One of my favorite things in the world is to make a list. So here's a list of how I spent the last week and a half.

1) Went to a god-awful haute couture show. Much like anyone with an iPod can call themselves a DJ these days, it seems anyone with the money to hold a fashion show can call themselves a designer. Frightening pix to come in a following post...

2) Made a new friend with whom I do a French/English conversation exchange. Elsa and I walk around, sit in cafes and kindly correct each other's second language. It's actually quite nice and the other day, I even had a star sighting on one of our walks. Joshua Jackson, he of Dawson's Creek and dating-Diane-Kruger fame, was very purposefully striding towards Les Halles. And I was the only one who recognized him, even though I rarely watched Dawson's Creek. Anyway, unlike most actors, he was taller and better-looking in person (which was why I think I noticed him in the first place.) I'm pretty sure Ms. Kruger lives in Paris, which would explain Pacey's presence in my hood.

3) Had dinner with an interesting older couple. He is a duke and an artist/painter. She was a celebrated Parisian beauty/actress. They're both nearing 70 now, I think. He's still flamboyant and funny. She's still beautiful, if very delicate now. It's fascinating to see people who were real party-ers and socialites when they were young in a different stage of their lives. It's almost like seeing Paris Hilton as a grandma. Aging catches up with everyone... and I'll tell you, kids, stay away from heavy drinking and drugs. The consequences are not worth it.

Here is the sexy Anne-Marie in Luis Bunuel's Phantom of Liberty.

Foxy lady, n'est-ce pas? She reminds me of Diane Lane (here with the dreamy Olivier Martinez in Unfaithful).

4) Despite my warnings against drinking above, I've decided that Dom Perignon is really the only kind of champagne to quaff. Not too sweet, not too bubbly. Just perfect. Sometimes the hype is justified.

One day, I too, would like to lounge around on a hotel bed with a mink throw, several expensive handbags and a chilled bottle of Dom—just like Eva Herzigova.

5) I'm starting my first French policier, or detective novel. Elsa recommended this book, Pars vite et reviens tard (Leave quickly and come back slowly) by Fred Vargas, which is supposed to be easy enough for me to read and also a good book. It won some Elle Magazine readers' award, too. I'll let you know my review once I'm done reading, which hopefully won't be in a year (or won't end with me throwing the book away in illiterate franco-frustration.)

6) Shopping the sales. That deserves its own post. 'Nuff said.

I leave for NYC tomorrow to finish making my new record! So I'll be ParisinNewYork for awhile... but I'll keep blogging. Maybe I'll see New York City with brand-new, French-ified eyes.

anyway, I've been watching a lot of Dawson's Creek reruns lately - which is a habit I picked up from my friend Matt F...you see Dawson's Creek is one of my biggest guilty pleasures of all. I roll my eyes at Dawson through most of the episodes - I think he's super lame and that everything that comes out of his mouth is super lame. What's even more disappointing is the show is named DAWSON'S creek instead of Pacey's Creek. or Joey's Creek. or even Jen's creek. Because Dawson is the lamest character on the show.

Now Pacey on the other hand...if he existed in real life, I'd date him in a heartbeat. Minus when the beard (in I believe season 6) entered the picture. A) I find he's pretty to look at B) He's got enough of the bad boy thing going but not too much C) He has a good heart and seems to know exactly what to say to make a girl's heart melt. Will I admit that I'm jealous that him and Joey move in together in the series finale and end up presumptuously happily ever after? Hellz yeah I'll admit it! If I was a fictional character living in Capeside, that would've just never happened because I would've gone out of my way to see to it that he fell for me instead. Alright, that's all I really wanted to say. Pacey Witter is the shizz. If anyone knows how to extract a character from a tv show out into reality, you let me know.

I wont be around too much over the next couple of weeks: A trip to Oberlin this Friday takes me away from work for 3 days and I'm assuming the leftovers hours will be spent actually working.

so, to tide you over on this RAINY AND COLD, May day, here are some things I'm thinking about.

-I'm happy that fat is beauitful and all, but this girl really isn't. Something not right is happening around that mouth region...

