The Maj

This is what Winter looks like in my beautiful world :)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:15:58 -0800

This is what Winter looks like in my beautiful world :)

fuckyeahmarilynmonroe: nickdrake: Marilyn Monroe American...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:13:03 -0800

nickdrake:

Marilyn Monroe

American actress
original name Norma Jean Mortenson, also called Norma Jean Baker

born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.
died Aug. 5, 1962, Los Angeles

American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s.

Norma Jean Mortenson later took her mother’s name, Baker. Her mother was frequently confined in an asylum, and Norma Jean was reared by 12 successive sets of foster parents and, for a time, in an orphanage. In 1942 she married a fellow worker in an aircraft factory, but they divorced soon after World War II. She became a popular photographer’s model and in 1946 signed a short-term contract with Twentieth Century Fox, taking as her screen name Marilyn Monroe. After a few brief appearances in movies made by the Fox and Columbia studios, she was again unemployed, and she returned to modeling for photographers. Her nude photograph on a calendar brought her a role in the film Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay! (1948), which was followed by other minor roles.

In 1950 Monroe played a small uncredited role in The Asphalt Jungle that reaped a mountain of fan mail. An appearance in All About Eve (1950) won her another contract from Fox and much recognition. In a succession of movies, including Let’s Make It Legal (1951), Love Nest (1951), Clash by Night (1952), and Niagara (1953), she advanced to star billing on the strength of her studio-fostered image as a “love goddess.” With performances in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), and There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954), her fame grew steadily and spread throughout the world, and she became the object of unprecedented popular adulation. In 1954 she married baseball star Joe DiMaggio, and the attendant publicity was enormous. With the end of their marriage less than a year later she began to grow discontented with her career.

Monroe studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors’ Studio in New York City, and in The Seven-Year Itch (1955) and Bus Stop (1956) she began to emerge as a talented comedienne. In 1956 she married playwright Arthur Miller and briefly retired from moviemaking, although she costarred with Sir Laurence Olivier in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). She won critical acclaim for the first time as a serious actress for Some Like It Hot (1959). Her last role, in The Misfits (1961), was written by Miller, whom she had divorced the year before. After several months as a virtual recluse, Monroe died in her Los Angeles home in 1962, having taken an overdose of sleeping pills.

In their first runs, Monroe’s 23 movies grossed a total of more than $200 million, and her fame surpassed that of any other entertainer of her time. Her early image as a dumb and seductive blonde gave way in later years to the tragic figure of a sensitive and insecure woman unable to escape the pressures of Hollywood. Her vulnerability and sensuousness combined with her needless death eventually raised her to the status of an American cultural icon.

chimp-shitbitch-kittenscrazy: This morning I was standing in my kitchen partially naked (I was in...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:06:21 -0800

chimp-shitbitch-kittenscrazy:

This morning I was standing in my kitchen partially naked (I was in the process of ironing so I was wearing my nylons, socks, etc) eating a bagel and looking through the curtains at the landscapers across the street. I was mesmerized by their grass cutting (give me a break…it was like 7AM and there was nothing better to stare at) when I realized that they could see me.

I ran and hid behind my chair in the living room. I still cannot figure out why I hid behind a chair that was in the other room and no where near the window. I do believe I could have just walked away from the window.

I am quite clearly not a morning person.

I am lmao right at this exact moment!

kari-shma: © Daniel Cormier (via Beauty in Everything -...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:00:13 -0800

kari-shma:

© Daniel Cormier (via Beauty in Everything - Photography)

lovebot: kari-shma: © Des ♥ (via Beauty in Everything -...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:46:51 -0800

lovebot:

kari-shma: © Des ♥ (via Beauty in Everything - Photography)

kari-shma: That’s a pretty interesting bathroom | via:...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:43:19 -0800

kari-shma:

That’s a pretty interesting bathroom | via:

Awesome! This is what I want my bathroom to look like! Who needs a toilet when u have a real live tree!

"The saddest part of a broken heart isn’t the ending so much as the start. The tragedy starts from..."

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:41:01 -0800

“The saddest part of a broken heart isn’t the ending so much as the start. The tragedy starts from the very first spark, losing your mind for the sake of your heart.”

- Let It Die by Feist (Submitted by loveliftedme) (via quote-book)

brickwall: icanread: (by nehnehnetoi)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:38:35 -0800

brickwall:

icanread:

(by nehnehnetoi)

lovelessramblings: www.maisiecousins.com

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:37:37 -0800

lovelessramblings:

www.maisiecousins.com

(via papertissue) I’ll take 50

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:37 -0800

(via papertissue)

I’ll take 50

fuckyeahmarilynmonroe: (via blonde-for-hire)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:46 -0800

fuckyeahmarilynmonroe:

(via blonde-for-hire)

kari-shma: White peacock (via floridapfe) so pretty.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:38:13 -0800

kari-shma:

White peacock (via floridapfe)

so pretty.

(via papertissue)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:14:14 -0800

(via papertissue)

kari-shma: This is on account of my loving you forever… (via...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:38:37 -0800

kari-shma:

This is on account of my loving you forever… (via *Cinnamon)

this is one of the coolest tattoo’s I have seen.

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:38:32 -0800

““Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’””

- John Greenleaf Whittier (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)

bon-bon: likeneelyohara:paleshades:coronitadarling:sinaradawn:es...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:52:23 -0800

bon-bon:

likeneelyohara:paleshades:coronitadarling:sinaradawn:escapethiscity:deliriumtremendous:(via loveyourchaos)

copycats: Creep by Ingrid Michaelson originally by Radiohead...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:39:47 -0700

copycats:

Creep by Ingrid Michaelson
originally by Radiohead
(posted by liezlwashere)

11931.) I'm over it, it was the past.

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:28:39 -0700

blogsecret:

It happened then, it’s not here now. I didn’t actually love you, I thought I did, it was just major lust. In reality you hurt many people, in reality you fucked up so much. In reality you shaved your head and now look like a disgusting little rat. I’m free, I feel beautiful once again, i never loved you. I NEVER LOVED YOU!!!!!

Never ever, ever! But I know I’m lying to myself. So I listen to songs that remind me of u so I can cry when u haunt me. Then I carry on. Because it’s all part of life.

Oh blog secret. How I love thee =)

bon-bon: (via fuckyeahprettygirls) This is a giraffe which...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:25:24 -0700

bon-bon:

(via fuckyeahprettygirls)

This is a giraffe which reminds me of a text I received yesterday saying, “I’m higher than a giraffes ass!” Lol!

bon-bon: srsly:(via bringtheruckuss)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:35:25 -0700

bon-bon:

srsly:(via bringtheruckuss)