Life and Stuff

So, this spring I told you about me and my new love affair with Netflix, through which I never have to watch crappy television again. Twenty bucks a month, three movies at a time, and ONE-DAY TURNAROUND. That means, I return my movies on Monday, and there are more in the mailbox on Wednesday. How […]

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Even though I’ve been steadily reading Anna Karenina, I picked up H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds yesterday. I don’t normally read stuff because a movie came out, but being as Tom Cruise is in it, I doubt you’ll catch me in the theatre for this one. (It’s less than 200 pages. Definitely check it […]

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–Anne Bancroft–one of my very, very favorites! What does it say about me that my two very favorite movies are Harold and Maude and The Graduate? Should I worry about this whole “much older woman seducing skippy young men” thing?
Don’t answer that. I mean it.
Her and Mel Brooks? One of the greatest love stories […]

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So yesterday, I shared my disgust over Beauty and the Geek. Because, really, it’s stupid and humiliating to those who maybe don’t deserve any further embarassment.
I’ll be the first to admit, though, that I have kind of a weird sense of humour. A lot of things that most women find offensive, I find hilarious. Ask […]

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So, my getting updated with all things pop culture continues. As I lift my head from the mire of academic reading and arthouse movies, I’m catching up on stuff that makes pop come out of my nose. This weekend’s selections included Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, and Da Ali G. Show. Geez, I […]

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