Ratner Directing "God Of War"...

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Director Brett Ratner will direct a feature adaptation of the Sony Computer Entertainment video game "God of War" for Universal Pictures.

Premise of the game, set in ancient Greece, follows the battles of the warrior 'Kratos', who tackles mythological beasts including 'Medusa', 'Cyclops' and the 'Hydra', with players guiding Kratos on his quest to find 'Pandora's Box' and destroy 'Ares', the god of war.

Created by David Jaffe and Shannon Studstill, the game was released for PlayStation 2 March 2005, with a sequel released March 2007 and a prequel released March 2008.

A third title is currently in development for PlayStation 3...



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A-Hem!

... as in: Asymmetric Hem! We’ve become accustomed to the one-shoulder look; now it’s time for a whole new asymmetry! Hems have gone haywire, and the effect is magnificently uneven!

At right: Anne Hathaway in Atelier Versace

At left: A.F. Vandevorst Spring 2009 - CC adores the uneven lace hem!

Photo credits: Ms. Hathaway, courtesy instyle.com.
Runway photos via style.com except where noted otherwise.

Aquascutum
Christopher Kane
Duyos, via vogue.es
Jil Sander
Nina Ricci
Sportmax, via nymag.com
Adam
Luella
Michael Kors
Atsuro Tayama courtesy telegraph.co.uk
VPL
Oscar de la Renta
Rick Owens, via nytimes.com
WHAT TO BUY:
For beginners: an asymmetric hem sweater, like this Vivienne Westwood Red Label oversized cable cardigan, available at net-a-porter.com.
For the adventurous – CC loves asymmetric hem skirts because they allow a gal to show a bit of leg without crossing the line into trampy…
At left: Chloé Wanderlust asymmetric floral skirt; this and next at net-a-porter.com.
Vivienne Westwood Red Label new basic draped skirt
Gary Graham Secretary shirting skirt. Visit lagarconne.com.
For advanced fashionistas: the asymmetric hem dress.
At right: Jenni Kayne swing tank dress.
Left: Alice + Olivia structured collar tweed dress; both at shopbop.com.
Roksanda Ilincic asymmetric color block frock - it doesn't get any pinker than this! This and next five frocks available at net-a-porter.com.

Rue du Mail asymmetric velvet dress
Roksanda Ilincic square drape dress
Vivienne Westwood Red Label crepe jersey corset dress
Alexander McQueen satin one-shoulder dress
Roksanda Ilincic coral drape tank dress - CC loves the bold color accents on this one!

Will you be wearing the a-hem trend??

Purpose of Tattoo

Tattoos have served as rites of passage, marks of status and rank, symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, sexual lures and marks of fertility, pledges of love, punishment, amulets and talismans, protection, and as the marks of outcasts, slaves and convicts. The symbolism and impact of tattoos varies in different places and cultures, sometimes with unintended

Angel Wings Tattoos

Angel Wings Tattoos

Welcome To The Poorhouse

How much did you lose yesterday?
Me? Not much.
While the stock market crashed more than 700 points on news of there being no agreement for a Federally funded bail-out of America's banking system, I just stayed about the same - financially speaking.
You see, I'm probably the third poorest person on the Internet. While my home and rental units and farm are fully paid for, I have no stocks, bonds or treasury bills.

I used to gamble a little too much when I lived on the West Coast. I liked roulette. It had the worst odds but the biggest pay-outs.
If I took $3,000 to Caesar's and played roulette and kept winning and winning until I had $15,000 and then walked away from the table and cashed out, I would have made a $12,000 profit. But, had I stayed at the tables and lost back $11,000 of my winnings - I wouldn't have lost $11,000, I would have made $1,000.
So don't panic. Your profit is just smaller than it was a few days ago.
Just keep doing what you're doing. It's okay to spend money, just don't waste it.
Buy what you need and then buy some of what you're going to need and save the rest.
How many Armani suits do you really need?
If I was a real sucker, I would spend another $20,000 to try to win the $11,000 back - but would have only put myself deeper in debt.
Wall Street speculators are the REAL suckers, in this case.
Now they want you to buy a bunch of chips that they don't really have.


Don't worry, you won't be living like this.
Say that everyone had to sell their house to buy another smaller house. If you now live in a 5,000sq.ft. home you may only have a 3,000sq.ft. home this time next year. If you live in a mansion, you may have to move to that 5,000sq.ft. home next year.
But because no one will be buying homes next year, the borrower market will dry up and banks will be selling homes at a lower price. You may end up making money on the deal in the long run.

The odd thing is; we believe everything that the Government tells us. When the market was under performing - they said that we should save our money. Too many people saved their money and the products, goods and services that we were producing and providing weren't selling. So then the Government said that we should shop our way out of a recession. They even made it too easy to spend money that many didn't have.
College students were given credit cards on campuses just for signing their names. Every department store would give you a small gift just for taking their cards. Sub-prime mortgages were pushed on people who either qualified for a standard loan or who shouldn't have qualified for a gas station card.

