Archive for the ‘pop culture’ Category

Happy V-Day … Happy “I’d Rather Stick a Fork In My Eye Than Buy a Hallmark Card” Day

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in film, pop culture | Comments Off

(From 2005) Don't you love a day that celebrate loves to the point of such crass commercialism that it sucks any ounce of geninue feeling out of romance and makes people who are single feel hopelessly defective? Yeah, me too. Here ...

Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in music, pop culture | Comments Off

I didn't plan on watching the Grammy, but there I was on my couch with my television tuned to the one awards show that is a guaranteed snooze time when it isn't awkward. I had company over and they wanted ...

Pop Culture Confessions, Part Three: I Love Yacht Rock!

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in music, pop culture | Comments Off

"No wise man has the power to reason away..." I can to a stunning realization on the subway the other day. You may want to sit down for this one. If my life was a musical, it would be full of ...

Heath Ledger

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in pop culture | Comments Off

Yesterday afternoon, I received a simple email from a friend with the subject line that read "Wait, Is Heath Ledger Dead?" This is how I found out one of my favorite actors had passed away. After a few moments of ...

2007’s Unfinished Business

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Posted in film, pop culture, television | Comments Off

I could say the end of the year sideswiped me, but that would be a lie. I spent my Christmas holiday in my pajamas, watching an inordinate amount of television on DVD delivered to me on a near constant basis ...

The Year in Review

Sunday, December 30th, 2007 Posted in concert, family, fangirl, film, life, los angeles, music, new york, pop culture, television, theatre, travel | Comments Off

Three hundred sixty five years are almost gone. Where did the time go? And just when I stopped writing 2006 on my checks. Here is my year, in a crazy, craptastic list. Wow. Deja Vu. January — 2006's Unfinished business — A Police ...

An Absurd Christmas Wish List

Monday, December 10th, 2007 Posted in life, pop culture | 1 Comment »

My office Christmas party is tonight and I can barely contain my excitement. I'm shaking at the prospect of drinking this year's bonus. While I type away, pretending to working, like almost everyone in this place, I thought I'd put ...

Best of 2007: The Year in Crushes

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in fangirl, film, pop culture, television | Comments Off

With the end of year headed in my direction like a drunk asleep at the wheel (I expect it to slam into me sometime around 4 p.m. New Year's Eve), I thought I would begin my month-long trek through the ...