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Oh, lord. The woman loves her doughnuts. Fried ones. *whimper*

Bobby Flay thinks doughnuts are underrated lately. “Everyone is suddenly on a health kick, but doughnuts are a very important part of cuisine, in my book,” he said at the after-party for the new Tracy Letts play, Superior Donuts.
Even the play, about a doughnut shop in Chicago, “gives doughnuts a bad rap,” he said. “Think about it — they’re fried, they’re sweet, they have a fantastic flavor, a great contrast in texture. What’s better than a doughnut? And it goes great with a cup of coffee!”
Could health fiends add a few doughnuts to their diets? “Yeah, just serve it with yogurt,” Flay suggested.
So where do he and his wife, actress Stephanie March, go for a doughnut? “There was this Krispy Kreme that was really 200 yards away from our apartment. I’m sad it’s closed now,” March said. Flay went with a foodier favorite, Doughnut Plant, who catered the party: “They’re really good,” he said. “And they’re fried,” March added. “Let’s not forget they’re fried.”

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/around-town/food-drink/FOODD-Bobby-Flay-Asks-Whats-Better-Than-a-Doughnut-63423157.html

Twitpic by svumac [http://twitpic.com/imrh2]

but I can’t help but love this song. And I think he’s so hott.

Wang Lee Hom’s “Everything”:

*by the by, does anybody know the Engrish equivalent of geli? Not the literal sense of ‘ticklish’… Would ’squeamish’ be even close?

Whateverlah.com wishes Gillian Anderson, who just gets better as the years go by, an awesome 41st birthday.

This songs makes me want to dance like no one’s watching. It’s not quite replacing American Boy as my summer song but close. Very close. Much closer than Love, Sex, Magic.

Me: I don’t think Yasmin Ahmad would like it much that they’re calling her “the director”…

Because, please if you don’t mind, she is so much more than a director. I aspire to her levels of living a life brimmed with joie de vivre and an unswerving faith in god, this world, and being Malaysian.

Yasmin Ahmad was buried early this afternoon. The Malaysian Insider has a report from the funeral.

The Star has been posting tributes to the story teller sent in from around the world.

The New Straits Time carries the obituary.

In the final entry of her blog, published just four days ago, Yasmin posted a piece by Puccini from his Turandot which she was hoping to use in her latest project, “Wasurenagusa”. It’s rather ironic then, to learn that Puccini died before he could complete Turandot. I don’t have a point, I’m just moping..

Ending this with an interview she gave on July 21st, 2009:

Happy birthday to Stephanie March. May you be showered with plenty of tequila today. Hopefully, literally; and hopefully with photographic proof. One can hope.

And, um, also happy birthday to the Prime Minister.

And, and.. happy 19th birthday to Dan Radcliffe, who gets better looking with every HP movie.

Let’s start off with a quote from instant messaging…

me:
I have a crush on Movie Harry Potter
so cute!

PpFt:
ah, *now* you have a crush on Movie Harry Potter

me:
well yea..
i dont do underage okay

I’m going to preface this little rambling by saying that I need to watch the movie a second time to really see where I stand.

[SPOILER WARNING]

For now, there are hits and misses but overall the movie was enjoyable if rather clunky for whatever reason.

Biggest hits:

- the three main stars are getting so much better in their roles. I genuinely enjoyed the comedy and the interplay this time rather than rolling my eyes at contrived efforts in the other movies before.

- randomly, everything will come together and a scene would be so perfect that I have no words for it. These scenes make me glow with warmth inside. The Quidditch scenes in HBP does this for me.

- Dan Radcliffe in the Felix Felicis scenes – GOLD!

Biggest misses:

- uh.. talk about dialing in your performances. They might as well have CGI’ed Robbie Coltrane into this one for all the acting he did.

- the WTF scene of Bellatrix attacking the burrows. Someone explain the point of this and maybe I won’t be so unhappy about it. And believe me, I am plenty unhappy about this and the camera work is but only one reason.

-my biggest, and i mean HUGEST sore point about this movie is Draco and the vanishing cabinet. I really wish I could find someone who’s never read the book but has only seen the movies and ask them what they thought was the point of him working so hard on the frakkin cupboard for. To smuggle Bellatrix and the two unnamed death eaters in and…. witness his almost-killing of Dumbledore?? WTF? My friend who accompanied me to watch the movie suggested that they cut the entire Hogwarts battle out of the movie because it would be too similar to the one in Book 7. Okay, fair. But in doing so they’ve made Draco’s scenes – being all emo in the Room of Requirement – POINTLESS. And that really chaps my ass. *deep breaths*

- I’m going to say it might be because I’m tired but I felt that visually the movie wasn’t as cohesive. I felt like I was in different worlds even while in Hogwarts the whole time. Even the muggle world was whacked. Loved the opening to Order of the Phoenix way better.

