Archive for October 2006
acktober: don’t look now
Before I begin, I would like to declare that I would trade several years of my life to look like Julie Christie does in this film. Hubba-freaking-hubba. I saw Don’t Look Now about 12 years ago on video, on a rainy day in San Francisco, with a boyfriend. It got to us, big time —…
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Read MoreoctNO!ber: interiors
[if you want to see all my October movie reviews, just click the “review” category at right] The horror movie originally scheduled for this slot has been preempted to bring you this scary mutha. Hold onto your hats. Backstory: I lived in New York from 1976 to 1982. On the whole, it was an intensely…
Read Morethese are the thoughts i think when i diet
Pomegranates! Those suckers are a lot of work for one of the oddest payoffs in the fruit world. Strange, gut-abrading seeds that are more likely to be painfully sour than sweet. But I cannot resist all that work and fussing to get to those little guys. Pomegranates! Kong Balls for humans.
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Read Moregigantic peeve: check out those its
I have tried really hard to keep silent, I really have. I don’t want to offend my loved ones that are afflicted with this condition. I don’t want to be the cranky, grammar-correcting schoolmarm. But jesus christ, people: IT’S MEANS “IT IS.” DON’T USE THE APOSTROPHE AT ANY OTHER TIME. I have been driven to…
Read Moreahz neh govoryah bilgahrskee
Last night, I saw As You Like It performed by Bulgarian puppets. What did you do?
Read Moredon’t feel left out
You’ll notice some (alliteration alert) password-protected posts popping up in the future with the title “devil’s cake.” The other password you know will not work for these entries. Feel free to write and ask what these are about. I might even give you the password. But I might not, and don’t feel bad! It’s a…
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Read Moreoctobrrrrr: nightmare (1964)
I remember being 9 (ish?) and it being a weekend day in Phoenix, AZ. I was kind of a loner (my bestest friend had moved away and my siblings had already flown the coop) and was kicking around our giant house, bored as usual. Bored, that is, until the most terrifying movie ever came on…
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