I have DECIDED!!!! We are doing Chennai Express, and we are doing Saturday morning. Because it is what I want and all the world is cold and grey around me, so I get to do what I want. Also, my dog is too skinny.
Continue readingRandom Questions I Am Group Sourcing
I have various wonderments this morning, and since I can’t talk to people-people, I will talk to my DCIB people and see what answers we can find.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Urmila! Pick a Song, Which is Best?
This is not the best day, largely because I haven’t been able to have coffee yet. And also, a client at work didn’t like me! ME!!! I’m the person they bring in to jolly folks along because everyone always likes me. Anyway, I’m gonna do a stupid songs post as a distraction.
Continue readingWatchAlong! Chennai Express! Friday Afternoon, Saturday Morning, or Saturday Afternoon?
The movie is selected, Courtney’s campaigning and my own heart told me what to do. But when do we watch it????
Continue readingClass, Work, and Relationships Inspired by Sir (Is Love Enough)
Thank you all for nagging and nagging me to watch this! And also, thank you for being understanding that I wanted to wait until I could watch it with a friend and be happy.
Continue readingFriday/Saturday WatchAlong: Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon or Chennai Express or Dostana? To Cheer Us All Up?
So much snow! Cannot go outside, cannot drive anywhere, can’t even take out the trash that is piling up in my kitchen (yes, it is gross, but breaking my leg trying to go down the backsteps is also gross). Let’s cheer me up and take me out of myself!
Continue readingValentine’s Week Announcement!!! 90s Week of Romance!!!!!
Sorry, I know this wasn’t a suggestion from any of you. But it popped into my head and got me all excited, and hopefully it will get you excited too.
Continue readingI am a FAILURE! Albie Dog is Underweight!!!!
Terrible news! We had our annual vet appointment this morning and I was SHAMED and HUMILIATED and JUDGED.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Thinking and Watching and Listening to This Week?
Happy Wednesday! I just gotta crawl a little bit further through the week. Alllllllllll most done. And then another week. And another week. And on and on. I miss my annual February vacation to a sunny place! Stupid winter.
Continue readingDCIB Doggies (And Babies and Cats) in Snowy Weather!!!!
Yes, it is an animal photo post! Because that is the kind of warm loving community we are, and also sometimes you just want to see dogs in snow.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: I’m Having a Hard Week, What Can We Watch To Cheer Me Up?
Stupid snow! It’s not that I mind the snow itself, I usually like the adventure of snow. It’s that the snow makes it almost impossible to drive and, with the pandemic, driving is the only way I can get out of the house and have human contact. That little “good morning” exchange with the Starbucks drive through was all that is keeping me sane. Anyway, I’m having a hard week. Feeling a wee bit trapped, and also a wee bit sick (stupid snowstorm also causing a stupid weather related migraine). So I really really need a happy movie, and my brain has turned to mush and I can’t think of one.
Continue readingChatty Check-In: How Have Your Life Standards Lowered After 1 Year of Quarantine?
Check-In time! Let us share our life choices after 1 year of quarantine. What has gone from “it’s okay, it’s an emergency” to “I guess this is just life now”? From make-up to work/life dividing lines to family time?
Continue readingThe Great Indian Kitchen, Ramante Edenthottan, and Guide Discussion Space: Why Does Dance Always Play a Part?
I’m not gonna see The Great Indian Kitchen, even though it looks like exactly the kind of move folks at DCIB would enjoy talking about. It’s on a funky streaming service, it doesn’t have any famous actors we like, it’s Malayalam, I just don’t see it being the sort of thing a lot of you will be able to see. BUT! Shreyans liked it and wants to talk about it, and I like Shreyans, so I found a work around. I think.
Continue readingPhoto Request! DCIB Dogs in Snow! (And Cats? Or Babies?)
Do cats go out in snow? I just don’t know. Anyway, DCIB Dogs in Snow! FilmiKudhi already sent a photo of Theo, but I don’t want him to be all alone. So, send in your Dogs in Snow photos! Or Dogs in Cold Weather Cuddling Into Warmth photos!
Continue readingMaster Discussion Space: Vijay Versus Vijay! How Much Did You Like It and Why?
This is a movie I am actually curious to see. But I want to watch it with friends, and none of my friends have Prime, so I’m not gonna be able to see it any time soon. And in the meantime, I want y’all to be able to talk about it. So this is your Discussion Space, Spoilers Allowed, Go Wild. And once I do watch it at some point, I will review it.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the First Week of February????
Happy Monday!!! And Happy February!!!! And Happy I Am Totally Snowed In Day!!!! Albie Dog is so surprised on our walks, we get outside and he goes “wait, what happened to all the stuff? It’s just a bunch of boring white EVERYWHERE?!?!?”
Continue readingAaron Sorkin, The West Wing, and The Problem When You Think You Know Everything
The West Wing! Just recently added to HBO so you can watch it all straight through for the millionth time! It’s smart, it’s funny, it’s pretty, and it’s soooooooooooooooo romantic. Cannot recommend it enough. Except for those other parts that are so stupid they make me want to throw something at the TV.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: In THREE Weeks, Siva Purana; In ONE Week, Shakuntala
Check it out, I’m gonna make you read two Indian thingies! Both of them very easy reads, and short, don’t worry, and I am giving you more than enough time.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: The Blue Castle! How Much Did You Love It?
I am so thrilled to share this book with you!!! It’s this little hidden gem, and more people need to know about it.
Continue readingAnother True Crime Show That Could Be a Hindi Movie, Including a GREAT Role for Jennifer Lopez!!!
I’m still watching bad true crime, so sue me. I am addicted to terrible reenactments and serious talking heads from “relationship experts”. Anyway, great plot ideas for Indian movies!
Continue readingBetsy-Tacy and Leslie Knope, the Love Story of the A Student
Thank you DilDeewana for giving me permission to write about the Betsy-Tacy series! And thank you My Own Mind for putting together how Betsy and Leslie Knope have the same romance.
Continue readingSaturday WatchAlong: Bobby Jasoos!!! 7:30am Chicago Time!
You know the best part about doing the early Saturday Watchalong? I have to walk the dog sooooooooooo early that no one else is on the street and I don’t have to wear a mask. Such a treat.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Do Another Puzzle!!!!
Yaaaaaay, Saturday!!! I get to watch a movie with y’all, and then maybe spend the day doing a puzzle, or reading a book. Not a book to Learn Things and Be Productive, but just for fun. Isn’t that a crazy idea?
Continue readingReminder! Saturday WatchAlong Tomorrow Morning 7:30am Chicago Time! Bobby Jasoos!!!
Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow morning for an absolutely delightful short fun movie!
Continue readingNot-Blogging-As-Much Update! I am Doing Things in THE WORLD!!!!
Y’all have been so nice about helping me not blog as much, I thought I should give you a report on the benefits I am getting from it.
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