 - Chris Farley really died Way Too Young (and regardless of what this article says, Tommy Boy is a DAMN funny movie).

-the Upcoming Sex and The City Massacre is at the gates and little bits of terror are beginning to trickle in...SPOILERS!! (FYI: I am posting these but NOT watching them) Well, atleast the girls are picking things up a bit as far as their clothes are concerned.

Right? I've seen worse.

Anyway...

-I'm still crying about no LOST this week. Good thing last week's episode was fucked up enough to hold me for a while.

-Speaking of LOST: I will be furthering my geekdom this fall when both J.J. Abrams (LOST) and Joss Whedon (Buffy) get new shows! Abrams' pros: mysterious plot, crossover characters from The Wire and LOST and PACEY WITTER.

I think we're gonna needa bigger TV.

Abrams y Pinker ya han trabajado juntos en Alias, en la serie que tiene fecha de estreno para septiembre de este año en los Estados Unidos.

Quienes sean fans de Josh y mientras esperamos las primeras fotos de la grabación, les dejo el trailer de la película Battle in Seattle, en la que además participa Charlize Theron y Michelle Rodriguez.

Maliban sa anime, nawili rin ako sa kapapanood ng youth oriented shows. Nandiyan ang

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Unlike sa mga local shows, sariling discovery ko ang DC dahil napanood ko ang teaser nito sa ABS at ipinapalabas siya nun sa Studio 23, every Monday at 8pm. Nung high school wala akong nakilala na nanonood din ng DC. Halos lahat kasi ‘pag ‘di naikwento sa akin, ay nakikinood na rin lang ako ng show kasi yun din ang ginagawa ng mga friends and classmates ko.. (ano yun peer pressure?)

1998 nang iere ang programa and that time nasa 4th year high school na ako. Medyo saliwa ang timeline namin ng programa kasi yung mga bida nasa sophomore pa lang nun. But anyway, talagang nasasakyan ko ang trip nila saka ‘di ba mas liberated and mature sila., plus sa totoong buhay ay mas matanda sila sa akin. Si Kerr Smith (Jack McPhee) ay 26 years old na nang pumasok sa DC pero yung character niya 16 years old lang.

Dati nga grade 3 pa lang ako ay nanood na ako ng Melrose Place at Baywatch. Pagkatapos kasi ng Ewoks yun o ng first ever X-Men.

Sobrang naka-relate ako sa character ni Katie Holmes (asawa na ngayon ni Tom Cruise) na si Josephine “Joey” Potter. (actually wala ng iba pa!) Boyish, conservative, skeptical at brainy siya. Parang may pagkakahawig kami kung mag-isip pero siempre hindi naman ako yung katulad na katulad niya.

My most favorite scene ay nang kumanta si Joey ng “Own my Own” (from the play Les Miserables) para sa talent portion ng sinalihan niyang contest. Na-amaze ang best friend niyang si Dawson dun dahil siguro talagang nag-transform ang kanyang beauty. Dun na rin unti-unting na-realize ni mokong na ibang level na ang love niya kay Joey. Agree ako sa litanya ni Joey (although kinikilig na ako) na yung make-up at yung magandang ayos niya ay para lang sa araw na yun… bukas balik na naman siya sa usual na joey at mas maganda kong maa-appreciate siya sa natural niyang itsura at personalidad. (ako ba ito?)

Pareho rin kami ng paboritong novel ang Little Women. Dito binase ang pangalan niya, sa heroine ng nobela na si Josephine March. At pare-pareho kami ng naging career ng kinalaunan… Promise, ni hindi pumasok sa kokote ko noon na magiging inventor ako ngayon.

Di ko rin alam kung nagkataon, na-inspire or talagang trip ko lang na mas matanda rin ang type kong lalaki. Si Josephine nakatuluyan niya ay isang guro, tas sa season 5 ng DC na-in love din si Joey sa kanyang professor. Naku, huli na pala ang lahat sa akin kasi graduate na ako… saka sa bagay malabo rin kung tutuusin, karamihan ng prof ko bading saka weird hehehe.. choriii chorrii. Basta may kilig factor rin sa akin yung affair nina Joey at nung prof niya… tas in fairness may itsura pati yung actor na gumanap na prof.

