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james bond pants: how to be a rich superspy

in addition to enjoying all of josh and erica’s wedding festivities last weekend, i also got to be SUPER RICH on friday night! which, as you know, is an activity i v. much enjoy.

to celebrate the opening of the new james bond movie, the alamo threw a casino party, complete with gambling tables, gussied up guests and real vesper martinis!

obviously, i accept any and all excuses to wear rhinestone jewelry, so i decked myself out as a classy double agent who will fall in love with bond and maybe doublecross him while also being totally in love with him and probably end up dead by the end of the movie.

henri rented a tux, because boys don’t have as many dress up options as girls.

not too shabby, yeah?

we were joined by the fabulous trish and chris, who make being rich look so effortless! who knows how many state secrets lie behind those charming smiles?

i’d like to point out that chris’ last name is “olives,” which also make up the pattern on his tie… spies totally love secret code humor!

the party was held in the space recently vacated by the salvation army in the south lamar shopping center. i have to say, i was pretty impressed with the alamo’s make-over– it was like one of those tv shows on TLC! except, uh, don’t look at the ceiling…

the lighting was particularly effective, cos it made the gambling seem extremely DRAMATIC. and everyone knows that when you’re throwing a million dollars on red 16 (and possibly plotting to overthrow an evil dictator), yr cool, steely gaze must be highlighted!

we all received chips to recklessly play with (when you’re this rich, who cares about losing a couple thousand bucks?), but i discovered that it was way more fun to just hang out with the ladies and look full of intrigue.

oh and drink martinis.

occasionally, i would elegantly stride over to the texas hold ‘em table to subtley scheme with henri over his cards/our plans to take down the network of criminals surrounding us.

reinforcements soon arrived in the form of dr. ray, our high-tech NASA liason! russia, you are SO going down in the space race!

all in all, it was a splendid night of gambling and conspiring, and i discovered an earth-shattering secret of the superspies around me:

beneath those rough, edgey exteriors and killer ninja skills, they’re really just like you and me! look! they love hugs!

also, when i got home last night, i discovered a few chips in the bottom of my purse. ahh, the carelessness of being rich, when five thousand dollars is considered pocket change!

p.s. i liked “quantum of solace,” but not nearly as much as i enjoyed “casino royale.” i couldn’t tell who was winning in those action shots, and I NEED TO KNOW WHO’S WINNING! have you guys seen it? what did you think? although, i guess the most important element, daniel craig’s hotness, was still alive and well, so that’s what matters.

LINKS

many thanks to micael for posting about this AWESOME electric six commercial for milk. seriously, even chromeo couldn’t have done it better. i only wish they had thrown in a little gay bar action.

check out this super cool list of animal videos!! warning: you may actually squee yr brains out over the baby hamster eating broccoli. and that smarty pants parrot is totally amazing!!

if you haven’t already seen it, you MUST watch the new star trek trailer. CANNOT.WAIT.

i don’t know why it exists or how, but apparently there’s a dancing hexapod competition in austria. and it is super, super weird.

the new rihanna video is the HOTNESS. hint: justin takes a shower (in his clothes, but still)!!!

looks like i’m not the only one who’s seen that guy with the cat around his shoulders…

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