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On my first morning in Austin, I woke up smiling. I was here, healthy, and in a hotel that was walking distance from everywhere I needed to go. And SXSW was happening. If I ignored how much this trip was costing me, everything was perfect. And ignoring reality is so very easy to do on vacation--especially in a place as magical as Austin. Yeah, that ( Read more... )

If Facebook was around when I was growing up, chances are that between the two of us, mom and I would have documented everything. We'd have digital albums full of things like wee me watching Star Trek with my dad, pre-teen me watching Quantum Leap with my dad, adult me taking a break from my studies and watching Enterprise with my dad, as well as ( Read more... )

It seemed easy enough at the time: Get off the bus, eat something, go to Scarecrow Video, check into the hotel, do something touristy, get some dinner, go see My Bloody Valentine. Naturally, that ain't what happened. While lots of the aforementioned list did happen, they didn't happen in that order. It was as if I forgot my plans when I got off the ( Read more... )

In ye olden days before the interwebs, companies could do anything wrong and, outside of a few people, we'd be none the wiser. Sure, the news would eventually spread--but it'd take days, weeks, even months and years for everybody to know about it. Nowadays, everybody is connected to everybody else, so when companies try any shit and somebody ( Read more... )

For the longest time, I was ambivalent about the Watchmen movie. While I'd read the book and geeked out when I saw the trailer in front of The Dark Knight, any excitement I felt was tempered by that one nagging doubt looming in the back of my mind: What if it sucks? As a result, I tended to avoid any news or LJ posts about the movie, scrolling by ( Read more... )

Dearest Cinemagirl ( Read more... )

So you wanna see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but just don't have the two hours and forty-five minutes to watch the movie, not to mention get to the theatre and back again. I understand. Since I'm the kind of person who likes to make moviegoing easier for everybody, I've decided to save you all that time and effort by giving you the barest ( Read more... )

Before I begin, I must confess that I don't like dogs. They're my natural and sworn enemy, even. Maybe if I got to know one, I'd like them--but since my human's not a dog person, that's not gonna happen. Thank god, because I hate dogs. Which reminds me--Marley & Me is about a dog. His name's even in the title. Since I hate dogs and the movie ( Read more... )

(Warning: The spoiler for Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist comes early in this post. If you're the type who gets offended when their predictable-yet-enjoyable teen comedies about music geeks get spoiled, you should probably stop reading about now. Go make a mix tape or something. However, there is a question for discussion at the end of all this ( Read more... )