Archive | January 2012
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Oh, Mr. Bates
Spoken in Anna’s Irish brogue from Downton Abbey: Also: who watched Youtube videos from Downton Abbey’s Christmas special (which already aired in England): this girl! Who knows how everything ends? Oh yeah, you guessed it. Plus, what’s up Season 3! I’m really bad at suspense. But don’t worry; this picture doesn’t give anything away. It’s [...]
Up Next: ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Date began: Jan. 25, 2012 Genre: Fiction Project: n/a Reading List: Winter 2011-12 Got it: At one point, I took stock of all of Joel’s and my books and made a list of the books we owned that I hadn’t read (within reason — I’m not picking up [...]
Fin: ‘Lord of Misrule’
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon Date finished: Jan. 24, 2012 Genre: Fiction Year: 2010 Project: n/a Reading List: Winter 2011-12, National Book Award for Fiction Quick thoughts upon finishing: You know, I tried to like Lord of Misrule. I don’t know why, but I had a feeling I wouldn’t like it but since it [...]
Why I need purple pants
Ugh, if only the pair I tried on at Anthropologie weren’t $200. Seriously, $200 pants. On a different note, I have been seriously delinquent with blogging. I have about five posts knocking around my head but I have had utterly no inspiration to sit down and write. Call it journalism disease.
Bath City Roller Girls on Huffington Post Detroit
Since I can’t imbed the video, you’re going to have visit this special link to > Bath City Roller Girls Rock Local Derby Scene < featured first by my Patch colleague Jenny Whalen on Macomb Patch, and then picked up by Huffington Post Detroit. Then, you can check out this screenshot to prove I’m telling [...]
Up Next: ‘Lord of Misrule’
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon Date began: Jan. 16, 2012 Genre: Fiction Project: n/a Reading list: National Book Award for Fiction Got it: I believe I picked up this bad boy at our library’s book sale for a cool $1. I thought it kind of strange considering it’s so new, but also a little [...]
Fin: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Date finished: Jan. 15, 2012 Genre: Fiction Year: 1960 Project: Favorites Project Reading list: Winter 2011-12, Pulitzer Winners, BBC’s Top 100 Books, Newsweek’s Top 100 Books Quick thoughts upon finishing: I will go for a long while without reading To Kill a Mockingbird, but when I do, it’s [...]
Awkward moment
Um, yeah. Awkward. Joel told me about this after we watched HP6 the other night, but seeing it…yeah. First thought: Why is Rupert Grint wearing a shirt with what looks like Daniel Radcliffe on it? Second thought: Do these guys seriously hang out together in frat basements?
Dear Pioneer Woman: can I be your friend?
I’ve said for awhile that I want to be Ina Garten’s — of Barefoot Contessa fame — friend. Besides being slavishly addicted to her show on the Food Network, I also love that she a) makes delicious food, b) lives in a beautiful house in the Hamptons, c) does tons of freakishly nice things for [...]