Tinanong ko rin sa sarili ko kung may chance ba na parang may tipong Dawson-Joey-Pacey love triangle ako nung high school… (sirit! di ko na sasabihan, akin na lang yun). Sa tanong na sino ang mas gusto ko para kay Joey? Honestly, dati di ko masagot yun. Di ko kasi type ang itsura ni James Van Der Beek (Dawson Leery) at parang ewan naman ang character ni Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson). But later on, agree ako sa sentiment ng aking isang friend na kapag si Pacey ang kasama ni Joey, wala siyang eklabu sa buhay, totoong totoo siya sa sarili niya. Parang ideal partner sa kanya si Dawson pero si Pacey naman yung … ewan, di ko rin alam ang tawag. Hehehe…

Nung college laman naman ako ng booksale store, kakatingin ng magazine kung saan na-feature ang DC o si Katie Holmes. Yung mga pagmumukha nila ang pambalot ko sa mga books ko at kahit saan na puwede kong isalampak ang mga pictures nila. Ang Dawson’s Creek album din ang first na nabili kong cassette tape (mas tipid kasi nun ang tape saka orig pa..) Yung site din nila ang madalas kong i-surf para updated ako sa episodes at chika sa kani-kanilang buhay. Gulat nga ako nang maging sila Katie at Joshua sa totoong buhay.

Nagkaroon din ng syota si Joey na naging bading in the end… sayang nga eh kasi gwapo si Kerr. Naalala ko yung eksena na dino-drawing ni Joey si Jack (Kerr) nang nakahubad, mala-Titanic… ang cute!

Pero kung ako yun, okay lang na medyo bading ang syota ko. Baka makalibre kasi ako ng make-up at gupit pati na ng foot spa (joke!) Naisip ko na kaya yun, ako yung magwo-work si girlalu ang nasa bahay at sa parlor business namin. hehehe

Nung una akong makabili ng VDC copy ng DC sa Odyssey (siempre original yun no) at na-excite akong panoorin yun… kahit di ko favorite ang mga episodes. Na-realize ko na, okay din pala ang character ni Dawson na nangangarap maging film director. Ako naman gusto ko commercial lang muna. Parang kailangan dumaan ka muna sa maraming hardships and criticisms bago mo mapagtagumpayan ang dream mo.

Nakakatuwa na na-experience ko rin yung gumagawa sila ng short film na about sa love story rin nila ni Joey. Nung college kasi , ako yung assistant director and scriptwriter ng short film namin na pang bading din ang story… (talagang di pa raw ako tapos sa kabadingan. Hehehe). Alam mo yung pagko-conceptualize, yung mismong shooting at hanggang sa huling sandali sa editing studio. Sama nga ng loob ko noon, kasi ang credit ko lang ay ang pagiging assistant director, eh akin kaya ang idea ng story… kaya dapat scriptwriter din. Wuhuhuhu… (yan ang sinasabi ko e, sa mga section 1 and section A mas nakakarami ang mapapel!) Basta na-inspire at maluha-luha ako nung mapanood ko yung episode na yun… siguro kasi iyon din ang time na muli kong napanood yung program after 2003.

Naalala ko rin na gilting-guilty ako noon kapag napapalampas ko ang DC para lang sa Winter Sonata ni Bae Yong Jun ko. Pero ngayon makakabawi na ako, meron na akong buong season 6 (yahoo!!!) Talagang ire-rekomenda ko ang DC kahit sa mga younger generation. Of course, may mga ilang eksena na dapat hindi ginagaya, like yung mga patungkol sa sex.. pero in way kasi nagtuturo din siya ng aral at pang –awareness lang ang mga yun.

Masasabi ko na sobrang na-touch ako ng program na ito and big part siya ng teen/college years ko… Dito nagmula ang mga fashion ko (noon), yung reaction ko, saka inspirasyon ko sa pag-aaral at buhay. Naiyak ako nang magsara na ang programa na para bang tapos na rin ang pagiging bata ko.

