Category Archives: true

that Hawksian style (updated with video!)

movies, true

Last weekend was the spring edition of HorrorHound Weekend, a convention where fans can meet their favorite stars of horror film and television. I attended purely in a fan aspect, although one of these days, it might be cool to attend in a more…scholarly…approach, so I can do a bunch of write-ups for this here blorgf. I do have a separate write-up for the weekend overall – that’s coming soon – but for now, I want to focus on one of the guests at HHW who happens to be my favorite director: Continue reading that Hawksian style (updated with video!) →

must/mustn’t watch cinema

blaaag, movies, owning it, questionable, special guest star!, true

So as you might have surmised, I am a great lover of film. I’ve hardly met a movie where I didn’t find at least something enjoyable or redeeming about it. Even the really terrible films might have a so-bad-it’s-good kind of quality, or there might have been one standout performance, or maybe one set piece that was very well done in all the awfulness. But then there are films that have a subject matter that, even though I found myself really connecting with the movie, I have an incredibly hard time recommending them to other people. These are films that are obviously going to be hard for other people to watch, usually because of the violence. Continue reading must/mustn’t watch cinema →

facelift

bloog, holiday, owning it, stories, true

As you might have noticed, or not, I changed the theme of the blog. I don’t know why I would do such a silly thing. Actually, I do. It’s because I’m a fusspot, and I’m never exactly happy for long with any one look or layout. Besides, I had the old theme for long enough.

I’m still figuring out this whole blog thing. Like how you truncate posts on your front page so the whole thing doesn’t hog up the entire timeline. Yeah, I’m sure there’s a simple way to figure that out, but I’d like to discover it on my own. Or just get frustrated enough that I’ll ask someone. Continue reading facelift →

anecdote time!!!

co-workers, i lol'd, questionable, rant, true

So I probably shouldn’t discuss this, but I cannot help myself. IT MAKES ME FULL OF GLEE.

The other day at work, my supervisor relayed a conversation with one of our co-workers. It went something like this: co-worker and her spouse had dinner with friends. These friends have a young daughter, 19, who announced her recent engagement at this gathering. Her response to this was “we are praying that they (the daughter and her fiance) break up.” Continue reading anecdote time!!! →

full disclosure: contains justin bieber

blaaag, music, owning it, questionable, rant, special guest star!, true

I watch a lot of movies. Last year, I logged close to 300 views; this year the number dropped to about 250. That kind of depressed me, because I wanted to at least match last year’s number. As I did last year, I’ll post a list of everything I viewed, with first time views marked accordingly. I have noticed a disturbing trend, however: the more films I watch, the less books I read, and that is something I’m not particularly proud of. So with the help of some twitter pals, I’m logging my reading over at Goodreads. HORRAY. Continue reading full disclosure: contains justin bieber →