is that when you come home tired and a little depressed (or who knows, maybe just depressingly tired) and you want to eat something bad for you…there’s not much selection. The food item in my apartment with the most sugar (aside from the container of sugar now solid with humidity) is Kellogg’s Smart Start cereal … Read more
Our internet is down. I awoke this morning with a plan for what to wear to work–the plan included sewing a hole, but alas the fabric had frayed so I went for the iron on interface, but there was too little fabric to fold, and the interface melted to the iron, and so I found … Read more
Despite the fact that I had every intention of seeing The Corporation when it came to theaters in 2003, I only got around to it last month. It’s the kind of film that (once again) makes one consider the costs of our consumerism, both environmental and human. Although I am not much of an activist, … Read more
Just got a traffic ticket on my way back from my night class. The pull over was because my “tag light” was burned out. The tag occupies about 1/48th of my license plate in the upper right hand corner. Does it have its own little light I never knew about? “Tag light? Is that the … Read more
My first acceptance letter for a real “print journal!” Dear Barrington Smith-Seetachitt, I’m pleased to inform you that we at Sycamore Review are in love yoursubmission, “My Panda,” and would like to include it in our fall/winter issue.A hearty congratulations! You note in your cover letter that it is asimultaneous submission, so as soon as … Read more
And want to see our smiling mugs.Haven’t received too many pics yet from my friend Christa’s wedding in Indiana this summer, although I can’t complain since I carried a broken camera around all weekend and didn’t even notice because I didn’t take it out of my purse! Friend Joe sent this one, of me, flanked … Read more
Generally I try to avoid foodie posts, since I believe there are so many in the blogosphere–but then, there’s probably a reason for that. People are interested in food, at least their own, and sometimes the compulsion strikes. Also, in my case, few other exciting things are happening, so… I believe I might have mentioned … Read more
I think one of the most valuable things I learned from my screenwriting experience was how very helpful it is to really look at a good grouping of example works that deal with some of the same issues your project will have. So for the screenplay I watched John Hughes movies form the 80’s, other … Read more
Madeleine L’Engle has died. She was 88. Once, A Wrinkle in Time rocked my world…And many of her books-both adult and children’s– that I read while growing up made me think a lot about compassion and faith and suffering and forgiveness. Thanks and good passing Madeleine!