"Twenty-nine different attributes, only seven that you like" -Julian Casablancas

This is to share seven of my favorite stuff.

1- I'll start of with an excellent TV series called Dark Shadows that I've been watching lately. It's a gothic soap opera from the mid 60's that features vampires, witches, time machines and all that jazz. It's over a thousand episodes, so I only watch the ones that involve vampires. If you've watched The Vampire Dairies on CW or have read the book, you'll see where the writers of that show/book get their ideas. And wait till you here this, the main vampire's name is Barnabas Collins... Collins! ring a bell? There's also a short lived remake of only the vampire's story that was aired in 1991, which I think is also good but definitely not as good. It was on for only 12 episodes.

2- Dior Hydraction Tinted is my current favorite cosmetic product. I'm not usually up to date with these things, but this is an item that could be useful to many people. It's essentially facial moisturizer that is tinted, which works as an immediate skintoner, so it's a great substitute for skin foundation and/or powder. And that's not all, it also works as sun block with SPF 20! Very natural look, and very, very useful.

3- If you treat your hair like I do and you abuse it by frequently dying it, blow drying etc etc then Aussie Miracle Moist hair conditioner is the product for you. I treat my hair so bad; if my scalp could leave me and run off with someone else's head, it would leave in a second. So sometimes it looks awfully too dry and this is the only conditioner that's ever worked for me when my hair was acting out. Problem is, I got it from the UK and I don't know if it's available in many places. The one that's sold in the states (comes in a purple bottle) is no good, and it's coconut scented. Bleh!

4- Since we're still talking appearances, my top favorite clothing lines are Marc by Marc Jacobs and Alexander Mcqueen. The first is quirky and playful, the other super edgy. Both very far from normality.

MARC

These are two of items I have by Mcqueen

5- Organic almond butter, berry jam, and fresh, sliced strawberries in toasted whole wheat bread --best sandwich ever! And if it's for breakfast, then I'll also have a mix of fresh blueberries and raspberries in a bowl of vanilla yogurt --best breakfast ever!

6- No fav list by Seuss would be complete without a book recommendation. The book I am favoriting is not the most brilliantly written nor intellectually stimulating book I've ever read. It's a short, simple book that had a deep impact on me, and it's called The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. When I started reading it last month, I was waiting in the car for my mother while she was at a doctor's oppointment, and I had a mixed CD playing. Sitting like that made me realize how much I felt I related to the protagonist, even though I'm certainly no genius. It was a very emotional book and it hit me where it hurt.

7- And I'll end this with a song. I don't think I believe in favorite songs, since I like different songs in different ways, but I've always believed that The Strokes' Heart in a Cage (album version here and live version here) is one of the best songs ever written, musically speaking. This is my idea of an excellent song, in which every element stands out and hits hard. The guitar riff at the beginning and middle, the way the sharp drumming is used as transition to each part, and then the heart-melting vocals make it superb. Julian Casablancas writes all their music. Everything from guitar solos, bass lines, drums and lyrics, which is why he is one musical genius. He says it best when he sings, "I've got music coming out of my hands and feet and kisses." I saw him on his solo tour a couple of weeks ago with Mochness and he was great live. Although, I didn't think his album was as great as any of the music he writes with The Strokes.