Happy Saturday! Grandpa is all better, the old man just likes to make sure we are paying attention sometimes. Sigh. Anyway, my parents are exhausted after three days at the hospital, and I am exhausted after three days of feeding myself and being bored, so we are going to take it easy and enjoy life today.
Continue readingOh boy, another great chapter to talk about! Where we start getting into the really fun sexual assault metaphor which manages to give the emotional lesson, without being scary and explicit.
Continue readingUgh! Grandpa’s in the hospital, the roofer has to do a lot more work than anticipated, I didn’t get enough sleep because the dog kept crawling on me all night because I forgot to fill his water dish, and WORST OF ALL because of Grandpa, we may have to cancel on the small children on Saturday and I CAN’T HANDLE DISAPPOINTING SMALL CHILDREN!!! Their little eyes get big and they try not to cry and they are embarrassed because they are so sad. It’s HORRIBLE. Babies just cry and cry, and adults are tough, but that in between age when they want to cry but know they aren’t supposed to cry, that just rips out your heart. I CAN’T TAKE IT! Anyway, sexy photos to distract me.
Continue readingIt’s true, the movies have shown me. The old white man in America who has to painfully and carefully learn that, maybe, not all racism is good. Poor Lord Crawley in Downton Abbey who has to consider that maybe class distinctions are sometimes unfair. And of course all the Hindu patriarchs in Indian films who have to suffer being told that, sometimes, maybe, non-Hindus and women have a right to live.
Continue readingWell, I watched it! And it was super frustrating! Very good bit-bad bit, good bit-bad bit, and on and on. I’m recommending it if you really like Farhan Akhtar (he is super charming), and if you are desperate for a romance (there’s a sweet one). But I am not recommending it as a movie as a whole because it is way WAY too confused.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday!!! I am still up at the lake house, but being lazy. So all I am doing is sitting on the couch/porch watching the lake. Still better than being in the city!
Continue readingI am still in an exhausted state, so I want SHORT. Among his short options, quite a variety, because Naseerji does everything different always.
Continue readingNot sure if I am wording this question right, but Indian films give us all these romantic dramatic first meeting moments. Which is your favorite fantasy for yourself?
Continue readingIt’s the anniversary of the moon landing! What a great prompt for a series of songs that are all on the same theme!
Continue readingHappy Monday! I just scheduled a work call for 8:30am and then another for 9am. I have a baaaaaaaaad feeling that this will be how the whole day goes. Oh well, at least I have y’all and your questions to distract me.
Continue readingHappy Sunday! I am soooooooooo tired. I just can barely even move. And I did soooooooooooo much stuff over the past days. I kept thinking “ooo, I should tell the blog people about this” and then “I’m too tired!”
Continue readingWoo-hoo, big dumb Netflix movie! So happy. Big overwhelming week of big overwhelming stuff, and now I just want to forget all about it and see who will win the big ballroom dance competition.
Continue readingI figure, this is a question we can all answer. And perhaps, hopefully, learn from each other.
Continue readingYaaaaaay! A dumb brainless short movie! For the brainless overheated late summer folks of DCIB.
Continue readingThank you Emily for the suggestion! It has been a while since I did a musical post. And July is filled with birthdays, so there’s lots of options.
Continue readingMy weekend is chock a block! I’m up in Wisconsin, then driving back to Chicago, then back to Wisconsin, and what with one thing and another, I want just a SHORT movie and only on Friday afternoon (Saturday I’m doing house stuff all day).
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! Today I tuck away all my stuff so my friends’ can finish painting their apartment, and then drive to the lake house. I’m debating whether I want to come back into the city this weekend to finish off some stuff (mow the lawn, etc.) or if I want to just be out of town and not think about things for two weeks.
Continue readingOh, this is SUCH a good chapter! It has a reasonable explanation for why immigrant parents want their children to marry within their culture, it has a subtle chauvinism contrasted with apparent chauvinism, and it has a teenage girl being so stupid you want to reach through the pages and shake her, but also you understand.
Continue readingWell, this is an interesting trailer! Ripped from the headlines of like 5 years ago, but still a story I am surprised to see onscreen.
Continue readingHappy Birthday to my sister! I sent her a WONDERFUL present, but I’m not sure if her little toddler boss will let her open it right away. So I am creating another present that she can read on her phone with one hand while holding a little hand.
Continue readingHappy Monday! Yesterday was my Mom’s birthday and we did a river tour of the city and then dinner in the cool little cocktail bar across from their new condo. And today is my sister’s birthday and, as usual, she will be doing whatever the little toddler dictator orders her to do (“Mommy UP! Mommy, CAH! Mommy STROLLER! Mommy More Milk!”).
Continue readingHappy Saturday! My new homeownership excitement continues! Today, I want to try installing a dog gate, and see if I can figure out how to put together and use the lawnmower.
Continue readingYaaaaaaaaaaaay, Fairy Tales! I love fairy tales. And this one has a noble poor boy and a proud princess and all kinds of things.
Continue readingWhat a long headline! And now I have nothing left to say in the post itself. This is just a last minute reminder.
Continue readingOnly one option for TGIF this week! And he was a very very handsome man who took many many photos, so this should be a fun post.
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