It was Esther's first time, but Lou Lou seemed to be an expert. Although Esther was an expert in the cheesecake field (check her blog soon for the recipe!)

And in case this wasn't enough, we had hot chocolate on a stick. YES! ON A STICK! I was excited. We were all excited. Hell, I am STILL excited. This should be so easy to make with funky shaped chocolate molds, and it would make a great little gift. Bea was excited too.

Here's how this chocolate works: You add hot water,

Do disgusting things with it while it melts, comparing it with poo as many times as possible.

And stare in wonder when you realise your mug matches your macaron AND that one can be balanced on the other.

It was pretty nice, but by the time we were done we were all so full that we needed a digestive aid, so Esther went back in time to the 60s and got out this bottle.

A wonderful evening was had by all. A lot of pressure has been placed upon my shoulders to post my presents, but I think this post is a bit too much for now, so check back soon to see what I got.

Hello blog, it is good to be back.

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Golden Globes 2011

Every afternoon I check the internet following the same steps: Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, this blog and www.imdb.com. For those who don't know this webpage yet, I allow you to stop reading my blog and go to take a look at it. It's the biggest movie and series database and there you can find every information you need about who was in which picture among other things that can be useful in some arguments with your friends. But it also has news and today I want to share with you the list of the nominees to the Golden Globes '11. And, of course, I have a say here!

As it was suppossed to be, Inception and The Social Network can win in the category of Best Motion Picture- Drama. I don't have a say about the others 'cause they haven't been released in Spain but I heard really good things about Natalie Portman and The Black Swan. However, in the category of Musical or Comedy we find Cher's Burlesque. This is what in Spanish we could call a "burla", a huge joke. Who put at the same level this and Alice in Wonderland?

Jesse Eisenberg, the fictional creator of Facebook is nominated to best actor in a leading role as well as some repeaters like Colin Firth, Kevin Spacey, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman...and Johnny Depp, who is nominated twice as much! (Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist)

 Next thing, I'm going to be a bit cruel, but I'm sure some people already thought this. Michael Douglas is nominated so, let's pray to avoid this to be a posthumous prize.

Christopher Nolan, director and writer of  Inception, could have a triplet which, to be honest, I'd love to happen.

Best animated film: I know, everybody does, that Toy Story 3 is going to win, though I strongly recommend Tangled, in the style of classical Disney movies.

In best foreign language film, my background forces me to desire Biutiful to win. I haven't seen it yet but being an Iñarritu's movie, it'll be great.

TV department.-

I'm so happy for so many people here! Though my heart is divided in the category of best tv series-drama. How can I choose between Mad Men, Dexter and Boardwalk Empire?

In the musical or comedy category I have a preference for The Big Bang Theory but, to be honest, Modern Family should get this one. 

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television; as a fan I want The Pillars of the Earth to win, but as an objective person, I guess The Pacific deserves it. If the last one finally wins, I think Ian McShane, aka Waleran Bigod, should be the best actor in mini-series. Going on with the actors, the male category for drama is full of great performances:

 
Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2009)

Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)

Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Hugh Laurie for "House" (2004)

You tell me who's better. That I put here a picture of Jon Hamm doesn't mean I prefer him best, it's just an aesthetic issue.

Finally, after falling in love with Christina Hendricks, who is not nominated, by the way (angry mode on), I discovered a beautiful and delicate creature who is Margaret Schroeder, played by Kelly Macdonald in Boardwalk Empire, so she's my bet for best actress in a supporting role. 

Departing from the Golden Globes but going on with the series theme, I have to announce that Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter and Debra Morgan in fiction) are getting divorced. A big shock for a Dexter fan like me who just yesterday found out that this season's over... sigh...