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I want so badly to believe...
There is a line in High Fidelity where Rob says, "Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable, or am I miserable because I listen to pop music?"
I think this same principle applies to movies. All movies really, but especially the chick flick. It doesn't matter if it's a rom-com or a tear-jerker, the effect is the same: They project an unrealistic ( Read more... ) -
Possibly the best quote ever.
"If the book will be too difficult for grownups, then you write it for children."
Madeleine L'Engle, 1918-2007
I think the truth in this was proved beyond a shadow of a doubt this semester in my attempt to make my professor understand my screenplay adaptation of L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet. -
Writing again (maybe)
This is a snippet of a poem I found in my journal. It was a part of a greater whole, but it didn't really seem to fit. I don't really know what I hope to gain by posting it here, but maybe if other people read it, their thoughts and feelings about it will float out into the ether, and a muse will grab them down for me and inspire me. Or maybe they' ( Read more... ) -
Ah, ambivalence.
I'm skipping the obligatory holiday recap, since everyone who reads this (all one of you) also reads my Myspace blog. I'm still not sure what I need with two blogs, anyway.
The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are going back on the air January 7 without their writers. This statement was issued (which I've stolen from Donna's blog): "We would like ( Read more... ) -
I admit it was a bad idea.
Ugh. I'm sleepy. And a little headachey. I am once again keeping my fingers crossed for nap time ( Read more... ) -
Yay!
Someone reads my LJ!
I will now continue posting inanities.
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Grilled cheese sandwiches
They take a lot longer to cook than I would prefer. That's all I'm saying.
Also, my initial excitement over rediscovering the LJ has waned since I figured out no one reads it. Whatever. What is blogging but technologically-aided navel-gazing to begin with, anyway? -
I are a college graduate (again).
I just emailed my last paper to my professor!
I now have a masters degree.
What will I do now, you ask? I'd like to go to Disneyland, but I'm too poor. I guess I'll just blog some more... -
Duh.
This is what my horoscope said today:
Your lifestyle is due for a little bit more restraint right now. Don't go shopping.
Well, yeah. I knew that. Thanks for nothing, cosmos!