February 2012
5 posts
Life-and-death "dance off" movies
There are two movies coming out pretty soon. If I might read into their existence, I might suppose that our lives will ever hang in the balance and that whether we live or die depends on how well we dance. I think I can buy the earnestness of only one of these movies. Guess which one.
Exhibit A: Battlefield America
Exhibit B: The FP
I couldn’t stop laughing through Battlefield...
I think what made me happy this week was my coworker’s enthusiasm for Groundhog Day. She brought in treats and we all really got to contemplate on the oddity of such a holiday and that we still cling to animal prognosticators, especially Phil, when Wikipedia lists so many other animals that forecast an early spring. It’s nice to have a day that is rather silly, when you come to think...
January 2012
4 posts
Tilda Swinton's reaction to the Patton Oswalt... →
I don’t plan on having every post be about Tilda. After the Oscar nominees were announced on Tuesday, Patton Oswalt started tweeting to Albert Brooks about an Oscar snub party. Patton mentioned that they would need more alcohol after Tilda Swinton and Charlize Theron arrived in a stolen police car. Tilda would of course be there for being snubbed for her performance in We Need to Talk...
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Last year, I wrote a post on my regular blog about what made me happy that particular week. I was inspired by the regular segment of the NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast (which I highly recommend). I feel like I need to recognize more of what makes me happy, so I’m going to post regularly on Fridays something(s) that made me happy during the week. I’ll try to not always wax poetic...