The Christmas List (blogathon)

Christmas is coming and on my mind, lately, have been only presents- for my mom, my dad, my sisters, the nephews, the brother-in-laws and so on. I'm not particularly good with presents- I am picky and I take so much time trying to find something nice, not very expensive, that I know they would like, use or, at least appreciate, that I always end up not being satisfied with what I got for them!

So that made think- if I could, what would I buy my fellow sweet bloggers? if time/location/money wouldn't be problem, what would they find nicely wrapped underneath the Christmas tree?

Here's what I came up with- THE CHRISTMAS LIST:

Alex from And so it begins- since Alex is one of the very few people who has seen almost every movie out there (I am exaggerating, but you know what I mean), I would probably get him a Criterion gift certificate or maybe this Early Bergman Criterion collection, if he doesn't have it yet.

Nikhat from Being Norma Jean- she is lively, bubbly, sweet and fond of very nice things; we have a lot of things in common, but I know how much she loves Doctor Who, so I would get her this amazing mug and this poster, or maybe a Johnny Depp DVD collection.

Anna from Defiant Succes- I would think long and hard before getting her something- she is one of the smartest, sarcastic, interesting bloggers I've seen/read. But I would choose Old Hollywood for her, since I know she likes it: maybe a Glamour Portraits photo book or something for her British love

Stevee from Cinematic Paradox- now, Stevee is a smart girl, but also one who loves photography and interesting people like Ezra Miller or Jessica Chastain, so I would go for either this fantastic book of Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage or a lesser-known Ezra Miller film on DVD

Margaret from Cinematic Corner- if you know her little obsessions, you know what to get her. Let's see: Lana del Rey's new deluxe album, anything Idris Elba (maybe a poster?), or something funny for her lovely dog, Gustav?

Josh from The Cinematic Spectacle- I would pre-order Cloud Atlas for him, since I know he liked it as much as I did

Ruth from Splendid and Lovely- I love how passionate Ruth is about audio and sounds, so I thought this book about Sound Effects would be very interesting for her; plus, I'd top that with an Amazon gift card, to choose what she wants to see/listen/read!

Andy Buckle- I know how much he likes music, so I would probably get him a subscription to NME or Rolling Stones, 2 great music magazines.


The list could continue for ever and I wish I had the money to buy everything for them, but I guess it's the thought that counts, right? That's what my mom always says and, in this case, she is right!

As for WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE this year....well, the list is endless, but here are some ideas:
- a new notebook/agenda that I will use for my job, starting January :)
- Amazon/Book depository/iTunes gift certificates
- chocolate, lots of chocolate :)
- work/office clothes
- DVDs
...and so on!


I'd love to see what you would buy/do for your fellow online friends! Please write a post with your Christmas list (presents for other and/or what you would like to receive) and send me the link, I'll post it here!

OTHER CHRISTMAS LISTS

Anna from Defiant Succes CLICK
Cat's got culture CLICK
Stevee from Cinematic Paradox CLICK
Margaret from Cinematic Corner CLICK
Steven from Surrender to the Void CLICK
Ruth from Flix Chatter CLICK

7x7 Link Award

Anna, the very smart girl behind the Defiant Success blog, gave me this award, a very cool  one, which is similar to a “tag it” post/game.

Rules are as followed:

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      - Tell everyone something that no one else knows about you.

Well, you might find this weird, but I like spending time alone in my room, just listening to music or quietly surfing the internet! You could call me a loner, but I do get bored after a couple of days and always feel the need to go out, see people, talk! So yeah, I do hang out with friends, but I don’t mind spending time alone, either!

-         -  Link to one of my posts that I personally think best fits the following categories: Most Beautiful Piece, Most Helpful Piece, Most Popular Piece, Most Controversial Piece, Most Surprisingly Successful Piece, Most Underrated Piece, and Most Pride-Worthy Piece.

Interesting. Here it goes:

*I have to say that I don’t really trust my Google dashboard and analytics- there’s always something fishy there, so I can’t really say these are right (I am referring to my most popular or most surprisingly successful piece)

** It was hard choosing some links, as I don’t think I have helpful pieces or controversial ones, but I will try to come up with something

Most Beautiful Piece: Beautiful? Hmm... let’s just say the one that I liked writing and I thought it turned out good. Besides the last two I will mention later one (pride-worthy), I would have to go with the post about We need to talk about Kevin

Most Helpful Piece:  Uhm, I don’t know! The Saturday Night Live post? Or the one about On the Road trailer?

Most Popular Piece:  Weirdly enough, right now, it’s the Oscar live-blogging, but I think it’s just because of the pictures! Close by, the On the Road trailer discussion

Most Controversial Piece:  This one is tough...I have no idea! Nothing really interesting happens on the comment box in my blog. If I have to mention something, I would say maybe the Cronenberg posts? Or the awards talk? Or On the road?

Most Surprisingly Successful Piece: Carnage and The Blue Sea have surprisingly high numbers- maybe it’s just because they are smaller films that have got a lot of attention lately

Most Underrated Piece: I loved Shame, and I spent a lot of time writing my review on it, but it seems not a lot of people read it, which is sad, because it was one of favourite posts!

Most Pride-Worthy Piece:  I have two posts I wrote even before starting this blog that I will always remember: A single man and A streetcar named Desire – two movies I loved writing about and who will always be in my top 10 or 20 of all times

-         -  Pass this award on to seven other bloggers.

Gladly passed on to:

Ruth - ...Let’s be splendid about this

Nikhat -Being Norma Jeane

Alex- And so it begins

Chip- Tips from Chip

Margaret aka Sati- Cinematic corner

Ruth- Flixchatter

Surrender to the void- I don’t know his/her name and if he/she does posts like this, but I love the blog and I would like to see his/her post [Later edit: It's Steven- hello Steven :) ]

Thank you Anna again!

1000 views

Are you kidding me? 1000 views already?

This makes me so happy and I honestly couldn't have guessed that I would get so fast to this number!

I want to thank you all, yet again, for supporting me and reserving some of your time by commenting on this blog, it means a lot! I hope you like it and I am happy to get any constructive criticism regarding it, because I want to improve and get better at it! Please do tell in the comment box :)

Since today I have to turn in an essay and then go to a party (win some, lose some), there will be no review, just a place for you to ask questions (if you have any), give me some film recommendations (movies you think I have to see), give feedback or just share your thoughts!

One more month and I might get into LAMB :)

Hope you all lovely bloggers out there have a great Monday!