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Please please please let that be the last time I sit for the CPA. I need it to be over.
And now a brief respite. And then busy season. Remind me again why I chose accounting?
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The Lego Movie
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You know, if you want the gay hustler AU of Henry IV, parts 1 and 2, with a side of Hal/Falstaff, Gus van Sant has you covered. My Own Private Idaho is SO WEIRD.
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The Great Courses: Deep Cuts
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Dear Yuletide Author
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The Tao of Pooh, or how bad fanfic topped the bestseller list long before 50 Shades of Grey
Title: The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet
Author: Benjamin Hoff
Rating: 2/DNF
Summary: Tree pruner and amateur Taoist explains Taoism to a modern audience using Winnie-the-Pooh as an example.
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When I was in high school, I had a job as a museum guard at the Addison Gallery of American Art. It's a little museum--only two rooms or so--but has some famous pieces, most notably "Eight Bells" by Winslow HomerAlmost no one ever visited when I was on shift, which meant I mostly just sat there reading Star Wars tie-in novels on the bench seats. I ( Read more... ) -
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I have been rewatching Poirot. I watched this on Mystery! with my family when I was a kid, but haven't seen most of them since. Which means that I don't really remember them--they don't even look familiar--but I always know exactly how the crime was committed. It's like being a genius! I watch it and am like, a-ha! The oyster shells in the garden! ( Read more... ) -
Polaroid
I watched a documentary called Time Zero about the end of Polaroid film. I can't really recommend the doc itself--it's got a lot of filler--but it tells an interesting story. I, like everyone my age, have some Polaroids of myself. But I never really liked them. I didn't like the colors, and I didn't like that you only got the one image. But I know ( Read more... )
