March 2012
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I Watched a Terrible, Terrible Movie for a BWDR... →
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by Andrew Root
The best way to see a movie is with low expectations; if it turns out to be great, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. If it’s an uneven, forced mess of a statement without a significant story or likeable characters, then you’ll feel justified in your initial prediction. I’m…
February 2012
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MUSIC.
I’ve been rediscovering music from my own golden age (2003ish - 2007ish, with a few outliers), and it’s fantastic. My dog hates it because I’m wearing headphones and she doesn’t know why I’m lurching around the apartment and shouting out at random moments.
LOADING UP THE QUEUE. LET’S DO THIS THING.
The best part of War Horse is...
Benedict Cumberbatch shouting “BE BRAVE” during the Best Picture nominees montage
I FORGOT IT WAS THE OSCARS TONIGHT!!!
BAD MOVIE NERD! BAD! NO BISCUIT!
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Getting with the times
My girlfriend (who is Awesome) actually bought me an iPhone yesterday. I am using it now. This is really fun!
Readin'.
I finished We Need To Talk About Kevin last night, staying up far too late to do so (I should have known better than to say “I’ll just read a few pages” - You never read “just a few pages” of WNTTAK). Six days from start to finish. I had to force myself to put it down more than once because I was neglecting my normative sleep patterns.
I can’t count the number...
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"A Valentine's Day Poem For Sarah" by Elizabeth...
Huge bouquets of flowers; overpriced and boring boxes full of heart-shaped truffles: predictable and insufficient. Canned renditions of Sinatra seep (muffled)
from elevators. None of this is right. There ought to be applause - there ought to be a stage devoted to the play you’ll write about a girl who knocks ‘em dead with glee
and cunning. Ought to be decanted wine (your favourite...
Conundrum.
I’ve only got enough time to watch the happy part of Boogie Nights, and I worry that I won’t want to return for the bizarro robbery or the roller skate curb stomp.
Actually, that sounds pretty ok…
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“To me he was never “the baby.” He was a singular, unusually cunning...”
– Lionel Shriver, We Need To Talk About Kevin
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3 Cancelled Tutoring Sessions This Week.
NO IT’S OK I DIDN’T NEED THAT $200 OR ANYTHING
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