January 2011

I am hopeless when it comes to tv series and I follow way too many. Just a couple of days ago the new episode of Gossip Girl came out, now it´s a new episode of the Vampire Diaries!!!! I love it! :cool: Since the winter can be long, dark and depressing sometimes it´s even more important to have something to keep you busy with. We´re staying in tonight and our plan is to go through lots of tv series and movies instead of going out.

Click the image below to get to the video of the newest episode of the Vampire Diaries

If you havent heard about The Vampire Diaries before:

“The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural drama-horror television series developed by Kevin Williamson, based on the book series of the same name by L. J. Smith. The series follows the events in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, a fictional small town haunted by supernatural beings. The main focus of the series is the love triangle between the female protagonist Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and two vampire brothers with dark pasts. Later the light is thrown on the mysterious past of the town revolving Elena’s malevolent doppelgänger Katherine who seeks revenge against the town, the brothers and Elena.” – Wikipedia

These are the main characters of the tv serie:

I´v e also recently discovered another tv-serie called Pretty Little Liars which reminds me a lot of Gissip Girl, but maybe a little bit younger and without the nice clothes. James calles it “the result of Dawsons Creek meeting Gossip Girl” and shakes his head.. But it is entertaining and I am really looking forward to the next episode as it´s really exciting at this point.

Click the image below to get to the episodes, and make sure you click the ones from megavideo as that is the quickest one ;)

“Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family. The series follows the lives of Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario), Hanna Marin (Ashley Benson), Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale), and Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell), four girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee,Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse). One year later, they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure using the name “A” who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.” -Wikipedia

What tv series are you following?

The bikini season seems to start way earlier in Monaco than I´m used to and I figured I needed to do something with this not-so-fit-anymore-body of mine. I used to be a dancer some years ago and work out often but there hasn´t been much in the way of working for the past couple of years and especially not since I moved to Monaco where everything is so close and I dont get to do all the walking that I did in Norway. Yesterday I went shopping for new workout gear from Nike to give myself a little boost of confidence. Of course I found clothes that matched my shoes which I´m overly excited about. Yes, I´m a typical girl that way..

The real reason for this sudden urge to get fit is because when we went bowling on sunday I got sore on one side of my bottom half way through and I actually still have problems walking which means that there is a serious need for me to start getting active again. I got up at 07:00 today to go jogging with a friend of mine. Jogging is something I´ve always found quite boring, but then again it is effective. It was not a very good start for me, as I hadn’t gotten much sleep last night. I was lying in bed lost in thought as sometimes happens. But there will never be a good time to start again anyway so better just to jump into it!

Meh.. I don´t know if I should have as I nearly fainted when home was finally back in sight. Note to self: Bring water next time! When I finally got home I felt much better and did some push-ups and a hula hoop workout to finish off. Much more interesting than running I´d say! I guess it´s all in the mix.. Anyway, at least I have started and it feels great!!

Sporting some of my new gear … :cool: :kissing:

The hula hoop is from Casall and works great as it weighs 2 kg. It takes some time for your body to get used to it and you get some interesting bruises at the beginning, but after that you don´t feel anything. And it´s fun too! :)

Do you have any advice on jogging for me?? Do you go running with your water bottle?

I love to look at what the celebrities are wearing on the red carpet and pretend that I am a knowledgable critic, a lot like I also do when going to the cinema whilst watching new movie trailers. Come on, we all do it ;) Anyway, here is my opinion on the best and worst dressed:

Best three:

1. Angelina Jolie reminds me of a fairy queen in a wonderland in her emerald green Atelier Versace. I love the puffs on the arms and the fact that she only has simple earrings and no other jewellery and lets the dress take care of the sparkling. Stunning!

2. Olivia Wilde looks like a princess straight out of a Disney movie with her Marchesa gown. I simply adore the dress!! I can´t see her nails, but it would be amazing if she had gradient nailpolish from black to sparkles as her dress. Kind of like in this picture, but with black instead.

3. Catherine Zeta Jones look as beautiful and regal as always, also in a gorgeous green colour. Her textured gown is from Monique Lhuillier.

The ones that almost made it to the top:

Newly single Eva Longori looks smashing in her Zac Posen gown. Who would´ve thought that she´s gone through a hard break up??

The pretty Glee-actress with the rediculously long eyelashes, Dianna Agron looks gorgeous in this pale J.Mendel dress. She pairs the dress beautifully with her hair and makeup as well. Stunning!

Mila Kunis looks fabulous in her emerald green gown from Vera Wang who are known for their amazing wedding dresses.

Also newly single Scarlett Johannsson is as good as she can get in her Elle Saab. I love how the shape of the dress falls beautifully around her curves.

Worst:

Oh my, I don´t even know where to start with these. Some of these women are gorgeous and it makes me truly sad that they end up looking horrible because of the wrong choice of dress.

Helena Boham Carter reminds me of a scarecrow in this… piece… from Vivienne Westwood. The mismatching shoe thing she has going on isn´t very inspirational either. You stand out though Helena, good for you!

Little miss Kelly Osbourne, who recently lost a huge amount of weight, looks more like Cruella De Vil in this gown from Zac Posen.

Jennifer Lopez´s dress from Zuhair Murad just looks amazingly cheap. Her silver eyeshadow doesn´t really help her much either.

Christina Aguilera.. meh. It´s just horrible. She is wearing the second dress from Zuhair Murad on my worst list. Not a great night for Zuhair Murad in my opinion.

Heidi Klum just disappoints in her Marc Jacobs. What was she thinking??

What do you think? Do you agree with my opinion of the stars?

After a heavy friday night out with friends, we woke up late and decided that the best cure would be good food and fresh air. The natural choice was a little place called Cabanon, a little hut in Cap D´ail which sits on the edge of a small peninsula which does fantastic rustic home cooked food.

Here are some pictures of our hang over cure:

Tonight we´re staying in and having fun playing buzz and making google translate say things, it´s just way more hilarious than I ever expected it to be!

What is your favorite hangover cure?