Actually, I've been tagged twice, in two different memes. Mrs. SP over at Such Simple Pleasures has asked me to tell you all 7 random things about myself, and Ingrid at Boricua in Texas has asked me to tell you 26 things about myself in alphabetical order. With apologies to Ingrid, I'm going to do [...]
Posts under ‘movies’
Feeling Uninspired
I have a million things I'd like to write about, all of which require some mental energy, which is too bad, because I don't have any. Tomorrow, I will be posting the entries from my group writing project (did you all get your entries in?), obviating (wow, that is just about my favorite word in [...]
Aphra Behn Interviews Me: Part 4
This is Part 4 in a 5 part interview of me, by Aphra Behn.If you missed them, here are: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3. 4) Keanu Reeves - actor or eye candy? (With examples from at least four of his films, please!) Keanu Reeves, I'm sorry to say, does not have that [...]
Will the Following Individuals Please Report to Rehab Now?
In the original movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy's super power was menstrual cramps: she could detect the presence of vampires with them. I have my own super power (ok, it's one of many, but I haven't mentioned it specifically before): I am attracted to addicts. (Yes, I am! Go figure!) I date [...]
My Body
The other night, Mark and I were sitting together after the kids had gone to sleep and I told him that recent comments on my blog were thrilling me. You see, you all have been stoking my personal vanity by complimenting me on one of my two favorite body parts. When I asked Mark what [...]
Jen Interviews Me: Part 4
This is Part 4, the final questions in an interview series by Jen at Stay-At-Home Motherdom.If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here or Part 2 here or Part 3 here. (4) What's the difference between flotsam and jetsam? Oh, dear! This is one of those mysterious interview questions. It's saying something. What [...]
The Matrix, Reloaded
"Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself." Mark and I lived most of our lives in the Matrix; we were born in it, grew up in it, met each other in it, were married in it. For over 30 years, our brains tried so hard, [...]
The Matrix
Now, I admit, I love a good Keanu Reeves movie, or even (as most of them are) a bad Keanu Reeves movie. He has this uncanny ability to channel his defining role as Ted Theodore Logan (of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure) throughout his work. (Just think of the way he delivers the line, "I [...]
