Buttercupchappati Chronicles

a new one

Two thousand and eleven, a year well launched with friends and family, laughter, dancing, singing, momo's, Texas chili, margaritas and The Rocky Horror Picture Show on dvd.

I suspect the horror part was all of us doing the time warp some time around midnight, but anyway...

It was cozy - and that is one of my main words for this coming year. I want to snuggle in and read, study, work, create, be myself; with occasional outings for travel where I do all that, just in a different place.

Key words for 2011:

reflection

meditation

mantra

reading

study

music - really listening, not just playing in the background

healing - myself and my patients

art

writing

solitude

gratitude

poetry

a dharma year
a catching up year
a year where I return to Amdo - always!
a year where I say hello to myself, everyday

well - resolution comes from resolve, so let's just see.
Intention is everything, I tell everyone else that! Best listen to my own awesome advice.

Happy new year everyone!
Peaceful, safe, prosperous and brilliant.

I am going to marry Johnny Depp when I grow up.

Although our time together won't be spent watching re-runs of "Public Enemies".

We just got back from this movie outing. And while I enjoyed it, I can't say it was great. If you are a fan of guns, 1930's cars and free-style hand-held camera action you will be a happy little earth monkey. If like me you are a fan of JD, it's worth the visit for his gorgeousness and his acting. 

I am not a fan of Christian Bale so that left me a little cold. Very happy to see the fabulous David Wenham however small his screen time was. (Yay for gorgeous Australian actors storming Hollywood!) 

I think the director and the screenwriter should have decided whether it was going to be a psychological thriller - second half of the movie, or a shooting, fast car getaway, gangster type adventure - first part of the movie.

Marion Cotillard is so very beautiful (Dillingers girlfirend), and she gets to kiss my future husband. Hhmmppff!

The males of the household enjoyed it but were kind of under-whelmed at the same time. Mood much improved by pizza afterwards.

eye candy

The Darjeeling Limited

the Darjeeling Limited

PRS and I took ourselves off to the movies last night to see this.
Really whimsical and quirky and funny!
Maude and El Cid had already been, and as we are all India junkies, we always try and get to anything that will makes us laugh, smile and feel a little homesick for this crazy, addictive place.

The movie is fun, not as much India flavour as we would have liked, but a great film, I really enjoyed it.
Even, due to my new health program, without popcorn. Salt is the new evil in my life, apparently....

Very bizzare seeing Jason Schwartzman in this role after watching him in Marie Antoinette just the day before!

I was captivated by the brothers, so many films of late have been about sisters. In fact the female content is small and the two most predominant ones are like bookends at the start and the end of the film. Although they, and one other who we never really see, flavour the story-line.

Fun. Warm. Happy. Love the ongoing gag about Indian pharmaceuticals!