~Monday~ Being affirmed is an important part of keeping emotionally healthy, and recognizing affirmations is a lot like spotting “padiddles.” You know, as soon as you start looking for those cars with one headlight out, you see a bunch of them. I remember when I was contemplating getting my next car and was hesitant … Read more
~Friday~ I read about the movie, Calvary, in my friend Hugh Hollowell‘s weekly newsletter in which he ponders “The Relentless Pursuit of Beauty as a prophylactic against the ugliness of the world.” Each week in the newsletter, he lists five thing that he thinks are beautiful. Learn more about the newsletter, if you’re interested.. In … Read more
~Sunday~ I have become completely obsessed with this meme that's going around the web, where you ask a "What if?" question about a song's title or lyrics. Here's an example of one: What if Harper Valley had no PTA? I've got it so bad that I am channeling Seth Rudetsky, who—if you've never seen him—rather … Read more
~Friday~ I’ve watched 10 movies already in 2015, which if I keep up this pace will easily beat my average annual number watched. Anyone just starting to read my blog might think that movie entries are all my blog consists of, but that’s not the case. With that said, I watched Ida (2013) today, free … Read more
~Wednesday~ I watched The Homesman (2014) with Bob tonight. Raleigh was expecting 4-8″ of snow, and I asked Bob if he wanted to be snowed in together for the first time in our relationship, and he said, “Sure!” He’d already ordered, and received, this movie with his NetFlix subscription, so we watched it together. I’d … Read more
~Tuesday~ Tonight I watched Lipstick & Liquor, another movie I’d never heard of until scrolling through the list of movies available free with my Amazon Prime subscription. Although I didn’t see it marked explicitly as a documentary, I assumed from its write-up that it was, and I like documentaries, so I went for it. Being … Read more
~Sunday~ Tonight I watched Everybody’s Fine, a movie I’d never heard of until scrolling through the list of movies available free with my Amazon Prime subscription. I only saw the picture of the male star, and was calling him Robert Duvall in my mind, until the intro credits began rolling and pointed out that it … Read more
~Monday~ Using my Amazon Prime subscription, I started watching Chasing Amy, and about 15 minutes into it, I abandoned it. Too much smoking and smoke being blown in people’s faces. And way too heterocentric for my taste. Since Ben Affleck was at top of mind, I chose Jersey Girl, probably because it was on the … Read more
~Saturday~ It all started on Saturday, January 3, 2015. Bob was gracious enough to rent Love in the Time of Cholera with his NetFlix subscription to watch with me. My Mostly Social Book Club is currently reading the book, and I’d already read it in February of 1995, as a member of another book … Read more
~Friday~ Using my Amazon Prime subscription, I watched Enemy, with the sole draw to it being that Jake Gyllenhaal was in it. (As two different characters, no less.) Such a beautiful man. I’d never heard of this movie, and it was truly bizarre. I spent a lot of time during the entire thing wondering what … Read more