Posted in movies, tagged alice in wonderland, johnny depp, movies, tim burton on July 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So what do you think?
Some people I know think it’s too CGI-heavy, but that doesn’t really bother me since it seems to be well-done. I’m concerned by how Depp-centric it seems and that it may just end up being a darker version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
We’ll see!
Posted in boston, random, theater, tagged awesome, rent, theater on July 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ahm. So. In the past week, I have seen Rent live… 3 times.
Contrary to what it may appear, I am not a “RENT-head.” At least I wasn’t.
It was one of those shows I’d heard about, but never gotten around to, and I was dubious because it was so popular. (I am Opposite Girl, at least [...]
Posted in books, random, tagged awesomeness, books, jane austen on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So um yeah. You may recall that I was pretty excited about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the recent(ish) mash-up of two of my favorite things: Jane Austen and zombies. I bought it but haven’t read it yet (it’s glaring at me from here); I remember finding the first page a bit clunky, which turned [...]
Posted in YA fiction, book review, books, tagged book review, books, fantasy, YA fiction on July 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A couple of months ago (May, to be exact) my friend Cindy Pon published her debut YA novel, Silver Phoenix. It took me this long to get around to reading it, because I am a bad friend. But it was totally worth the wait.
At seventeen, Ai Ling should be married, or at least betrothed. But nobody [...]
Posted in music, tagged music, shane macgowan, teeth, wtf on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay everyone, hold onto your hats. I am about to show you the most shocking picture you have ever seen.
I KNOW WHAT THE HELL.
For those of you playing at home, here is what Shane MacGowan used to look like:
CAN YOU SPOT THE DIFFERENCE???
HINT:
THE MAN HAS ALL HIS TEETH.
My world is rocked. Turned upside down. I [...]
Posted in random, tagged grace, life the universe and everything, random on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Shockingly, having someone jab a needle into your spine repeatedly kinda hurts. (I got someone different when I called the tattoo place back, and he magically found an opening today at noon that the other woman had not been able to see somehow. So maybe that phone disaster wasn’t all me.) So now I’m sore [...]
Posted in random, tagged life the universe and everything, tattoo on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My God I am so bad at phones.
I’ve gotten better. I used to hide from them, basically, until a large portion of my job sort of became answering them. (hi Registrar’s Office!) I am almost totally competent at business phone calls now. I still occasionally fumble (today I had two lines going at once and [...]
Posted in book review, books, history, movies, tagged awesome, book review, books, klaus kinski, movies, werner herzog on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So I am currently reading two books: Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick and Conquest of the Useless by Werner Herzog. Both are basically fabulous. Today I want to talk about the Herzog book because I’m basically bookgasming on every single page.
First, some background. Werner Herzog is one of my favorite [...]
Posted in boston, music, tagged concert, music, reel big fish, review on July 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
or, THE STORY OF GRACE AND THE HUNDREDS OF TEENAGE BOYS WITH BRACES
So last night I went to see Reel Big Fish at the House of Blues. (If it seems like I only go to see shows at the House of Blues, well, that may be true. No comment.) I arrived, and we did the [...]
Posted in writing, tagged chrysanthemum, weekly update, WIP, writing on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chrysanthemum
current wordcount: 45,675
last week: 45,675
satisfied?: big fat zero for the week. damn you, holiday and airplane and trip to DC. look at me make excuses that wouldn’t deter a Real Writer. look at me fail at life.
comments: comments? grace nothing happened this week. what is there to comment on?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Going up to Bar Harbor, Maine for the 4th. Yay America! The fireworks have already started, possibly in my living room but I hope out in street. I can’t really tell from here. Anyway, here is my contribution to the 4th of July festivities. Yankee Doodle Dandy, performed first by James Cagney and then Mickey [...]
Posted in random, travel, tagged random, rant, traveling on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have decided the airlines need a new seating policy. When you buy your ticket, you get to choose a section. Not smoking or non-smoking, no nothing like that.
Sections like “Chatty” and “Non-Chatty.” “Sick” and “Healthy.” “Baby” or “No Baby.” “Has a dog who will poop halfway through flight” and “Dogless.”
Mostly Chatty vs. Non-Chatty. Because I [...]
