Hello, good people of the blogosphere! Today I am absurdly tired from staying up too late writing my blog post last night, and I have spent most of the day in a hilarious haze (in case you haven't figured it out, most of my posts are written at least a day in advance, so I'm… Continue reading Depressing musical interlude! :D
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On Bad Sequels
Movie franchises get a lot of flak for capitalizing on a successful film with half-assed and gratuitous sequels. Of course, sequels invariably suck, usually because they have to both create and then solve a character flaw for a protagonist who already reached resolution at the end of the previous film. It's like taking "happily ever… Continue reading On Bad Sequels
Childhood Superstitions
I have a really weird quirk. Well, really, it's more like an entirely useless superpower, which nevertheless occasionally freaks people out and always inspires disbelief. I've had it literally my whole life, and no, I cannot teach you how to do it. I'm not even really sure how I do it. It's not intentional. I… Continue reading Childhood Superstitions
Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
I have a certain tendency to weigh myself down with too many dense books, get overwhelmed trying to slog through them, and then just stop reading for a while. However, this year, I am trying to make a reading goal--40 books for the year--which means I cannot afford the usual stall-outs. To attempt to break… Continue reading Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Why “You’re Beautiful” is a Terrible Pick-Up Line
This post is going to be slightly off-topic from the sort of thing I generally talk about, because this has nothing to do with books or stories or movies or anything like that at all (I suspect there are going to be more of these non-media-related posts in April because, oops, I can't actually read/watch… Continue reading Why “You’re Beautiful” is a Terrible Pick-Up Line
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