album review: the upsidedown, the town with bad wiring
When I started listening to the Upsidedown’s The Town with Bad Wiring for this piece, I immediately thought of shoegazing. I often think that bands who pursue shoegaze music today are ridiculed for trying too hard to be ironic. The other classic criticism is that the music all sounds the same. This is generally true [...]
film review: easy a
Melissa Wellham reviews Easy A and writes, “It’s almost too easy to make this pun, but A+.”
book review : The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
Dusty. Bloody. Enlightening. Harrowing. The Good Soldiers is all of these, sometimes all at once. David Finkel reveals the men behind the soldiers on the front line in Iraq in this involving and illuminating book. Finkel begins each chapter of the book with a quote from then-President, George W. Bush. The transposition of Bush’s media-friendly [...]
Is formal voting out for the count?
In what’s been a whirlwind two months, the federal election was called (rushed forward), the campaign (war of words) run and finally, the election was held. Well, can we really call it an election? The pre-election mentality seemed to be ‘We’re going to get stuck with either Tony Abbott or Julia Gillard as Prime Minister, [...]
a moment to forget-me-not
I read about this gorgeous guerrilla art project in Frankie, and I thought it was the most delightful thing I’d ever heard. Earlier this year, 100 teacups containing forget-me-not seedlings were found scattered around Melbourne’s inner-city streets, on windowsills, doorsteps, bike racks, statues… anywhere that they might be found by someone needing to ‘take a [...]
The chick with the stink-eye
Imagine a gaggle of girls sitting at a cafe. I say gaggle because the girls are flapping and squawking like they’re popping out eggs. Observing the animated group, one could be forgiven for thinking that the girls are merely enjoying an innocent girlish kinship. But closer inspection reveals the cause for their play. They are [...]
do you value your friendships?
Whenever one of my guy friends asks me what the appeal is of Sex and the City, I tell them it’s the friendship. And the fashion. But mostly, the friendship. Big said it best in the series finale, ‘you’re the loves of her life, and a guy’s just lucky to get in fourth.’ I couldn’t [...]
Women of the household, move forward
It’s been a while since my last post, and I have a good reason for my recent lack of writing time – I have been knitting. I have decided that I’m bringing home life back into fashion (along with the few others that have skills and techniques in this field). That means aprons, cooking, knitting, [...]
The costs of being fat and fashionable
I’ve talked (ranted) about clothing sizes in retail stores and online before. What I’ve not talked (ranted) about are the costs of this clothing. I don’t mind paying for quality. What I do mind is paying for mass-produced clothing at prohibitive prices. And the market really is cornered, because most fat chicks either have to [...]
friends and what they’re good for
Friends are great, if you want them. But to be honest, most of the time I don’t want to talk to someone for the sake of it. I don’t want to sit in a room full of people who mildly entertain me and smile my pretend smile, just to be normal. Of course, there are [...]
Recent Comments