Ever have those days where you just can’t handle making coffee at home–because you have to clean about four different parts of your grind and brew and the counters are a mess and it is hard to fill up the Britta pitcher with all the pots and pans crowding the sink? I call these days [...]
But Mark is going to get mad at me for posting it.
After Mark and I watched Lost tonight (and we were in bed, laptops open, doing our own personal night reading) Mark tells me that the man who played Oldham (“He’s our you”) from the episode was in Blade Runner. I knew I recognized the man that played Oldham, but I also knew that there was [...]
Spring is here officially (though it doesn’t quite feel like it yet here in Iowa) and I have Spring cleaning on the brain. And snot in the nose. Hello Spring Allergies! And these allergies are kinda stunting my spring cleaning. So it is frustrating. And what else to allergies do? They make me cranky. Actually, [...]
It was really bizarre to watch the Observe and Report preview last night (before Watchmen) and see two familiar faces from real life. Not that I knew them very well and they’d have no clue who I am but Matt and John Yuan used to work at the Austin Film Festival when I was a [...]
I’m starting to feel old. Because I’m almost thirty-five. Because my (harmless) crushes are all younger than I am. Because there are wrinkles on the face and gray hairs growing here and there on the head. And I’m wondering if I should start really paying attention to my skin scare. Like really really. Like do [...]
I finally made the orange brownies! My sister sent me Paula Deen’s recipe a month or so ago and I’ve been intent on making them ever since. Various ingredients have been set out on my counter to remind me. Finally last Saturday–being stirred to action by friends coming over–I made them. And they were yummy! [...]