La Vie En Curlsz » Movies and TV http://www.curlsz.com Life, Laughs and Lunacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 TED Prize, Can Art Change the World? http://www.curlsz.com/ted-prize http://www.curlsz.com/ted-prize#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:36:39 +0000 curlsz http://www.curlsz.com/?p=383 Not sure if you know about TED or the TED prize (technology education design), but you can catch TED Talks on Hulu Plus. I love it, it’s very interesting and informative. Bringing people from various walks of life to an audience in a semi lecture format to discuss their “wish”, those that win the TED prize have done something that has impacted the world greatly and are awarded a prize along with $100,000 and a chance to fulfill their wish. The wishes deal with something that if given grand resources they would like to see blank happen in the world.

A few weeks ago a French street artist named JR won for his global effort to level the playing field through photography. His “wish” is to use art to change the world. He goes to various countries and posts giant photos on walls, sort of a photography graffiti, the purpose, to make people look up…pay attention…and most importantly ask questions.

One instance is where he wanted to show people of Palestine and Israel that they aren’t so different. For instance he went into Palestine and Israel, took photos of Israelis and took photos of Palestinians…doing the same jobs. So they went into various cities of Palestine and Israel posting a photo of a Palestinian and an Israeli doing the same job (ie two taxi cab drivers, or two cooks)  on each wall and asked the people to tell them which was which. Of course they couldn’t. The point being we are all just people, we decide what makes us different and are our differences worth fighting over?

So that’s an example of that he does. The photos create quite a buzz in every city he goes into. And they are great photos, I mean the kind that really get your attention. They did some really cool things with them including posting on a train. Well watch the video to see what I mean.

]]> http://www.curlsz.com/ted-prize/feed 0 Sick Woman’s Guide to Sanity http://www.curlsz.com/sick-womans-guide-to-sanity http://www.curlsz.com/sick-womans-guide-to-sanity#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:58:33 +0000 curlsz http://www.curlsz.com/?p=349 Like most right now I’ve been sick. Most people aren’t pleasant when they’re sick so I’ll not make the cliche excuses for my behavior, suffice it to say it’s best that I’m left alone in my cave. Which is fine because my cave is one of the most pleasant places to be even when I’m not sick. I have made sure that my bedroom, cave, has all the comforts I should ever need…minus the mini fridge, I haven’t gone quite that far.

So during a week coughing, sneezing and blowing wasn’t the most fun, it could have been worse. I made several fantastic discoveries and new favorites and was able to indulge in some old favorites as well. For me a sick woman’s guide included.

Old Favorites Like…

Basically a fruit smoothie without having to stand in line and wait for it to be made, wonderful treat and old favorite.

Was nice to drive through and stock up, no cooking necessary.

Tom Yum Gai is THE comfort food for the sick, no chicken noodle nasty please and thank you. The lemon grass and spices are perfect.

The fourth in one of my favorite historical fiction series, this one takes place in Istanbul Turkey. I have a personal love for that city and Alexander nailed it. It’s also fun to follow favorite authors on Twitter because I was able to tell her so, and she responded…swoon

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I love my Roku, steaming Hulu, Netflix and Pandora is a sick woman’s angel.

New Favorites Like…

This by far helped more than anything else.

I stumbled upon this series on Netflix. FANTASTIC. I love the characters and the drama within a English household in 1912. It’s a good balance between the lives of the family and the servants. Season 2 will be filmed this spring, and I’m sad there were only 7 episodes in season 1.

This was  free book on Nook’s free Friday’s. I took a chance and am glad I did. It’s the story of William Marshall, an historical fiction account of his life based on a biography his oldest son had done after Marshall died. William Marshall served King Henry II, Henry III, King Richard and King John. It spans 1167 -1197. Highly recommend for history buffs. (Elizabeth Chadwick). I’m currently reading the sequel which is also fantastic, spanning 1197-1221

Sable

Tango

Being the weather has warmed up, we’ve all taken advantage of the windows. It’s easy to be lazy when you have the laziest partners in crime. Occasionally they would move, but just to stretch or yawn. Very serene.

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Rubicon, Intro Episode

Wanna watch?

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