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Monday, May 18, 2009

\\\ arranged marriage update : lakshmi menon

the girls i want my parents to arrange my marriage with post has been a popular one for us at gordon gartrelle. the internet, after all, was invented by a bored dude who wanted to look at pretty girls and boobs whenever he felt like it - al gore. the inaugural post of girls i want... featured a model by the name of Lakshmi Menon who was featured in Vogue India back in September of 2008.

this is the babe im talking about...

holy shit though. lakshmi menon is about to blow the f up. this month she was booked for a "lavish 12-page shoot" in Vogue - Vogue as in the American magazine, not Vogue India (who im still mad at for that burberry shoot with working class indians in poor villages rocking burberry clothing shot from far enough away to make the viewer feel like a tourist, etc. etc. if you're reading this, Vogue India - NOT A GOOD LOOK guys). but anyway, word, this is important because it sheds light on the fact that im very good at acknowledging foxes before Vogue US.

The independent ran a cool article about her that I recommend you read if your mad feminine like me (no homo), are fond of smokeshow indian babes like too many of my friends, or are a girl that likes fashion, I guess. Nah, I read it because it's academic:

"But her success raises one, deeply unsettling question: why is she the only South Asian model regularly strutting down the international catwalks?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/this-years-model-how-lakshmi-menon-put-india-in-vogue-1684418.html

\\\arranged marriage: aubrey plaza

back in 07 aziz ansari was just getting famous. i was all like, who's this brown dude that blogs about indie rock, makes jokes about kanye west, and looks like he went to stuyvesant with me? one time i saw him at a diplo show at studio b, and i was like "hey, ever heard of hari kondabolu?" he didn't. that same summer i once tried to get backstage at the south street seaport shows by claiming ashok was aziz ansari - "are you kidding ? do you know who this guy is?" they didn't.

now he's all famous and buddies with kanye and has a show on nbc: parks and recreation. i've peeped it a couple times and it doesn't really work for me. most upsetting is the stellar cast but lackluster laughs! (maybe i just don't "get it.") but... amy poehler! rashida jones, who was previously highlighted in this same arranged marriage section! aziz! and aubrey plaza... !

(like amy poehler and aziz ansari and heck of other funny fools) Aubrey reps that UCB fam (holla!). Oh, UCB as in upright citizens brigade, not Uncalled for Band, the DC go-go legends that now tour with WALE. (anyone remember the darryl strawberry show joint i posted here by chris gethard [is that his real name? get hard?] from ucb? that was heck of funny: http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/play/1064 )

here are some jpgs of aubrey plaza:

Aubrey Plaza by watchwithkristin.

here's aubrey plaza doing a sarah silverman impression for an SNL audition or something!

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sometimes when im at work this at&t ad comes on and it has a really nice, sweet, sensitive love song that I then sing to myself all day long in this totally bro work environment. i feel real emotional feelings and then think, "when will i fall in love?!" and then i think "what is love?" and then i think "baby don't hurt me... don't hurt me..."

if my arranged marriage proposal works out, that song could be OUR song! Not the what is love song, the commercial song, by a guy named Landon Pigg:

Friday, April 24, 2009

\\\arranged marriage: archie panjabi

where do i begin? let me copy and paste an internet conversation I had with my homegirl riffo:

me: u know what, i think that movie with heather graham, the guru, is actually dope as shit

Sarah: really?? i doubt that

me: nah its about an indian guy that wants to act and then ends up pretending to be a guru making money off of rich whites who exotify him, but all hes doing is stealing ideas on sexuality from a porn star and flipping them off as spirituality

Sarah: ohh that one, i was thinking of that mike meyers shit that looked awful

the guru was ehh

that guy was in east is east

whatever that movie was with archie punjabi

(best name ever)

me: WHOS ARCHIE PUNJABI?

Sarah: look her up

me: oh my god, archie panjabi is a stone cold fox

holy shit, gonna post on her on the blog

I'd love to have an arranged marriage with Archie Panjabi. Her name is Archie Panjabi! Best name ever is correct! These are some of the movies Archie Panjabi has been in:

East is East, Bend It Like Beckham, a tv version of White Teeth, Arranged Marriage, The Constant Gardener, A Mighty Heart

Archie Panjabi Picture

Now I kind of want an arranged marriage with Irfan Khan instead.

Pause.

Friday, March 27, 2009

\\\ arranged marriage... Rashida Jones

been a while since i brought back the arranged marriage post. rashida jones is the best. and she's quincy jones' daughter. this one's what we call a no brainer. i cant pick what to quote from her awesome wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Jones. wiki wiki..

Here's Rashida with sister Kidada Jones. Who's a stylist. And apparently was engaged to Tupac when he got murked/mercked. Cool suspenders.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Girls I Want My Parents to Arrange My Marriage With: Juliana Paes

Naturally after posting about Caminha Das Indias I had to throw Juliana Paes up as a girl I want my parents to arrange my marriage with. Marrying Juliana should be easy because she looks Indian enough to play an Indian on Brazilian TV and so maybe my parents could believe she's Indian. I think girls as fly as this transcend race anyway. I bet if I brought home a girl this fly, my parents would hook up a marriage even if she was Muslim.

As my colleague Vinicius in Sao Paulo just sent me in an e-mail: "she's AWESOME. her ass is phenomenal."

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Muchachas quiero que mis padres arreglaran mi unión con: Claudia Bassols de España

Gracias a Shamoon por traer a Claudia Bassols a mi atención. Claudia es actriz española que usted puede mirar actualmente en On the Road Again: Spain en PBS. El programa ofrece Claudia, Gwyneth Paltrow, y a algunos individuos que viaja en España y consumición del buen alimento. Me gusta Glaudia Bassols. Te gusta?

Monday, November 24, 2008

Girls I Want My Parents To Arrange My Marriage With: Freida Pinto + Priyanka Chopra

A 2-for-1 this week! My obsession with Slumdog Millionaire persists as this week's first girl I want my parents to arrange my marriage with is Freida Pinto who played Latika in the film. Pinto is one more reason I want to move to Bombay:

Another reason I would want to move to Bombay? Priyanka Chopra. Priyanka is a former Miss World and current Bollywood starlet. I would love for my parents to arrange my marriage with Priyanka.