Sweet dreams!

I just needed to go to sleep listening to this :

Pic of the day

We miss you ...

This morning was beautiful. The sun shined so brightly and this song woke me up like every other day( as it`s my alarm clock ring tone). But then I realized what day it was, Heath`s one year death anniversary. Here`s a beautiful video, showing Heath`s life and that`s actually one of his favorite songs :

First year without Heath

Today it`a a year since Heath Andrew Ledger died of a prescription drug overdose at his NYC apartment, at the age of 28. It`s painful to think of that but we do have good movies to watch in which he proved remarkable acting skills. This month, on Jan 11 Heath won a posthumous Golden Globe for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for his breath-taking Joker in The Dark Knight.
And on the first anniversary of his death, Heath Ledger receives an Oscar nomination.The Dark Knight star is up for Best Supporting Actor, alongside Josh Brolin (Milk), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder); Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road). Hope he`ll win this time and perhaps all of his future awards will go to his treasure, the love of his life, his daughter Matilda. (she resembles Heath so much!!!)
A year has gone by and it`s said time heals all wounds, but let`s not forget what Michelle Williams has said at one point : "It's a strange thing to say, because I'm at heart an optimistic person, but in some ways it gets worse. The more time that passes, the more you miss someone." Here`s Heath and Michelle when they were a couple and above Heath and Matilda:

Celebs and Obama

Demi& Ashton, Marc& J.Lo, Jessica Alba, Shakira, Beyonce& Jay-Z, Anne Hathaway, Mariah, Diddy and much more attended the night's festivities at 10 Inaugural Balls. I also appreciated the concerts celebrating the Inauguration, with artists like Shakira, Kanye West, will.i.am, Stevie Wonder. Among my favorite performances have been Mariah Carey singing her hit "Hero" Tuesday in honor of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. and Bruce Springsteen performing "The Rising" in front of a gospel choir.
Beyoncé delivered a powerful rendition of "America the Beautiful" on Sunday during the HBO free concert "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration.
Talking about fashion I liked a lot the outfits of trio Shakira, J.Lo & Paulina Rubio and also Demi Moore`s Donna Karan dress.That`s what I liked from what I managed to see.
I`ll watch the best of all concerts and performances at the Inauguration Balls this weekend and see If I miss something.

First Lady Couture

Michelle Obama's gown for the Inaugural ball was almost as hotly anticipated as the inauguration itself. There have been predictions regarding the designer she`ll choose, the color she`ll wear. Like everyone expected she chose an American designer, the N.Y.C.-based 26-year-old Jason Wu. Michelle wore a one-shouldered silk chiffon dress covered in organza flowers and Swarovski crystals.
Wu who along with four friends sewed the countless number of flowers onto the dress by hand, said: “I wanted the dress to reflect hope, fantasy, a dream because this is a pretty surreal moment we’re living in."
There has been a huge amount of comments praising her choice or saying she might have done better.
Personally I liked the dress and I was most of all glad for choosing to wear white. I think it gave her grace, it made her stand out among all those black suits and for me white is timeless.
Anyway, " the modern Jackie O" as Michelle was named proved once again she has style and in terms of fashion we`ll defintely have 4 inspirational years.
In the end, here`s some choices along the years of other First Ladies :

Obama - U.S.A `s 44th President

In front of a record-setting crowd and in the presence of an unprecedented number of former presidents – Carter, Bush, Clinton and Bush Jr.- Barack Obama placed his right hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible on Tuesday and said : "I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office President of the United States faithfully."Later, in his much-anticipated inaugural address, Obama thanked his predecessor then he asserted the crisis in which U.S.A is, referring to all of the problematic issues : weakened economy, nation at war, lost homes, shed jobs, shuttered businesses ; a too costly health care; " and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet." Obama presented the way in which things can be solved in each sector, he addressed the Muslim world saying :" we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect", and the people of poor nations by pledging " to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds".Then, he once again reaffirmed America`s values upon which this nation progressed : " hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism".
I watched Obama`s Inaugural Address with emotion but also with a feeling of disappointment : in spite of those criticizing Obama for being more a celebrity rather than a politician and the person capable of doing all of those things he talked about in his speech, I supported him during elections and enjoyed each part of this show surrounding his Inauguration. I do believe he`ll try to accomplish each promise he made to Americans and the huge popularity he`s having can only help in doing so. I don`t think it`s just a show off, I actually believe his greatest strength is the force of convincing people that together they can bring back America to where it was , they can turn it into a nation loved worldwide. I mean he convinced me, and I`m not American.
Now the reason of me feeling kind of disillusioned : in Romania we never celebrated a new President, I`ve never seen people cheering for politicians, attending different ceremonies in spite of weather conditions or doing it because they felt that with all their heart, and not just because they were forced by someone or by something. The no. of celebs supporting Obama, the beautiful concerts and balls, each were real. If we were to have these things, it would have been fake.
Perhaps I`m too much of a believer and an idealist, but these things made me react, it touched me though I`m just a witness to it all. It`s easy to comment from outside, to criticize each mistake of this nation, the bad choices their leaders made. The fact is they have the power to change all that and most of all they have the belief in their nation.
They react to these words: " In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned."
For most of the Americans patriotism is not just a word, it`s not something you should feel or something you convince yourself to feel. It` just a way of living.