Greensleeves

Hello world!

A quick one today although I promise to post on my upcoming dinner party with lovely Miss I and her Mr next week.

Oh and the reason I'm having said dinner party is because I now have a six seater dining table!

I will of course be contributing zero culinary skills but Miss I has promised to supply her famous pannacotta and The Husband is cooking his famous roast chook. Photos and recipes soon.

As for today I had to share my love for this fabulous Witchery dress.

http://www.witchery.com.au/her/dresses/cap-sleeve-knit-dress?color=EMERALD

Formal dresses with long sleeves are so few and far between, plus combined with the gorgeous colour/shape I'd say this one's in the bag. Well not my bag because I have to spend my moolah on sensible things like a new gate for my backyard (yawn).

Anyway hope you all have a great rest of week!

Until next time...Rose xx.

     



 

Forget Me Not

Helllloo readers! Apologies a thousand times over for leaving such a long pause between posts. Remember my saying Rose and I share many similarities? Sporadic and intermittent blogging is obviously one of them. Rose mentioned in her previous post that I’ve entered my last semester of uni (yaya!) so unfortunately I’ve gotten a little caught with it. Rest assured though that I have not forgotten you. I am very much looking forward to finishing university but as I approach the end of my five years I’m starting to appreciate it a lot more. It’s dawned on me that I will no longer be able to see my friends every day, spend hours lounging in the sun, or have as many days off as I do. I am currently at uni two days this semester, which means for those whose weeks are 5 days working and 2 day weekends, my weeks are in reverse. I know, I know, it’s a hard life!

The ANU Law School. Have spent as much time on the lawns as I have in the building

 The month of August saw my attending ANU’s annual law ball, which is THE event of the university’s social calendar. You may think I’m kidding but I do not jest. Picture an elaborate online ticketing system where tickets sell faster than a one direction concert, and those who miss out offer their kidney in exchange for a ticket. I’ve attended four out five balls in my years at law school, and this was one of my most enjoyable. Beautiful company, lovely food, and a chance to glam-it-up at the Great Hall in Parliament House, what’s not to enjoy? The ball also gave me a chance to break out my Azzedine Alaia pumps, purchased well over a year ago and the apple of my eye (feet). These are my favourite shoes in a prized shoe collection.

I am a regular Cruella De Vil (but not actually!)




Tiramisu cake served at Law Ball, yum! 

Annnd last but not least here’s my take on The Dark Knight Rises as a reply to Rose’ last post. Are we not the best blogging, movie reviewing sisters the internet has ever seen?! Rhetorical question, don’t answer it, not even in your head. I’ll skip the plot summary as my Sis did a fabu job and go straight to the part where I say I freaking loved the movie!! Everybody enjoys a little superhero action but Christopher Nolan is a wonderful director in being able to imbue all three Batman films with a certain darkness, character development, and emotion which takes the movies well beyond your average superhero flick. The Dark Knight Rises does not disappoint, and unlike Rose I enjoyed it just as much as I did its predecessors. I also had an extremely scary nightmare featuring the villain Bane a few nights later, so trust me the thrills, spills, twists and turns are all in there! 

 

 



Until next time,
Lily

Good movies rise again

Hello world!

Rose here. Apologies for the snooze fest on the blogger front of late.

Unfortunately, Lily is in the throes of 'final semester at uni, must get out to the real world as fast as my kitten heels can take me and earn big bucks' mode, while I'm currently in 'OMG winter is ending and all I have is a wardrobe full of oversized jumpers and leggings (my winter uniform) what will I wear in spring?? dooom, doooom'.

Cartoon cat

Real cat*

Anyway to combat such *tragical circumstances, Lily and I have both been to the movies to watch the following. Here’s my take:

Batman- The Dark Knight Rises

Well what can I say, who would have thought a movie about a comic superhero with villains called 'The Penguin', 'The Joker' and wait for it... ‘The Riddler’ (ooooh scaaary) could take such a dark, maudlin and gothic turn in Christopher Nolan's reboot of Batman.

Batman-The Dark Knight Rises takes off after seven years of 'The Bat' in hiding. While Gotham still mourns the death of anti-corruption 'hero' Harvey Dent, with crime in the city at an all time low, there's an almost subdued feeling in the air. And when I say subdued, I actually mean deeply ominous.

Because you see, lurking underneath in the sewers of Gotham is perhaps the most brutish villain of them all. Bane played with appropriate levels of ‘bat crap crazy’ by Tom Hardy is out to destroy the city and its corrupt system of law (which to be fair is kinda seedy) and replace it people power and justice for all...or fascism.

Anyway as we’ve seen many a time in folklore and reality, while ‘people power’ is always a fantabulous idea in theory, without a system of law and order it ends up being as corrupt and chaotic as any other system of governance.

Insert photos of Christian Bale whenever possible

So to cut a long story short (as the movie is a little long) the ultimate battle begins. Will The Dark Knight Rise again and overcome the tragedy of losing his parents and his childhood love Rachel and save Gotham? Or will Bane finally destroy Gotham and turn it into the "utopia" it’s never likely to be?

Well you’ll just have to see it to find out wont you?!

As for my verdict, I freakin loved it. I think Mr Nolan is a genius for illustrating the complex layers that underpin the superhero genre. Take note creators of such classics as The Green Lantern and um Elektra. While not to the same level as The Dark Knight, with Health Ledger’s unbelievably melancholic and intense performance, this is still top class film making. I give it a hearty 4/5.

Oh and I almost forgot to mention, Anne Hathaway is da bomb as ‘badass with a past’ Catwoman, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard and Morgan Freeman are solid and Christian Bale?  Well I'm just waiting for him to realise that being a brooding, handsome and insanely talented/rich  actor is nothing compared to being married to moi....dare to dream.

Anyway with that little gem I now bid you all farewell.

Until next time...Rose xx

*Anne of Green Gables
*Newest addition to the Rose family, "Gibi" the boy ginger cat.