Monthly Archives: November 2006
P.S. The Prestige and Borat Previews
Ever since I wrote it, my The Prestige post is getting the most hits. I don’t know why. Anyway, I thought I’d throw in a couple links to the previews to sweeten the deal. Here is a link to the … Continue reading
Posted in movies
Leave a comment
November Vogue
A moment of thesis-related poignancy from Cate Blanchett: “Why do so many people seek stardom as its own end? I have a theory about the obsession with celebrity that seems to have consumed so much of our world: Don’t you … Continue reading
Kate is the weak link
Man, what a night for Lost. Two lives just hanging on a thread until February?! When are we getting back to this foot?
Posted in t.v.
Leave a comment
chilli con carne under pressure
Instead of thesis work this evening, I spent a very pleasant time chatting with an old friend who dropped by for a visit. I even got the dishes done and cooked chilli – see, those things don’t generally happen unless … Continue reading
Posted in recipes
Leave a comment
thrilling blog validation
See, spending all this time on my blog is not a big fat waste of time. I have come to a few bloggy revelations: 1) Ultimately a blog is a tool for self-promotion – even if I am using the … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, thesis
Leave a comment
thesis shocker
After having worked on my thesis for three years, read almost every possible thing about Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, interviewed dozens of people they have worked with, seen/experienced lots of their art, attempted to contact them for an … Continue reading
the prestige
Hmm, if you like Christian Bale half as much as I do, you’ll enjoy this flick. (Have you seen him as a kid in Empire of the Sun (1987)? Great acting for a kid.) Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman do … Continue reading
undefeated
Bella’s team is undefeated! It was tough match – the other team really, really wanted to beat us. We won 2-1. We have one more game in two weeks. Her birthday just won’t end; she got another card and a … Continue reading
Posted in mothering, soccer mom
Leave a comment
desert vermicomposting
Finally, finally got the ole worm box into the ground. Pretty much everything I know about vermicomposting comes from reading Mary Apelhof’s book, Worms Eat My Garbage three or four times. In my previous incarnation as wife of a crazy … Continue reading
Posted in worms
Leave a comment
the big game
Tomorrow is the biggest game of Bella’s soccer season. See, Bella’s team is currently undefeated and first in the division with only two games left to go. The only other team even close, has only lost one game this season… … Continue reading
Posted in soccer mom
2 Comments