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Reanimating an ancient blog
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This was my blog forever ago and I decided to just flip the switch and see if I want to start posting here again. Please excuse the bad/missing links on any of the old posts. I’m slowly revising and deleting!
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Worth Watching: Exit Through the Gift Shop
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Who should watch it: Art buffs, city dwellers, Banksy fans. Why you’ll like it: This graffiti-laden documentary tells the story of Filmmaker Thierry Guetta’s journey from street-art documentarian to street artist. Directed by Banksy, who is himself a renowned street artist and notorious prankster, it is unclear whether this documentary is entirely nonfiction. My…
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Worth Watching: City Island
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Who should watch it: New Yorkers, aspiring actors, De Niro fans. Why you’ll like it: This indie comedy builds interesting characters and suspense by revealing secrets to the audience but not to the characters. City Island tells the surprisingly poignant story of a Bronx-born prison guard and aspiring actor who meets the 24-year-old son…
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Worth Watching: The Young Victoria
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Who should watch it: History buffs, period romance fans, steampunks. Why you’ll like it: If you’ve ever wondered why Queen Victoria was in mourning for 50 years, likely leading to the ornate darkness of the Victorian era, you’ll need to fall in love with Prince Albert for yourself. My rating: 4.5 stars out of…
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A Proposed Unified Theory of the New … What?
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I told my sister today that a friend of mine is turning forty. “He doesn’t look forty,” she said. “Well,” I said, “forty is the new thirty.” But it can’t be, we decided, because we’re almost thirty. Perhaps forty is the new thirty-five, or maybe thirty-three. We settled on thirty-three, and decided that thirty…
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NaNo Haiku
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I’ve been focusing on a different NaNo all month. Since procrastination is key to accomplishment, I wrote a haiku about it for this nano. NaNoWriMo is destroying my November. And this is ten words. Okay, it’s not that bad — I am behind but catching up. Here is my word count widget (better late…
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18. "Last" Haiku
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A haiku about another haiku alludes to this last haiku That’s it. Until I write more haikus (or publish those that have been deemed to be unpublishable), there will be no more daily haiku. If you want more, let me know! I work best under pressure… 😉 (#18 in the 5-7-5 Alive project.)
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17. Badass Haiku
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I wrote a story once, in good fun, just to watch a character die (#17 in the 5-7-5 Alive project.)
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16. Lonely Haiku
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One lone tumbleweed Drifting across nothingness All alone and bare I wrote this one in Junior High School! (#16 in the 5-7-5 Alive project.)