The Cosmopolitan Blog

In an ideal world, I would have a blog post for every person who’s influenced my life. Ever since I’ve started on the path to self-actualization, so many have helped me, by adding something to my life, because I asked for it, and just when I needed it. But the bottom line in self-development is that you’re the only one who can change your own life.

So I’m not here to tell you that Deepak changed my life. But he sure gave me some tools and he definitely came at the right time. I feel like I’m back at school about to write a book report, but here’s what I remember from the book I bought in December 2009:

• Remembering how we’re all connected, how all positivity we bring gets put into the “pot” and therefore comes right back to us, but the same goes for negativity. I liked the connectivity theme in Avatar too.
• How meditating helps to reach that higher plane of consciousness
• How to identify with archetypes that guide you
• How to bring meaning and focus to every single day
• How signs are all around (and not in some fluffy way) and the answers to your questions are right there, you just have to ask

Finally, the book gives you daily mediation exercises for every day of the week, so it’s handy to keep around.

Speaking of answers…. here I was at the airport on the way to Spain, and I realized I had nothing to read. At that point, I walked past a airport newsstand. Usually, I would have picked up a couple gossip magazines, but this time, i walked towards the book section. At the same time, my mind wandered to how quickly time flies and that it was already the end of 2009, and how i wished I would be more focused in 2010. I ended up choosing Deepak’s book that day. My answer was in that book.

PS. I’m hoping to go see him when he visits Montreal this March.

So I saw Avatar last night. First, I highly recommend 3D. There is so much thought given and work put into the visuals, that you’re doing yourself a favor by seeing it in IMAX, it’s what it was designed for. You will be in awe.

Story / Character Development

The story was fine, better than what I had heard. OK, there was nothing “new”, but then, as I talk about below, it’s rather descriptive of our own history, isn’t it? We’re constantly making the same mistakes Read the rest of this entry »

I guess if i’m reviewing a movie 2 months after seeing it, means it was memorable, eh? Well, that’s what i think of The Ugly Truth. A seemingly cute, romantic comedy, i fee like it left me with some one-liners that, as a girl, are well worth remembering.

ok, so the acting was nothing transcending, but, having said that, i will give katherine heigl credit for the orgasm scene. Not quite as classic as the Meg Ryan / Billy Crystal “When Harry Met Sally” one, but still, a valliant effort.

So, about those one-liners. Thanks to IMDB for the exact wording:

Mike: You’re all about comfort and efficiency!
Abby: What’s wrong with comfort and efficiency?
Mike: Well nothing, except no one wants to f**k it.

Mike: [to Abby, on how to attract Colin] You have to be two people. The saint and the sinner. The librarian and the stripper.

Mike: Rule Number 1: Never criticize.
Abby: Even if it’s constructive?!
Mike: Never. Men are incapable of growth change or progress. For men self improvement ends at toilet training. And rule number 2: Laugh at whatever he says.
Abby: What if what he says isn’t funny?
Mike: That’s irrelevant, a fake laugh is like a fake orgasm.
Abby: A fake orgasm is good?
Mike: No, but a fake orgasm is better then no orgasm at all.
Abby: A fake orgasm is no orgasm.
Mike: Only to you. See you’re no the only person in the room you know. Lets not be selfish.
Abby laughs
Mike: Now that was perfect. Real or fake?
Abby: You’ll never know.

and of course, there’s the ultra-chauvinistic-pretend-you’re-offended-but-secretly-snicker quote:
Mike: “…billions and billions, wasted on this psychobabble bullshit. Now listen up ladies, ’cause I’m only gonna say this once and it’s just three little words…men are simple…we cannot be trained. and all of this, ‘Men are from Venus” crap is a waste of your time and money. If you want to be a lonely hag, then keep reading these books, but if you want a relationship, heres how you get one…It’s called a Stairstepper, get on it, and get skinny. and get some trashy lingerie while your at it, because at the end of the day all were interested in is looks. No one falls in love with your personality at first sight.

Definitely a memorable movie for me!!

I went to see “Angels & Demons” recently, & while i’ll spare you my numerous issues with the movie, i did find something very funny. If you’ve ever seen the movie “Moulin Rouge”, you’ll know that Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman break into a song every 5 seconds, anytime they have something deep & meaningful to say.

So I found Ewan McGregor so funny in this movie and couldn’t seem to take him seriously. Every time he had one of his passionnate tirades about the battle between science & religion (and he had many!), I just expected him to break into a song any second now. See, everytime he acts the “passion” emotion, he only knows how to act it in 1 way: it transcribes as these big blue innocent eyes looking straight at you with, apparently, “passion”! In “Moulin Rouger”, he had the exact same puppy-dog look, he would passionately stare into Kidman’s eyes & break into a love song. So naturally, anytime the Ewan-McGregor-Passion-Eyes came out, I’d naturally expect a song to follow!

In fact, I think i might have enjoyed Angels & Demons way more if McGregor HAD ACTUALLY broken into a song & a dance now and again!

I’m not sure why i need catalyst event like the US elections to find my voice, and then, once the victory’s in the bag, i loose my voice again (yes, I’m referring to my MIA status on my blog)… but anyway, while I’m waiting to find it again, i would just like to point out that at least I’m not completely wasting my time.

I recently switched my TV channels to getting the Movie Network (you know the 5 all day movie channels), and now, they’ve just added HBO. And can i just say? HBO rocks! Other than the fact that i just got hooked on Entourage cuz they’re playing an entire season all afternoon, i also got to drool over Bill Maher (no, not his looks, his wit!), and crack up at at least 3 comedy shows (Ricky Gervais, Little Britain and um… can’t remember the others). And i like that not only do i not have to sit through 10 minutes of commercials per episode, but the 4 minutes between each program is spent on promos of other HBO shows, and i gotta say, they use them to really highlight how HBO takes risks on the choices that they make, and i have to say, it really makes for compelling drama.

Plus, with the Movie Network, I’ve caught up with about 8 good movies i missed out on seeing in the past 2 years. So, not writing in my blog cuz I’m too busy watching TV? Yeah, that’s a lame excuse, i agree, but at least it’s HBO, right?