Pero okay naman sa akin ang ending at saka yung mga pinuntahan ng characters, although namatay si Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams). Hahaha, si Jack nakatuluyan yung cop na elder bro ni Pacey (ang mga hitad sa dalampasigan pa nag-lambutsingan!)

Siempre, kung ang baby thesis ko ay anime, ang pinaka solo thesis ko naman ay “Youth Oriented Shows: Effects on Teenagers’ Values and Intellectual Development.” Like dun sa una, bawat ginagawa ko sa second thesis ko ay okay… malaki man ang gastos at pagod ko. Di ko nga alam kong paano ko napasagot ang may sobrang isang daan na high school students from three different schools. Saka wala akong tigil sa kaka-research. Bakit ba eh gusto ko naman ang nalalaman ko?! Naging pal ko pa nga yung isang librarian namin dahil nahilig naman siya sa isang youth shows nung 80’s. (Eddie nakatipid nun sa kaka-print at kaka-research Hehehe..)

Sana may ganun ulit na program (kahit hindi ko na siya mapanood)… yung hindi puro kalandian at pagpapapogi lang ang ipinapakita. Wag naman sanang ipamukha sa mga kabataan na pakikipagrelasyon at pagsunod sa uso lang, ang mukha ng teen years. Sana tulungan din sila sa pamamagitan ng mga characters at mga istoryang tumatalakay kung paano nila i-develop ang kanilang personality. Tas bigyan ng mas malalim na focus yung pag-cope nila sa mga problema at kung paano nila abutin ang kanilang mga pangarap, i-inspire sila kung baga.

Sus tantanan na yung “rich boy meets girl,” “sobrang gwapo ko, love triangle tayo,” “Bro and sis, inggit ako.” Saka ang mga geek ngayon, hindi na halos nakasalamin… palalabasin ngang matalino pero kinakawawa naman sa grupo… ano yun eddie bopol rin. Oh eto, bat hindi kaya nila talakayin ang “identity crisis.” Sa DC ko lang napanood yun, sa story and character ni Jack. Taz medyo panabit lang yun kasi support lang naman siya. (naku lumalalim na ako, oi nakakuha ng idea… sorry yung detalye ibibigay ko kapag ako ang director at writer.) Oh hindi ba, yung mga tomboy at bading, ginagawa lang clown sa story, tas matatapos yun kapag na-in love na si tomboy kay boy next door… tantanan!!!

Sa ngayon, enjoy ako sa kapapanood ng DC… anong episode and season na nga ba ako?… hehehe!!!

Con el final de Lost casi encima, JJ. Abrams ya está trabajando duro en una nueva serie. Una de las serie más anticipadas y vamos a dar un vistazo a lo que esperamos de este thriller de ciencia ficción, Fringe.

¿De qué se trata?
El show sigue a Olivia Warren, "una dura agente del FBI quien es forzada a confrontar la expansión de un fenómeno inexplicable con la ayuda de un ex investigador y científico Walter Bishop - quien ahora vive en una instituciónmental - y su hijo, con quiene están distanciados.

¿Qué es Fringe?
El nombre para una división especial de seguridad de la patria que maneja estos eventos terroristas/paranormales."

¿De qué clase de eventos hablamos? ¿Osos polares en la selva?
Bueno, veamos el piloto, el que comienzacon una escena de turbulencia en un avión. Uno de los pasajeros - conocido aparentemente como "Aproblemado" - se inyecta una droga desconocida y luego, segundos después su cuerpo comienza a hacerse líquido, un proceso que rapidamente se esparce entre el resto de los pasajeros y el personal abordo. El avión aterriza sin problemas, pero cuando nuestra protagonista va a investigar lo sucedido, no hay señal de vida abordo y las ventanas están cubiertas de sangre. He ahí donde nace la intriga!

