So, I just read the book "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer. Knowing that he wrote the book at 25 kind of makes me want to curl up into a useless ball and die. But enough about that. The book is really, really good - and I can't quite decipher how much of it is particularly touching to me because of the book's cultural perspective ( Read more... )

Question for the few people reading this. Have you ever read a book or seen a movie (or heard a song, or anything else, for that matter) at the exact right moment in your life, so that it has a peculiarly powerful impact on you? You know the feeling - you're nodding compulsively, or staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the screen, or sobbing, or ( Read more... )

...procured Jeeves and Wooster Season 1 - and watched all of it. Granted, it's only 5 episodes of about 50 minutes each, but it's hilarious. I couldn't be more pleased and highly recommend it to folks who like that kind of reserved British humor (sorry Allison). And especially Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry ( Read more... )

Regardless of the fact that I have an exam on Wednesday, we bought House Season 1 on DVD this weekend. Holy shit. Holy SHIT. This is hands down one of the best TV shows ever - it is so much more intelligent than anything else on TV right now. Witty, intellectual banter and deep emotional honesty. FINALLY got to see Love Hurts and Three Stories ( Read more... )

Really one of the Best House Episodes I've Seen tonight. Really, really strong, and I bet the H/W people are going nuts. I'm a little nervous about the previews for next week's Part 1 of two-parter though. I think when doctor shows try to have Big Scary Outbreaks it's never a good sign, and part of the strength of House is, I think, being able to ( Read more... )

So, I spent a lot of tonight at MIT's annual ballroom dance competition (college and grad students from across the Northeast came out to compete). I was there mostly to support my friend Alina, who is a lovely person and an amazing dancer. Anyway, it was a wonderful time, because of how obsessed I am with ballroom, and seeing all the sequined ( Read more... )

Some of these boggle my mind-who knew?!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_actors_and_actresses

(Thanks Allison for pointing this out to me).

(p.s. I am so glad to be eating bread again...but what to do with all the leftover matzah!?)

So I entered "Rachel needs" in Google, and here are the first 5 results I came up with ( Read more... )

I know this a little random, but has anyone out there in the world ever seen the Umbrellas of Cherbourg? (This is potentially a long shot, since it's a random 60's French movie - or rather, musical - which is entirely sung, but has the young and stunning Catherine Deneuve...) Anyway, let me know...

http://kevan.org/johari?name=MadameDysart

Johari windows are fun...