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Life Update, Memories, Personal Story

Blogger award tag? What?

And now for something completely different! I got nominated for one of those blogger award/tag things (in this case, a Liebster Award) by this lovely individual, and since this is BEDA and coming up with post ideas is freaking hard, man, I'm going to do it. Maybe you will learn something about me that you don't… Continue reading Blogger award tag? What?

Books, Gender, Movies

Movies You Didn’t Know Were Adaptations

When I was writing Friday's post, I started to notice a trend in the movies I was pointing out: more than half of them were based on classic works. The more I thought about it, the more examples I was able to come up with, which lead me to this post. Here are a few… Continue reading Movies You Didn’t Know Were Adaptations

Personal Story

Adventures in Walking into Traffic

A couple weeks ago, my friend Gavin wrote a lovely piece about all of his near-death experiences. You should go read it, because it is one hell of a story. When he first mentioned it on Twitter, I jokingly told him that I could never write such a thing, because most of my near-death experiences… Continue reading Adventures in Walking into Traffic

Movies, Theme

“Rom Coms” That Aren’t About Romance

Romantic comedy is one of those movie genres that gets completely ignored in the serious film world. The entirety of the genre is written off as nothing but shallow romantic drivel--"chick flicks," if you will. Somewhere along the line, "Rom Com" became synonymous with "frivolous." I think this is stupid. Some of my favorite movies… Continue reading “Rom Coms” That Aren’t About Romance

Advice, Books, Characters

Anthropomorphized Animals

Fucking Redwall, man. What the hell is up with that book. <--that is basically the entire point of this post. You can just stop reading now if you're busy or whatever, because this is basically the point I am making. But if you want the long-winded, detailed analysis, read on, because anthropomorthized animals...I have feelings… Continue reading Anthropomorphized Animals