barrington99@gmail.com Went to a screening of Cowboys and Aliens the other night, fortunately for free. I’m sure many others are saying most of what I can think of to say. Instead I’ll do you a favor and say this: If you are thinking about going to see Cowboys and Aliens, go see Attack the Block instead. … Read more
I’ve been looking forward to this film, because of the stellar cast, and the awesome trailer, sowent to see it last night with “the girls.” And the verdict is that it was … fun and heartwarming and a tiny bit sad. As my friend Nikki said, it wasn’t as good as the trailer (what could … Read more
After hosting a friends party over Carmageddon weekend, and Comic Con last weekend (two things I have not discussed because of how infrequently I’ve been posting lately), I’ve been greatly looking forward to this weekend, where I’ve had literally NO PLANS for both Friday and Saturday. Last night (Friday) I tried my first rising dough … Read more
This was in my inbox this morning. A Fond Farewell… Thank You for Shopping at Borders
The campus where I work is connected by areas mainly intended for pedestrians. To encourage this, there are several of these automatic gates, which I think only open for campus service vehicles. The gates are equipped with signs like this…I have a hard time envisioning the logistics of this, because the arm only rises when … Read more
This song gets me every time.Is that cheezy? Is it like the “Christmas Shoes” of Celtic music?Is it because I first heard it at a more impressionable point in my life when I still lived in a dorm room? I don’t think so–I think it’s kind of amazing, and so cinematic–the words paint images in … Read more
I’m sitting at my desk at work, and I’m just thinking about how happy and grateful I am. I’m doing this insanely long expense report, and for days I’ve been entering £1.50 bus tickets and converting them to US dollars based on the conversion of the specific date, and now I’m entering a large stack … Read more
I’ve been gluttonously, without any self discipline whatsoever, re-reading The Hunger Games. Beyond the narrative, it makes me think of how we first-worlders, like the citizens of the Capitol in the book, are capable of cocooning ourselves in our own concerns, which of course are petty in the eyes of half the world. And it … Read more
One of the reasons I take the bus to work is that I have bad parking ticket karma. Of course, I live in L.A., so maybe that means I’m just asking for it. If I want to park my car in peace, I should move to a Dakota. Today, instead of taking the bus to … Read more