I had a lot of friends who wanted me to invest in a pyramid scheme. The problem was that something had to be sold (of the approximate value of the money spent) to make it appear legal. I made a list of ten reasons not to invest in a pyramid (And who could put a price on these wise tips?), made copies and sold that as part of the multi-level-marketing scheme. After I set the people in place, I walked away. You see, I couldn't invest in something that I knew that someone was going to be screwed. Many of my friends got stuck somewhere in the middle of these schemes and got nothing and some got paid. After a while, they did away with the pamphlet (Dummies, two went to jail. The pamphlet was the loophole.)
Anyway the way to get paid is to find a few bigger suckers than yourself and get them to buy your shares until they find bigger suckers to take their place until the whole thing crashes.
This is what happened in our banking industry. The suckers ran out. Congress seems to have actually noticed that we were being the suckers all along.


Am I worried?
Nah, you see...I care nothing about race, gender, religion etc. . I only care that a person is good. I only care that a person strives to do the right thing when that thing is needed. My crew will look out for each other.
If we just keep working and place more value on the things that really matter to us, only the selfish and greedy get screwed in the end.
As I wrote, in an earlier post (hurricane), good people come together in bad situations.
The guy that used to whizz by you in a leased Maybach will probably be working at the local Wal-Mart trying to sell you his Rolex so that he can by groceries. If you were humble and smart, you probably have been living within your means. You have money to spend and assets that are paid for.

If no one is buying gold, gold has no value. You can't eat gold. If someone is not used to having to hustle, they're stuck. People who can hustle (not cheat others - but work hard) will be worth more than some schemer who can't work.

As far as I'm concerned, we'll end up having to pay for their mistakes anyway. Maybe we should let them get down in the dirt too, to clean up the mess that they made.


(photos; Roulette - Fotosearch, Depression - FDR Library)

But some of my best friends are gay!

One of my younger brothers, who works in the adult film industry, is gay.
I've dated (well... done) some female strippers who turned out to be Bi.
I know a lot of gay guys and lesbians.
I like Ellen and Porsia (Rosie, not so much...).
Hey what you want to do in your home is your business.

I just don't see it. I can't see what a man could see in another man.
But I could understand if, say... Jessica Biel and Stacey Dash hooked-up. That would be one You-Tube video that I might actually watch. They're both hot so I could see the attraction.

In any other year, the Gay Marriage Bill in California (Proposition 8) would be getting a lot of press. (But we actually have issues that effect most of us this year - in a more direct manner.)

Derrick has written a piece;
http://derrickswindow.blogspot.com/
To which I would like to respond.

I'm not in favor of gay marriage. I no longer live in California so I can't vote on the bill. So in essence, my opinion doesn't really matter.

If a man and a woman get married at a courthouse, society views the Civil Union with the same credibility as it would a church marriage (my friend ErickA's argument) .
If a Muslim is married according to Muslim customs - even churches, who don't have the same belief system, view the marriage as a Holy Marriage (Angry African's point).
Even I view both marriages as real marriages.
So my moral beliefs get put in check with logical arguments.

When Mildred and Richard Loving won their Supreme Court case against Virginia, the wording in the opinion stated;
"Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man', fundamental to our very existence and survival..."
"Basic civil rights of man"... . Damn, there goes my legal argument too.

If the bill passes in California, could churches that disapprove of gay marriage be sued for discrimination?
Does protecting one's interpreted rights become more important than those actually stated in our Bill of Rights?

I'm a Christian but not a very good one. When I go to church, I sit in the back - with the rest of the sinners.
I think that the purpose of religion is to help us to rule over ourselves and not to rule over or oppress others.
My belief system teaches me that gay marriage is wrong.
My feelings tell me that gay marriage just doesn't make sense.
But as the writer of the article referred to states, "If you don't like gay marriage, don't marry a gay!"
Okay, I won't but you can.

Mildred Loving, on the 40th anniversary of Loving v., stated;
"I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the feeling, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all.
That's what Loving, and loving, are all about".

While I still can't support (vote in favor of) gay marriage, I have no real argument as to why.
What do you think?

Answer For 2nd Picture

Short Note: I'd been struggling the whole night fixing my computer. A sudden blackout occurred. Sigh... I've to re-edit my photos again in this morning. But don't worry. Everything is ok now. Enjoy my trip in XXXXX.... :P


Good morning my friend. How are you today?
Sorry for the delay of my post. There was a sudden blackout last night while I was editing my photos. UUhhh..... why it happened while I was half way finishing my job? Eeeerrrrr.... Should I be angry? Well, it's ok. I should be happy for the incident because I had allowed myself to sleep early. Right now, I'm energetic and ready to rock my blog!

