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To the girls behind me watching Wonder Women

Posted in Films, Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , on 17 March 2013 | 2 Comments »

Dear girls behind me watching Wonder Women, I wasn’t thinking about you while I was there.  In fact, I didn’t even know you were there until the moment I left.  I was so happy to be out with a friend (and away from my darling but draining two-year-old twins) and watching the documentary Wonder Women: [...]

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How Downton Abbey changed my life

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Life in general, Mostly about (pop) culture, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , on 17 February 2013 | 7 Comments »

Tonight is the season finale of Downton Abbey.  A lot has happened in this third season, but I’m not going to write about it.  (No spoilers here!)  Instead I’m thinking about how watching Downton Abbey has — subtly — changed my life.   Last year I wrote (in I [heart] Downton Abbey) that For the [...]

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The idea of “enough”

Posted in Films, How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, Mostly about (pop) culture, Mostly about stuff (like, physical stuff), tagged , , , on 24 January 2013 | 3 Comments »

Last night I watched The Queen of Versailles and was reminded once again of the idea of “enough.” It’s very simple: stop when you have enough. This goes for all kinds of consumption: eating (especially large meals at restaurants where you don’t usually get to pick your portion), drinking (coffee, alcohol, milkshakes or any “vice” [...]

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Some brief thoughts on the apocalypse

Posted in Mostly about (pop) culture, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , on 20 December 2012 | 2 Comments »

So today is the last day of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, the day before the so-called Mayan apocalypse. I’ve always thought that if I had one day left to live it might not be such a bad thing to spend it as if I had all the time in the world.  Sure, I could

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Anna Karenina

Posted in Films, Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , , on 27 November 2012 | 2 Comments »

I strongly recommend seeing Anna Karenina in a theatre, but preferably a nearly empty one.  Try for a matinee or a very late show, and try not to sit near anyone else — I don’t want other people’s whispered commentary (or snorts or sighs or gasps) to distract you from your own opinion of this [...]

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On hipsters

Posted in Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , , , , on 19 November 2012 | Leave a Comment »

About a month ago a friend and I were talking about a photograph taken at Grrls Meat Camp, a gathering where women spend a week learning how to butcher animals.  The photo was of a woman butcher wearing a fleece, an apron and sunglasses gesturing to a beef hip.  I made a joke about hipness [...]

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Forthcoming work!

Posted in Mostly about (pop) culture, Mostly about writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 19 October 2012 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been working working working so hard lately that I haven’t had time to write a post.  However, some of my earlier hard work has paid off! Later this month I’ll have an essay in Propeller.  Meanwhile, you can read these excellent offerings from their fall issue: Jessica Machado on rewatching the movie St. Elmo’s [...]

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