barrington99@gmail.com Spent the evening with my sister’s family, carving pumpkins with the kids. Paul had to leave early to get some writing done, but I stuck around. My sister, Moira, and I ended up puttering–ordering vitamins online, going through old costume jewelry, untangling the chains and trying to figure out where it came from and if … Read more
A little tired this morning, about to start writing on something where I need to figure out some stuff about a couple of characters still. Thinking about the phrase “give the problem to the character.” This is not exactly what the person who said it meant–but I’m thinking of trying to incorporate this feeling, of … Read more
Having made a little cash recently, it occurred to me, I could get a new MP3 player. It would revolutionize my workout–nay, my life! I would lift weights while listening to audio books, I’d be more likely to take long walks! All I was sure of was that I wanted to my player to “clip” … Read more
Lot’s of “linky” posts lately. Promise I’ll actually write something soon! At the moment, as I head out to a last study group session before a midterm today, I’ll leave you with part two of the “Paul trilogy” via the Blockbuster Buster.
Check out the results of the Architectural Record Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest.
I might have mentioned the West Coast arrival of Paul’s friend from film school, Erod. He and his girlfriend stayed with us for a week or so while they found a place when they first got here. We worried that they might have a hard time in the big city–but he came out of the … Read more
I saw a preview screening of the documentary, The Inside Job over the weekend, and loved it. I didn’t love it for being even-handed, because it wasn’t exactly that–it was definitely more an op-ed piece than objective journalism–but it didn’t pretend to be otherwise. And of course, the opinion expressed seemed very reasonable given the … Read more
Unless you live under a rock, or maybe in another country, you are probably aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. (You are probably less aware that March is National Colon Cancer Month, but that’s another story.) I have mixed feeling about the whole Breast Cancer=Pink=Corporate sponsors/profits thing–It obviously comes from the best of … Read more
Last week I went to a presentation called Food for Thought: What You Need to Know About Nutrition and Cancer sponsored by Cancer Treatment Centers of America. I was interested in the evening’s presentation because it featured both a nutritionist and a doctor of gastroenterology. As a colon cancer experiencer who has self-treated primarily with … Read more
In less than a month I’m going to be reading of an essay at The Lounge theatre in Hollywood as part of a charity benefit my friend Jeff puts together each year. The essay I’m doing is about Buddhism and Spiders, called “Fear and Loathing in the Sacred Circle.” I read a version of it … Read more