Lol......

So, anybody wanna make their last guess on my guessing games?
Where is this place?


From this picture, I believe you are aware of 3 main objects.
A tower, an oval shape object and a familiar car. Well, where is it?



Emmmm.....
Could it be the KL Tower? No no.... it is not in Malaysia..
How about the 101 Tower (Taiwan)?
Kyoto Tower (Japan)?

What about the car? It looks so much like a local car- Kenari.
But where are these egg shaped objects come from?


Let's hear from curryegg.com's readers.
Wwweeeeeeeee!

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# 1st detective - Nester

"I am not much of a travel guy but i think the empty egg skeleton look like some where in smart tunnel" (I only imaging, if our smart tunnel look like that i must have been missing a lot lately *grin*)

# 2nd detective - Joshuatly

"i dont think it is in KL..."

# 3rd detective - anymous

"perhaps in Thailand?"

# 4th detective - 3point8

"Hmmm...second pic. That car closest looks like a proton made car. and the van, is only something we can see in a not so rich asian country... Is that place in spore?"

# 5th detective - the one who never give up in trying - 闇X7

a) First answer: "Somewhere in KL? (-o-)\...?"
b) Second answer: "Is it somewhere in Europe?"
c)Third answer: "Somewhere in China? Macau? Caz the tower seems like Macau Tower but since when Macau Tower is surrounded by egg shaped buildings?" ;p


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Eeemmm..... Look like my 5 talented detectives are trying their best in guessing my photo. Well, sorry to say that, there is only one 'winner' in this games. Sigh... sorry guys. So, who are the lucky winner? Let me proudly present you, the one and only one...

闇X7

Lolx.... Congratulation!!!!!
What a lucky guy who managed to post in his answer before I woke up this morning. Haha.. I guess you have found out my previous posts on my Macau trip, right??

Oops.. Did I just say Macau?
Yup. It's in Macau and the tower is called the Macau Tower. Read my previous post on Macau Tower if you haven't. Click here.


It was raining cats and dogs during in my last day in Macau. It rained the whole day and I was trapped in the bus. Luckily, the bus driver was so kind, willing to travel around the town for us to have a look.

*touched*

Instead of sitting quietly in the bus, as usual, curryegg will spend most of the time, holding her camera and captured every valuable moment. Can you see the drops of rain water in some of the pictures? Take it as a proof that I was really in the bus. Lolx..



Well, about this giant eggs, they are the decoration in that particular area. I didn't get the chance to have a closer look since I was in the bus and the rain was like - Oh my God! Somehow, I have to make this confession, that the Eggs are not located near the Macau Tower. In fact, they are quite far. That's mean, the photo is just a trick for the eyes.. Hehehe... :P

Okok...
Don't angry k?
Curryegg has prepared some of the photos for you.



There are 3 main bridges in Macau and this is one of them. Each of them has different designs.



I guess we were a little lucky because the rain stopped when we were in the town. As a result, we managed to dropped by this famous historical wall. Well, it was a building hundreds of year ago. But right now, it left only the wall.



Ruins of St.Paul's, the façade of what was originally the Cathedral of St. Paul built in 1602.


Before we managed to snap a few more photos in the place, again, it rained. Sigh... why oh why? I just want a few more photos, can't I Mr. Rain? Sob...

Sadly, we left the place, wet and soaked.
"I don't wanna go home with nothing in my stomach. I'm cold and hungry!".




I guess God had heard my whisper. The rain stopped again when I reached a shop call Bossini. Thank God! Really thank... *smile*


So, I managed to snap a few more photos around the area. There are lot of shops which sell clothes and sourveniors.


There are lot of old buildings as well.

And I managed to snap a photo at a big lotus pond. Yeah! Lucky me... :D


Before I settled down in a restaurant for lunch, I had spotted something familiar.. Something.. something... Oh! Starbucks Coffee in ancient building. Wow! I guess the coffee must taste nice in there.


Well, my family and I didn't have lunch in there. Instead, we had our meal in....

Pa-da-pap-pap-pa...
I'm loving it!


Yes. We had our lunch in McDonald. At first, I was surprised when Kirro took us to McD. I was tired of fast food and I didn't wanna have any fast food when I was in foreign country. Enough for me to have them in Malaysia. Somehow, Kirro managed to convinced us to have McD in Macau.

The main reason is because of...



*oink*
*oink*

There was pork burger in McD! Ahwwwwwwww....
It was my first time having something non-halal in McD. Am I dreaming? Lol... And it tasted superb with sweet sour source on the grilled pork. Oh my. I will never ever forget the taste... :)

Gosh.
Now I miss McD in Macau...

:(