My Abandonment Of The Blogosphere...

My actions have been totally unforgivable. I'm an outrage. I'm a disgrace. I don't deserve to be part of the blogosphere. I really don't.

But it had to be done, I assure you all! School is killing me a bit at the moment and...well, school is killing me a bit at the moment. I HAD NO CHOICE!

I promise you, dear blog, I will return. Find you, love you, marry you...I'm quoting Atonement again, aren't I? Scrap that. Um...basically, I will be blogging regularly again very soon.

I MISS YOU, BORN IN THE WRONG DECADE!



I leave you with this, just because it has been stuck in my head for all of eternity. Enjoy!

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Steve McQueen)!

Happy birthday, Mr. McQueen!

'I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.'

 

Quote Of The Day!

Courtesy of the lovely Lauren Bacall!

'I am not a has-been. I am a will be.'
 

Quote Of The Day!

This one from Gary Cooper made me giggle:

'The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all.'

Presenting Alfred Hitchcock!

My tribute to Alfie Hitch! Enjoy!

PS-I apologise if you live in Germany and attempt to watch this. It will never work. We may never know why.

Quote Of The Day!

From Jean Seberg (a lady whose hair amazes me):

'Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything.' 

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Birthday, Michael Caine)!

Michael Caine is The Man, alongside Gregory Peck. YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BLOW THE BLOODY DOORS OFF!

'Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.'

Michael is such a cool guy! Happy birthday!

Cool spectacles.

   

The Black Rose...

This is inspired by Erté's painting, The Black Rose, even though the roses in the set are quite obviously NOT black!

Quote Of The Day!

From the brilliant Etta James!

'My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.'

 

For some reason every time I read an Etta quote I hear her sing it instead of say it...

Quote Of The Day!

From Bob Dylan:

'A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.'

 

It's A Very Very Mod World!

My tribute to the mod culture! Enjoy!

Quote Of The Day!

From Nat King Cole:


'I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.'

 

Quote Of The Day (and Happy Belated Birthday, Jean Harlow)!

*pops up from behind sofa* I'm late again, aren't I? Oh dear. I can't keep up! I shall get back to blogging (properly!) at the weekend, I promise!


'I was not a born actress. No one knows it better than I. If I had any latent talent, I have had to work hard, listen carefully, do things over and over and then over again in order to bring it out.' 

Happy birthday, Jean!

I'm a wee bit in love with this photo!

RIP Jane Russell

No doubt she will be missed greatly. A brilliant quote from her, which I shall certainly use in future:

'The music these kids play nowadays, it`s nothing but screaming and pounding drums! You can`t hear the words, and that`s just as well, because the words stink!'