I think only FilmiKudhi and I will be super excited about this, but we will be VERY excited! Kuch Naa Kaho is a minor but enjoyable rom-com from the 2000s which has not been available anywhere but einthusan for ages. And now it’s for rent! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! We can do a WatchAlong!!!
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! And Happy Short Work Week to ME! I’m taking Friday off because of my annual Easter tradition of flipping my house over to summer. And yes, it may snow next week, but I don’t care, I am putting all my sweaters in the cedar chest and getting out the sundresses! I will FORCE summer to come! And I have a whole three days to clean and re-organize and make it happen.
Continue readingOh boy, another thinky post! I really like thinky posts, and I like hearing what you all think about the thinky posts.
Continue readingI’m gonna try to make notes while we have our Zoom call, and we’ll be talking about the same questions so this whole thing should feel like one big conversation, Zoom and here.
Continue readingMy first thought when I got this email from Pottery Barn was “really? Deepika?” And then I clicked the link and went “oh yeah, this is very Deepika”. She’s very calm, right? Very beige (in a good way!)
Continue readingI am about halfway through the movie and it is SO FUN. If you haven’t watched it yet, do so, I guarantee you will enjoy it. Oh, and also try to join our discussion if possible, I guarantee you will enjoy that too!
Continue readingI’m being selfish and picking the time that works best for me! Hopefully it also works for some of you.
Continue readingLet’s do another one! This is fun! And Manoranjan is ALSO very very fun. And on Netflix! Woo!
Continue readingThis is a small thought, hardly even worth a post, but it keeps niggling into my brain and not letting go. So I’m posting about it anyway!
Continue readingHappy Monday! And Happy Cleaners Day! I’ve had these lovely ladies in once a month for over a year now and I have almost mastered not feeling like a bad person. I have the money, there’s nothing morally superior about doing your own cleaning (no matter what my crazy Germanic ghost ancestor ladies are screaming at me), and it makes SUCH a difference to know that at least once a month my floors will be scrubbed, stove top cleaned, etc. etc.
Continue readingHey, it’s international women’s day! And this is a great film to discuss in celebration. Easily passes the Bechdel test, plus I think the female main characters actually outnumber the male? Definitely their dialogue outnumbers.
Continue readingWoot! We found a time and day! 6pm Friday Chicago time. Right day for Shelomit, early enough for Naina, late enough for Filmikudhi. And Junglee, which I have sort of found with subs!
Continue readingApologies, I mixed up my dates and originally announced for March 8 which is a Friday. So scratch that, I meant March 9 which is a Saturday! Is anyone still interested? And is evening Chicago time still a good time? Or is morning/afternoon/some other time better?
Continue readingHappy Tuesday! It’s a week and one day since I last posted! I went on vacation and did NOTHING very aggressively. I went to a different coffee shop every morning and read my book for over an hour, then wandered around until I found a place to eat lunch, then wandered some more until I found a place to sit and finish my book, then went back to my hotel room to start a new book. 4 books in 4 days! The perfect break. Oh, and also a pedicure, a massage, acupuncture, and a Psychic reading, just for fun. And I bought hair dye and used the hotel shower to re-dye my hair. So you can see, I was very very busy with no time for blogging.
Continue readingThis just came up in a comment, and it’s something I struggle with to, and I thought “let’s pool resources!” Because this is definitely a universal, everyone has those things you dread whether it is a meeting with your boss or a dentist appointment, and we waste so much energy worrying in advance and after for no reason.
Continue readingI am SO excited! I am going to a place that is not-home to do things that are not-work for 4 whole days! Oh, and also a place that is not-winter. I got a hotel room with a balcony across the street from a park, and I’m planning to go straight from the airport to a Barnes and Noble and load up on books. And that’s it, that’s the extent of my vacation planning. Park, balcony, books, sunshine. And NOT packing my laptop so I won’t even be tempted to work. Although I am hoping to write some blog posts either on my phone or on a library computer or something.
Continue readingThank you lovely readers for alerting me to these! They both look fun and female and make me happy, yaaaaaaaay!
Continue readingI have decided! I haven’t seen Junglee, and this will get me to finally watch it, so let’s go with this one! And I am super SUPER looking forward to actually for real seeing you all again!
Continue readingNetflix is releasing an Indira Mukerjea documentary, the Lori Vallow and Ruby Franke stories are still big news in America, and so far as I can tell from looking at international true crime, anything involving a mother harming her child for her own gain is big news everywhere. Why is that? And is that justified?
Continue readingWe haven’t had a good chat in a bit! And it feels like this a good February topic, as we all start cranking up 2024 and figuring out plans and all that.
Continue readingHappy Monday! I am still just flying from our Zoom call on Sunday! We definitely need to do more of those. And hey, I’m actually getting this post out this week ON MONDAY. Not Monday morning, but at least it’s the right day? I’m getting there.
Continue readingReady for coolness? I had this open WHILE WE WERE ZOOM TALKING and I made notes!!! So it’s like you were in the Zoom, even if you weren’t. And you can just pick up our discussion from where we left off.
Continue readingWoo-hoo! Saturday evening my time, which should be late afternoon West Coast, and slightly later evening East Coast. I’m excited and hopefully everyone who is interested can make it. If not, I’ll also be posting a discussion space.
Continue readingI was gonna come up with a more specific theme for this post, but no! Just doing Valentine’s Day!
Continue readingYes! Let’s do it! If you are interested, tell me the times that work for you, and then I will email out links. Fun fun fun!
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