Happy Friday! It’s been kind of a slow week, I suspect Genevieve has either been hit by COVID part 2 like I was, or hit by “my kids are suddenly healthy and driving me crazy”. Shelomit is doing her sad stuff, Filmikudhi is dressing her baby up in a series of increasingly elaborate outfits (thank you for photos!), it’s just Saira and me sitting here and talking about Anne. I’m considering not even doing a Sunday WatchAlong this week, taking a week off instead and mowing my lawn. Anyway, perfect time to have a pleasant Alan Rickman conversation!
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Sunday WatchAlong: What Should We Watch for Aditya and Mohanlal’s Birthday???
This Weekend! Double Birthday! We can pick a movie in honor of either of them. But it has to be fairly accessible, and SUBTITLED. Remember, Hulu has no subs, so that’s like 95% of the Mohanlal options.
Continue readingImportant Cannes Festival Discussion Question! Is Maddy Pulling This Tux Off?
Thank you Angie for being our Maddy co-respondent!!!! And now I have a vital question I cannot answer on my own.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to on International Museum Day?
Happy Wednesday!!!! I am feeling very allergy-ish today. Because it was sunny and things were growing, and now it is wet and things are stuffy and my eyes are itchy.
Continue readingDon (2022 Tamil) Review: Well That Was a Funny Movie That Turned Sappy and Stupid
We decided to skip Jayeshbhai Jordaar in favor of the Tamil release in hopes of more insanity and entertainment. The songs were great, and it let us NOT think about reproductive rights, so it was the right decision. But turns out the new Tamil release is all preachy too!
Continue readingBritish Brackets: Final Round! After One Vote Last Round, We Have Kate Winslet Versus Alan Rickman!
This is what happens when you don’t participate in the democratic process. Emma Thompson and Giles lose the British Brackets.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Day After Madhuri’s Birthday?
Happy Monday! I’m up at the lake house again. This week it is slightly too cold instead of too hot. On the one hand, that means I am absolutely not going into the lake itself or doing any lake-adjacent things (like kayaking and then following out and freezing). But on the other hand, it is so comfy and cozy to sit inside by the fireplace and look out at the lake.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Tezaab! 11am Chicago Time!
Oh boy! This is such an insane movie! And, it’s an excuse for me to stay inside with the nice a/c while it is muggy and yucky outside.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Anne of Green Gables! The First Book in the Series, the First Sunday of Our Series!
Don’t worry, the discussion questions are going to be very general, so even if the last time you read the book straight through was years ago, you can still contribute. Personally, I was just going to sort of skim, and then I ended up sitting down and reading and crying for 2 hours straight yesterday and forgot to eat lunch. Basically the same as the first time I read it
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Read Anne Books!
Happy Saturday! It’s pleasanter, but still hot here. And I have decided I MUST finish Anne of Green Gables today. Even though i could easily discuss it with y’all tomorrow without rereading, because it gives me an excuse to just read and be cool.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: 11am Chicago Time Sunday! Tezaab!!!!
Yes! Tezaab! For Madhuri’s BIRTHDAY!!!! It’s fun, it’s silly, it has truly GREAT songs, Anil’s hair is high and poofy, and young Madhuri is breathtaking. Also, Chunky Panday, no joke, steals the movie. He is truly phenomenal in this role, and it makes me respect him more for having this much talent, and being willing to just sit back and work hard and take whatever job he is offered to support his family.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: May 15th! 11am Chicago Time!!! MADHURI’S BIRTHDAY!!! What Should We Watch?
MADHURI’S BIRTHDAY!!!! We have to watch something, and it has to have Madhuri. What are your votes?
Continue readingThinky Post: “India Syndrome” Podcast, How Do You Decide What To Believe About Another Culture When it Interacts With Yours?
I listened to a really interesting podcast! One of those that circles around and around and doesn’t really answer any questions, but brings up some interesting thoughts. It’s called “Astray” and focuses on a few sample cases among many of young non-Indian men who went missing in Rishikesh, never to be seen again.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Posts: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening to the Week Thar Released?
Happy Wednesday! It is 80 degrees in my living room and the city is tearing up the street outside my window. But I am happy, because I got my fan going and I am taking pictures of the construction to send to my nephew.
Continue readingI’m At the Lake! Albie Dog is Miserable
Everything I love about this experience are the things he hates (the nice drive up, the nature sounds, the change of place). Oh well, being in a couple means making compromises. And I pay for everything, so he has to put up with doing stuff I want to do that he doesn’t.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the First Day I Go to the Lake House This Year?
Happy Monday! It is GORGEOUS today! Do other places have spring like this? Rainy, hovering around 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit, and then all of a sudden you have your first sunny 70 degree day and then it just keeps going sunny forever? Anyway, I’ve decided I want to drive up to the lake house after work, even though it hasn’t been fully opened for the season (no boats, no pier, no spring cleaning yet), and just camp out in the prettiness.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Paagal! A Happy Telugu Rom-Com for Angie’s Belated Birthday! Starting at 11am Chicago Time!
Woot! Sunday WatchAlong!!! Not sure how many people can come this week, I may institute the “if no one is here after 15 minutes I stop” rule. But probably not, y’all always show up for me.
Continue readingSunday Small Talk: Chat Away on Mother’s Day!!!!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!! I think my readers are about 75% mothers, so give yourselves a hand!!!! And, if you want, share cute kid stories here. We won’t be bored.
Continue readingShelomit’s Shashi Post! Shashi BRACKETS!!!
Yep, sticking with brackets, even though you might be sick of them. I think they are fun! Anyway, anything with Shashi is fun.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: 11am Chicago Time Tomorrow! Paagal (2021)! For Angie’s Delayed Birthday!
Angie’s birthday came during my COVID time, so she didn’t get her birthday watchalong. NOT FAIR! Rescheduling it for this week, we will watch what Angie promises is a fun happy romantic silly movie on Prime.
Continue readingHeropanti 2 Review (SPOILERS): A Script that Could Have Been Saved By Acting, But Unfortunately It Is a Tara Sutaria Movie
UGH! This was so FRUSTRATING! In my No Spoilers review I talked about how it is like a bad 90s movie, but such a mess and without standardized character types and things that it wasn’t fun-bad, it was just confusing 2020s bad. Now, in the SPOILERS review, I get to talk about how if it had been cast with actors who had the charisma and charm and willingness to go all in that is required, it could have worked. But Tara Sutaria is where charm goes to die, and Tiger struggles with…..everything.
Continue readingBritish Brackets Round 4: I’m Doing It! Emma Versus Alan!!! Also, Hopefully More Than One Vote This Time
It’s time, Emma versus Alan. Also, this was VERY easy to calculate, because turns out Emily was the only person who voted last round.
Continue readingI Had DRUGS Yesterday!!!! (CBD Coffee)
I thought I should report back on my “trip”. As a warning to all those who might be considering trying the Demon Possibly Doesn’t Do Anything At All CBD.
Continue readingHeropanti 2 Review (No SPOILERS): Well, That Was a Confusing Boring Mess
Thank goodness, I saw this movie with a friend so we could giggle and whisper together through it. Only way to make it an enjoyable experience! If you want to go, for sure go with a friend. Or else wait for streaming and do a virtual watch with a friend.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: All the Anne Books!!!! Week By Week!!!!
I have a Grand Plan!!! I am excited! And I hope at least some of you will join me on my journey. Or part of my journey. Anyway, before I go to Prince Edward Island with my Mom in July, I have to re-read all the Anne books. And I thought “why not use the blog to inspire me?”
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