¿Es parte de alguna mitología?
No sería una producción de JJ sin algo de eso en la trama plot, inteligentemente creada para tener un infinito número de preguntas y gradualmente te cuelven loco. De acuerdo al mismo JJ, los capítulos serán historias independientes (el misterio de la semana) pero sin olvidar que habrá una historia que llevará la trama todo el tiempo.

Suena un poco como los Archivos Secretos X
De hecho, lo es. Abrams también nombra a The Twilight Zone y la película como influencias. "Hace lo que mis películas y mis series favoritas hacen, combina géneros que no encajan," le dijo Abrams a Variety. "Definitivamente te da miedo, pero también te hace reír. Presiona todos los botones de las cosas que amamos de nuestra infancia."

¿Quienes participan?
Quizás el nombre más reconocible del elenco es Joshua Jackson (Pacey de Dawson's Creek) quien interpreta a Peter Bishop, el hijo genio que abandonó el colegio - ahora tiene 27 - y está desesperado por pagar una deuda que contrajo apostando. Walter Bishop tiene mal carácter y es un engreído científico interpretado por John Noble (24, El Señor de los Anillos) y la actriz australiana Anna Torv (Mistresses) es nuestra protagonista.

El actor canadiense Joshua Jackson ya comenzó las grabaciones de su nueva serie de televisión llamada "Fringe", filmando algunas escenas en Toronto.

Josh, de 29 años, interpretará a Peter Bishop, un chico que dejó el colegio pero que tiene una inteligencia superior a la normal. Pero su personaje está lejos de la perfección, debido a que Peter también tiene problemas con las apuestas y algunas deudas contraidas por el juego. Bishop también es miembro de una unidad de investigación de casos paranormales.

Fringe puede ser, potencialemente, una serie de Fox, la cual será producida por J.J. Abrams (Felicity, Alias, Lost entre otras) y el capítulo piloto será de dos horas con un presupuesto de 10 millones de dólares.

En cuanto a los proyectos cinematográficos de Josh, está próximo a estrenar la cinta de suspenso Shutter (http://www.shutter-movie.com). Revísenlo y vean las nuevas fotos, videos y por supuesto, la trama de la película.

Y para quienes quieren saber si es que Josh participará en algunos episodios de la cuarta temporada de Grey's Anatomy, debo decirles que aún no hay nada confirmado, pero existen rumores de que esta aparición no se realice debido a los nuevos proyectos de Mr J.J. Personalmente espero que si aparezca porque muero de ganas de verlo vestido de doctor... pero lógicamente Josh tomará una decisión adecuada para su carrera y en este momento tiene en sus manos una oportunidad increíble.

Les dejo unas fotos de Joshua en el set de Fringe. Hagan click sobre las imágenes para verlas de mayor tamaño.

Fuente y fotos: justjared.com

Si las fans de Josh esperaban con ansias a que acabara la huelga de guionistas para que él comenzara a grabar los nuevos capítulos de Grey's Anatomy, esta es una mejor noticia.  Pronto, podrán verlo cada semana!!!

Así es, porque Mr Josh Jackson  va a participar como uno de los protagonistas en en nuevo show de JJ Abrams llamado Fringe, para la cadena Fox. El personaje de Josh será Peter Bishop, el hijo perdido de un brillante pero loco investigador científico, siendo esta la trama en la que se basa el show. El papel del padre de Josh será interpretado por John Noble de El Señor de los Anillos y la australiana  Anna Torv será el tercer personaje principal, un agente del FBI que ayudará a reunir a padre e hijo. Juntos, los tres forman una elite de investigación de sucesos paranormales.

Fantasmas, Abrams, drama familiar y Pacey!? Todo lo que estabamos esperando!!!!!!!! Es mucho mejor de lo que pensamos!!! Es un show que no podemos dejar de ver.

Actualmente, se estaría grabando el piloto de dos horas con un presupuesto de, lean con atención - 10 MILLONES DE DOLARES - y antes del estreno, ya tendría orden para continuar durante una segunda temporada.

Pero quienes se ilusionaron con Josh en Grey's, no se decepcionen, porque es probable que en cuanto la huelga finalice completamente, Mr Jackson participe en esta serie también.