I own a number of things that I inherited from my grandparents — on both sides, I suppose, but mostly from the ones I lived with growing up. And by “inherited,” I really mean these are things I picked up from their house when we went through it to prepare it for sale after my [...]
Entries from February 25th, 2010
Found Objects
February 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · writing
Tags:cross stitch·embroidery·found items·grandmother·memories·stuff I own
Thoughts on Lost – “Lighthouse”
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · lost, reviews, television
Criticisms I’ve heard about this season so far: That we’re not getting any answers, that the answers we are getting are empty and meaningless, that the show works better when all the characters are together. I say the first is wrong, the second is a matter of opinion, and the third I wholeheartedly agree with. [...]
Tags:claire·hurley·jack·jacob·lighthouse·lost·numbers·season 6
Fame: then and now
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · movies, reviews
So I watched Fame — the 1980 Alan Parker movie, not the (probably) inevitable 2009 remake — for the first time since I saw it as a kid (I must have been 12 or 13). Two scenes had stuck with me over the 20+ years before I watched it again: the Rocky Horror scene where [...]
Tags:1980·alan parker·coco·fame·rocky horror
TCB, GSD
February 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · projects
When I was in high school studying for finals, the first thing I would do was make a study schedule. I’m not sure how I got the idea. As an adult I’m more the sort of person who looks at a big project and immediately feels overwhelmed, and it takes someone else to tell me [...]
Tags:budgeting time·happiness project·organization·scheduling
Thoughts on Lost – “The Substitute”
February 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · lost, reviews, television
Abandon hope, all ye who haven’t seen this week’s episode. Like last week, I’ll start with some BS about last week’s episode, so don’t look down, and hit “n” now. What I forgot to mention in last week’s super-lengthy post on “What Kate Did”: Jack and Dogan have an brief, quiet conversation in which Dogan [...]
Thoughts prompted by The Happiness Project
February 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments · books, reviews, writing
Here’s how I found out about Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project: I saw that she was following me on the Twitter. I noticed straight away that she’s a real person — I think Twitterers know what I mean, but I define a real person as someone who uses Twitter for honest reasons, by which I mean [...]
Tags:books·gretchen rubin·happiness·happiness project·resolutions
This is what a snow day looks like
February 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · photo essays
Did you hear? We got some snow. As I type this (Weds. late afternoon), it’s still coming down heavily, and the sun is setting behind those heavy clouds, making it seem like I’m looking at the world through a blue filter. I knew before the snow started that at some point I would go out [...]
Tags:brooklyn·fort greene·snow·snow day·snowgasm·snowpocalypse
Thoughts on Lost – What Kate Does
February 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · lost, reviews, television
I’m going to jump in first with a couple observations that have little to do with what happens in this episode, to give the people reading this on Google Reader or Bloglines (is that still around?) or whatever the chance to click away (click away! click away now!) if they don’t want to find out [...]
Lost – LA X (Beginning of the End)
February 3rd, 2010 · 18 Comments · lost, reviews, television
Random thoughts and opinions on Lost’s season 6 opener.