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Christmas break:
Yankee swap
Top Chef marathons
Teaching a little girl to make a slinky walk down a set of stairs
New scarf
Hiking with an enormous blue Texas sky above me
Magical candy shop, yarn shop, and book shop
Indian food
Stories about antique furniture
Standing at a concert surrounded by people of all ages
Mexican printmaking exhibition
New Years:
Lots of delicious sushi
Miracle Fruit!
Prosecco
Jalepeno poppers
Mariokart
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954, dir. Stanley Donen
I just cannot get my feminism to suspend far enough to enjoy this movie, even on a kitschy level.
3/5
Singin' In the Rain, 1952, dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Still a lovely and frothy pleasure.
5/5
Slumdog Millionaire, 2008, dir. Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan
Gripping and tender and poetic, but a lot darker and scarier than I thought it would be. Beautifully shot and beautifully put together, and lots of incredibly adorable child actors.
5/5
Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks
Fleshed out details and a fairly consistent avoidance of easy moral answers. Also, sufficiently gorey and thrilling.
4/5
Notable American Women, by Ben Marcus
I still can't quite tell is this is brilliant and avant garde or pretentious and overwrought. Some of the images still in your head for days though, and the language is liquid and gorgeous.
4/5