Great, Netflix finally does a Charles Sobhraj miniseries like I have been wanting, but there is only a little bit of Sexy Desi Cop which was my MAIN requirement for a Charles Sobhraj miniseries! I mean, there is still some sexy desi cop, split between two separate sexy cops, but it’s not the main storyline like it would have been in my more fictionalized version.
Continue readingNetflix Series The Serpent Review (With Spoilers)
Well, “spoilers”. I’m only going to be discussing the high points of the story, the reasons it is such a consistent big story even today. So if you know the name “Charles Sobhraj”, then this review will not spoil anything.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Have a PJ Day
Happy Saturday!!!! I am in another high stress house point (inspection came back: everything is falling apart and we will DIE), so I am having a PJ day to relax. I’ve got 5 new puzzles, and I am going to try that new Charles Sobhraj series.
Continue readingSaturday Watchalong: Half-Girlfriend, at 7:30am Chicago Time, Enjoy the Stupid Romantic Plot and Cute Arjun!!!!
Happy Saturday! I’m gonna have a PJ day, because it is overcast and rainy outside, and I just got a bunch of new puzzles.
Continue readingTGIF Post: Movie Actors as Unicorns
It’s Unicorn Day! I feel the need select and identify a unicorn image for each of our favorite actors. That seems like a good use of our time, right?
Continue readingJaya Bachchan Birthday Discussion Questions!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAYA!!!!! I had too many thoughts about her, so I ended up creating many MANY discussion questions, and then you get to answer which ever one you want.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong on Saturday!!! Half-Girlfriend, for Angie’s Birthday!!!!
Yaaaaay!!!! Watchalong on SATURDAY!!! Because I keep falling asleep on Friday afternoons.
Continue readingAllu Arjun and Performative Gender
Oh boy! A post just for Genevieve! Who is obsessed with Allu Arjun!!!! Well, not “obsessed”, it’s not like she has a life size cut out of him in her living room (I have a life size cut out).
Continue readingHAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGIE!!!! Let Us Celebrate By Appreciating Men of SIZE!!!!
Happy Birthday Angie!!!!!! Let us all enjoy the gift you give us, of forcing appreciation for men of a cuddly stature.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening to the Week of ANGIE’S BIRTHDAY????
Happy Wednesday! I’m off to a bad start, I just realized I washed my hair and forgot to use conditioner. I hate that! Now I either have to have a tangled mess of hair, or re-shower which is just a waste of time. And redry and re everything. UGH!
Continue readingANGIE! It’s Your BIRTHDAY!!!! What Movie Do You Want Us to Watch on Friday????
Thank Goodness, Angie and Allu Arjun have the same birthday, so that makes it easy for me to remember. Anyway, ANGIE! Friday Movie!!!! What do you want????
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Which Director Do You Want to Make Your Life Story?
Thanks Miss Braganza for the idea! I love this question! And I suspect many others at DCIB will also love this question.
Continue readingInstagram Round Up! Hrithik and Perfume and Mountain Dew, Harsh Has New Pants and Went on a Trip, Dips and Ranveer Made an Ad and a Weird Video
Been a while since I did this, and I felt the need for a jolt of that special social media happiness this morning, so here we go!
Continue readingWhich of These Wedding Ceremonies in Song is Prettiest?
Silly post, but I was just thinking about a few of these songs and wanted to share them. Lovely little wedding ceremonies, which is loveliest?
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the First Week in April???
Happy Monday!!! I am chipper because I slept late, all my co-workers are grumpy because it is Monday. So I will take my cheerfulness to the DCIB community where I know it is ALWAYS welcome!!!
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Next Week, Dealing With Dragons!!! In TWO Weeks, Cotillion!!!!
I am very excited about this schedule!!!!! Dealing With Dragons is a delightful summery happy book, and Cotillion I barely remember but y’all say it is great.
Continue readingHappy Easter!!!!!
Happy Easter! I am celebrating by wearing a pretty dress and eating an entire chocolate Bunny. For Jesus.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Shards of Honor! Did You Read It? Did You Love It?
Oh, I hope you read it! It’s just SUCH a great book, as part of SUCH a great series, and the perfect escapism, if you need escapism.
Continue readingChristie Discussion Post: Which is Your Favorite Christie, and Which Do You Most Want Made Into an Indian Movie?
What fun! For me! And hopefully also some of you. I’ve been on a minor Christie binge, and I just put up a detailed Christie post, and now I want to just chat.
Continue readingAgatha Christie, She Saw the Human Patterns in Crime
Y’all said you wanted a post on Georgette Heyer, but I am ignoring you, HA! Because I have been on a Christie binge, and also a true crime binge, and by golly Christie REALLY got stuff right.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Do a Family Reunion!
Happy Saturday!!!! My aunt is in town to see Grandpa, and she invited me to have lunch with them, so yaaaaaay!!!! Family gathering!!!! For the first time in A YEAR!!!!
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Dil! Aamir and Madhuri, Whose Hair is the Foofiest????
Yaaaaaay, Friday WatchAlong on a Friday!!!! And unless my plans change, I should be all relaxed and stuff for this movie, because I scheduled a massage for 1pm (did I tell you I woke up on Wednesday with my neck so messed up I couldn’t move my head?).
Continue readingTGIF: Happy Easter! It’s Time for Our Annual HOT JESUS Post!!!!
Jesus! Not the historical dude, but rather the fellow as is commonly imagined by Western artists. Tall, longish wavy hair, beard, great abs. Let us look at all the Indian film actors who have, in their own ways, been inspired by Jesus! (and in case you are wondering, these are ALL NEW PHOTOS! No repeats from previous years!!!)
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Dil! Dumb Marriage and Young Aamir and Madhuri!
I’ve made a decision! In honor of my parents’ anniversary, we shall be watching DIL!!!! Well, I will be watching Dil, and hoping other folks can join me. 3pm Chicago time on Friday, we enter the world of the 90s.
Continue readingApril Fools! Let’s Look at Foolish Women
I just can’t do practical jokes. They just seem too mean! So for April Fools, I am going to do a post on the theme of fools instead.
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