Random appreciation:

- Rupert Grint is just gold throughout.

- PpFt pointed out that the Lav-Won-Won in the movie is not as geli as the book. Agreed.

- McGonagall and the Weasley Twins – always awesome and needed more screen time.

Still looking for my blogging mojo.

In the meantime here’s Stephanie March and Mariska Hargitay at the Gracie’s. Crappy interview. But man, Stephanie should get an NRA membership for those guns she’s sporting. Like whoah!

STEPHANIE MARCH IS GOING TO STAY WITH SVU

Ausiello just broke the news that apparently Miss March has signed on to appear for at least 10 episodes next season! (In the other episodes, she’ll be stuck in traffic)

At least? C’MON. Gimme Cabot 24/7/365. You know we like it!

Yes. Yesyesyesyesyes. YES!

*girlie scream*

*happy snoopy dance*

(This means Operation Keep Alex Cabot has met its objective. I could cry.)

Stephanie March pic spam! After the jump because I’m considerate like that.

 
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The episode Zebras in a nutshell, on AIM earlier:

Me: I’m going to teach that bitch to ride the subway
she thinks her blue blooded ass is too good for a subway seat

D: lol

Me: i’ll show her
ALEX FUCKING CABOT
YOU RIDE A SUBWAY WHEN THEY NEED YOUR KICK ASS BUTT

D: I think I fell in love with Liz

Me: oh welcome to teh family

D: you didnt hear that

Me: actually, we’re grieving the loss of Ryan

So. Amanda Green? What do I have to do to get you to write most if not all of season 11? Because… I realise the show is unsalvageable but it’d be great if the series didn’t implode in itself. You know I think you rock – I even concurred on Twitter with Mick Betancourt when he said you are the shit! 

I’m sorry you had to write with Dan Truly, but for the most part Zebras was a good story. You (and Truly) even made me feel sorry for Bing Bang Bong Boy. But only juuust a little since he killed Ryan O. Where am I going to get my tech luvin now?

And Alex Cabot was stuck in traffic and couldn’t make it to arraignment court to duke it out with Liz Donnelly? Much sadness there, let me tell you. I’m still waiting on my Liz/Alex showdown.

Next season, people. It’s a small chance… because silly Dick will probably want a new ADA. FAIL. But here’s a scenario that could happen – the DA will promote Cabot to Sex Crimes Bureau Chief and I can enjoy the moments where she schools the new ADA. Yea. I could totally live with that. Leave me to my delusions.

(so what the hell, y’all – go sign the Keep Stephanie March / Alex Cabot on SVU Petition. Sheesh.)

Would be too much to make a montage to this song. So just… enjoy it as is.

Mick Betancourt, a writer on SVU, is on twitter answering questions. Someone asked him if he wrote ‘Zebras’ the SVU season finale and he replied:

@bubbleguru this episode was written by Amanda Green and Dan Truly. Two really great writers – and I’m not just saying that

Well, first of all.. Mr. Betancourt wrote episodes like ‘Fight’ aka ChesterLakeFail back in season 9. His credits this season includes ‘Wildlife’ and ‘Snatched’ and the measles episode, ‘Selfish’. So of course he’d say Amanda Green is a great writer.

But did you shriek in terror like I did when you realized Daniel Truly is going to be partly responsible for the finale? Oh god. Ohgodohgodohgod. Daniel Teen Pregnancy Asshat Astronaut Crazy Birdie Truly.

Help us, Obiwan Kenobi! You’re our only hope!

On 30th April, I said:

- there’s something really fishy about bingbangbongboy’s role
- I have a theory: he’s the killer in the finale.

And now, watch the trailer to SVU’s 10th season finale…

The voice that says “I didn’t want to have to hurt you too,” has GOT to be BingBangBongBoy.

Granted, it doesn’t take alot to figure that a random insertion of a semi-recurring character this late in the season always seems fishy.

Hah. As I said in an email earlier: “How sick is it that I’m excited to see the ep? Damn the trailers. I know it lies and yet I want to believe the lies.”