My entry for the ModCloth Thanksgiving Thank-A-Thon Blog Contest: a letter to my grandma, Kaszimira Litwin Zimolzak, born 13 February 1927 in rural Poland ( Read more... )

this is my requisite "cultural moment" post ( Read more... )

so yeah. thought maybe this journal was gone, but wasn't ready to let it go ( Read more... )

yesterday, bergman. today, antonioni. the world of legend is collapsing.

in related news, woody allen is now the most existential-minded director in the film industry.

what's got two thumbs and a masters thesis adviser? *this guy*!

also, happy bastille day.

also, a year ago today i went on a date in ann arbor that sort of turned my life around.

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for those of you who believe in ghosts, or for those of you who don't:

( ghostly apparitions! )

...and i felt the need to post about every trivial thing. oh wait, you say only the latter of these two things ever happened, really? and that i've been saying that for years? fancy that. i feel like fewer and fewer people on my friends list are posting regularly, so i have felt the need to follow suit (in true "katie is a total lemming" ( Read more... )

may 25th was the 30th anniversary of the original release for "star wars: a new hope". happy thirtieth-nerdieth birthday, star wars. look what you have become.

i have all these crafty ideas kicking around in my skull. like a knitted afghan, a new t-shirt design, or working like a dog on departmental clue. and pictures. i want to take more pictures with my camera that look way amazing, at least to my way of thinking. not in a traditional "look, i'm an artist," sense.

( for example... )