I am at my sister’s waiting for the kiddos to wake up and the coffee to be ready. It is my perfect Christmas so far!
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Christmas GiveAway Week 6! Congratulations Eva and Admire Lisa’s Card!
3rd week of non-American dominance! And I suspect the pattern will continue, if only because there aren’t that many America-based commentators left who haven’t won. What a lovely international community DCIB is!
Continue readingI’m At My Sister’s! Nephew Time!
Sort of last minute, like about 4 weeks ago, things changed around so I got to come out to my sister’s for 10 days, from now until Christmas! Expect uneven posting and not much thought from now until the 27th!
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week Before CHRISTMAS????
Happy Monday! And Happy One Week to Christmas!!!! I am all settled in at my sister’s with a baby who hates me and a 4 year old who likes to teach me things about how cars work.
Continue readingDCIB Podcast! All Professional and Cool Sounding! Feedback Needed, Please Please Please!
Long long time readers know that years ago Dina and I tried doing a podcast, that was just recording on my phone as we drove home from movies. We had fun, but it didn’t really go anywhere, so eventually we stopped. We still talked as we drove home, just didn’t bother recording. A few months ago a new reader on the blog reached out to me and volunteered his professional expertise as a sound engineer to give podcasting another try! So here we are with a real actual professional sounding episode!
Continue readingThursday Reading: I Missed the Wednesday Post, and I Just Want to Talk About Books Anyway!
I’ve been READING!!! Which I usually avoid, because it is very bad for me. But I’ve decided life’s too short, I’m taking a risk! And yes, I threw my shoulder violently out, and gave myself a migraine. Extreme Reading.
Continue readingChristmas GiveAway Week 4! Congratulations Lisa And Admire Angie’s Card!
Woo! Too international winners in a ROW! Thanks to moving the watchalong time this week to make it more India friendly
Continue readingThe Archies Review (SPOILERS): What Does The Archies Mean for India? Why Are They Part of the Culture? And How Does This Film Acknowledge That, While Staying True to the Spirit of the Books?
I really liked this movie. No duh, of course I liked this movie, it’s a Zoya Akhtar film! I like everything she does, always. And of course, she found the PERFECT way to bring out The Archies, in India.
Continue readingMy Favorite Dunki Promo Yet! The Arrival of Deep Shahrukh
Thank you Naina for alerting me! Lovely thing to wake up to. And just lovely thing in general, I really really like this song video and I hope it is more of a thesis statement for the film than we have gotten before.
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: The Archies! 6pm Chicago Time! Some Nice Nostalgia for a December Evening
Happy Saturday! Time for a nice watchalong with some nice nostalgia, for those of us who grew up reading Archie comics.
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: Tomorrow Night, The Archies, 6pm Chicago Time Until 8:30pm!
Yes! I think we can make this work!!! I can go Xmas shopping that afternoon and be home in loads of time.
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: The Archies! Who’s in? And Who’s Free? And When?
It sounds more and more like The Archies is going to be surprisingly emotional and requiring of moral support! Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music? Raj Kapoor’s great grandson acting opposite Shahrukh’s daughter? Zoya and Reema doing that sneaky thing where you think it’s just a movie and then you realize it’s social revolution? So, who will support me as I watch???
Continue readingFighter Teaser! A Sexy Off Between Anil-Dips-Hrithik!
Oooo, another Sid Anand film! With his trademark grasp of physics, midair travel, and Hrithik crows feet.
Continue readingUPDATE: Last WatchAlong Until 2024! Weekend WatchAlong: Christmas Movie? The Archies? Something Else?
Happy Thursday! The last two weeks, I gave up my picking rights, but now I want to go back to having a Lively Discussion in which I have veto power (the veto power is very important).
Continue readingChristmas Give Away Week 4! Congratulations Angie and Admire FilmiKudhi’s card!!!
This was a hard week to judge! Had to exclude Naina and Filmikudhi and Genevieve, AND no watchalong! In the end, Angie took it with only 5 comments!
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to 15 Days Before Dunki?
Happy Wednesday! I am feeling very cozy and sleepy today, and very glad that I made a last minute decision to skip Animal (again) and instead stay home and watch a cozy movie on the TV with my friend. Sukhee? Something 70s?
Continue readingDunki Full Trailer! I Do Not Understand Shahrukh’s Character, He’s Comic But Heroic?
Huh. Maybe it’s not a time change thing? But it almost made more sense when it was! I can follow like 2/3rds of the plot of this thing, but then it loses me when SRK picks up a gun.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Parugu! 7am Chicago time!
I just realized, I didn’t get a RSVPs for this one! So if Genevieve shows up, awesome, we watch. If no one shows up, after 15 minutes I stop. But I am pretty sure Genevieve will show up 🙂
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Run Errands and Do Laundry!
Happy Saturday! I just had some lovely soft-boiled eggs. And now I am waiting for my laundry to finish so I can go out and buy dog food. What a glorious Saturday!
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: Parugu! For Genevieve! 7am Chicago Time Sunday Morning!
Yes! We are doing it!!! The thing Genevieve has been asking for FOREVER! I am very excited to read all her thoughts on class and servants and family and so on.
Continue readingNew Dunki Drop! Possible 3 Idiots Style Time Shift?
Thank you Naina for alerting me! I was feeling bad about skipping Animal last night, but I am sure we will all have more fun discussing this than we would Ranbir’s newest disaster!
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: Genevieve!!! Is This Your Parugu Week???
Okay, I gave in and watched Chori Chori for Filmikudhi’s birthday/Mom-day celebration. So now, just to be fair, I will agree to watch Parugu for Genevie’s Mom-day celebrations. I’m only free for two more watchalongs before the holidays, so decision time! Genevieve! Parugu this weekend or next weekend?
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions (on Tuesday): What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week I Put Up My Beautiful Tree???
Happy Tuesday!!! Yesterday I went straight from work to post office errands to dinner to bed, so no blog post. But today, extra long work day so loads of time to write!
Continue readingChristmas Give Away Week 3!!! Congratulations FILMIKUDHI!!! And Admire Genevieve’s Card
Happy last Christmas Give Away of November!!!! And filmikudhi, totally unshockingly, wins for her many MANY comments last week on her birthday choice of Chori Chori.
Continue readingHappy American Thanksgiving!!! This Year I Am Thankful for All of YOU!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving in America. I am hanging out at my parents’ house with Albie waiting for the Turkey to cook and listening to family phone calls coming in from folks. And it all just makes me super grateful for YOU!
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